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:

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.

MONDAY:

Warm Up: Clear you desk of everything.
Classwork: Discuss TCAP test-taking strategies. On notebook paper, complete Benchmark Test #6. Introduce and begin reading aloud the radio play “The Wolf” (16-23) in READ magazine.
Homework: None

TUESDAY:

Warm Up: Review for TCAP/discuss next novel test
Classwork: Continue reading aloud the radio play “The Wolf” (16-23) in READ magazine. Complete the following written assignment which is due in final form by next Monday, April 2nd:

Write an original humorous radio skit. It should make use of one of the three literary devices from the plays we read in the READ magazines: HYPERBOLE used in “We Really Had It Tough,” SPOONERISMS used in “Prinderella and the Pransome Hince,” and SATIRE used in “The Wolf.” Your final form should be a minimum of 1 typed page or 2 handwritten pages. It should be written in the format of a radio script. Include a cast of characaters. If stage directions or sound effects are necessary, remember to place them in parentheses. Remember, that dialogue should reflect how characters speak not how they write.
Homework: Begin working on original “radio skit.” Final form due on Monday, 4/2.

WEDNESDAY:

Warm Up: Copy film notes outline from overhead.
Classwork: Introduce film and watch Elements of Drama. After the film. class will review and discuss notes that were taken.
Homework: Conitnue working on original “radio skit.” Final form due on Monday, 4/2. Also, get started on you independent book for the final novel test to be taken Tuesday, 4/24.

THURSDAY:

Warm Up: Have you ever been falsely accused? How did it make you feel? Write about a time when you were wrongly accused of something. Perhaps you once wrongly accused another person - - how did you feel? Explain how it affected you relationship. (1/2 p. minimum)
Classwork: Introduce and begin reading aloud “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” (534 - 546) in Moments.
Homework: Conitnue working on original “radio skit.” Final form due on Monday, 4/2. Also, get started on you independent book for the final novel test to be taken Tuesday, 4/24.

FRIDAY:

Warm Up: Clear you desk of everything.
Classwork: Continue reading aloud “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” (534 - 546) in Moments.  Take related “Check Test.”  Complete ?’s 1 - 9 (handout) in CRS.
Homework: Conitnue working on original “radio skit.” Final form due on Monday, 4/2. Also, get started on you independent book for the final novel test to be taken Tuesday, 4/24.

MONDAY:

Warm Up: Clear you desk of everything.
Classwork: Introduce and begin reading aloud the play “A Raisin in the Sun” (4-15) in READ magazine.
Homework: None

TUESDAY:

Warm Up: Read the Langston Hugh’s poem, “A Dream Deferred.” Explain what you believe the author was saying about dreams, and then explain why you think Lorraine Hansberry chose “A Raisin in the Sun” as the title of her play.
Classwork: On notebook paper, complete related ?’s 1-7 and written response (handout). Turn in when finished.
Homework: On notebook paper copy the drama terms and their definitions from the “Rapping It Up” handout. Then, on a separate sheet of paper, # 1-20 and write the answers for the fill-in-the-blank rap.

WEDNESDAY:

Warm Up:  Collect “Rapping It Up.”
Classwork: Read and listen to the 1942 radio play “Sorry, Wrong Number” (560-571) in Moments.  Complete a plot peak for the radio play.
Homework: None

THURSDAY:

Warm Up:  Discuss the plot peak for the radio play.
Classwork: Working in pairs, complete the related ?’s for “Sorry, Wrong Number.”  Class dicsussion of story to follow.
Homework: None

FRIDAY:

Warm Up:  Prepare for quiz over “Sorry, Wrong Number.”
Classwork:  Take quiz over “Sorry, Wrong Number.”  Take notes from a cassette on dialogue.   Read “Prinderella and the Pransome Hince” and “They Think They Had It Tough” () in READ magazine.
Homework: None

MONDAY:

Warm Up: Create a “Top Ten” list of dangerous games. Remember that danger comes in many forms: physical, financial, mental, etc.
Classwork: Introduce and begin reading “The Most Dangerous Game” (64-80) in Moments.
Homework: None

TUESDAY:

Warm Up: Discuss story thus far.
Classwork: Continue reading “The Most Dangerous Game” (80) in Moments.
Homework: None

WEDNESDAY:

Warm Up: Complete a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting Genreal Zaroff and Ivan.
Classwork: Finish reading “The Most Dangerous Game” (64-80) in Moments. On notebook paper, answer study guide ?’ 1-22 in CRS. (handout) Homework: Continue working on study guide.

THURSDAY:

Warm Up: Complete a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting Genreal Zaroff and Rainsford.
Classwork: Working with a partner, arrange stroy events on a plot peak. Discuss “The Most Dangerous Game.”
Homework: Continue working on study guide if necessary. It’s due tomorrow for a grade. Story quiz tomorrow also.

FRIDAY:

Warm Up: Listen to foreshadowing cassette and take notes.
Classwork: Take a story quiz over “The Most Dangerous Game.”
Homework: None