November 30-December 4

Monday: Bell Work:  Read their Haiti article and look for comma mistakes.

• Pass back comma paper and go over
• Proofread haiti article and put in commas HONORS:  change sentences to put in commas.  Look at chapter 1 question to see if anyone has put anything on it.
• Share Google Notes for review

Tuesday:  Bell Work:

• Read Haiti article and change sentences to put in commas HONORS has done this.   Look at chapter 1 question to see if anyone has put anything on it.
• Socrative test 
• New Parts of the play to read
• Read page 870-874 HONORS read silently

Wednesday:

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• HONORS read....  Night discussion tomorrow. Look at chapter 1 question to see if anyone has put anything on it.
• Read pages 875-884 silently

Thursday:

• Pass back comma paper and go over
• Take Act 1 test
• Proofread haiti article and put in commas
• HONORS:  Chapter 1 blog and discussion
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Friday:  Internet Safety Assembly -- change in schedule

• Newsela article on Syrian refugees and Anne Frank
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November 16-20

Monday:  Bell Work:  Commas

• Go over Bell work
• Last person teach commas
• Library

Tuesday:  Bell Work 2.1-2.2 (talk about semicolon)

• Read Play pg 851 silently
• Respond to one person in the discussion board
• Create Google Keep for notes
• Book mark Keep
• Notes:
• Characters and Characterizations
• Irony
• Conflict
• Act 1 Scene 1-2 Summary

 Wednesday Bell work: 2.3  - 2.4

• Read play 851-857
• Read pg 6-7 out of her diary

Thursday: Bell Work:  Comma Worksheet (turn in)

• Read play Silently pg 857-863.  (further if possible)
• Google Keep
• Discussion Board
• Read pg 853 "...Mrs Frank:  You complain..." to "Anne:  You know we're going"  What is the author's purpose for adding this dialogue in the story?  What is she trying to tell the audience?

Friday:  Bell Work 

• Finish First part of Anne Frank Play

November 9-13

Monday:

• Read pg 833 about Elements of Drama
• Teacher read pgs 835-836 and discuss how it is a quote from her diary, but the play often paraphrases.
• Listen to play pg. 839-847

Tuesday:

• Discussion board on Bb:  "Re-read the rules for the Secret Annex on pg 846.  Describe at least one of the rules that the families must follow.  Why did they have this rule? Which rule would be the most difficult for you to follow?"
• Read play aloud pg 847-852
• Go back Discussion board rubric.  They do NOT click on the stars.
• Reply to at least one other person.

Wednesday:

• Talk about Job Shadow
• Read any responses to their answer yesterday
• Comma and Semi colon lesson
• Give groups a section to learn on commas.  

Thursday:

Awareness Day

Friday:

• Link Landlady Ending and Haiti article onto student blog
• Teach section about commas.

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

March 16-20

Objective:

Monday:

• Go over LAD Fair entries:  All due on Wednesday
• Watch Chapter 1-  of the Anne Frank movie

Tuesday:

• Watch the Anne Frank Movie Chapter 11- end

Wednesday:

• Watch Video about kids playing football
• Use evidence from the video to supports each side of the debate
• Read “Should Kids Play Football?” aloud by Jennifer Shotz
• Begin answering the questions "Finding Textual Evidence"
• If time begin Friday's Assignment of taking notes

Thursday:

• Smarter Balanced test in the lab

Friday:

Write an essay Question 6:

First take notes of 4-5 facts about why football is dangerous. Read a section and then take notes, read a section and take notes.

Feb 23-27

Objective:

Monday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:  ACUITY

Tuesday:
Bell Work:


Lesson: ACUITY

• When finished with Acuity, finish reading silently scene 2 895-900

Wednesday: 
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Read Anne Frank Scene 4

Thursday: 
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Finish Anne Frank Scene 5
• Begin Anne Frank Ppt.

Friday: NO SCHOOL
Bell Work:


Lesson:

February 9-13

Objective:

Monday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Pick up diary entry
• Go over Warriner's pg 200 on Active and Passive
• Show Active and Passive voice video from Flocabulary
• Discuss the play up-- Act 1
• Take quiz on Act 1
• Warrieners pg 201 1-10
• HONORS:  Pass out Night books (write down numbers) and go over Bb---pass out papers

Tuesday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Grade Active and Passive voice
• Subject Verb agreement
• Students discover Rule by going through Ppt
• Slide 1-2 on Agreement Rules Ppt
• Holt Online Sub Verb Agreement
• Honors:  pick up cell phone worksheet --fill out questioning sheet on Anne Frank

Wednesday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

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• Slide 1-4 on Agreement Rules Ppt
• Begin reading Act II
• Honors:  
• Go over Helping verb
• Assign propaganda assignment
• What is propaganda?
• How was it used against Jews?
• Why was it used against Jews?
• Examples of Propaganda

Thursday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Read Act II Scene 4 and 5
• Honors:  Quiz over Night:  Chapter 1-3 then reciprocal teaching discussion
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Friday:  
Bell Work:  Put Helping verb chart in blog


Lesson:

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Feb 2-6

Objective:

Monday:

Lesson:

• Bell Work:  Write sentences using different form of verb and helping verb.  Wad up paper and throw it.  Add to the paper.  After about 4 times, get original paper back and high light verbs.
• Read 850-857 
• Stop and add to character chart as they read

Tuesday:  Library
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Verb, helping verb worsheet and grade
• Go over Smarter Balance argument writing assignment
• Library

Wednesday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Read out of "The Diary of a Young Girl" p 6-7, 35, 37
• Read silently pg 858-863  
• Work on the Character Analysis paper.

Thursday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Read 864-868  and write on the Character Analysis worksheet
• On paper, pretend to be Anne Frank and write this last section as she would have in her diary.

Friday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Journalism students (15 minutes)
• Work on the diary writing.