Independent Reading Reminder:
Each page of the Into the Wild packet has its own due-date. Look at the right side-bar of this blog for the dates!
Monday, January 12 or Tuesday, January 13
Learning Objective: L.11-12.6 Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases.- Do Now: Title today's journal Searching for Meaning. Read the learning targets on p.257 of your workbook. Then read the Before Reading prompt and excerpt from Into the Wild. Create the graphic organizer IN YOUR JOURNAL.
- After: Group review of the goals for Quarter 3.
- Then: Review the Independent Reading packet for Into the Wild.
- Next: In groups, unpack the Personal Essay Activity on p. 256 and the requirements handout (annotate using My Notes and marking the text).
Homework
- Click here to read some personal credos. Then, create your Personal Credo Google Doc and begin writing your own. It is helpful to start with a simple list of beliefs and why they are significant to you.
- Continue reading Into the Wild and complete p.1 of the IR packet
Tuesday, January 13 or Wednesday, January 14
Learning Objective: RI.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support what the text explicitly says. RI.11-12.4 Determine the meanings of words as they are used in context. RI.11-12.10 Read and comprehend literary non-fiction in the 11-CCR text complexity band fluently. - Do Now: Catapult eValuate Test
- After: Label today's journal eValuate Score Tracking. Using your eValuate scores from August through now, create a chart that graphically shows your progress. After, look at your results from THIS test. Then, write two or three sentences in your journal that summarize strengths, weaknesses, and how you think you can improve next time. Use specific detail from the website in your summary.
- Then: Self-directed SSW time for Personal Credo (p.271 may be helpful) or SSR for Into the Wild
- Next: Read/respond to the NY Times article "What is Your Personal Credo?"
Homework
- Complete, share, and submit your personal credo by next class
- Continue reading Into the Wild and complete p.1 of the IR packet before class-time on Thursday/Friday
Thursday, January 15 or Friday, January 16
Learning Objective: W.11-12.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience. W.11-12.5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed through planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.- Do Now: Label today's journal Drafting My Credo. While watching/listening to Baz Luhrmann's 'Sunscreen', respond to the following prompt in your journal:
- What are some of the rules you learned in kindergarten or preschool? To what extent are those rules still applicable to life for you today? You may respond in paragraph form, or by folding your page in half and making two columns labelled Rule and Life Application.
- During: Check p.1 of the Into the Wild IR packet
- After: Think-pair-share your response with an elbow partner or small group of 3. Revise your list if you hear something else you believe. After, group share-out.
- Then: Read/Listen to the credo from Robert Fulghum's All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten on pp. 272-3 and mark the two that you find most meaningful in life.
- Next: Revise Personal Credo (due by Friday @ midnight)
Homework
- Revise shared and submitted Personal Credo by Friday @ midnight
- Create your Personal Essay Google Doc and begin drafting the essay (click here for the requirements)
- Continue reading Into the Wild and complete p.2 of the IR packet by next Thursday/Friday class
Vocabulary Enrichment* Reminder:
Complete and e-mail results page to wfisher@kkhs.k12.hi.us.
*These activities are NOT REQUIRED and only open to students with NO 'missing' or 'incomplete' assignments only!
Enrichment will be calculated at the end of the quarter.
