Sunday

Quarter 1, Week 7 of 10

Mid-quarter grades will be entered by Tuesday evening. Any grades after that will not be reflected on the report you get in the mail!
Monday, September 10
 or 
Tuesday, September 11
Due Today: ITW Chapters 2, 3, 4 with notes on foldable
Learning Target: RL.11-12.3 Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama. W.11-12.2.B Develop the topic thoroughly by selecting the most significant and relevant facts, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
Classwork
  1. Do Now: Preview the entire blog post for this week. Title the NEXT LEFT page of your INB Quarter 1, Week 7 of 10. In a format that works best for you, take notes on:
    • today's focus, short-term activities, long-term activities, due dates
    • AT THE BOTTOM of the next RIGHT PAGE copy the target practice for today
  2. After: Meeting Chris McCandless activity on WB p.341-2
  3. Then: Read/Listen to Chapter 5 of Into the Wild together. Use foldable annotation guide. 
  4. Time-permitting: Commas, Parentheses, and Dashes activity on WB pp. 331-333.
    • Use what you learned from the activity to make any changes you can to EA 1 in the time provided.
Target Practice: I can successfully create a narrative sketch of Chris McCandless using details from my reading. Fist-5?
Homework
  • Continue reading ITW through to the end of Chapter 6. Remember to use your foldable  guide while reading.
  • Continue updating your personal vocabulary list. Remember: 35 entries in the last section of your INB.
  • Continue Independent Learning activity.
Tuesday, September 11
 or 
Wednesday, September 12
Due Today: ITW Chapter 6
Learning Target: RL.11-12.3 Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama.
Classwork
  1. Do Now: Complete the Setting a Purpose for Reading activity on WB p. 321 with Tupac Shakur's In the Depths of Solitude.
  2. After: Read/Listen to Chapter 7 of Into the Wild together. Use foldable annotation guide. 
  3. Then: Discuss connections between ideas in Shakur's poem and those of Chris McCandless
  4. Next: Read and annotate Is the American Dream Still Possible? on WB pp. 64-66
    • Use the Notes sections to write where you agree and disagree during the third read.
Target Practice: I can analyze and explain the impact of John Krakauer's artistic choices in the story. Fist-5?
Homework
  • Continue reading Into the Wild Chapter 8. Continue using your foldable annotation guide.
  • Continue updating your personal vocabulary list. Remember: 35 entries in the last section of your INB.
  • Continue Independent Learning activity.
Thursday, September 13
 or 
Friday, September 14
Due Today: ITW Chapter 8
Learning Target: W.11-12.5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning. RI.11-12.2 Determine two or more central ideas in the reading.
Classwork
  1. Do Now: Turn to the next LEFT PAGE of your INB. Title today's INB entry The American Dream. divide the page into four quarters. Label the top-left quarter My Dream. Imagine yourself 10 years from now. Make a list answering the questions below. This is your dream about the future. Be as realistic or fantastic as you want to be! 
      • What do you want to be doing? College? Military? Career? Something else?
      • Will you be single or married? Kids? Why or why not?
      • Will you own a home? Rent? With family? Why or why not?
      • Will you be in-shape? Does that matter? Why or why not?
      • How will you be financially? Secure? Rich? Does it matter? Why or why not?
  2. After: Informational Reading Analysis
    • Group 1: Label the top-right corner What is the American Dream? Read the essay and list what it says the 'American Dream' is. 
    • Group 2: Label the bottom-left corner Who are the Dreamers? Read the essay, watch the videos, and list what it says the 'American Dream' is.
  3. Then: Label the bottom-right corner Is the American Dream still possible? Answer the question with one of the following options:
    • Yes, because...
    • No, because...
    • Yes- however...
    • No- however...
  4. Next: Read and annotate WB p. 62 to learn about the EA 2 essay. Use the My Notes section to write down questions that you have about EA 2. We will be able to address these, hopefully, on Monday/Tuesday.
Target Practice: I can support my argument with evidence from my reading. Fist-5?
Homework
  • Setup INB Check #2 for next class
    From
    To
    # of Entries
    Assignment Name
    Score
    Peer Initial
    9/4 or 5
    9/13 or 14

    INB Check #2

    class mate
  • Read ITW Chapters 9, 10, 11 by next class. Make sure to use your foldable to annotate while reading, and summarize for each chapter.
  • Continue Independent Learning activity.
Looking Ahead... Beginning EA 2: Is the American Dream still possible?
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