Wednesday,  December 4,  2019

Agenda-

1. Turn in your Goodreads comments with the rubric stapled to the top and turn in your Spelling Unit 4
2. Take out your writer’s notebook, a pen, and your iPad/Chromebook
3. Discuss Evidence and work on your Evidence/Analysis Sheet for your essay. Click here for the Evidence slideshow: Evidence for Social Justice Essay 2019

**Reminder, if you missed the Vocabulary Quiz the Friday before the break the makeup will be at lunch today ONLY!

Homework-

Evidence-Analysis sheet due tomorrow.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Tuesday,  December 3,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out your writer’s notebook, a pen and your iPad/Chromebook
2. Quick Writing Response in our writer’s notebook
3. Create a thesis statement and a topic sentence. Click here for the slideshow: Social Justice Unit Essay -thesis and topic 2019

**Reminder, if you missed the Vocabulary Quiz the Friday before the break the makeup will be at lunch tomorrow ONLY.

Homework-

Spelling Unit 4 due tomorrow.

Printed out Goodreads comments from the month of November due tomorrow. Remember, these comments must be printed from the website to show the time stamp from the site.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Monday,  December 2,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out a pen and your iPad/Chromebook
2. Goodreads Comment. Click here for the prompt: Goodreads Prompts 2019-2020
3. Spelling Unit 4
4. Read for independent reading if time permits.

**Reminder, if you missed the Vocabulary Quiz the Friday before the break the makeup will be at lunch on Wednesday ONLY.

Homework-

Spelling Unit 4 due Wednesday

Printed out Goodreads comments from the month of November due Wednesday. Remember, these comments must be printed from the website to show the time stamp from the site.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Friday,  November 22,  2019

Agenda-

1. Turn in your Vocabulary Unit 3 packet and your TED Talk Response/Analysis sheet
2. Take out a pen/pencil for the quiz, and a pen and highlighter for the article you will read after your quiz
3. Take Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz
4. Read and Annotate the article “Handcuffed for Making a Clock” (given in class). Also, use this link for the article if you are absent: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/17/us/texas-student-is-under-police-investigation-for-building-a-clock.html
5. You will annotate for: main ideas, and connections to the ideas communicated in the TED Talk “The Danger of A Single Story”

Homework-

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Thursday,  November 21,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out a pen, your writer’s notebook, and your Response/Analysis handout from yesterday.
2. Work on the Response/Analysis TED Talk assignment.  Click here for the handout: The Danger of a Single Story Assignment 2019
3. The link for the TED Talk is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg

Homework-

TED Talk Response/Analysis assignment due tomorrow if you do not finish in class.

Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz tomorrow.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Wednesday,  November 20,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out a pen and your writer’s notebook
2. New seating chart
3. Watch and take notes on the TED Talk “The Danger of a Single Story” Click here for the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg
4. Begin the TED Talk assignment. You will be working on this tomorrow as well. Click here for the handout: The Danger of a Single Story Assignment 2019

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz on Friday

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Tuesday,  November 19,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out a piece of lined paper and a pen/pencil
2. Take the ROTHMC final test
3. Read for independent reading if time permits.

**There is a Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry exam tomorrow.

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz on Friday

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Monday,  November 18,  2019

Agenda-

1. Turn in your novel with the evaluation sheet to the back counter.
2. Take out your Vocabulary Unit 3, a pen to grade with, and your iPad/Chromebook
3. Correct Vocabulary
4. Goodreads Comment. Click here for the prompt: Goodreads Prompts 2019-2020
5. Read for independent reading if time permits.

**There is a Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry exam tomorrow.

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz on Friday

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Friday,  November 15,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out your ROTHMC novel, your discussion questions, and a pen
2. I will hand out your evaluation sheet for your annotations that are due Monday
3. Fill out discussion boxes
4. Small Group Seminar “Book Club” on the entire novel

**There is a Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry exam on Tuesday.

**Annotation Requirements: Plot Summary (significant events that occur), Characterization (character traits/personality of the characters), Make Connections- (Text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world), Personal Reactions (anything that you have an emotion about), and Significant Questions (do not do yes or no questions or questions that may be answered by the end of the chapter).

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 3-annotate for main ideas- due Monday.

Annotations for the entire novel of ROTHMC, with the evaluation sheet filled out, due Monday.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Tuesday,  November 12,  2019-Thursday, November 14, 2019

Agenda–

1. You will need your ROTHMC novel, your iPad/Chromebook, and a pen
2. Today, you will work on your Vocabulary Unit 3 packet. Make sure you annotate for Main Ideas. You will also work on a grammar sheet- the basic sentence drill 2
3. Also Today, you will respond to the Goodreads prompt. Click here for the prompt: Goodreads Prompts 2019-2020
4. For Wednesday and Thursday, you will have the class periods to finish the last two chapters of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Be sure to annotate for the requirements listed on the board or below. You will be turning in your Book annotations on Monday, so be prepared. I will give you a book annotation evaluation sheet on Friday when I return.
5. If you finish the novel, be sure to work complete your annotations,  and you may read for your independent reading. You will have a Goodreads Monday.

**Annotation Requirements: Plot Summary (significant events that occur), Characterization (character traits/personality of the characters), Make Connections- (Text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world), Personal Reactions (anything that you have an emotion about), and Significant Questions (do not do yes or no questions or questions that may be answered by the end of the chapter).

Homework–

Vocabulary Unit 3- annotate for main ideas- due Monday.

Annotations for the entire novel of ROTHMC, with the evaluation sheet, due Monday.

Book Club on chapters 10-12 (the entire novel) on Friday The Host must bring 4 discussion questions and the guests must bring 2 discussion questions.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.