Lesson Plans for: American Heritage
Instructor:
Mrs. Sturgeon

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08/24/15

What we do in class

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08/31/15

What we do in class

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Monday Sturgeon Return -- Intro Day  
Tuesday Hand in Vocab Pic / Hand Out Lit Books / Get Student Email Addresses
Assign: Choosing the Right Word
Begin Grammar / Dependent Clauses & Fragment
Assign: Grammar Wksht
"Why History" & Question
Civil War / Reconstruction Notes
Civil War Video
 
Wednesday Correct Choosing the Right Word
Assign: Vocab in Context
Correct Grammar
Gone with the Wind Clips -- 8 min
Set Up "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
Listen to "Owl Creek" & Begin Wksht Pkt
Assign: Finish as Needed
Choosing the Right Word
Grammar Wksht
Thursday Correct Vocab in Context
Assign: Completing the Sentence due Tues
Grammar -- Run Ons
Assign: Grammar Wksht
Correct / Discuss "Owl Creek"
Small Groups Rewrite Section I from 1st POV
Assign: Finish Rewrite
Watch "Owl Creek" Video / Wksht
Assign: Civil War Nonfiction Pg 570
Vocab in Context
"Owl Creek Bridge" Wksht Pkt
Friday Correct Run-On Wksht
Read Section I "Owl Creek" Rewrites
"Owl Creek" Quiz
Discuss Civil War Nonfiction (Set Up Bio Narrative for Next Week -- start thinking of a person to comp)
Correct Civil War Nonfiction
Finish Reconstruction Notes
Reconstruction Video / Wksht & Correct
Comma Splice / Fused Sent. Rules
Run-On Wksht
Owl Creek Video Qs
Owl Creek Rewrites
Civil War Nonfiction Wksht
     

09/07/15

What we do in class

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Monday Labor Day -- NO SCHOOL  
Tuesday Comma Splice / Fused Sent. Ex 1-3
Art Activity
Civil War / Reconstruction Quiz
Correct Completing the Sentence
Assign: Synonyms & Antonyms
Begin Biographical Narrative -- Read Ex & Edit Pg 598
Brainstorm Possible Topics
Assign: Topic for Bio Narrative
Completing the Sentence
Wednesday Discuss Art Activity
Civil War / Reconstruction "Quiz"
Ch 4 Set Up -- Farming Game
Correct Fused Sentences / Comma Splices
Revise / Edit Example
Begin Rough Draft Bio Narrative
 
Thursday Correct Syn / Ant
Assign: Vocab Quiz!
Correct Grammar Pkt Comma Splice / Fused Sentences
Bio Narrative Drafting Time -- due Mon
4-1 Notes / Wksht
 
Friday Unit 1 Vocab Quiz
Grammar -- Fused Sent / Comma Splices
Regionalism / Naturalism Guided Notes -- Pg 619-627
Correct 4-1

4-2 Notes / Wksht
Time -- Work on Narrative Rough Draft
 
     

09/14/15

What we do in class

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Monday Correct 4-2 Notes
4-3 Notes / Wksht
Partners - Political Cartoon &
Take Vocab Grades
Correct Grammar Wksht
Peer Edit / Review Bio Narrative
Assign: Final Draft Shared by Thur 9/17
Correct Regionalism / Naturalism Notes
Bio Narrative RD
Fused Sent / Comma Splice Wksht
Regionalism / Naturalism Notes
Tuesday Correct 4-3
Review Wksht & Correct
Text Assessment (?)
Set Up Vocab Unit 2 & Vocab Pic
Evaluate / Grade OWN Bio Narrative
Twain Video & Wksht & Correct
Vocab Pic
Wednesday Ch 4 TEST
Assign: Choosing the Right Word
Finish Twain Video & Correct
Mesmerizer Vocab
 
Thursday Correct "Autobiography" Vocab Wksht
Set Up "Autobiography"
Listen to Autobio / Wksht
Assign: Finish Auto Wkshts
Set Up Ch 5
5-1 Notes / Wksht
Bio Narrative Final Draft
Mesmerizer Wksht
Friday Correct 5-1
Invention Ad -- Partners
5-2 Notes / Wksht
Correct Choosing the Right Word
Assign:
Completing the Sentence
"Autobio" 'Quiz'
"Autobio Wkshts"
5-1
Choosing the Right Word
     

09/21/15

What we do in class

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Monday Correct "Autobio" Wkshts
Set Up "Life on MS"
Begin "Life on MS" / Wksht
Assign: "Life on MS" Wkshts
Correct Completing the Sentence
Correct 5-2
Begin 5-3 Notes / Wksht
Political Cartoon & Correct
Completing the Sentence
5-2
Tuesday Correct "Life on MS" Wkshts
Assign: Vocab in Context
Finish 5-3 Notes / Wksht
Monopoly!
Assign: Political Cartoon
"Life on the MS"
5-3
Wednesday Correct 5-3 & Political Cartoon
Discuss Monopoly
5-4 Notes / Wksht
Assign: Homestead Strike Wksht
Correct Vocab in Context
Assign: Words in Action Pg 30
Set Up "Jumping Frog" -- 3 Truths & a Lie
Begin "Jumping Frog" / Wkshts
Vocab in Context
Political Cartoon
Thursday Correct Homestead Strike Wksht
Complete 5-4 Notes / Wksht & Correct
Hand in Words in Action
Assign: Synonyms & Antonyms
Correct "Jumping Frog" Wkshts
Finish Jumping Frog Wkshts
Watch Huckleberry Finn / Wksht & Correct

Words in Action
"Jumping Frog" Vocab & Reading Check
Friday Unit 2 Vocab Quiz
Correct Twain Video Wksht
"Jumping Frog" 'Quiz'
Correct "Frog" Wkshts (Q Support / Read Check & Lit Analysis)
Begin Review / Study Guide -- Twain Author Study
Ch 5 Review Wksht & Correct
Summary Notes
TEST MONDAY!!
Synonyms & Antonyms
"Jumping Frog" Wkshts
     

09/28/15

What we do in class

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Monday
Coronation
Generation Day
Correct Twain Author Study SG & Jumping Frog Wkshts
"Jumping Frog" 'Quiz'
Set Up Unit 3 Vocab
Assign: Vocab Picture
Ch 5 Review Time
Ch 5 TEST
Ch 6 Pre-Reading Questions
(Sturgeon Gone Pd 8)
Twain SG
Tuesday
Tiki Tuesday /
Character Day
Hand in Twain SG
Twain TEST
Review Guided Notes
Set Up / Begin "The Open Boat" Pg 710
Assign: Read "Chapter" 4 (thru line 430)
Turn in Vocab Pic
Assign: Choosing the Right Word
Immigration Waves Video (13 min)
Vocab Pic
Wednesday
Decade Day
6-1 Notes / Wksht
Correct Choosing the Right Word
Finish "The Open Boat"
Begin Story Board -- "The Open Boat" (Computer Lab 121 Pd 2, 6 & 8)
Choosing/Word
Thursday
Color Day
Correct 6-1
6-2 Notes / Wksht
Assign: Timeline Wksht
Story Board Work Time
Assign: Vocabulary in Context
Food / Heritage!
6-1
Friday
Spirit Day
HOMECOMING!!!!
No Classes
 
     

10/05/15

What we do in class

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Monday See Twain Tests
Correct Vocabulary in Context
Assign: Completing the Sentence
Comma Splice / Fused Sentence Power Point
Assign: CS / FS Wksht
Begin Story Board Presentations
Correct 6-2
History vs Hollywood: Gangs/NY
Story Board
Vocab in Context
6-2 & Timeline
Tuesday Story Board Evals
Correct Comma Splice / Fused Sent Wksht
Correct Completing the Sentence
Assign: Synonyms & Antonyms
Gangs Clips
Begin 6-3 Notes (#27-37)/ Wksht
Gilded Age Political Cartoon Activity
Assign: Political Cartoon
CS/FS Wksht
Completing the Sent
Wednesday Comma Splice / Fused Sentence Quiz
Finish 6-3 (#38 - 45) & Correct
Correct Political Cartoon
Finish Political Cartoon Activity
Begin / Assign: Personal Political Cartoon
Partners -- Eakins Art Wksht & Correct
6-4 Notes / Wksht
6-3
Political Cartoon
Thursday Unit 3 Vocab Quiz
Wizard of Oz Allegory Notes
Wizard of Oz
Clips (40 min) & Wksht
 
Friday No Classes -- Teacher In Svc  
     

10/12/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct 6-4
Share Political Cartoon Illustrations
Finish Wizard of Oz & Wksht
6-5 Notes / Wksht
See Vocab Quizzes
6-4
Political Cartoon Drawings
Eakins Art Wksht
Tuesday Oz & Populism "Quiz"
Discuss Oz & Wksht
Assign: Vocab Pg 42-43
Finish 6-5 As Needed (5 min) & Correct
Correct Eakins Art Wksht
Review Wksht & Correct
Gilded Age Video / Wksht & Correct
Assign: "Call It Sleep"
6-5
Wednesday Finish Gilded Age Video / Wksht & Correct
Ch 6 TEST
Ch 7 Pre-Reading Q
Correct Eakins Wksht
Art Activity
Correct Vocab Pg. 42-43
Assign: Vocab Pg. 44
Correct / Discuss "Call It Sleep"
"Call It Sleep"
Vocab Pg. 42-43
Thursday Discuss Test Grades
Organize / Prepare Notes / Wkshts
Correct "Call It Sleep" & Vocab Pg. 44
Computer Lab 121 Pds 2, 6 & 8
Vocab Pg. 44
Art Activity
Friday Units 1 - 3 Vocab TEST
Ch 6 Recovery
Discuss Art Activity
Discuss Pre-Reading Q #2
Emailed vocabtest.com reports
Pre-Reading Q #2
     

10/19/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday See / Review Ch 6 Tests
A Just War Activity & Discussion
7-1 Notes / Wksht
See Vocab Tests
Set up / Begin "Hawaii" Excerpt
Assign: "Hawaii" Excpert
 
Tuesday Discuss /  Correct "Hawaii"
Grammar - Fragments Exercises WhiteBoard
Correct 7-1
7-2 Notes / Wksht
Small Groups - "White Man's Burden"
"Hawaii" Wksht
7-1
Wednesday "White Man's Burden" Discuss
Correct 7-2
Small Group -- "Brown Man's Burden"
Political Cartoon w/Partner & Correct
7-3 Notes / Wksht
7-2
"White Man's Burden"
Thursday Discuss "White / Brown Man's Burden"
Correct 7-3 & Political Cartoon
Review Wksht & Correct
Ch 7 Video / Wksht & Correct
Assign: Fragments Wksht #1
Set Up Unit 4 Vocab
Assign: Unit 4 Choosing the Right Word
7-3
Political Cartoon*
White Man's / Brown Man's Burden*
*No Late Grades!
Friday Ch 7 Quiz
Unit 8 Pre-Reading Questions
Correct Fragments Wksht #1
Assign: Fragments Wksht #2
Correct Choosing the Right Word
Assign: Vocab in Context
Notes -- Lit Book Pg 756-7
Choosing the Right Word
Fragments Wksht 1
     

10/26/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Discuss Ch. 8 Pre-Reading Qs
Do Pre-Reading Small Group Activity
8-1 Notes / Wksht
Set Up "Story of an Hour" Pg 758-9
Listen to "Story/Hour" (7 min)
Assign: "Story / Hour" Wkshts
Vocab in Context
Fragments Wksht #2
Notes
Tuesday Correct Vocab in Context /Fragments Wksht #2 / Notes
Assign: Completing the Sentence
Correct "Story / Hour" Wkshts
Do Selection Test & Correct
Correct 8-1
Iron Jawed Angles Clips (1 hr)
"Story / Hour" Wkshts
8-1
Wednesday Pd 4 Correct 8-1
8-2 Notes #23-36 / Wksht
Hot Dog Day :)
Watch "Great Reads: The Jungle" (30 min) / Wksht
Correct Completing the Sentence
Assign: Synonyms & Antonyms
Correct Grammar Active/Passive Voice
Yellow Wallpaper Vocab & Correct
Set Up "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Begin "Yellow Wallpaper" & Wkshts
Completing the Sentence
Thursday Do Grammar Ex. 3
Correct / Discuss The Jungle
Correct 8-2
Correct Synonyms & Antonyms
Finish "The Yellow Wallpaper"
"Yellow Wallpaper" Wkshts
8-2
Synonyms & Antonyms
Friday Unit 4 Vocab Quiz
Correct Grammar Ex. 3
Correct / Discuss "Yellow Wallpaper" Wkshts
Do "Yellow Wallpaper" Selection Test & Correct
Assign: April Showers & Wkshts
Video -- "The Yellow Wallpaper" (21 min)
Grammar Ex. 3
"Yellow Wallpaper" Wksht
     

11/02/15

What we do in class

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Monday 8-3 Notes / Wksht
Correct "April Showers" Wkshts
Progressive Lit SG & Correct
Early Dismiss / HS & Elem. Conferences
"April Showers" Wksht
Tuesday Progressive Lit Test
Correct 8-3
Ch 8 Review Wksht & Correct
Ch 8 Review Video (30 min) & Wksht / Correct (?)
Early Dismiss / MS & BVIS Conferences
8-3
Wednesday Ch 8 Test
Closure Activity: Portrait Poem -- Progressive Era
Ch 9 Pre-Reading Qs & Discussion
Cryptogram Activity
 
Thursday Read Portrait Poems
Do Cryptogram Activity
9-1 Notes / Wksht
Discuss Cryptogram
Zimmerman Notes & Correct
Watch Video - Alliances (6 min)
Set Up Unit 5 Vocab
Assign: Choosing the Right Word
Do "In Another Country" Vocab 1-8
 
Friday No School -- Teacher Comp Day  
     

11/09/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct 9-1
9-2 Notes / Wksht
Watch Documentary: Homefront (28 min) / Wksht & Correct
Correct Choosing/Word
Assign: Vocab in Context
Correct "In Another Country" Vocab 1-8
Set Up "In Another Country" Pg 968
Assign: Read "In Another Country" & Wkshts
Choosing the Right Word
Tuesday Cohan Music Activity / Discuss
Correct 9-2
Video - WWI: The War in Europe / Wksht & Correct
Correct Vocab in Context
Assign: Completing the Sentence
Hand Out & Discuss Figurative Language
Begin All Quiet on the Western Front Excerpt and Figurative Language Activity
1 Year Video :)
9-2
Vocab in Context
Wednesday Veteran's Day -- No School  
Thursday Correct Completing the Sentence
Assign: Synonyms & Antonyms
Correct "In/Country"
9-3 Notes Slides 44-54
Finish All Quiet Figurative Language Activity and Discuss
Finish
9-3 Notes (55-66) / Wksht
Watch All Quiet Clip
Completing the Sentence
"In Another Country" Wkshts
Friday Correct Synonyms & Antonyms
Unit 5 Vocab Quiz
Correct 9-3
WWI Poetry Activity
Literary Devices Quiz
Assign: Political Cartoon
9-3
Synonyms & Antonyms
     

11/16/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Period 7 Literary Devices Quiz
WWI Poetry
9-4 Notes / Wksht
WWI Fact Poster - Computer Lab 121
Pd 2, 6 & 8
Political Cartoon
Tuesday WWI Poetry & Discussion
Correct Political Cartoon
Review Wksht & Correct
Finish WWI Fact Poster (Lab 121 Pd 2, 6 & 8) & Display
9-4
Political Cartoon
Wednesday Hand In Ch 9 Pkt & Review Pkt
Ch 9 TEST
Ch 10 Pre-Reading Questions
20s Talk! / Word Search
Set Up Great Gatsby--
Handout Novel Vocab, SG & Author Info
Flapper Color Pgs / Flapper Reading
Ch 9 Pkt
Review Wksht
Thursday Discuss Pre-Reading Q
10-1 Notes / Wksht
Correct Flapper Qs
Naufal Presentations (40 min)
Begin The Great Gatsby
Assign:
Ch 1 & SG
Pre-Read Q
Flapper Coloring & Reading Qs
Friday Ch 1 Quiz
Gatsby Notes
Discuss Ch 1 & Correct SG
Begin Ch 2 & SG
Assign: Ch 2 & SG
Correct 10-1
10-2 Notes to Slide #30 / Wksht
Ch 1 & SG
     

11/23/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Finish 10-2 (#31-40) & Correct
Start 10-3 Notes / Wksht
Set Up Vocab Unit 6
Assign: Choosing the Right Word
Correct / Discuss Ch 2
Begin Ch 3 & SG
Assign
: Ch 3 & SG
10-2
Ch 2 & SG
Tuesday Finish 10-3 Notes / Wksht & Correct
Correct Choosing the Right Word
Assign: Vocab in Context
Ch 2 & 3 Quiz
Correct/Discuss Ch 3 SG
Set Up Eggs Map
Begin Ch 4
Assign: Ch 4, 5 & 6 -- due Monday
10-3
Ch 3 & SG
Choosing the Right Word
Wednesday 10-4 Notes / Wksht
Correct Vocab in Context
Assign: Completing the Sentence
Map Activity Work / Reading Time
Ch 4 - 6 DUE MONDAY!
Early Dismiss
Vocab in Context
Thursday No School -- Thanksgiving  
Friday No School -- Thanksgiving  
     

11/30/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct 10-4
Hand In Eggs Map
Correct Completing the Sentence
Gatsby
Q & A
Ch 4-6 Quiz
Begin Ch 7
Assign: Ch 7 & SG Due Wednesday
Early Dismiss -- Inclement Weather
Ch 4, 5 & 6 / SG
Completing the Sentence
10-4
Map Activity
Tuesday Late Start -- Inclement Weather
10-5 Notes / Wksht
Discuss / Correct Ch 4&5 SG
Ch 7 Reading Time
Assign: Synonyms & Antonyms
Pd 7 & 8 -- Correct Completing the Sent & Take Ch 5 & 6 Quiz
 
Wednesday Correct 10-5 (& 10-4 Pd 7)
Review Wksht & Correct
Begin Art Activity
Correct Synonyms & Antonyms
Correct / Discuss Ch 6 & 7
Assign: Ch 8 & SG
10-5 Wksht
Synonyms & Antonyms
Thursday Finish Art Activity & Correct / Discuss
Duke Ellington / Louis Armstrong Music
Assign: Music Wksht
1920s Review Video & Wksht / Correct
See Ch 7 Quizzes
Correct / Discuss Ch 8
Assign: Ch 9 & SG -- due Monday
Ch 8 & SG
Friday Correct Synonyms & Antonyms
Unit 6 Vocab Quiz
Correct Review Wkshts
Chapter 10 TEST
Finish Art Activity As Needed
Correct Duke Ellington Wksht
Duke Ellington Wksht
     

12/07/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Review Ch 10 Objection Test
Ch 9 Discussion
Gatsby Review Notes
Great Books: The Great Gatsby
Stock Market Game
See Vocab Quizzes
Assign: Vocab for Comprehension Pg 80-1
Ch 9 & SG Great Gatsby
Tuesday Gatsby TEST!
Correct Vocab for Comprehension
Assign: 2-Word Completion Pg 82
Begin Movie -- The Great Gatsby & Wksht
 
Wednesday See Gatsby Tests
Gatsby Movie & Wksht
Correct Vocab Pg 81 & 82
Lab 117 Pds 6 & 8 vocabtest.com
Lab 128 Pd 2 vocabtest.com
Vocab Pg 82
Thursday Finish Gatsby and Wksht
Assign: Vocab XWord
Ch 11 Pre Reading Disc Qs
vocabtest.com Syn & Ant
Friday Unit 4-6 Vocab TEST
Hand in Art Activity & Vocab Books
Ch 11 Anticipation Discussion
11-1 Notes / Wksh
XWord Puzzle
     

12/14/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Finish Budget Activity As Needed
Correct 11-1
Do Timeline Wksht
11-2 Notes / Wksht
11-1
Tuesday Finish & Discuss Budget Activity
Correct 11-2 & Timeline
Do Political Cartoon & Correct
Set Up 11-3 / Scenario & Discussion
11-3 Notes / Wksht
Set Up Gatsby Essay & Begin Brainstorming & Notes
Gatsby
Essay Work Time (Computer Cart)
11-2
Wednesday Correct 11-3
Review Wksht & Correct
Review Video / Wksht & Correct
Gatsby Essay Work Time (Computer Cart)
Assign: Depression Era Poetry
11-3
Thursday Ch 11 Quiz
Discuss Depression Era Poetry
Set Up "A Worn Path"

Listen to "A Worn Path" (18min) / Wkshts

Begin
Kit Kittredge -- Gr. Depression Video
Depression Era Poetry
Friday See Ch 11 Quizzes
Correct / Discuss "A Worn Path"
Kit
"Worn Path"
     

12/21/15

What we do in class

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Monday No School  
Tuesday No School  
Wednesday No School  
Thursday No School  
Friday No School  
     

12/28/15

What we do in class

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Monday No School  
Tuesday No School  
Wednesday No School  
Thursday No School  
Friday No School  
     

01/04/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Set Up Ch 12 (Scenario)
12-1 Notes Wksht
Set Up "A Rose for Emily"
Listen to "Rose/Emily"
Gatsby Essay
Tuesday Correct 12-1
12-2 Notes / Wksht
Assign: Timeline
Discuss / Correct "Rose/Emily"
Do Selection Test & Correct
Partners -- Creative Writing "Skin Crawls" (NOT GRAPHIC) Scene (Mood / Imagery / Diction / Chronology)
12-1
"A Rose for Emily"
Wednesday Correct 12-2 & Timeline
12-3 Notes / Wksht
Review Video & Wksht / Correct
Correct "Rose / Emily" Selection Test
Share "Skin Crawls"
12-2 & Timeline
"Skin Crawls" Scene
Thursday Finish "Skin Crawls" Scenes as Needed
Correct 12-3
Review Wksht & Correct
Review Video / Wksht & Correct
Semester Test SG
12-3
Friday Ch 12 TEST
Hitler / FDR Notes
Begin The Rise
Semester Test SG Completion Time
 
     

01/11/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Semester Test SG Completion Time
Continue The Rise
 
Tuesday Semester Tests  
Wednesday Semester Tests  
Thursday Semester Tests  
Friday No School  
     

 01/18/16

What we do in class

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Monday Computer Lab 121 - Essays
WWII Anticipation Activity
Video: Road to War & Wksht
Vocab Unit 7 Set Up
Assign: Choosing the Right Word
 
Tuesday Pd 1 Finish Video & Correct Road to War
Pds 4 & 7 Finish Anticipation Activity
Set Up Unit 7 Vocab As Needed
13-1 Notes / Wksht
Dictator Bios / Symbolism Pics
Road to War
Wednesday Correct Choosing / Word
Assign: Vocabulary in Context
Set Up "New War"
Listen "New War" & Wkshts
Correct 13-1
13-2 Notes / Wksht
13-1
Choosing the Right Word
"New War" Wkshts
Thursday Present Dictator Symbolism Pics
Correct 13-2
13-3 Notes / Wksht
Watch "All But My Life" Documentary
Assign: "Sophie's Choice"
13-2
Dictator Pics
Friday Correct Vocab in Context
Assign: Completing the Sentence
Finish (As Needed) & Correct 13-3
Assign: Timeline
Finish "All But My Life"
Assign: Postcard
Extension Activity
Vocab in Context
13-3
     

01/25/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct Competing the Sentence
Assign: Synonyms & Antonyms
Discuss Extension Activity & "Sophie's Choice"
Watch "Freedom Writers" Miep Gies Clip
Set Up &  "Adam"
Assign: "Adam" Wkshts
Completing the Sentence
"Sophie's Choice"
Tuesday 2 Hour Late Start
"Adam" Pop Quiz
Correct Timeline
13-4 Notes / Wksht
Assign: Political Cartoon & Correct / Discuss
Map Activity (Computer Cart) & Gatsby Essay Conference Time
Pearl Harbor Clips
Hand in Postcards
Wednesday Correct Syn & Ant & "Adam" Wkshts
Correct 13-4
Review Wksht & Correct
Color Axis and Allies on ETO Map
Hand Out WWII Activity / Events Worksheets & Set Up
Pearl Harbor Video Clips
Gatsby Essay Conference Time
Synonyms & Antonyms
Map Activity
"Adam" Wkshts
Thursday Correct Political Cartoon
Ch 13 TEST
Ch 14 Pre-Reading Questions
WWII Activity / Events Notes
Norway Presentation -- 30 min
Political Cartoon
Friday Unit 7 Vocab Quiz
See Ch 13 Tests
WWII Presentations Work Time
Gatsby
Essay Conference Time
 
     

02/01/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday See Unit 7 Vocab Quizzes
Set Up Unit 8 Vocab
Assign: Choosing the Right Word
Set Up Ch 14 / US & WWII (Small Group)
14-1 Notes / Wksht
 
Tuesday No School
Wednesday No School
Thursday Correct Choosing the Right Word
Assign: Vocab in Context
Correct 14-1
14-2 Notes / Wksht
Computer Cart -- Project / Events Time
 
Friday Counselor Pd 1, 4 & 8
Correct 14-2
Begin 14-3 Notes (Slides 32-38)
Begin Project Presentations
WWII Events Projects
14-2
Vocab in Context
     

02/08/16

What we do in class

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Monday Late Start
Assign
: Completing the Sentence
Finish 14-3 Notes (Slides 39-49)/Wksht
Project Presentations
 WWII Events Project
Tuesday Finish Presentations
Correct Completing the Sentence
Assign: Syn & Ant
Set Up "Death/Gunner" & "Why/Talk"
Listen to Literature
Assign: Lit Wkshts
Correct 14-3
Begin 14-4 Notes (Slides 50-58)
Presentations
Completing the Sentence
14-3
Wednesday Counselor Pds 1, 4 & 8
Finish Presentations As Needed
Correct / Discuss Literature
Correct Synonyms & Antonyms
Begin Band of Brothers: "Day of Days"/Wksht
Syn & Ant
Thursday Unit 8 Vocab Quiz
Correct Literature Wkshts
Analyze "Death/Gunner"

Last Event Presentation(s)
 14-4 Wksht
 
Friday No School  
     

02/15/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday No School  
Tuesday See Unit 8 Vocab Quizzes
Correct / Discuss "Day/Days" Wksht
Finish 14-4 Notes (Slides 59-64) As Needed
Correct 14-4
14-5 Notes (Slides 65-69)
Begin Band of Brothers: "Breaking Point" & Wksht
14-4
Wednesday Set Up Unit 9 Vocab
Assign: Choosing the Right Word
Finish "Breaking Point" (15 min) & Wksht/ Correct
Finish 14-5 Notes / Wksht
"Losses" Poem Analysis
 
Thursday Finish WWII Events Notes
Correct 14-5
Review Video / Wksht & Correct
Review Wksht & Correct
14-5
Friday Ch 14 / WWII TEST
Assign: Find ABC Chart for Monday!
Correct Choosing / Word
Assign: Vocab in Context
Correct "Breaking Pt."
Begin Band of Brothers "Why We Fight"/Wksht
Choosing/Word
     

02/22/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct Vocab in Context
Assign: Completing the Sentence
Finish "Losses" Discussion
Finish "Why We Fight"
Begin WWII Wrap Up Activity (ABC Chart)
WWII PowerPoint
Vocab in Context
"Why We Fight" Wksht
Tuesday Discuss "Why We Fight"
Computer Cart - A Bomb Activity Research
Set Up A Bomb Activity
 
Wednesday Correct Completing the Sentence
Assign: Syn / Ant
Computer Cart - A Bomb Activity Research & Prep
Atomic Bomb Activity
Ch 15 Pre-Reading Questions
Completing the Sentence
Thursday  Hand in Notes Pkt
Discuss Ch 15 Pre-Reading Qs
15-1 Notes / Wksht
Correct Syn & Ant
Salem Witch Trials Video / Wksht
Ch 15 Pre-Reading Qs
Syn / Ant
Friday Unit 9 Vocab Quiz
Assign: Vocab Pg 118-119 Vocab for Comp
Correct 15-1
Correct Witch Trial Video Wksht
The Crucible Anticipation Guide & Discussion
15-1
     

02/29/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Begin 15-2 (#21-30) Notes
Correct Vocab Pg 118-119
Assign:
Vocab Pg 120 2-Word Comp
Set Up The Crucible
(Background / Vocab / Characters)
Hand out Study Guide & Act I Wksht
Assign Characters & Begin Act I
The Crucible (to pg 144 line 370)/ SG (#1-12) & Wksht
Vocab for Comp Pg 118-9
Tuesday Finish 15-2 Notes (#31-43) / Wksht
Do Guided Drama Notes
Finish Act I The Crucible
Correct 2-Word Compl Pg. 120
2-Word Comp Pg 120
Wednesday Correct 15-2
Computer Labs 121 Pds 1, 4 & 7 -- vocabtest.com
Finish Act I (pg 153-end) and final SG Qs
Act I Quiz
Correct Act I SG & Wksht
15-2
Thursday 15-3 Notes /Wksht
Pd 4 Correct Drama Guided Notes
See Act I Quiz
Correct Act I SG & Wksht
Assign Act II Crucible Roles
Begin Act II (through line 281) / SG & Wksht
Act I SG & Wksht
Friday Units 7 - 9 Vocab TEST
Grammar Word Choice
Correct 15-3
Assign: Political Cartoon
Continue Act II Notes / Wksht
15-3
vocabtest.com
     

03/07/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct Political Cartoon
15-4 Notes / Wksht
See Vocab Tests
Correct Grammar / Sent. Fragments
Assign: Word Choice Wksht
Finish Act II (Pg Pg 170 Line 670) / SG & Wksht
Grammar / Sentence vs Fragment
Tuesday Correct 15-4
Ch 15 Review Wksht & Correct
Correct Word Choice Wksht

Act II Quiz
Hand Out Act III Wksht
Correct Act II SG & Wksht
Assign Act III Roles
15-4
Word Choice -- Grammar
Wednesday McCarthyism Activity
Ch 15 TEST
Ch 16 Pre-Reading Qs
Grammar -- Who / Whom
Begin Act III / SG / Wksht
 
Thursday US Post WWII Video / Wksht & Correct
See Ch 15 Test Scores--Correction Times
16-1 Notes / Wksht
Correct Grammar -- Who / Whom
Correct Act III SG #1-6
Finish Act III / SG / Wksht
Ch 15 Test Corrections p.m.
Grammar -- Who / Whom
Friday Ch 15 Test Corrections a.m.
Correct 16-1
Begin 16-2 Notes (#23-40)
Grammar PowerPoint (commas)
Act III Group Wksht & Correct
Act III Quiz
Assign Act IV Roles
Begin Act IV / SG / Wksht
Analogies
     

03/14/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Early Dismiss
See Ch 16 Tests
Finish 16-2 Notes (#41-51)/ Wksht
Read Act IV / SG / Wksht
 
Tuesday Early Dismiss--HS Conferences
Correct 16-2
Do ACT Grammar Ex. 2
Correct Act IV SG #1-18
Finish Act IV / SG / Wksht As Needed Correct Act IV SG & Wksht
16-2
Wednesday Music Activity & Discuss
Correct #19-25 & Wksht
Crucible
Review
16-3 Notes / Wksht
Assign: Political Cartoon
Act IV SG #19-25
Thursday Crucible TEST
Correct Political Cartoon
Begin Crucible Movie
Political Cartoon
Friday No School - Comp Day  
     

03/21/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct 16-3
Ch 16 Review Wksht & Correct
Grammar Ex. 3
Finish Crucible Movie & Pre-Reading Activity
16-3
Tuesday Hand in Ch 16 Pkt & Review Wksht
Ch 16 TEST
Ch 17 Pre-Reading Qs
Finish Movie & Wksht
Complete Pre/Post-Reading Activity
Begin Essay Practice -- Group
 
Wednesday Grammar Ex. 4
JFK Video (27 min) / Wksht & Correct
11:45 Dismissal / Weather
 
Thursday Finish Essay Practice -- Group
Grammar Ex. 4
Music Activity
17-1 Notes / Wksht
2:20 Dismissal

Friday No School  
   

 

03/28/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday No School  
Tuesday Correct 17-1
17-2 Notes (Slides 20 - 24)
Right Stuff Video Clips
Acirema Activity & Discussion
17-2 Notes (Slides 26 - 31 +1)
Assign: Nuclear Age Excerpt
17-1
Wednesday Correct / Discuss Nuclear Age Excerpt
Finish 17-2 Notes (#31 - 33) / Wksht
JFK Video Clips
Assign: Political Cartoon
Set Up Unit 10 Vocab
Assign: Choosing the Right Word
Grammar Ex. 5
Read Group Essays
Nuclear Age Excerpt
Thursday Correct 17-2 & Political Cartoon
17-3 Notes / Wksht & Correct
Assign: Ch 17 Review
Assign: "So Long Mom" Poem
Computer Lab -- Test Prep
     Pd 2 Lab 128
     Pd 6 & 8 Lab 121
17-2
Political Cartoon

Friday LATE GRADE POLICY DISCUSSION
Correct Ch 17 Review
Ch 17 Quiz
Ch 18 Pre-Reading Qs
Discuss "So Long Mom"
Correct Choosing the Right Word
Assign: Vocab in Context
Set Up Civil Rights Literature
"Letter from a Birmingham Jail" Pg 1144
Vocab & Correct
Listen to "Letter"
Assign: "Letter" & Wkshts
Ch 17 Review
Choosing the Right Word
"So Long Mom"
     

04/04/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday LATE GRADE POLICY DISCUSSION
Review Ch 17 Quizzes
Discuss Ch 18 Pre-Reading Questions
18-1 (#1-18) Notes / Wksht
Grammar Ex. 6
Correct Vocab in Context
Assign: Completing the Sentence
"Letter/Jail" Quiz
Correct "Letter/Jail" Wkshts
Assign: Allusion Wksht
"Letter/Jail" & Wkshts
Completing the Sentence
Tuesday Correct 18-1
Begin 18-2 (#19-36)
Correct Completing the Sentence
Assign: Synonyms / Antonyms
Discuss/Correct Allusion Wksht
Set Up "Stride/Freedom" & "Necessary"
Assign: "Stride" / "Necessary" & Literature Wkshts
Ghosts of MS Clips
18-1
Completing/Sent
Allusion Wksht
Wednesday Finish Ghosts of MS Clips
18-2 Notes (#37-41) / Wksht
Correct Synonyms & Antonyms
Quiz "Stride" & "Necessary"
Correct Lit Wkshts
Set Up "Coming of Age in MS"
Begin "Coming of Age"
Assign: "Coming of Age" & Questions
"Stride" / "Necessary"
Thursday Correct 18-2
18-3 Notes / Wksht
Grammar #8
Discuss / Correct "Coming of Age"
1960s Art / Wksht
18-2
"Coming of Age" & Wkshts
Friday Unit 10 Vocab Quiz
Grammar #9
Correct 18-3
Discuss Art Activity

Begin Selma & Wksht
18-3
     

04/11/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Review Wksht & Correct
Selma
Set Up "My Dungeon Shook"
Assign: "My Dungeon Shook"& Questions
 
Tuesday Correct Timeline
Ch 18 TEST
Ch 19 Pre-Reading Questions
Discuss "Dungeon"
Review Civil Rights Lit Quizzes
Civil Rights Literature Review Wksht
See Unit 10 Vocab Quizzes
Set Up Unit 11 Vocab
Assign: Choosing the Right Word
 
Wednesday Civil Rights Literature TEST
Set Up "We Didn't Start the Fire" Project
Hand Out Letters Home from Vietnam
Assign
: Letters Home / Journal
Begin 19-1 Notes / Wksht
 
Thursday See Ch 18 History Tests
Computer Lab 121 / Project Work Time
Finish 19-1 Notes / Wksht 
Correct Choosing the Right Word
Assign: Vocab in Context
Reading Time
Choosing the Right Word
Friday Correct 19-1
19-2 Notes / Wksht
Political Cartoon & Discuss
Journal Small Group Discussion
Assign: Letters Home #2
Letters Home Journal
19-1
     

04/18/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Set Up "Ambush" Pg 1136
Listen to "Ambush"
Assign: "Ambush" Wkshts
Correct Vocab in Context
Assign: Completing the Sentence
Letters Home Small Group Discussion
Assign: Letters Home #3
Vocab in Context
"Cherries" Letters Home #2
Tuesday No Classes -- Testing  
Wednesday No Classes -- Testing  
Thursday Correct Completing the Sentence
Assign: Synonyms & Antoyms
Letters Home Small Group Discussion
Assign: Letters Home #4
Correct / Discuss "Ambush"
19-3 Notes / Wksht
Begin My Lai Massacre Video
"Boonies" Letters Home #3
Projects Due
Friday Correct Synonyms & Antonyms
Unit 11 Vocab Quiz
Civil Rights Literature Test Corrections & Fire Worksheet Activity

Correct 19-3
Extra Credit Song
     

04/25/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday My Lai Documentary (20 min)
Review Wksht & Correct
Letters Home Groups
Documentary Letters Home from Vietnam
Letter Home #4
Tuesday Ch 19 / Vietnam TEST
Ch 20 Pre-Reading Qs
(1st / 4th / 7th -- Letters Video to End of Period)
"Born in the USA" Activity
See Unit 11 Vocab Quizzes
Set Up Unit 12 Vocab
Assign: Choosing the Right Word
 
Wednesday  Correct Choosing the Right Word
Assign: Completing the Sentence
Discuss "Born in the USA"
Documentary 1960-69 / Wksht & Correct
20-1 & 20-2 Notes / Wksht
Choosing/Word
Thursday 15 min Ch 20 Wksht Work Time
Correct 20-1 & 20-2
20-3 Notes (#30 - 40) / Wksht
Watch Viva La Causa Video (40 min) / Wksht
Set Up "MLK, Jr: He Showed Us the Way"
Listen to "MLK, Jr: He Showed Us the Way" (7 min)
Assign: MLK, Jr Wkshts
20-1 & 20-2
Friday Correct 20-2 & 20-3
Review Wksht & Correct
Correct Completing the Sentence
Assign: Vocab in Context
Correct "MLK, Jr: He Showed Us the Way"
Music Activity
20-3
Completing the Sentence
     

05/02/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Discuss Viva La Causa & Music Activity
Ch 20 Quiz
Correct MLK, Jr.
Set Up "Straw into Gold"

Listen to "Straw" / Wkshts
Correct / Discuss "Straw/Gold"

Correct Vocab in Context

Assign: Synonyms & Antonyms
Begin 1970s Notes
Vocab in Context
"MLK, Jr: He Showed Us the Way"
Viva La Causa Wksht
Tuesday Discuss Music Activity
Correct "Straw Into Gold" Selection Test
1970s Guided Notes through Slide #12
Read Watergate Article / Questions
All in the Family & Wksht
"Straw Into Gold"
Wednesday Discuss Watergate Article
1970s Notes to Environment
Discuss All in the Family
Begin / Assign: Environmental Posters
Correct Synonyms/Antonyms & "Straw / Gold" Wksht
Finish 1970s Notes
Argo & Discussion Qs
Synonyms & Antonyms
"Straw / Gold"
Watergate Article
All in the Family Qs
Thursday Finish Argo Clips / Discuss
Present Environ Posters / Hand In
Hand In 1970s Notes
Begin 1980s Notes / Pkt
Partners Read Civil Rights in the 1980s / Qs & Discuss
Set Up "Life...Simple" / "Primer for Blacks"
Assign: "Life...Simple" / "Primer..."
Argo Discussion Qs
1970s Notes
Environmental Poster
Friday Unit 12 Vocab Quiz
Correct "Life..." / "Primer..." Connect -- "All in the Family"
Continue 1980s Guided Notes
1980s Web Quest Pd 1, 4 & 8 (Cart)
"Life...Simple" / "Primer..."
     

05/09/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Finish 1980s Guided Notes
Correct Selection Tests "Life"/"Primer"
Assign: Analyze Selected Poems (Immigration)
Begin Music Activity
See Unit 12 Vocab Quizzes
Assign: Vocab for Comp Pg. 156-157
1980s WebQuest
Tuesday 1980s Quiz
80s Movie Clip
Finish Music Activity & Discuss
Correct / Discuss Civil Rights/1980s & All in the Family
Set Up "Mother Tongue"
Assign: "Mother Tongue" / Wkshts
Correct Vocab Pg. 156-7
Assign: Two-Word Compl Pg 158
Vocab Pg. 156-7
Music Activity
Selected Poems
1980s Notes
Wednesday See 1980s Quizzes
Correct Vocab Pg 158
Correct "Mother Tongue" Read Check & Question Support
Partners -- Selection Test & Correct
Discuss Modern Immigrant Poetry Selections
Begin Forrest Gump & Activity
"Mother Tongue"
Vocab Pg. 158
Thursday Unit 10-12 Vocab Test Review @ vocabularytest.com (Cart)
Forrest Gump & Activity
 
Friday Units 10-12 Vocab TEST
Begin 1990s to Today Guided Notes -- Section 1 Parts 1 & 2
Finish Gump as Needed
vocabtest.com As Needed
     

05/16/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday See Vocab Tests
Continue 1990s to Today Guided Notes -- Section 1 Parts 3 & 4
Set Up "Adolescence" & "Testimonial"
"Adolescence" & "Testimonial" Wkshts
1990s Web Quest (Cart 1, 4 & 8)
Gump Activity
Tuesday Discuss "Adolescence" & "Testimonial"
1990s to Today Guided Notes -- Section 1 Parts 5 & 6 & Part 2 #3

"Adolescence" & "Testimonial"
Wednesday 9/11 Memorial Activity (Cart Pd 1, 4, 8)
Flight 93 & Wksht
(Shortened Periods -- Academic Awards)
 
Thursday Finish Memorials As Needed (Cart 1, 4, 8)
Flight 93 & Wksht
Finish 1990s to Today Guided Notes Pt 7
 
Friday 1990s - Today Quiz
Vote -- Tribute
Correct Flight 93 Wksht

Hand in Literature Books
Afghanistan Notes
Baghdad Bound: Devil Dog Diaries
 
     

05/23/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday SLO Post Test
(Shortened Classes)
Finish Baghdad Bound: Devil Dog Diaries As Needed
War on Terror Notes
 
Tuesday Taking Chance
Linnea Presentation :)
Last Day of Regular Classes
Semester Test Review
 
Wednesday Semester Tests  
Thursday Semester Tests  
Friday Semester Tests
Last Day of School!
 
     

05/30/16

What we do in class

Due Today

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