Thursday, January 6, 2011

Day 42 (1.7.11) A Day

Objective: Students will be able to: demonstrate
knowledge of varied sentence models;
practice answering AP style questions;
experience seminar and discuss literary texts read out of class;
and demonstrate an ability to read Elizabethan drama.
Class Activities
  • Homework Log:
    • Log onto Blackboard
    • Go to the Agenda Blog
    • Click on "Daily Homework Blog"
  • Please Check: your professional email, grades, and Make-Up/Remediation Schedule
  • LITERATURE CIRCLES SUMMATIVE: Two groups will meet with T. Holmes
  • Notes:
    • Students will copy the following notes--
      • Sentence model 7
      • Sentence model 8
    • Students will then write 5 sentences of each (following T. Holmes's explanation of sentences)
  • SUMMATIVE: Hamlet test
  • Read: Hamlet
    Homework:
    1. DUE on Today (01.07.11) A Day: SUMMATIVE "Hamlet"
    2. DUE on Monday (01.17.10) A Day: Allusions
    Work collected in class:
    • Daily homework blog
    • Sentence Models 1- 5 (SUMMATIVE)
    • AP Multiple-Choice Practice Activity
    TEKS: 1(B) analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to draw conclusions about the nuance in word meanings; 1(C) infer word meaning through the identification and analysis of analogies and other word relationships; 5(B) analyze the moral dilemmas and quandaries in works of fiction as revealed by the underlying motivations and behaviors of the characters; 7(A) analyze how the author's patterns of imagery, literary allusions, and conceits reveal theme, set tone, and create meaning in metaphors, passages, and literary works.
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Day 41 (1.6.11) B Day

Objective: Students will be able to: demonstrate
knowledge of varied sentence models;
practice answering AP style questions;
experience seminar and discuss literary texts read out of class;
and demonstrate an ability to read Elizabethan drama.
Class Activities
  • Homework Log:
    • Log onto Blackboard
    • Go to the Agenda Blog
    • Click on "Daily Homework Blog"
  • Please Check: your professional email, grades, and Make-Up/Remediation Schedule
  • AP Multiple-Choice Practice Activity (Handout from T. Holmes)
    • Timed
    • Individual work
    • Group work (complete with your literature circle group)
  • LITERATURE CIRCLES SUMMATIVE: Two groups will meet with T. Holmes
  • SUMMATIVE: Hamlet Test
  • Read: Hamlet
    Homework:
    1. DUE on Tuesday (01.18.10) B Day: Allusions
    Work collected in class:
    • Daily homework blog
    • Sentence Models 1- 5 (SUMMATIVE)
    • AP Multiple-Choice Practice Activity
    • Summative: Hamlet
    TEKS: 1(B) analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to draw conclusions about the nuance in word meanings; 1(C) infer word meaning through the identification and analysis of analogies and other word relationships; 5(B) analyze the moral dilemmas and quandaries in works of fiction as revealed by the underlying motivations and behaviors of the characters; 7(A) analyze how the author's patterns of imagery, literary allusions, and conceits reveal theme, set tone, and create meaning in metaphors, passages, and literary works.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Day 41 (1.5.11) A Day

Objective: Students will be able to: demonstrate
knowledge of varied sentence models;
practice answering AP style questions;
experience seminar and discuss literary texts read out of class;
and demonstrate an ability to read Elizabethan drama.
Class Activities
  • Homework Log:
    • Log onto Blackboard
    • Go to the Agenda Blog
    • Click on "Daily Homework Blog"
  • Please Check: your professional email, grades, and Make-Up/Remediation Schedule
  • FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NOT COMPLETED THIS SUMMATIVE--
    • Warm-up: Sentence Models 1-5 Work
      • On a separate sheet of paper to turn in...
      • Write two sentences for each model.
      • Please create new sentences of your own.
  • AP Multiple-Choice Practice Activity (Handout from T. Holmes)
    • Timed
    • Individual work
    • Group work (complete with your literature circle group)
  • LITERATURE CIRCLES SUMMATIVE: Two groups will meet with T. Holmes
  • Read: Hamlet
    Homework:
    1. DUE on Friday (01.07.11) A Day: SUMMATIVE "Hamlet"
    2. DUE on Monday (01.17.10) A Day: Allusions
    Work collected in class:
    • Daily homework blog
    • Sentence Models 1- 5 (SUMMATIVE)
    • AP Multiple-Choice Practice Activity
    TEKS: 1(B) analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to draw conclusions about the nuance in word meanings; 1(C) infer word meaning through the identification and analysis of analogies and other word relationships; 5(B) analyze the moral dilemmas and quandaries in works of fiction as revealed by the underlying motivations and behaviors of the characters; 7(A) analyze how the author's patterns of imagery, literary allusions, and conceits reveal theme, set tone, and create meaning in metaphors, passages, and literary works.
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Day 40 (1.4.11) B Day

Objective: Students will be able to: demonstrate
an awareness of class homework; demonstrate
knowledge of varied sentence models;
and demonstrate an ability to read Elizabethan drama.
Class Activities
  • Homework Log:
    • Log onto Blackboard
    • Go to the Agenda Blog
    • Click on "Daily Homework Blog"
  • Please Check: your professional email, grades, and Make-Up/Remediation Schedule
  • Go to Quizlet: Download into your own sets the following:
  • LITERATURE CIRCLES SUMMATIVE: One group will meet with T. Holmes
  • Read: Hamlet
    Homework:
    1. DUE on Today (1.4.11) B Day: Literature Circle Paperwork (email to T. Holmes at tholmes@irvingisd.net)
    2. DUE on Thursday (01.06.11) B Day: SUMMATIVE "Hamlet"
    3. DUE on Tuesday (01.18.10) B Day: Allusions
    Work collected in class:
    • Daily homework blog
    • Literature Circle Paperwork
    TEKS: 1(B) analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to draw conclusions about the nuance in word meanings; 1(C) infer word meaning through the identification and analysis of analogies and other word relationships; 5(B) analyze the moral dilemmas and quandaries in works of fiction as revealed by the underlying motivations and behaviors of the characters;
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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Day 40 (1.3.11) A Day

Objective: Students will be able to: demonstrate
an awareness of class homework; demonstrate
knowledge of varied sentence models;
and demonstrate an ability to read Elizabethan drama.
Class Activities
  • Homework Log:
    • Log onto Blackboard
    • Go to the Agenda Blog
    • Click on "Daily Homework Blog"
  • Please Check: your professional email, grades, and Make-Up/Remediation Schedule
  • Go to Quizlet: Download into your own sets the following:
  • Warm-up: Sentence Models 1-5 Work
      • On a separate sheet of paper to turn in...
      • Write two sentences for each model.
      • Please create new sentences of your own.
  • LITERATURE CIRCLES SUMMATIVE: Two groups will meet with T. Holmes
  • SUMMATIVE- Warm-Up: Sentence models 1-5
  • Read: Hamlet
    Homework:
    1. DUE on Today (1.3.11) A Day: Literature Circle Paperwork (email to T. Holmes at tholmes@irvingisd.net)
    2. DUE on Friday (01.07.11) A Day: SUMMATIVE "Hamlet"
    3. DUE on Monday (01.17.10) A Day: Allusions
    Work collected in class:
    • Daily homework blog
    • Sentence Models 1- 5 (SUMMATIVE)
    TEKS: 1(B) analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to draw conclusions about the nuance in word meanings; 1(C) infer word meaning through the identification and analysis of analogies and other word relationships; 5(B) analyze the moral dilemmas and quandaries in works of fiction as revealed by the underlying motivations and behaviors of the characters;
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