I will admit to being jealous of this hirsute man and his award-winning beard.

This week:

• Monday 1/23–
  • Word of the Week
  • Finish watching Eva Safferman’s testimony [ http://tc.usc.edu/vhiechoes/video.aspx?testimonyid=20160 ]
  • Quickwrite:  Why is memory important?
  • Writing Prompt
    • HW:
      • Reading Log due Wednesday
      • Final on Block Day
• Tuesday 1/24–
  • Model writing: Previous entries
  • In-class writing: Response to Eva Safferman (poetry or prose)
    • HW:
      • Reading Logs & Bathroom Tickets due tomorrow
      • Study for Final
• Wednesday 1/25–
  • Collect Reading Logs & Bathroom Tickets
  • New Reading Logs
  • Papers Back
  • Collect Writing: Response to Eva Safferman
  • Study Time
    • HW:
      • Study for Final
      • Bring SSR book
• Thursday 1/26 & Friday 1/27–(minimum block days)
  • Semester Finals
    • HW:
      • SSR time!

I’ve actually heard of someone making a sandwich while somnambulating, leaving it on the kitchen counter, and having no memory of how it got there when waking up the next morning. 

This week:

• Tuesday 1/17–
  • Word of the Week
  • Begin watching full testimony of Eva Safferman
  • Vocab Final study guide
  • Work on Found Poem
    • HW:
      • Finish Found Poem
      • Study Vocabulary
• Wednesday 1/18–
  • Collect Found Poems
  • Watch Testimony of Eva Safferman & take notes
    • HW:
      • Study Vocabulary
      • Bring SSR book
• Thursday 1/19 & Friday 1/20–
  • VOCABULARY & SPELLING FINAL
  • Study Guide for Part 2 of Final
  • continue watching Eva Safferman testimony
    • HW:
      • Read “Walking with Living Feet” pg. 312 in Holt Literature Book
      • Study for Final
      • Reading logs due Wednesday

**Here is the link to watch Eva Safferman’s testimony:  http://tc.usc.edu/vhiechoes/video.aspx?testimonyid=20160

Last night’s sky caused quite a kerfuffle among the town’s forty residents.  Luckily, the one school bus was gassed and ready for immediate evacuation, and within thirty minutes the town of Strikehere was abandoned.

This week:

• Monday 1/9–
  • Word of the Week
  • Compare terms: holocaust, Holocaust, Shoah ; primary/secondary sources
  • Read article “Kristallnacht” & take notes
  • Watch video testimony: “Kurt Messerschmidt”
  • Journal #2
    • HW:
      • L. 8 ex A,B,C due tomorrow
      • L. 8 test on block day
      • Begin studying for finals
• Tuesday 1/10–
  • Check & Review ex. A,B,C
  • Discuss Journal #2
  • discuss “anti-semitism” / Map: “Jewish Communities in Europe before the Nazis Rise to Power”
  • Video testimonies: “What was life like before Nazi control?”
  • Read article: “The Rise of Hitler”
  • Discussion: “What if?”
    • HW:
      • Read
      • Study L. 8
• Wednesday 1/11–
  • Video Testimony: “Life in the Ghettos”
  • Photo: “The Bridge Over Lodz”
  • Write Journal #3
  • Read article “The Ghetto” & answer questions
  • Read excerpts from The Diary of Dawid Sierakowiak
    • HW:
      • Study Lesson 8
      • Bring SSR book
• Thursday 1/12 ; Friday 1/13–
  • Lesson 8 Test
  • SSR time
  • Read excerpt from Elie Wiesel’s Night
  • Read children’s poetry recovered from ghettos and concentration camps
  • Begin Writing a found poem (finish on Tuesday)
    • HW:
      • Study for Vocab Final
      • Reading Logs due Wednesday, 1/25

Sometimes what you thought would be a quick sojourn on a bike with your friends turns out to be an unexpected adventure. 

This week:

• Tuesday 1/3–
  • Word of the Week
  • Review punctuation classwork–work in pairs–Goal: 80% or better
    • HW:
      • Lesson 8 flashcards due tomorrow
• Wednesday 1/4–
  • Check Lesson 8 cards
  • Quiz–Punctuation / Dialogue:  work with a partner to create a dialogue using various punctuation marks
    • HW:
      • Study Vocabulary
      • Read
      • BRING SSR BOOK to class
• Thursday 1/5 & Friday 1/6–
  • SSR time
  • Holocaust Vocabulary
  • Define “catastrophe”
    • HW:
      • Study vocabulary
      • Read

Upcoming Due Dates:

• 1/10:  L. 8 ex. A,B,C
•  1/12-13:  L. 8 test
• 1/19-20:  Vocab & Spelling Final -lessons 1-8
• 1/25:  Reading Log due

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This week:

• Monday–
• Word of the Week
• Highlight essays–opportunity for revision
• HW:
• L. 7 ex. A,B,C due tomorrow
• Final Revisions due tomorrow–STAPLE TO YOUR HIGHLIGHTED ESSAY
• Tuesday–
• Check and Review ex. A,B,C
• Turn in Essays (if revised)
• Review Punctuation Practice (underlining & quotation marks)
• HW:
• Study Vocabulary & Spelling
• Wednesday–
• Punctuation Practice (apostrophes, hyphens, parenthesis, brackets, dashes)
• Study Lesson 7 / SSR time
• HW:
• Bring SSR book
• Study Lesson 7 Spelling & Vocabulary
• Thursday/Friday–
• Lesson 7 test
• SSR time
• Quickwrite
• Video “The Eye of the Storm”
• Journal Write
• HW:
• READ!!!

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A true prestidigitator makes anything seem possible!

This week:

• Monday–
• Finish writing 3 body paragraphs (TKAM essay)
• Independent time (read, vocab, etc.)
• HW:
• 3 body paragraphs finished
• L. 7 cards due tomorrow
• Read
• Tuesday–
• Check L. 7 cards
• Write Introduction & Conclusion paragraphs  [POWER POINT mockingbird essay]
• Pass back papers
• HW:
• Read
• Final Typed Draft due on Block Day
• Wednesday–
• Complete Introduction & Conclusion paragraphs
• Notes:–Underlining & Quotation Marks
• HW:
• Final Typed Draft due on Block Day
• Bring SSR book
• Thursday/Friday–
• Turn in Typed Essays
• Post-it note sheet
• Turn in TKAM books to the library
• SSR time
• Practice Underline & Quoation Marks
• HW:
• Read
• Study Lesson 7 Vocab & Spelling

This quote pretty much recapitulates one of  the novel’s main themes.  Of course, we understand that the mockingbird is symbolic for those characters who share its traits.

This week:

• Monday–
• Word of the Week
• Finish TKAM movie
• New Seats
• Vocabulary–Work on & Study
• HW:
• L. 6 ex. A,B,C due tomorrow
• L. 6 test on Block Day
• Reading Logs due Wednesday
• Tuesday–
• Check & Correct ex. A,B,C
• Benchmark–Punctuation
• Essay Graphic Organizer–Characters compared to a Mockingbird
• HW:
• Reading Logs & Bathroom Tickets due tomorrow!
• Study for Vocab & Spelling Test
• Wednesday–
• Collect Reading Logs & Bathroom Tickets
• Get new Reading Logs & Bathroom Tickets
• Finish Graphic Organizer
• Write Topic Sentences
• HW:
• Study Lesson 6 & previous lessons
• Bring SSR book
• Thursday/Friday–
• Lesson 6 Spelling & Vocab Test
• SSR time
• Draft 3 Body Paragraphs for TKAM essay
• HW:
• OPTIONAL:  Finish writing 3 body paragraphs if not finished in class
• Lesson 7 flashcards
• SSR time!

We will continue to draft essays in class on Monday.

Verbose seagull = lonely seagull.

This week:

• Monday–
• Word of the Week
• Check Lesson 6 flashcards
• Collect Storyboards
• Continue watching TKAM the movie
• HW
• Read
• Tuesday–
• Finish watching TKAM
• Discuss
• HW:
• READ!!!
• READING LOGS DUE 11/30
• Lesson 6 ex A,B,C due 11/29
• Lesson 6 test: 12/1 & 2

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Two of the first intelligent pugilists.

This week:

• Monday–
• Word of the Week
• Storyboards–directions
• “How to Kill a Mockingbird”–video
• Papers back/Organize
• Independent time
• HW:
• Study for TKAM test: plot, theme, conflicts, characterization, quote identification, elements of fiction, Harper Lee
• BRING SSR BOOK
• Lesson 5 ex. A, B, C due tomorrow
• Storyboards due Monday
• Lesson 5 test on block day
• Tuesday–
• Check ex. A,B,C
• TKAM test
• SSR time
• HW:
• Study Lesson 5 spelling & vocab
• Storyboard due Monday
• Read and make sure you are filling out your Reading Log
• Wednesday–
• Notes:  The Mockingbird  [click here for notes]
• Characters symbolized as a Mockingbird
• HW:
• Study Lesson 5
• Bring SSR book
• Storyboard due Monday
• Thursday/Friday (minimum days)–
• Lesson 5 Spelling & Vocab Test
• SSR time
• Begin movie To Kill a Mockingbird
• HW:
• Storyboard due Monday
• Lesson 6 cards due Monday

This week:

• Monday–
• Words of the Week
• Check L. 5 flashcards
• Collect Atticus’s Closing Arguments paragraphs
• Check, Discuss, & Collect ch. 19-22 study guide
• Begin Reading ch. 23
• HW:
• Read TKAM ch. 23-24 (quiz tomorrow–surprise!)
• Tuesday–
• Quiz on chs. 23 & 24
• Read & Discuss ch. 25 & start ch. 26
• HW:
• Finish reading TKAM ch. 26
• Wednesday–
• Read & Discuss ch. 27-28
• HW:
• SSR time
• Thursday (not a block day)–
• Read & Discuss ch. 29-31
• HW:
• TKAM test Tuesday
• plot
• characters
• quotes
• conflict
• elements of fiction
• literary devices
• Harper Lee
• Lesson 5 ex. A,B,C due Tuesday
• SSR time