Mrs. Cruz's 7/8 Language Arts Blog

Mon 3/9 . . . I will be back tomorrow!

• Due:
• Nothing
• In Class:
• Assign Reading Roles – Act 1 . . . Same readers all week.
• Read Act 1 – Scene 1 & Scene 2 (450-461: green books class set)
• https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/issa/wp-content/uploads/sites/1187/2014/12/The-Diary-of-Anne-Frank-Full-Text-1.pdf
• Pages on PDF do no coordinate with pages listed in the daily agenda
• Introduce Close Reading #1
• Homework
• Close Reading #1 – due Wed. 3/11 or Thurs. 3/12

Tues 3/10

• Due:
• Nothing
• In Class:
• Read Act 1 – Scene 3 (461-466)
• Close Reading #1 work time
• Homework
• Close Reading #1 – due Wed. 3/11 or Thurs. 3/12

Wed 3/11 & Thurs 3/12 . . . Wed/Thurs – Work on Student-Led Conferences Folders

• Due:
• Close Reading #1 – new due date is Fri., 3/13
• In Class:
• Work on Student-Led Conferences Folders
• Read Act 1 – Scene 3 (468-474)
• Homework:
• Close Reading #1 – due Fri., 3/13

Fri 3/13

• Due:
• Close Reading #1
• In Class:
• Check Close Reading #1
• Read Act 1 – Scene 4 & Scene 5 (476-487)
• Introduce Close Reading #2 AND Comic Strip
• Homework:
• Close Reading #2 – due Mon. 3/16
• Comic Strip – due Tues. 3/17

Mon 3/2 . . . Complete Poetry Test by Start of Class . . . Go to  the following Quia Link  http://www.quia.com/quiz/7629372.html

Use your Quia User Name and Password to log in and take this test. ONE attempt only.

• Due:
• Complete over the weekend – On Line Quia Test on Poetry – Open Note
• FINAL COPY and draft of Big Poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay”
• In Class:
• Collect draft and FINAL copy of Big Poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay”
• Confirm that On Line Quia Test on Poetry is complete
• http://www.quia.com/quiz/7629372.html
• Introduce Anne Frank 
• Pg. 444-447 (Green Book)
• Human Nature: Opinion Survey
• Homework:
• Human Nature: Opinion Survey – due Tues. 3/2
• Prefixes and Suffixes Test on Quia – Fri., 3/6 – on hold until further notice.

Tues 3/3

• Due:
• Human Nature: Opinion Survey
• In Class:
• Hand Out Prefixes and Suffixes Test Review – on hold until further notice.
• Discuss Human Nature: Opinion Survey 
• Watch “One Survivor Remembers”
• http://www.tolerance.org/kit/one-survivor-remembers
• Homework:
• Prefixes and Suffixes Test on Quia – Fri., 3/6 – on hold until further notice.

Wed 3/4 & Thurs 3/5 . . . Media Center

• Due:
• Nothing
• In Class:
• Genocides: 
• https://www.birmingham.k12.mi.us/Page/10748
• Genocide Partner Partner Project
• Create Genocide Slides – see assigned article and template in Google Classroom
• Practice class presentations
• Homework:
• Prefixes and Suffixes Test on Quia – Fri., 3/6 – on hold until further notice
• Finalize Genocide Google Slides Project Presentation – due Fri. 3/6

Fri 3/6

• Due:
• Finalize Genocide Google Slides
• Prefixes and Suffixes Test in Class  on hold until further notice
• In Class:
• Finalize Genocide Google Slides Projects. Print out in color after completing. Hand in by the end of class.
• Work on Compass Learning
• Homework
• None

Mon., 2/24

• Due
• Prefixes and Suffixes Unit 10 (last Unit) – rescheduled to tomorrow.
• In Class
• TP-CASTT 
• Robert Frost – American Poet, 
• “Nothing Gold Can Stay” – big paper
• T: Title
• To the left of the title label the title T = Title
• Write what you think the poem might be about based on the title. What might it mean? What might it be trying to communicate?
• P: Paraphrase
• Label the right- hand margin next to the poem P = Paraphrase. 
• Then, next to each line of the poem, paraphrase  what you feel is literally being communicated – in that line. (Don’t interpret yet.)
• Open Note (PP Poetry Packet) Test – Fri., 2/28
• Homework
• Review PP Poetry Notes Packet – Test on Fri., 2/28

Tuesday 2/25

• Due
• Prefixes and Suffixes Unit 10 (new due date)
• In Class
• Check Prefixes and Suffixes – Unit 10
• “Nothing Gold Can Stay” – Big paper
• C: Connotation.
• Read through the poem and identify and label 3 DIFFERENT poetic devices: imagery (metaphors, similes, symbols, personification) and/or sound devices (alliteration, rhythm, and rhyme).
• At the bottom of the page, draw a box and label it C = Connotation. In the box, discuss how the 3 poetic devices you identified contribute to meaning, effect, or both, in the poem.
• Homework
• PP Poetry Notes Test – Open Note Completed on Quia AT HOME – due Mon., 3/2

Wednesday 2/26 & Thursday 2/27

• Due
• None.
• In Class:
• SNOW DAY
• Homework
• C=Connotation

Friday 2/28

• Due:
• C=Connotation on Draft of Big Poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay
• In Class:
• Continue Drafting TP-CASTT on “Nothing Gold Can Stay” . . .
• (S24) A = Attitude. Pass out Tone Vocabulary handout.
• Examine each line for attitude (tone)- reference tone list of words. Examine the diction (word choice) in “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”
• Circle 3 – 4 words or phrases that suggest a specific attitude (tone).
• At the bottom of the page, draw a box and label it A = Attitude. In the box, discuss how the 3 – 4 words or phrases that you identified suggest the speaker’s attitude(s)/tone(s). Examples: accusatory. Cynical, nostalgic, gloomy, pessimistic, etc.
• (S 25 and S26) S: Shift 
• (S 27) T: Title Again
• (S28) T: Theme
• PASS OUT CLEAN COPY OF THE BIG POEM “NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY” FOR THE FINAL COPY rewrite – due Mon., 3/2
• Homework:
• Create FINAL copy of “Nothing Gold Can Stay” on NEW piece of Big Poem Paper – due Mon., 3/2
• On Line Quia Test on Poetry – Open Note – Completed for Homework-due by Mon., 3/2

Monday 2/10

• Due
• Journal #1: “The Raven” – Three-Paragraph Draft of “The Raven”
• In Class
• Label/share three-paragraph prompts for “The Raven”
• PowerPoint Notes
• William Shakespeare – English Lit. (S9)
• William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116: “The Marriage of True Minds” (S10) – One of Shakespeare’s many sonnets.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKyuzXwSolA
• Hand out Hard Copy. Whole Class Discussion – Number the lines. How many stanzas? What are the stanzas called? Is this a sonnet?
• First Close Read of Sonnet 116. Let’s do a literal, one-sentence summary/paraphrase of each stanza.
• What is a syllable? (S 12)
• Homework:
• None

Tuesday 2/11

• Due:
• None
• In Class
• Review Syllable. . . .
• Iambic Pentameter (S12) – 10-syllable line into five 2-syllable sections.
• Couplets – Open and Closed Couplets (S13)
• Denotation and Connotation (S11)
• Figurative Language: Simile, Metaphor, Symbol, and Personification 
• Sound Devices: Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance
• —————————————————————————————————————————
• Second Close Read Sonnet 116: “The Marriage of True Minds”  (S14) for: 
• Refer to page S11: Identify – Figurative Language: (similes, metaphors, symbols, and personification)Sound
• Identify – Devices:  (alliteration, assonance, and consonance
• —————————————————————————————————————————-
• Third read of Sonnet 116 –  Figurative Language and Sound Device Notations – Note what meaning or effect the chosen figurative language and sound devices have on the reader. This will be used for Journal #2.
• Homework:
• Figurative Language and Sound Device Notations – due Wed., 2/12 or Thurs., 2/13

Wednesday 2/12 & Thursday 2/13 . . . To the Media Center

• Due
• Figurative Language and Sound Device Notations – due Wed., 2/12 or Thurs., 2/13
• In Class:
• Finish assessments of Outsiders Ba’Jillion mini-projects
• ———————————————————————————————————————————
• Check in/discuss Figurative Language and Sound Device Notations Homework – Use for Journal #2
• ———————————————————————————————————————————
• Discuss CERS Journal Prompt #2 for “The Marriage of True Minds” 
• Begin drafting CERS Journal/Prompt #2 (See Handout for directions) AND use Journal #1 – “The Raven” as an example/organizational guide for how to write
• Journal #2: a three-paragraph CERS response using your close read of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 “Marriage of True Minds” in which you examined the poem for figurative language and sound devices.
• Paragraph #1 (minimum 5 sentences)  – Be sure to give background information on Shakespeare and/or “The Marriage of True Minds” and a claim identifying your topic (“Sonnet 116” uses figurative language AND sound devices) in “The Marriage of True Minds.”
• Paragraph #2 (minimum use of 6 sentences) – Be sure to use/quote text evidence that you identified in “The Marriage of True Minds.”  This should support your claim on figurative language and sound devices (rhyme scheme, iambic pentameter, metaphor, etc.). Be sure to reason out/elaborate on each piece of text evidence telling how it “proves” the claim/the each piece of figurative language and sound device brings meaning of effect to the poem. **Remember to include a citation (line #). 
• Paragraph #3 (minimum of 5 sentences) – Conclude your response by discussing the effect(s) the figurative language and the sound devices have on the reader. As part of your conclusion, include a synthesis statement that reveals a big/important message with which you want to leave the reader about the use of figurative language and sound devices in poetry.
• ———————————————————————————————————————————
• Homework
• Complete Journal #2 “The Marriage of True Minds” CERS response – due Fri., 2/14 – PRINTED BEFORE THE START OF CLASS
• Prefixes and Suffixes #10 – due Mon., 2/24

Friday 2/14 (½ day)

• Due
• Journal #2: “Marriage of True Minds” Sonnet 116 Journal
• In Class:
• Collect Journal #2. Attach Journal #1 and the Close read poem to it.
• S16 Shakespeare and Soliloquys
• S17 Excerpt/Soliloquy from “Romeo and Juliet”
• Read the soliloquy from the play Romeo and Juliet.
• Small Group and Class Discussion: What is the purpose of this soliloquy? What effect does it have on the reader?
• Homework
• Prefixes and Suffixes #10 – due Mon., 2/24

Monday 2/3

• Due:
• A Ba’Jillion Ways to Respond to Literature Project
• In Class:
  • Tell students to hang on to their A Ba’Jillion Ways to Respond to Literature Projects until next class when I return.
  • Pass out the handout titled “Unit 3: Shaping Identity: Impacting the World” Poetry Unit. Please read over this page with students so they know what to expect . (They are starting a new unit today).
  • Pass out the PowerPoint Notes Packet. 
  • Pass out the copy of “The Raven”
  • Review the cover page of the PowerPoint packet and tell them that along with some poetry basics, we will be studying a little about Poe, Shakespeare, and Frost. Tell them these are different than what we studied last year. 
  • Page S2 – Review “Goals for the Unit”
  • Page S3 – Review “Stanzas” – Assignment: Tell students to number the stanzas on “The Raven” (#s 1 – 18)
  • Ask students what type of stanzas are used in the composition of “The Raven” (ANSWER 6 -line stanzas OR sestets)
  • Skip page S4
  • Page S5 – Review “Rhythm/Rhyme Pattern”  – Assignment: Tell students to identify the Rhyme Pattern for the Sestet/6-Line Stanzas.
  • Show them how you use the last word in the line of the poem to determine the rhyme pattern. (ANSWER: A, B, C, B, B, B)
  • Page S6 – Review notes about Edgar Allan Poe (if time)
  • Homework: Just Bring in “A Ba’Jillion Ways to Respond to Literature Projects next class”

   

Tuesday 2/4

• Due:
• Nothing
• In Class:
• Place A Ba’Jillion Ways to Respond to Literature Project in Media Center
• Listen to “The Raven”: Read by James Earl Jones:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcqPQXqQXzI
• Homework:
• None.

Wednesday 2/5 & Thursday 2/6 . . . Media Center Checkout/Book Talks

• Due:
• None
• In Class:
• C-2 – Listen to “The Raven” Simpson version – Hour #2 ONLY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLiXjaPqSyY
• Close Read “The Raven”. In the margins, as a class, write a 1 sentence summary of each stanza. Do together as class.
• Examine and decide which classification of poetry “The Raven” is and underline lines of evidence in the poem that back up your choice: either lyric (ode or elegy) OR narrative (ballad or epic)
• At the bottom of the poem, note the effect the rhyme pattern has on the reader (2-3 sentences).
• – – – BREAK – – –
• Introduce CERS Journal Prompt #1 – “The Raven” 
• See example/directions. Begin drafting a three-paragraph CERS journal in response to your close reading of “The Raven.” Identify text evidence that supports the classification (lyric or narrative) of poetry you chose. 
• Introduce Peer and Self Assessment Sheets for Mini-Outsider Projects – Go to Media Center to share. In groups of three, peer and self and assess – A Ba’Jillion Ways to Respond to Literature Project.
• Homework:
• CERS Journal Prompt #1 – “The Raven” – due Mon., 2/10
• Prefixes and Suffixes 8 and 9 – due Fri. 2/7

Friday 2/7

• Due:
• Prefixes and Suffixes 8 and 9
• In Class:
• Check Prefixes and Suffixes 8 and 9
• Discuss, co-write and peer edit CERS Journal Prompt #1 for “The Raven” 
• Continue peer and self assessing Ba’Jillion projects and drafting the prompt #1 for “The Raven” 
• Homework:
• Full – complete journal prompt of three paragraphs for “The Raven” – due Mon., 2/10

Monday 1/27

• Due:
• Character “Wanted Poster” 
• In Class:
• Self Assessment Questionnaire (post-reading) – do in class
• Share out and turn in Character “Wanted Posters” – should be neat, thorough, and colorful
• Study Guide for The Outsiders Test – work on in class
• Homework:
• Chapter 12 Close Reading Assignment – due Tues., 1/28
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 8 (due Fri. 1/31)
• Outsiders test/Review – due Fri., 1/31

Tuesday 1/28

• Due:
• Chapter 12 – Close Reading Assignment – discuss/check in
• In Class:
• Discuss Chapter 12 Close Read and Check in
• Introduce A “Ba-jillion” Ways to Respond to Literature Choice Activity
• Start watching The Outsiders
• Homework
• Study/Test Review – The Outsiders Test (Test Fri 1/31)
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 8 (due Fri. 1/31)
• A “Ba-jillion” Ways to Respond to Literature Choice Activity (due Mon 2/3)

Wednesday 1/29 or Thursday 1/30

• Due:
• Nothing
• In Class:
• Continue watching The Outsiders 
• A “Ba-jillion” Ways to Respond to Literature Choice Activity
• Homework
• Study – The Outsiders Test/Test Review (Test Fri 1/31)
• A “Ba-jillion” Ways to Respond to Literature Choice Activity (due Mon., 2/3)
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 8 (due Fri. 1/31)

Friday 1/31

• Due:
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 8
• The Outsiders Test/Test Review TODAY
• In Class:
• Correct Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 8
• The Outsiders Test TODAY on Quia.
• Work on Ba’Jillion Mini-Project
• Homework:
• A “Ba-jillion” Ways to Respond to Literature Choice Activity- due Mon., 2/3

Monday 1/20 – NO SCHOOL MLK DAY

Tuesday 1/21

• Due
• Close Reading Assignment for Chapter 7
• In Class
• Share out Autobiography & Biography (Ponyboy) Poems
• Discuss /check in Close Reading Assignment for Chapter 7
• Book Club Reading Time – Chapters 9-12
• Homework
• Reading Chapters 9-12 (due Fri. 1/24)
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 7 (due Fri. 1/24)

Wednesday 1/22 & Thursday 1/23 . . . Media Center 

• Due:
• Chapter 7 Close Read (from last class)
• In Class:
• Media center.
• Discuss/Check in Close Reading Assignment for Chapter 7.
• In book clubs, share out Autobiography & Biography (Ponyboy) Poems.
• Book Club Reading Time – Chapters 9-12
• BREAK
• Introduce Character “Wanted Poster”. Work on in Class.
• Homework
• Character “Wanted Poster” DRAFT – due Fri., 1/24
• Reading Chapters 9-12 (due Fri. 1/24)
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 7 (due Fri. 1/24)

Friday 1/24

• Due
• Reading Chapters 9-12
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 7
• Draft of Wanted Poster – Page 1
• In Class
• C-2 and C-4/Check in Chapter 7 Close Read
• Check in/share – Wanted Poster Draft
• Correct Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 7
• Introduce Close Reading – Chapter 12
• Character “Wanted Poster” Work Time
• Homework
• FINAL Character “Wanted Poster” – due Mon. 1/27
• Close Reading Chapter 12 – due Tues., 1/28

Monday 1/13 

• Due
• Compass Learning – Unit #1 – DUE TODAY!!!!!
• In Class
• Check P/S Unit 5
• Check in and discuss Chapter #1 Close Reading
• Vocabulary Activity – Chapters 6 & 7
• Book Club Reading Time – Chapters 5-8
• Homework
• Vocabulary Activity – Chapters 6 & 7 (due Wed. 1/15 or Thurs. 1/16)
• Reading Chapters 5-8 (due Fri 1/17)
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 6 (due Fri. 1/17)

Tuesday 1/14

• Due
• Nothing
• In Class
• Introduce Autobiography & Biography (Ponyboy) Poems
• Book Club Reading Time – Chapters 5-8
• Homework
• Vocabulary Activity – Chapters 6 & 7 (due Wed. 1/15 or Thurs. 1/16)
• Reading Chapters 5-8 (due Fri 1/17)
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 6 (due Fri. 1/10)
• Autobiography & Biography (Ponyboy) Poems – due Fri., 1/17

Wednesday 1/15 & Thursday 1/16 . . . Media Center/Independent Reading 

• Due
• Vocabulary Activity – Chapters 6 & 7
• In Class
• Media Center
• Discuss and Check Vocabulary Activity – Chapters 6 & 7
• Introduce Close Reading – Chapter 7 
• Book Club Reading Time – Chapters 5-8
• Homework
• Autobiography & Biography (Ponyboy) Poems – due Fri., 1/17
• Reading Chapters 5-8 (due Fri 1/17)
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 6 (due Fri. 1/17)
• Close Reading – Chapter 7 (due Tues. 1/21)

Friday 1/17 – ½ Day . . . End of MP #2

• Due
• Reading Chapters 5-8
• Autobiography & Biography (Ponyboy) Poems
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 6
• In Class
• Discuss Autobiography & Biography (Ponyboy) Poems – Collect
• Correct Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 6
• Homework
• Close Reading – Chapter 7 (due Tues. 1/21)

Monday 1/6

• Due:
• Submit Corrected/Revised Research Paper – due Mon., 1/6/2020
• In Class:
• Label and submit corrected/revised research paper today
• Start Outsiders today. Review Overview Page
• Self Assessment Questionnaire (pre-reading and post-reading) – completed in class
• Vocabulary Activity – Chapters 1 & 2
• Homework:
• Vocabulary Activity – Chapters 1 & 2 – due Tues., 1/7
• Pre-Reading Survey – due Tues., 1/7
• Compass Learning Unit 1 – due Mon., 1/13

Tuesday 1/7

• Due
• Vocabulary 1 and 2
• Pre-Reading Survey
• In Class
• Check Vocabulary 1 and 2
• Make Book Clubs
• Book Club Reading Time – Chapters 1-4
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 5 (due Fri. 1/10)
• Homework
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 5 (due Fri. 1/10)
• Compass Learning Unit 1 – due Mon., 1/13

Wednesday 1/8 & Thursday 1/9 . . . Media Center

• Due
• Reading – Chapter 1
• In Class
• Media Center first.
• Check in PreReading Survey and Chapters 1-2 Vocabulary
• Introduce, discuss, and complete Close Reading in book clubs – Chapter 1
• Homework
• Chapter 1 Close Read Assignment – due Fri., 1/10
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 5 (due Fri. 1/10)
• Compass Learning Unit 1 – due Mon., 1/13

Friday 1/10

• Due
• Chapter 1 Close Reading Assignment
• Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 5 (due Fri. 1/10)
• In Class
• Read together chapters 2 – 4
• Discuss, label, and collect Chapter 1 Close Reading Assignment
• Correct Prefixes & Suffixes Unit 5 
• Compass Learning Unit 1 – due Mon., 1/13

Thurs., 1/02/20

• Due:
• Nothing
• In Class:
• Print out full draft of 1960s research paper.
• Do whole class conference. Make revisions.
• Introduce and work on Prefixes and Suffixes Unit #4 
• Homework:
• Work on final (revisions after peer edits) copy of the 1960s research paper
• Prefixes and Suffixes Unit #4 – due Fri. 1/03/20
• Final Printed Out Copy of 1960s Research paper – due Fri., 1/3/20
• Compass Learning Unit 1 – due Mon., 1/13/20

Fri., 1/03/20

• Due:
• Final printed out copy of the 1960s research paper
• Prefixes and Suffixes Unit #4
• In Class:
• Label and then turn in final printed out copy of the 1960s research paper
• Revise and print out Works Cited page and attach to paper
• Correct Prefixes and Suffixes Unit #4
• Homework:
• Compass Learning Unit 1 – due Mon., 1/13/20
• Submit Corrected/Revised Research Paper – due Mon., 1/6/2020