April 1

Get straight to work on your map poster from “The Most Dangerous Game”

April 2

CS: get your Poster and prepare to present

Presentations happen in 10 minutes

Assessment your group members—remember do not put your name on handout

Goals:› Present the setting of

a short story› Explain, using text-

based evidence your rationale for your map and the placement of specific items

› Be able to address how setting plays a major role in the short story

April 2—3rd period

Finish your posters

Present tomorrow

Vocabulary test tomorrow

April 3

CS: Find seat quickly—sit in your number

Finish presentation(s)

Vocabulary test› Open note (use only vocab. 7, 8, 9)› No electronics!!!!› SSR when test is complete

April 13—4th quarter

CS: Find your seat; grab your journal

Journal

• Write for about 10 minutes about your spring break. – Free Write– Don’t worry about punctuation, spelling,

organization

– Share with a friend

UPFRONT

• Video• Read article on page 12 “China’s Cram

Schools”• Complete handout—Individual work

• Handout graded papers

April 14

CS: Find your seat; grab your journal

Journal

• Describe your perfect Spring Break– 10 minutes– Free Write

– Share with a partner

Upfront

• Finish reading the article beginning on page 12

• Complete the handout• Correct at the end of class

April 15

CS: Find your seat; grab your journal

JOURNAL

• What are the five senses?– Use them to describe a sunset– Share with a partner

• See• Touch• Taste• Hear• Smell

What are we doing today?

• We are correcting the Upfront handout. The purpose this was to expose you to a different education system and to have you demonstrate how to get information from a non-fiction text. YOU ARE AWESOME!!!

• WE are beginning poetry (My fav.)• WE will start with Figurative Language•

April 16

No CS; grab a handout and begin working;

read instructions on overhead

Figurative Language

• Poetry—Stay in your assigned seat; work in groups • Instructions….

– 1. Look up the figurative language terms in a dictionary, on your phone, on the computers. Fill in the definitions by the word

– 2. Provide an example of your own when requested– 3. When done, choose someone to come up and get the

answers– 4. Check your work, making sure it is correct, if not, correct it– 5. Complete the rest of the packet. DO NOT TAKE HOME!!!

Turn in work, even if not done, before you leave.

April 17

No CS: Grab vocabulary and do it.

April 20

CS: grab journal

Journal

• In your journal, mark this as picture #1.Write your first impression.

• Do you see one person or more? In writing, describe in detail what you see.

• Share

Figurative Language

• Correct Vocab.

• Complete worksheet. Work in groups

• Goals: Define and give examples of figurative language

April 21

CS: grab journal

Journal

• In your journal, mark this as picture #2.Write your first impression.

• Do you see one animal or more? In writing, describe in detail what you see.

• Share

Figurative Language

• Complete worksheet. Due today!!!!!• When finished grab a poetry book and look

through it. Find a favorite poem

• Goals: Identify figurative language

April 22

CS: grab journal

Journal

• In your journal, mark this as picture #3.Write your first impression.

• Do you see one person or more? In writing, describe in detail what you see.

• Share

Figurative Language

• Look up figurative language in published poetry.

• Finish packet from yesterday

• Goals: Identify figurative language

April 23

CS: grab journal

Journal

• In your journal, mark this as picture #4.Write your first impression.

• Look more closely. Describe, in detailed writing what you see.

• Share

Figurative Language

• Finish packet from yesterday—turn in • Begin writing….I have examples for you to

begin your writing. (in class)

• Goals: Identify figurative language; Use figurative language in poetry

April 24

SSR today

April 27

CS: grab journal

Journal

• In your journal, mark this as picture #5.Write your first impression.

• Look more closely. Describe, in detailed writing what you see.

• Share

Figurative Language

• Begin writing….I have examples for you to begin your writing. (in class)

• You should be done writing at the end of class tomorrow

• Goals: Use figurative language in poetry

April 28

CS: grab journal

Journal

• In your journal, mark this as picture #6.Write your first impression.

• Look closely. Describe, in detailed writing what you see.—use alliteration to describe it

• Share

Figurative Language

• Prepare your final drafts of poetry.

• Goals: Use figurative language in poetry