February 2 No Electronics Grab a Magazine Finish and turn in packet Correct

February 3—Open Seating-Be choosey. Finish Packet and Correct  1 point per question answered correctly  Extra credit essay is within the packet, you might need it later—insurance is always good Tomorrow— Have textbook  (If you left your textbook in the classroom, I returned it; you will need to check a new one out.)  New students—Check out a 9 th grade English book out of the library before class tomorrow. Collections

February 4 What you need: ◦ Completed packet from yesterday ◦ Text book ◦ Journal

Correct packet Correct your own Share answers with the class Number you got correct (with corrections) at the top

February 5 SSR Homework: Read pages in text. Quiz on Monday

February 8 What you need: ◦ Text book ◦ Journal Quiz today

Quiz Answer questions ◦ 10 minutes…please time yourself for only 5 minutes each question. ◦ You may use the book; however, be sure to use time wisely ◦ Complete sentences

Journal: Address the following Discuss how the collection opener image and the collection quotation work together create a connection. (p. 306 in text book) ◦ 8 sentences “To endure what is unendurable is true endurance.” -Japanese proverb

Standards we will be covering in this collection (unit) RI 1 Cite textual evidence. RI 2 Determine a central idea; provide an objective summary. RI 4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases. RI 5 Analyze how claims are developed and refined. RI 6 Determine an author’s purpose and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that purpose. W 2 Write informative/explanatory texts. L 3 Apply knowledge of language to make effective choices for meaning or style. L 4 Determine the meaning of multiple-meaning words and phrases. L 4c Consult reference materials.

Today This collection provides a wide-ranging look at how humans endure in the face of adversity. Video “The Holocaust”—Notes in journal (10 things that are interesting) Performance task…Write an informational essay about the personal qualities necessary for survival. Close reading Review—What is it? Student activity sheet for Vocabulary—Due tomorrow

February 9 What you need: ◦ Text book ◦ Journal Turn in Vocabulary homework Quiz today

Quiz Vocabulary

Journal: Notes and Lecture Elie Wiesel is a teacher, writer, and Nobel Prize winner in Born: Romania in 1928 He was deported to a concentration camp during the Holocaust 1944 he and his family were sent to Auschwitz where his mother and sister died He and his father were then moved to Buchenwald where his father died He and his two older sisters survived the concentration camps Wiesel went on to write about his experiences in Night, Dawn, and The Accident

Today Answer Questions in handout

February 10 What you need: ◦ Text book ◦ Handout Finish your handout due today Correct tomorrow Work on connotation handout Afterschool quiz make up tomorrow

February 11 What you need: ◦ Text book ◦ Handout ◦ Phone/calendar Correct handout Complete Connotation handout and correct Critical Vocabulary handout Afterschool quiz make up Today

February 12 SSR  Bring a book

February 17 What you need: ◦ Text book ◦ Critical Vocabulary ◦ Notebook Paper Vocabulary Quiz; correct Page 314 #1-6; Page 315 #1-5; and Vocabulary Strategy

Correct Vocabulary Quiz

Coming Up This Week Tomorrow: ◦ Quiz on Night  Need your skyward user name and password ◦ Homework: Read pages in your Close Reader—Quiz on Monday ◦ After school Quiz Make Up Friday ◦ SSR

February 18 What you need: ◦ Text book ◦ Materials and handouts from the reading Quiz on Night—in Library Due: ◦ Page 314 #1-6; Page 315 #1-5; and Vocabulary Strategy ◦ Connotation/Denotation handout ◦ Critical Vocabulary handout ◦ Guided questions from reading handout Afterschool quiz make up today Homework: Read pages in your Close Reader—Quiz on Monday

Quiz Quiz today ◦ Sign into skyward ◦ Select assignment ◦ When done work on any missing assignments or read pages in your Close Reader— Quiz on Monday Tomorrow: ◦ SSR

February 19 SSR ◦ Bring a book ◦ Homework: Read pages in your Close Reader—Quiz on Monday

February 22—new seats What you need: ◦ Close Reader ◦ Pen/Pencil Quiz on reading (pp77-84 in CR)—open note Video and notes Vocabulary Hmwk: answer questions in the Close Reader pp77-84

Quiz—answer on handout Who were the three groups of Rwandan people involved in the genocide in the 1990s? Which two were most affected during this time? Why? Why did they dislike each other? What events led up to the massacre in the 1990s? How did Paul Rusesabagina help?

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February 23 What you need: ◦ Close Reader ◦ Pen/Pencil Correct questions in the Close Reader pp77-84 Vocabulary due tomorrow-Quiz tomorrow Homework…Read The End and The Beginning on pages

Correct questions in Closer In groups of 3 to 4 people compare answers and correct as needed Be prepared to share your work with the class Remember to use complete sentences in your responses.

February 24 What you need: ◦ Text book ◦ Notebook paper ◦ Pen/Pencil Vocabulary Quiz day Answer question on The End and The Beginning on pages Tomorrow…Quiz on The End and the Beginning

Answers to quiz

February 25 What you need: ◦ Text book ◦ Your finished question from yesterday ◦ Any assignments ◦ Skyward user name and password ◦ Pen/Pencil Go over answers from p. 354 Quiz day The End and The Beginning on pages Tomorrow…SSR

February 26 Skyward Quiz—open note ◦ “The End and The Beginning”  Retakes next week, stay tuned for what day. SSR-bring a book

February 29 What you need: ◦ Text book ◦ Smart phone, tablet, desktop computer Read “The End and The Beginning” pp Kahoot Quiz retake whenever you want—or Wednesday afterschool Homework: read pp in close reader and answer questions