January 2012

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Winter Break -
No School

Winter Break - No School

Objectives:
1. Understand requirements for research paper
2. Pre-write: outline
3. Analyze moral and ethical issues of advanced technology

Activities:
1. Intro Review: Research Paper
2. Complete outline - individual parts
3. Exit review

Homework:
Type outline

4

Due Today: Outlines

Objectives:
1. Practice writing skills: quotes
2. Pre-write: outline
Analyze moral and ethical issues of advanced technology

Activities:
1. Intro Review: use of quotes
2. Finish outline
3. Review rough draft requirements

Homework:
Type individual rough drafts with internal citations

Due Today: Individual body paragraph rough drafts

Objectives:
1. Practice writing skills: sentence variety
2. Pre-write: rough drafts
3. Analyze moral and ethical issues of advanced technology

Activities:
1. Intro Review: sentence variety
2. Groups review and finish individual paragraph rough drafts
3. Exit Q's

Homework:
Type separate parts - rough drafts

Due Today: Other rough drafts

Objectives:
1. Practice writing skills: active verbs
2. Pre-write: rough drafts
3. Analyze moral and ethical issues of advanced technology

Activities:
1. Intro Review: active verbs
2. Groups review and finish other rough drafts

Homework:
Type rough draft of paper (due Tuesday)

Objectives:
1. Utilize writing skills
2. Pre-write: revise
3. Analyze moral and ethical issues of advanced technology

Activities:
1. Intro Review: mechanics
2. Groups read and revise paragraphs

Homework:
IMPORTANT: TYPE individual pieces for tomorrow (use same format)

Due Today: Typed rough draft of research paper

Objectives:
1. Utilize writing skills
2. Pre-write: edit

Activities:
1. Intro Review: peer editing requirements
2. Peer edit within groups
3. Exit: review requirements for 2nd draft

Homework:
RETYPE using same format for all pieces

Due Today: 2nd Typed rough draft of research paper

Objectives:
1. Utilize writing skills
2. Pre-write: edit

Activities:
1. Intro Review: peer editing requirements
2. Peer edit across groups
3. Exit: review turnitin.com & hard copy requirements

Homework:
FINAL COPY due tomorrow (hard copy AND submit to Turnitin.com. Turnitin.com receipt required.)

Due Today: Final copy of research paper (Copy submitted to Turnitin.com AND hard copy with Tii receipt submitted in person)

Objectives:
1. Publish written work (submission)
2. Analyze moral and ethical issues of advanced technology

Activities:
1. Intro: submit papers
2. View video
3. Exit Q's

Homework:
Review skills for semester exam

Objectives:
Analyze moral and ethical issues of advanced technology

Activities:
1. Intro: review
2. View video
3. Exit Q's

Homework:
Review skills for semester exam

16

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day -
No School

Objectives:
Analyze moral and ethical issues of advanced technology

Activities:
1. Intro review
2. View video
3. Exit pass

Homework:
Review skills for semester exam

18

Semester Exams:
Periods 1 and 2

19

Semester Exams:
Periods 3 and 4

20

Semester Exams:
Periods 5 and 6

23

Staff Development Day - No School

Objectives:
1. Write for reflection
2. Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts

Activities:
1. Intro: Review Semester Exam formatting & grammar Q's
2. Parts of speech review - Battleship Jeopardy
3. Journal prompt
4. Exit review: Reminder to return novels

Homework:
1. Journal Prompt due Friday
2. Bring novels and return to library

Objectives:
1. Use various types of phrases
2. Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts

Activities:
1. Intro review: sentence parts
2. Use student paragraphs & edit for correct sentence structure
3. Exit: review homework

Homework:
1. Journal prompt due Friday
2. Return novels to library

Objectives:
1. Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts
2. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase

Activities:
1. Intro review: marking sentence parts
2. Read "Jabberwocky"; groups mark speech & sentence parts
3. Share stanzas with class
4. Groups write own version of "Jabberwocky"
5. Exit review

Homework:
Journal prompt due tomorrow

Objectives:
1. Analyze a complex set of ideas and sequence of events
2. Work with peers to discuss and make decisions

Activities:
1. Intro review: journals
2. Groups define characteristics of a hero; choose 5
3. Review Campbell's 12 stages of a hero's journey; take notes
4. Exit Q's

Objectives:
1. Analyze a complex set of ideas and sequence of events
2. Analyze theme to show the text's connections to human experience & lessons learned

Activities:
1. Intro review: Hero's Journey
2. View The Princess Bride; complete chart on the Hero's Journey
3. Exit review

Objectives:
1. Analyze a complex set of ideas and sequence of events
2. Analyze theme to show the text's connections to human experience & lessons learned

Activities:
1. Intro review: stages of Hero's Journey
2. Finish video & chart on the Hero's Journey
3. Exit Q's