Planning Your Week:
Monday, 2/24 - Extra Credit assignment due today (assignment here) - no late credit; no partial credit
Thursday (2/27) and Friday (2/28) - Meet in the Learning Commons to work on Summative Assignment
Upcoming Due Dates:
Friday, 3/6 - Unit 3 vocabulary quiz (word list here)
Monday, 3/9 - Groups present Levels of Hell projects (here)
Tuesday, 3/10 - Participate in the Dante and Justice Seminar Assignment (here)
Friday, 3/13 - Complete your IR book and bring your Still Life project to class! (here)
Resources:
Text: Dante’s Inferno Class Text
Dante Guided Reading Questions (Canto 1, 3, 5, 33, 34)
Instructions for finding articles here
Seminar Assignment & Rubric here
Analyze This here
CRAAP Test here (only used for articles that come from a non-CDL source)
Course Hero Videos!
Canto 1
Canto 3
Canto 5
Canto 33
Canto 34
Monday, February 24
Learning Goal(s): Understand the context of a medieval Italian text in order to analyze a particular point of view outside of the United States. Use textual evidence to analyze author’s purpose.
Targeted/ Standards: ELACC9-10RL5: analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of art outside the United States. ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Agenda:
Tuesday, February 25
Learning Goal(s): Understand the context of a medieval Italian text in order to analyze a particular point of view outside of the United States. Use textual evidence to analyze author’s purpose.
Targeted/ Standards: ELACC9-10RL5: analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of art outside the United States. ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Agenda:
Wednesday, February 26
Learning Goal(s): Understand the context of a medieval Italian text in order to analyze a particular point of view outside of the United States. Use textual evidence to analyze author’s purpose.
Targeted/ Standards: ELACC9-10RL5: analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of art outside the United States. ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Agenda:
Thursday, February 27
Learning Goal(s): Use advanced searches to find articles on justice, crime, and punishment.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10SL1: a. Come to discussions prepared having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas. ELAGSE9-10W7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. ELAGSE9-10W8: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question
Agenda:
Friday, February 28
Learning Goal(s): Use advanced searches to find articles on justice, crime, and punishment.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10SL1: a. Come to discussions prepared having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas. ELAGSE9-10W7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. ELAGSE9-10W8: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question
Agenda:
Monday, 2/24 - Extra Credit assignment due today (assignment here) - no late credit; no partial credit
Thursday (2/27) and Friday (2/28) - Meet in the Learning Commons to work on Summative Assignment
Upcoming Due Dates:
Friday, 3/6 - Unit 3 vocabulary quiz (word list here)
Monday, 3/9 - Groups present Levels of Hell projects (here)
Tuesday, 3/10 - Participate in the Dante and Justice Seminar Assignment (here)
Friday, 3/13 - Complete your IR book and bring your Still Life project to class! (here)
Resources:
Text: Dante’s Inferno Class Text
Dante Guided Reading Questions (Canto 1, 3, 5, 33, 34)
Instructions for finding articles here
Seminar Assignment & Rubric here
Analyze This here
CRAAP Test here (only used for articles that come from a non-CDL source)
Course Hero Videos!
Canto 1
Canto 3
Canto 5
Canto 33
Canto 34
Monday, February 24
Learning Goal(s): Understand the context of a medieval Italian text in order to analyze a particular point of view outside of the United States. Use textual evidence to analyze author’s purpose.
Targeted/ Standards: ELACC9-10RL5: analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of art outside the United States. ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Agenda:
- Turn in your extra credit assignment if you have it completed! (You must turn this in today if you want to receive credit - no late credit!)
- Complete the introduction to Unit 3 vocabulary words #1-10. Use three highlighters to highlight the different parts of speech: blue for nouns, yellow for adjectives/adverbs, and green for verbs. Students will learn each word, writing the new word into the blank while the teacher goes over the term, then students will complete the “Completing the Sentence” activities on pages 39-40. (Answer only #1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19.)
- Enjoy your IR time!
- Continue reading Dante’s Inferno and work in groups to answer guided reading questions. Be ready for a comprehension quiz on each canto! (Guided reading questions here)
- Continue reading your first independent novel - you must have the entire text finished by Friday, March 13th.
- As needed, review guided reading questions and Dante’s text to prepare for reading quizzes.
Tuesday, February 25
Learning Goal(s): Understand the context of a medieval Italian text in order to analyze a particular point of view outside of the United States. Use textual evidence to analyze author’s purpose.
Targeted/ Standards: ELACC9-10RL5: analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of art outside the United States. ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Agenda:
- Begin introduction to Magic Lens Level 2 - take notes on parts of the sentence! Use the presentation (here) and the guided notes handouts (here). Add the parts of the sentence flowchart (here) to IAN.
- Enjoy your IR time!
- Continue reading Dante’s Inferno and analyzing the cantos with guided reading questions as needed.
- Be ready for a reading quiz!
- If time, introduce the seminar assignment with article and seminar questions deliverables.
- Continue reading your first independent novel - you must have the entire text finished by Friday, March 13th.
- As needed, review guided reading questions and Dante’s text to prepare for reading quizzes.
Wednesday, February 26
Learning Goal(s): Understand the context of a medieval Italian text in order to analyze a particular point of view outside of the United States. Use textual evidence to analyze author’s purpose.
Targeted/ Standards: ELACC9-10RL5: analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of art outside the United States. ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Agenda:
- Finish Magic Lens level two notes as needed, then complete the Magic Lens practice for levels 1 and 2.
- Complete the introduction to Unit 3 vocabulary words #11-20. Use three highlighters to highlight the different parts of speech: blue for nouns, yellow for adjectives/adverbs, and green for verbs. Students will learn each word, writing the new word into the blank while the teacher goes over the term, then students will complete the “Completing the Sentence” activities on pages 39-40. (Complete only #4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15 17, 20.)
- Enjoy your IR time!
- Add the Writing Discussion Questions resource (here) to IAN.
- Introduce the seminar assignment with article and seminar questions deliverables.
- Continue reading your first independent novel - you must have the entire text finished by Friday, March 13th.
- As needed, review guided reading questions and Dante’s text to prepare for reading quizzes.
Thursday, February 27
Learning Goal(s): Use advanced searches to find articles on justice, crime, and punishment.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10SL1: a. Come to discussions prepared having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas. ELAGSE9-10W7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. ELAGSE9-10W8: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question
Agenda:
- Ms. Vanbo’s/Coach Hanghold’s and Ms. Alexander’s classes meet in the Learning Commons to prepare for the Socratic Seminar by finding articles on justice and writing leveled seminar questions. If you’re not working on the seminar, you should be reading IR and completing vocabulary (Complete “Choosing the Right Word” on pages 37-38 (#1-25) for Unit 3 vocabulary). Use the checklist here.
- Continue reading your first independent novel - you must have the entire text finished by Friday, March 13th.
- Continue preparing for the seminar: find and print an article on justice/crime/sin/punishment, complete Analyze This for your article, write five open-ended discussion questions) - Seminar on Tuesday, March 10th.
Friday, February 28
Learning Goal(s): Use advanced searches to find articles on justice, crime, and punishment.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10SL1: a. Come to discussions prepared having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas. ELAGSE9-10W7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. ELAGSE9-10W8: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question
Agenda:
- Ms. Vanbo’s/Coach Hanghold’s and Ms. Alexander’s classes meet in the Learning Commons to prepare for the Socratic Seminar by finding articles on justice and writing leveled seminar questions. If you’re not working on the seminar, you should be reading IR and completing vocabulary (Complete “Choosing the Right Word” on pages 37-38 (#1-25) for Unit 3 vocabulary). Use the checklist here.
- Continue reading your first independent novel - you must have the entire text finished by Friday, March 13th.
- Continue preparing for the seminar: find and print an article on justice/crime/sin/punishment, complete Analyze This for your article, write five open-ended discussion questions) - Seminar on Tuesday, March 10th.