Sunday

Quarter 4, Week 8 of 10

Vocabulary Enrichment accepted until Friday!
Consider how much time your lesson will need! shorter lessons may be paired with longer ones.
Monday, May 14
 or 
Tuesday, May 15
Due Today: Questions/Annotations on EA 2: Multimedia Lesson Document 
Learning Target: RL.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly.
Classwork
  1. Do Now: Preview the entire blog post for this week. Title the next page of your INB Quarter 4, Week 8 of 10. In a format that works best for you, use the entire page to organize:
    • today's focus, short-term activities, long-term activities, due dates
    • at the bottom, copy the target practice for today
  2. After: Continue listening to The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
  3. During/Then: Freewrite in INB while listening: Why do we tell stories?
  4. Next: EA 2: Multimedia Lesson Document questions
    • Lesson Plan Template available on Google Classroom (only one per group is needed)
Target Practice: I can apply O'Brien's need to tell stories with my own need to tell them. Fist-5?
Homework
  • Revise the plan for EA 2: Multimedia Lesson. Practice your lesson!
  • Complete any Enrichment Vocabulary by Friday at midnight (see sidebar)
Wednesday, May 16
Due Today: All sections of Lesson Plan complete
Learning Target: RL.11-12.6 Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant.
Classwork
  1. Do Now: Continue listening to The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, Love and Spin (10m 30 s)
  2. During: Continue adding to foldable
  3. Then: Read the following statement. In your INB, freewrite about why you think the truth is so hard to say, or even agree about. Look back at Love and Spin if needed.
    • Let me apologize to begin with, Let me apologize for what I'm about to say. But trying to be genuine was harder than it seemed. And somehow I got caught up in between. Let me apologize to begin with, Let me apologize for what I'm about to say. But trying to be someone else was harder than it seemed. And somehow I got caught up in between...
    • Between my pride and my promise, Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way. The things I want to say to you get lost before they come. The only thing that's worse than one is none. 
    • Let me apologize to begin with. Let me apologize for what I'm about to say. But trying to regain your trust was harder than it seemed. And somehow I got caught up in between...
    • Between my pride and my promise, Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way. The things I want to say to you get lost before they come. The only thing that's worse than one is none. 
    • And I cannot explain to you In anything I say, or do, or plan. Fear is not afraid of you, Guilt's a language you can understand. I cannot explain to you in anything I say or do. I hope the actions speak the words they can. 
    • For my pride and my promise, For my lies and how the truth gets in the way, The things I want to say to you get lost before they come. The only thing that's worse than one is...For my pride and my promise, Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way. The things I want to say to you get lost before they come. The only thing that's worse than one is none.
  4. Next: Group planning and drafting session for EA 2 Multimedia Lesson on Google Classroom
Target Practice: I understand the difference between objective truth and subjective truth, and how truth changes based on perspective. Fist-5?
Homework
  • Revise the plan for EA 2: Multimedia Lesson. Practice your lesson!
  • Complete any Enrichment Vocabulary by Friday at midnight (see sidebar)
Friday, May 18
Due Today: Revised Lesson, last day for Enrichment Vocabulary
Learning Target: RL.11-12.3 Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story. RL.11-12.6 Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant. SL.11-12.6 Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating a command of formal English.
Classwork
  1. Do Now: Continue reading The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, On the Rainy River
  2. After: Foldable should have at least:
    • Column 1, Things...: not just physical things, but emotional ones too
    • Column 2, Characters: names and short descriptions (3-5 words)
    • Column 3, Images: at least four from different chapters (list p.# or chapter title)
    • Column 4, WTF Lines: at least 10 w/ page and paragraph #
  3. Then: EA 2: Multimedia Lesson lesson planning session (see Google Classroom post)
  4. Next: Sign-up for your lesson delivery date on Google Classroom
Target Practice: My lesson plan is complete and I know my group will deliver a fun and engaging lesson that will inspire my classmates to read the book. Fist-5?
Homework
  • Sign-up for a day and time on the calendar in Google Classroom
  • Revise the plan for EA 2: Multimedia Lesson. Practice your lesson!
  • Complete any Enrichment Vocabulary by tonight at midnight (see sidebar)
Looking Ahead...Teaching Each Other through 
EA 2: Multimedia Lesson!
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