Nature and Man

Wednesday, April 18th

Students concluded their Flowers for Algernon mini-project presentations, which will be a double-minor grade.

Students received a verbal timeline for the remainder of the year, as we are beginning our final unit, and currently 30 school days away from

Students listened to "The Lorax" as an intro

Thursday, April 19th

Students read two texts pertaining to man and nature and listed to "Big Yellow Taxi" in order to complete a venn diagram in their table groups. Homework was to finish what was not completed of the venn diagram.

Friday, April 20th

Students began poetry stations that will continue into Monday the 23rd, reading various texts about man and nature.

Monday, April 23rd

Students continued to work in their poetry stations during class; no homework was assigned.

Tuesday, April 24th

Students finished their last poetry station as a warm-up, and jumped into a partner activity reading & annotating "Indian Land Ownership." Students annotated the article for main idea and important facts, and answered eight questions in their partners when finished. Students were expected to finish annotating for homework,

Wednesday, April 25th

Students discussed their reactions and responses to the "Indian Land Ownership" article. This text served to lead to our next text, "This We Know", an excerpt from Chief Seattle's speech in the mid-1800s. Students worked to read this piece individually and complete a 4-Box chart as they read.

Thursday, April 26th

Students finished individually reading "This We Know" and completed a partner activity following the completion of their notes. Students began reading two articles on the development of Chatham Park in Pittsboro, and taking notes in an accompanying t-chart to be completed Monday,

Friday, April 27th

Students watched the first bit of Wall-E, to bring an alternating focus to the relationship between man and nature. Students answered questions pertaining to man's actions, and how that led to the world in which Wall-E lives.

Monday, April 30th

Students finished the Chatham Park articles from Friday, and read through most of "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury. As a class, we discussed nature & man-made technological aspects within the story.

Tuesday, May 1st

We took the first 25ish minutes of class to finish reading "There Will Come Soft Rains." We discussed the themes and irony within the story at length. No assignment was given for this text, but it is used as a resource for the Creative Theme Project. Students were introduced to the Creative Theme Project, and began brainstorming their theme. The rubric for the project & instructions are included below. This will be due in class on Friday, May 4th.

Instructions for Creative Theme Project:

Gather all your materials we have covered throughout this unit (on the small whiteboard.)
Read the entire rubric. Underline several important words in each category. Know what you are aiming for.
Write a universal theme statement at the bottom of your rubric. Consider: What effect does man have on nature? How does nature react to man? What is the long term solution?
Get your universal theme approved!
Begin to gather quotes [from resources] to support & prove your theme.
1. You need at least four sources
Sketch a rough draft of how your project will look on notebook paper.
1. What will you use for divisions? (before/ after, cause/ effect, topics within theme.) How many sections do you need?
What will be the centerpiece of your visual?

Creative Theme Project.docx

Wednesday 5/2- Thursday 5/3

Students worked independently during class, utilizing their resources from throughout unit seven to create their creative theme project. Students will have about half of class on Friday to complete their project, but no additional class time will be given.

Friday, May 4th

Students were given half of class to complete their Creative Theme Project. No additional class time is provided after today.

Once project time was finished, students were introduced to Call of the Wild by Jack London. The first novel reading check will be Tuesday, May 10th. On the Call of the Wild, underneath this unit, a comprehensive list of the Call of the Wild dates is listed.

Monday, May 7th

Students read the first chapter of Call of the Wild in class & worked as a class to take notes as an example in the first chapter.

Tuesday, May 8th

Students took the first reading check for Call of the Wild and then were introduced to the career and college project.

Wednesday, May 9th- Tuesday, May 15th

Students worked in the media center to research and complete their College and Career project. The SECOND Call of the Wild reading check is Friday, May 11th on chapter 3 of the novel.

Monday, May 21st

Students completed reading Call of the Wild with the fifth, and final, reading check. As a reminder, the lowest of the five reading check grades will be exempted.

Tuesday, May 22nd

Students worked individually in class to study for the Nature test, scheduled for tomorrow. The review, and test, serve as a review for the Reading EOG.

Wednesday, May 23rd

Students began the Nature test in class. About 20 minutes in class on Thursday will be allotted to completing the test, as well.

Thursday, May 24th

Students completed the Nature test, and began individual test corrections, should they so choose.

Friday, May 25th

Field Day! With an adjusted schedule, students spent ELA class time practicing annotating articles and reviewing topics for the Reading EOG.

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