Monday:
Holiday
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Tuesday:
Essential Question: 1. How does the desire to survive affect Rainsford's
actions? 2. How did the life or death outcome affect YOUR experience as
a reader? Standards: L.2, SL.1, L.6, R.3, W.4
Activating Strategy (Bell-Ringer): (Academic Vocabulary) "Look at the
word on the board. Read the sentence using the word in context. In your
BR section on a separate piece of paper, label the date, and write the
word and a definition for the word, using your own ideas and wording. In
your BR Section, write the Part of Speech and Variations of the word in
the corresponding boxes on your Vocabulary Squares handout."
Instruction: 1. Answer EQ's and create summary for "The Most Dangerous Game" in
partners 2. Reading TEST - "The Most Dangerous Game"
3. Create our working vocabulary definitions on flashcards from our list
(from "The Most Dangerous Game") Teaching Strategies/Student Activities: 1. Review main concepts in story after reading quiz 2. Teacher assistance with flashcards
Summarizing Strategies (Exit Slip): "Use the slip of paper provided
during the bell-ringer to answer the prompt: Explain the correlation
between the story and the quote 'For the hunted, it is not sport, but a
matter of life and death.' What does 'sport' mean in this context?"
Re-Teaching/Enrichment/D.I.: Create a one sentence summary
explaining what you had the hardest time with on the reading quiz (finish
for homework)
Assessment Strategies: Teacher observation and homework sentence
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Wednesday:
Essential Question: 1. How are Cornell Notes helpful to me, and how
can I tweak them to fit my note-taking style? Standards: L.2, SL.1, L.6, R.3, W.4
Activating Strategy (Bell-Ringer): (Academic Vocabulary) "Look at the
word on the board. Read the working definition from Tuesday. In your BR
Section, draw a picture/logo that represents the definition of the word in
the corresponding box on your Vocabulary Squares handout."
Instruction: 1. Finish discussing the 8 Parts of Speech together interactively via the
Promethean board videos and Keeping Up handout
2. Videos based on Parts of Speech (Adverbs-Prepositions) to review
3. Begin "The Pit and the Pendulum"
Teaching Strategies/Student Activities: 1. Keeping Up handout and review videos
2. Recorded read-aloud to help students better understand Poe's
language
3. Open and collaborative discussion of the story with "Draw the Story"
modeled by teacher
4. Use Cornell Style (AVID) Note-taking Strategy: "Matters of Life and
Death" Thematic Unit
-to practice the Cornell Style, including reviewing notes at the
end via question creation, note highlighting, and summary of main
concepts
-to learn about the elements of short stories and how they interact to
create interesting and various styles of short stories
5. Flash card vocabulary practice Summarizing Strategies (Exit Slip): "Use the slip of paper provided
during the bell-ringer to list the 8 Parts of Speech and the basic definition
for each."
Re-Teaching/Enrichment/D.I.: Verbal review of key concepts in Cornell
Notes by creating questions and highlighting possible vocabulary
Assessment Strategies: Grammar Handout #1 - Parts of Speech Review
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Thursday:
Essential Question: What elements of a short story are found in "The Pit
and the Pendulum" that help to develop mystery and suspense?
Standards: L.2, SL.1, L.6, R.3, W.4
Activating Strategy (Bell-Ringer): (Academic Vocabulary) "Look at the
word on the board. Read the working definition from Tuesday. In your BR
Section, list an antonym and a synonym for the word in the corresponding
box on your Vocabulary Squares handout."
Instruction: 1. REVIEW Cornell Style (AVID) Note-taking Strategy: "Matters of Life and
Death" Thematic Unit
-to practice the Cornell Style, including reviewing notes at the
end via question creation, note highlighting, and summary of main
concepts
-to learn about the elements of short stories and how they interact to
create interesting and various styles of short stories
2. Continue "The Pit and the Pendulum"
Teaching Strategies/Student Activities: 1. Interactive practice of Cornell Style Strategy with teacher monitoring
and correction via AVID Cornell Notes Handout
2. Recorded read-aloud to help students better understand Poe's
language
3. Open and collaborative discussion of the story with "Draw the Story"
modeled by teacher
4. Flash card vocabulary practice
Summarizing Strategies (Exit Slip): Answer the EQ in the summary
section. Re-Teaching/Enrichment/D.I.: MadLib game via iPad as a class
(requires Parts of Speech knowledge to play the game)
Assessment Strategies: Find 5 unknown words in "The Pit and the
Pendulum" to add to our working vocabulary list (homework)
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Friday:
Essential Question: What is poetry, and what are the elements of poetry?
Standards: L.2, SL.1, L.6, R.3, W.4
Activating Strategy (Bell-Ringer): Free Friday - Listening Enrichment;
(Academic Vocabulary) "Look at the word on the board. In your BR
Section, write an original sentence using the word in context in the
corresponding box on your Vocabulary Squares."
Instruction: 1. Use Cornell Style (AVID) Note-taking Strategy: "Matters of Life and
Death" Thematic Unit
-to practice the Cornell Style, including reviewing notes at the
end via question creation, note highlighting, and summary of main
concepts
-to learn about the elements of poetry and how they interact to
create interesting and various styles of poetry
2. Finish "The Pit and the Pendulum"
3. Recognize and practice with subject and predicate identification via the
Promethean board
Teaching Strategies/Student Activities: 1. Interactive practice of Cornell Style Strategy with teacher monitoring
and correction via AVID Cornell Notes Handout
2. Recorded read-aloud to help students better understand the language
3. Discuss the story collaboratively and openly
4. Flash card vocabulary practice
Summarizing Strategies (Exit Slip): "Use the slip provided to find the
indirect and direct objects in the 2 sentences, as directed."
Re-Teaching/Enrichment/D.I.: Verbal review of key concepts in Cornell
Notes by creating questions and highlighting possible vocabulary
Assessment Strategies: STUDY FOR VOCABULARY TEST MONDAY