World Lit

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FINAL WEEK - Final Project, "Juan" text, and "Juan" Responses are all due Tuesday, June 11. Make up any missing work and/or quizzes. Have a great summer, everyone!Thurs, June 6 & Fri, June 7

"Juan" Activities in GC; Work on Final Project

Wed, June 5

Verb Quiz; Part 4 Quiz; INB Due; "Juan" Activities in GC; Work on Final Project

Tues, June 4

Read "Juan the Brave"; "Juan" Activities in GC; Work on Final Project

Mon, June 3

Read Ch. 51; Finish INB plot, RG ch. 48-51, and review verbs

Fri, May 31

Read Ch. 50; work on INB, verbs, and RG Ch. 48-51

Thurs, May 30

Begin Final Project; Assumptions Pre-write in GC

Wed, May 29

Prepositions Re-test; work on INB, verbs, and RG Ch. 48-51

Tues, May 28

Read Ch. 48-49; Plot diagrams in INB pgs. 68-69

Mon, May 27

NO SCHOOL - MEMORIAL DAY

Fri, May 24

NO SCHOOL

Thurs, May 23

Verb practice sheets; Study prepositions

Wed, May 22

OCCC Speaker; Verbs on GC and Verb practice sheets in INB

Tues, May 21

Correct Prepositions Practice

Monday, May 20

Preposition Review Worksheet

Fri, May 17

Part 3 Test

Thurs, May 16

Read Ch. 47; Work on RGs Ch. 27-47

Wed, May 15

Read Ch. 45-46

Tues, May 14

Read Ch. 43-44; Work on RGs Ch. 27-47

Mon, May 13

Read Ch. 41-42; Work on Rgs Ch. 27-47

Fri, May 10

Read Ch. 39-40; Highlight and turn in Argument Essays

Thurs, May 9

Assemble, Error Check, and Highlight Argument Essays

Wed, May 8

Writing Lab

Tues, May 7

Writing Lab

Mon, May 6

Read Ch. 37-38; Writing Components due in 2 days

Fri, May 3

Writing Lab; Finish INB pg. 67 Turning Point

Thurs, May 2

Read Ch. 35-36 and finish INB pg. 67

Wed, May 1

Writing Lab

Tues, April 30

Starter 19a; Read Ch. 34 and update relationship chart in INB pg. 67; Exit Ticket prediction for Mariam and Laila

Mon, April 29

Starter 19a; Relationship chart in INB pg. 67 and read ch. 33

Wed, April 24

Essay Writing Lab

Tues, April 23

Essay Writing Lab

Mon, April 22

Read Ch. 31-32; Essay Writing

Fri, April 19

Quotations and Citations (INB pgs. 64-66)

Thurs, April 18

Read Ch. 29-30; Essay Writing

Wed, April 17

Finish Prewriting Organizer

Tues, April 16

Read Ch. 27-28; Read articles and work on Prewriting Organizer

Mon, April 15

Submit Argument Notes; ATSS Part 2 and Preposition Quiz make-ups; Read Articles for Argument Paper and work on Prewriting Organizer

Fri, April 12

Finish Sample Essays; Begin Argument Essay and Reading

Thurs, April 11

Sample Argument Essays in Groups

Wed, April 10

Finish Argument Writing Notes and complete Essay Labeling and Essay Scramble Slides.

Mon, April 8 - Tues, April 9

Argument Writing Notes (assignment is in GC to go with class instruction)

Fri, April 5

ATSS Part 2 Quiz; Prepositions Quiz; Ch. 21-25 RG due Monday

Thurs, April 4

DR DI W2 D3; Read Ch. 26; Review Prepositions (Quizzes tomorrow)

Wed, April 3

Read Ch. 24-25; Finish Prepositions practice sheets and Ch. 21-25 RG

Tues, April 2

Prepositions notes and practice sheets

Mon, April 1

INB Due; DR W2 D1; Read Ch. 23

Fri, March 22

DR CI W1 D5; Conjunctions Quiz

Thurs, March 21

Stamp and Review Conjunctions; Read Ch. 21-22

Wed, March 20

Finish Conjunctions work and get stamps; glue in Prepositions to INB pgs. 22-27

Tues, March 19

DR CI W1 D4; Conjunctions

Mon, March 18

DR CI W1 D3; Conjunctions

Fri, March 15

DR CI W1 D2; Finish Character Quotes; Finish Ch. 16-20 RG

Thurs, March 14

Daily Reading CI W1 D1; Read Ch. 20; Finish Character Quotes; Work on Ch. 16-20 RG

Wed, March 13

Character Quotes; Ch. 16-20 RG

Tues, March 12

17c; Read Ch. 18-19; Set up INB pg. 62

Mon, March 11

Read ATSS Ch. 16-17; finish Interjections; Quiz re-takes tomorrow

Friday, March 8

ATSS Part 1 Quiz; Review Interjection Slide Show in GC; Work on Interjection Practice Sheets in INB pgs. 15-16

Thurs, March 7

Adjective Quiz; Part 1 (Ch. 1-15) Quiz tomorrow

Wed, March 6

ASVAB Test; Work Day (finish Ch. 11-15 RG and Adjective practice sheets)

Tues, March 5

Read ATSS Ch. 14-15; Ch. 11-15 RG due TOMORROW; Finish Adjective practice sheets

Monday, March 4

Adjectives Notes and Practice; Quiz make-ups tomorrow at lunch or after school

Fri, March 1

18c; Read ATSS Ch. 12-13; INB Pg. 1-10 DUE

Thurs, Feb 28

Pronoun Quiz; Finish Ch. 11; Ch. 6-10 RG due TODAY; INB gluing and DUE TOMORROW

Wed, Feb 27

Snow Day

Tues, Feb 26

18b; Read ATSS Ch. 10-11; Ch. 6-10 RG on GC due Thursday; Pronoun Quiz TOMORROW

Mon, Feb 25

18a; Correct Pronoun Practice Sheets; Pronoun Quiz Wednesday, Feb 27; Read ch. 9

Fri, Feb 22

Finish Pronoun Practice Sheets and Read ATSS Ch. 8; Work on Ch. 6-10 RG on GC

Thurs, Feb 21

17b; Read ATSS Ch. 7; Work on Pronoun Practice Sheets

Wed, Feb 20

Read ATSS Ch. 6; Work on Pronoun Practice sheets

Tues, Feb 19

17a; Pronouns Notes; ATSS Ch. 1-5 RG Due; Work on Pronouns Practice

Fri, Feb 15

16c; ch. 1-5 RG in GC; catch up day

Thurs, Feb 14

ATSS ch. 1-5 RGs in GC

Wed, Feb 13

Read ATSS Ch. 1-3 and work on RGs in GC

Tues, Feb 12

16b; Finish ATSS Intro Notes on GC; Complete ATSS Anticipation Guide on GC

Mon, Feb 11

16a; Noun Quiz; ATSS Intro Notes in GC

Fri, Feb 8

Correct Noun Worksheets; Quiz Monday!; Glue in new INB materials

Thurs, Feb 7

15b; INB Pgs. 3-5; Get completed pages stamped for credit

Wed, Feb 6

Notes on nouns and begin worksheets INB pgs. 3-5

Tues, Feb 5

15a; Set Up INBs

Thurs, Jan 31

Final Part 2

Wed, Jan 30

Marji's Transformation in INB

Tues, Jan 29

Final Part 1

Mon, Jan 28

Graphic Novel Read-Around (w/assignment on Google Classroom)

Wed, Jan 23 - Fri, Jan 25

Work on last three chapters and final project (both due FRIDAY)

Tues, Jan 22

14a and Character Scramble group activity

Wed, Jan 16 - Fri, Jan 18

Work on RGs in GC and Final Project; 13c

Tues, Jan 15

13b; "The Jewels" - "The Passport" for Friday

Mon, Jan 14

13a; Discuss "The Heroes" - "The F-14s"

Mon, Jan 7 - Fri, Jan 11

Welcome back! All assignments this week are in Google Classroom. You need to read "The Heroes" through "The F14s" and complete the reading guides in GC. Also, you need to complete the Digital Citizenship lesson in GC. INBs are due Tuesday, Jan 8 and FINAL PROJECTS ARE DUE JAN 25.

Tues, Dec 18 - Fri, Dec 21

12 b & 12c; Read "The Party"; INB pg. 33 Character Conflicts; GC assignments (RGs for "The Letter" and "The Party," and The Letter from Mehri's Perspective. Start working on your Final Project. Remember INBs are due Jan 7. HAVE A GREAT BREAK!

Mon, Dec 17

12a; Read "The Letter" and work on assignments in GC

Fri, Dec 14

Choose 7 pieces of text from "Water Cell" that you think go together and from which you can draw an inference. Put these on the petals of the small flower on pg. 32 of INB and write your inference in the middle. Read "Persepolis" and complete the reading guide in Google Classroom (due Friday). ***Note - you need to change the title of Ch. 4 in the reading guide to Persepolis. It incorrectly says "The Letter."

Thurs, Dec 13

11c; Read "Water Cell" & complete RG questions on GC; Choose your own pieces of text from "Water Cell" for the petals of the small flower on pg. 32 of INB

Wed, Dec 12

Review ch. 2; INB pg. 32 Flower Petal Inferences

Tues, Dec 11

11b; Read "The Bicycle" and complete Intro - Bicycle Reading Guide on Google Classroom

Mon, Dec 10

11a; Persepolis Intro Quiz; Intro - Bicycle Reading Guide in Google Classroom

Fri, Dec 7

"Bicycle" Notables Activity in Google Classroom (due Sunday night)

Thurs, Dec 6

10c; Read Persepolis "The Veil" and complete INB pg. 30

Wed, Dec 5

INB pg. 31 Persepolis pg. 3 notes and set up INB pg. 30

Tues, Dec 4

10b; Graphic Novel Notes INB pgs. 26-29; write 5 things you now know about graphic novels that you didn't know before in the blank panel on page 29

Mon, Dec 3

10a; Iran review; Prep INB pgs. 26-29 for tomorrow

Fri, Nov 30

Finish Iran Jigsaw; 3-2-1 in INB pg. 24; INB due TODAY

Thurs, Nov 29

9c; Group photo collage activity; Jigsaw activity on Iran - answers go in INB pg. 25

Wed, Nov 28

9b; Review good essay examples

Tues, Nov 27

Characterization Breakout

Mon, Nov 26

9a; Mini-Breakout

Fri, Nov 16

"FSY" Essay, "FSY" and "Kumansenu" Due; Finish all "Kumansenu" INB work (pages 20-23)

Thurs, Nov 15

Starter 8b; Finish "Life Is Sweet;" INB Pg. 23 Story Analysis activity; Highlighting instructions for essay posted to Classroom (essay due tomorrow);

Wed, Nov 14

Read "Life Is Sweet at Kumansenu" and complete INB pg. 22

Tues, Nov 13

Starter 8a; INB Pg. 21 notes on Foreshadowing and vocab for "Life Is Sweet at Kumasenu;" INB Pg. 20 write your own sentences for vocab words

Tues, Nov 6 - Fri, Nov 9

Writing Workshop w/teacher access; Don't forget INBs are DUE WEDNESDAY

Mon, Nov 5

Conclusions notes in INB pg. 19. Pg. 18 is OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT. Take the remaining four quotations from pg. 10 that you did not use on pg. 16 and write them as four-part quotations. Finally, in preparation for INB grading WEDNESDAY, you need to color code. On page 14, Hook is PINK, Bridge is GREEN, Summary is ORANGE, and Thesis is YELLOW. On pg. 16, Transitions are PINK, Lead-ins are GREEN, Quotations are ORANGE, and Citations are YELLOW. PLEASE NOTE: INB is worth DOUBLE POINTS this time because it contains more work. Make sure your work is COMPLETE before Wednesday.

Fri, Nov 2

Notes on Embedding Quotations pg. 17 of INB; On pg. 16 of INB, take four of your quotes from pg. 10 and write them out correctly punctuated, embedded, and in MLA style for your upcoming essay.

Thurs, Nov 1

Notes on Introductions on INB pg. 15; write practice intro on INB pg. 14 using one of your hooks from pg. 12 (this is also a writing score)

Wed, Oct 31

Notes on Essay Hooks on INB pg. 13 (materials on Google Classroom class materials); Pg. 12 write two practice hooks for either "Book of Sand" or "Geraldo No Last Name" and label them.

Tues, Oct 30

Starter 7a; Begin "First Seven Years" essay

Mon, Oct 29

Theme notes INB pg. 9, Read "Jacob and Rachel" and "I Wish I Had Said;" Comparing Two Works INB pg. 8

Wed, Oct 24

Finish all INB work and turn in TODAY

Tues, Oct 23

Types of Characters INB pg. 7; "FSY" Character Organizer INB pg. 6; INB DUE TOMORROW - NO EXCEPTIONS. If you're going on a field trip, turn it in before you leave or after you return.

Mon, Oct 22

Finish Max/Sobel Venn Diagram on page 5 of INB. Begin Max/Sobel Compare/Contrast paragraph on page 4 of INB using instructions from Venn page. Can by handwritten or typed.

Fri, Oct 19

Continue "The First Seven Years" and mark the text and margins; Venn diagram handout in INB pg. 5; Compare & Contrast paragraph in INB pg. 4

Thurs, Oct 18

Read "The First Seven Years" and mark the text and margins

Wed, Oct 17

"First Seven Years" Vocab in INB pg. 3; On pg. 2, use each word in a sentence of YOUR OWN that SHOWS the meaning of the word

Tues, Oct 16

Starter 5a; Set up INB; "FSY" Vocab words

Mon, Oct 8 - Thurs, Oct 9

Writing Assessment and PSAT (Wed)

Fri, Oct 5

Review argument notes from yesterday; Make-up day (get your grades up before the end of the grading period)

Next week (Oct 8-11) is SUPER important! Be here EVERY DAY. We have a writing assessment and the PSAT. :-)

Thurs, Oct 4

Starter 4c; Prep for ACT writing assessment (notes)

Wed, Oct 3

Add protagonist & antagonist to notes and turn in; Comma wksht pg. 12; turn in all other work

Tues, Oct 2

Worksheets from yesterday due; Read "Geraldo No Last Name"

Mon, Oct 1

Starter 4a, Characterization practice pg. 8-9, Comma worksheet pg. 10

Fri, Sept 28

Cornell notes on pg. 110-111 of textbook and power point (characterization)

Mon, Sept 24-Thurs, Sept 27

All About Me Presentations, Week 3 Starters

Fri, Sept 21

Book of Sand Quiz; Finish All About Me for MONDAY

Thurs, Sept 20

Anticipation Guide and Apostrophe pg. 8 worksheet DUE; Starter 2c; Work on All About Me (due Monday)

Wed, Sept 19

Apostrophe worksheet pg. 8; Finish Anticipation Guide (both due tomorrow)

Tues, Sept 18

Week 2b starter; finish "Book of Sand;" finish Anticipation Guide;

Mon, Sept 17

Week 2a starter; Read "The Book of Sand"

Fri, Sept 14

Work on Book of Sand vocab cards (due Monday) and All About Me project (access from Google Classroom)

Thurs, Sept 13

1c starter; Pg. 43 textbook notes; vocab cards for the story

Wed, Sept 12

Apostrophe worksheet; begin All About Me Project (due Sept. 24)

Tues, Sept 11

Review Growth Mindset notes and create Growth Mindset banner.

Mon, Sept 10

Name Tents

Fri, Sept 7

Watch Growth Mindset videos and complete Cornell notes for Tuesday.

Thurs, Sept 6

Watch 3 Growth Mindset videos and complete Cornell notes sheet (due Tues)

Wed, September 5

Welcome back! Hope you had a great summer. Don't forget to submit the Student and Parent Info Forms (found on the Home Page).