Week 7 Agenda, 2009-10

Language Arts:

M: Grammar. Analyze advertisements. HW: bring 2 examples of ads (one teen, one other). Finish FFA booklet if necessary.

T: Advertisements- types and strategies. HW: track and describe ads in a ½ hour of TV viewing

W: Vocabulary list #3. Continue analyzing ads. HW: make ‘boxes’ for vocab words

TH: Begin working on ad analysis project. HW: work on ad analysis project

F: DUE: Grammar worksheets 1-3. Continue working on ad analysis project. (due next Tues) Begin novel study. HW: work on ad analysis project

Honors:
Schedule is same as above. Grammar, vocabulary, and project instructions will differ from regular LA and will reflect increased rigor.

Goals:
The student will:
• Determine audience and purpose for specific print and visual ads
• Evaluate motivations and desired outcomes of advertisers
• Discuss legal and ethical ramifications of advertisements
• Track data related to advertisements and create a presentation of that data
• Create an original advertisement for a product that demonstrates awareness of persuasive strategies

Standards:
Reading:
S3, C1, PO 3: distinguish fact from opinion in expository text
S3, C3, PO 3: describe and identify persuasive techniques and strategies
Viewing/Presenting:
VP-E1: analyze visual media for techniques used to influence opinion
VP-E2: plan and develop a visual presentation
VP-E3: establish criteria to evaluate visual media

Links for library, 9-24-09

Quiz:

8th L.A.


Honors L.A.


Revising:
Find at least ONE thing to change before finalizing your narrative essay! NOT speling, grammar, etc (that's editing). Rather, at least one sentence or section to rewrite so it's more clear to the reader.

Inkblots:
An example


Vocabulary practice

Week 6 Agenda, 2009-2010

Week 6 Activities and Homework (September 21-25, 2009)

Language Arts:

M: Review informational reading (Columbus article). HW check (postponed from Friday). Continue reading F.F. Algernon story. HW: none

T: DWP. Continue FFA. HW: practice vocabulary words (lists 1 and 2)

W: CHECK of independent reading log. Finish FFA, do summative activities. HW: review FFA and vocab words for quiz.

TH: Library. DUE at end of class: narrative essay. QUIZ on Vocab lists 1 & 2, FFA. HW: none

F: Notebook CHECK- Units of Study. Summative activities on FFA. HW: none

Honors:
-Same as above. Vocab, summative activites will vary from regular class.

Goals:
The student will:
• Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary words and their use in context
• Analyze themes and characters in the short story Flowers for Algernon
• Compare fictional narratives with biographical accounts

Links for Revising and Grammar Practice

Links to use in the library today:

Revising checklists: (use the 1st one, unless there's a problem with opening the page. In that case, use the 2nd one)

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/0876289723_72.pdf

http://grammar.about.com/od/developingessays/a/revisecheck.htm

Grammar practice:

For this one, do a few rounds of 'Beginner' and then do a few rounds of 'Advanced':
http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html

For this one, scroll down to Grade 5 and pick 'Super Challenge on All Units' (the last one). Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/

For this one, do all the questions to practice using apostrophes correctly:
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/apostrophes/index.html

Lastly, if you've played all the others, go to this site for practice with idioms (expressions and figures of speech, like "It's raining cats and dogs!"
http://www.funbrain.com/idioms/index.html

Week 5 Agenda, 2009-2010

Week 5 (September 14-18, 2009) Activities and Homework

Language Arts

M: Type rough draft of narrative essay. HW: none

T: Revise and edit narrative essay HW: none

W: (early release) Vocabulary practice. HW: in notebook, make up sentences that use vocab words

TH: Journaling. Begin reading Flowers for Algernon. HW: none

F: Continue story. HW: answer questions 2,5,8 on pg 61 (end of part 1)

Honors:
See above (vocab and literary-response levels will differ from regular LA class)

Goals and Objectives:
Students will:
· Apply vocabulary words to use in various formats
· Sharpen their grammatical knowledge and skills
· Analyze narrative writing pieces for effective techniques
· Draft their own narrative work
· Evaluate their work and make appropriate revisions

Week 4 Agenda, 2009-2010

Week 4 (September 7-11, 2009) Activities and Homework

Language Arts

M: No school. Happy Labor Day!

T: Prewrite for narrative essay. HW: finish prewrite sheet (if not finished in class)

W: DUE: completed prewrite sheet. Grammar. Draft narrative essay. HW: none

TH: Vocabulary. Continue drafting essay. HW: make vocabulary page in notebook

F: Patriot Day. Readings from 9/11 survivors. HW: none

Honors:
See above (vocab and grammar levels will differ from regular LA class)

Goals and Objectives:
Students will:
· Apply vocabulary words to use in various formats
· Sharpen their grammatical knowledge and skills
· Analyze narrative writing pieces for effective techniques
· Create idea and outline for their own narrative work
· Draft their own narrative work