Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Day 33 (12.1.10) B 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
  • On Blackboard: Daily Drill 6
  • Notes: Sentence Model 5
  • Read: Perseus (finish accompanying independent reading packets)
    • Page 960
  • Video: Greek Tragedy and Greek Gods
Homework:

N/A
Work Collected in Class:
    • Dialy Drill 6
    • Perseus  Reading Packet: Parts 3-5
    • Independent Reading Packets: Pars 3-5


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.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Day 33 (11.30.10) A Day

Objective:
Students will be able to:
identify and recognize the difference between mood and tone, and syntax;
read and explicate literary works;
practice with previously taught class material.

Class Activities
  • On Paper: Warm Up with Sentence Models
    • On a piece of paper to turn in: Write two of each sentence model. Create your own.
    • In other words:
      • Write two Sentence Model 1
      • Write two Sentence Model 2
      • Write two Sentence Model 3
      • Write two Sentence Model 4
  • On Blackboard: Daily Homework Log
  • On Blackboard: Daily Drill 5
  • Notes: Mood, Tone, and Sytax
  • Read: Perseus (finish accompanying independent reading packets)
    • Page 960
  • Video: Greek Tragedy and Greek Gods
Homework:

N/A

Work Collected in Class:
    • Dialy Drill 5
    • Perseus  Reading Packet: Parts 3-5


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.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Day 32 (11.29.10) B Day

Objective:
Students will be able to:
identify and recognize the difference between mood and tone, and syntax;
read and explicate literary works;
practice with previously taught class material.

Class Activities
  • On Paper: Warm Up with Sentence Models
    • On a piece of paper to turn in: Write two of each sentence model. Create your own.
    • In other words:
      • Write two Sentence Model 1
      • Write two Sentence Model 2
      • Write two Sentence Model 3
      • Write two Sentence Model 4
  • On Blackboard: Daily Homework Log
  • On Blackboard: Daily Drill
  • Notes: Mood, Tone, and Sytax
  • Read: Perseus (finish accompanying independent reading packets)
    • Page 960
  • Video: Greek Tragedy and Greek Gods
Homework:

N/A

Work Collected in Class:
    • Dialy Drill 5
    • Perseus  Reading Packet: Parts 3-5


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.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Day 32 (11.19.10) A Day

Objective:
Students will be able to:
identify and explain historical context and symbols;
use media to link historical context to storytelling.

Class Activities
  • Notes: Historical Context
  • Notes: Symbolism
  • Film: Beyond the Movie - Tolkien and Lord of the Rings
Homework:

N/A

Work Collected in Class:
None





TEKS: 2 (C) relate the characters, setting, and theme of a literary work to the historical, social, and economic ideas of its time; 3 (A) analyze the effects of dictino and imagery (e.g. controlling images, figurative language, understatement, overstatement, irony, paradox); 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; 12(A) analyze how messages in media are conveyed.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Day 32 (11.19.10) A Day

Objective:
Students will be able to:
identify and explain figurative language;
read and explicate literary works;
practice with pronouns.

Class Activities
  • On Paper: Warm Up with Sentence Models
  • On Blackboard: Daily Homework Log
  • On Blackboard: Daily Drill
  • Independent reading
  • Pronoun packets
  • Read: Perseus (finish accompanying independent reading packets)
  • Video: Greek Tragedy and Greek Gods
Homework:

N/A

Work Collected in Class:
    • Dialy Drill 4
    • Independent reading packet: Parts 3-7
    • Perseus  Reading Packet: Parts 8-16


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.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Day 31 (11.18.10) B Day

Objective:
Students will be able to:
identify and explain historical context and symbols;
use media to link historical context to storytelling.

Class Activities
  • Notes: Historical Context
  • Notes: Symbolism
  • Film: Beyond the Movie - Tolkien and Lord of the Rings
Homework:

N/A

Work Collected in Class:
None





TEKS: 2 (C) relate the characters, setting, and theme of a literary work to the historical, social, and economic ideas of its time; 3 (A) analyze the effects of dictino and imagery (e.g. controlling images, figurative language, understatement, overstatement, irony, paradox); 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; 12(A) analyze how messages in media are conveyed.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Day 31 (11.17.10) A Day

Objective:
Students will be able to:
identify and explain figurative language;
read and explicate literary works;
practice with pronouns.

Class Activities
  • Sub Assignment 1

    Students should be able to complete this work with the blue Literature Books located on top of the book shelves.

    Homework:

N/A

Work Collected in Class:
    • Sub Plan 1


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.