Planning Your Week:
Thursday, 8/1 - First day back to school!!!
Upcoming Due Dates:
Friday, 8/9 - Signed syllabus due, vocab money due (bring cash or a check made out to Harrison High School), Interactive Notebook supplies due (100+ sheet composition book, glue stick, scissors)
Monday, 8/12 - Pre-Course assignment (here) due in class
Resources:
Class Syllabus (here)
Pre-Course Assignment (here)
Thursday, August 1 - Welcome to World Literature!!!
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:
Friday, 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:
Thursday, 8/1 - First day back to school!!!
Upcoming Due Dates:
Friday, 8/9 - Signed syllabus due, vocab money due (bring cash or a check made out to Harrison High School), Interactive Notebook supplies due (100+ sheet composition book, glue stick, scissors)
Monday, 8/12 - Pre-Course assignment (here) due in class
Resources:
Class Syllabus (here)
Pre-Course Assignment (here)
Thursday, August 1 - Welcome to World Literature!!!
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:
- Complete welcome sheet (handout here); complete TRSS forms.
- Discuss the syllabus and review class procedures.
- Discuss the pre-course assignment (here) and due date (August 12th).
- Participate in the Class Norms poster activity.
- Read The Day You Begin by Jaqueline Woodson (video read-aloud here)
- Ponder and Respond: Jaqueline Woodson’s The Day You Begin explores the power we gain when we take pride in the characteristics that make us who we are, different from anyone else. Choose one of the prompts below to respond to in a short piece of writing:
- Write about a time you felt nervous about sharing something about yourself that made you feel different. Did you end up sharing? How did it go? Would you do anything differently if the situation presented itself again?
- Write about a time you met someone who was different from you in an interesting way. How did you feel? What did you learn or gain from the experience?
- Write about a time you learned something surprising from a friend. How did learning more about this person affect your relationship? Why do you think this information surprised you?
- Syllabus: Read the syllabus and have parent/guardian sign - due Friday, Aug. 9
- Supplies: Bring required IAN supplies (100+ sheet composition book, glue stick, scissors) - due Friday, Aug. 9
- Vocabulary Money: Bring $10 for vocabulary (cash or check made out to Harrison High School) - due Friday, Aug. 9
- Pre-Course Assignment (here): due Monday, August 12
Friday, 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.
- Compose a response to the timed writing baseline assessment prompt. (One hour only!)
- Complete yesterday’s Ponder and Respond: Jaqueline Woodson’s The Day You Begin explores the power we gain when we take pride in the characteristics that make us who we are, different from anyone else. Choose one of the prompts below to respond to in a short piece of writing:
- Write about a time you felt nervous about sharing something about yourself that made you feel different. Did you end up sharing? How did it go? Would you do anything differently if the situation presented itself again?
- Write about a time you met someone who was different from you in an interesting way. How did you feel? What did you learn or gain from the experience?
- Write about a time you learned something surprising from a friend. How did learning more about this person affect your relationship? Why do you think this information surprised you?
- Icebreaker activity:
- Underline your most important sentence
- [Bracket] your most important phrase
- Circle most important word
- Share your word with the class!
- Class Challenge: Who can memorize every classmate’s name and word?
- Syllabus: Read the syllabus and have parent/guardian sign - due Friday, Aug. 9
- Supplies: Bring required IAN supplies (100+ sheet composition book, glue stick, scissors) - due Friday, Aug. 9
- Vocabulary Money: Bring $10 for vocabulary (cash or check made out to Harrison High School) - due Friday, Aug. 9
- Pre-Course Assignment (here): due Monday, August 12