Monday, November 30, 2009

Objective: The students will complete the study guide questions for Chapters 1-14 of The Good Earth.

1. CAT6 26
2. Discuss reading and complete study guide

Reading: Read Chapters 15-17 (25 pages)

Friday, November 20, 2009

Objective: The students will complete a group review activity of the first eight chapters of The Good Earth.

1. Get out vocabulary, staple it, grade it, and turn it in.
2. Get review, sit with a friend, answer all questions for chapters 1-8.

Homework over holiday:
Monday: chps. 9-10
Tuesday: chp. 11
Wednesday: chp. 12-13
Thursday: OFF
Friday: chp. 14

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Objective: The students will discuss the main characters and plot developments in The Good Earth Chapters 1-5 by completing a study guide.

1. Get folder
2. Complete vocab for grading tomorrow.
3. Complete Study Guide for chapters 1-5

Read Chapters 6-8

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Objective: The students will know important vocabulary for The Good Earth.

1. Quiz Chapters 1-2
2. Turn in The Last Night poem
3. The Good Earth vocabulary

Read Chapters 3-5

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Objective: The students will continue work on their poems, idetify themes from the literature that we read this year and prep their folders for 100 point check TODAY!

1. CAT6 #25
2. Discuss poem and how it's going. Due tomorrow.
3. Notes
4. Themes assignment
5. Folder Prep/Check

Homework: Read chapters 1-2 of The Good Earth for Quiz tomorrow.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Objective: The students will be introduced to The Good Earth and then they will work with the short story, The Last Night of the Wold.

1. Get folder
2. The Good Earth Intro
3. The Last Night of the World Poem

Friday, November 13, 2009

Objective: The students will read a short story, identify its theme and prepare to write a poem that follows its tone and theme.

1. Get your folder
2. Get the two handouts
3. Active Read story and complete handout.

Bring ID MOnday to chgeck out our first class novel: The Good Earth

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Objective: The students will know how to determine a theme in a story.

1. CAT6 Activity
2. Chapter 4 Notes
3. Read "The Bass, the River and Sheila Mant"

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Objective: The students will write an expository essay on The Count of MOnte Cristo and Archetype Hero in one period.

1. Get prompt and get paper.
2. You have one period to write. You may use your notes.

Monday, November 09, 2009

Objective: The students will complete the Monte Cristo video for the essy.

1. Turn in The Bass, the River... vocab if we haven't yet.
2. Video

Friday, November 06, 2009

Objective: The students will see how authors create an archetype hero in The Count of MOnte Cristo.

1. Video
2. Have a great weekend. First book starts next week.

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Objective: The students will know what an archetype hero is and how one is created in The Count of Monte Cristo.

1. Turn in "Catch the Moon"
2. Archetype Hero notes for essay
3. Video

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Objective: The students will complete reading of "Catch the Moon" and complete an exercise that deals with c haracters, how they change, and how that leads to the theme.

1. Get folder.
2. Finish reading "Catch the Moon" and do all margin activities.
3. On your own paper, complete the assignment.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Objective: The students will read a GREAT story and try to determine the theme by analyzing the characters and how they change.

1. Get folder.
2. Read and do all margin activities for the story "Catch the Moon"