Planning Your Week:
Th 8/2 - Summer Reading Assignment due today
Upcoming Due Dates:
M 8/6 - Return signed syllabus by today; Bring $10 for vocabulary (cash or check made out to Harrison High School)
Th 8/9 - Bring in Interactive Notebook supplies for set up! (100+ sheet composition book, glue stick, scissors)
Wednesday, August 1
Learning Goal(s): Reflect on personal qualities and characteristics; produce a short narrative; meet your new World Lit community; understand class policies and procedures.
Targeted Standards(s): 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.
Agenda:
1. Complete welcome sheet (handout here); complete TRSS forms.
2. Discuss the syllabus and review class procedures.
3. Read The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco (youtube reading here)
4. Ponder and Respond— Patricia Polacco’s The Bee Tree reveals how her protagonist, Mary Ellen, learns a valuable lesson through a personal experience. Consider whether you have had any similarly significant experiences in your own life. YOUR TASK is to write a short narrative that describes an event in your life that taught you something important. Be honest, dig deep, tell your truth. We WILL share these, so make sure you’re proud of your piece.
5. Icebreaker activity:
Tuesday, August 2
Learning Goal(s): Apply skills for close reading, gathering evidence, and making inferences; set writing goals for timed writing.
Targeted Standard(s): 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.
Agenda:
Homework:
Friday, Aug 3
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate baseline understanding of grammatical and syntactical concepts with pre-assessment. Begin identifying literary patterns, including archetypes.
Targeted Standard(s): 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.
Agenda:
1. Gather signed syllabi and receipt payments for vocabulary.
2. Take grammar pre-assessment for baseline grammar knowledge.
3. With a partner of your choice, read “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” translated by Marie Borroff (text here). Begin to complete the graphic organizer to document your analysis of the quest (organizer here). Get your partner’s name and contact information!
Homework:
Th 8/2 - Summer Reading Assignment due today
Upcoming Due Dates:
M 8/6 - Return signed syllabus by today; Bring $10 for vocabulary (cash or check made out to Harrison High School)
Th 8/9 - Bring in Interactive Notebook supplies for set up! (100+ sheet composition book, glue stick, scissors)
Wednesday, August 1
Learning Goal(s): Reflect on personal qualities and characteristics; produce a short narrative; meet your new World Lit community; understand class policies and procedures.
Targeted Standards(s): 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.
Agenda:
1. Complete welcome sheet (handout here); complete TRSS forms.
2. Discuss the syllabus and review class procedures.
3. Read The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco (youtube reading here)
4. Ponder and Respond— Patricia Polacco’s The Bee Tree reveals how her protagonist, Mary Ellen, learns a valuable lesson through a personal experience. Consider whether you have had any similarly significant experiences in your own life. YOUR TASK is to write a short narrative that describes an event in your life that taught you something important. Be honest, dig deep, tell your truth. We WILL share these, so make sure you’re proud of your piece.
5. Icebreaker activity:
- Underline your most important sentence
- [Bracket] your most important phrase
- Circle most important word
- Share your word with the class!
- Bring your summer reading assignment TOMORROW!
- Read the syllabus and have parent sign - due Monday, Aug. 6
- Bring $10 for vocabulary (cash or check made out to Harrison High School) - due Monday, Aug. 6
- Bring required IAN supplies (100+ sheet composition book, glue stick, scissors) - due Thursday, Aug. 9
Tuesday, August 2
Learning Goal(s): Apply skills for close reading, gathering evidence, and making inferences; set writing goals for timed writing.
Targeted Standard(s): 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.
Agenda:
- Submit signed syllabus & vocabulary money
- Using your summer reading assignment, compose a response to the timed writing baseline assessment prompt (prompt here) - 1 hour
- Read & annotate chapter 1 of How to Read Literature Like a Professor: “Every Trip is a Quest” (text here)
- Identify elements of the quest in The Bee Tree
Homework:
- Read the syllabus and have parent sign - due Monday, Aug. 6
- Bring $10 for vocabulary (cash or check made out to Harrison High School) - due Monday, Aug. 6
- Bring required IAN supplies (100+ sheet composition book, glue stick, scissors) - due Thursday, Aug. 9
Friday, Aug 3
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate baseline understanding of grammatical and syntactical concepts with pre-assessment. Begin identifying literary patterns, including archetypes.
Targeted Standard(s): 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.
Agenda:
1. Gather signed syllabi and receipt payments for vocabulary.
2. Take grammar pre-assessment for baseline grammar knowledge.
3. With a partner of your choice, read “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” translated by Marie Borroff (text here). Begin to complete the graphic organizer to document your analysis of the quest (organizer here). Get your partner’s name and contact information!
Homework:
- Read the syllabus and have parent sign - due Monday, Aug. 6
- Bring $10 for vocabulary (cash or check made out to Harrison High School) - due Monday, Aug. 6
- Bring required IAN supplies (100+ sheet composition book, glue stick, scissors) - due Thursday, Aug. 9