Today in Class: August 6, 2015
B1
- DGP 2 (p. 9)
- Share "I Am" poems with groups
- Expectations reflection 2 (p. 10)
- Concept mapping with "The Science of Setting Goals" (p. 11)
- SSR (Sustained Silent Reading)
- Homework:
- Written reflection (1 page long): What are your goals for the 2015-16 school year? (p. 12)
- Continue to come to class prepared with supplies and a book for SSR: remember, we'll set up notebooks as a class Tuesday
- Summer reading test Tuesday
B3
- DGP 2 (p. 9)
- Expectations reflections 2 (p. 10)
- Concept mapping with "The Science of Setting Goals" (p. 11)
- Introduction to Unit 1
- Period background as class
- Essential Question discussion
- SSR (Sustained Silent Reading)
- Homework:
- Continue to come to class prepared with supplies and a book for SSR: remember, we'll set up notebooks as a class Tuesday
- Summer reading test Tuesday
- Look up and write down definitions for the following words. The title for this vocabulary set is "Unit 1 Intro Vocabulary" and it goes on p. 15 of your notebooks.
- origin myth
- theme
- archetype
- unconscious
- depths
- ancestors
- protruded
B4
- DGP 2 (p. 10)
- Concept mapping with "The Science of Setting Goals" (p. 11)
- Pre-Writing Survey and Learning Styles Assessment
- What are the qualities of a good short story?
- Title pgs. 13-14 of notebook: What are the qualities of a good short story?
- Read and discuss Elements of a Short Story as class; students take notes
- SSR (Sustained Silent Reading)
- Homework:
- Continue to come to class prepared with supplies and a book for SSR: remember, we'll set up notebooks as a class Tuesday
- Begin brainstorming and outlining your own short story
