1. March 2, 2015

2. Journal!! Topic: Continue your daily diary, similar to that of Anne Frank. You should include the following elements: – 1 st person – Date, time, place – Thoughts and feelings – Experiences and observations Peer editing, switch with the person next to you in your row.

3. Cold Read Week 19 – Main Idea and Details Students will look for the central idea or message of a passage or story. They also will find details that best support the main idea. Students will look for the order of events or steps in a process.

4. Homework Check…

5. Agenda

6. Generalization Chart Theme: answers the question, “what does this reveal?” It is a general idea or insight about human existence that is revealed in a story, poem, or play. Page 3 from the Anne Frank packet Use details from scenes 1-3 in Act 1 to try to come up with a generalization/theme to go along with “The Diary of Anne Frank”

7. Tolerance Poem Page 4 from Anne Frank Packet Read Aloud… Was there a time you witnessed discrimination and did not say anything about it? What should you have done differently? Rewrite your own version of the poem to state what you should do in similar circumstances. Make the situations applicable to your own life…

8. Response and Analysis, Scenes I-III Page 395 Questions 1-5 1-2-4 Protocol…

9. Homework… Finish answering questions 1-5 on page 395 from your Literature Textbook. BRING GALA DONATIONS!!

10. March 4, 2015

11. Journal!! Topic: Continue your daily diary, similar to that of Anne Frank. You should include the following elements: – 1 st person – Date, time, place – Thoughts and feelings – Experiences and observations Peer editing, switch with the person next to you in your row.

12. Cold Read Week 19 – Main Idea and Details Students will look for the central idea or message of a passage or story. They also will find details that best support the main idea. Students will look for the order of events or steps in a process.

13. Homework Check… Homework to be checked: – Vocabulary Lesson 9, Exercises 1-3 Homework to be turned in: – Page 395, questions 1-5

14. Quick Quiz

15. Check for Understanding, pages 5-6 from “Anne Frank” Packet

16. Question/Predictions After Act I Page 410, number 5 2 Column Chart

17. Extension Activity Page 7 from “Anne Frank” Packet Answer either question 22 OR question 23 in a short essay (Introduction, body, conclusion)

18. Homework Finish Classwork (Extension Activity) VOCABULARY LESSON 9 TEST ON FRIDAY!!

19. March 5, 2015

20. Journal!! Topic: Continue your daily diary, similar to that of Anne Frank. You should include the following elements: – 1 st person – Date, time, place – Thoughts and feelings – Experiences and observations Peer editing, switch with the person next to you in your row.

21. Cold Read Week 19 – Main Idea and Details Students will look for the central idea or message of a passage or story. They also will find details that best support the main idea. Students will look for the order of events or steps in a process.

22. Homework Check… Homework to be turned in: – Essay answer for question 22 or 23

23. PARCC Test Prep

24. Pages 10 and 12 From “Anne Frank” Packet

25. Homework… Study for Vocabulary Test, Lesson 9, Tomorrow!

26. March 6, 2015

27. Journal!! Topic: Free write… Peer editing, switch with the person next to you in your row.

28. Gala Update Everyone donated Gift cards for Monday!

29. Vocabulary Test, Lesson 9

30. PARCC Test Prep Blessings Questions 4-6

31. Essay, question #7 As a group, discuss what the question is asking and highlight/underline what you are being asked to write about… How do the authors develop themes? What is a theme from each story you can write about? How is each theme developed? (Details from the story)

32. Essay Question #7 Thesis The authors of “The Count of Monte Cristo” and “Blessings” developed their theme through the use of different textual structures. Text Structures – Play – Narrative – Tone, Mood – Setting – Chronological Order – 1 st person, 3 rd person – Stage Directions

33. Essay Question #7 As a group, come up with an outline you could use for your essay. Write your own essay.

34. Transition Words Same – Likewise – Similarly – In the same way – Also – In addition Different – But – However – Even though – Even so – On the other hand – Whereas – Unlike

35. Homework… No Homework! Gift Cards for gala basket?