Monday
Vocabulary due – King of the Hill
IR Summary due
Extra Credit Take Home Makeup Test Due
Complete writing prompt.
• Why would someone need to use a code to communicate?
Fingerprint Analysis
• Fingerprinting Activity Continued…
• Read “Who Dunnit?”
• Complete Fingerprint Patterns and Fingerprint Pattern Analysis Activity.
• Turn these in. Be sure your name is on the paper.
• Continue with Cracking Codes.
• Create your own secret code and make a message using the code.
• Have a partner decode the message.
Reflection:
• Why are people so interested in crime scene investigation?
Homework: Define tone and give an example from something you have read recently. Review poetry vocabulary and elements.
Due Following Monday
Vocabulary Words
Tuesday
Complete writing prompt.
· What is tone?
· How do we find the tone of a work?
· Think of themes you could use for a poem from what we have learned in crime scene investigation.
Blackout Poetry Assignment
Share the following links:
• http://www.slideshare.net/austinkleon/novel-blackout-poems
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPAkoPsX0gA
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqB9kXzJ0UA
Show examples.
Give out articles.
Students should write a short summary of the article on the back, and give the tone of the article. The summary should be no more than a few sentences.
Allow students to select their words and phrases.
Finish with decoration.
Reflection:
• Review your original summary of the article.
• Compare with your poem.
• Write a brief summary in how the article changed.
• Explain whether the tone is the same or has changed.
Homework: Finish decorating Blackout Poetry Piece.
Study for CSI Assessment.
Wednesday
Complete writing prompt.
Make a list of feats an ancient hero may accomplish.
CSI Assessment – Open Note Test
When finished research Homer’s Odyssey.
Reflection: How could you use what you have learned about crime scene investigation to answer a test question?
Thursday
PACE
Complete writing prompt.
What are your goals after graduation?
Mrs. Cowan will be giving a presentation on high school graduation requirements.
Reflection: Make a list of courses you think you would like to take in high school.
Homework: Diffuse text on pages 32-38 in your Springboard. Based on each subheading create a question for that section.
Friday
Complete writing prompt.
An analogy shows a relationship between words by comparing two different sets of words. These things may be completely unrelated, but the relationship between the words is what matters.
Examples:
Green is to go as red is to stop.
Mitten is to hand as sock is to foot.
Plane is to hangar as car is to garage.
• Create your own analogies.
Vocabulary Review for Homer’s “Odyssey”
• Vocabulary Review
• Subheading Questions
• Bit Strip Assignment
• Read
Reflection: Complete The Road of Trials, Page 31 of Springboard
Due Following Monday
Vocabulary Words
Next week:
Mulan – A Different Kind of Heroine
Color Coding
Daily Writing Prompt
Daily Reflection Paragraph
Homework