Good, Evil and Power Weekly Calendars
May calendar
April 29:
Finish research/write concluding slide (room 218)
Email/share with me!!
April 30:
Watch Alive: 20 Years Later
Do “Social Construc-tion…” reading and questions
May 1
Power points due/present
2
Present power points
3
Diversity Day
6
Begin essay/
use Inspiration
7
Finish essay
(block 2 room 218, block 4 room 123F)
Do Shakespeare read-ing and questions—due beginning of class
8
Begin Othello
22 (1/2 day)
23
Finish Othello work
27
MEMORIAL DAY--
NO SCHOOL
28
Choice book and
essay writing
29
Choice book and
essay writing
30
Choice book and problem solving
essay writing
31
Choice book and
essay writing
Week 9 3/25 – 3/29
Monday 3/25 No School
Tuesday 3/26/13 No vocabulary this week
Swing Kids quiz, finish movie
Write constructed response
Do website evaluation (cart 5)
Wednesday 3/27 Finish website eval. In room 218 block 2
Begin Lord of the Flies
Thursday 3/28 period 2 course scheduling for next year
Block 2 researching problem (cart 5) – 4 slides on problem
Lord of the Flies
Friday 3/29 Lord of the Flies
Block 4 researching problem (cart 5) – 4 slides on problem
Monday 4/1 block 2 room 218
Block 4 cart 5
Week 8
Monday, 3/18 New vocabulary
“Won’t be fooled again” comments due
Steps 2-3 of research project (write out essential question) – cart 4
Homework: (due Wednesday) Read and answer questions for “Fun of being together”
Tuesday, 3/19 Vocab crossword/sentences due
Work on project – library 123g
Wednesday, 3/20 Vocab. Sentences
Work on project – cart 4
Thursday, 3/21 Vocab bingo
Begin Swing Kids
Friday, 3/22 Vocab quiz
Swing Kids
Week 4
Monday, 2/11 New vocabulary
AF read 6, do questions
Tuesday, 2/12 Vocab crossword
Read AF 7
Watch Animal Farm video
Wednesday, 2/13 Vocab sentences and bingo
Do Step 3 of project
AF 8
Thursday, 2/14 Vocab quiz
AF 9
Friday, 2/15 AF 10
Week 3
Monday, 2/4 Animal metaphors brain warm up
New vocabulary
Watch Martin Luther King’s speech/finish speech chart
Read AF 2, do questions
Tuesday, 2/5 Vocab crossword
Read Russian Revolution summary/begin parallels sheet
Read AF 3
Do propaganda and Squealer
Assign Ted Talk “Inside School for Suicide Bombers” (due Thursday)
Wednesday, 2/6 Vocab sentences
AF 4
Thursday, 2/7 Vocab bingo
AF 5
Friday, 2/8 Vocab quiz
AF 6
Weeks 1 & 2
Wed. 1/23 “Starting to Get to Know You” activity
Watch and read “The Bad Samaritan” (parts 1 and 2)
Begin letter to David Cash
Homework: Begin letter to David Cash if necessary (Collins 3)
Thurs. 1/24 Quickwrite: Vt Samaritan law
“Different ways of seeing”
Read letter aloud to partner / finish and type letter
HW: 2 truths and a lie
Fri. 1/25 Share 2 truths and a lie
Letter due
Elements of a fable
“The Tortoise and the Hare” fable
Animal Farm chapter 1
Mon. 1/28 New vocabulary
Compare speeches
AF 2
Tues 1/29 “Advertising Alphabet”
Read Russian Revolution summary, begin parallels sheet
AF 3
Wed. 1/30 Vocab sentences
Squealer's speech
In groups, work on 10 Commandments rewrite
Read chapter 4, do questions
HW: Vocab. exercises
Thurs. 1/31 Vocabulary bingo/review
Read chapter 5
Fri. 2/1 Vocab. quiz
Read chapter 6
Begin propaganda activities
Weeks 8 & 9
10/15 – 10/26
Mon. 10/15 . Flies 9 due, read 10
Begin “Create a School”
Tues. 10/16 Read Flies 11
Finish Create a School
Wed. 10/17 Flies 12 (the end!)
(half day) Constructed response
Thurs. 10/18 No School
Fri. 10/19 No school
Mon. 10/22 Lord of the Flies test
New Vocab.
Begin Imovie with Ipads
Tues. 10/23 Finish movie trailers
Begin Alive
Wed. 10/24 Alive
Thurs. 10/25 Finish Alive
Fri. 10/26 Vocab. quiz
Do Inspiration chart (Ipads) to compare book to movie
Week 6
10/1 – 10/5
Mon. 10/1 . Turn in ad/go over “Power Corrupts…” reading
New vocab.
Stanley Milgram experiment
Pre-reading questions
Begin Lord of the Flies chapter 1
Tues. 10/2 Vocab. crossword
Apostrophes
Desert island adventure
Flies 1
Wed. 10/3 Write dialogue for vocab. words
Flies 2
Thurs. 10/4 Vocab bingo
Flies 3 in class w/rubric
Start Flies 4
“Won’t get fooled again”
Fri. 10/5 Vocab. quiz
Arizona banned books
Show Simpsons video
Finish Flies 4
Next week – more Lord of the Flies
Week 5
9/24 – 9/28
Mon. 9/24 New vocab.
Yertle the Turtle
Finish essay – turn in (lab 218)
Begin “Create a School”
Tues. 9/25 Vocab. crossword
“Won’t be fooled again”
Finish “Create a School”
Begin ad (lab 218)
Wed. 9/26 Vocab sentences
Finish ad
Begin research on power corrupting power point (lab 218)
Thurs. 9/27 Vocab quiz
Finish power point (cart 5)
Fri. 9/28 No school – teacher in service
Next week – Lord of the Flies
Week 4
9/17 – 9/21
Mon. 9/17 New SAT vocabulary words
AF chapt. 9 due, read 10 (the end)
Review for test
Assign Animal Farm essay
Homework: Study for test, do essay “chicken foot”
Tues. 9/18 AF test
Vocab. crossword
Work on essay (cart 5)
Homework: work on essay
Wed. 919 Vocab sentences
Work on essay (cart 5)
HW: work on essay
Thurs. 9/20 Final draft essay due
Vocabulary bingo/review
Begin V for Vendetta
HW: study for vocab. quiz
Fri. 9/21 Vocab. quiz
Finish V
Begin “Create a School”
Weeks 3
9/10 – 9/14/2012
Mon. 9/10 “Take a Stand” activity
Do vocabulary definitions
Go over Romney/Obama speeches
AF 4 due, read 5
HW: AF 5
Tues 9/11 Vocab. crossword
Propaganda
“Meet George Orwell”
AF 6
HW: 6
Wed. 9/12 Animal metaphors
Symbolism sheet
Propaganda work
Vocab sentences
AF 7
HW: 7
Thurs. 9/13 Vocabulary bingo/review
AF 8
10 Commandments rewrite
Manipulating language
Satire
HW: 8
Fri. 9/14 Vocab. quiz
Define good, evil and power
AF 9
Euphemisms
Mon. 9/17 AF 10 (the end)
Review for test
Vocab crossword
Begin V for Vendetta
Wed. 10/25 Vocab sentences
V
Assign essay
Thurs 10/26 Quick write
Work on essay
Fri, 10/27 Vocab quiz
Quick write
Work on essay (due Monday)
Homework:
Week 6
10/3 – 10/7
Mon. 10/3 Vocab. 5 words
Begin Animal Farm
Homework: Finish chapters 1 and 2 (due Wednesday)
Tues. 10/4 Block 2 canceled due to NECAPS block 3 ???
Homework: Vocab sentences
Wed. 10/5 Vocab. crossword
AF 2 and 3 due, cont.
Thurs. 10/6 Block 2 canceled due to NECAPS, block 3 ???
Homework: AF 3
Study for vocab quiz
Fri.10/7 Vocab. quiz
AF
Propaganda work
Homework: “Meet George Orwell”
Week 5 homework:
Monday, 9/26 Finish Lord of the Flies paragraph
Tuesday, 9/27 Finish vocab sentences
Wed., 9/28 No School
Week 4 homework:
Monday, 9/19: Read 1st 1/2 of chapter 10 Lord of the Flies.
Tuesday, 9/20
Week 3:
Friday 9/16 Finish Flies chapter 8, answer questions
Thurs 9/15 Flies 7, answer questions, study for tomorrow's vocab quiz
Wed. 9/14 Flies 6, answer questions
Tuesday 9/13 Read Lord of the Flies chapter 5, answer questions
Week 5:
Mon. Vocab. 4 words
Flies test
Begin Alive
Homework:
Work on memorizing poem
Work on essay
Tues. Alive
Poetry Outloud - practice poem
Homework: Work on vocab. 5 exercises ( due tomorrow.)
Wed. Go over vocab
Work on Lord of the Flies essay - draft due tomorrow
Homework: Finish essay draft
Work on poem
Weeks 1 & 2
8/31 – 9/9
Thurs. 9/1 Introductory info.
“Starting to Get to Know You” activity
Watch and read “The Bad Samaritan”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqTdXOQmXrc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJeAOcC7c6M&feature=related
Homework: Letter to David Cash (Collins type 3)
Fri. 9/2 Read letter aloud to self (rewrite for homework)
Read “Girl who helped…” and answer questions, discuss
Do Flies pre-reading questions, discuss
Begin Lord of the Flies, read chapt. 1
Homework: Rewrite letter (Collins type 4)
Mon. 9/5 No School – Labor Day
Tues. 9/6 Letter due
Assign vocabulary
Flies finish chapt. 1
Do "4 Corners" activity
HW: Read chapt. 2
Wed.9/7 “Desert Island Disaster”
Flies 2 due, read chapt. 3
Begin figurative language sheet
Thurs. 9/8 Vocab work
Flies 4
Obama speech (finish for homework)
HW: Obama speech
Fri. 9/9 Vocabulary quiz
Flies
Final 2 weeks 1/3/11 – 1/14/11
Monday, 1/3 Choice book character info. sheet due end of class
Work on good or evil power point, reading choice book, final exam essay
Vocabulary exercises extra credit
Tuesday, 1/4 Same as Monday
Wednesday, 1/5 Same as Monday
Thursday, 1/6 Choice book key passage due
Read choice book
Work on final exam essay if needed (no computers!)
Friday, 1/7 Choice book story elements due end of class
Final exam essay due – NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
Monday, 1/10 Choice book test
Computers to finish power point work
Tuesday, 1/11 Present power points
Wednesday, 1/12 Present power points
Thursday, 1/13 Present power points
Friday, 1/14 Final Exams – block 3 7:45 block 4 9:30
Week 8
10/18 - 10/20
This is a short week so no vocabulary. We will be reading Animal Farm all week, with some reading TBA over the 4 day weekend. We have computers Monday, 10/25 for essay rewrites.
Week 6
10/4 – 10/8
Mon. 10/4 Vocab. 5 words
Flies test
Begin Alive
Homework: Work on vocab. 5 exercises ( due Wed.)
Work on memorizing poem
Work on essay
Tues. Alive
Poetry Outloud - practice poem - recitations begin Thursday!!
Homework: Work on vocab. 5 exercises ( due tomorrow.)
Wed. Go over vocab
Work on Lord of the Flies essay - draft due tomorrow
Homework: Finish essay draft
Work on poem
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