March 28-April 1

Monday:  Library

• Watch Honor's Powtoons about differences in words.  (watch on board-- SS has chrome)
• past
• scene
• altogether
• advice
• Go over Theme to "Button, Button"
• Go over Dave Berry Article
• Honors:  Do the other 3 words from Tuesday to have the entire class to read a discuss the article.
• Library

Tuesday

• Watch Honor's Powtoons about differences in words.
• good - well
• who - whom
• affect - effect
• Honors:  Read "Lady or the Tiger?"  and discuss with questions.
• Read Scope "Would you want to eat that"? 
• Groups discuss worksheet on tone, then go over in class 

Wednesday

• Watch Honor's Powtoons about differences in words.
• farther
• whose
• principal
• English:  Write pros and cons.  Write an introduction paragraph for an argument paper.  
• Honors:  Worksheet to choose a side and state a thesis 

Thursday

• Argument has a counter claim.  What is the "other side's" main argument?  How can you refute that?
• Read article and find:
• hook
• claim
• support
• counter claim
• conclusion
• Partner discuss counter claim for "putting bugs on a menu"
• Write introduction
• Practice No Red Ink

Friday:

• Write group argument -- Prize on Monday
• Turn in Worksheet

Mark 21-25

Monday:

• Remind of Power Hours if they want to work on their theme movie project
• Tone Lesson  print out sheets, have partners "act" out with correct voice to get the tone across. 
• Read Button, Button
• Each student write the theme for Button Button.

Tuesday Bell Work; Tone:  Give students a tone words and they write a paragraph, read it to class and class guess the tone.

• Read tone paragraphs
• Stations to  discuss "Button, Button"

Wednesday:  Bell work:  Write a paragraph with a chosen tone.

• Read Tone papers.  Turn in the paper with 2 tone paragraphs.  
• No Red Ink Quiz over pronouns 
• Write theme of "Button, Button" 
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Thursday

• Watch clip of Dave Barry, 8:20-10:30
• Discuss how things are funny to different people
• Honors: Tone of Scope article
• Read to students "Memories of Dating"
• Do worksheet

Friday
NO SCHOOL

March 14-18

Monday -- Library

• Pronoun School House Rock
• Activity: (15 min)
• In pairs students write pronouns on little squares of paper.  As many as they can in 1:30 min.
• Group with the most reads them off and other groups can add to theirs
• Divide the paper into 2 groups:  Singular and Plural Pronouns  - call on people to check some answers.  Go over the pronoun "you", go over "our and ours...etc"
• Divide the singular pile into singular and singular possessive.  Same with plural.  Check a few of the students.
• Sentence:  Mrs. Berg hugged Emily.  What pronoun could you used for Mrs. Berg and Emily.  Discuss pronouns for the subject and pronouns for the object.
• No red ink assignment on Pronouns
• Library

Tuesday Bell Work:  No Red Ink

• Show video on theme up to the 2:30 mark
• Write a summary and a theme for a section of a Disney/Pixar movie

Wednesday  

• No Red Ink -- 10 minutes
• Read each other's assignments from yesterday and comment on the theme and summary

Thursday  Bell Work:  No Red Ink 

• Go over pronouns
• Actively Learn lesson on Four O'Clock

Friday:

• No Red Ink quiz
• Go over questions on Actively Learn

Feb 29 - March 4

Monday:

• Take test over "I Have a Dream"
• Read "Four O'clock" in Actively Learn and answer questions

Tuesday:

• summative Test

Wednesday:

• Summative Test

Thursday:

• Do Make-up test
• Practice Powtoon

Friday:  No School  1/2 PD

Feb 22 -26

Monday -  Book Fair  Bell Work:

• Introduce lesson for No Red Ink on Parallel Structure
• Look at Persuasive Letter
• Write an envelope
• Book Fair

Tuesday:

• Read "Up From a Slave" and write and answer to the question
• Put students in 6 groups and assign 1 question
• Share answers to questions

Wednesday:

• Watch "I Have a Dream" speech
• Read "I Have a Dream" speech on Actively Learn
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Thursday:

• Take "No Red Ink" test
• Video on Ethos, Pathos and Logos
• Go over Discussion Questions of "I Have a Dream"
• Quiz on "I Have a Dream CPS"

Friday:

• NO SCHOOL

February 15-19

Monday
Bell Work:  Worksheet on Active and Passive Voice.

• Hangman Ppt Slide 1-6
• Silently Read "The Hangman"
• Pass out socratic seminar papers and describe the lesson Wednesday, so they may want to take annotative notes.  1/2 inside on Wed  1/2 on Thursday
• Listen to me read "The Hangman"

Tuesday:

• Choose inside and outside circle for socratic seminar.  Inside needs to have questions ready for tomorrow.
• Finish Edpuzzle on "The Hangman" in groups of 2

Wednesday  Student teachers here

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• Socratic Seminar with 1/2
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Thursday  Doubrava has chromes

• Socratic Seminiar
• Hangman Quiz
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Friday

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February 8-12

Monday:  Library Data Bases

• Go to library after 10 min of class
• Discuss power and emotion words from their sources

Tuesday:  Bell Work:  add power words to their letter.

• Show "No Red Ink" and create account
• Flipped Grammar:  Students go through Active and Passive Voice:  Due Friday -- Due Thursday
• Read aloud "An Unbreakable Code" and discuss.

Wednesday:  Go to Library Lab

• Print Letter and sign it
• Edcite

Thursday  Answer questions about active and Passive voice

• Discuss Active and Passive voice
• Go over Analogy and Allusion
• Review alusion with Learn Zillion
• Edcite
• Add phrases to their letter from their articles

Friday  Bell Work:  

• Take Active and Passive Voice quiz
•  Finish EdCite