Monday, November 7th

Goals:
To practice marking the text and learn about the teen brain.

Finish scenes with 60s slang
Read Startling Finds on the Teen Brain and Mark the Text
T Chart



Homework

AOW #5 due on Thursday

Friday, November 4th

Goals: To become familiar and comfortable with the language used in the book and to write a creative scene with a resolution and conflict. To practice close reading strategies while learning about the teen brain.

Agenda

Finish and perform scenes using 60s slang (slide 8 in my Webquest has the list)

TO DO

AOW #5 is due on Thursday
Monday you will have classes 0,2,4,6

Thursday, November 3rd

Whoo Hoo!  We are going to continue preparing to read The Outsiders.

Goals; To finish building background knowledge for the novel
Agenda:

Finish philosophical chairs
Webquest
Look at slides 7 and 9

THEN, we will look at slide 8.  You will write a dialogue 60s style and perform it for the class.

TO DO

AOW #5 due next Thursday

Wednesday, November 2nd

Yippee!  We will start our Outsiders Unit today!

Goals: To build background knowledge for the unit and have a better understanding of the 60s.  To begin thinking about the important issues/themes in the book.

Agenda

Webquest We will JUST look at 3, 5, and 6 today.  We will briefly discuss #2.

Philosophical Chairs/Stereotypes and things to think about before you read

TO DO

AOW #5 due next THURSDAY, November 10th

Tuesday, November 1st

Goals: To practice writing different types of sentences

Agenda

1) Watch Twilight Zone episode of Monsters are Due on Maple Street

2)  Sentence Seeds

Monday, October 31st

Happy Halloween

Goals: To have a meaningful discussion about a work of literature using textual evidence as a catalyst. 

Agenda

Finish reading last page or so of Monsters are Due on Maple Street.
Save the Last Word for Me 

Directions

• I will assign you some pages from the teleplay
• You find a significant quote from those pages and write it on the front of the index card that I give you. When choosing your quote, consider theme and symbolism.
• On the back of the card write one or two sentences explaining the context of the quote. THEN, explain why you chose the quote.  Why is it significant?  How does it contribute to the theme?  What might it symbolize?  Try to fill the back of your card.

These cards will be used in a group discussion; I will explain in class.

TO DO

Get your narrative submitted by 10PM tomorrow night.

AOW #5 is due ONE week from this Friday. Of course, you can turn it in early!

Friday, October 28th

Goals:
To begin to revise our narratives using feedback from peers. To finish Monsters are Due on Maple Street.

Agenda:

Turn in AOW #4
Peer review of narratives  Here are the questions you will answer
Peer Feedback for Narrative
Finish reading "Monsters are Due on Maple Street" We are on page 77

TO DO

NO AOW this week!  I am posting AOW #5 but it is not due until TWO weeks from today. :)  AOW #5
Your narrative is due Tuesday, November 1st by 10PM to turnitin.com.