Unit 4 (6 weeks) - Speeches (Priority Standards will focus on achieving Level 3.0)
PS3 - identify explicit relationships between individuals (cause & effect, comparison-contrast, sequence)(2.0 level)
PS6 - analyze how the influence of point of view/perspective has on content/style
A Raisin in the Sun TEXT
A Raisin in the Sun VIDEO
Week One (7) - March 7-11
Monday (55 min): “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Objective: SW write an analytical essay
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min): 6FA3 BLOCK ONE THIS WEEK
Direct Instruction (10 min): Outline of Rhetorical Analysis ESSAY
Guided Practice (5 min): Work with a group to review Friday´s article and brainstorm
Independent Practice: (35 min) Write your essay following this OUTLINE.
Assessment: Teacher will conference 1 minute with each student on their essays
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: 6FA3 during next class
Block 1 (95 min): “Instruction does much, but encouragement everything." (Letter to A.F. Oeser, Nov. 9, 1768)”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Early and Miscellaneous Letters of J. W. Goethe: Including Letters to His Mother.
Objective: SW discern between strong and fair writing from their own essays
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min): What is ¨good¨ writing?
Direct Instruction (10 min): Review rubrics for PS2 & PS6
Guided Practice (25 min): Analyze text together SLIDESHOW
***
Objective: Objective: SW demonstrate understanding of PS6: Rhetoric
Direct Instruction: Explain directions for the assessment
Independent Practice: Complete 6FA3
Assessment: SBG grading on this assessment for 6FA3, 2FA2, 1FA3
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: we will continue reading A Raisin in the Sun tomorrow.
Block 2 (95 min): “The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Good Poems for Hard Times
Objective: SW demonstrate understanding of Rhetoric
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Independent Practice: Continue working on 6FA3, 2FA2, 1FA3
***Students who have finished the assessment will read A Raisin in the Sun TEXT Act II Scene 1 and complete worksheet
Assessment: This is the third assessment this semester
***
Objective: SW identify rhetorical strategies
Direct Instruction: Read this WEBSITE
Guided Practice: SLIDESHOW and guided notes
Independent Practice:
Assessment:
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework:
Friday (55 min): Encouragement Quote: “Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.”
― Stephanie Lahart, Overcoming Life's Obstacles: Enlighten-Encourage-Empower
Objective: PS6 - SW identify rhetorical strategies beyond ethos, pathos, & logos
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Do Now (10 min): QUIZLET flashcards scatter gravity
Direct Instruction (5 min): Reminders of presentation and work expectations
Guided Practice: none
Independent Practice (35 min): Continuation of group work. Several students may need to finish assessments.
Assessment: Project will be given an Instructional Feedback grade under "PS6 - Rhetoric"
Closure/Reflection/Notes for next week/Homework: none
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Week Two 3/14-18
PS2 - explain reasoning and elaborate with relevant details cohesively and concisely
PS3 - identify explicit relationships between events (cause & effect, comparison-contrast, sequence)(2.0 level)
PS6 - use evidence to defend the argument/purpose of a speech/part of a speech
Monday (55 min): “But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without someone buoying them up.” ― Elizabeth Wein, Rose Under Fire
Objective: SW identify & recall rhetorical strategies
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Do Now (15 min): Work in groups to finalize presentations
Independent Practice: Present on Rhetorical Strategies
Assessment: Presentation will be Instructional Feedback in PS6
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: Finish presentations tomorrow
Block 1 (95 min): “The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.” ― Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason
Objective: SW identify & recall rhetorical strategies
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Do Now: READ
Independent Practice: Finish presentations
Assessment: Presentation will be Instructional Feedback in PS6
***
Objective: PS6 - use evidence to defend the argument/purpose of a speech/part of a speech
Direct Instruction: Listen to and read this SPEECH
Guided Practice: Analyze RHETORICAL STRATEGIES as class
Independent Practice: Write a rhetorical essay
Assessment: IF for Priority Standard 6
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework:
Block 2 (95 min): “Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
Objective: SW demonstrate understanding of rhetorical devices
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Do Now: QUIZLET scatter
Guided Practice: Finish group presentations
Analyze Walter's monologue. Analysis of Walter Younger.
Listen to and read this SPEECH. Analyze RHETORICALLY as class. Read a model ANALYSIS.
Independent Practice: Listen to and read this SPEECH. Analyze with a group.
Assessment: IF for rhetoric standard
Friday (55 min): “Who do you spend time with? Criticizers or encouragers? Surround yourself with those who believe in you. Your life is too important for anything less.”
― Steve Goodier
Objective: SW identify claims. SW recognize good vs fair writing.
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Do Now: Review Rhetorical Strategies HERE.
Direct Instruction: Analyze student essays. Mini-lesson on "claims" (B hour complete analysis of Walter's speech)
Guided Practice: Included in mini-lesson.
Independent Practice: Complete this ACTIVITY online.
Assessment: SW self-assess based on scores for the Independent Practice Activity.
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework:
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Week Three: 3/21-25
Delivery of a Speech 2FA3, 6FA4 3/22
PS1 - apply clear and correct pronoun usage (as subject)
PS2 - use appropriate transitions between logically sequenced paragraphs in an essay
PS3 - identify explicit relationships between ideas (cause & effect, comparison-contrast, sequence) (2.0 level)
PS6 - identify claims/counterclaims from the text
Monday (55 min):
Objective: PS1 - apply clear and correct pronoun usage (as subject)
Do Now: READ and PRACTICE
Good News/Hook/Announcements: Pass back graded work. File and track assessments.
Independent Practice: continue reading "A Raisin in the Sun" Act 2 Scene 1
Assessment: Finish comprehension questions 1-18.
Block 1 (95 min):
Objective: PS1 - SW apply clear and correct pronoun usage (as subject)
Good News/Hook/Announcements: HOOK ONE (1:11) OR TWO
Do Now: PRACTICE
Direct Instruction: Review pronoun case
Guided Practice: Complete several items together
Independent Practice: WORKSHEET work in pairs
Assessment: Worksheet will go into the gradebook as Instructional Feedback for PS1.
***
Objective: SW identify claims/counterclaims from the text
Direct Instruction: Explain group work and get students into groups
Guided Practice: none - IDENTIFYING CLAIMS
Independent Practice: WORKSHEET and project explanation
Assessment: The presentation will go into the gradebook as Instructional Feedback for Priority Standard 6.
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework:
Block 2 (95 min): Encouragement quote - “The best revenge is massive success.”– Frank Sinatra
Read Raisin Act II Scene 3
***
Independent Practice: Listen to and read this SPEECH. Read this sample rhetorical ESSAY
Friday (55 min): NO SCHOOL
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Week Four - March 28-April 1
PS1 - apply clear and correct pronoun usage (as object)
PS1 - correctly place the appropriate modifier with the phrase it modifies (phrases)
PS2 - conclude with a statement of the argument or reflective of the narrative experience
PS3 - summarize a grade-level text (2.0 standard)
PS6 - identify words/phrases or patterns of words/phrases that shape the meaning and tone of a text.
Monday (55 min): Encouragement Quote -“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Objective: PS1 - apply clear and correct pronoun usage (as object): Analyze a speech with a clear claim
Do Now: HERE
Good News/Hook/Announcements
Independent Practice: Group work on speech analysis
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: 1/2 day Thurs, No school Fri
Block 1 (95 min): Encouragement Quote - “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~Anne Frank
Objective: I can use clear and correct object pronouns; I can identify rhetorical strategies in a speech
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Do Now: HERE (1/2 sheet)
Independent Practice: Finalize group projects
Assessment: Do Now will be added to Instructional Feedback in Infinite Campus
***
Objective: I can present rhetorical strategies from a speech and demonstrate good skills of audience
Independent Practice: Present projects
Assessment: Instructional Feedback for rhetoric standard
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: writing tomorrow
Block 2 (95 min): Encouragement Quote - “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” ~Victor Kiam
Objective: I can read closely; I can explain the importance of a quote; I can identify & explain symbolism; I can summarize a grade-level text
Do Now: Transition word PRACTICE
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Direct Instruction: Comprehension QUESTIONS and how to write a summary
Guided Practice: Read A Raisin in the Sun Act II Scene 3
Independent Practice: Summarize A Raisin in the Sun Act II Scene 3
Thursday:
C period 7:45-8:40am
D period 8:45-9:40am
E period 9:45-10:40am
F period 10:45-11:40am
Friday: No school
April 4-8 No School
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Week Five April 11-15
PSAT Wednesday
Monday (55 min):
Do Now (10 min): SAT Prep - Pick a game to play HERE.
Compassion Quote: Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. Confucius
Objective: SW recall rhetorical strategies & read closely.
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min): Testing Wednesday and shortened schedule.
Direct Instruction: Review of rhetorical strategies. Outline of task and resources.
Resource One Political
Resource Two Celebrity Commencement Speeches
Resource Three Athletes
Independent Practice: Independent work time selecting & analyzing a speech.
Assessment: Instructional feedback via Google Docs
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework:
Block 1 (95 min): Compassion Quote: My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. Maya Angelou
Do Now (10 min): SAT Prep - Pick a game to play HERE.
Objective: SW rhetorically analyze a speech & read closely
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min):
Guided Practice: Read "A Raisin in the Sun" Act III Scene 1
Independent Practice: Work on analysis projects
Assessment: Instructional Feedback on project
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: PSAT Wednesday
Block 2 (95 min): Compassion Quote: Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama
Objective: Read closely
Do Now (10 min): SAT Prep - Pick a game to play HERE.
Good News/Hook/Announcements: Review fire drill, tornado, and lockdown procedures
Guided/Independent Practice: Continue watching video version of A Raisin in the Sun Act 2 Scenes 2-3, Read Act III
Assessment: Comprehension questions instructional feedback for PS3 - Analysis
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: Stop light exit ticket - explain.
Friday (55 min): Compassion Quote: Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. Ellen DeGeneres
Objective: SW analyze speeches for rhetorical strategy and identify claims & point of view
Good News/Hook/Announcements
Independent Practice: Work independently on projects, making sure to share them with Ms. Stone
Assessment: Ms. Stone will offer instructional feedback in person and via written commentary online
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: presentations of speeches next week
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Week Six April 18-22
Delivery of a Speech 2FA3, 6FA4 4/22
Begin "This I Believe" speech (THEMES) (ESSAYS)
PS3 - make & justify a claim regarding the development of theme/character/style over the course of a text (3.0 level)
PS3 - identify the purpose of important words (3.0 level)
Monday (55 min): Compassion Quote: Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. Albert Einstein
Objective: SW present analyses of speeches and practice good skills of audience; Select claims for speeches
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min): ~Emergency Drills: We still have a few Emergency drills to complete before the year is over.
Due to the construction that is beginning this week, we need to alter our fire and weather emergency sites. For fire drills, please report to the front of the building as we will line up on Spring Ave. and Page St. For weather emergency, we will meet in the cafeteria, staff lounge, and the area outside the current art room. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Do Now (10 min): Pick the main idea
Independent Practice (20 min): Review expectations; present 10 speech analyses
Direct Instruction (5 min): Introduce THIS I BELIEVE project (speech)
Guided Practice (10 min):
Complete p.15 What Do You Think
Independent Practice/Exit Ticket (5 min): Select 3 phrases that you feel most passionately about; write it down on an index card; hand in
Assessment: Instructional feedback given on each shared document
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework:
Block 1 (95 min): April 19, 2016
Compassion Quote:
The greatness of a man is measured by the way he treats the little man. Compassion for the weak is a sign of greatness. - Myles Munroe
Objective: SW select a topic for their speech and write an interesting speech introduction using a hook
Good News/Hook/Announcements (3 min)
Do Now (10 min): #1-5 HERE.
Direct Instruction (5 min): Give directions for Student Survey
Independent Practice (10 min): Complete Student Survey
Direct Instruction (5 min): Introduce THIS I BELIEVE project (speech)
Guided Practice (10 min): Complete What do you Think?
Independent Practice (5 min): Select 3 phrases that you feel most passionately about and write one on each side of a lined paper
Direct Instruction: LECTURE (introduction) & Essay Organizer HERE
Independent Practice: Write introductions to "This I Believe" speech (Google Doc) and add "Comments" addressing and explaining your claim, point of view, hook etc.
***
Objective: SW present analyses of speeches and practice good skills of audience
Independent Practice: Present analyses of speeches from last week
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: Finish introductions of "This I Believe" speech at home.
Assessment: Instructional feedback given on each shared document
Block 2 (95 min): Compassion Quote: True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it. Daniel Goleman
Objective: SW write an essay using rhetorical strategies to describe a personal philosophy
Do Now: #7-8 HERE
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Direct Instruction: E
Example #1: This I Believe - What Doesn't Kill You Only Makes you Stronger
Example #2: This I Believe - I Believe in Being Cool on My Own Terms
Example #3: This I Believe - Themes to Explore
Independent Practice: Write your essay!
Assessment/Notes: This essay will be the basis for your 6FA4 assessment so be sure to include lots of rhetorical strategies. Turn in permission slips FRIDAY.
Friday (55 min): Compassion Quote: Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Objective: SW write an essay using rhetorical strategies to describe a personal philosophy
Do Now (5 min): Parallelism Practice
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Independent Practice (45 min): Continue writing "This I Believe" essay and analyzing it.
Assessment: 2FA3/6FA4
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: permission slips due today.
PS3 - identify explicit relationships between individuals (cause & effect, comparison-contrast, sequence)(2.0 level)
PS6 - analyze how the influence of point of view/perspective has on content/style
A Raisin in the Sun TEXT
A Raisin in the Sun VIDEO
Week One (7) - March 7-11
Monday (55 min): “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Objective: SW write an analytical essay
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min): 6FA3 BLOCK ONE THIS WEEK
Direct Instruction (10 min): Outline of Rhetorical Analysis ESSAY
Guided Practice (5 min): Work with a group to review Friday´s article and brainstorm
Independent Practice: (35 min) Write your essay following this OUTLINE.
Assessment: Teacher will conference 1 minute with each student on their essays
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: 6FA3 during next class
Block 1 (95 min): “Instruction does much, but encouragement everything." (Letter to A.F. Oeser, Nov. 9, 1768)”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Early and Miscellaneous Letters of J. W. Goethe: Including Letters to His Mother.
Objective: SW discern between strong and fair writing from their own essays
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min): What is ¨good¨ writing?
Direct Instruction (10 min): Review rubrics for PS2 & PS6
Guided Practice (25 min): Analyze text together SLIDESHOW
***
Objective: Objective: SW demonstrate understanding of PS6: Rhetoric
Direct Instruction: Explain directions for the assessment
Independent Practice: Complete 6FA3
Assessment: SBG grading on this assessment for 6FA3, 2FA2, 1FA3
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: we will continue reading A Raisin in the Sun tomorrow.
Block 2 (95 min): “The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Good Poems for Hard Times
Objective: SW demonstrate understanding of Rhetoric
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Independent Practice: Continue working on 6FA3, 2FA2, 1FA3
***Students who have finished the assessment will read A Raisin in the Sun TEXT Act II Scene 1 and complete worksheet
Assessment: This is the third assessment this semester
***
Objective: SW identify rhetorical strategies
Direct Instruction: Read this WEBSITE
Guided Practice: SLIDESHOW and guided notes
Independent Practice:
Assessment:
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework:
Friday (55 min): Encouragement Quote: “Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.”
― Stephanie Lahart, Overcoming Life's Obstacles: Enlighten-Encourage-Empower
Objective: PS6 - SW identify rhetorical strategies beyond ethos, pathos, & logos
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Do Now (10 min): QUIZLET flashcards scatter gravity
Direct Instruction (5 min): Reminders of presentation and work expectations
Guided Practice: none
Independent Practice (35 min): Continuation of group work. Several students may need to finish assessments.
Assessment: Project will be given an Instructional Feedback grade under "PS6 - Rhetoric"
Closure/Reflection/Notes for next week/Homework: none
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Week Two 3/14-18
PS2 - explain reasoning and elaborate with relevant details cohesively and concisely
PS3 - identify explicit relationships between events (cause & effect, comparison-contrast, sequence)(2.0 level)
PS6 - use evidence to defend the argument/purpose of a speech/part of a speech
Monday (55 min): “But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without someone buoying them up.” ― Elizabeth Wein, Rose Under Fire
Objective: SW identify & recall rhetorical strategies
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Do Now (15 min): Work in groups to finalize presentations
Independent Practice: Present on Rhetorical Strategies
Assessment: Presentation will be Instructional Feedback in PS6
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: Finish presentations tomorrow
Block 1 (95 min): “The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.” ― Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason
Objective: SW identify & recall rhetorical strategies
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Do Now: READ
Independent Practice: Finish presentations
Assessment: Presentation will be Instructional Feedback in PS6
***
Objective: PS6 - use evidence to defend the argument/purpose of a speech/part of a speech
Direct Instruction: Listen to and read this SPEECH
Guided Practice: Analyze RHETORICAL STRATEGIES as class
Independent Practice: Write a rhetorical essay
Assessment: IF for Priority Standard 6
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework:
Block 2 (95 min): “Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
Objective: SW demonstrate understanding of rhetorical devices
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Do Now: QUIZLET scatter
Guided Practice: Finish group presentations
Analyze Walter's monologue. Analysis of Walter Younger.
Listen to and read this SPEECH. Analyze RHETORICALLY as class. Read a model ANALYSIS.
Independent Practice: Listen to and read this SPEECH. Analyze with a group.
Assessment: IF for rhetoric standard
Friday (55 min): “Who do you spend time with? Criticizers or encouragers? Surround yourself with those who believe in you. Your life is too important for anything less.”
― Steve Goodier
Objective: SW identify claims. SW recognize good vs fair writing.
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Do Now: Review Rhetorical Strategies HERE.
Direct Instruction: Analyze student essays. Mini-lesson on "claims" (B hour complete analysis of Walter's speech)
Guided Practice: Included in mini-lesson.
Independent Practice: Complete this ACTIVITY online.
Assessment: SW self-assess based on scores for the Independent Practice Activity.
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework:
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Week Three: 3/21-25
Delivery of a Speech 2FA3, 6FA4 3/22
PS1 - apply clear and correct pronoun usage (as subject)
PS2 - use appropriate transitions between logically sequenced paragraphs in an essay
PS3 - identify explicit relationships between ideas (cause & effect, comparison-contrast, sequence) (2.0 level)
PS6 - identify claims/counterclaims from the text
Monday (55 min):
Objective: PS1 - apply clear and correct pronoun usage (as subject)
Do Now: READ and PRACTICE
Good News/Hook/Announcements: Pass back graded work. File and track assessments.
Independent Practice: continue reading "A Raisin in the Sun" Act 2 Scene 1
Assessment: Finish comprehension questions 1-18.
Block 1 (95 min):
Objective: PS1 - SW apply clear and correct pronoun usage (as subject)
Good News/Hook/Announcements: HOOK ONE (1:11) OR TWO
Do Now: PRACTICE
Direct Instruction: Review pronoun case
Guided Practice: Complete several items together
Independent Practice: WORKSHEET work in pairs
Assessment: Worksheet will go into the gradebook as Instructional Feedback for PS1.
***
Objective: SW identify claims/counterclaims from the text
Direct Instruction: Explain group work and get students into groups
Guided Practice: none - IDENTIFYING CLAIMS
Independent Practice: WORKSHEET and project explanation
Assessment: The presentation will go into the gradebook as Instructional Feedback for Priority Standard 6.
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework:
Block 2 (95 min): Encouragement quote - “The best revenge is massive success.”– Frank Sinatra
Read Raisin Act II Scene 3
***
Independent Practice: Listen to and read this SPEECH. Read this sample rhetorical ESSAY
Friday (55 min): NO SCHOOL
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Week Four - March 28-April 1
PS1 - apply clear and correct pronoun usage (as object)
PS1 - correctly place the appropriate modifier with the phrase it modifies (phrases)
PS2 - conclude with a statement of the argument or reflective of the narrative experience
PS3 - summarize a grade-level text (2.0 standard)
PS6 - identify words/phrases or patterns of words/phrases that shape the meaning and tone of a text.
Monday (55 min): Encouragement Quote -“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Objective: PS1 - apply clear and correct pronoun usage (as object): Analyze a speech with a clear claim
Do Now: HERE
Good News/Hook/Announcements
Independent Practice: Group work on speech analysis
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: 1/2 day Thurs, No school Fri
Block 1 (95 min): Encouragement Quote - “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~Anne Frank
Objective: I can use clear and correct object pronouns; I can identify rhetorical strategies in a speech
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Do Now: HERE (1/2 sheet)
Independent Practice: Finalize group projects
Assessment: Do Now will be added to Instructional Feedback in Infinite Campus
***
Objective: I can present rhetorical strategies from a speech and demonstrate good skills of audience
Independent Practice: Present projects
Assessment: Instructional Feedback for rhetoric standard
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: writing tomorrow
Block 2 (95 min): Encouragement Quote - “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” ~Victor Kiam
Objective: I can read closely; I can explain the importance of a quote; I can identify & explain symbolism; I can summarize a grade-level text
Do Now: Transition word PRACTICE
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Direct Instruction: Comprehension QUESTIONS and how to write a summary
Guided Practice: Read A Raisin in the Sun Act II Scene 3
Independent Practice: Summarize A Raisin in the Sun Act II Scene 3
Thursday:
C period 7:45-8:40am
D period 8:45-9:40am
E period 9:45-10:40am
F period 10:45-11:40am
Friday: No school
April 4-8 No School
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Week Five April 11-15
PSAT Wednesday
Monday (55 min):
Do Now (10 min): SAT Prep - Pick a game to play HERE.
Compassion Quote: Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. Confucius
Objective: SW recall rhetorical strategies & read closely.
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min): Testing Wednesday and shortened schedule.
Direct Instruction: Review of rhetorical strategies. Outline of task and resources.
Resource One Political
Resource Two Celebrity Commencement Speeches
Resource Three Athletes
Independent Practice: Independent work time selecting & analyzing a speech.
Assessment: Instructional feedback via Google Docs
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework:
Block 1 (95 min): Compassion Quote: My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. Maya Angelou
Do Now (10 min): SAT Prep - Pick a game to play HERE.
Objective: SW rhetorically analyze a speech & read closely
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min):
Guided Practice: Read "A Raisin in the Sun" Act III Scene 1
Independent Practice: Work on analysis projects
Assessment: Instructional Feedback on project
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: PSAT Wednesday
Block 2 (95 min): Compassion Quote: Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama
Objective: Read closely
Do Now (10 min): SAT Prep - Pick a game to play HERE.
Good News/Hook/Announcements: Review fire drill, tornado, and lockdown procedures
Guided/Independent Practice: Continue watching video version of A Raisin in the Sun Act 2 Scenes 2-3, Read Act III
Assessment: Comprehension questions instructional feedback for PS3 - Analysis
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: Stop light exit ticket - explain.
Friday (55 min): Compassion Quote: Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. Ellen DeGeneres
Objective: SW analyze speeches for rhetorical strategy and identify claims & point of view
Good News/Hook/Announcements
Independent Practice: Work independently on projects, making sure to share them with Ms. Stone
Assessment: Ms. Stone will offer instructional feedback in person and via written commentary online
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: presentations of speeches next week
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Week Six April 18-22
Delivery of a Speech 2FA3, 6FA4 4/22
Begin "This I Believe" speech (THEMES) (ESSAYS)
PS3 - make & justify a claim regarding the development of theme/character/style over the course of a text (3.0 level)
PS3 - identify the purpose of important words (3.0 level)
Monday (55 min): Compassion Quote: Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. Albert Einstein
Objective: SW present analyses of speeches and practice good skills of audience; Select claims for speeches
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min): ~Emergency Drills: We still have a few Emergency drills to complete before the year is over.
Due to the construction that is beginning this week, we need to alter our fire and weather emergency sites. For fire drills, please report to the front of the building as we will line up on Spring Ave. and Page St. For weather emergency, we will meet in the cafeteria, staff lounge, and the area outside the current art room. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Do Now (10 min): Pick the main idea
Independent Practice (20 min): Review expectations; present 10 speech analyses
Direct Instruction (5 min): Introduce THIS I BELIEVE project (speech)
Guided Practice (10 min):
Complete p.15 What Do You Think
Independent Practice/Exit Ticket (5 min): Select 3 phrases that you feel most passionately about; write it down on an index card; hand in
Assessment: Instructional feedback given on each shared document
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework:
Block 1 (95 min): April 19, 2016
Compassion Quote:
The greatness of a man is measured by the way he treats the little man. Compassion for the weak is a sign of greatness. - Myles Munroe
Objective: SW select a topic for their speech and write an interesting speech introduction using a hook
Good News/Hook/Announcements (3 min)
Do Now (10 min): #1-5 HERE.
Direct Instruction (5 min): Give directions for Student Survey
Independent Practice (10 min): Complete Student Survey
Direct Instruction (5 min): Introduce THIS I BELIEVE project (speech)
Guided Practice (10 min): Complete What do you Think?
Independent Practice (5 min): Select 3 phrases that you feel most passionately about and write one on each side of a lined paper
Direct Instruction: LECTURE (introduction) & Essay Organizer HERE
Independent Practice: Write introductions to "This I Believe" speech (Google Doc) and add "Comments" addressing and explaining your claim, point of view, hook etc.
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Objective: SW present analyses of speeches and practice good skills of audience
Independent Practice: Present analyses of speeches from last week
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: Finish introductions of "This I Believe" speech at home.
Assessment: Instructional feedback given on each shared document
Block 2 (95 min): Compassion Quote: True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it. Daniel Goleman
Objective: SW write an essay using rhetorical strategies to describe a personal philosophy
Do Now: #7-8 HERE
Good News/Hook/Announcements:
Direct Instruction: E
Example #1: This I Believe - What Doesn't Kill You Only Makes you Stronger
Example #2: This I Believe - I Believe in Being Cool on My Own Terms
Example #3: This I Believe - Themes to Explore
Independent Practice: Write your essay!
Assessment/Notes: This essay will be the basis for your 6FA4 assessment so be sure to include lots of rhetorical strategies. Turn in permission slips FRIDAY.
Friday (55 min): Compassion Quote: Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Objective: SW write an essay using rhetorical strategies to describe a personal philosophy
Do Now (5 min): Parallelism Practice
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Independent Practice (45 min): Continue writing "This I Believe" essay and analyzing it.
Assessment: 2FA3/6FA4
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: permission slips due today.