October+plans


 * Monday, October 1**

8th grade: No Bell Ringer

Review Practice Test

Take Sentence Structure Quiz

Period 4, 7, 8:

Bell Ringer: Identify the conflict in "The Necklace"

- Discuss conflicts, ironies, and symbolism - Personal response:

•Why do parents and their children typically have conflicts? What are the causes of their differences/problems? Explain your thoughts in no less than 100 words. Finish response for HW. **Thurs, Oct. 2** 8th Grade: Read "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and complete worksheet HW: Finish worksheet if not complete in class. Period 4, 7, 8: -Share parent-child conflict responses. - Distribute Reader-Response Sentence Starters - Make a T-chart for double-entry journal - Begin reading "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan Period 6: Bell Ringer: Analyze the following cartoon:

Quiz on Section Two Reading of //Night//

**Friday, Oct. 2** 8th grade: Work on completing "Identity" worksheet and finish for homework 9th grade: Period 4, 7, 8: Read "Two Kinds" and complete double-entry journals Period 6: Complete Section Two Reading Worksheet for //Night// HW: Read up to pg. 65 (Section Three) and complete five more double-entry journal entries. **Monday, Oct. 6** 8th Grade: Bell Ringer: What is poetry? Do you like it? Why or why not? Discuss rhyme scheme, meter, and poetry in general. Analyze poetry by determining most important words and details. Period 4, 7, 8: Define and identify examples of Unit 2 vocabulary terms HW: - Finish vocabulary charts and complete "Choosing the Right Word" Period 6: Define and identify examples of Unit 2 vocabulary **Tuesday, Oct. 7** 8th grade: Create Found Poem in class Period 4, 7, 8: -Continue reading "Two Kinds" - Compile five more Reader Response Entries Period 6: - Complete worksheet for Section Three of //Night// **Wed, Oct. 8** 8th Grade: Work on revising poems and explanations. HW: Finish poem explanation for tomorrow. Period 4, 7, 8: - Work on completing Unit 2 vocabulary exercises - Discuss theme, plot, conflict, etc. in class discussions HW: Complete Period 6: - Work on Unit 2 vocabulary exercises - Distribute Illustrated Man Essays - Discuss common problems and issues with writing
 * Thursday, October 09, 2014 **

8th Grade: – Admonish – Cumbersome – Efface – Predispose – Unbridled Fill in the blank with one of the words above: After not eating all day, I unleashed my appetite on the Thanksgiving dinner table.
 * Bell Ringer:
 * Define the following review words:

- Begin completing the Sizing up People worksheet with a partner

HW: Elaborate upon one of your answers to the questions on the hand out. This can be done on the back of the sheet. Period 4, 7, 8: – Bell Ringer: Use three Unit 2 vocabulary words to create three new sentences (one vocabulary word for each sentence). Provide context to show meaning.

In groups, students discussed plot, conflict, and theme. We worked together to explore the themes and began discussing themes that might be common to both “Two Kinds” and “The Necklace.”

HW: Study for Unit 2 vocabulary quiz tomorrow Period 6: – Bell Ringer: Use three Unit 2 vocabulary words to create three new sentences (one vocabulary word for each sentence). Provide context to show meaning.

Students were placed in groups and worked together to create an answer for their assigned question. Groups shared their responses with the rest of class.



HW: Study for Unit 2 vocabulary quiz tomorrow


 * Friday, October 10, 2014 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: Explain what’s happening, what it means, and author’s purpose.

- Share opinions on "Sizing up People" topics

HW:

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer:

Unit 2 vocabulary quiz

HW: Focused Comparison Paragraph due 10/17

Period 6: Bell Ringer:

- Discuss Group Questions - Unit 2 vocabulary quiz

HW:

- Make sure you’re caught up on reading (up to pg. 84 in //Night//)
 * Tuesday, October 14, 2014 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none

- Finish discussing/debating characteristic by which people should be judged - Evaluate cartoon: "Everything is charged!"

HW: --

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Take M.P. assessment (multiple choice) - Look at cartoon and determine what you see and what it means

HW: Comparison Paragraph due on Friday



Period 6: Bell Ringer: none

- Take M.P. assessment (multiple choice) - Discuss Group Activity Worksheet

HW: Section Four Worksheet for //Night//
 * Thursday, October 09, 2014 **

8th Grade: - Finish discussing yesterday’s cartoon - Distribute //The Outsiders// copies - Analyze the book cover

Period 4, 7, 8: - Model how to “read” the cartoon by answering the three core prompts.

Period 6: - Provide textual examples of irony and theme for students and analyze as a class

HW: Make sure to finish the Section 4 Worksheet for tomorrow Notes from class:
 * Thursday, October 09, 2014 **

8th Grade:
 * Bell Ringer: Read the book review on the back of your copy of //The Outsiders//. What do the words used in this description suggest about the book? Point to a couple specific words in your analysis.

- Begin reading Chapter One of //The Outsiders// and start completing the Chapter One worksheet.

HW: Finish reading Ch. One and complete the worksheet

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: Analyze the cartoon on the board. - Class involved a thorough discussion of this cartoon and how individuals make inferences

HW: Short Story Comparison Paragraph due tomorrow

Period 6: Bell Ringer: Share one of your similes, metaphors, theme examples, or examples of irony from Section 4 of Night with a partner.

- Discuss student examples from homework.


 * Friday, October 17, 2014 **

8th Grade: No class

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: Define tone and mood.

- Discuss tone and work on two-tone paragraph worksheet.

HW: - Finish two-tone paragraph for Monday

Period 6: Bell Ringer: – Why does Wiesel choose to write this way? How does the form of this passage contribute to Wiesel’s message? – Which words/phrases stand out or seem particularly powerful? Why?
 * Reread the text in the middle of the page starting with “Never Shall I Forget . . .”
 * On a piece of paper, respond to the following questions:

- Read “Happiness Revisited” and complete questions on worksheet

HW: - Read up to pg. 103 in //Night// - Complete questions for “Happiness Revisited”
 * Monday, October 20, 2014 **

8th Grade: - Introduce Unit 2 vocabulary

HW: Complete Unit 2 vocabulary exercises for Thursday

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: (only for Period 7) Analyze the following cartoon:

- KWL chart for the Holocaust and WWII - Share information and create questions for further understanding

HW: Create three questions about these two topics and find the answers online

Period 6: Bell Ringer: Analyze Comic (see one above)

- Discuss comic - Pair and share “Happiness Revisited” worksheet responses - Distribute project worksheet

HW: Finish //Night//
 * Tuesday, October 21, 2014 **

8th Grade: - //The Outsiders// Chapter One Quiz - Discuss responses - Group students and ask them to identify a personality trait, with evidence, for a specific character in Chapter One

HW: Finish Unit 2 vocabulary exercises for Thursday

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer (only for Period 4): List a few facts learned about WWII and/or Holocaust from other students

- Read an article on The Holocaust and summarize each paragraph with one sentence (eight total)

HW: Finish summary activity for tomorrow

Great Map of Europe during WWII: []

Period 6: Bell Ringer: Explain the prompt for the Symbolism illustration Project

- Work on Project during class




 * Wednesday, October 22, 2014 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: Work on completing vocabulary exercises

- Work in groups to identify personality traits of character and quotes to support that trait - Share as a class

HW: Finish Unit 2 vocabulary exercises

Period 4, 7, 8:

- Watch Holocaust Videos and record reactions



Period 6:

- Work on projects for half the period - Discuss plot and significance of the last sections of the book

HW: - Finish Project for tomorrow - Read pg. 117-120 (Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech)
 * Thursday, October 23, 2014 **

8th Grade:
 * Bell Ringer: Determine sentence type for the following three sentences:
 * 1. Although I should have known better, I still snuck out and went to my friend’s house.
 * 2. Never having gone fishing before, I couldn’t even cast the reel.
 * 3. He wants me to think he’s confident, but I know he’s nervous just like me.

- Model and practice Double Entry Journal - Go over correct answers to Unit 2 vocabulary exercises

HW: - Study for Unit 2 vocabulary quiz tomorrow - Complete five entries from Chapter Two for Monday

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: - Continue watching Holocaust Videos and forming reactions

HW: Finish reaction sheet if you haven’t already done so in class

Holocaust Videos Link

Period 6: – What’s the significance of Wiesel’s title, //Night//? What associations/meanings do you consider “night” having and how do they connect to the plot and message of the memoir?
 * Bell Ringer:

- Practice Quotation Explication
 * Provide speaker, context, and significance (importance to developing plot, theme, irony, conflict, and/or character(s))
 * 1. “I gave him what was left of my soup. But my heart was heavy. I was aware that I was doing it grudgingly. Just like Rabbi Eliahu’s son, I had not passed the test” (107).
 * 2. “Our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions. That’s all we thought about. No thought of revenge or of parents. Only of bread” (115).
 * 3. “From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me” (115)

HW: Prepare for //Night// Test on Tuesday, 10/28
 * Tuesday, October 28, 2014 **

8th Grade:
 * Bell Ringer: Get out the “I’m a Loser” lyrics with your comments on them. Partner up with someone and exchange papers with him or her. Explain your reactions if explanations are necessary.

- Share reactions as a class—model on the board - Decide five most important events from Chapter Three of //The Outsiders// - Distribute conflict worksheet and ask students to complete one column for homework

HW: Read Chapter Four and complete one column of the conflict worksheet

Period 4, 7, 8: 2. We managed to escape getting in trouble for missing our curfew by ___a story about how we had gotten lost on our way home.__ __3. Those who are able to__ _ their hardships end up stronger because of them.
 * Bell Ringer: Identify the correct Unit 3 vocabulary term for the following sentences:
 * 1) Which version of the story do you want, the whole thing or the _ version?

- Distribute copies of //Night// - Talking to the Text: Page one and two of //Night//

HW: - Finish Talking to the Text for the first two pages of the book - Unit 3 vocabulary exercises are due on Thursday

Period 6: - //Night// Test
 * Wednesday, October 29, 2014 **

8th Grade:
 * Bell Ringer: Correct the following sentences:
 * I love broccoli, it tastes delicious.
 * Because I never got to visit France.

- Collaborate to work on conflict worksheet for //The Outsiders//

HW: Complete Character journal for Chapter Four

Period 4, 7, 8: - Talking to the Text Activity - Discuss vocabulary and meaning of introduction

HW: Work on vocabulary exercises for Thursday

Period 6: - Finish //Night// Test - Go over baseline testing results

HW: Finish Unit 3 vocabulary exercises for tomorrow


 * Thursday, October 30, 2014 **

8th Grade:
 * Bell Ringer: Ask two questions that you have at this point in your reading of //The Outsiders//. It could be something you don’t understand, a question about a character’s decision, or a theme-related question.

- Share Conflict worksheet results - Share Character journals - View //The Outsiders// film up to Chapter Four

HW: Read Chapter 5

Period 4, 7, 8:
 * Bell Ringer: Read silently from pg. 4-8 in //Night//. Explain what happens to Moishe the Beadle and how people respond to him. You have ten minutes to do this.

- Return Short Story Comparison Paragraph - Discuss grading rubric, common mistakes and look at model essay

HW: Study for tomorrow’s Unit 3 vocabulary quiz

Period 6: - Introduce //Night// essay requirements - Vocabulary review game

HW: Study for Unit 3 vocabulary quiz tomorrow
 * Friday, October 31, 2014 **

8th Grade:
 * Bell Ringer: In no more than fifty words, summarize the plot of Chapter Five.

- In groups, do the following: - Explain how each of the following plays a role in Chapter Five. How is each one significant? (How is it symbolic and/or tell us something about the characters?) - 1. Hair - 2. Tears - 3. Dawn - 4. Letter

HW: None

Period 4, 7, 8:
 * Bell Ringer: Study for Unit 3 vocabulary quiz

- Complete Quiz

HW: Read up to page. 22 in //Night// and complete five double journal entries

Period 6: - Complete Unit 3 vocabulary quiz