DAILY LESSONS for June 1-6 Monday: End of Year Evaluation and Portfolio Assessment; finalize grades; clean out folders and lockers Tuesday: Final Auction and Senior letters · Students write a letter to their Senor-Self from their Eighth-Grade-Self and seal it in an envelope to be opened on the last day of their senior year of high school. Wednesday & Thursday: view Nightjohn movie
Deadlines for the final book-talks: May 28. The first book talk will be accepted until May 26th with a late-grade penalty.
SKILLS & CONTENT for May 26-29 · AOW: Glory, lyrics by John Legend from Oscar nominated film, Selma · Novel: Nightjohn, by Gary Paulson*** DAILY LESSONS for May 11-15 Monday: No school Tuesday: Final Book One-Pagers due this week; Reading Logs due; Unit Test 4: Final Essay & Self Evaluation due Wednesday: AOW: Glory lyrics, by John Legend from the Oscar nominated film, Selma; RDW #1&2; Begin Reading Nightjohn · Slavery video clip 1:48 min: http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/legacy-slavery-clip.html · John Legend, Glory, Oscars; 5:02 min: https://youtu.be/PGH6Fy5_guk · Oscar acceptance speech; 00:32: https://youtu.be/9dcHJfdp44k; https://youtu.be/CI19wVLvum0 · Think Tank video on black incarceration; 5:00 min: https://youtu.be/OVC2oaVXUFA Thursday: Read Nightjohn; RDW #3 Friday: Read Nightjohn · RDW (1): Pre-reading handout; Use and highlight any wows and sows of your choosing. · RDW(2): Write a recipe for prejudice, including a list of ingredients. Use and highlight any wows and sows of your choosing. · RDW(3): Compare the Holocaust with slavery. Are there any common themes? Use and highlight any wows and sows of your choosing. * AOW: Read Glory lyrics—T4 and S2; Deadlines for the fourth quarter book one-pagers: May 1 and May 28. The first book will be accepted until May 28thwith a late-grade penalty. SKILLS & CONTENT for May 18-22 · WOW – cumulative review · SOW –cumulative review · End of the year Cumulative Test –Use of WoWs and SoWs in the context of writing, interpreting our year long theme of conformity as evidenced in The Outsiders, The Giver, Various Holocaust movies and texts. DAILY LESSONS for May 18-22 Monday: PR; End-of-the-year On Demand Essay Writing Prompt Tuesday: Day 1 cumulative writing test—drafting in lab (may not be done at home—this is a test grade) Wednesday: Day 2 cumulative writing test —first draft due at the end of the hour Thursday: Day 3 cumulative writing test—revise first draft, adding SoWs and WoWs Friday: Day 4 cumulative writing test—student self evaluation Turn in: 1. First draft 2. Revised draft with sows/wows/craft mark-ups 3. Student Self Evaluation Rubric 4. Beginning of the year conformity essay 5. Bell Ringers
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