Wednesday, January 29th

Periods 1-3
1) SRI Test
HW: Chapters 6&7 and Notes

Periods 4&5
1) PW: Who is your favorite group or band? Why do they inspire you?
2) Lyric Poetry Project
HW: Work on Project

Periods 6&8
1) SRI Test
HW: None

Tuesday, January 28th

Periods 1-3
1) PW: What was the theme of chapter 5? Why?
2) Discussion
3) Note Check
4) Vocabulary Workshop
HW: Chapters 6&7

Periods 4&5
1) PW: Compose a 4-line iambic tetrameter poem. (Yes, again!)
2) Sharing
3) Stairway to Heaven analysis
4) Written analysis of lyrics
HW: Bring lyrics again

Periods 6&8
1) Same roles
2) Complete Act 2
3) New Roles
4) Begin Act 3
No HW

Monday, January 27th

Periods 1-3
1) PW: SAR: How is Sonny's mom different from his dad?
2) Hand in/discuss
3) Note Check
4) Reading
HW: Chapter 5 and notes

Periods 4&5
1) PW: Compose a 4-line poem using iambic tetrameter. (Hint: Look at your notes!)
2) Share
3) Lyric Poetry Notes
4) Analysis of Lyric Poetry
HW: None

Periods 6&8
1) PW: SAR: Who is Henry Higgins?
2) Discussion (Hand in)
3) Role Assignments
4) Act 2
HW: None

Thursday, January 23rd

Periods 1-3
1) NO PW
2) Read Chapters 1&2
3) Late Work Make-Up Day
HW: Chapters 1&2 and Notes

Periods 4&5
1) PW: What is meter?
2) Discussion
3) Complete Intro to Poetry Notes
HW: Bring lyrics tomorrow!

Periods 6&8
1) What do you expect to get out of reading "Pygmalion?"
2) Discussion
3) Role Assignments
4) Play Reading
HW: None

Wednesday, January 22nd

Periods 1-3
1) What do you know about October Sky?
2) Discussion
3) Beginnings of space travel (YouTube)
4) October Sky Ch. 1 (Cliff Notes Explanation)
HW: Complete notes for Ch. 1

Periods 4&5
1) What do you know about poetry?
2) Discussion
3) Introduction to Poetry (PPT and Notes)
HW: None

Periods 6&8
1) What do you think Pygmalion is about?
2) Discussion
3) Note- Read aloud and discuss
4) Read Preface
HW: Complete Preface

Tuesday, January 21st

Periods 1-3
1) PW: Now that you know about the Holocaust, what will you do?
2) Discussion (Bring October Sky Tomorrow!)
3) Thank You: Lesson
4) Thank You: Writing
HW: Complete thank you if not completed in class.

Periods 4&5
1) PW: Now that you know about the Holocaust, what will you do?
2) Discussion
3) Thank You: Lesson
4) Thank You: Writing
HW: Complete thank you if not completed in class.

Periods 6&8
1) PW: Now that you know about the Holocaust, what will you do?
(Laura K. and Caden B. Presentations)
2) Discussion (We will begin Pygmalion tomorrow.)
3) Thank You: Lesson
4) Thank You: Writing
HW: Complete thank you if not completed in class.

Thursday, January 16th

Periods 1-3
1) What do you expect to see on tomorrow's field trip? What do you hope to learn?
2) Discussion (Collect any permission slips, check bus lists)
3) Finish 'Paperclips'
4) Compose reflection
HW: Complete reflection if not finished in class

Periods 4&5
1) What do you expect to see on tomorrow's field trip? What do you hope to learn?
2) Discussion (Collect any permission slips, check bus lists)
3) Finish 'Paperclips' (Period 5, Complete and share reflections)
4) Compose reflection
HW: Complete reflection if not finished in class

Periods 6&8
1) In-class assessment (Writing prompt on the podium!)
**Check the bus lists and make sure your permission slip is in!
HW: None

Tuesday, January 14th

Periods 1-3
1) Collect SAR
2) Discuss 'Paperclips'
3) Complete Paperclips
HW: Write a reflective paragraph about the documentary

Periods 4&5
1) Discuss 'Paperclips'
2) Complete 'Paperclips'
3) Reflection
HW: Complete Sentences Handout

Periods 6&8
1) Presentations
HW: None

Friday, January 10th

Periods 1-3
1) PW: What is the poem "Mother to Son" about? How can you relate to this poem?
2) Discussion
3) Poem 2
4) SAR
HW: Complete SAR

Periods 4&5
1) PW: How do the poems we read yesterday relate to the Holocaust?
2) Discussion
3) Survivor Stories
HW: Complete Sentences

Periods 6&8
1) Presentations

Thursday, January 9th

Periods 1-3
1) PW: How can we, overall, improve our summary writing?
2) Discussion
3) Poetry
4) Poems: Literature Text p. 915-916
HW: None

Periods 4&5
1) Finish Presentations
2) Poetry Review
3) Literature Text p. 915-916
4) Questions
HW: Complete

Periods 6&8
1) 20 minute prep
2) Presentations
HW: Complete project, if not already completed!

Wednesday, January 8th

Periods 1-3
1) PW: What surprised you about the images yesterday? What did you learn?
2) Discussion
3) Presentation of Summaries
4) Peer Summary Analysis (Partners)
HW: Complete Analysis!

Periods 4&5
1) PW: What surprised you about the images yesterday? What did you learn?
2) Back to work! Group Image Analysis
3) Presentations
HW: Complete Sentences

Periods 6&8
1) PW: How will you prepare for your presentation?
2) Discussion/ Presentation Expectations- Analysis Forms
3) Sign-Up
4) Project/Survivor Summary work! (Summary due today!)
HW: Complete projects and presentations!

Tuesday, January 7th

Periods 1-3
1) PW: What is a summary? What is the purpose of a summary? What should you remember when writing a summary?
2) Discussion/ Summary
3) Image analysis/summary
HW: None

Periods 4&5
1) PW: What is a summary? What is the purpose of a summary? What should you remember when writing a summary?
2) Discussion
3) Image analysis stations
4) Summary
HW: Complete summary

Periods 6&8
1) PW: Choose an image, tell the story of the image.
2) Sharing
3) Survivor story/project workshop
HW: Survivor story summary due tomorrow: project due Friday!

Monday, January 6th

Happy 2014! Welcome Back!

Periods 1-3
1) PW: What are your goals for your last semester at Krueger Middle School?
2) Discussion
3) Anne Frank Test (Hand In!)
4) Science World- Paragraph Summary
HW: Complete paragraph summary!

Periods 4&5
1) PW: What are your goals for your last semester at Krueger Middle School?
2) Discussion
3) Anne Frank Test (Hand In!)
4) What makes a paragraph? Science World Summary.
HW: None

Periods 6&8
1) What are your goals for your last semester at Krueger Middle School?
2) Discussion
3) Project Preparation/Survivor reading
HW: Complete project!