January 24th, 2016

Planning Your Week:
M 1/25 Bring your completed "George Gray" paragraph
T 1/26: Bring a rough draft of your Where I’m From poem
Th 1/28: Open House and "George Gray vs. Fiddler Jones" essay due
F 1/29: Read “The News” & complete questions (see Monday’s plan); Vocab Unit #2 quiz
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 Monday, January 25

1. Introduce Vocab. Unit 2
2. Finish DGP #17 & Start DGP #21: Identify parts of speech, parts of sentence, clauses, and punctuation. Imitate the sentence.
3. “Fiddler Jones/George Gray” paragraph and rubric; diagram the structure, labeling claims, evidence, and interpretation.
4. Introduce biography/autobiography/memoir choice book assignment; think about your interests (sports, politics, celebrities, history, scientific advancement, inventors, writers, artists, humanitarians, etc.). If you have a book at home (one you purchase or obtain from the public library), bring it to class so I can check it.

Homework:  By Friday, read “The News” in your textbook on pp. 476-487.  Answer the Reading Check questions in the margins at the bottom of each odd page.  Answer parts a) and b) of “the BIG question” on p. 486:  Is knowledge the same as understanding?
 Tuesday, January 26

1. Media Center Orientation
2. Check out biography/autobiography/memoir choice book.
3. Complete Vocab Unit 2 antonyms, synonyms, and completing the sentences.
4. Revise “Where I’m From” drafts to meet the requirements and include all required elements.
5. Turn in your revised, labeled Where I’m From poem.

Wednesday, January 27

1. Lab 113-Create Where I’m From presentation shells; draft portfolio reflections

 Thursday, January 28

1. Vocabulary RAFT with Unit 2 words
2. Lab 113-Create Where I’m From presentation shells; draft portfolio reflections

Friday, January 29

1. Vocab Unit #2  Assessment
2. Analyze “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X.  Groups of three complete a nonfiction analysis.
3. Read excerpts from Rescuing Malcolm X From His Calculated Myths; annotate the piece, noting similarities and differences to the “Learning to Read” biography.
4. Compare and contrast the two articles using a point-by-point comparison graphic organizer.