HOI POLLOI February 27, 2012

“This is battle, boys. War! Your souls are at a critical juncture. Either you will succumb to the hoi polloi and the fruit will die on the vine—or you will triumph as individuals. It may be a coincidence that part of my duties are to teach you about Romanticism, but let me assure you that I take the task quite seriously. You will learn what this school wants you to learn in my class, but if I do my job properly, you will also learn a great deal more. You will learn to savor language and words because they are the stepping stones to everything you might endeavor to do in life and do well.”  as said by John Keating in Dead Poet’s Society

This week:

• Monday, 2/27–
  • Word of the Week
  • Check Lesson 10 Flashcards
  • Papers Back
  • Organize Folders / Portfolios
  • Finish Simile/Metaphor poems
    • HW:
      • Work with flashcards–pictures, study, etc.
      • Read
• Tuesday, 2/28–
  • Epic Poems–Read “Beowulf” & “Casey at the Bat”
  • Answer questions 1-6 pg. 433
    • HW:
      • Read
• Wednesday, 2/29–
  • Ode Poems–Read “Ode to Thanks”, “Birdfoot’s Grampa”, ”Ode to a Toad” pg. 437-439
  • Write Bio-Poems (a type of an Ode)
    • HW:
      • Bring SSR book to class
• Thursday, 3/1 / Friday, 3/2–
  • SSR time
  • Ballad Poems–Read “The Cremation of Sam McGee”, ”The Dying Cowboy”, “Maiden-Savin’ Sam”
  • POetry Terms Test
  • Finish writing Bio-Poem
    • HW:
      • Read
      • Lesson 10 ex. A,B,C due Tuesday
      • Lesson 10 test next block day
        

CLAIRVOYANT February 13, 2012

Madame Seall, a famous clairvoyant, predicted that I would meet a tall, handsome stranger.  She was right.  The good-looking officer was six-and-a-half feet tall, and he gave me my first speeding ticket.

This week:

• Monday (2/13)–
  • Word of the Week
  • Grade “The Tell-Tale Heart” assignment / paragraph writing
  • How to read a poem: “My Mother Pieced Quilts”; “Suéter”
    • HW:
      • Lesson 9 ex. A,B,C due tomorrow (bring Vocabulary Performance Chart)
      • Lesson 9 test – block day
      • Reading Log check –block day
• Tuesday (2/14)–
  • Check ex. A, B, C & Fill out Vocab Performance Chart
  • Holt Lit Book–read pgs. 402-404
  • Read “Valentine for Ernest Mann”
  • Metaphor :  “A Valentine is a ________”.  Defend your answer
    • HW:
      • Finish Valentine Paragraph
      • Study Lesson 9 spelling & vocabulary
• Wednesday (2/15)–
  • Grade Paragraphs –Valentine Metaphors
  • Re-write & turn in final drafts
  • Write a Similes and Metaphors
    • HW:
      • Study Lesson 9
      • Bring SSR book
      • Bring Reading Log
• Thursday (2/16)/Friday (2/17)–
  • Lesson 9 Spelling & Vocab Test
  • SSR time
  • Reading Log Check
  • Vocabulary Performance Chart–Fill out
  •  Write Simile / Metaphor Poem
  • Reader’s Theater “The Legend of Lightning Larry” (narrative/epic)
    • HW:
      • READ!!
      • Lesson 10 flashcards due Monday, 2/27

BILLET-DOUX February 7, 2012

This week:

• Monday, 2/6–
  • Read Act II of Anne Frank
    • HW:
      • Finish reading Act II
• Tuesday, 2/7–
  • Word of the Week
  • Vocabulary Performance Chart
  • Check L. 9 Flashcards & Interact with cards (pictures, sentences, etc.)
  • Test–Anne Frank play
    • HW:
      • Read
      • Continue working with vocabulary cards
• Wednesday, 2/8–
  • Grade Anne Frank Tests
  • Begin Poetry Terms
    • HW:
      • Read
• Thursday, 2/9 Friday, 2/10–
  • Listen to “The Tell-Tale Heart” & Read along in Literature Book
  • Find Literary Devices
  • Finish Poetry Terms
    • HW:
      • Read
      • Study Vocabulary & Spelling (Lesson 9)
      • Lesson 9 ex. A, B, C due Tuesday, 2/14