Agenda, December 17

Do Now: Clear your desks and sit with an empty seat between every person.
Due at the end of class on Friday: Personal or Imaginative Narrative about a holiday / winter day when everything went wrong.

Today's Learning Targets:

I can improve my own writing.
I can track how a character changes from the beginning of a story to the end.

Finish final drafts
"The Black Cat" (if time allows)

Bring "The Black Cat" with you when you return to class after break.

Agenda, December 16

Do Now: Clear your desks and sit with an empty seat between every person.
Due at the end of class on Friday: Personal or Imaginative Narrative about a holiday / winter day when everything went wrong.

Today's Learning Targets:

I can improve my own writing.
I can track how a character changes from the beginning of a story to the end.

1. Dialogue Notes, if you need 'em
2. Sentence Fluency Chart
3. Return of the Vocab Quiz
4. "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe

Agenda, December 15

Due Now: Drawing Conclusions
Vocab Quiz Makeup: TODAY, 12/15, after school in B107. You will need to arrange your own transportation.

Today's Learning Targets: 

I can use fresh, vivid words in my writing.
I can finish my rough draft.
I can explain how a character changes throughout a story.

1. Word choice exercise
2. Drafting time
3. "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
   

Agenda, December 14

Vocab Quiz Makeup: Wednesday, 12/15, after school in B107. You will need to arrange your own transportation.
Due Tomorrow: Drawing Conclusions Handout

Today's Learning Targets:

I can identify examples of good published writing.
I made progress towards a final draft of my story.
I can support an opinion about a story with evidence from the text.

1. Good narrative writing in "The Follower" and "Bigfoot Stole My Wife"
2. Short Story Drafting Time: How long does it need to be?
3. Drawing Conclusions

Agenda, December 13

Due Now: Character Symbols Handout
Vocab Quiz Makeup: Wednesday, 12/15, after school in B107. You will need to arrange your own transportation.

Today's Learning Targets:

I can remember the six elements of the plot chart.
I can use the grammar decoder to improve my conventions.
I can support an opinion about a story with evidence from the text.

1. Winter Story Plot Chart
2. IVF Editing / Revision
3. "Bigfoot Stole My Wife"
4. Drawing Conclusions

Agenda, December 10

Do Now: Please sit with an empty desk between every student.
Due Now: Vocab Quiz 1
Due Monday: Finish Character Symbols. Use color if you want.

1. Vocab Quiz - ZERO talking. When you are done, turn your quiz face down and begin reading "The Follower"
2. Holiday Story Brainstorm
3. "The Follower"
4. Character Symbols
5. IVF Editing

Extra Credit: Tonight Only

Post one sentence that uses one of our vocab words correctly. Be sure to spellcheck and proofread your sentence.

Have fun! Good luck on the quiz tomorrow!

Agenda, December 9

Due Now: Take out your nametag, your planner, and your vocab list
Due Tomorrow: Vocab Quiz 1

1. Vocab Cartoons
2. Decoder Practice
3. Vocab Sentences in groups
4. "The Follower"

Agenda, December 8

Due Now: Take out your planner, your pink IVF handout, and "They're Made of Meat."
Due Tomorrow: Bring your planner tomorrow.
Due Friday: Vocab Quiz 1

Today's Learning Targets:
I can write an IVF Summary.
I can use my vocab words in a sentence.

1. IVF Summary
2. Vocab Cartoons
3. Vocab Sentences in Groups

Extra Credit Already?

I do not offer many extra credit opportunities. I'd take advantage of the ones I do offer.

I'll give extra credit to the first five students from each period who post a cool, school appropriate link below. Comments are moderated, which means you won't see your comment posted right away.

Be sure to include your name and period number in your post.

Agenda for a Date which will Live in Infamy

Due Friday: Vocab Quiz 1
Due Wednesday: Bring your planner to class.

Today's Learning Targets:

I can use an author's clues to make inferences.
I can use an author's clues to read out loud fluently.
I can define two of the ten words on Vocab Quiz 1

1. Do Now: Set up your name tag a take out your vocab list
2. Vocab Review
3. Elements of Literature Review Quiz
4. "They're Made of Meat"
5. IVF Summary. Skip lines. Use your best handwriting and your best conventions.
6. Vocab Sentences in Groups

Agenda, December 6

Welcome to Winter Trimester!

Due Friday, December 10: Vocab Quiz 1

Today's Learning Targets:
I can name five classmates I didn't know when I walked in the door.
I can define one of the 10 words from Vocab List 1

1. My name is a verb
2. Kline's Class Rules!
3. Useful advice for Mr. Kline (Movies, YouTube Videos, Bands/Songs, Apps/Books)
4. Find Someone Who ...
5. Vocab 1
6. What have we learned today?