November 2-6

Monday:

• Bell Work:  Finish Blog post
• Go over Article of the Week
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• LIBRARY

Tuesday:  NO SCHOOL

Wednesday:

• Students go to the English Blog.  
• Go to Padlet and look at Timeline of events.  Write down important words and phrases
• Put important words and phrases in Answer Garden

Thursday:

• Today you will watch 2 videos on the board.  The first video is about the Holocaust and what happened to the Jews.  The second video is about Anne Frank.  While you are watching the video you may comment notes on the Today's Meet link.  You MUST put in your real name!
  
  If you find something interesting, write about it.  If you have a question, ask it.  However, REMEMBER:  I will go through the comments and questions and there should not be anything off topic!  Actually, I hope that I can join some of the conversations from wherever I am!
  
  Today's Meet
  
  
  Substitute:  Show these videos on the SMART board
  
  Video #1  Holocaust
  
  Video #2  Anne Frank:  From the website scroll down to watch the video titled "Anne Frank - The Diary"

Friday:

October 26-30

Monday:

• Assignment written in the English Blog
• English Blog

Tuesday:

• The students need to go to the English Blog for their assignment.  It tells them everything to do.  They know how to do this.  It is english8red.blogspot.com   
• Students will read and annotate 2-3 comments per page.  (Mrs. Mac will bring you the copies for this)  They know how to do this.  (20 min)
• The students have been writing an news article about Haiti.  The articles are in Google Docs.  The students will need to "share" the article with someone in the class other than the first partner they had in this project.  (20 Min)

• Read "I Never Saw Another Butterfly"
• Discuss meaning and who wrote it.
• Read pg 101-103 from poem book
• Show the book to the students
• Students read poems and choose a poem -- Poems
• They will create a butterfly Thursday.  Bring in any materials they want for their butterfly
• Work on their Article - compare it to the rubric 
• Share article with person who is same color in another group

Wednesday: 

• Bell Work:  Blog a reflection about the Butterfly poem they are reading.
• mood, tone, connotation of words, child who wrote it
• Go to Padlet and watch Intro to WWII and Anne Frank Bio.  Write words and phrases that are important.
• Anne Frank Ppt

Thursday:

• Discuss the AoftW
• Share how to double space article.
• Proofread articles
• Create a butterfly

Friday:

• Turn in the article they wrote into classroom
• Write the reflection of their article on the same page as their annotation

Oct 19-23

Monday: Bell Work:

• Library Book Fair
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• Haiti News Project-  Informational Essay
• Article
• Watch a news report
• Find Partner through ????
• Choose a big question to drive the Essay/Article
• write 3 related questions that will need to be answered. One to ask Mr. L, one for each student to research.  
• Will you video any of the interview?
• Which question will you ask Mr. Lesperance and which will you research?

Tuesday:

• Put Summative in CPS
• One partner create padlet for notes.  Each student link to their blog.
• Add links to cite where information is found
• Begin research and notes.  Model padlet notes.
• 1/2 the class will interview

Wednesday:

• Begin research and notes.  Model padlet notes.
• 1/2 the class will interview

Thursday:

• Students link their padlet the the teacher padlet found on the blog.  They can use each other's notes
• Model writing an informational essay
• Put list on objectives covered on the board

Friday:  NO SCHOOL

Oct 12-16

Monday:

• New Seating Chart
• Tell Tale Review:
• Go over Irony worksheet
• Socrative
• Tell Tale Test with CPS
• Library -- get book because there is time to read while testing this week.

Tuesday:

• Go over Tell Tale Test
• Those 3 Wishes Review with Kahoot.it

Wednesday

• Summative Test
• Read Library book or Poe graphic novel

Thursday:

• Summative Test
• Read Library book or Poe graphic novel

Friday:

• Test Make-ups
• Tell Tale heart movie (25 minutes)
• Read

October 5-9

Monday:  Bell Work:  Landlady Ending

• Go over Soccer A of the W.
• Go over Landlady Test
• Tell Tale Heart Ppt Holt Online

Tuesday:

• Posted on Blog: (20 min)
• Students go through Poe Ppt on Chromes
• Listen to Tell Tale Heart  students follow along pg 376 (15 min)
• Question over Tell Tale Heart

Wednesday:  Go over Grammar sheet

• Irony Ppt
• Irony Activity
• Honors:  Link video to Blog

Thursday

• Questions over Tell Tale
• Honors:  Flex Room for vidoe

Friday

• Kahoot.it