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January 31, 2018

1/31/2018

Objective: I know about the literary movements of Realism and Modernism and can make distinctions between the two.
Agenda:

Entry Task/DW: Get out your notebook and review your answer so far to How do America's major literary movements prove the necessity of literature and helps us find our place in society?
Define Equality in your own words
- Begin the Modernism prezi by copying the Equality quote
Take notes on the Realism video
- As a class answer the related questions
Take notes on the Modernism video
- As a class answer the related questions
  - Rewatch the video if we can't answer all of the questions
Exit Task: Review your answer to our Essential Question from the Entry Task--what additions can you make?

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January 30, 2018

1/30/2018

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Objective: I know what it means to read through a lens and can consider what I should do while I read.
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your notebook and review your answers and insights from yesterday's work.
- DW: What's your favorite book? Why?
Continuing on with the introductory prezi, review or take notes on Mortimer J. Adler.
Complete the Critical Lenses reading and evidence handout.
Skip to slide 17 in prezi, Semester 2-answer What do you do when you read?
Follow along to Adler's Speech, annotating as you go.
- Answer the multiple choice questions for reading comprehension check and turn in the questions
Watch the short clip in the prezi and answer whether you agree or disagree.
Exit Task: Draft an answer to "How do America's Major Literary Movements help us understand our place in society? What book(s) have you read that support your answer?

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January 29, 2018

1/29/2018

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Objective: I can be (re)acquainted with the expectations for Language Arts 11 with Mrs. Leonetti, Why We Should Read Great Literature, and What is Literature For.
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your notebook and review your expectations handout. Add a school-appropriate song to our list.
DW (45 free points!): What will you do differently or continue to do this semester to be successful in this class?
Review the Habits of Mind and Skills to Target
- How do your +/- and highlights compare from this semester to last semester? If you are new to me, write down the Habits of Mind and Skills to Target you want to work on--at least 1 from each.
- Using these as a guide, what is your goal for this semester? Write on a fresh page labeled Semester 2 if you are continuing on with me.
Review the Essential Question for Language Arts 11 from this prezi
- Answer the question to the best of your ability
- (Re)read Why Do We Read Great Literature and highlight/annotate as it is read to you.
- From the prezi, watch What is Literature For jotting down any questions or insights you have as you read.
- Share your insights with your elbow partner
Exit Task: How do these prove the necessity of literature?

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Objective: I can write an argument to support my claim about Huckleberry Finn or To Kill a Mockingbird and whether or not it should be on the banned book list (W1) and express a theme shown throughout the course of the novel (RL2).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your Huck or TKAM folder and book; review your lens questions.
- 25 min. Sustained Silent Reading--read from where you are with the goal of finishing Huckleberry Finn or To Kill a Mockingbird.
  - You may listen to the YouTube version on your phone as long as you are following along in your book as well.
  - (55%)As soon as YOU are done with the book, you may take the test at the testing station by my desk.
    - You may use your (65%)lens questions on the test
- Review your contract
  - (75%) Finish your questions for one of the Big Ideas and write a theme statement
  - (85%) Finish your argument letter following the claim, cite, clarify model to support the argument you set out in the introduction using the book for your third paragraph and a conclusion (submit to Google Classroom).
  - (100%) Create a creative a well-designed map or children's book that showcases one of themes in your Big Idea packet.
Exit Task: Check in on your contract at the end of each period leading up to the final day, so you can earn the score you are working toward. Once you are done, organize your folder IN ORDER of the items you completed with the contract on top.

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January 19, 2018

1/19/2018

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Objective: I can read and comprehend a book of my choice for enjoyment using my Friday time wisely to show my understanding of the reading (RL10).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your independent reading folder from the file cabinet and your library book.
Review Independent Reading Contract
- Check off the items you have completed that are in your folder
- What do you still need to do to earn the grade you want from the contract which is due at the end of the period?
Story Time!
20 min. Sustained Silent Reading
Work on Book Review for one of the Children's Books read (C), a chapter in your own book (B-), honest review of your completed book (A-), or completed project/website review (A).
Exit Task: Turn in your reading folder--whatever you have completed!

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January 18, 2018

1/18/2018

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Objective: I can develop and strengthen my writing based on comments to edit or try a new approach to produce clear and coherent writing for my final draft (WL4-5).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your Chromebook (please check the number on the roster) and sign in to Google Classroom.
- Open your Draft 2 from Google Classroom and make edits based on the suggestion.
- After you have made changes, make additions, so that you are working toward a completed writing option--for most this means at least 5 paragraphs.
- Your final draft, worth 100 points, is due at the end of the period TODAY.
Exit Task: Please ADD your final draft to the Final Draft assignment in Google Classroom by the end of the period.

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January 17, 2018

1/17/2018

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Objective: I can write an argument to support my claim about Huckleberry Finn or To Kill a Mockingbird and whether or not it should be on the banned book list (W1).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your Huck or TKAM folder and book; review your lens questions.
- 25 min. Sustained Silent Reading--read from where you are with the goal of reaching ch. 36 for Huckleberry Finn or ch. 28 for To Kill a Mockingbird.
  - You may listen to the YouTube version on your phone as long as you are following along in your book as well.
- Get out a Chromebook and review your introduction and body 1.
  - Write your second body section, making sure to follow the claim, cite, clarify model to support the argument you set out in the introduction using one of our other sources listed in the argument letter packet.
Exit Task: "Share" your argument letter with one other partner and peer edit by adding at least one comment to the writing that your partner has done.

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January 16, 2018

1/16/2018

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Objective: I can determine a theme and analyze it in detail over the development of the course of Huckleberry Finn or To Kill a Mockingbird to explain how it is shaped by the text itself (RL2).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your Huck or TKAM reading contract and book. Review your lens questions.
- 25 min. Sustained Silent Reading of Huck or TKAM
- Review Getting to Theme and get your theme pictures back from Freedom Box. Review your feedback.
- See directions for map project option
- Review the Big Idea packet considering which of the Big Ideas could be best shown on the map.
  - 1. When you look at the map, which Big Ideas from the packet appear where?
  - 2. Having read more than half of the book, which of the places, point to which Big Ideas? Draw arrows to show and give a short explanation or sketch.
  - 3. What is the central conflict of the story? Which of the Big Ideas does it best connect to? Circle this one and answer on your map.
  - 4. Select one main character and ask yourself what (s)he learned about that Big Idea and write it on the front of the map.
  - 5. Now, flip that idea, so it could be applied to anyone--write this theme statement on the back (use the template if you need help).
Exit Task: How much reading do you need to still do to finish Huckleberry Finn or To Kill a Mockingbird by next Monday the day of the test?

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January 15, 2018

1/15/2018

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day--No School

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January 12, 2018

1/12/2018

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Objective: I can read and comprehend a book of my choice for enjoyment using my Friday time wisely to show my understanding of the reading (RL10).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your independent reading folder from the file cabinet and your library book.

Review Independent Reading Contract
- Check off the items you have completed that are in your folder
- What do you still need to do to earn the grade you want from the contract which is due NEXT Friday?
20 min. Sustained Silent Reading
Work on Book Review for one of the Children's Books read (C), a chapter in your own book (B-), honest review of your completed book (A-), or completed project/website review (A).
Exit Task: Both your independent reading and your Huck or TKAM reading are worth 100 points and will have the same impact on your grade. Consider which you are most invested in to earn the most points possible for yourself from one of the two. Depending on your current grade, 2 100%s can change your grade 2 letter grades.

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