Sub Day & Senior Projects

June 1: Maroon Day

1. Exit ticket passed out
2. Pass in your HW for 207-270 into your Google Folder
3. Get: 271-End of book HW (handout paper copy and available digitally on the right side of blog)
4. Read for 20 mins
5. Senior Projects: Sit with the substitute teacher and sit together please; no electronic devices :)
1. P3/4M-->leave at 9:35 for Kasey Erlebach's 9:40 presentation, stay for Maggie Bescia/Marney Stivers until 10:20 & then return to room
2. P8/9M-->leave at 1:25 for Ben Cushman's presentation (last one of the day).  Return to class at 1:50 and keep reading until the end of class. Use your time wisely.  
6. Exit ticket pass in after you've view presentations (yes, your behavior at the presentation counts)

June 2: White Day
Start class at 9:10

1. Remember: end of book & questions are due NEXT class...there may be a quiz..."Mirror" poem we started last class will also be due.
2. Vote for your favorite and most appropriate theme here so Morgan can know what to draw: http://goo.gl/forms/ne02gs8JByjdQQll2
3. Read for approx. 20 mins.
4. Senior Projects
1. Leave at 9:35 for Reo Miyake and Peter Miller's presentation.  Stay for Alston Lybolt too. Return to class at 10:20; dismissed at 10:30.

Book Thief Part III

I can make good use of independent work time.  I can experiment with poetic devices.

1. Add HW to folder (207-370)
2. Next HW: 370-end
3. 30 mins read time 
4. Journal Entry #1 for Book Thief 
5. Mirror Poem by Sylvia Plath (click here for directions)
6. Cover Artist for chapbook???
1. Period 3/4W: Morgan! Thank you!

Sub Day

Good morning! Thanks in advance for being awesome!

1. Exit ticket passed out
2. Read for 50 minutes!  Continue with worksheet HWs:
1. 207- 370 (Due June 1 for maroon or May 31 for white)
1. Also passed out as a hard copy from sub
3. Try writing a Found Poem in the last 20 minutes!  Put in your Google Folder when done.
1. Directions are passed out as a paper copy; read them carefully
2. Need more words than you are given? Feel free to add more lines from the book.
3. Here is an outside sources' instructions on writing a found poem--a great break down.
4. Sample Found Poem Example 
4. Exit ticket returned
5. HW: Read to 370, do associated HW, finish writing in the defintions for our key vocabulary if you have not already.

Maroon & White: BT 56-206 Due

I can...summarize key moments from The Book Thief.  I can articulate questions and confusions I have about the book and the associated vocabulary.

1. Entrance Ticket
2. 20 mins reading BT in class & Sticky Note conversation 
3. Quick quiz
4. Due today: Read 56-206 and worksheet (click here)
1. Place in your google name folder as "BT 56-206"
5. Poetic/Historical/General vocabulary (click here) <--also hard copy in class
1. PicCollage Period 3/4White Collection Folder (click here)
2. Pic Collage Period 3/4Maroon Collection Folder (click here)
3. Pic Collage Period 8/9Maroon Collection Folder (click here)

1. Found Poetry Activity
1. 3/4 W Color Collection (click here)
2. 3/4 M Color Collection (click here)
3. 8/9 M Color Collection (click here)
4. Directions (click here)

1. Homework: Pages 207-370 due June 1st (maroon day)

Vocabulary Work & Poetry

1. 25 mins of reading BT in class & sticky note (I notice...I wonder...I'm confused by...)
2. Poetic/Historical/General vocabulary (click here) <--also hard copy in class
1. PicCollage Period 3/4White Collection Folder (click here)
2. Pic Collage Period 3/4Maroon Collection Folder (click here)
3. Pic Collage Period 8/9Maroon Collection Folder (click here)

1. HW:
1. Read 56-206 by May 24th and worksheet (click here)

Maroon Day: Reading time, Book Thief Quiz #1, and Vocabulary

I can summarize the main concepts from The Book Thief thus far.  I can collect definitions and examples to help me support the concepts and vocabulary I will be exposed to during this unit.

1. Distribute Exit Ticket
2. 25 mins of reading BT in class 
3. Quiz over 1-55 of BT
4. What is the final assessment for this unit?
5. Poetic/Historical/General vocabulary (click here) <--also hard copy in class
1. Make a Pic Collage for EACH word you are given (you'll get about 3)
1. Include the information required from your worksheet AND a visual 
2. Name it the vocabulary word/concept before uploading to our shared folder below
1. Pic Collage Period 3/4M Collection Folder (click here)
2. Pic Collage Period 8/9M Collection Folder (click here)
6. Exit Ticket--fill out

IF WE HAVE TIME:

1. Found Poetry Activity
1. 3/4 W Color Collection (click here)
2. 3/4 M Color Collection (click here)
3. 8/9 M Color Collection (click here)
4. Directions (click here)

1. HW:
1. Read 56-206 by May 23th and worksheet (click here)

Book Thief Day #1

I can summarize the main concepts from The Book Thief thus far.  I can collect definitions and examples to help me support the concepts and vocabulary I will be exposed to during this unit.

1. Organize digitally!
1. Make a quarter 3 folder--> put old pieces in it
2. These pieces should be out in the open when I click on your folder
1. "Book Thief Journal"
2. HW 1-55 BT 
3. Draft Letter on top of your Macbeth Speech
4. Campaign poster
2. Quiz over 1-55 of BT
3. What is the final assessment for this unit?
4. Poetic/Historical/General vocabulary (click here)
1. PicCollage Period 3/4 Collection Folder (click here)
2. Name it the vocabulary word/concept before uploading 

IF WE HAVE TIME:

1. Found Poetry Activity
1. 3/4 W Color Collection (click here)
2. Directions (click here)

1. HW:
1. Read 56-206 by May 24th and worksheet (click here)

Maroon Day: Finish Presentations

1. Organize digitally!
1. Make a quarter 3 folder--> put old pieces in it
2. Three pieces should be in folder for this quarter
1. "Book Thief Journal"
2. HW 1-55 BT 
3. Pass in Draft Letter by pasting on the top of your speech
2. FINISH PRESENTATIONS!
1. Be an active listener
2. Fill out pink sheets on your turn
3. HW:
1. 56-206 by May 23rd and worksheet (click here)

Period 3/4M

VOTE HERE!

White Day: Finish Presentations

1. Get exit ticket
2. FINISH PRESENTATIONS!
1. Be an active listener
2. Fill out pink sheets on your turn
3. HW:
1.  Draft Letter --> make sure you PASTE it at the top of your speech so it's easy to find.  It should be the first thing I read.  Due next class.
2. You will be reading a major portion of the Book Thief and working on the corresponding questions.  Pages 1-55 and questions [click here] are due on May 17th (maroon) and May 18th (white). The narrator is Death...keep this in mind as you start to imagine what he/she is like
1. There is a bowl of sticky notes (front of room) if you want some to keep track of the color allusion discussed in your homework.
4. Fill out exit ticket, complete with your page number completion.  

Period 3/4 White 

Presidential Voting!

[Click HERE!]

Sub Day Maroon

I can...read independently and productively.

1. Get exit ticket; notice you will be required to say how many pages you read.
2. Homework due: Draft Letter --> make sure you PASTE it at the top of your speech so it's easy to find.  It should be the first thing I read.
3. Today you will be reading a major portion of the Book Thief and working on the corresponding questions.  Pages 1-55 and questions [click here] are due on May 17th (maroon) and May 18th (white).  Mr. Potts has the questions in hard copy as well.
1. The narrator is Death...keep this in mind as you start to imagine what he/she is like
2. There is a bowl of sticky notes (front of room) if you want some to keep track of the color allusion discussed in your homework.
4. Fill out exit ticket, complete with your page number completion.  

Speeches

I can...present my speech to an audience of peers and maintain an audible volume and evenly paced presentation.  I can be an active listener while other present.

1. Make sure your speech is in your GoogleDoc all labeled up (according to the requirements on the check list).
2. Speech time!  
1. Explain how you will give feedback to speakers.
2. When it's your turn, we will put your campaign poster up and then freeze the screen for you.
3. Homework due next class: Draft Letter --> make sure you put it at the top of your speech so it's easy to find.
4. Book Thief book & first reading due on May 17th (maroon) and May 18th (white)
1. Read
2. Answer Questions [click here]

Technology support & Individual work time

I can...
Articulate any technology questions I have, and I can independently work toward my final speech product.

Welcome Ms. Radcliffe!

1. Give out exit ticket and review expectations
2. Welcome Mrs. Hogan! Here is a link to helpful iMovie tutorials [click here]
3.  Macbeth Rubric [click  here] (hard copy too).  This is exactly how I will grade you on your speech, your revising techniques, and your presentation/poster.  
4. First Draft Check List (you have a hard copy too) [click here]
5. Sign up for the order in which you want to present next class 
1. Period 3/4 Maroon [click here]
2. Period 8/9 Maroon [click here]
3. Period 3/4 White [click here]
6. Exit ticket, fill out and return to Ms. Radcliffe

Due next class, no excuses!

• DRAFT FORM (adult reads your paper with you)
• SPEECH (delivered & passed in via Google Doc)
• CAMPAIGN POSTER (PicCollage)

First Draft of Stump Speech

I can...work productively on my stump speech by revising my first draft, practicing reading it out loud, and my working to peer edit.

1. Share Exit Ticket expectations 
2. Looking ahead: Next class, Mrs. Hogan visits with technology help; class after, speeches are due!

WHAT YOU ARE DOING TODAY:

If you didn't come to class with your draft done, please do this first--
1) Outline your speech
2) Rough draft --> then move on

1. First Draft Checklist [Click here] and hard copy in class
2. Writing Center/Teacher/Parent Draft Form [click here] and hard copy in class
1. Make a WC appointment! 
3. Creating your campaign poster in Pic Collage [Click here] and hard copy in class.
4. Exit Ticket self-assessment 

Quiz & Speech Writing

I can...know who I will be writing a speech for and I will create an outline for my speech before leaving today.

1.  Quiz over Macbeth Act 4 & 5: no retakes!
2. AS SOON AS YOU ARE DONE WITH QUIZ--> Journal entry, using your HW to help you complete.  [Click here for the journal prompts]
3. Report out on journal entries.  
4. Rough draft of speech is due next class.  3-4 minutes worth of reading.

Macbeth Project Outline-->  [Click here]
Rhetorical Terminology-->try one! [Click here]
Stump Speech website with suggested outline-->[Click here]