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Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Unit 4 Vocabulary Practice Test
Chapter 24 (roots)
Chapter 25

Session One
Session Two
Student Grades
Journal Entries
Victimization

To find out your grade, type in the Classword:
Eng4CSummerDevine09
and your student ID and click Log In.

Respond to the following prompt on page 11 of your journal:
Describe the scene in The Pianist where the Jewish people were waiting to be transported out of the Warsaw ghetto. What was it like for the people who had to stay there? How would you feel if you were there? How would you pass the time? What would you think about? Try to understand what the Jewish people in Warsaw were going through.
Entry 12
Date: 7-17-09
Title: Gruesome Discovery
Type of Writing: Reflection
Page #: 12
Respond to the following prompt on page 12 of your journal:
Imagine that you were part of a military force defeating Germany during WWII and you discover a Jewish concentration/death camp. Many people are dead, but there are some survivors. Before this discovery, you had no idea that Nazis were running concentration/death camps. How would you respond to what you would see there? What would you do? What would you think?

Work alone or in pairs to match the 10 words to their definitions.
Randomly chosen 10 of the 55 Academic Vocabulary words
8:00-8:20:8:00-8:10: Finish Night
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.
8:20-8:40:8:10-8:30: Journal Entry
Journal Entries
Turn in your daily journals.
Be sure your cover page is on top.
The second page needs to be your table of contents.
8:40-9:55:8:30-9:55: "Why We
How does this selection relate to Night and The Pianist?
10:10-10:30:Finish Technology Essay Presentations

Previous
July 17, 2009
Reminders:
Bring a spiral bound notebook/notebook paper and pens/pencils to class each day.
Directions:
Take out your notebook/paper and something to write with.
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:
Get ready for the next school year. School starts Tuesday, September 8th.
Agenda (do not copy)
Vocabulary Final (50 Questions chosen at random from our 180 words this session)
7:30-7:50: 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
Turn in your notes from Sci-Fi reading today.
7:50-8:00: Academic Vocabulary
Work alone or in pairs to match the 10 words to their definitions.
Randomly chosen 10 of the 55 Academic Vocabulary words
8:00-8:20: Finish 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.
8:20-8:40: Journal Entry 12
Journal Entries
Turn in your daily journals.
Be sure your cover page is on top.
The second page needs to be your table of contents.
8:40-9:55: "Why We Fight"
How does this selection relate to Night and The Pianist?
10:10-10:30:Finish Technology Essay Presentations
Students evaluate presentations.
10:30-11:45: Film As Literature
The Pianist
Respond to Day 3 questions.
11:45-12:00: Course Reflection
What good was this class to you?
What did you learn in this class that was important/interesting to you?
Was this course academically challenging?
12:00-13:30: Population Increase
Offer technological/scientific solutions that may help solve the problems discussed in the portion of the video we view.

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
Root Word Quiz
10:25-11:25: Technology Essay Presentations
Students evaluate presentations.
11:25-12:25: Film As Literature
The Pianist

Previous Next
July 16, 2009
Reminders:
Bring a spiral bound notebook/notebook paper and pens/pencils to class each day.
Directions:
Take out your notebook/paper and something to write with.
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)
Agenda (do not copy)
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.
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
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

What do you think will happen to Eliezer?
Write a journal entry as Eliezer's friend on the day that Eliezer boarded the train to leave town.
Entry 11
Date: 7-16-09
Title: Waiting
Type of Writing: Reflection
Page #: 11
Respond to the following prompt on page 11 of your journal:
Describe the scene in The Pianist where the Jewish people were waiting to be transported out of the Warsaw ghetto. What was it like for the people who had to stay there? How would you feel if you were there? How would you pass the time? What would you think about? Try to understand what the Jewish people in Warsaw were going through.