Short Story VOCABULARY

Present new words and ask students to mark negatives and positives.

Explain word wiz.

Grammer: review fragments and run-on sentences. Go to lab for 13-th year plan.

Rules and Schedules.

Chain link ice breaker and "setting the tone of respect" exercise.

Complete Writing Task

Reminder of "chain link" metaphor: as students exchange papers, write one positive comment on the bottom of the paper. If you can't be positive, don't say anything at all.

Silent reading.

Write in reading response journal.

Short Story VOCABULARY

Present new words and ask students to mark negatives and positives.

Explain word wiz.

Review run-ons and fragments.

Plan community interview questions. Review rubric for it.

Rules and Schedules.

Chain link ice breaker and "setting the tone of respect" exercise.

Complete Writing Task

Reminder of "chain link" metaphor: as students exchange papers, write one positive comment on the bottom of the paper. If you can't be positive, don't say anything at all.

Book Club

Extra credit assigned to students based on summer reading.

Short Story VOCABULARY

Present new words and ask students to mark negatives and positives.

Explain word wiz.

Review grammar: run-ons and fragments.

Go to the lab for ppt on writing persuasive essays.

Rules and Schedules.

Chain link ice breaker and "setting the tone of respect" exercise.

Complete Writing Task

Reminder of "chain link" metaphor: as students exchange papers, write one positive comment on the bottom of the paper. If you can't be positive, don't say anything at all.

Book Club

Extra credit assigned to students based on summer reading.

Classroom unit indefinate article

TPR on classroom objects.

Complete classroom unit.

Study der, die, das.

Tafelspiel.

Culture Day: students go to the lab and study German geography Landeskunde.

TPR. Practice verbs.

German 3:

Reading

TEST on the definate and indefinate articles. Kaffeeklatsch

German 3: Test

Translate a passage using vocabulary from week's reading.

Short Story VOCABULARY

Present new words and ask students to mark negatives and positives.

Explain word wiz.

Review grammar: run-ons and fragaments.

Go to lab for ppt presentation on persuasive writing.

Rules and Schedules.

Chain link ice breaker and "setting the tone of respect" exercise.

Complete Writing Task

Reminder of "chain link" metaphor: as students exchange papers, write one positive comment on the bottom of the paper. If you can't be positive, don't say anything at all.

Book Club

Extra credit assigned to students based on summer reading.

Introduction to the Class.

WHAT: Semester One: Shared Inquiry

Semester Two: Film School

Go over the Shared Inquiry method step by step.

Step One: Writing about soemthing gets you thinking aboutthe topic and in the right frame of mind.

Students do pre-writing task and share out. Read students an example of a response and encourage them to use thier best ideas, examples and formal style. However, remind students that this is not a writing class per se, but an "idea" class.

Shared Inquiry Method Step Two: Reading something twice and how to take notes.

Practice reading the first selection twice. Second time students take notes.

Shared Inquiry Method Step Three: Listening and Contributing. Look over the notes and do close analysis of selections. Practice listening and waiting your turn. Practice politely disagreeing - debate method.

Go over this week's Shared Inquiry methods step by step again for the new students.

Grammar Unit: fragments and run-on sentences.

Beowulf: Anglo-Saxon background. Students do webquest on Anglo-Saxon history, BBC.

Continue reading Beowulf, pg. 35-50

Silent reading and journal entry

Grammar Unit: fragments and run-on sentences.

Students work in groups finishing their Native American packet.

Christopher Columbus: Encounter with the New World.

Elicit: compare and contrast native American attitudes toward the land with settlers'/explorers' attitudes.

Graphic organizer to compare and contrast

Silent reading and journal entry

Grammar Unit: fragments and run-on sentences.

The Wave.

Show Katelynn's holocaust parephernalia.

Review class defn. of group think and asl students to look for evidence of it as we read ch. 4-5

The Wave.

Chapters 6-8.

Silent reading and journal entry

Unit: The Classroom.

Review greetings and introductions.

Identify objects in the room, textbook Genial pg. 12-13

TPR for classroom objects

Culture Day: Students do a webquest on Germany - geography, Bundeslander.

Textbook pg. 14-15

TPR review and add three new words.

der die das Tafelspiel.

TEST and Kaffeeklatsch

Grammar Unit: fragments and run-on sentences.

Complete "The Most Dangerous Game" Short Story.

Draw a graph showing plot and map action in short story on graph.

The Open Window. Short Story.

Students work independently, answering the study questions.

Silent reading and journal entry

Great Works: Happiness

Pre-reading writing and discussion.

Read once

Read twice, taking notes.

Share out notes and do close analysis of select passages

Post-reading writing exercise.

Complete Habits and Will as a whole group, share notes and discuss. Do post-reading exercise in writing.