Unit 5: To Kill a Mockingbird
Wednesday-Friday- View To Kill a Mockingbird film. Complete film notes, and have class discussion. Students who have not submitted their FTA's will have work time in LIC to complete
Tuesday-IDU work day in both my class and I&S: IDU due
Monday 20th- Eliches
Friday May 17th- Final task assessment due. Reflection( completed on rubric)...Completed photo gallery in Google Classroom (link to the right "An Interdisciplinary...").
Thursday 16th- Commonlit articles in Google Classroom (2 articles, and assessment questions) and Peel paragraph posted as a question in Google Classroom
Wednesday 15th- 1st draft due (complete draft) header-works cited!! In class we participate in structured peer editing
Tuesday 14th-Outline Due, draft first draft
Monday 13th-Brainstorm and outline FTA
Friday May 10th, 2019
STAR test
Work on FTA
Thursday May 9th, 2019
Read and annotate chapter 30 and 31 In Class!
Wednesday May 8th, 2019
Read and Annotate 28 in class
Homework: Chapter 29
Tuesday May 7th, 2019
Read and annotate 26 in class
Chapter 27 is homework
Monday May 6th, 2019
1. Warm-up: brainstorm events and policy within the Reconstruction time period.
2. Participate in the IDU mindmapping activity. If absent, please respond to the following question on a 3x5 notecard:
- Using primary source documents and the novel, support how the failure of reconstruction (between 1865-1933), and the effects of institutionalized racism are evident within the novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
- We respond to the historical portion in Lang and Lit, and we respond to the novel portion in I&S
3. Introduce the Lang and Lit Final Task Assessment. Due 5/17/19
Homework: read through chapter 25 by Tuesday!!!
Friday May 3rd, 2019
Personal Project (in library with Mrs. Reed)
Homework: Chapter 25
Thursday May 2,2019
Introduction to the Interdisciplinary unit final task
Read and annotate chapter 23
Homework: Chapter 24
Wednesday May 1, 2019
Read chapter 21 in class and 22 for homework
Students took a quizzer over chapter 19&20
Tuesday April 30, 2019
Add to our plot diagram for through chapter 18
Read chapter 19 in class and chapter 20 for homework
Monday April 29, 2019
1. Take the Grammar Final-Absent students must make this up at a scheduled time before school or Mountain Time...It is too long to take at lunch!
2. Activity: Chapter 15 close read-IF absent, please get from the absent bin (no digital copy available)
3. Read and Annotate through chapter 18 by Tuesday 4/30
Friday:
- Grammar final review
- Read and annotate chapter 17
- Homework: Finish 17 AND read and Annotate 18
Quizzer over chapter 17 and 18 on Tuesday the 30th! Grammar Final on Monday!!
Thursday April 25, 2019
1. Warm up: review MLA in-text citation notes (please get these notes from a classmate or come in at lunch)
2. Students who are prepared, having read through chapter 16, participate in written conversation activity. (if absent please get a copy of the questions from the absent bin in class and choose 1 question from each chapter to write a RACE response for).
Students who are not prepared complete an alternative summary and plot activity
Homework: Please catch up on reading and study grammar (Grammar Final Monday 2-29-19)
Wednesday
Final day of CMAS testing!!
Tuesday April 23, 2019
Read and annotate chapter 15 in class
Chapter 16 Homework.
Monday April 22,2019
1. Warm up: review notes on characterization
2. Quizzer on chapter 13 and 14 (please make up during lunch or Mountain Time if absent)
3. Cell Phone characterization activity-please pick up your copy from the absent bin!! I do not have a digital copy!
Thursday April 18, 2019
Review chapter 11 and 12
Chapter 12 quizzer (RACE response) must make up if absent
Chapter 13 read in class (independently)
Chapter 14 is homework due Monday; annotation check #2 on Tuesday next week
Wednesday
CMAS math testing
Tuesday April 16, 2019
Read Chapter 11 in class
Warm-Up: completed a plot line for TKAM so far. A plot line is expected in your annotation journal
Chapter 12 for Homework
Monday April 15, 2019
Students completed chapter 9 close read-get in the absent bin!
Students did "Scottsboro Boys" common lit article-assigned in google classroom
Took Chapter 9 and 10 quizzer! Make up if absent
Friday April 12, 2019
Quizzer over chapter 8
Read and annotate Chapter 9 in class
Read and annotate chapter 10 for homework!
Thursday April 11, 2019 (Delayed Start)
Ch6 Race response is the warm up. We go over the answer in class to be sure that all students understand writing a RACE response and can do well on the question.
Ch 7 Quizzer RACE response- make up if absent
Read and annotate Chapter 8 in class.
Homework: Finish Chapter 8!
8DayinLifeofWorkingPoor.pdfWednesday April 10
CMAS testing
Tuesday April 9th, 2019
1. Work on grammar in a close read from chapter 2
2. Practice annotation and reading strategies with close read... turn it in
3. Read chapter 6
The close read is not available digitally. If you are absent, you must get a copy from the classroom when you return.
Homework: have chapters 6 and 7 complete by start of class on Thursday!
Monday April 8, 2019
1. Quizzer over chapters 3 and 4
2. Do part 1 of the "Day in the life of the working poor" activity
3. Read part of chapter 5-
Finish chapter 5 for homework
Friday April 5, 2019
1. Library Visit.
2. Take the quizzer over chapters 1-2
3. If absent you MUST make up the quizzer! Mountain Time or Lunch are good times!
4. Read and annotate chapter 3 in class
5. Homeowrk--Read Chapter 4. Quizzer over 3 and 4 on Monday!
Thursday April 4, 2019
1. Warm up- Define Theme and Allusion. Set up your annotation journal for this novel. Brief intro to the FTA--The FTA for this unit will require that you analyze and support with text evidence Theme, Historical connections, and personal connections! This should shape how and what you annotate.
2. Annotation checks will be on Fridays
3. Read TKAM-- chapter 1 in class
Homework- Read Chapter 2. Quizzer on chapters 1 and 2 is tomorrow first thing!
Wednesday April 3, 2019
1.Warm up- reflection on "Do words have power?" Give an example of how they do or do not have power. Who/what gives words power?
2. Read "Incident" by Countee Cullen and "The Meaning of a Word" by Gloria Naylor
3. We discuss these 2 texts at length and really dive in to a deep conversation about the power of hateful language in American history and present.
4. Students completed a final reflection as an exit ticket. Using the same prompt, students reflected on how their views changed in regard to language, the power of words, and hateful speech in its many forms.
Homework: Study grammar---4-29-19 is the grammar final!!!!
IDU FTAFinal Task_TKM.docxAn Interdisciplinary Study:Tuesday April 2, 2019
1. Warm up on active and passive voice and semicolon use
2. finished the background notes for TKAM--If absent you must get these notes
Homework: Study for grammar final on 4-29-19
Monday April 1, 2019
1. Warm-up on verb moods
2. Anticipatory activity for TKAM (To Kill a Mockingbird)
3. Begin Background notes for TKAM
Homework: review grammar!
Notes for the To Kill A Mockingbird prezi