Thursday, December 9, 2010

Day 37 (12.10.10) A Day

Objective:
Students will be able to:
practice writing a new style of sentence; read and explicate literary works;
practice with previously taught class material.

Class Activities
  • On Blackboard: Daily Homework Log
  • Practice: Sentence Models 1-5
    • Write two sentences for each model.
    • You should create your own new sentences.
    • You should have ten sentences total.
    • Please complete sentences on a piece of paper to turn in.
  • Finish Independent Reading Packet on "Perseus"
  • Video: "Class of the Titans"
    • Comparative Analysis/Media Unit
Homework:
  1. DUE on Today (12.10.10) A Day: Parts 8-10
  2. DUE on Today (12.10.10) A Day: Notes on Sentence Model 6
  3. DUE on Tuesday (12.14.10) A Day: Independent Reading Packet (Finish All Parts)
Work Collected in Class:
    • Independent Reading Packet: Parts 8-10

TEKS: 2 (C) relate the characters, setting, and theme of a literary work to the historical, social, and economic ideas of its time; 5 (A) analyze how complex plot structures (e.g. subplots) and devices (e.g. foreshadowing, flashbacks, suspense) function and advance the action in a work of fiction; 17(A) use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: iii. reciprocal pronouns; 17(C)use a variety of correctly structured sentences; 20(A) use conventions of capitalization; 20(B) use correct punctuation marks.