M 1/8—Return signed syllabus ASAP. Bring $10 for Membean vocabulary program.
M 1/15 before midnight—Complete vocabulary practice on Membean
Thursday, January 4
LG: Reflect on personal qualities and characteristics; produce a short narrative; meet your new Honors World Lit community; understand class policies and procedures
Standards: ELAGSE9-10W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. a. Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events. b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. c. Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole. d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters. e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative. ELAGSE9-10W10: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
- Complete welcome sheet; complete TRSS forms.
- Discuss the syllabus and review class procedures
- Read The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco; Ponder and Respond—Is there a moment that has turned you into who you are today or that provided you with the opportunity to learn a valuable lesson? - plan to share this with classmates as an ice-breaker.
- Ice breaker activity: Underline most important sentence, bracket most important phrase, circle most important word. You will share your whole response with a classmate, and just your word with the class.
Friday, January 5
LG: Apply skills for close reading, gathering evidence, and making inferences to poems; set writing goals for timed writing.
Standards: ELAGSE9-10L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. a. Use parallel structure.* b. Use various types of phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial, prepositional, absolute) and clauses (independent, dependent; noun, relative, adverbial) to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing or presentations. ELAGSE9-10L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. a. Use a semicolon (and perhaps a conjunctive adverb) to link two or more closely related independent clauses. b. Use a colon to introduce a list or quotation. c. Spell correctly. d. Produces legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct use of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization.
- Compose a response to the timed writing prompt (writing baseline assessment) - 1 hour
- Introduce Poetry Out Loud; read the NEA interview with 2016 champion Ahkei Togun and watch his performance and “Why Poetry Out Loud?”
- Continue class introductions as needed.