7-16-09

Previous Next = = = July 16, 2009 =

Reminders:

 * Bring a spiral bound notebook/notebook paper and pens/pencils to class each day.

Directions:

 * 1) Take out your notebook/paper and something to write with.
 * 2) Copy today's learning objectives and HW.

__Learning Objectives__ (copy in your planner)
Students will:
 * Show understanding of vocabulary.
 * Identify elements of science fiction independently.
 * Present a dialectical journal based on //Night//.
 * Present arguments for/against technology.
 * Study a film's message concerning victimization during the holocaust.

**Homework:**

 * Study for the [|Vocabulary Final on Friday!] (50 Questions chosen at random from our 180 words this session)

 
 * 7:30-7:45: Vocabulary Review**
 * **15 Terms chosen at random from our list of 150 words:**
 * [|Vocabulary Quiz]


 * 7:40-8:10: Sci-Fi Independent Reading**
 * Reading quietly.
 * As you read, keep track of the elements of science fiction in the novel in Cornell Note style
 * [|scifiels.pdf]


 * 8:10-8:20: Academic Vocabulary**
 * Work alone or in pairs to match the 10 words to their definitions.
 * Create vocabulary circles for the 10 words in your own notebook (these words are generated at random, so if repeats come up, you don't need to make a 2nd Vocabulary Circle--however, by the end of the 2nd week you need to have all 55 Vocabulary Circles).
 * Remember to keep ALL of your vocabulary circles--all tests/quizzes are cumulative.
 * [|Randomly chosen 10 of the 55 Academic Vocabulary words]


 * 8:20-9:00: //Night// Dialectical Journal** **Presentations**
 * Students briefly present their work and describe how they created it.
 * Students read the most memorable quotation they responded to.


 * Students share their journals afterward--gallery walk.


 * 9:00-9:20: Journal Entry 11**
 * Journal Entries


 * 9:20-9:55: Journal Cover**
 * Design and create a journal cover to go on the top of your journal entries when you turn them in tomorrow.
 * The cover must include your name, the name of the course, and the titles of our two main units (Victimization and Science Fiction)
 * The cover must also include images (hand drawn or printed from the computer) related to our units of study.


 * 10:10-10:25: Root Word Review**
 * [|Root Word Quiz]


 * 10:25-11:25: Technology Essay Presentations**
 * Students evaluate presentations.


 * 11:25-12:25**: **Film As Literature**
 * The Pianist
 * Respond to Day 2 questions.


 * If time permits:** Vocabulary **Review**
 * **15 Terms chosen at random from our list of 150 words:**
 * [|Vocabulary Quiz]