Short Stories Bonus Game!

AGENDA FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19:

• Short Story Jeopardy Game!
• Top team gets extra credit!
• Time left: Work on either your Summer Reading Essay or Short Story Slideshow

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"The Neverending Story Theme Song" by Limahl; connection is we went over the short STORY summative assignment

Short Story Project

 AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18:

• Introduce Short Story Summative Assignment
• Work on:
• Short Story Project (due 3/4)
• Final Draft of Summer Reading Assignment (due 3/5)

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"The Final Countdown" by Europe; connection is that we both read our final short story for this unit and worked on final drafts of the summer reading essay.

Work on Summer Reading Essay - Final Drafts

AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17:

• Complete Reading Roles for "A Sound of Thunder"
• Share roles
• Work on final drafts of summer reading essay
• Final drafts should be in a regular paper format, not the rough draft organizer
• If you're missing any work, get that in as well!

Monday's Bonus Song:

"Theme from Jurassic Park" by John Williams; connection is "A Sound of Thunder" story featured characters hunting dinosaurs.

Short Stories: A Sound of Thunder

AGENDA FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15:

• Read "A Sound of Thunder" - our last short story!
• Work on Reading Roles
• Time left: Work on final draft of summer reading essay

Last Week's Bonus Song:

"I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor; connection is Rainsford survived the hunt with Zaroff in "The Most Dangerous Game."

Short Stories: "Dangerous Game" Reading Roles

 

AGENDA FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12:

• Actually finish "The Most Dangerous Game"
• Work on / Share reading roles
• Remaining Time: Finish rough drafts of summer reading essay!
• As you work, we can watch the "Most Dangerous Game" movie?

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Run Through the Jungle" by Creedence Clearwater Revival; the connection is that Rainsford is also running for his life in the jungle in "The Most Dangerous Game"

Short Stories: Finish Most Dangerous Game

AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, FEBURARY 11:

• Finish "The Most Dangerous Game"
• Complete Reading Role Assignment
• Time left: Work on "Summer Reading" Rough Draft
• DUE TOMORROW!!

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Island in the Sun" by Weezer; connection is the story "The Most Dangerous Game" takes place on an island.

Short Stories: Most Dangerous Game / Writing Conclusions

 AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10:

• First Half of Class:
• Start "The Most Dangerous Game"
• Think about Reading Role
• Second Half of Class:
• MLA Packet - Conclusions and Works Cited
• Continue working on rough drafts, DUE FRIDAY!

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Lean on Me" by Bill Withers; song is about supporting someone you love, and in class we learned about supporting paragraphs

Summer Reading: Body Paragraphs

 

AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9:

• MLA Packet Review: Supporting Paragraphs
• We'll be skipping the activity in this section
• Work on Supporting Paragraphs in Summer Reading Essay (see template)
• By the end of the class you should have completed the majority of your rough draft!
• Rough drafts DUE FRIDAY!

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Word Crimes" by Weird Al Yankovic; the connection is we took our vocabulary test yesterday!

Vocab Chapter 1 Test

AGENDA FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8:

• Kahoot Vocab Review
• Take Vocab Test
• When done, work on summer reading intro if not done
• Quietly work on other assignments

Summer Reading: Introductions

AGENDA FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5:

• Literary Terms Kahoot
• MLA Packet Review: Formatting and Introductions

Coming Up:

• Monday: Kahoot review and vocab test
• Tuesday: Body paragraphs

Short Stories: Literary Terms

 

AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4:

• Go over literary terms notes
• Complete Lit Terms notes activity
• Time left: finish vocabulary activity or summer reading journal

Coming Up:

• Friday: Work on summer reading papers!
• Monday: Vocab review and test

Short Stories: Lady or the Tiger

AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3:

• Read "Lady or the Tiger"
• Complete Reading Questions and Reading Role (6)
• When complete, finish your Summer Reading Journal (3), DUE TODAY!
• If finished with the above, you can work on your Vocab Activity (5), due tomorrow

Coming Up:

• Thursday: Vocab activity due; Literary Terms notes, activity
• Friday: Work on "summer" reading papers! (Paper writing basics)
• Monday: Vocab Kahoot review and vocab test

Summer Reading Journals

AGENDA FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1:

• Review Summer Reading Journal
• How to write MLA citation for a short story
• Citations found under short story assignments
• Complete Summer Reading Journal - DUE 2/3
• Look for quotes that describe the Freshman class theme: Love and Friendship
• You can also look for evidence of the lack of love/friendship

Coming Up:

• Tuesday: If not a snow day, we'll read "Lady or the Tiger", and if time, complete a vocab activity