Lord of the Flies: Chapter 5

AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31:

• Share roles for Chapter 4
• Continue Lord of the Flies, Chapter 5
• Work on roles/questions
• Tomorrow: Introduce "Survival" Project

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Cruel Summer" by Bananarama; connection is 1) It's hot on the island and 2) Roger acts cruel toward the littlun Henry by throwing rocks at him; Jack is cruel to Piggy

Lord of the Flies: Chapter 4

AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 30:

• Share Reading Roles, Chapter 2-3
• Continue Lord of the Flies, read Chapter 4
• Work on questions, finish reading role

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"We Built This City" by Starship; connection is Ralph and Simon were building shelters in Lord of the Flies, almost like their own little "city"

Lord of the Flies: Chapter 2-3

AGENDA FOR MONDAY, MARCH 29:

• Finish Lord of the Flies, Chapter 2, Chapter 3
• Left off 16:58 in audiobook
• Work on reading guide / reading role

Vocab Test Unit 3

AGENDA FOR REMOTE DAY, FRIDAY, MARCH 26:

• Review vocab test, complete
• When finished test WORK ON MISSINGS!!
• On Monday we will finish reading Lord of the Flies Chapter 2

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys; connection is the boys started a fire in Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies: Start Chapter 2

 AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 25:

• Vocab Unit 3 Kahoot Review
• Review Chapter 1, Share Reading Roles
• Begin Chapter 2

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Some guy playing a rad shell solo"; connection is Ralph also blows into a conch shell to call the boys on the island to a meeting in Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies: Finish Chapter 1

AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24:

• Finish Lord of the Flies, Chapter 1
• Complete, hand in questions and reading role
• Share reading roles?
• Coming up: 
• Thursday: Vocab Review Game, LotF Chapter 2
• Friday: Vocab Unit 3 Test (remote day)

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Fly Away" by Lenny Kravitz; connection is it's a song about flying away and feeling free, just like how Ralph feels free with no grown-ups, and also he was on a plane.

Lord of the Flies - Chapter 1

AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 23:

• Trip to the library for book pickup!
• Sign out book on G.C.
• Discuss pre-read activity > Who should survive?
• Read Chapter 1 of Lord of the Flies
• Answer Chapter 1 Questions and Reading Role
• Time left: Work on any assignments you need to!

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Kokomo" by The Beach Boys; the connection is that we completed an activity having to do with surviving on a deserted island, and the song is about relaxing on the beach

Lord of the Flies: Pre-reading Activity

 AGENDA FOR MONDAY, MARCH 22:

• Lord of the Flies Intro and Pre-read Activity
• Work on:
• 1. Doc Project - Due Today!!
• 2. LotF Pre-read Activity
• 3. Finish Vocab Activity #3
• 4. Missing Summatives!

Friday's Bonus Song:

"Stray Cat Strut" by the Stray Cats; connection is the prompt for your vocab activity involves an evil cat.

Vocab Activity and Doc Projects

AGENDA FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 19:

• Vocab Unit 3 Kahoot #1
• Work on, in this order:
• 1. Missing summatives
• 2. Doc Project (DUE MONDAY)
• 3. Vocab Unit 3 Activity - Evil Cat story
• 4. When complete the above, just chill 'cause it's Friday, take a breather

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Kenji" by Fort Minor; connection is this song is about Mike Shinoda's (from Link Park) father who was taken to Japanese internment camps during WWII, and we read a passage about this period in the vocab practice activity

Vocab Unit 3

AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 18:

• Learn new vocab words - unit 3
• Complete vocab activity E in workbooks (page 30-32)
• Review answers as class
• Time Left:
• Work on Doc Project (Due 3/22)

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Lucky Charms Remix";  Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Non-fiction: Continue on Doc Projects

AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16:

• Continue work on Doc Projects! (DUE 3/22)
• Along with finishing any missing/absent work!!
• By the end of the day, you should have Part 2 completed!
• Coming up Thursday and Friday: New vocab unit

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"La Campanella" by Paganini; connection is we watched a short film about a violin, and this song was one long epic violin solo. Fun Fact: Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) was so talented on the violin that he was referred to as "Son of the Devil," with listeners thinking he made a pact with the devil to gain such skill.

Non-fiction: Continue doc projects

 

AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 16:

• Review Non-fiction Assignments
• Watch: "Joe's Violin"
• Another example of a documentary; a human interest story
• Continue work on documentary projects (Due 3/22)
• By the end of the day, you should have Part 1 completed!

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Sugar Sugar" by The Archies;  connection is we watched a clip from the film Honeyland where a villager collects honey from bees, and the lyrics to the song say "honey, honey".

Non-fiction: Begin C3 Summative

AGENDA FOR MONDAY, MARCH 15:

• Go over Non-fiction Summative C3: "Documentary Pitch"
• Examples of Doc Styles:
• Expose > Blackfish
• Observational > Honeyland
• Participatory > Super Size Me
• There are other styles, but these focus on outside "news" stories to go with this unit!
• Independent work
• REMINDER: News Article Summative DUE TODAY
• C3 Summative DUE 3/22

Friday's Bonus Song:

"Friday I'm in Love" by The Cure; simply enough... it was Friday

Vocab Test - Unit 2

AGENDA FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 12:

• Vocabulary Unit 2 Review Game
• Take Unit 2 Test
• Remember that if you don't do well on the test you can request a recovery assignment!
• Time left: Work on News Article Summative
• Monday we will begin the non-fiction C3 summative

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin; connection is we finished our screening of Blackfish, about SEAWorld

Non-fiction: Finish Blackfish

AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 11:

• Blackfish - Discussion so far?
• Finish movie, complete viewing guide "SOAPSTone"
• Vocabulary Unit 2 - Kahoot Review
• Test tomorrow!
• Work on News Article Summative, Due MONDAY!

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Moby Dick" by Led Zeppelin; connection is that Moby Dick is a famous whale, and we started watching Blackfish, about the mistreatment of whales at SeaWorld

Non-fiction: Begin Blackfish

 

AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10:

• Begin Blackfish
• Work on viewing guide
• Reminder: News Article Summative due FRIDAY
• Tomorrow: Vocab Unit 2 Review and finish Blackfish
• Friday: Vocab Unit 2 Test, final day to work on summative!

Monday's Bonus Song:

"CBS Evening News Theme"; Continued work on news article assignment

Non-Fiction: Begin News Article Summative

 

AGENDA FOR MONDAY, MARCH 8:

• Go over news article assignment
• Work on:
• 1. Last day to work on vocab assignment #13
• 2. News Article Summative (DUE FRIDAY)
• SOAPSTone Organizer
• Summary / Personal Response
• Coming up:
• Chapter 2 Vocab Test on Friday

Last Week's Bonus Song:

"Workin' for a Living" by Huey Lewis and the News; connection is it was an independent work day

Misc. Work Day

AGENDA FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 5:

• Discussion: Bogus or Legit News
• Independent Work:
• Final Draft of Summer Reading Essay (DUE TODAY!)
• Vocab Ch2 Assignment #13 - Due Monday

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Policy of Truth" by Depeche Mode; connection is we worked on the 'Bogus or Legit News' assignment, to look for which articles were true or not

Non-Fiction: Bogus or Legit News

AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 4:

• Work on the following in this order!
• 1. Finish Short Story Summative Slideshow (DUE TODAY!)
• 2. Bogus or Legit News Assignment (DUE TODAY!)
• 3. Final Draft of Summer Reading Essay (DUE TOMORROW!)
• If time, we will share the results of the "Bogus or Legit" News Assignment
• Tomorrow we will have a last day to work on the final drafts and your vocabulary activity

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Little Lies" by Fleetwood Mac; connection is we looked at websites that tried to trick you with false information.

Non-fiction Unit: Reliable or Unreliable?

AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3:

• Finish SOAPSTone Practice
• Share stories?
• Reliable vs. Unreliable?
• All About Explorers
• Cat Research Study
• Dog Island
• Jackalope Conspiracy
• Tree Octopus
• Republic of Molossia
• Co2 Science
• If time: Bogus or Legit News Assignment
• Reminders: Final Draft of Summer Reading Essay DUE FRIDAY, Short Story summative DUE TOMORROW

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"NBC Nightly News Theme" by John Williams; connection is we read news articles and started the SOAPSTone organizer assignment

Non-fiction/News Unit: SOAPSTone

AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 2:

• Read Article using SOAPSTone Protocol
• As a whole class
• Choose your own article, complete SOAPSTone Organizer
• Individually
• Good topics include: Education, pop culture, current events, health, science, technology
• At the end of class, we will share our articles
• REMINDERS:
• Summer Reading Essay - Final Draft Due FRIDAY
• Short Story Summative - Due THURSDAY

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"La Vie en Rose" by Edith Piaf; connection is that this is a popular French song, and we read about the Eiffel Tower in our vocab books.

Vocab - Chapter 2

AGENDA FOR MONDAY, MARCH 1:

• Vocabulary Chapter 2
• Review Words
• Work on Activities A, B, and E
• Time left:
• Work on Summer Reading Essay, Final Draft (Due Friday, 3/5)
• Work on Short Story Summative (Due Thursday, 3/4)

Last Week's Bonus Song:

• "Jeopardy" by Greg Kihn Band; connection is we played a Jeopardy-style review game.