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Objectives:
Week 1, July 27 - 31
Monday:
Objective - SWBAT recognize class procedures and policies for the 2026-2027 school year
Bellwork - Label your English notebook
Tuesday:
Objective - SWBAT send an appropriate and professional email (L6). Explain why annotations are useful and annotate a text based on class expectations (RL10).
Bellwork - ID the three cities important to Western thought
Block:
Objective - SWBAT critically read a story and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader (L1)
Bellwork - Baseline Test
Friday:
Objective - SWBAT correctly capitalize words in a sentence (7L2)
Bellwork - The Good, Beautiful, and True Friday (Appalachian Spring)
Week 2, August 3 - 7
Monday:
Objective - SWBAT annotate at text, highlighting important points and making comments in the margin (7 RL10)
Exit - Annotation check
Bellwork 1.5 - Vocab worksheet
Tuesday:
Objective - SWBAT take notes on the important information in a chapter
Exit - Note check
Bellwork 1.6 - Vocabulary worksheet
Block:
Objective - SWBAT analyze how a particular plot point influences the story
Bellwork 1.7 - RAFT: Write a short letter to the President of the United States about a topic that concerns you.
Friday (half day)
Objective - SWBAT annotate a text, highlighting important points and making comments in the margins
Exit - Annotation check
Bellwork - The Good, Beautiful, and True Friday (El Dorado, Poe)
Week 3, August 10 - 14
Monday:
Objective - Annotate a text, highlighting important points and making comments in the margins (7 RL10)
Bellwork - Vocab Worksheet
Tuesday:
Objective - Take notes on the important information in a chapter (7 RL10)
Bellwork - Vocab Worksheet
Block:
Objective - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text (RL4)
Bellwork - RAFT - Why should students at BFHS study the Roman virtues?
Exit - Though the KJV describes God as “tempting” Abraham, modern linguists argue that a better translation of the original Hebrew is “testing” (Alter). What exactly is God testing Abraham to do? What verbal and non-verbal responses does Abraham have to this test?
Friday:
Objective - Identify the purpose of each appropriate punctuation mark (L2)
Bellwork - The Good, The True, and the The Beautiful Friday - Joseph and Potiphar's Wife by Guido Reni
Exit - Capitalization/Punctuation Worksheet
Week 4, August 17 - 21
Monday:
Objective - SWBAT - Annotate a text, highlighting important points and making comments in the margins (7 RL10)
Bellwork - Week 3 Vocab Quiz
Tuesday:
Objective - SWBAT make two analytical comments during a Socratic discussion (SL1).
Bellwork - Week 4 Vocab
Block:
Objective - WBAT identify how God uses miracles in the story (RL2).
Bellwork - Graph Analysis
Exit - Describe Moses’ objections to God’s plan. What is God’s response? Why would God use miracles to respond to Moses’ fears?
Friday:
Objective - SWBAT identify the purpose of each sentence and include the appropriate punctuation mark (L2)
Bellwork - The Good, The True, and the The Beautiful Friday - Quote of the Week
Exit - Sentence Purpose Worksheet
Week 5, August 24-28
Monday:
Objective - SWBAT - Annotate a text, highlighting important points and making comments in the margins (7 RL10)
Bellwork - Week 4 Vocab Quiz
Tuesday:
Objective - SWBAT make two analytical comments during a Socratic discussion (SL1).
Bellwork - Review Exodus Socratic Seminar Questions
Block:
Objective - SWBAT identify how God uses miracles in the story (RL2).
Bellwork - Answer a Discussion Question about Exodus
Exit - CBEA Paragraph answering the Exodus prompt
Friday:
Objective - Prepare for a unit exam
Bellwork - The Good, The True, and The Beautiful Friday: La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid, No. 6, Op. 30
Week 6, August 31 - September 4
Monday:
Objective - SWBAT - Identify the simple subject and predicate as well as the complete subject and predicate in a sentence (L1).
Bellwork - Subject and Predicates Worksheet
Tuesday:
Objective - Demonstrate mastery of texts on a unit test.
Block:
Objective - SWBAT - Annotate a text, highlighting important points and making comments in the margins (7 RL10)
Bellwork - Week 6 Vocab
Friday:
Objective - Annotate a text, highlighting important points and making comments in the margins (RL1)
Bellwork - The Good, The True, and The Beautiful. Quote of the week.
Week 7, September 7-11
Monday:
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday:
Objective - SWBAT - Take notes on the important parts of a chapter
Bellwork - Vocab Week 6 Review
Block:
Objective - SWBAT - Annotate a text, highlighting important points and making comments in the margins (7 RL10)
Bellwork - Vocab Week 7
Friday:
Objective - SWBAT - Identify a subject and a predicate in a sentence diagram
Bellwork - The Good, The True, and The Beautiful. Quote of the week.
Week 8, September 14-18
Monday:
Objective - SWBAT - Annotate a text, highlighting important points and making comments in the margins (RL5).
Bellwork - Week 8 Vocab
Tuesday:
Objective - SWBAT - Take notes on the important information in a chapter (RL9)
Bellwork - Writing assignment on character of Odysseus
Block:
Objective - SWBAT - Present a Greek god before the class, telling a story, identifying key features, and performing either a song or poem (W7; W8, SL5).
Bellwork - N/A
Friday:
Objective - SWBAT - Identify Clauses and Phrases in a sentence
Bellwork - The Good, The True, and The Beautiful Friday
Week 9, September 21-25
Monday:
Objective - SWBAT - Annotate a text, highlighting important points and making comments in the margins (RL5).
Bellwork - Week 9 Vocab
Tuesday:
Objective - SWBAT - Take notes on the important information in a chapter (RL9)
Bellwork - Writing assignment on character of Odysseus
Block:
Objective - Take notes on the important information in a chapter (RL6). Compare two versions of the same event (RL9).
Bellwork - Admiral William McRaven Story, relating to Prudentia
Friday: (Half-Day)
Objective - SWBAT - Demonstrate comprehension of Odyssey I-VI on a written quiz
Have a wonderful Fall Break!