Quarter+2+Lessons


 * Week Seven **
 * Friday, December 1, 2017 **

Today, we finished watching T//he Giver// in class and completing a writing prompt for a minor grade.
 * Thursday, November 30, 2017 **
 * BELLRINGER:** Just write the words "I know, right?"
 * PROMPT:** Now that we have finished the movie, assume the role of //The Giver//'s author, Lois Lowry. Write a business letter to the movie's production company (The Walden Group) expressing your pleasure/displeasure with the way they treated your intellectual property (the story you told in your novel). Use business letter format for your writing.

The bellringer is a response from the perceived student question for today. "How will we have enough time to write if we are answering a long bellringer question?"


 * Wednesday, **** November 29, 2017 **


 * Tuesday, **** November 28, 2017 **


 * Monday, **** November 27, 2017 **
 * BELLRINGER: **


 * Week Six **
 * Friday, November 17, 2017 **


 * Thursday, November 16, 2017 **


 * Wednesday, November 15, 2017 **


 * Tuesday, November 14, 2017 **


 * Monday, November 13, 2017 **


 * Week Five **
 * Friday, November 10, 2017 **


 * Thursday, November 9, 2017 **


 * Wednesday, November 8, 2017 **


 * Tuesday, November 7, 2017 **


 * Monday, November 6, 2017 **

Complete Activity 2.6 Questioning Society. We will finish answering questions #1-6 on pages 130-131 and then submit our papers for a minor grade. Free reading time will follow...
 * Week Four **
 * Friday, November 3, 2017 **
 * BELLRINGER: ** If you could nominate a book for a lifetime achievement award (the book that has meant the most to you), which book would you nominate? Explain...

Today we will take a test on the first ten chapters of The Giver. This will be a major grade. We will begin Activity 2.6: Questioning Society after we finish the test (Answer questions #1-6 on pages 130 - 131).
 * Thursday, November 2, 2017 **
 * BELLRINGER: ** What do you think our country would be like if the government could ban books?

The Giver Test #1 Link (Chapters 1-10) The deadline for the retest will be next Thursday (11/9/2017) at midnight.

Today is library day. Students will check out and renew their library books and will spend the remainder of the period in sustained silent reading.
 * Wednesday, November 1, 2017 **
 * BELLRINGER: ** Why do you (love, hate) reading?

Today we completed a quiz on chapters 7-9 of The Giver. Afterwards, we read and discussed chapter 11.
 * Tuesday, October 31, 2017 **
 * BELLRINGER: ** Does The Giver follow the Hero's Journey archetype? Explain...

Today we read chapters 9-10 of The Giver.
 * Monday, October 30, 2017 **
 * BELLRINGER: ** A) If you had to estimate, how many books would you say are in your home? B) Are they mainly fiction or nonfiction? C) What can you learn about a person by watching what they read?

**BELLRINGER:** Is it ever all right to censor or ban a text (song, movie, tv show, music, book)? Today we read chapters 6-8 of The Giver.
 * Week Three **
 * Friday, October 27, 2017**

**BELLRINGER:** As Jonas gets closer to the Ceremony of Twelve, he grows more eager and apprehensive. Think over your life. Are there any events that you experienced that made you feel the same way (eager, yet apprehensive)? Write a few sentences to describe the event, and why it made you feel that way. Today, we took a break from our labors and read //The Giver// together. We finished chapter three and went on to complete chapters four and five as well.
 * Thursday, October 26, 2017**

**BELLRINGER:** **How often do you disagree with the perspectives of characters in stories? Explain.**
 * Wednesday, October 25, 2017**
 * Complete questions 4 & 5 on page 127
 * Complete the Writing to Sources: Explanatory Text prompt. Answer should be one paragraph ~ 4-5 sentences in length.

Read //The Giver,// Chapter 2 and the first half of Chapter Three.
 * Tuesday, October 24, 2017**
 * BELLRINGER: Complete the Graphic Organizer (GO) on the bottom of page 125. **

We discussed the Learning Targets and the first two questions on page 126.
 * Complete the Graphic Organizer on the bottom of page 126.

We will review the subject-verb agreement lesson on page 121 and complete the graphic organizer on page 121.
 * Monday, October 23, 2017**
 * BELLRINGER: Who is the protagonist in a story? Who is the antagonist in a story? **
 * Complete the Revising exercise on page 122.
 * Complete the Check Your Understanding Activity on page 122.
 * Complete the Practice activity on page 122.
 * Read //The Giver// Chapter One in class

We began the class today with a 30 minute timed writing using the Writing to Sources prompt on page 120. We also covered the subject verb agreement mini-lesson on page 121.
 * Week Two **
 * Friday, October 20, 2017**
 * Complete the graphic organizer on page 121

Library Day (1/2 Period) and Logo design for the Hungry Game.
 * Thursday, October 19, 2017**

Language and Writer's Craft: Embedding Direct Quotations (Page 119) Complete the chart at the bottom of page 119 ... answer questions 8a-8d. [Minor Grade]
 * Wednesday, October 18, 2017**

Answer the questions at the end of "Harrison Bergeron" for a minor grade.
 * Tuesday, October 17, 2017**

//** Advanced Language Arts 8 **// Answer questions #1-7 on pages 117-118. [Minor Grade]
Activity 2.3 Utopian Ideals and Dystopian Realities (Page 112) ... discuss utopias and dystopias ... read "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
 * Monday, October 16, 2017**

Activity 2.2 Explanatory Writing: Compare and Contrast ... Group Assignment (Page 111) ... create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the two generals in the article. [Major Grade] Students will create a team name and logo for their competition in the "Hungry Games."
 * Week One: **
 * Friday, October 13, 2017**

Activity 2.2 Explanatory Writing: Compare and Contrast ...
 * Thursday, October 12, 2017**

//** Advanced Language Arts 8 **// Individual Practice ... answer questions #5-10 on pages 109-110
Activity 2.2 Explanatory Writing: Compare and Contrast on page 105 ... Read the article "Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts" on pages 106 - 109. Individual Practice ... Annotate the main idea of all 16 paragraphs. [Minor Grade]
 * Wednesday, October 11, 2017**

Activity 2.1 Previewing the Unit on page 104 ... create the QHT chart from the goals and terms on page 102
 * Tuesday, October 10, 2017**