Ms. Allen’s Reading Corner

MONDAY:

Warm Up: Have you ever found yourself in a situation in which you went along with someone’s plans, suggestions, or ideas without thinking them over objectively for yourself? Did a friend persuade you to take part in risky behavior that hurt or could have hurt someone or someone’s property? Have you ever found yourself agreeing with soemone’s viewpoint when you really do not? Explain. (1/2 page minimum)
Classwork: Read aloud the play, “The Wave” (20 -31) in READ magazine.
Homework: None

TUESDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Finish reading “The Wave” if necessary. Take related “Check Test.” Complete a Venn diagram which compares and contrasts the Wave and today’s gangs. Discuss the lesson Mr. Ross’s students learned after experiencing “The Wave.” Begin watching “The Eye of the Beholder.”
Homework: None

WEDNESDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Finish watching “The Eye of the Beholder” and discuss its relevance to the Holocaust. Read autobiographical account “I Have Live a Thousand Years” (4-11) in the READ magazine.
Homework: None

THURSDAY:

Warm Up:  Have you ever made a sacrifice for a friend or a loved one?  Have you ever gone out of your way to help another person even when it might cause difficulty or problems for you?  Write about a time when you put someone’s needs or well being before that of your own. 
Classwork: Read play “Hannah Szenes – A Song of Light” (4-14) in READ magazine.  Take related “Check Test.”
Homework:  None

FRIDAY:

Career Day

MONDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Take quizzes over Act 1, Scenes 1-3 and Act 1, Scenes 4&5 of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Then, if necessary, finish Friday’s written assignment: Do all of page 386 in the literature book. Remember that answers should be written in CRS. Turn in by period’s end.
Homework: Continue reading your independent novel. Novel tests will be taken tomorow.

TUESDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Take independent novel tests. Assign roles and begin reading aloud Act 2 of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Read only Act 2, Scenes 1 & 2 (387-400) in the literature book.
Homework: None

WEDNESDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Continue reading aloud the play “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Read only Act 2, Scenes 3-5 (395-408) in the literature book. Complete all written work (412). Answer “Reading Check” A-C and ?’s 1-9 in CRS.
Homework: Finish the written assignment above if necessary. Tomorrow there will be a quiz over Act 2 of “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

THURSDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Take a quiz over Act 2 of “The Diary of Anne Frank.”  Watch Twilight Zone episode entitled “Death’s-Head Revisited.”
Homework: None

FRIDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Read “Tragedy Revealed: Heroines’ Last Days” (419-432) and “Walking with Living Feet” (433-435) in the literature book. Answer ?’s 1-9 in CRS (436).
Homework: Finish the written assignment above.

MONDAY:

Warm Up: Complete a “K-W-L” chart for the Holocaust.
Classwork: Introduce the play “The Diary of Anne Frank” (341-345) in the literature book.
Homework: Continue reading your independent novel. Novel tests will be taken on 4/24.

TUESDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Assign roles and begin reading aloud the play “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Read only Act 1, Scenes 1 & 2 (346-358) in the literature book.
Homework: Continue reading your independent novel. Novel tests will be taken on 4/24.

WEDNESDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Continue reading aloud the play “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Read only Act 1, Scene 3 (358-371) in the literature book.
Homework: Continue reading your independent novel. Novel test will be taken on 4/24.

THURSDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Complete all written work (373).  Answer “Reading Check” A-C and ?’s 1-7 in CRS.  Turn in by period’s end for a grade.  Then continue reading silently the play “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Read only Act 1, Scene 4 (373-377) in the literature book.
Homework: Continue reading your independent novel. Novel test will be taken on 4/24.

FRIDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Continue reading silently the play “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Read only Act 1, Scene 5 (377-385) in the literature book.   Complete all written work (386).  Answer “Reading Check” A & B and ?’s 1-7 in CRS.  Turn in by period’s end for a grade.  There will be a quiz over all of Act 1 on Monday, 4/23.
Homework: Continue reading your independent novel. Novel test will be taken on 4/24.

NO HOMEWORK OR GRADED ASSIGNMENTS DURING TCAP TESTING WEEK.  HOWEVER, STUDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE READING THEIR INDEPENDENT NOVELS.  NOVEL TEST WILL BE TAKEN IN CLASS ON APRIL 24TH.