Log into Newsela.com daily (Monday-Friday) On Newsela.com students will read daily articles, take comprehension quizzes and complete a writing assignments. 3rd hour Newsela class code 22G8R2 4th hour Newsela class code WDFMEB
Find a speech online. Watch it and email me the title of the speech, a summary of the speech, including a critique (what you like/dislike about the speech).
Newsela.com Username (Please use your first and last name) class code - FXC7U9
Demonstration Speech due by April 24. Record speeches (with your phones) and email them to me. If you are not going to make the due date send me a message letting me know when you will be able to submit your speech. demonstration_speech.pdf
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English 9 students- *will take homeReading Strategiesbooklets and will complete assignments from the booklet *will log into Newsela.com daily (Monday-Friday) On Newsela.com students will read daily articles, take comprehension quizzes and complete a writing assignments. Students will read a novel during this time.
Public Speaking students - *Will take home the textbook and continue to read the assigned chapters and complete questions and vocabulary. *I set up a Remind for this class so I can communicate with my students. *Students will record their speeches (with their phones) and email them to me.
ELA Builder students - *will log into Newsela.com daily (Monday-Friday) On Newsela.com students will read daily articles, take comprehension quizzes and complete a writing assignments. *students will continue to read their novels and work on Novel Assignments.
During the next 3 weeks, I plan on updating Powerschool with current grades as my students complete Newsela assignments and email me their other assignments. I will watch and grade the speeches as they are emailed to me. The Booklets for English 9 will get graded and entered into PowerSchool when we return to school.
1/21 - 3/13 ELA Builder - Newsela.com Vocabulary Fluency Novel Individual Novel Assignment English 9 - Shakespeare Elizabethan England Project Romeo and Juliet Grammar Novel Public Speaking - Introduction Speeches Chapter 1 - Understanding Communication Vocal Warm Ups Fairy Tales - Group Work Object Speech Ch 2 Verbal/Nonverbal Messages Ch3 Using your voice Commercials
12/6/ - 1/17/2020 ELA Builder - Newsela.com Vocabulary Novel Individual Novel Assignment English 9 - To Kill A Mockingbird Unit Theme Characters Vocabulary One Pager
11/11 -12/6 ELA Builder Newsela.com Vocabulary Novel Individual Novel Assignment English 9 Short Story Unit Vocabulary CCR Reading Strategies and Literary Elements To Kill A Mockingbird Novel Creative Writing Writing Contest
Writing Workshop Style
Fiction Writing
10/7 - 11/8 ELA Builder Newsela.com Vocabulary Haunted Halloween - Story time Novel Book Talk Individual Novel Assignment English 9 "The Necklace" "The Harvest" Be Kind Unit "The White Circle" Bullying Prevention Poster Gallery Walk Good person Speech CCR Reading Strategies and Literary Elements Suspense Unit Poetry - Narrative Poetry "Casey at the Bat" Novel Creative Writing Writing Contest - Student Opinion Piece Fairy Tale Novel - Book Review Spooky Story Unit
9/23-10/4 ELA Builder Newsela.com Vocabulary Novel Individual Novel Assignment English 9 "The Most Dangerous Game" TMDG Letter T-chart movie/short story CCR NWEA Testing Creative Writing Ideal Place Cinderella - new ending Fairy tale Unit Novel - Book Review
9/3 - 9/20 ELA Builder Newsela.com Vocabulary Independent Novel Weekly Reading Log CCR - Reading is Good for your Health English 9 Learning Literature. Literary Terms. Newsela.com CCR - How the Brain Works District Writing Task Novel
Creative Writing What's Your Story? A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Three Wishes Beige Chair Assignment Fiction Writing Research Novel - Overdrive
------------------------------------------------ Archived Lesson Plans cw Freedom Writers Unit Short Short Story Assignment Final Exams
4/15 - 5/24/2019 ELA Builder Newsela.com CCR Flex Literacy Vocabulary Independent Novel Reading Log Hoot Unit Creative Writing Poetry Writing Prompts Fiction Writing Dialogue Plot Short Story
Creative Writing Fiction Writing Research Character Building Short Story Book Review
10/29-11/20 ELA Builder Newsela.com Vocabulary Writing Flex Literacy Independent Reading Novel Assignments ~Poetry or Rap Timed Reading
Creative Writing Fiction Writing Research Vocabulary for short Story writers Character Building One Act Play Book Review 10/1-10/26 ELA Builder Newsela.com Vocabulary Writing Flex Literacy Independent Reading Novel Assignments ~Poetry or Rap Timed Reading
Creative Writing Fairy Tale Assignment Confess a Secret Journal Fiction Writing Research Vocabulary for short Story writers Character Building One Act Play 9/4 - 9/28 ELA Builder Newsela.com Vocabulary Writing Flex Literacy Independent Reading Novel Assignments
Creative Writing What's Your Story? A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Confess a Secret Journal Fiction Writing Research
5/29-6/14 ELA Builder - Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 88% or higher Read Novel/Journals Review/Exams
English 9 - Odyssey Quick Write Mythology Research Paper Percy Jackson - Greek Mythology Review/Exams
5/7-5/25 ELA Builder - Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Read Novel/Journals Vocabulary
English 9 - Odyssey Vocab Odyssey Unit Percy Jackson
4/9 - 5/4
ELA Builder - Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Read Novel/Journals Vocabulary
English 9 - Deportation Activity PSAT Testing "One Ordinary Day with Peanuts" Page 420-430 (1-7) p 431 (1-9) District Writing Task Vocabulary Achieve3000 Writing Assignments...Article/Activity - Literary Connections to Night - Freedom Writers, Freedom Writers Viewing Guide. Writing Assignment. 4/9-4/13 English 9 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas T-chart compare with Night Vocab Week #6 - All 5 Days Achieve3000 ***Testing Tuesday and Wednesday!!!!
ELA Builder - Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Read Novel/Journals
3/12/18 - 3/29/18
English 9 - Gnomeo and Juliet T-chart Night Unit Elie Wiesel Biography Auschwitz Death Camp
ELA Builder - Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Read Novel/Journals March is Reading Month Assignment
2/26/18 - 3/9/18
ELA Builder - Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Read Novel/Novel Project
English 9 - Shakespeare Unit Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Shakespeare articles: "Why We Love Shakespeare?" "Shakespeare Meant What He Said" "Sentenced To Shakespeare" NWEA Testing
2/5/18 - 2/9/18
ELA Builder - Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Read Novel/Novel Project
English 9 - Shakespeare Unit Elizabethan Times Time period research/take notes Partner Journal Project Romeo and Juliet
1/29/18 - 2/2/18
ELA Builder - Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Level Set Test Read Novel/Novel Project
English 9 - Shakespeare Unit Elizabethan Times Time period research/take notes Partner Journal Project Romeo and Juliet
1/22/18-1/26/18
ELA Builder Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Level Set Test Read Novel
English 9 - Intro to second Semester Shakespeare Unit
1/3/18-1/19/18
ELA Builder Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Level Set Test Read Novel
English 9 Literary Elements - Lessons 13-18 Read "The Scarlet Ibis" Complete p 564 (1-7) Watch Simon Birch Complete T- Chart Midterm Review
11/27-12/19 ELA Builder Weekly Vocabulary Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Novel/Novel Assignment
English 9 Weekly Vocabulary To Kill A Mockingbird Unit Vocabulary Characters Theme Questions/Summary CCR Literary Elements
11/13-11/21
ELA Builder Weekly Vocabulary Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Novel/Novel Assignment
English 9 Weekly Vocabulary "The Gift of the Magi" Lesson 8: Style Lesson 9: Tone "Rules of the Game" Lesson 10: Hyperbole Lesson 11: Archetype Lesson 12: Allusion
11/6-11/10 ELA Builder Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Novel/Novel Assignment
English 9 Weekly Vocabulary "The Necklace" The Necklace Vocabulary Literary Elements - Lesson 6: Foreshadowing & Lesson 7 - Irony.
10/30-11/3
ELA Builder Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Novel/Novel Assignment
English 9 Weekly Vocabulary *Suspense Unit *The Most Dangerous Game Letters *Literary Elements - Lesson 4: Dialogue & Lesson 5: Flashback
10/23-10/27
ELA Builder Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Novel/Novel Assignment
English 9 Weekly Vocabulary *Suspense Unit *"The Most Dangerous Game" *Literary Elements - Lesson 3: Point of View III
10/23-10/27 ELA Builder Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Novel/Novel Assignment
English 9 Weekly Vocabulary *Suspense Unit *"The Most Dangerous Game" *Literary Elements - Lesson 3: Point of View III
10/30-11/3
ELA Builder Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Novel/Novel Assignment
English 9 Weekly Vocabulary *Suspense Unit *The Most Dangerous Game Letters *Literary Elements - Lesson 4: Dialogue & Lesson 5: Flashback
10/23-10/27
ELA Builder Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose - 2x Thought Question - use sentence frames Activity - 75% or higher Novel/Novel Assignment
English 9 Weekly Vocabulary *Suspense Unit *"The Most Dangerous Game" *Literary Elements - Lesson 3: Point of View III
10/9-10/13
ELA Builder Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose Thought Question Novel/Novel Assignment
English 9 Quiz - Elements of Fiction Lesson 2: Point of View The White Circle Unit Vocabulary Good Person Speech
10/2-10/6 ELA Builder Achieve3000 5 steps Setting the Purpose Thought Question Novel/Novel Assignment
English 9 NWEA Writing Reading Strategies & Literary Elements "The White Circle" - Short Story Unit. CCR
9/18-9/22 ELA Builder Newsela.com Read the 2 assigned articles. Make sure you annotate, write, and complete the quiz for each article. Read your novel. Complete the novel project.
English 9 District Writing Assessment The White Circle Unit Vocabulary Write your own short story Good Person Speech
9/5- 9/15
ELA Builder Newsela.com Read 3 articles. Take the quiz and complete the writing for each article. Novels/Novel Projects.
English 9 Learning Literature. Literary Terms. Newsela.com CCR - Smartphones. District Writing Task
ELA Builder 1/4/17 - 1/17/17 Achieve3000 Lessons Independent Reading Reading Minute - Weird But True Flex Literacy Midterm Exams 1/18-1/20
ELA Builder 11/7-11/11 Achieve3000 Assessment Achieve3000 Lessons Independent Reading Reading Minute - Weird But True
10/31-11/4 Reading Minute - Weird But True Newsela.com 3 articles & quiz CCR Flex Literacy Fluency Practice Tweentribune.com Quiz and essay Novel/Novel Assignment SSR
10/10-10/14 Novel & Critical Thinking - Trivia Questions Flex Literacy - "The Dance of the Knives and Fire" Tweentribune.com/Reading Quiz SSR Novel/Trivia Questions Due Today CCR - "Phone Charger Sales are Surging Because of Pokémon Go"
ELA Builder - 10/3-10/7 Novel & Individual Novel Assignment Flex Literacy - "Behind the Mask" Tweentribune.com/Reading Quiz SSR Novel/Novel Assignment CCR - "Rise of the Machines"
9/19-9/23 Novel & Vocabulary Flex Literacy - "Shakespeare and the Black Death." Shakespeare Biography Tweentribune Novel/Novel Assignment SSR
9/12-9/16 Individual Novel & Exit Ticket Passwords Flex Literacy - "Anything But Typical" Individual Novel, Definitions & Summary Novel - Setting, Plot, Characters CCR - "After a concussion, when can a teen return to the football field?"
9/6-9/9
Syllabus Rules Seating Chart Flex Literacy - "The Gift of the Magi" CCR - The Benefits of Reading