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Lesson Plans Third Nine Weeks 2009-10

Lesson Plans Third Nine Weeks 2009-10. Jan Bennitt. Thursday, January 7, 2010 Beethoven for your listening pleasure!. 1 st : 9:42-10:31 2 nd : 10:35-11:23. Periods 1,2, and 5 Return Papers Review Exam Figurative Language Pre-Test Period 3: Welcome Lunch Procedure

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Lesson Plans Third Nine Weeks 2009-10

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  1. Lesson PlansThird Nine Weeks2009-10 Jan Bennitt

  2. Thursday, January 7, 2010Beethoven for your listening pleasure! 1st: 9:42-10:31 2nd: 10:35-11:23 • Periods 1,2, and 5 • Return Papers • Review Exam • Figurative Language Pre-Test • Period 3: • Welcome • Lunch Procedure • Explore Fairy Tales “The Tinder Box”

  3. Friday, January 8, 2010 • Periods 1,2, and 5 • Finish reviewing the semester test • The Rise of Empires pages 234-238 • Sentence Variation Fact Sheet • New York Times Upfront: Read pages 3-5 and 28-31 • Period Three: • Finish “The Tinder Box” • Develop a definition for a fairy tale • Compare a “fairy tale” to a myth, legend, and fantasy • Begin the Figurative Language Pre-Test

  4. Monday, January 11, 2010 • Periods 1,2, and 5: • New York Times Upfront: Read pages 3-5 and 28-31 • Complete “The Rise of Empires” pages 234-238 • Begin “The Cop and the Anthem”

  5. Tuesday, January 12, 2010 • Period 1,2, and 5: • Return papers • Clear folder • Complete “The Cop and the Anthem” and “The Raffle Book” • Punctuation Video • Sentence Variation Fact Sheet • Punctuation PowerPoint • Punctuation Practice • Period Three • Hans Christian Anderson Video: Segment #1 • Hans Christian Anderson Biography • Thumbelina • Fairy Tale must be in class tomorrow

  6. Wednesday, January 13, 2010 • Period 1,2, and 5: • Return papers • Clear folder • Review “The Cop and the Anthem” and “The Raffle Book” • Begin Figurative Language Pre-Test • Period Three • Hans Christian Anderson Biography • Thumbelina • Create Fairy Tale Plot Chart

  7. Thursday, January 14, 2010Report Cards (See Bell Schedule on next slide) • Go over Figurative Language Pre-Test Part I; Do Part II • Punctuation Video • Punctuation PowerPoint • Sentence Variation Fact Sheet • Punctuation Practice • Period Three: • Finish Thumbelina: Create Plot Chart • Hans Christian Anderson Video: Part II • Read Hans Christian Anderson Biography • Create plot chart for your favorite fairy tale

  8. Thursday Bell Schedule • 9:30    Homeroom—distribute report cards—report cards are in homeroom teacher boxes.9:38    exit homeroom9:42    Begin 1st period10:31   End 1st period10:35   Begin 2nd period11:23   End 2nd period

  9. Friday, January 15, 2010No School on Monday • Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King: Reading Selection: “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” • Finish Figurative Language Lesson; take post-test • Period Three: • Finish Thumbelina: Create Plot Chart • Hans Christian Anderson Video: Part II • Read Hans Christian Anderson Biography • Create plot chart for your favorite fairy tale • Begin Fairy Tale Movie Poster

  10. Tuesday, January 19, 2010 • PowerPoint and handout: Nuts and Bolts of Writing: Sentence Combining Fact Sheet • Sentence Combining and punctuation practice: “Ten girls tried out…” and “I worked out at the gym…” • Upfront: “Locked Away Forever” • Crime and Punishment • Sixth Grade Reading: • Thumbelina Plot Chart • Chart Your Fairy Tale

  11. Wednesday, January 20, 2010 • Punctuation Practice: “I worked out at the gym…” • “Upfront “Locked Up Forever” • Period 1 and 2 : • What is a Utopian Society? • Why is it difficult to create one? • What kind of laws would it have? • Period 5: Does everyone deserve a fair trial and a competent defense? • Sixth Grade: • Read bio of Hans Christian Andersen and take notes • Take Part I of the Figurative Language Pre-Test • Take home the fairy tale to read if I had to give you one • Have it read for tomorrow!

  12. Thursday, January 21, 2010 • Period 1 and 2: • Free Write: Can there ever be a perfect world? • “Effective Leads” PowerPoint • Introduction to Utopia • Complete Anticipation Guide • Take notes from website http://utopia.nypl.org/ • Read Chapter One of The Giver • Period 5 • Should juveniles be sentenced to life in prison without parole? • “Effective Leads” PowerPoint • UpFront: They Sat Down to Stand Up • Finish Figurative Language Pre-Test • Create a plot chart for your fairy tale. • Read your plot chart to a partner. • “Elements of Fiction” PowerPoint • Homework: Review Figurative Language Errors for Post-Test tomorrow

  13. Friday, January 22, 2010 • Period 1 and 2: • Grammar Quiz: Science, Music, and Art • “Effective Leads” PowerPoint Per. 2 from “leads list” • Introduction to Utopia • Complete Anticipation Guide • Take notes from website http://utopia.nypl.org/ • Read Chapter One of The Giver • Period 5 • Finish PowerPoint and take some notes • Rewrite your lead paragraph • UpFront: They Sat Down to Stand Up • Introduce PBS.orgwebquest • Take the Figurative Language Test • Finish the plot chart for your fairy tale. • Read your plot chart to a partner. • Take notes on the “Elements of Fiction” PowerPoint • Next Week: Pre-Test and Reading Center Orientation

  14. Monday, January 25, 2010 • Seventh Grade: • “The Badger…” Comma Practice • Finish your description of characteristics of Utopia • Complete P-Point and re-write Utopia Essay Lead • Notes on Utopian Societies • Eighth Grade • Return Papers • “The Badger…” Comma Practice • Upfront: “They sat down to stand up… • www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow • Assign research and summary • Issue Books and begin reading • Sixth Grade: • Finish fairy tale plot chart • Take RFU Reading Center Pre-Test

  15. Tuesday, January 26, 2010 • Seventh Grade: • Practice with appositives • Complete Utopia Essay Lead Paragraph • Finish your description of characteristics of Utopia • Notes on Utopian Societies • Quotes from Sparta: • “"Add a step forward to it." A Spartan mother to her son when he complained his sword was too short. • Sixth Grade: • Complete RFU Placement Test • Self-Check • Complete fairy tale plot chart • Orientation to RFU • Eighth Grade: • Practice with appositives • Instructions for research assignment • To Kill A Mockingbird page 1

  16. Wednesday, January 27,2010 • Quotes from Sparta • "Because we fight close to the enemy." King Agesilaos when asked why their swords were so short. • Catchy, Huh? Let’s look at some “Little Red Riding Hooks…” • Seventh Grade: • Read about Lycurgus of Sparta and his dream of a utopian state • Sixth Grade: • Read about Lycurgus of Sparta and discuss what makes a great leader • Eighth Grade: • Quotes from Sparta • "Because we fight close to the enemy." King Agesilaos when asked why their swords were so short. • Catchy, Huh? Let’s look at some “Little Red Riding Hooks…” To Kill A Mockingbird • Continue Chapter One Continue Homework research

  17. Thursday, January 28, 2010 • Seventh Grade: • NP,app, practice • Finish the reading “Lycurgus, Father of Sparta”. • Writing Assignment:: • Was Sparta an ideal place with perfect laws, a “Utopia”? Use information from yesterday’s reading to support your answer. Write a strong lead. Use these “Little Red Writing Hooks”. • Sixth Grade: • Finish the reading “Lycurgus, Father of Sparta”. • Writing Assignment: • Was Lycurgus a good king? Use information from yesterday’s reading to support your answer. Write a strong lead. Use these “Little Red Writing Hooks”. • Eighth Grade • NP,app, practice • Writing Assignment:: • Was Lycurgus a good king? Use information from yesterday’s reading to support your answer. Write a strong lead. Use these “Little Red Writing Hooks”. • Continue chapter one of To Kill A Mockingbird • Quotes from Sparta • "Either with it or upon it." Spartan mothers to their sons in regards to their shields.

  18. Friday, January 29, 2010 • Quotes fro Sparta: • "Why is it you Spartan women are the only ones who rule over your men?" An Athenian Woman. "Because we are the only women too who give birth to real men." a Spartan woman. • Seventh Grade: • Apposotive Quiz • Utopia Pre-Reading Activities • The Giver Chapter One • Sixth Grade • Return Papers • RFU Round #1 • Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story • Eighth Grade • Appositive Quiz • To Kill A Mockingbird, Chapter One

  19. Monday, February 1, 2010 Seventh Grade: New York Times Upfront: • Free Reading 15 minutes • Debate page 22 • Writing Workshop: ”Show, don’t tell!” • Write a persuasive essay lead paragraph. • Utopia Notes • Sixth Grade: • SRA Center Round #1 • The Ben Carson Story • Eighth Grade New York Times Upfront: • Free Reading 15 minutes • Debate page 22 • Writing Workshop: ”Show, don’t tell!” • Write a persuasive essay lead paragraph. • To Kill A Mockingbird: Chapter One • Timeline Research is due tomorrow, but the deadline is extended until Thursday.

  20. Tuesday, 2/2/10 • Eighth Grade Writing: Show me the Money!! • From Slide #5: Show, don’t tell. • Should we reinstate the draft? • Grammar Practice: LB,S and ,embed, “Beause I have branches and leaves…” • To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter One • Research DUE THURSDAY!! • Seventh Grade: • Finish “Show, don’t tell.” • Write lead paragraph: Should we reinstate the draft? • Grammar Practice: LB,S and ,embed, “Beause I have branches and leaves…” • The Giver: Chapter One • Sixth Grade: • Jamestown Reading Center: “Wild Side: Bizarre Endings” Sample Lesson • Gifted Hands, continue Chapter One

  21. Wednesday, 2-3-10 • Seventh Grade: • Adverb Clause Practice (Take home to study for Friday Quiz) • PowerPoint: Effective Conclusions • Continue The Giver • SGA Candy-Grams • Fifty Cents • Before School • At Lunch • Sixth Grade: • RFU Reading Center • Ben Carson • Eighth Grade: • Adverb Clause Practice (Take home to study for Friday Quiz) • PowerPoint: Effective Conclusions • Continue To Kill A Mockingbird TIMELINE RESEARCH DUE TOMORROW

  22. Thursday, 2-4-10 • Language Arts • Grammar Practice • Persuasive PowerPoint • Write Conclusion to “Draft” Essay • Eighth Grade: Read Research to the class • Sixth Grade: MSS Reading Center • Ben Carson

  23. 2-5-10 • Seventh Grade: • Persuasive Essay checklist/Review • Subordinate Clause quiz • The Giver: Chapter One • Sixth Grade: • RFU Center • Ben Carson • Eighth Grade: • Turn in late research. • Subordinate Clause Quiz • Review Draft Plan for “Should America Reinstate the Draft?” Essay; write the conclusion paragraph • Free Reading: New issue of Upfront

  24. 2-8-10 Monday • Seventh Grade: (Note: Period One will not meet tomorrow because of Writes Upon Request; You will report directly to your testing group. • Sentence Rule of the Week: Complex Sentences and sentence Connectors • Expository Writing PowerPoint • Read In Upfront Magazine • Discuss your reading • Sixth Grade: • SRA Center • Collect Answer Sheet • Bizarre Endings: Lesson One • Collect answer sheet • Eighth Grade • Sentence Rule of the Week: Complex Sentences and sentence Connectors Collect Research AssignmentReview Draft Plan for “Should America Reinstate the Draft?” Essay; write the conclusion paragraph. TKM: Chapter One

  25. 2-9-10 • Writes Upon Request First Period and shortened Second Period. • Second Period: • Camelot as a Utopian society: The Sword in the Stone. • Sixth Grade: • RFU (Collect) • Bizarre Endings Lesson 2: Collect • Eighth Grade: • Grammar Drill: Adverb Clauses • Jim Crow Stories: Student Presentations • To Kill A Mockingbird: Complete Chapter One

  26. 2-10-10 • Seventh Grade: • Grammar Drill: Adverb Clauses • Utopian Societies • The Giver Chapter Two • Sixth Period: • Disasters Reading Center • Eighth Grade: • Collect Jim Crow Research • To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter One; Complete Reading Responses

  27. 2-11-10 • Seventh Grade: • Utopia Notes: • Age of Enlightenment • Gulliver’s Travels • Gulliver’s Travels video • Sixth Grade: • Multiple Skills Series • Ben Carson • Eighth Grade: • Chapter One Reading Response

  28. 2-12-10 • Seventh Grade: • Complex Sentence Quiz • Update Notes: Add notes on Gulliver’s Travels • Age of Enlightenment Timeline Activity The Giver: Chapter One and Two; Rules and Ceremonies Chart • Sixth Grade: • RFU Reading Center • The Ben Carson Story • Eighth Grade: • No Folders; Just books! • Video: 1931 • To Kill A Mockingbird Study Guide

  29. Monday, 2-16-10I will be out tomorrow; be respectful to your guest teacher, Mr. Whitlow. • Seventh Grade: • Second period: adverb clause quiz • New Rule: S;sc,S Practice • The Giver: Read through Chapter Four • Rules and Ceremonies Chart • Chapter 1-5 Study Guide • Sixth Grade: • MSS (Green Answer Sheet) • Bizarre Endings, Lesson Three • Distribute tomorrow’s RFU • Eighth Grade: • Return Research Drafts • New Rule: S;sc,S Practice • To Kill A Mockingbird • Read through Chapter Five.

  30. Wednesday, 2-17-10 • Progress Reports • Return Signed Reports by Friday • Seventh Grade: • FCAT Review Test • The Giver Chapter 1-5 Study Guide • Sixth Grade: • RFU Center • Ben Carson • Eighth Grade: • FCAT Review Test • To Kill A Mockingbird (TKM) Chapter One Reading Responses

  31. Thursday, 2-18-10 • TURN IN SIGNED PROGRESS REPORT • Seventh Grade: • FCAT Practice Test • Mark the Text • Sixth Grade: • Disasters Reading Center • Eighth Grade • FCAT Practice Test • Mark the text.

  32. Friday, 2-19-10 • Seventh Grade: • Turn in all FCAT Practice Tests • Quick Write: Sensory Words and adventure • The Giver Chapters 1-5 Reading and Study Guides • Eighth Grade: • Collect Jim Crow drafts if ready • TKM Chapter 4 and 5 • You are listening to 1930’s jazz from the time of the novel

  33. Monday, 2-22-10 • Free Rice.com • Seventh Grade: • Turn in FCAT Sample Test if you took it home • The Giver- Chapter 1-5 Study Guide • The Giver “Love” essay • Sharpen Up: Unit 8 • Sixth Grade: • SRA Reading Center • Bizarre Endings Lesson 3 (complete) • Eighth Grade • Catch-Up Day FCAT Sample Test TKM Reading #1 Green Book- pages xvi - xvii

  34. Tuesday, 2-23-10 • Seventh Grade: • Free Rice Vocabulary • The Giver Chapter 1-5 • Work with a partner to finish rules and ceremonies chart and reading guide • FCAT Sample Test Intensive Analysis • The Giver: Love Essay • Sixth Grade: • MSS • Bizarre Endings Lesson 3 • Eighth Grade: • FCAT Sample Test Analysis • Extended Response Re-do • Time is almost up…

  35. Thursday, 2-25-10 • Seventh Grade: • Free Rice • FCAT Sample Test Analysis • Sixth Grade • Critical Reading Series Lesson #3 • Eighth Grade: • New York Times Upfront: • Work with a partner to complete the activities

  36. 2-26-10, Friday • Seventh Grade: • Free Rice • Disttribute Test Item Analysis • Finish going over the test • Send Test Booklet home • Sixth Grade: • RFU Reading Center • Ben Carson • Eighth Grade: • Free Rice • Discuss Upfront Stories • To Kill A Mockingbird

  37. 3-1-10 • Seventh Grade: • Collect signed FCAT booklet • Free Rice Grammar and Vocabulary • The Giver: Overview of what will be on the final test • Announce Ch1-5 test on Wednesday • NYTimes Upfront : • Facebook Article and graph activity • Sixth Grade: • SRA Center • Bizarre Endings Selection #4 • Eighth Grade: • Free Rice Grammar and Vocabulary • Critical Thinking Test Form #3 • TKM Chapter One Character Analysis: • Discuss and Collect

  38. 3-2-10 • Seventh Grade: • Free Rice • Collect signed FCAT booklets • Sensory words Quick Write • The Future as Utopia: Science Fiction…The Time Machine • Interpreting a Graph: Internet Use (complete the activity) • You’re COOL! • Sixth Grade: • MSS Reading Center (New Answer Sheet- Start with Unit #10) • Bizarre Endings Lesson # 4 • Eighth Grade • Free Rice • Sensory Words Quick Write • To Kill A Mockingbird Selected Scenes

  39. 3-3-10 Seventh Grade: Return Writes Upon Request • Descriptive paragraph: Describe H.G. Well’s city of the future. • The Giver: Quiz on Chapter 1-5 • Upfront: Free Reading • Sixth Grade: • RFU Center (New Answer Sheet) • Sharpen Up: Inference and Conclusion • Eighth Grade: • Quick Write: 1930’s Southern Main Street • Discuss the rest of TKM Chapter One Reading Responses • Read Chapter 6 and 7

  40. A Southern Main Street 1930’s

  41. 3-4-10 • Seventh Grade: • Complete The Giver Quiz • Interpreting a Graph: Internet Use (complete the activity) • Critical Thinking Test #3 Questions • Sharpen Up Unit 8: Author’s Purpose • Sixth Grade: • Disasters Selection # 4 • Sharpen Up: • Inference from page 73 • Author’s Purpose • Eighth Grade: • Critical Thinking Test #3 Questions 15-40 • Sharpen Up Unit 8: Author’s Purpose

  42. 3-5-10 • Seventh Grade: • Sharpen Up: Complete Author’s Purpose pages 101-105 • Poetry and Figurative Language • Pages 127- • 130 • Sixth Grade: • RFU Reading Center • Sharpen Up: Complete Inference and Conclusion p77-82 Sharpen Up: Poetry and Figurative Language pages 127-130 • Eighth Grade: • Sharpen Up: Complete Author’s Purpose pages 101-105 Review Poetry and Figurative Language pages 127-130

  43. 3-8-10 • Seventh Grade: • Sharpen Up: Complete Author’s Purpose pages 101-105 • Poetry and Figurative Language • Pages 127- • 130 • NYTimes Upfront • Complete the graph activity and reading questions • Sixth Grade: • SRA Reading Center (New Answer Sheet) • Sharpen Up: • Complete Inference and Conclusion p77-82 • Poetry and Figurative Language pages 127-130 • Eighth Grade: • Sharpen Up: • Complete Author’s Purpose pages 101-105 • Review Poetry and Figurative Language pages 127-130 • Complete TKM Chapter One Reading Responses • NYTimes Upfront • Complete the graph activity and reading questions

  44. 3-09-10 FCAT Schedule • 9:30-2:15: Testing Group • 2:20-3:00 1st Period: The Time Machine • 3:05-3:45 2nd Period: The Time Machine

  45. 3-10-10 FCAT Schedule • 9:30-2:15: Testing Group • 2:20-3:00 5th Period: Work on timeline display • 3:05-3:45 6th Period

  46. Thursday, 3-11-10 • Seventh Grade: • Free Rice • Return Papers • NY Times Upfront: Complete the articles and discussion • Sixth Grade: • Return Papers • Jamestown Series: New Book! • Eighth Grade • Prepare timeline presentation • Begin sharing • Post as completed • TKM Chapter 8

  47. Friday, 3-12-10Positive people are not afraid of trying difficult tasks. If you only try the easy problems, you will never know the victory over the hard ones. • Seventh Grade: • Free Rice • NYTimes: Upfront • Free Speech • The Giver: Chapter 6-7 • Chapter 6-9 Reading Guide • Sixth Grade: • Pi Day!! • RFU Center • Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story • Eighth Grade: • Review Quiz • Presentations: • Leslie Ceballos: Ku Klux Klan and the Ratification ogf the Fourteenth Amendment • Tim Durning: The Enforcement Acts and The Civil Rights Act of 1875 • To Kill A Mockingbird: • Chapter Eight

  48. Answer the following Questions in complete sentences on your own paper: • What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to? • What did the radical right-wing of his party want him to do that he didn’t want to do? • What was an abolitionist? • In September of 1862, what option did Lincoln give the southern states to avoid losing their slaves? • What was Lincoln’s top priority? • Why did Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation in January of 1863? • Why was the Freedman’s Bureau created? • How long was it supposed to last? • Why didn’t President Andrew Johnson want it to continue? • Under President Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction, what did the southern states have to do to get back in the Union? • What would the result have been if Johnson had gotten his way? • Who did northern voters put in power in 1866, stopping Johnson’s power?

  49. Monday, 3-15-10Happiness is a habit. Practice unhappy attitudes and become an unhappy person. Don’t talk yourself into being unhappy. Let positive thoughts become your habits! • Seventh Grade: • Free Rice • The Giver Chapter 8-10 • Complete Chapter 6-9 Guide • Introduce SGA Essay Contest • Sixth Grade: • SRA Center • Ben Carson Eighth Grade: Review Notes Presentations: Brandon Graham: The Hayes-Tilden Election Kaniya Grady: The founding of the Tuskeegee Institute TKM: Chapter 8 and 9 Chapter 3-8 Open Book Test

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