SUB - I was gone for training so the following was done with the substitute.
Warm up: In your journal, sketch the home you were brought up in. If you have moved you can choose your favorite place or the place you lived the longest. Under your warm up or on the next page of your journal complete the following quick write: Describe the place where you were brought up. Include not only your home, but your surrounding community. How did the setting of your childhood shape you as a person? Read chapter 4 and fill out the "K" column of the K.L.E. chart handed out in class. You're writing what you KNOW about the setting from what we've read and talked about so far. HOMEWORK: Finish whatever you didn't finish in class.
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SUB - I was gone for training so the following was done with the substitute.
Warm up: Vocab #2 1/4 - Don't forget your 2 synonyms per word! Working with the sentences on the handout, cross out the word "obligation" and replace it with another word or phrase. When you're done answer the question "What does it mean to be obligated to someone?" Read chapters 2 and 3. As you read fill out the characteristics of Grant Wiggins and Henri Pichot on either side of the Venn diagram. When you're finished, answer the question "How are Grant Wiggins and Henri Pichot both obligated to Miss Emma?" in the center section of the Venn diagram. Homework: Finish the activity from class. Warm up: Vocab quiz #1
After the vocab quiz we went to the library to check out "A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest J. Gaines. When we got back we talked about what separates humans from animals. Then we discussed, as a class, what it means to be human. We finished the period by reading Chapter 1. Homework: Finish chapter 1 and answer the question: Based on our definition of what it means to be human, how is Jefferson dehumanized? Warm up: notes on verbs.
Today we did a lesson about simple and complex sentences. Homework: None. Warm up: Adjective Practice
The topic of today's lesson was to discuss the use of the N-word. While initially nervous about how this conversation would go, I was thoroughly impressed with the debate and discussion we had in each class. We discussed our reactions to the word, how the word is used, and how we should approach the word when it comes up in the book, A Lesson Before Dying. We also read the essay "The Meanings of a Word" by Gloria Naylor, in which she discusses how the word has many different meanings depending upon how it is used. HOMEWORK: None. Warm up: Vocab #1 4/4 - TEST FRIDAY! Final drafts of the letter are due TODAY! Make sure you get that into Google Classroom by midnight tonight. We're starting a new unit today where we will read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. Today, we took notes on the following presentation about the Jim Crow era in which the book is set. HOMEWORK:
None. Warm up: Vocab practice! That quiz is next Friday so please make sure you study! Remember that Quizlet link is right there. ---> Students were expected to have the rough draft of their letter completed today. Students who were prepared were partnered up. They exchanged papers, either physically or on Google Docs, and did peer edits. I've linked the instructions for peer edits below. Students who were not prepared with their rough draft have more work to do over the weekend. They need to complete their rough draft and share it with someone else from the class. That person needs to peer edit the paper so the author can make necessary changes.
HOMEWORK: FINAL DRAFTS ARE DUE TUESDAY! Warm up: Adjectives Part 2
Students were given the period to create their typed rough draft of their letter to the senator. I handed out a resource called "I Say, They Say" that has various sentence stems in case of writer's block. HOMEWORK: Finish the rough draft because tomorrow will be peer edits. |
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