Unit 1,
Part 1 - Live and Learn: Growing Pains |
Assignments |
Help/Practice |
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Course/Unit 1 Introduction/Putting the Pieces Together
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Diagnostic Self-Assessment of Reading
Ability (Assess. 11-12)
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LOL 12-13 Cartoon Drawing - "Experience is a hard
teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards."/Yacapaca Vocabulary
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Complete/Correct Cartoon Drawing
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LOL 1-11 Role Play &
Writing Diagnostic Self-Assessment
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Continue
LOL 1-11 Role Play
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Write Log Entries
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Role Play Assessment - Two Correct Log Entries
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"Utterly Perfect Murder" Summary, Questions,
and Activities
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DOL -
44T, P. 47C (Punctuating Quotations)
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Reading Log - Paragraph
entry -
What does
literature teach us about how people everywhere are changed by the
times, places, and experiences they encounter?
Which has the greater influence on most people’s lives: events from
their past or hopes for their future? What growing pains have you
experienced? Do you think the painful experiences in your life
will affect you as an adult?
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Grammar Gorillas
(Hints and games to learn nouns, verbs, and all 8 parts of speech)
Capitalization Rules and Self-Assessment |
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Student Paragraph
Presentations
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LOL
14-16, Characteristics and Strategies for Reading Fiction
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Debate Preparation -TE
21 & WML 23 - "Punishment for crimes of revenge should be more
severe than punishment for other crimes."
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DOL (Punctuating
Quotations) Corrections
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"The Utterly Perfect
Murder"
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Yacapaca UPM,
Vocabulary, and Grammar Assessments
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DOL 37T, P. 37
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UPM Assessment
Corrections
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Debate -
"Punishment for crimes of revenge should be more severe than
punishment for other crimes."
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WML 47,55
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"American History" Reading Log - Should people be discouraged from interracial
relationships that could blossom into love?
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Personal Connection LOL
27 - Cluster Diagram - JFK
Assassinated!!!
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"American History" Summary |
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Goal Setting - A15-16
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Complete reading "American
History" LOL 27-38/Yacapaca Vocabulary
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Online Plot Diagram Tool and Printout
- Small group and class viewing and decision making discussion
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Practice - Choose 2 pieces of music - one for normal life of El Building
and one for mood after JFK dies. |
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DOL Capitalization
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Small group music presentations
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Whole class music presentations/Discussion - What
does this story teach readers about living in a diverse society?
How do historical events and music affect people's emotions?
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DOL Capitalization
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"American History"
Correction
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District Essay -
Pre-writing
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MAP
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District Essay - Rough
Draft
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Daily Grammar -
Punctuating Compound Sentences
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Complete District
Writing Sample
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Reading Log
- What rules should young adults follow when
dating?
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Summary of the "Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant"
Help with Understanding "The Bass, The River, and
Sheila Mant"
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Daily
Grammar - Brain Pop Conjunctions
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TBTR&SM
Reading and Discussion
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Review Crossword
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Daily
Grammar - More Conjunctions
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TBTR&SM
Reading and Discussion
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Compare/Contrast Graphic Organizer
and
Compare/Contrast
Paragraph Assessment
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Daily
Grammar - DOL 13T, 19C (Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects,
Pronoun Antecedents)
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Compare/Contrast
Paragraph Assessment
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Complete Daily
Grammar - DOL 13T, 19C (Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects,
Pronoun Antecedents)
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Focus on Nonfiction Notes - LOL 50-51
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What is the
difference between ignorance and illiteracy? Personal Connection
Cluster p. 52
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Caged Bird
Assessment
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DOL TE p.
54 (Indefinite Pronouns)
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Complete
"Caged Bird" Assessment
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DOL TE p.
65
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Share
information about dyslexia/LOL 79-81 Class Discussion (p. 81 TE)
What are some significant pressures young people face today?
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Complete
"On Being Seventeen" Assessment
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Unit 1.1
Practice Test
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Complete
Unit 1, Part 1 Summative Assessment Check
(Rubric)
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Tinkertoy
Grammar Introduction
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Tinkertoy
Sentence Construction
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DOL 22T, 24C (Adj. or Adv.?)
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"Through the Tunnel"
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What are some
symbols of maturity for ninth graders?
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"Through the Tunnel" Strategic Reading: Compare/Contrast
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DOL Brain Pop Quiz(Adj. or Adv.?)
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Complete
"Through the Tunnel"
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"Through the Tunnel" Compare/Contrast Paragraph
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DOL - Comparatives/Superlatives
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Discussion
"Marigolds" -
Explain whether or not you believe that lack of hope and opportunity
causes people to become destructive.
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Sequencing/Vocabulary Worksheet
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Complete
"Marigolds" Worksheet
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Notes -
Characteristics of Poetry
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Discussion- "The Road Not Taken" -
What are
the benefits of
being different? What are the benefits of conforming/"
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Poetry
Worksheet and Open-Book Test
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Small Group Discussion-
"The Road Not Taken" - What are the benefits of being different?
What are the benefits of conforming?"
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Poetry Worksheet and Open-Book Test
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Brain Pop
Movie and Quiz - "Poetry, Painting with Words"
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Writing a
Thematic Poem with a Rhyme Scheme
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Present
poems and explain rhyme schemes.
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Small
group discussion – remembrances of elementary school
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Assessment
Check/Unit Goal Setting
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Reading a
novel - Can education prevent racism?
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To Kill
a Mockingbird - Chapter 1 -Comprehension Questions and Character
Table
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Learn Quest - How did the
Great Depression cause people to become isolated from one another? |
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Daily Grammar – Correct the
following:
Me and her
went to see a movie yesterday.
Give the
book to your advisement teacher or I.
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Check Chapter 1 questions
and table.
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Read Chapter 2 and answer
questions; add to table.
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Copy
vocabulary words and definitions from the board.
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TKAM
Student Survival Guide |
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Daily Grammar – Correct the
following:
sit down and begin
the teacher said
also turn in your homework she said
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PowerPoint Notes
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TKAM Chapter 3 Storyboard
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Movie Making Tutorial |
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Chapter 1
Vocabulary Puzzle
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Complete TKAM Chapter 3
Storyboard
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Sentence
Fragments
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Movie Rubric/Assignments
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Sentence
Fragments, Phrases, Clauses
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Chapter 3 Questions and Screen
Tests
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Chapter 4 Reading and Questions
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Practice - Complete/Correct
Questions for Chapters 3-5. |
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Identifying Sentence Fragments, Phrases, Clauses
a. To the moon. b. If I had time. c. I love ice cream.
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Movie Screening, Homework Check
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Semester
1, Final Exam
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Review TKAM Chapters 1-8, Read Chapter 9
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DOL - I need to lie down.
I need to lay my keys down on the table. p. 33 Grammar Mini-Lesson
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Essential Questions: How can people endure
hard times and triumph over difficulties? (How are we each
like a Tasmanian Devil and what should we do about the devil inside
us?) pp. 196-197
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DOL - p. 33 Grammar Mini-Lesson
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Pages 196+
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Complete
Chapter 9
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Mythology Research Paper |
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Step 1 View Requirements and
Begin your Research |
Mythology Web
Zeus,
Poseideon, and the Trojan War
Greek Mythology
Greek People,
Places, and Things
Greek
Mythology with Cartoon Pictures |
Unit
2,
Part 2 - Trials and Tribulations: Against the Odds |
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Unit
3,
Part 1 - Family: Mixed Blessings |
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Unit
3,
Part 2 - Family: Your Terms |
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Unit
4 - The Hero: Odysseus |
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Unit
5 - Mysteries and Deceptions |
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Special
Unit - Friendship and Love: Romeo and Juliet |
Download Shakespeare PowerPoint |
Romeo and Juliet:
The Whole Play in a Few Sentences |
Romeo and Juliet:
The Complete Play |
Romeo and Juliet:
Word Order and Yoda |
Romeo and Juliet:
Good Summary of Play (5th Grade Level) - Page 4 of the Guide;
Definitions of Frequent Words - Page 6 |
Romeo and Juliet: Act I
Questions |
Romeo and Juliet: Act II
Questions |
Romeo and Juliet: Act III
Questions |
Romeo and Juliet: Act IV
Questions |
Romeo and Juliet: Act V Questions |
Romeo and Juliet:
Review Crossword |
Romeo and Juliet:
Themes |
Romeo and Juliet:
Sparknotes |
Romeo and Juliet:
Link for Audio Files |
Unit
6 - Researching Matters of Life and Death |
Step 1 -
View
Requirements |
Step 2-
View Sample Research Paper |
Step 3 -
Print Out MLA
PowerPoint Questions
View MLA PowerPoint
and Answer Questions
Check MLA
PowerPoint Answers |
Step 4 - -
Choose Your Topic |
Step 5 -
Survey Your
Topic, Find Sources, Make Source Cards |
Step 6-
Finalize Your Topic Choice and Write a Thesis Statement
Evaluate Topic Choice and Thesis |
Step 7 -
Enter Source Card Information on Research Paper
Note-taking Table |
Step 8-
Create Note
Cards
Evaluate and Correct Note Cards
Complete Research Paper Note-taking Table |
Step 9 -
Use Your Cards and Table to Make an Outline |
Step 10 -
Write the First Draft
Evaluating the First Draft |
Step 11 -
Practice Creating Works Cited Entries and Parenthetical Citations
Check Your Practice
Create Your Real Works Cited Page and Check
Matching Parenthetical Citations
Check
Your Documentation |
Step 12 - Edit
Your Paper |
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