Jan 5-9

Objective:

Monday:
Bell Work: Verb Review


Lesson:

• Introduction to Poetry Ppt
• Listen to Johnny Cash read Cremation of Sam McGee
• Discuss meaning
• Figurative language
• Internal Rhyme

Tuesday:  Library
Bell Work:  Verbs --Subject verb agreement


Lesson:

• Lit Book pg 670-673
• Library

Wednesday:
Bell Work:

Lesson:

• Activity 1-3 of Sea Lullaby
• Work on Free Verse Poem

Thursday:  
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Activity 4-5 of Sea Lullaby
• Work on Free Verse Poem

Friday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Do pg 57 Review A Subject Verb Agreement
• Discuss Sea Lullaby
• Pick up free verse poem
• Grade Subject/Verb agreement

Dec. 15-18

Objective:

Monday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Grade Helping Verbs from Friday
• Elements of Good Poetry
• Read and discuss mentor poem "Endymion"
• Linking Verbs pg 54-55

Tuesday:
Bell Work:

• Read Lit book pg 676-677 on how to read a poem

Lesson:

• Linking verbs pg 54-55
• Pass out copy of "Stopping by Woods" 
• Listen to Robert Frost recite the poem on the board
• Do linking verb game on board

Wednesday:
Bell Work:  Action and Linking Verb examples Notebook slide 1
Lesson:

• Action and Linking Verb slide 2 on paper
• Students work through the slide share on Stopping by Woods
• Do worksheet on Stopping by Woods and turn in for a grade.

Thursday:
Bell Work:

• 12 Holly Days of Christmas --Wacky Web Tales

Lesson:  Christmas Party

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Friday:  Teacher PD day

Dec. 8-12

Objective:

• Define and identify various forms of figurative language (e.g. simile, metaphore, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatpoeia)

Monday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Literary Elements pre-quiz
• Mr Wasko video on figurative language 
• Verbs ws 15.1 (Prentice hall writing and grammar)

Tuesday:  Library
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Go over acuity
• Verbs:  Helping verbs Warriner's pg 52-53.  
• Look at Chad B Swim pg
• Kahoot (Main and Helping Verbs)

Wednesday:
Bell Work:  Acuity:


Lesson:

• Go over Personal Narrative
• Explanation of facts cited
• Counter claim
• Pronouns
• Verb ws 

Thursday:
Bell Work: Acuity


Lesson:

• Elements of Good Poetry Ppt
• Go over Figurative language pre-test
• Verbs

Friday:
Bell Work:  Helping and Linking verbs ws


Lesson:

• Figurative Language Poster

Dec. 1-5

Monday:
Lesson:  Acuity  - CR on Chrome

Tuesday:
Lesson:  Acuity  - CR on Chrome


Wednesday:
Lesson:  Acuity -


Thursday:
Lesson:  Acuity -


Friday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Boggle Board

Nov. 17-21

Objective:

• Choose a side of the argument and identify reasons that support my choice.
• Support an argument with textual evidence ("word for word" support) found in credible sources.
• Acknowledge counter claims
• Present argument in a formal style that include an introduction, supporting details with transitions, and provide a concluding statement that supports argument.

Monday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Close read Source A and Source B
• Give paper or electronic copy of Notes Page

Tuesday:
Bell Work:  Read article


Lesson:

• Go over claim and support from Bell Work
• Finish notes
• Look back at Mentor text:  claim and support statements
• Some will begin argument paper.

Wednesday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Show poor research notes
• Model:  New Doc in Assignment folder
• How to write a letter
• Look over mentor text
• Show In Text Citation video in Smart Video Player 
• Begin Argument paper in Assignment folder in Docs (paper due Friday)

Thursday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Work on paper and share doc with partner

Friday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

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Nov 10-14

Objectives:

• Choose a side of the argument and identify reasons that support my choice.
• Support an argument with textual evidence ("word for word" support) found in credible sources.
• Acknowledge counter claims
• Present argument in a formal style that include an introduction, supporting details with transitions, and provide a concluding statement that supports argument.

Monday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Flowers for Algernon Test
• Chromebook:  Look at answers and add up stars

Tuesday:  Library
Bell Work:  Copy helping verb chart pg 52 in grammar notebook


Lesson:

• Last 30 minutes for Library
• Verbs -- 
• Do verb Ppt
• Schoolhouse Rock- Verbs
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Wednesday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Verb1 online practice using Doc Hub
• Tell students about dad having an argument about Doberman's with the only support being movies and your claim about Doberman's.
• Read the mentor text and find the claim, support, intro, and conclusion, underline and write in the margins.

Thursday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Look over Argument Writing Prompt
• Close read Source C as a class
• Finish verb ws if time

Friday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Go over Flowers Test
• Students look up Personal Narratives on Chromes

November 3-7

Objective:

Monday:  SUB
Bell Work: Finish punctuation worksheet


Lesson:

• Students read silently pg 73-77 (Don't read Progress report 12)
• Begin chart

Tuesday:  NO SCHOOL
Bell Work:


Lesson:


Wednesday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Go over punctuation worksheet using Hovercam
• Discuss story from Monday
• Add parallel and sub plot charts
• Do discussion board question #3

HONORS:

• Book project:  go over discussion rubric and how to post and answer questions.
• Do discussion board #3
• Bring classic book on Friday to read.

Thursday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Listen to pg 77- end
• Discuss:
• conflict
• point of view
• theme
• resolution

Friday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Add to parallel and sub plot---turn in
• Finish chart and turn in.

Oct 27-31

Objective:

Monday:
Bell Work:  Prepositional Phrase Worksheet


Lesson:

• Go students check own paper as they finish and turn in.  Homework if not finished.  Due tomorrow.
• Add "racing algernon" to the parallel episode page
• Listen to Flowers for Algernon pg 63-65

HONORS:

• Introduce Classic Book Assignment

Tuesday:  Library
Bell Work:  Commas


Lesson:

• Holt lesson on commas
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Wednesday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Do group  reading questions pg 65-69
• Add to parallel episode chart and begin sub plot

Thursday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Discuss yesterday's reading
• Listen to  Flowers for Algernon  pg 69-71
• Discuss the story
• Fill out parallel espisode and sub plot chart

HONORS:  SAT set 2---use cartoons

Friday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• HONORS:  Online discussion
• Discussion board question #2
• Teacher read aloud

Oct 20-24

Objective:

1. Analyze the thoughts, words, and actions of a character to provoke a decision or impacts the development of the plot.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of how differences in points of view of the characters and the audience create effects as suspense, drama, or horror.
3. Identify parallel plot and subplot; explain how these are used to move the story along.

Monday: Get out Chrome and finish typing Personal Narrative (10 Min)  Be sure to look at scoring guide in Bb

Lesson:

• Add vocab to blog:  detect 
• Anticipation:  Question Form
• Flowers for Algernon Ppt

Tuesday:
Bell Work:  Type personal narrative


Lesson:

• 5 min of typing personal narrative
• preposition song --bonus
• Look at the survey results from yesterday
• Listen to first part of "Flowers for Algernon" from CD (pg 55-59 --25 min)

Wednesday:  
Bell Work:  Close read paragraph on pg 53 "Literary Analysis"


Lesson:

• Begin sub-plot and parallel plot organinzer and fill in about taking a test twice
• Listen to the story on the CD (pg 59-64 25 min)

Thursday:  
Bell Work:  Peer Edit Narrative


Lesson:

• Share Narrative with me 
• Peer edit and revise
• Do Discussion board (15 Min)

Friday: 
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Add racing Algernon to parallel episode page (10 Min)
• Preposition on the board
• Preposition worksheet.

Oct 13-Oct 17

Objective:

Monday:
Bell Work:  Finish bell work from Friday.  Warriner's pg 44 Exercise 11.

• Pass out preposition notes to put in notebook
• Preposition song
• Discuss Personal Narrative pg 126-128 in Lit book
• Analyze Mentor text for Personal Narrative ws.
• Go over the Unit 1 test

Lesson:

Tuesday:   Library:  Book Fair Last 15 min
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Preposition song
• Preposition ws homework
• Introduce  "Creepy" personal narrative using Notebook lesson

Wednesday:  Dr. Wilson observing 6th hour
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Prepositional Phrases:  Students partner with person who has a board or a marker.  Have them finish the prepositional phrase.  I put my book.....  then I went.   (Notebook lesson)
• Give students the personal narrative writing prompt
• Students put ideas on Answer Garden of scary topics
• Fill out a paper to organize their writing -- due tomorrow

Thursday:
Bell Work:

• Open a Google Doc and title their personal narrative
• Share it with a partner
• Link their doc to their blog
• Begin typing their personal narrative
• Show the rubric (also on Bb)

Lesson:



Friday:  NO School
Bell Work:


Lesson:

Oct 6-Oct 10

Objective:

Monday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Acuity question review
• Tell Tale Heart open book  CPS quiz
• Irony Detective

Tuesday: Bring a book
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• HONORS:  SAT Narrative
• Unit 1 Common Assessment CPS
• Read a book,  and teacher read aloud

Wednesday: 
Bell Work:  Copy Adjective chart pg 39 in grammar notebook


Lesson:

• SAT Narrative Due
• Ask questions from warriner's pg 39 and students pair up with wipe board and marker to answer questions.
• 1st and 2nd Hour go over Tell Tale Heart Summary for advisory
• Go over how to write a found poem  Notebook
• Read and choose page from books, newspapers, Landlady or Tell Tale Heart

Thursday:  
Bell Work:  Finish selecting words for the found poem


Lesson:

• School House Rock Adjectives
• Go over Articles, Demonstarative Adjectives and sentences:  Warrinier's pg 39-41
• Honors SAT vocab unit 1 test
• Use pencil to write poem in stanza
• then color in poem
• Teacher Read Aloud

Friday:
Bell Work:  Review Noun, Pronoun, Adjective:  Warrinier's exercise 11 pg. 44.  If they miss more than 5 they will be assigned excercise D during advisory.


Lesson:

• Grade the bell work.
• Teacher read aloud

Sept 29-Oct 3

Objective:

Monday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• HONORS:  SAT vocab 1.3 review
• Write 2 sentence summary of Jack the Ripper articles in Socrative and evaluate answers,.
• Type poem into Blog--label the post

Tuesday:  Library
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Pick up Landlady and Jack the Ripper articles for participation grade.
• Introduce Tell Tale Heart with Holt Online
• Go through to Dramatic Irony and then meet the writer
• Begin: 

Wednesday:
Bell Work: Indefinite Pronoun chart page 36


Lesson:

• discuss Indefinite pronouns and do pg 37 orally
• HONORS:  SAT narrative
• Irony Ppt
• Introduce Tell Tale with Holt Online--Paraphrasing and vocabulary
• Listen to Tell Tale Heart  (15 minutes)  follow along pg 376

Thursday:  
Bell Work: in groups summarize what has happened so far in the story.

Lesson:

• HONORS:  Narrative
• Finish Listen to Tell Tale Heart   follow along pg 376
• Remind the students "The narrator has an active imagination" and together write a character analysis of this thesis statement.  
• Discuss Tell Tale Heart (elements of Fiction)
• Who is the protagonist (narrator even though he is a bad guy)
• Antagonist (narrator's own mind)
• What is the conflict? (Internal)  
• Where is the climax? (when he confesses)
• What is the theme? (Don't let your imagination run away with you.  Sometimes guilt can over come you)
• Examples of irony?
•  Homework:  Do Putting it all together" - Tone Analysis ws on Tell-Tale Heart on paper

Friday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• HONORS:  SAT vocab 1.3 Test
• Pass back papers
• Use Chromebooks to:
• Poe links on Bb
• Tell Tale Heart Vocab with Quizlet
• Review Irony with Irony Detective with Socrative

Sept 22-26

Objective:

Monday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:  Acuity Testing

Tuesday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Acuity Testing
• While students are acuity testing pick up poems and read over them.  Meet with students to discuss as they finish

Wednesday:  
Bell Work:  Write this sentence as many different ways as you can.  "We played in a pile of fall leaves"  (There is a notebook lesson)


Lesson:

• First read "Jack the Ripper" article 1 with a pencil
• Summary
• Unknown words
• Class discuss with questions from the teacher
• Highlight words that support how the author feels about conclusion of this mystery.
• Put answers in Answer Garden on Bb

Thursday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• First read "Jack the Ripper" article 2 with a pencil
• Summary
• Unknown words
• Class discuss with questions from the teacher
• Highlight words that support how the author feels about conclusion of this mystery.
• Put answers in Answer Garden on Bb

Friday:
Bell Work:  Choose the best answer to support statements from the text.


Lesson:

• #1:  Highlight words that support how the author feels about conclusion of this mystery.
• Put answers in Answer Garden on Bb
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Sept 15-19

Objective:

Monday:
Bell Work:  Read Characterization Papers


Lesson:

• Go over Characterization papers.  Final Copy due Thursday.
• Pronoun Lesson:  
• Go over pg 31 and do pg 32 orally
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Tuesday:
Bell Work:

• Pronoun Lesson:  Put definition of pronouns in grammar notebook from Ppt

Lesson:

• School House Rock Pronoun and go over rules again
• 2nd and 5th go over quotation marks
• Read and discuss the poem The Listeners (old Lit book pg 180)
• Listen to the YouTube song "The Listeners"
• In groups create a T-chart comparing the characters, setting and mood of The Landlady and The Listeners
• Present charts

Wednesday:
Bell Work: Pronoun worksheet

Lesson:

• Write a dialogue on the ending of The Landlady

Thursday:  Library
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Pick up Characterization Final Draft
• Give out the poetry packet and talk about:  Tanka, Cinquain, or Limerick
• Look at other examples
• Write a poem
• Poem due tomorrow

Friday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Go over Landlady/Listeners chart
• Work on Poem:  Due Tuesday

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Objective:

Monday:

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Tuesday:

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Wednesday:

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Thursday:

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Friday:

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Sept 8-12 test

Monday:   Discuss where to go if a fire
Bell Work:  Find one piece of dialogue in the story that creates

Objective:

• Recognize how an author develops the points of view of characters by revealing thoughts, feelings, actions and spoken words
• Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience create suspense.  

Lesson:

• Discuss Fire routes
• Go over Landlady worksheet
• 1st - 3rd Hours:  go over questions as a class and examples of correct answers.  Students may re-write answers for points (due tomorrow)
• 5th-7th Hours:  Students who received 19 or 20 will help others with their answers.  They may re-write answers for points. (due tomorrow)
• Go over the Landlady test
• Characterization worksheet.  2 people do Billy and 2 do Landlady then share answers

Tuesday:  Firedrill at 9:00
Bell Work:

Objective:

Lesson:

• Pick up answer re-writes
• As a class write thesis statement for each character.

• Billy Weaver was innocent and not observant of his surroundings.
• The landlady seemed friendly by showed a side of insanity

• Do characterization worksheet

Wednesday:

Bell Work: vocab "narrate"

Objective:

Lesson:

• Quotation lesson:  
• Look at direct quotes in The Landlady.  Share a quotation rule that you notice.
• Quotation rules -- put them in grammar notebook
• Vocab "narrate"

Thursday:  Library Lab

Bell Work:

Lesson:

• Students log into google/chrome
• go to blogger.com
• blog title is  NPSlastname2019 (add number if more than 1 person with last name NPS2berg2019
• Post Six Word Memoir Ppt.  (Save as a GIF first)
• Layout:  Links
• Blackboard
• Mrs. Berg's blog

Friday:

Bell Work:

Objective:

Lesson:

Sept 2-6

Monday:  NO SCHOOL

Tuesday:  Library
Bell Work:  Honors:  finish book and movie elements of Fiction.  Finish book summary from Friday.  Pick up all bell work.

Objective:

• Students will analyze the thoughts, words, and actions of a character to provoke a decision or impacts the development of the plot.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how differences in points of view of the characters and the audience create effects as suspense, drama, or horror.

Lesson:

• Honors:  SAT Quiz 
• Read Aloud "The Landlady" 
• Go to library last 20 min

Wednesday:
Bell Work:  Read Silently and 6 word summary in writing journal


Lesson:

• Do vocab for vocab Facade
• Begin 2nd read of The Landlady and take 2 column notes on unfamiliar words, foreshadowing and characterization
• Test over story Friday

Thursday:  
Bell Work:  Complete 2nd read of Landlady and notes

Lesson:

• Review the story as a class
• Do Worksheet on Landlady

Friday:
Bell Work:  Read Silently and summarize in writing journal


Lesson:

• Pick up Questions and character analysis paper
• Take Landlady quiz

Aug 25-29 Elements of Fiction

Monday:
Bell Work:  Grammar:  Noun, pronoun and adjective review--SMART Notebook lesson

Objective:

• Students will analyze the thoughts, words, and actions of a character to provoke a decision or impacts the development of the plot.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how differences in points of view of the characters and the audience create effects as suspense, drama, or horror.

Lesson:

• Go over Usage Demon Quiz.
• Elements of Fiction Ppt and take notes on handout
• HONORS:  Pass out SAT vocab list #1.  Definition and description part of speech, word forms of first 8 words.  Show cartoons
• Read aloud "False Prince"

Tuesday:
Bell Work: Warriners pg 24 1-10.


Lesson:

• Go over bell work
• Put analyze and summarize in vocabulary notebooks
• Read aloud "False Prince"

Wednesday: 
Bell Work: Grammar:  Finish Warriners pg 24 1-10  Honors:

Lesson:

• Go over bell work
• Go over the vocab "Analyze"
• Finish Elements of fiction notes
• Create list of  vocab from "Superman and Me"
• Add 1 word to their vocab 
• Honors:  Look at Padlet Wall

Thursday:
Bell Work: Grammar: Show
Boom goes the Dynamite

Lesson:

• Mrs Doubrava and MAP scores
• Honors:  Choose a book or movie and write a paragraph on each of the following:
• Character
• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Setting
• Plot
• Conflict
• Climax
• Resolution
• Point of View (may not remember)
• Mood
• Theme
• Elements of Fiction video 
• Plot and do Activity 1 (roadrunner)
• Setting
• Character and do Character Study (Shawshank Redemption)
• Theme and activity 2

Friday:
Bell Work:  Read Library book 10 minutes


Lesson:

• Respect Lottery Drawing (student selector)
• If they have their library book
• If they have not signed out for the restroom
• From time to time:  binder on the ground, have their english folder, no head on the desk.
• Honors:  Finish yesterday's assignment
• Write summary of False Prince as a class.
• Write summary of the book they are reading in their Journals.  

Week 1

Tuesday:
Schedule:
7:40-9:30

• Get to Know you game
• Advisory Syllabus
• Lockers
• Bus Tickets
• Handbook

9:40-10:00 Team meeting in auditorium
10:00-11:02

• Name Game

11:06-11:28 Lunch
All Classes:

• Syllabus
• 8 English
• 8 Honors
• Go over "Remind" paper
• Get to Know you Game as a group (Notebook lesson in Drive)

11:32-12:20 5th Hour
12:25-12:45 1zt Hour
12:50-1:10 2nd Hour
1:15-1:35 3rd Hour
1:40-2:00 4th Hour PLAN TIME
2:15-2:25 6th Hour
2:30-2:50 7th Hour




Wednesday:
Bell Work: Create list of words and phrases that describe them, what they want in life, or something important to them.  Ppt

Lesson:

• Seating chart
• Handout "Remind 101" paper.
• Introduce 6 word memoir with Notebook lesson
• Look at memoir examples on the back wall
• Be ready to show 3 samples tomorrow (due Friday)  Meet in Library Lab on Friday
• Read Aloud:  False Prince

Thursday:
Bell Work:  Directions Test

Lesson:

• Season's Test over days of week, months and seasons
• Make sure to have at least 3 six word memoir statements.  Continue to edit and revise.
• Write passwords
• Do Notebook Practice to practice Seasons
• Read Aloud:  False Prince

Friday: MEET IN THE LIBRARY LAB
Bell Work:

Objective:

Lesson:

• Create a Ppt of 6 word memoir and print off
• Either Read Aloud or practice getting into google docs

Aug 18-22 Close Reading

Monday:
Bell Work:

Objective:

• Understand how to close read an article.
• Understand words that are often confused and use them correctly.

Lesson:

• Get English folders ready by putting in paper 
• Start a Table of Contents
• Take notes on Too and To
• Read article on close reading on SMART board and model annotating for 1st read.  Vocabulary, main idea, questions?
• Do Notebook Practice to practice Seasons
• Read Aloud False Prince

Tuesday:
Bell Work: Take notes on There and Were slides 3-4

Lesson:

• Go over bell work
• Library Time
• Read Silently

Wednesday:
Bell Work: Take notes on slides 5-6

Lesson:

• Go over bell work
• Re-take season's quiz
• Pass out handout on Close Reading steps to put in their English folder.
• Students read "Superman" using close reading 1st read ONLY:  vocabulary, main idea and questions
• Stop and discuss after each step

Thursday: 
Bell Work: write sentences from slide 7 and 8  Test Friday

Lesson:

• Go over bell work
• Write one question on sticky note from assigned paragraph and put on the board.
• Class discuss what they annotated in "Superman" 
• What is the main idea?  Write it down, share and then write a group main idea.  
• Discuss Structure, Figurative language, parallelism, literal
• Read Aloud "False Prince"

Friday:
Bell Work: Read silently 10 minutes Need Library Book

Lesson:

• Take Usage Demon Quiz 
• Seasons quiz
• Read Aloud False Prince