Fahrenheit 451

Essential Question: Why do we try to imagine the future?

Goal: to get the first half of your English Journals ready to turn in

Reading: You should have your new book.  Book 4 will be due on April 27th and Book 5 will be due on May 18th.

Agenda:

1. Start your new vocabulary.
1. CLICK HERE for this week's vocabulary
2. New English Journal
1. Use one of the sentences below to write about the future:
1. As he walked down the street, the first thing he noticed was...
2. The future will be different from today in many ways.
2. Think about these ideas:
1. More of everything—people, houses, shops, motor cars, factories, farms, dams, power plants, and so on.
2. Differences in fashion—dress, clothing, hair styles, motor car design, building structures —wider roads—overhead pedestrian crossings and footpaths at level of first floor of high buildings in cities, etc.
3. New towns and industries in country—new irrigation schemes based on new dams and canals—new hydro-electric schemes—more people in country and closer farming settlement.
4. Development and advancement of [poorer] countries [and] … increasing trade and travel between the countries.
5. Things which might lead to war and disputes—things which could lead to peace and agreement—com munications and talks, meetings and games—rich countries and poor —education, medicine, religions and beliefs.
3. Get your English Journals ready to grade
1. CLICK HERE for the rubric
4. Start reading Fahrenheit 451
1. CLICK HERE for the audio
2. CLICK HERE for the book

Homework:

1.  Find a new book and start reading.
2.  Work on your vocabulary

Catch Up Day

Essential Question: TBD

Goal: to demonstrate reading progress by increasing your i-Ready score.

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1.  Finish i-Ready test. Your goal is to show improvement.
2. Work on your book review.
1. Make sure you submit your review to Turnitin.com
2. Your book review should have four paragraphs.
1. 1st paragraph: The novel TITLE by AUTHOR is about...[WRITE A PARAGRAPH THAT INTRODUCES THE MAIN CHARACTER, SETTING, AND CONFLICT. HOW AND WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS BOOK?]
2. 2nd paragraph: The story begins with CHARACTER...[WRITE AN 8-10 SENTENCE PARAGRAPH THAT SUMMARIZES THE PLOT WITHOUT SPOILERS]
3. 3rd paragraph: CHARACTER learns... Along the way, he/she has to deal with...[WRITE A PARAGRAPH THAT EXPLAINS THE MAIN IDEAS AND THEMES THAT COME UP IN THE BOOK].
4. 4th paragraph: Overall, I thought the book was...[WRITE A SHORT PARAGRAPH THAT EXPLAINS WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF THE BOOK AND WHO ELSE WOULD LIKE THE BOOK].

Homework:

1.  Make sure you are reading your book at home. No vocabulary this week.

Reading Assessment

Essential Question: TBD

Goal: to demonstrate reading progress by increasing your i-Ready score.

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1.  Collect work from Friday.
2.  Start i-Ready test. Your goal is to show improvement.

Homework:

1.  Make sure you are reading your book at home. No vocabulary this week.

Finishing Romeo and Juliet articles

Agenda:

1. Read silently for 15 minutes
2. Read the article on pages 517-519.
1. CLICK HERE to listen to the audio
2. Answer the comprehension questions on page 520.
3. Watch the video about Romeo and Juliet in Bosnia
1. CLICK HERE for the video
2. Answer the comprehension questions on page 526. Make sure you also write a summary for number 4.
4. Start your vocabulary for next week.
1. CLICK HERE for next week's vocabulary

Make sure you get a good report. Anyone who is identified as a behavior issue will automatically get a detention. Make sure you are sitting in your right seats.

Romeo and Juliet Analysis

Agenda:

1. Read silently for 15 minutes
2. Read the article on page 506. It argues that the plot of Romeo and Juliet is not very good. Highlight the important points made by the author.
3. Read the article on page 508.  It argues that the plot of Romeo and Juliet is just fine. Highlight the important points made by the author.
4. Complete the following pages in your book:
1. Answer the questions on page 511
2.  Fill in the chart on page 513
3. Fill in the transition words chart on page 514
5. Watch the rest of Gnomeo and Juliet

Make sure you get a good report. Anyone who is identified as a behavior issue will automatically get a detention. Make sure you are sitting in your right seats.

What do you value?

Essential Question: What do you value most?

Goal: explain how your values influence your actions

Reading: You should have your new book.  Book 4 will be due on April 27th and Book 5 will be due on May 18th. Friday you will fill out the reading progress form again. Make sure you are making progress.

Agenda:

1. What do you value most? survey
1. You will rank the items on the half sheet I gave you from most to least important.
2. Fill out the Google Form about your top ten items.
1. CLICK HERE FOR THE GOOGLE FORM
2. Create a new English Journal: What I value
1. Complete the following sentences:
1. Since I value ___ I choose to...
2. Since I value ___ I avoid...
3. I know what is most important in life by...
4. Other people in life may know what is important by...
5. I can understand why someone might value ___ because...
2. Choose a couple of these sentences to write a paragraph about what you value most.
1. In my own life, I value...My values influence my actions. For example,...I know that not everyone has the same values. Therefore,...
3. Resume vs. Eulogy
1. After watching the video. Fold a piece of paper in half.
2. Label one side: Resume, Adam I, Strengths
3. Label the other side: Eulogy, Adam II, Weaknesses
4. Draw pictures or put words to fill in each side

Homework:

1.  You should be 2/3 of the way done with your book by next week
2.  No vocabulary this week

Big Block Day 1

Agenda for today:

1. Silent reading - 15 minutes
1. Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM
2. Romeo and Juliet final test part 1-GOOGLE CLASSROOM
3. Quizizz- You can take it is many times as you want. It will count as a grade.
1. https://quizizz.com/join/
1. Period 1- 931014
2. Period 3- 129554
3. Period 5- 021607
4. Romeo and Juliet test part 2-GOOGLE CLASSROOM
1. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NjksKa5rTu_nsAlXCfql5hucnS5unu8N6hhkYGxsnk8/edit?usp=sharing
5. No Red Ink quiz on Transitions
6. William Shakespeare reading on Newsela

One Pager Final Day

Essential Question: Which has a greater impact on the characters in these texts: destiny or personal choice?

Goal: to demonstrate your understanding of the play as a whole

Reading: You should have your new book. Book 4 will be due on April 27th and Book 5 will be due on May 18th.

Agenda:

1. Start One Pager for Romeo and Juliet
1. Title of play and author

2. Two important quotes from the play

3. Main image that represents the play
   
4. Personal response to the play - Use RJ001
1. Romeo and Juliet wanted...But...So...As a result...I thought...My favorite part was...
5. Two "If only..." statements
1. If only [CHARACTER] had...then...
6. Five boxes, one for each act, with stick figures and explanation
   
8. Have you done the following:
1. Turn in book review on Turnitin.com
1. If you were absent when we made an account, CLICK HERE
2. Click on create account.
3. Click on Student, small words at the bottom
2. Finished your vocabulary for this week
3. Finished your No Red Ink Transitions #3

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary
2. Make sure you read your book at home.

Romeo and Juliet One Pager Day 2

Essential Question: Which has a greater impact on the characters in these texts: destiny or personal choice?

Goal: to demonstrate your understanding of the play as a whole

Reading: You should have your new book. Book 4 will be due on April 27th and Book 5 will be due on May 18th.

Agenda:

1. Start One Pager for Romeo and Juliet
1. Title of play and author

2. Two important quotes from the play

3. Main image that represents the play
   
4. Personal response to the play - Use RJ001
1. Romeo and Juliet wanted...But...So...As a result...I thought...My favorite part was...
5. Two "If only..." statements
1. If only [CHARACTER] had...then...
6. Five boxes, one for each act, with stick figures and explanation
   
8. Turn in book review on Turnitin.com
1. If you were absent when we made an account, CLICK HERE
2. Click on create account.
3. Click on Student, small words at the bottom

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary
2. Make sure you read your book at home.

Romeo and Julie One Pager

Essential Question: Which has a greater impact on the characters in these texts: destiny or personal choice?

Goal: to demonstrate your understanding of the play as a whole

Reading: You should have your new book. Book 4 will be due on April 27th and Book 5 will be due on May 18th.

Agenda:

1. Turn in book review on Turnitin.com
1. If you were absent when we made an account, CLICK HERE
2. Click on create account.
3. Click on Student, small words at the bottom
2. Finish RJ001 Romeo and Juliet Character Tracker
3. Start One Pager for Romeo and Juliet
1. Title of play and author

2. Two important quotes from the play

3. Main image that represents the play
   
4. Personal response to the play - Use RJ001
1. Romeo and Juliet wanted...But...So...As a result...I thought...My favorite part was...
5. Two "If only..." statements
1. If only [CHARACTER] had...then...
6. Five boxes, one for each act, with stick figures and explanation
   

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary
2. Make sure you read your book at home.

A tale filled with woe!

Essential Question: Which has a greater impact on the characters in these texts: destiny or personal choice?

Goal: you can explain what went wrong with the Friar's plan and how the play ends.

Reading: You should have your new book.  Book 4 will be due on April 27th and Book 5 will be due on May 18th.

Agenda:

1. Grade your vocabulary
2. Finish reading Romeo and Juliet 5.3
1. CLICK HERE to listen to the audio.
3. Watch the end of Romeo and Juliet start watching at 1:30:00
1. CLICK HERE to watch the movie

Homework:

1.  Find a new book and start reading.
2.  Work on your vocabulary

Act III and Act V

Essential Question: Which has a greater impact on the characters in these texts: destiny or personal choice?

Goal: to read and understand Act IV and V

Reading: No Silent Reading today.

Agenda:

1.  Start your vocabulary unit for this week.
1. CLICK HERE for Romeo and Juliet Act 5 vocabulary. 
2. Today you will listen to the audiobook version of Romeo and Juliet
1. Listen to Act 3.5 CLICK HERE FOR THE AUDIO
2. Watch Act 4.1 CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO
3. Listen to Act 4.1 CLICK HERE FOR THE AUDIO
4. Listen to Act 5.1 CLICK HERE FOR THE AUDIO
5. Listen to Act 5.2 CLICK HERE FOR THE AUDIO
3. You will answer the questions for what you read today. It is due today. No late assignments will be accepted.
4. Make sure you finish the following assignments:
1. No Red Ink Transitions #3
2. Vocabulary for Act III
3. Book Review #2

Homework:

1.  Start your new vocabulary.
2. Choose a new book.

Friday

Essential Question: TBD

Goal: to write an effective book review

Reading: Make sure you finish your book before you turn in your book review.

Agenda:

1. We will start our book review today. You will find the assignment on GOOGLE CLASSROOM Create a blank Google Doc.
1. Your book review should have four paragraphs.
1. 1st paragraph: The novel TITLE by AUTHOR is about...[WRITE A PARAGRAPH THAT INTRODUCES THE MAIN CHARACTER, SETTING, AND CONFLICT. HOW AND WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS BOOK?]
2. 2nd paragraph: The story begins with CHARACTER...[WRITE AN 8-10 SENTENCE PARAGRAPH THAT SUMMARIZES THE PLOT WITHOUT SPOILERS]
3. 3rd paragraph: CHARACTER learns... Along the way, he/she has to deal with...[WRITE A PARAGRAPH THAT EXPLAINS THE MAIN IDEAS AND THEMES THAT COME UP IN THE BOOK].
4. 4th paragraph: Overall, I thought the book was...[WRITE A SHORT PARAGRAPH THAT EXPLAINS WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF THE BOOK AND WHO ELSE WOULD LIKE THE BOOK].

Homework:
1. Work on your vocabulary.
2. Finish your book review

Finishing Act III

Essential Question: Which has a greater impact on the characters in these texts: destiny or personal choice?

Goal:

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1.  Read and listen to Romeo and Juliet Act III
1. Partner read 3.1.32-105
2. Listen to 3.2 CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
3. I will read 3.3.1-16 with one brave student. We will choral read 3.3.29-51. You will partner read 3.3.52-78.
4. Remember that 3.4 is when the father says she has to marry Paris.
5. Listen to 3.5 CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
2. English Journal: Diary Entry #2
1. Pretend you are either Romeo or Juliet. Start with these words "I woke up thinking today was going to be great, but everything turned out so horribly."
3. If you were not here today here is the script.
1. ROMEO AND JULIET SCRIPT pages 425-446

Homework:

1. Finish your book by tomorrow
2. Work on your vocabulary

Fate

Essential Question: Which has a greater impact on the characters in these texts: destiny or personal choice?

Goal: to be able to explain how fate works in the play

Reading: Make sure you read at home!

Agenda:

1. Sign up for Turnitin.com
1. Period 1: Class ID- 17805393 Enrollment Key- brubakerp1
2. Period 3: Class ID- 17839443 Enrollment Key- brubakerp3
3. Period 5: Class ID- 17839465 Enrollment Key- brubakerp5
2. Frayer model for Fate
1. This assignment is RJ002 on Google Classroom
3. Fate and choice in the play
1. This assignment is RJ001 on Google Classroom
4. Work on NoRedInk
1. Transitions #3

Homework:

1. Finish your book by Friday
2. Work on your vocabulary

O, Fortune's Fool!

Essential Question: Which has a greater impact on the characters in these texts: destiny or personal choice?

Goal: be able to explain how things start to go wrong for Romeo and Juliet

Reading: Today you will choose one example of dialogue and explain what it reveals about the character.

Agenda:

1.  Watch Act III of Romeo and Juliet
1. CLICK HERE and watch from 42:42 to 1:02:52
2. CLICK HERE and watch from 2:49 to 15:53
2.  No Red Ink Transitions #3

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary.
2. Make sure you finish your book by Friday.

Violent Delights have violent ends

Essential Question: Which has a greater impact on the characters in these texts: destiny or personal choice?

Goal: to explain Romeo and Juliet's plan to get married, and the concerns the nurse and the friar have about this plan.

Reading: Today you will

Agenda:

1. Romeo and Juliet vocabulary for Act III
1. Click here for this week's vocabulary.
2. Read 2.3.43-94 (Rome: That last is true...)
1. Romeo tells the friar that he no longer...He now loves...The friar is concerned that...
3. In scene four, Benvolio informs Mercutio that Tybalt has sent a challenge to duel to Romeo. Romeo explains why he ditched his friends after the party.
4. Read 2.4.135-181 (Nurse: I pray you sir...)
1. The nurse cares about Romeo. She is worried that he will... Romeo assures her that...If Juliet meets him...
5. In scene five, the nurse informs Juliet of the plan Romeo came up with.
6. Read all of 2.6
1. The friar warns Romeo that...Juliet shows up and...At this point in the play, everything seems...
7. If you were absent CLICK HERE for the script.

Homework:

1. Your vocabulary is due on Monday.
2. Finish your book by this Friday.