february


 * Monday, February 2, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Complete episodic notes for Chapters 15-18

HW: Finish episodic notes; read up to pg. 104 for tomorrow.

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none

- Distribute //To Kill a Mockingbird// books - Introduction to the cover - Begin reading first page or two of novel - Start filling out chart on worksheet HW: none

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none - Read “The Great Depression” article and complete QAR activity (create one question for each of the question categories)

HW: finish QAR activity

=**Tuesday, February 3, 2015**=

8th Grade:
Bell Ringer: none

- Complete episodic notes for Chapters 19-24 - Complete journal entry for either Jim or Will

HW: Finish journal entry

Period 4, 7, 8:
Bell Ringer: none

- Read Chapter One aloud and work on completing worksheet

HW: none

Period 6:
Bell Ringer: none

- Share QAR questions for “The Great Depression” article - Share/write down five questions for each question category - Read “The Scottsboro Case” and create two questions for each category

HW: finish writing two questions for each QAR category for the article on the Scottsboro Case


 * Wednesday, February 4, 2015 **

8th Grade:

Bell Ringer: Letter editing

- Share journal entries; provide and give feedback to partner about writing

- Reread the second paragraph on pg. 83 in //Something Wicked//


 * In it, Jim is compared to an “old almost forgotten dog.” In a brief paragraph, explain how Jim’s character is developed by this comparison to the dog. Analyze how the dog is described and what that implies about Jim. Use at least one reference to the text.

HW: Read Chapter Twenty-Four for tomorrow. Complete two questions for each QAR category.

Period 4, 7, 8:

Bell Ringer: Write down five facts that you’ve learned from Chapter One of //To Kill a Mockingbird// so far.

- Continue reading Chapter One

- Complete quotes for worksheet on Boo Radley and Dill

HW: none

Period 6:

Bell Ringer: Identify the dependent clause and clause type:


 * 1) I took notes while my teacher gave a lecture.
 * 2) The constitution states that all men are created equal.
 * 3) I was eager to know if the answer that I came up with was correct.

- Discuss recommendations

- Review QAR questions and identify appropriate categories

HW: finish QAR activity (if not already completed)


 * Thursday, February 5, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: Write a twenty-five word summary of Chapter 24.

- Examine the metaphor of Jim as a dog - QAR discussion of questions

HW: Add one more question for each QAR category (three total) and double check the quality of your questions.

Period 4, 7, 8: The union __insisted__ A on an increase in __their__ B __members’__ C starting pay, and threatened to call a strike if the company __refused to__ D meet the demand. __No error__ E. > B. > C. > D. > E.
 * Bell Ringer:**Choose the letter of the error and explain why you chose your answer.**
 * A.

HW: Finish the character chart for the TKM worksheet.

Period 6: The union __insisted__ A on an increase in __their__ B __members’__ C starting pay, and threatened to call a strike if the company __refused to__ D meet the demand. __No error__ E. > B. > C. > D. > E.
 * Bell Ringer: **Choose the letter of the error and explain why you chose your answer.**
 * A.

- Finish sharing QAR questions - Begin reading //To Kill a Mockingbird//

HW: Read Chapter One and Two of TKM and complete the character chart on the worksheet.




 * Friday, February 6, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Review QAR questions for each category - Look at the theme of time in //Something Wicked//

HW: Read up to pg. 140 in //Something Wicked//; complete five double-entry journals with your reading

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: Add commas in the following sentences where needed or mark as “Correct”:
 * 1) All the houses located on Elm Street burned down in the fire.
 * 2) Despite my warnings Jane still touched the hot pan burned herself and ran away crying.

- Review character chart with quotes and personality traits - Begin reading setting passage (on back of chart worksheet) and start identifying “stand out” words

HW: none

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none - Reading quiz on Chapters One and Two - Begin filling out a common chart for characters

HW: none


 * Monday, February 9, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Share double-entry journals - Theme exploration: temptation – work on worksheet in groups HW: Read pg. 141- 163 and complete five double-entry journals

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Read and highlight “stand out” words and phrases from setting passage - Analyze meaning and share with class

HW: bring course selection booklets and questions to class

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none - Finish character chart for TKM - Begin analyzing setting passage individually and as a group

HW: bring course selection booklets and questions to class


 * Tuesday, February 10, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Theme exploration: temptation – work on worksheet in groups - Respond to last question on worksheet

HW: Read pg. 141- 163 and complete five double-entry journals (if not done already)

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none

Course selection instruction

HW:

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none

Course Selection Instruction

HW:


 * Wednesday, February 11, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: Write down five questions you would ask Mr. Halloway if you had the chance.

- Role-playing activity: Mr. Halloway - Quiz on Pg. 143-162

HW: none (vocabulary corrections due tomorrow)

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Discuss mood and purpose of author in setting passage - Work on writing setting analysis paragraph

HW: Finish setting paragraph for tomorrow.



Period 6: Bell Ringer: none - Discuss mood and purpose of author in setting passage - Work on writing setting analysis paragraph

HW: Finish setting analysis paragraph for tomorrow and read Chapter Three of TKM.


 * Thursday, February 12, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Group discussion about latest reading - Constructed Response: Poetry (in-class writing assignment)

HW: Read pg. 164 – 183 and complete QAR Qs



Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Hand out Literary Analysis Rubric and discuss point values - Read Chapter Two of //TKM// and complete double-entry journals

HW: Read Chapters Two and Three and complete both sides of Double-entry journal worksheet (one side for each chapter).

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none - Discuss Literary Analysis Rubric - Complete Chapter Three Quotation Explication worksheet



HW: Finish Setting Analysis Assignment (if not already done) and read Chapters Four and Five of TKM for Tuesday


 * Wednesday, February 18, 2015 **

8th Grade:


 * Bell Ringer: Try to determine the meaning of the underlined words in the following sentences by looking at context. Explain what you think it means and why.


 * 1. The __flourished__ drums, the old-womanish shriek of calliope, the shadow drift of creatures far stranger than he, did not witch the Indian’s yellow hawk-fierce gaze (165).
 * He was also gazing with surprise at himself, accepting the surprise, the new purpose, which was half despair, half __serenity__, now that the incredible deed was gone (180).

- Collect QAR questions – answer student-selected questions on a piece of paper


 * Right There**


 * 1) To where did Mr. Dark follow Charles Halloway?


 * 1) What fell from the little boy’s mouth into the grate?


 * Pulling it together**


 * 1) What did Will tell his dad on the phone?


 * Author and Me**


 * 1) Why does Mr. Halloway smoke the cigar while talking to Mr. Dark?


 * 1) Why isn’t Charles Halloway more involved in Will’s life?


 * On my Own**


 * 1) Is it okay for children to keep secrets from their parents? Defend your opinion.

HW: Finish your answers to the student questions for Thursday.

Period 4, 7, 8:


 * Bell Ringer: Try to determine the meaning of the underlined words in the following sentences by looking at context. Explain what you think it means and why.

1. Atticus was __expounding__ upon farm problems when Walter interrupted to ask if there was any molasses in the house (24).

2. Calpurnia’s tyranny, unfairness, and meddling in my business had faded to gentle grumblings of general disapproval. On my part, I went to much trouble, sometimes, not to __provoke__ her.

(34).



- Complete partially completed outline in class.

- Distribute Chapter Three worksheet

HW: Per. 4 and 7: Complete Chapter Three worksheet for tomorrow.

Period 6:


 * Bell Ringer: Try to determine the meaning of the underlined words in the following sentences by looking at context. Explain what you think it means and why.

1. Atticus was __expounding__ upon farm problems when Walter interrupted to ask if there was any molasses in the house (24).

2. In certain circumstances the common folk __judiciously__ allowed them certain privileges by the simple method of becoming blind to some of the Ewell’s activities (31).

- Work on Chapter Three worksheet in groups

- Discuss responses as a class

- Distribute worksheet on Chapters Four and Five



HW: Complete Chapter Four and Five worksheet for tomorrow


 * Thursday, February 19, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Share QAR answers - Work on Charles Halloway Transformation Graphic Organizer

HW: Read pg. 184 – 209 and complete QAR questions

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Work on/share answers for Chapter Three worksheet

HW: none

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none - Assessment: Question #2 off Ch. 4 and 5 worksheet - Discuss responses from worksheet

HW: Read Ch. 6, 7, 8 and complete chapter logs




 * Friday, February 20, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: Write down as many synonyms of “evil” as you can. (just so we’re clear, a synonym is a word whose definition is similar)

- Complete and share transformation of Mr. Hallway graphic organizers - In groups, discuss key passages from Mr. Halloway’s monologue

By the pricking of my thumbs Something evil this way comes

This line, reflecting the title of the book, is a direct allusion to Macbeth. Macbeth is about a Scottish general who, after hearing prophecies that he would be king from three witches, resorts to betraying his friends and king, all in his pursuit of the throne.

The witches in this play reflect an outside evil, but in the end, it is his own evil desires and ambition that lead to much death and disaster throughout the play.

With this thought in mind, what do you believe Charles Halloway is implying when he tells Will and Jim that “there are times when we’re all autumn people”? What does autumn represent? How is it in all of us? Explain.

“We are the creatures that know and know too much. That leaves us with such a burden again we have a choice, to laugh or cry. No other animal does either. We do both, depending on the season and the need. Somehow, I feel the carnival watches, to see which we’re doing and how and why, and moves in on us when it feels we’re ripe.”

What is Charles saying here? What “burden” do we have?

What does he mean when he says that the carnival “moves in on us when it feels we’re ripe”?

HW: none

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none Describe each of the following characters in one word based on what you know so far: - Scout - Calpurnia - Jem - Boo Radley - Dill - Atticus

- Read Chapter Four of //TKM// and work on completing outline of chapter on worksheet



**Bell Ringers #7 collected: 1/29, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 2/18, 2/20**
HW: none

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none

- Watch //Always// brand commercial, “Like a Girl” - []

- Answer the following questions after watching: - What do you see (25 words)? - What is the message? - Why is this commercial effective? - What questions does it leave you with?

- In groups, share your responses from the chapter logs - Decide, as a group, what the title of your assigned chapter would be and the key events from the chapter - Share with the class as a whole

HW: none


 * Monday, February 23, 2015 **

8th Grade:

 * ====Bell Ringer: Summarize the events that occur between Chapter 37 – 40 in //Something Wicked.//====

HW: complete vocabulary exercises for Thursday

 * Tuesday, February 24, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: (see below)

This is a very old rhyming riddle. See if you can answer it by reading and thinking very carefully. //As I was going to Saint Ives,//

//I crossed the path of seven wives.//

//Every wife had seven sacks,//

//Every sack had seven cats,//

//Every cat had seven kittens,//

//Kittens, cats, sacks, wives,//

//How many were going to Saint Ives?//

- Finish group work exploring Mr. Halloway’s monologue - Share responses with the class

HW: none

Period 4, 7, 8: Identify what Unit 8 word would connect BEST to the following words:
 * Bell Ringer:
 * 1) Fountain of Youth
 * 2) Necklace
 * 3) Melted tupperware
 * 4) Rabies
 * 5) Lord of the Rings

- Read Chapter Four of //TKM// and work on completing front side of Ch. 4 and 5 worksheet

HW: Unit 8 exercises due Thursday

Period 6: Bell Ringer: Identify what Unit 8 word would connect BEST to the following words:
 * 1) Graduation ceremony
 * 2) Confessions
 * 3) Walkman
 * 4) Scratching my head
 * 5) Old couch with springs popping out

- Talking to the Text: Chapter Six excerpt - Discuss in pairs - Class Discussion

HW: Complete QAR on CH. 6 excerpt. Read Chapter Nine and complete the other side of the QAR.


 * Wednesday, February 25, 2015 **

8th Grade:
 * Bell Ringer: Once a boy was walking down the road, and came to a place where the road divided in two, each separate road forking off in a different direction. A girl was standing at the fork in the road. The boy knew that one road led to Lieville, a town where everyone always lied, and the other led to Trueville, a town where everyone always told the truth. He also knew that the girl came from one of those towns, but he didn't know which one.


 * Can you think of a question the boy could ask the girl to find out the way to Trueville?

- Finish discussing group questions from Mr. Halloway’s monologue - In groups discuss chapter events, assign chapter titles and share questions that you have about each chapter

HW: Read Chapters 45-49 for tomorrow

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Spend five minutes completing Unit 8 vocabulary exercises - Review examples of children’s immaturity from Chapter Four - Begin reading Chapter Five; analyze “foot washing Baptists”

HW: complete Unit 8 vocabulary exercises

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none - Share Chapter Six QAR - In groups, complete one of the questions from Chapter Nine

HW: Complete Unit 8 vocabulary exercises and Chapter Nine paragraph if not completed in class




 * Friday, February 26, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: Two babies born on the same day in the same year with the same mother and father are not twins. Can you explain how this can be?

- Finish discussing chapter events, titles, and questions - Share double-entry journals - Receive poetry constructive responses back and analyze exemplars

HW: Make sure that you have finished up to pg. 258 in //Something Wicked//

Period 4, 7, 8:
 * Bell Ringer: Complete the following sentences with the correct vocabulary term.
 * 1) It’s best to avoid trying to talk reason to someone who’s particularly _; it won’t get you anywhere.
 * 2) I tried to __the girl whose puppy died the day before, but she just kept on crying all day.__
 * 3) __“No, don’t!” said the balding man to his kid daughter who was trying to pull out a hair on his head. “My hair is__ ___ enough as it is!”

- Go over vocabulary exercises for Unit 8 - Work on completing #2b and 3 on Ch. 4 and 5 worksheet

HW: study for Unit 8 vocabulary quiz

Period 6:
 * Bell Ringer: Complete the following sentences with the correct vocabulary term.
 * 1) The mean girls ___ my suggestion, laughing and calling me a loser for thinking of such an idea.__
 * 2) __ I had no time to ___ in the satisfaction from the championship win; I had final exams the very next day.
 * 3) Wearing an aluminum foil helmet _ the government’s efforts to read your thoughts.

- As a class, listen and take notes as different groups report on the question they responded to yesterday on Chapter Nine

HW: Study for Unit 8 vocabulary quiz.


 * Friday, February 27, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Read and analyze qualities of writing exemplars - Discuss Ch. 45-49 of //Something Wicked// //-// Read article on therapeutic effects of laughter. Complete chart that lists what you learn from the article and what the article does //not// say.

HW: finish chart and complete reflection activity on poetry response if desired. Finish //Something Wicked// by Tuesday.

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Unit 8 vocabulary quiz

HW: Read Chapters 5 and 6. Complete Ch. 4 and 5 worksheet.

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none - Unit 8 vocabulary quiz

HW: Chapter 10 and 11 and complete double-entry journal 2.0