Week of December 9 - 13

-Read "Cask of Amontillado"
-pages 105-106 SB
-Timeline and TChart on the story
-"Cask" comic strip in order with reflections
-Started a group test on "Cask" and received study sheet for the exam.

Extra Credit due Tuesday:  Choose any moment in the story. Circle it in the text. Your homework is to draw that moment. Your drawing must be detailed. Read the text carefully! You should include costume details, props, backgrounds, etc. Think of it as a movie scene that you are drawing.



Study sheet for English:
1. Theme


2. Symbol

3. Storyboard

4. Irony

5. Point of View

6. Motif

7. Attitude

8. Figurative Language

9. Tone

10. Shift

11. Paraphrase

12. Avant-garde

13. Testimonials

14. Facts and figures

15. Transfer

16. Ethos

17. Pathos

18. Logos

19. Bandwagon

20. Syntax

21. Diction

22. Voice

23. Indirect quote

24. Tone

25. Direct quote



To/Too/Two

Its/It’s

There/Their/They’re

I'm going ____ walk _____ the store for__ gallons of milk. Do you want _______________ come, _______________?

or are you _______________ tired?

The dog scratched ________ ears.

I told her that ________ crazy to not memorize the prologue.

________ is no way I'm going to put _____ books in my

locker. ________ crazy!



Punctuating quotation marks correctly:

It makes me so mad when Karon says I hate Mrs. Bennett’s class

I told William just do your work and you’ll make an A

Mrs. Bennett always says what if a mountain dies

Hush Brianna hissed at Qa'Von.

Sentences/Fragments/Runons

1. Climbing on the monkey bars in the park

2. Pass the ketchup

3. Plays trombone in the school band

4. The President made a speech on national television

5. Jessica made an “A” on her science project

6. Ran to first base when he hit the ball

7. He missed

8. The ski boat capsized in the water

9. After everyone had left the party


“Cask of Amontillado”

Spiral Contents

B1:Vocab cards (Bandwagon)
B2: Cornell Notes on pages 85, 88
B3:  Vocab cards
B4:  TPCASTT "Poison Tree"
B5:  Tim Burton Notes
B6:  Toilet Paper Notes
B7:  TChart (still blank)
B8:  Timeline (still blank)

Monday - Friday, December 2-6

- LIA test
- Page 94 - 95 in the Springboard book
B6 - Copy notes about Toilet Paper into your spiral
Create a T Chart and Timeline in your spiral for B7 and B8

As a group:
Put the “Cask” comic in order on the three pieces of paper. Glue or staple the strips down when they are right.


On the back of the first paper, work together to summarize what happens in the story using exactly 38 words.

On the back of the second paper, list the words you did not know and their definitions.

On the back of the third paper, each group member must write a +, -, ?, ! Reaction.

+ - your favorite part

- your least favorite part

? – something you don’t/didn’t understand

! – Where were you surprised?

Wednesday, November 20

1.  Open note quiz on Tim Burton
2.  One page reflection paper:  What is the most important thing in your life right now?

Monday - Tuesday November 18-19

1. Finish Vocabulary cards


2. Read pages 147-150 from SB and create a complete set of Cornell Notes

3. New York Times Crossword Puzzle handout

Tuesday and Wednesday, November 12-13

Tuesday - Vocabulary Test; B3 - New Vocabulary cards

1. Storyboard
2. Point of View
3. Imagery
4. Motif
5. Foreshadowing
6. Irony
7. Symbol
8. Figurative Language
9. Tone
10. Theme

Wednesday - Library Day

This was our final day in the library to type your Narrative Interview Papers.  They are due by email on Friday, November 15 at midnight.  Remember to use your checklist and the formatting papers I have given you to put in your spiral. 

Friday, November 8th

Happy Homecoming!

In class we presented our commercials and analyzed advertising techniques.  Vocab Test on Tuesday, Library Day Wednesday, Paper due on Friday of next week.

Wednesday - Thursday

Students will be working on completing their commercials using advertising techniques.  Test on the vocab terms next Tuesday.

Monday - Tuesday

We are spending these last days in the library typing your paper.  Make sure it is complete and perfect before emailing it to me.  The requirements have all been listed and discussed.  Check your spiral for details!  Email your final version to me no later than November 15th in order to receive full credit. 

Friday, November 1

Thursday I was out sick and students had an extra day to complete all pending assignments. 

Friday we watched TV commercials and analyzed their use of advertising techniques.

To be graded Monday:

A24:  Unit 1 and 2 Breakdown
B1:  Vocab cards
B2:  Cornell notes on pages 85, 88
Spiral Notebook

Wednesday, October 29

Homework: Cornell Notes from pages 85 and 88 of your SB book (B2)

Bring in magazines and the weirdest thing you can find for extra credit.

(B1)  Prepare vocab cards for:  Bandwagon, Avant-Garde, Testimonials, Facts and Figures, Transfer, Rhetoric, Pathos, Ethos, Logos

Monday - Tuesday, October 28-29

Monday:  Library time to type your paper.  The final paper is due on November 15.  Email the final draft to Taven.Bennett@levy.k12.fl.us.

Tuesday:  Finish Unit 1 and 2 breakdown on A24.

Friday, October 25

Test on Vocabulary, Grammar Hotspots, and punctuating quotations.  We also started our Unit 1 and 2 overview.

Monday we will type in the library. 

Thursday, October 24

We typed our Narrative Interviews in class.  We will continue typing on Monday of next week.  Tomorrow there will be a test to cover our vocabulary and grammar hotspots.  Study your spiral notebook to be ready. 

Thursday, October 17

Write your conclusion. Options:


Discuss how your person feels about their coming of age.

Explain their impact on you as a person.

What lessons did you learn from the interview?

How has their coming of age impacted their adulthood.

Refer to the IMPORTANCE of their coming of age.

Do a total word count.

Go back and take out any information that was off topic.

Add explanations for anything that was too skinny.

Perfect your own paper.

Wednesday, October 16

PSAT administration - No makeup work

Tuesday, October 15

Assignment:


Complete all body paragraphs.

Use the Narrative Interview checklist to self-correct your paper.

Count your words so far and put the number at the bottom of the paper.

Be ready to write your conclusion on Thursday.

Announcements

All makeup work is due by Thursday.
Rough draft of Narrative Interview should be completed no later than Friday. 
PSAT to be given on Wednesday to all 9th and 10th graders.

Exemplar for the Narrative Interview

We have been working on writing our Narrative Interview paper in class.  The rough draft should be written onto A21 and is due on Friday.  Below I am including the sample paper that Springboard supplies as an exceptional paper.  It is not perfect, but serves as a good outline for what your paper might sound like. 

LA Level 4 Unit 1


Embedded Assessment #1: Presenting an Interview Narrative

Exemplary: Embedded Assessment 1

Embedded Assessment 1

The faint smell of grilled chicken, the sweet, warm aroma of fresh brownies, the distant sound of rain on the roof, and the heat from the fire place on my back makes it a perfect fall evening. I sit in front of the fire with my pencil poised as my grandma sits down beside me. She is wearing one of her favorite sweaters, red with a pretty black floral print, black slacks, and pink hand-knit slippers. She has the sweetest face, with eyes that light up when I start asking her questions about her past and she recalls fond memories. She thinks of her friends and many involvements, her family and church.

Florice Moffitt was born in 1930 and grew up in a Christian home in Pipestone, Iowa and was the youngest of six children. She had four older brothers and a sister. “I love the way I grew up. We were all good friends and had the best times. I remember in the winter we would have chess tournaments. Other times we would take out or tools and shovels, and make tunnels in the snow.” She chuckles as she remembers all of the many snowball fights. She and her mother were also very close. She was her best play-fellow and friend. They could talk about anything. “I had a great childhood. The only negative thing I can think of was the fact that I could not learn the piano because my sister Irene was very ill for about a year.” Her face falls and gets a very serious look as she remembers that hard period of time. “My mother and sister were both really good piano players, but I never got the chance to learn because the sound of the piano annoyed Irene while she was ill.

“In order to get into high school, you had to take a pretty big test. I was second out of my whole school,” she proudly states. “Betty was first,” she admits. Her high school was nine miles away, which meant a lot of expensive gas back then, so she lived in town, away from her family during high school. Her freshman year she stayed with her Aunt Alice. Sophomore and Junior year she lived with her sister Irene who was still recovering from her illness. She had a place to live, and was able to watch her recovering sister. They grew very close during those two years, and if they hadn’t lived together they probably never would have because they were 15 years apart. Her senior year she and her good friend Eloise rented an apartment, and on the weekends her dad came and brought her home. She matured a lot and really learned how to be

independent because she lived away from her family. It was a big turning point. She was never sad that she had to live in town because she was happy that she was able to be independent. The experience of living in town on her own has really helped her become the person that she is. She is very independent and organized, and a natural leader. In the summers, she would work on the farm, stacking the hay and even driving a tractor, a new machine for farms in the area.

Because she lived in town, she was able to be involved in many things. “I was on the newspaper staff where I got to go around school and find out information and put it into a kind of booklet. I participated in many drama productions, and took a gymnastics class. One play I was in, I was the only girl in the cast. It was lots of fun. We performed for other cities and competed for the best play.” With a huge smile on her face and chuckling she remembers, “We definitely didn’t have the best.” She even tried a couple instruments, but didn’t stay with them long. In the 8th grade, her brother took her to a church youth group in Centerville. They made her one of the leaders in the group which was special for an 8th grader. At her school, she was the salutatorian when she graduated, the second best in her school. “I always had the goal of wanting to be one of the best students. Ha ha, I was second best!” she boasts.

I tried to take in everything she recalled and just listen to her. She loved her childhood so much. “If I could change anything that happened to me, I wouldn’t. It was always good. I realize that we have a lot in common. She was in drama, and so was I. She was on the newspaper, I am in yearbook. She went to a fabulous youth group, I do too. We both want to be the best we can be in everything we do. That would be amazing if I could be the salutatorian like my grandma, and I know she would be very proud of me. As I wrote down her last comments, I thanked her for her time and thought to myself that we just grew closer and I respect her even more for all that happened to her in high school. I hope that I can accomplish as much and as many amazing things as she had done in her life.

Wednesday, October 9

Your interview is done:


Make sure you completed your notes, added to them, and completed a Narrative Interview Chart

Decide your main topics, color code them, and create an outline onto A19.

Monday - Tuesday, October 7-8

Monday - We practiced organizing and outlining notes from an interview.  If you were absent, no makeup work.

Tuesday - Substitute:  Finish the test from last Friday.  Students should read pages 42-46 in their SB.  There are 20 chunks labeled.  Next to each chunk, students should summarize that part in exactly 7 words.  They should write in the margins of their books.  For extra credit, they can write to explain:  How does “First Love” address our theme Coming of Age?  What is the importance of the author’s experience?

Friday, October 4

We took a surprise test in class on the story "Eleven" and the poem "Same Song".

Due Monday:
Notes from your interview on A18
Narrative Interview chart on A17

You should not start writing your paper!

Wednesday - Thursday, October 2-3

In class we completed grammar worksheets and talked about the grammar requirements for the Embedded Assessment paper:

I have paragraphs. I started a new paragraph each time I began a new thought.


I only capitalized letters that begin sentences or name a proper noun.

I always capitalized I because I am important.

I used THERE, THEY’RE, and THEIR correctly

There is no way I’m going to put their books in my looker. They’re crazy!

I used IT and IT’S correctly.

It isn’t my fault it’s cold in here.

I used TO, TWO, and TOO correctly.

I’m going TO walk TO the store for TWO gallons of milk. Do you want TO come, TOO?

THERE ARE NO FRAGMENTS IN MY PAPER. I have read it aloud one time and stopped and after each sentence, listening to make sure my thoughts are complete.

I did not use made up words (gonna, wanna, shoulda) and I didn’t use third grader words (stuff, good, bad, a lot)

I used a variety of sentence structures. Some sentences are short, while others are long. My paper does not sound like a sing songy list.

I punctuated all direct quotation marks correctly.

Mrs. Bennett scolded, “I can’t believe you weren’t paying attention in class!”

I did not use WAS, IS, BE, SHOULD, HAVE more than once per paragraph. Instead, I used active verbs.

She is a teacher. NO! YES!  She works as a teacher.

Spiral Contents as of October 1

A1: Who am I


2: Cornell Notes handout

3: Notes about Mrs. Bennett

4: Obituary

5: Vocab cards

6: Quickwrite about your name

7: Notes on SB pages 1, 4

8: Voice chart

9: Quickwrite redo with VOICE

10: Vocab cards

11: Quotation notes

12: Interview Notes

13: Introduction of partner

14: Short answer format

15: “Cut” Narrative Interview chart

16: KWL about interviewee

17: Narrative Interview chart (blank until after interview)

18: Cornell Notes with interview questions written in the skinny column

Tuesday, October 1

In class I interviewed another teacher at CHS.  I modeled how to take notes and fill out the Narrative Interview Chart.  You are now ready to schedule your interview!  Show up with your spiral.  It should have your notes and your Narrative Chart ready to go. Your interview must be complete by Monday, October 7.

Friday, September 27

They also need to show me SB 26, A15 (this chart they are making) and SB “Bethany” color coded. 

Each member of your group must choose a different vignette from the passage “Cut.”


Reread the passage. Look for the elements of a narrative interview that are on your chart.

Fill out the chart using support from the text.

When you finish, help your neighbor. No 100 until all group members are finished.

 Chart:

Description of person: What do they look like?  What are they wearing?  How do they act?
Description of setting of interview: Where are you?  What do they pay attention to during the interview?
Emphasis on the importance of the event How has their experience changed their life and who they have become?
Direct Quotations What quotes from the interview show VOICE and should be used with quotation marks?
Indirect Quotations What quotes do you want to summarize or rephrase?

Thursday, September 26

• Turn in the short answers from your vocab test that you rewrote.


• Make a key on the first page of “Bethany” – You will be coding the passage using 5 colors.

• Read pages 52-54 in your SB

• Mark a different color for

• description of person

• description of setting of interview

• emphasis on importance of event

• direct quotations

• indirect quotations

Wednesday, September 25

¤Define Coming of Age.  Then, explain how one of the stories we read illustrates the concept Coming of Age.  Be detailed and be plentiful.

¤Explain how an author we have read from our Springboard book created a unique voice in his or her writing. 

 

Due tomorrow.

Tuesday, September 24

Rewrite your short answer responses on loose paper and turn in to the bin. You may use your SB and your spiral. You may not use each other. DUE THURSDAY. Finish reading “Cut” and filling out the chart in your SB book.

Monday. September 23

Finish presentations


Preview Embedded Assessment (50% of final exam grade)

Read 60-61:

Circle the verbs

Underline the nouns

Mark unfamiliar words with a question mark

At the bottom of 61, write a list of questions you have or things you need to learn before the EA is due.

Thursday, September 19

Test


Finish writing your introductions (A13)

Grading: A5, A10, spiral Grade

Wednesday, September 18

Finish your A13 introduction.
Study for your test tomorrow. 
Have A5, A10, and A12 ready to be graded tomorrow. 

Tuesday, September 17

We interviewed our partners onto A12 of your spiral and began our first draft of the introduction of that partner onto A13.  You will work in class on Thursday (after your TEST) to complete the introduction. 

Friday, September 13

Quotation mark rules - Copy someone's A11


Pages 13-14 in SB - Write your 4 open ended questions onto A12 in your spiral.   They should be written on the left side of the paper in Cornell Note format.  We will begin interviews next week. 

Thursday, September 12

A5 – Add examples from SB or your own writing to each of the vocabulary cards


A10 – Create complete vocabulary cards for the 6 review words in SB:

Direct Quotation, Indirect Quotation, Protagonist, Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole

Show A9 and SB 18 to Mrs. Bennett for grading. You will also get a notebook grade today.

Test next Thursday: All vocabulary terms from A5 and A10.

Be able to explain the concepts Coming of Age and Voice in writing.

Be able to explain how an author connects to the theme of Coming of Age and how he or she creates a unique Voice in one of the passages from your SB book that you’ve read.

September 11, 2013

All classes discussed the events of 9/11.  No assignment to make up, but make sure your A9 is complete in your spiral.  It will be checked tomorrow. 

Tuesday, September 10

* Make sure your chart on SB 18 is completed with detail.

* A9 - Redo your quickwrite from A6. Your new quickwrite should be written using someone else's voice. You brainstormed on A8, and that chart might guide you. This assignment is due Thursday.

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Monday, September 9

FAIR test

Thursday - Friday, September 5-6

Thursday-
1.  Finish LIA test
2.  Finish A8 (Voice Chart in your spiral) and show to Mrs. Bennett
3.  Grade check with Mrs. Bennett

HW:  Make sure you are caught up to assignment A8 in your spiral.

Friday- Substitute
1. Fill out SB page 18 after reading the passage assigned to you in class.  If you were absent, choose one and read it.  We will fill out the rest of the chart in class next week.

***FAIR TEST MONDAY***

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, September 3-5

Tuesday and Wednesday - LIA reading test
Thursday - FAIR reading test

Friday, August 30

- Read "My Name" and "Why Couldn't I Have Been Named Ashley" and fill out the chart on page 12. 
- Create a Voice Chart on A8 of your spiral.  Ask for help from a classmate, then Mrs. Bennett.  Finish your voice chart for homework. 
-LIA reading test on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. 

Thursday, August 29

¨Springboard 1.3

¨Grade HW

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

¨A6 – Quickwrite- Write at least half a page telling everything you know about your name.

¨SB 1.2 as a class

HW:  Take Cornell Notes on pages 1 and  4
of your Springboard (A7)

Tuesday, August 27

1.  Vocab cards for VOICE, DICTION, TONE, IMAGERY, THEME, SYNTAX
2.  Springboard books were distributed

Monday, August 26

Today we practiced working in groups.  There is no makeup work, but make sure and show Mrs. Bennett your finished obituary. 

Friday, August 23 - Write your own obituary

Write Your Own Obituary

An obituary is an article written when someone dies.  It gives details about his or her life, and also about the services in his or her honor.  Today you are going to write your own obituary.

·        Answer the following questions.

·        Compose them into an obituary.  A sample is on the back of this paper. 

1.     What is your full name?

2.     Where and when were you born?

3.     How old do you want to be when you die?  Why?

4.     How do you want to die? Why?

5.     Who is still alive and loves you? (Think of family and friends)

6.     What are three words that describe you? Why?

7.     What do you like to do in your free time?

8.     What was the best moment in your life?  Explain.

9.     Where have you lived?

10. Where did you go to high school/college?

11. Where did you work?  What did you do?

12. What would a friend say about your death?  (Quote them).

13. What makes you different from most people your age?

14. Which adult in your life do you look up to the most?

15. What might make you sad? (mistakes)

16. Do you have any bad habits?

17. What do you hope will make you proud?

18. How would you like to be remembered?

TAVEN WEEKS BENNETT

FEBRUARY 12, 1983 – FEBRUARY 13, 2073

          Taven Weeks Bennett died last week on her way back from a cruise to Jamaica.  Mrs. Bennett had taken the cruise to celebrate her 90^th birthday.  She is survived by her husband Colby, her son Zane and her daughters Reina and Elise.  Mrs. Bennett was also a doting grandmother of fifteen, and a great grandmother to twenty seven. 

          Mrs. Bennett was born Taven Ann Buckingham.  Her parents were Winifred Welch Buckingham and Thatcher Buckingham.  Her parents divorced when she was two, and in 1988 her mother remarried Toby Weeks, who became Mrs. Bennett’s father.

          Mrs. Bennett was influenced the most by her Granny, Vivian Welch.  Mrs. Bennett was often quoted as saying, “My Granny is everyone’s Granny, or at least the Granny everyone wished they had.”  Mrs. Bennett spent most of her life trying to be even a little like Mrs. Welch.

          Mrs. Bennett was described by her friends as, “ambitious, free-spirited, and dependable.”  She was nearly always on time, but was usually the one laughing at the back of the room disturbing the peace.  She always longed to travel, and she spent most of her sixties exploring Europe, Africa, Central America, and various Caribbean islands.  She was very particular in her travel plans, only leaving Florida when the temperature at her place of destination was above 50 degrees.

          Mrs. Bennett spent most of her seventies reading all the books that she had missed during the previous six decades.  Her eyesight never failed her, but she still enjoyed listening to books while her chauffer escorted her about town. 

          Mrs. Bennett inherited a large sum of money when she was 36 years old.  Until that time she had worked as an English teacher at a small rural school.  One of her former students became a prolific author, penning 53 books in his 27 years of life.  When he died from lung cancer (He was a chain smoker), he left his fortune and all his royalty rights to his former teacher who had inspired him to begin writing poetry. 

          After inheriting over 2.8 billion dollars, Mrs. Bennett continued teaching part time.  When she retired at the age of 52, her family threw a retirement party at Otter Springs.  4,098 people attended.

          Mrs. Bennett’s husband has a few immediate plans following his wife’s death.  He gets squeamish at viewings, so a party will be held instead.  Everyone is welcome.  Mrs. Bennett’s favorite foods will be served (ice cream, cookies, cake, milk, and coffee).   Following the service Mr. Bennett will probably fly his Cessna to his cabin in the mountains.  He always wanted to visit when the weather is cooler. 

          Instead of flowers, please send books.  They will be packaged and sent to a village in Africa, where Mrs. Bennett’s pen-pal resides. 

         

Thursday, August 22

Today we graded the Cornell Notes from the past few days.  Make sure to show Mrs. Bennett your completed notes. 

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

We completed our Cornell Notes about Mrs. Bennett's life.  Syllabus due Friday, Who I Am due today.

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Monday - Tuesday, August 19-20

¢Who I am (due tomorrow)

¢Review Syllabus (due Friday)

¢Spiral notebook (due Monday)

 

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