Ms. Allen’s Reading Corner

MONDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Watch part one of Simon Birch.
Homework: None

TUESDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Watch part two of Simon Birch.  Discuss the film’s theme.
Homework: None

WEDNESDAY:

Graduation Practice                                                                       End of-the-Year Picnic                                                                Year book signing

THURSDAY:

Graduation

FRIDAY:

Summer Vacation!!!!!

MONDAY:

Warm Up: Dr. Ben Carson’s autobiography is entitled Gifted Hands. Dr. Carson feels God gave him a gift that he is obligated to use. What are your God-given gifts? What talents and/or skills do you possess? How are you using them? In what ways could you use them? Explain. (1/2 page minimum)
Classwork: Distribute novels, Gifted Hands. Then read aloud the introduction and chapter 1.
Homework: Read chapters 2 & 3 of Gifted Hands.

TUESDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Discuss chapters 2-3 then read aloud chapter 4.
Homework: Read chapters 5 & 6 of Gifted Hands.

WEDNESDAY:

Warm Up: Take check test over chapters 4-6.
Classwork: Discuss chapters 5-6 then read aloud chapter 8.
Homework: Read chapter 9 of Gifted Hands.

THURSDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Discuss chapter 9 then read aloud chapter 10.
Homework: Read chapter 11 of Gifted Hands.

FRIDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Discuss chapters 10 & 11.  Then choose any one of the remaining chapters to read silently.  Your last graded assignment:  Write a 1/2 page paragraph summary of the chapter you independently read then write a second 1/2 page paragraph sharing your ideas/opinions/response to the novel Gifted Hands.  Turn in it when finished.
Homework: None

MONDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Read handout, “Survival in a Concentration Camp” and complete page 26 on notebook paper. Remember to answer in CRS. Turn in on wall for a grade. Finish reading “I Have Live a Thousand Years” (4-11) and, if time permits, other Holocaust-related articles in the READ magazine.
Homework: None

TUESDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Take notes during presentation on Adolf Hilter. Guest speaker: Mr. Tuck.
Homework: None

WEDNESDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Read and discuss “The Ballad of Leo Frank” (66-75) in Us & Them magazine.
Homework: None

THURSDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Introduce color poems. Complete two color poem prewriting chart select on color, choose one color and begin writing an original color poem.
Homework: Final form of original color poem is due Monday, 5/14.

FRIDAY: