Foundations Agendas
Tues
Verbs
Warm-up
Notebook Check
Micro Fiction
100 Word Contest
Mon 8/20
Content/Language objectives: students will review introductory materials, the Writing Process and work towards Piece #1
Agenda:
The Writing Process
Warm-up #2 Write/tell a story entitled "The Dare." (Fiction or Non-Fiction)
-Things to decide:
Who dared whom?
What was the dare?
What was the outcome?
Read a story: "The Dare"
A Kahoot
Week of 9/12
Content-Language Objectives: Students will work active voice in order to prep for Piece #1
Agenda:
Thur 8/16
1:35 - 2:20 PM1
Intros
CYWTB?
Homework
Read Syllabus
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andrew.pfouts@bvsd.org
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Last Day
What We Know
Proofread & Turn in Choice Piece--SAS Reviser
Mad Libs
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School House Rock: Verbs
Harry Baker (14min)
https://kahoot.it/#/
Fri 10/6
Fri: Intro Paragraph Thesis and outline due. Start the essay.
Homework: Finish Fisher King Essay (Due Monday).
Bring Headphones for Monday
Tues-Fri 10/3-6:
Tues: Finish The Fisher King.
Homework: Do some Pre-writing for the Fisher King
Thurs: Warm-up:
How does the director symbolize each character's biggest fear in the move?
or
Consider that Parry and Jack saying "take care" and notions of people caring for each other.
Group/whole class discussion
Homework: Write an intro with a thesis and bring an outline
Fri: Intro Paragraph Thesis and outline due. Start the essay.
Homework: Finish Fisher King Essay (Due Monday).
Writing a catchy intro
Inverted Pyramid--and The Owl @ Purdue
Proposition: There should be a wall between Mexico and the United States.
Affirmative
Izzy Hope
Negative
(Lucy)2
Proposition: Fracking is beneficial to the US
Affirmative
Joey
Caley
Negative
Marco
Cole
Proposition: The US should continue to build the wall
Affirmative
Isobel and
Hope
Negative
Lucy and Lucy
Proposition: Humans are the leading cause of climate change
Affirmative
Isaac & Nico
Negative
Oliver & Matt
1. Affirmative Constructive-3min
2. Cross Examination of the affirmative (questions) 2min
3.Negative Constructive-3min
4.Cross Examination of the negative (questions) 2min
5.Negative re-constructive speech and closing-3min
6. Affirmative re-constructive speech and closing-3min
Tue 9/12
Speaker A - will read the opening paragraph of the Debate paper and Argument 1, 2 and 3 paragraphs.
Speaker B will read the closing, which will contain all 3 arguments and one NEW piece of evidence for each, as well as summarizing what their opponents said and why their arguments are not as valid as yours.
Content/Language Objectives: Students will begin the Persuasive Unit by looking at techniques and elements of persuasion.
AGENDA
Persuasive paragraph
Evidence/Argument/Position
HOMEWORK for Thursday
Come to class with 3 debatable topics that you are interested in and a 2-3 sentence explanation why.
Bring in a still advertisement (hard copy please) you found that shows persuasion and write a 2-4 sentence explanation of what it is persuading you of and what methods it uses.
- be ready to explain it orally
Fri.
Another proofreading trick
Persuasive: Curfew
Kahoot
Madlib
Free Rice?
Google Folders?
Tues-Thurs 8/29
West Lab
Work time
Peer edit
Mon 8/28
Content/Language Objectives: Students will work on Piece #1.
Agenda:
Form of a narrative
Intros
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andrew.pfouts@bvsd.org
Tue 8/25
Content/Language Objectives: Students will work on active writing and begin warm
Agenda:
100 Word Contest
Turn in 100 Word Stories
8/25 warm-up: Piece #1 Pre-writing
Writing Process
Good Intros
Intros/Piece #1/Your Intro due______
Handbook page 24
Homework for Monday:
Write the introduction to Piece #1
Tue 8/24
Content/Language Objectives: Students will work on active writing and begin warm
Agenda:
Sensory Detail Assignment
Warm-up: "The Dare"
Kim reads aloud: The Dare--finish up reading for Thursday.
Homework:
Finish up reading The Dare
(Choose a question from page three and answer it)
Mon 8/21
Content/Language Objectives: Students will work on active writing
Agenda:
"Let's Make an Active Sentence"
Friday August 18th
OBJECTIVE:
1. orally explain why writing is important (to you or others) using the prompt on the projector to give you ideas
2. describe in writing one of the prompts using the Warm-up #1 link here.
AGENDA:
attendance
Explain CYWTB?
Sentence of the day
writing time (10 minutes)- take one of your ideas from your homework last night and try to start writing the full story.
Create Google folders
Put first assignment in there
Go over website
FREE RICE (do as homework)
sensory details hand out- read aloud- underline sensory details with your table partner- highlight on class document.
detailed writing- rewrite the sentences using sensory details and descriptive language
Date: 1-Aug 17 1:35 - 2:20
OBJECTIVE:
1. orally explain why writing is important (to you or others) using the prompt on the projector to give you ideas
2. describe in writing one of the prompts using the Warm-up #1 link here.
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andrew.pfouts@bvsd.org
AGENDA
roll
create name tags
why write?(5 minutes)
describe yourself in 6 words!
Explain CYWTB
writing time (10 minutes)
HOMEWORK DUE
bring a journal/notebook that you can turn in
Read Syllabus
Finish Foundations first assignment.
Last Day:
What We Know
Proofread & Turn in Choice Piece
Mad Libs
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School House Rock: Verbs
Harry Baker (14min)
https://kahoot.it/#/
Thurs-Fri Oct. 6-7th
Fisher King Essay Due @ 1:05pm
Proofread--turn it in
Final stretch:
Homework
Complete Syd Field's Character Excercise
Read: Semi-colon, Colon, Dash
Tues Oct. 4th
Due Thurs 10/6 @ the beginning of class
Mon Oct. 3rd
Small group discussion
Large group
Paper
Thurs 9/22
Agenda:
Content/Language Objectives: Students will wrap up the persuasive writing unit by turning in their essays and begin the Literary Analysis Unit.
Proofread, Turn in
Fisher King intro
watch/discuss
take notes
permission form
Agenda:
Content/Language Objectives: Students will wrap up the persuasive writing unit by taking a ideas through the writing process.
Thesis Exercise Sheet
Get it back/turn it in
Use it to start your intro
Writing a catchy intro
Bring it and an outline for tomorrow
Friday finish writing--preliminary peer edit
Monday: proofread/turn in. Start: Fisher King
Inverted Pyramid--and The Owl @ Purdue
Tue 9/20
Last Debate
Persusavie Writing
Thursday: lab time?
Tues 9/13
Agenda:
Debate Practice
Debates start Thursday
Debate times
Affirmative Opening (constructive) - 2 min
Cross Examination (questioning) Neg to Aff - 2 min
Negative Opening (constructive) - 2 min
Cross Examination (questioning) Aff to Neg - 2 min
Negative closing (rebuttal) - 2 min
Affirmative Closing (rebuttal) - 2 min
Tues-Thurs 9/6-8
Agenda:
Content/Language Objectives: Students will begin the persuasive writing unit
Warm-up:
Persuasive Writing:
evidence/argument/position
persuasive paragraph
Debate Topics
Debate Organizer
Kim's Link
Fri/Mon: Work time--West Lab
Fri
CYWYB?
Proofreading tricks
Some quizzes
Edit your draft
Turn it in
https://kahoot.it/#/
Mon 8/28
Agenda:
Content/Language Objectives: Students will move to the next phase of the writing process: Drafting
100 word Contest
The Writing Process, Tues/Thurs Lab. Fri: Piece #1 Due. Past Tense for Piece #1. Punctuating Dialogue.
Everyone: Write a 100 word story--typed in your Foundations Folder
Fri 8/26
Content/Language Objectives: Students will get organized for the quarter and get a sense of how the class will work
Agenda:
Review: Active Writing Lesson
Piece #1 Warm-ups
Warm-up #4
100 word contest on Monday
Homework: Write a 100 word story--typed in your Foundations Folder
Next week:The Writing Process, Tues/Thurs Lab. Fri: Piece #1 Due. Past Tense for Piece #1. Punctuating Dialogue.
Thurs 8/25
Content/Language Objectives: Students will get organized for the quarter and get a sense of how the class will work
Agenda:
"Let's Make an Active Sentence"
Homework: Piece #1 Warm-up
Tues-Thurs 8/23-25
Content/Language Objectives: Students will get organized for the quarter and get a sense of how the class will work
Agenda:
Homework/Gradebook
Syllabus
Read aloud?
Micro Fiction
Warm-up #3
"Let's Make an Active Sentence"
Homework: Piece #1
Online Writing & Micro Fiction Index
Mon 8/22
Content/Language Objectives: Students will get organized for the quarter and get a sense of how the class will work
Agenda:
Homework/Gradebook
Read aloud?
Syllabus
Google folders
Warm-up #2 (in Google Folder)
A story to read: "The Dare."
Fri 8/19
1:35 - 2:20 PM1
Intros
CYWTB?
Homework
kimberly.keig@bvsd.org
andrew.pfouts@bvsd.org
Google: "pfouts index"