A2

= Hello Period A2! = ﻿Vocabulary Quiz- E day New Vocabulary Due- F day

**Personal Essay Conferences A2** Bring to your conference:
 * 1) Draft #1 of your personal essay (typed or not)
 * 2) Chart (handout) for revision
 * 3) Draft #2 of your essay (typed, double spaced, with word count at top)
 * 4) Any questions you have

//**Plan ahead if you are unable to make your conference. Arrange with someone else to trade days. If you are unprepared on your conference day, you will be responsible for passing in all three drafts in June, albeit without feedback from me.//

Dimitri Brianna Katie || Corey Andrew || 17 drop || 18 Nick Maren Zipporah || 19 Austin Nate Kyle || 20 Stephen <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Zach <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">James || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Final Draft DUE!** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">3 ||
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 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">MAY 9 || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">10 || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">11 drop || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">12 || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">13
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= ** Class Calendar April- June 2011 ** = **All assignments and activities are subject to change. It is your responsibility to check the calendar frequently! -vocab review - Catcher intro - begin reading
 * **Monday** || **Tuesday** || **Wednesday** || **Thursday** || **Friday** || For Your Consideration... || Reminders ||
 * **25 D**
 * drop** || **26 E**

-active reading Qs -study for quis || **27 F** - vocab quiz - new list - Personal Essay intro - Catcher discussion - active reading Qs - define list 14 || **28 G** -list 14 definitions - personal essay example - discuss Catcher - read
 * HW:** finish ch 1
 * HW:** -read ch 2

- active reading Qs || **29 H** - personal essay brainstorm/pair share - personal essay examples -//Catcher// discussion/read
 * HW: -**read Catcher ch. 3-7
 * drop** ||  ||   ||
 * **MAY 2 A**

- active reading Qs -brainstorm reflection || **3 B** - more brainstorm activities - personal essay examples - //Catcher// discussion/read
 * HW:** read ch. 8 &9

-active reading Qs - **1st draft** personal essay //DUE FRIDAY// || **4 C** - essay examples - vocabulary review -//Catcher// discussion/read
 * HW:** read ch. 10-12

-active reading Qs - study for vocab quiz 14 || **5 D** -vocabulary quiz -**1st draft due** - draft revision chart - //Catcher// discussion
 * HW:** read ch. 13 &14
 * drop** || **6 E**

- read ch. 15-17 -active reading Qs || // -The more thoroughly // // you brainstorm, // // the more ideas // // you'll have for // // your personal essay! //
 * HW:** -define vocab list 15

// -Your first draft // //doesn't have// //to be the idea that you stick// //with for the paper!// || //1st draft personal essay due Friday!// //(typed or handwritten)// || - vocabulary definitions - //Catcher// discussion - read
 * **9 F**


 * HW:** read ch.18&19

-active reading Qs || **10 G** - //Catcher// discussion - read ch. 20

21-24 -active reading Qs || **11 H**
 * HW:** read ch.
 * drop** || **12 A**

**(substitute teacher!)** || **13 B** -//Open Questions// Unit Introduction

-begin essay conferences

with active reading questions || //If you miss your// //conference day and// //do not// //you will not// //reschedule with a peer, you will not// //receive feedback from me during class// //time.// || //You must bring to your conference://
 * HW:** finish reading//Catcher//

//1. First draft// //2. revision chart// //3. Second draft (typed, double spaced,// //word count).// //4. Questions for me// || -Final //Catcher// discussion -//Open Questions//
 * **16 C**

-essay conferences || **17 D** -//Open Questions//
 * drop** || **18 E**

-essay conferences || **19 F** -//Open Questions//

-essay conferences || **20 G** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">-//Open Questions//

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">-essay conferences ||  || //All Open Questions work// //due on Wednesday, May// //25th at the BEGINNING of class.// ||
 * **23 H**
 * drop** || **24 A** || **25 B**

**Open Questions work DUE!** -Guided Socratic Seminar -Begin //Shipwreck at the Bottom// //of the World//

//**HW: Read ch. 1 Shipwreck **// // and complete Qs // || **26 C**

- //Shipwreck// discuss/ read

with questions || **27 D** - read and discuss //Shipwreck//
 * HW:** read Shipwreck through ch. 4
 * drop** ||  ||   ||
 * **30**
 * no school** || **31 E**

//**HW:** bring all Personal Essay pre- writing for // // library work tomorrow // // - read //Shipwreck //and complete all work// // through ch. 6 **due FRI** // || **JUNE 1 F**

- Library work day || **2 G**


 * -Personal essays** **due**

- Shipwreck discussion and reading


 * HW:** //Shipwreck// work through ch. 8 || **3 H**
 * drop** ||  ||   ||
 * **6 A** || **7 B** || **8 C** || **9 D**
 * drop** || **10 E** ||  ||   ||
 * **13 F** || **14 G** || **15 H**
 * drop** || **16 exams** || **17 exams** ||  ||   ||
 * **20 exams** || **21 exams** || **22 exams** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

**Career Research Project-** //February- March 2011// **Unit Goals:** Develop research and annotation skills in order to evaluate a career, create and edit a Wiki, and to write reflectively about that research and evaluation. //***Every A day we will be using the laptops in the library. Each library day we will focus on a different research skill/ aspect of the research project.**//

//Library Goals:// //Day 1: Unit intro/ overview, Best/Worst Careers, choose a career // //Day 2: Setting up a wiki and using tech tools, initial information about career // //Day 3: Diigo, BLS Research // //Day 4: Professional Organizations // //Day 5:// Job Search //Day 6: Real worker in that career// //Day 7-11: **Work on final project**//

//If you are absent on A day during our library time or if you do not complete the library work, you must make up the work during a privilege period, study period or before/after school.//**

= = = Independent Reading Project- //February- March 2011// = //Unit Goal: **Independently identify and define vocabulary, analyze symbols and characters, and create questions and answers for one novel.**// __//Daily Goals://__ // 1. Read (both aloud and silently) // // 2. Identify and define 4 vocabulary words // // 3. Identify and analyze the symbols and characters within the text // // 4. Create 2 quiz questions for the selected pages and provide the best possible answer for each. //

Reading-check quizzes will be assigned periodically**
 * *All work is to be completed in class and every member of the group is responsible for the material covered each day. **
 * Self- assessment grade requires teacher approval.