Day 82- Monday

1. SSR or Alan's book project
2. Review for your final exam

Day 81- Friday

1. Book Project
2. Quiz
3. Review

Day 80- Thursday

1. Book Project
2. Parallel Structure
3. After 20 Years

Day 79- Wednesday

1. Book Project
2. Parallel Structure
3. Summative Task


HW- The summative task is due Thursday.  It is your final TEST grade for the semester.

Day 78-Tuesday

1. Book Project
2. Parallel Structure
3. Summative Task- in your analysis you need to make sure you tie what you are saying back to your theme/message.  If the message I selected is making the wrong choice has consequences, I need to make sure that I state that in my analysis.  You might want to end your analysis by saying by summarizing how the images, details, and big 5 you wrote about PROVE your theme/message.


HW- The summative task is due Thursday.  It is your final TEST grade for the semester.

Day 77-Monday

1. Book Project
2. Parallel Structure
3. Summative Task


HW- The summative task is due Thursday.  It is your final TEST grade for the semester.
          Progress Check- you all have a theme.  You need to come to class tomorrow with your three pieces of evidence typed into the doc.  If you don't, you are BEHIND.

Day 76- Friday

1. Sentences
2. Go over the ANAGRAM activity
3. Begin the summative task

Book projects start on Monday

Day 75- Thursday

1. SSR
2. Add words and phrases
3. Finish the book
4. Finish the ANAGRAM activity from yesterday- due tomorrow

Day 74-Wednesday

I am very sorry that I am out today.  I have GRAND JURY duty.  I will tell you what it is and what I did when I get back.  You are a great class.  Please be great for the sub again today.

1. SSR for 20 minutes
2. Finish the 6th floor that  we started yesterday
3. Anagram Activity- due FRIDAY

Day 73- Tuesday

Course Recs

1. SSR
2. Grammar- Inserting words and phrases
3. Go over the Mikey Q's
4. Start the 6th floor!

Day 72- Monday

I am very sorry that I am out today.  I have a meeting over at East.  You are a great class, and I expect that you are great for the sub again today.

1. SSR- 20 minutes
2. Finish  Mikey Chapter questions
3. Complete your Book Project
4. Get an A- revise some of your work

Day 71- Friday

Book Projects will move the week of Dec 10th

1. Descriptive Writing
2. Vocab Quiz

3. Mikey Chapter questions

Day 70-Thursday

GROUP GUIDANCE

HW- Complete the vocab activity- Due FRIDAY

Day 69- Wednesday

1. SSR
2. Sentence Variety
3. Finish Teaching Chapter 4
4. Read Chapter 5 with a partner (look for the big 5 and themes we have talked about)
5. Complete the Anagram Activity

HW- Complete the vocab activity- Due FRIDAY

Day 68- Tuesday

1. SSR
 Book Project Template
 Book Project Order

2. Sentence Variety

3. Teach Chapter 4

HW- Complete the vocab activity- Due FRIDAY

Day 67- Monday

Today is an E-Learning day.  Please the instructions for today:

1. Complete the attendance form
2. Work on your book project.  Here is the template: Book Project Template
3. Complete the vocab activity

Please email me with any questions.

Day 66- Tuesday

1. SSR
2. Precision
3. Finish your chapter 4 jigsaw

Day 65- Monday

1. SSR
2. Percision
3. Wrap-up chapter 3
4. Chapter 4 jig saw
     - You need to read the entire chapter
     - You will ONLY annotate your assigned poems
     - You will annotate for the following: Summary, BIG 5/Images, Lesson Learned
     - You will "teach" the class your lesson

Day 64- Friday

1. Sentences
2. Descriptive Writing
3. Finish discussion from yesterday

Day 63- Thursday

1. SSR
2. Precision
3. 15 minutes to prep for the discussion
3. 4 LT discussion
4. Vocab Sentence Writing

Day 62- Wednesday

1. SSR
2. Precision
3. Pass back quiz
4. Read Chapter 2 and 4 Layers of Text

Day 61- Tuesday

1. SSR
2. Precision
3. Go over Summative Writing
4. Complete Chap 1 Discussion
5. Read Chapter 2 and 4 Layers of Text

Day 64- Monday

1. SSR
- Book Project Template
- Book Project Order

2. Precision
3. Discussion Questions
4. Socrative Sem.....

Friday- Day 59

1. Wordiness Quiz
2. Descriptive Writing
3. A Long Way Down
  -Discussion Questions

Day 58- Thursday

1. SSR
2. Wordiness
3. A Long Way Down
   - Questions

Day 57- Wednesday

1. SSR
2. Wordiness
3. A Long Way Down

Day 56-Tuesday

1. SSR
2. Wordiness
3. Create a new folder: A Long Way Down
4. A Long Way down
     - Characterization (C)- how characters are developed
     - Big 5- Simile (S), Metaphor (M), Personification (P), Hyperbole (H), Symbolism (SMB)
     - Themes: message about life, society, or human nature the author is presenting to the reader
                       T1- Actions have consequences
                       T2-Community you live in and people around you affect  who you are
                       T3- Following the "rules" vs thinking for yourself


HW- Unit II Summative

Day 55-Monday

1. SSR
2. Wordiness
3. Summative Writing-Last day to work in class.


HW- Summative Writing due Wednesday

Day 54- Friday

1. Sentences
2. Journal Writing
3. Revision Day: Gram Quiz 1, Gram Quiz 2, Vocab Quiz, Unit I Summative
   If you are done, you can do your Unit II Summative or your book project

Day 53- Thursday

1. SSR
2. Wordiness
3. Unit II Summative

Day 52- Wednesday

1. SSR
- Book sign in deadline
- Template
- Order
2. Wordiness
3. Unit II Summative



HW- 2 BIG 5 for Thursday

Day 51- Tuesday

1. SSR
2. Wordiness
3. Pass back vocab quiz
4. Go over Unit II Rubric- see how you will be graded
5. Unit II Summative


HW- 2 BIG 5 for Thursday

Day 50- Monday

1. SSR (deadline to register your book is WEDNESDAY)
2. Wordiness
3. Vocab Quiz- you can revise until perfect
4. Unit II Intro writing- Revision (adding in the BIG 5)

HW- 2 BIG 5 for Thursday

Day 49- Friday

1. Sentences- let's use the VOCAB in the sentences
2. Journal Writing
3. Wrap up One Thousand Dollars vocab

Day 48- Thursday

1. SSR
2. $1,000 Questions
3. Unit II Vocab- 9 sentences

Day 47- Wednesday

1. SSR
     Book Project Template
     Book Project 2
2. One Thousand Dollars

Day 46- Friday

1. Sentences
2. Descriptive Writing
3. One Thousand Dollars

Day 45- Thursday

1. SSR
2. Self-Reflection for PT Conferences
3. Finish VOCAB- 2 more sentences
4. Intro Writing- Revision-
- Eliminate red lines
- Eliminate generic words (USE VIVID WORDS AND DETAILS)
- Tell a story (don't start with, "this picture...")

Day 44- Wednesday

1. SSR
2. Wordiness
3. Lady or the Tiger Vocab- go over a few too

1. Sentimental
2. Elaborate
3. Reinforce
4. Ambivalent
5. Amused
6. Vibrant
7. Poignant

4. Intro Writing- Revision-
- Eliminate red lines
- Eliminate generic words (USE VIVID WORDS AND DETAILS)
- Tell a story (don't start with, "this picture...")

Day 43-Tuesday

1. SSR- Check HW
2. Pair and share the HW
3. Finish The Lady or the Tiger questions
4. Lady or the Tiger Vocab


5. Intro Writing- Revision-
- Eliminate red lines
- Eliminate generic words (USE VIVID WORDS AND DETAILS)
- Tell a story (don't start with, "this picture...")

Day 42- Monday

1. Book Project
2. Wordiness
3. Finish The Lady or the Tiger questions
4. Lady or the Tiger Vocab
5. Intro Writing- Revision-
- Eliminate red lines
- Eliminate generic words (USE VIVID WORDS AND DETAILS)
- Tell a story (don't start with, "this picture...")


HW- One passage for both the of the characters you selected.

Day 41- Friday

1. Book Project
2. 10 Minutes to revise grammar quizzes or Unit I Assessment
3. 10 minutes of descriptive journaling
4. Finish The Lady or the Tiger questions
5. Lady or the Tiger Vocab

Day 40- Thursday

1. Book Project
2. 10 Minutes to revise grammar quizzes or Unit I Assessment
3. Finish Lady or the Tiger
4. The Lady or the Tiger

Testing- Wednesday

Day 38- Tuesday

1. SSR
2. 10 minutes to revise either your quizzes or Unit I Assessment
3. Lady or the Tiger


HW- Book project and revise Unit I Assessment, Gram Qz 1 and Gram Qz 2

Columbus Day- Monday

Day 37- Friday

Next week we will be revising our grammar quizzes instead of doing a new grammar skill.  Who does not have their first quiz?

1. Grammar Quiz
2. SSR, book project, or work revisions once done
3. Timed Free Writing
    Journal Template
4.  The Lady or the Tiger

Day 36- Thursday

1. SSR
  - Book projects start next week
2. Wordiness- find the main idea and rewrite
3. The Lady or the Tiger

Day 35- Wednesday

1. SSR
   - Book projects start next week
2. Wordiness
3. The Big 5
4. Begin The Lady and the Tiger

HW- Unit II writing for tomorrow

Day 34- Tuesday

1. SSR
   - Book Projects start in a week.
   - Book Project Tempate
2. Wordiness
3. Unit II Writing- no more class time after today- how much time do we need?
4. The Big 5?

HW- Writing for Thursday

Day 33- Monday

1. SSR
    - Book Projects start next week.  Are we all set?  Any questions?
2. Wordiness
3. Unit II Intro Writing


Unit II Writing is due Thursday- you will have time in class tomorrow.

Day 32- Friday

Why should I revise my Unit I Assessment?
- You want to be the best student possible, attain the necessary skills, and you want to grow educationally
 OR
You are motivated by numbers and your grades:

Missing- Student went from a 90% to a 34% (-56 points) simply by not doing the assignment

Revision of the 2 paragraphs (progress/quiz): 4.5/18 (F) to a 11/18 (D) TOTAL SEMESTER GRADE went up 8 points

Revision of the 3 changes (product/test): 4/15 (F) to a 10/15 (D) TOTAL SEMESTER GRADE went up 21 points
WHY SUCH AN IMPACT?
14 total assignments
4 process/quiz grades- each one is worth 8.75% of your grade
1 product/test grade- worth 50% of your grade


1. Sentences- get your blue sheet out and use a vocab word in each sentence
2. Unit II Intro Writing

Day 31- Thursday

Group Guidance- we will have a visitor today

Day 30- Wednesday

1.  SSR
2. Dashes and Hyphens
3. Vocab-Due Friday
Anthony, Jose, Nico, Jonathan, Kevin, Makayala

Day 29- Tuesday

1.  SSR
2. Dashes and Hyphens
3. Vocab- continue from Friday
4. Unit II Intro Writing

Day 28- Monday

1. SSR
   Book Project Order
   Book Project Template
   How to adjust your slides to 10 second

2. Khan Academy

3. Dashes and Hyphens

4. Class overview- Unit 1- Understanding Rhetoric
                               Unit 2- How writers write (study the art of writing) focus on DESCRIPTION

5. Unit II Vocab- You will need the blue handouts as well


HW- Writing-it is due on MONDAY!

Friday- Day 27

1. Sentences
4. Unit II Vocab- You will need the blue handouts as well


HW- Writing-it is due on MONDAY!

Thursday- Day 25

1. SSR
2. Colon and Semicolons
3. Analysis Writing- why  did you do what you did in your work?


HW- Writing is due MONDAY.  You will not have any more class time to work!

Wednesday- Day 25

1. SSR-check book
2. HW- Paragraph 1 is done!
3. Colon and Semicolons
3. Writing:  harold, jeslyn

HW- Writing for MONDAY the 24- 2nd paragraph for tomorrow!
         Tomorrow you will have time to work in class!



HW- Writing!  It's due MONDAY

Tuesday- Day 24

1. SSR
2. Colon and Semicolons
3. Writing:  harold, eldwin, jeslyn

HW- Writing for MONDAY the 24- 1st paragraph for tomorrow!
         Today and tomorrow you will have time to work in class!

Monday- Day 23

1. SSR
2. Pass back grammar quiz and explain revisions
3. Colon and Semicolons
4. Conference and writing time harold, eldwin, jeslyn

HW- Writing for Thursday

Friday- Day 22

1. Grammar Quiz
2. Continue writing

Thursday- Day 21

1. SSR
2. Commas
3. Mini writing lecture and work time
4. 4. Formative Assessment- You should have this but just in case

Looking like the writing will be due in one week.  You will have 4 class days to work.  I will gauge your progress.  We might need more or less time.  If we are going to do something, we are going to do it RIGHT!

Wednesday- Day 20

1. SSR
2. Commas
3.  Using the UNIT's Vocab in context- get your vocab sheet out.  You will need it.  Touches on the ball.  Here is a list of the words should you need them once again.
4. Formative Writing- evidence first....then claims- Mini Lecture

HW- Writing

Tuesday- Day 19

I am very sorry that I will not be in class today.  I am at a meeting.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.  You are always a great class.  Please be great again for the sub today.

1. SSR
2. Formative Assessment

Monday- Day 18

1. SSR
- Book Project Template
- Book Project Order

2. Commas
3. Vocab Sentences- 2 in partners- steal one
4. Introduce Formative Assessment

Friday- Day 17

1. Sentences
2. Using the UNIT's Vocab in context- get your vocab sheet out.  You will need it.  Touches on the ball.  Here is a list of the words should you need them once again.

Thursday- Day 16

1. SSR- Check HW
2. End of Sentence
3. Article 2 analysis
4. Begin reading article 3
5. Article 3 analysis
6. Using the UNIT's Vocab in context

Wednesday- Day 15

1. SSR-Check HW
2. End of sentence
3. Go over article 1 and analysis
4. Begin Article 2


HW- finish article 2 anaylsis

Tuesday- Day 14

1. SSR
2. End of Sentence Punctuation
3. Rhetorical Situation sheet
4. Article
5. Article Analysis
6. Using the UNIT's Vocab in context
7. Read article 2 and complete the analysis

HW- Article 2 and Analysis

Monday- Labor Day

Enjoy the DAY OFF!!!!!

Friday-Day 13

1. Sentences- check over HW
2. Audience and Context examples
3. Read Article 1
4. Complete Analysis of Article #1

Thursday- Day 12

1. SSR
2. Continue Rhetorical Situations Activity

Wednesday- Day

1. SSR- check vobab HW
2. Go over IMPLY
3. Intro to Rhetoric
4. Situations Activity




HW- Situations Activity

Tuesday- Day 10

1. SSR
2. Kahoot Game for EC
3. Vocabulary for Unit I- make sure you log in

4. Vocab Template- paper copy
5. Intro to Rhetoric
6. Situations Activity


HW- VOCAB

Monday- Day 9

1. SSR
2. Book Project
     - Book Project Template
     - Book Project Order
3. Mr. Rossetti's Example
4. Grammar
5. Kahoot Game for EC
6. Vocabulary for Unit I- make sure you log in

7. Vocab Template- paper copy
8. Intro to Rhetoric
9. Situations Activity

HW- VOCAB

Friday- Day 8

SSR

1. Watch WeVideo and Interviews
  - Post Your Link Here


   - Interview Form

2. Sentence Structures- review and introduction
3. Kahoot Review Game.....EC for the winner
4. Vocabulary for Unit I- make sure you log in
5. Vocab Template- paper copy

Thursday- Day 7

1. SSR
2. Watch WeVideo and Interviews
  - Post Your Link Here

   - Interview Form

Wednesday- 6

1. SSR
2. Finish WeVideo

HW- Finish WeVideo
   

Tuesday- Day 5

1. SSR
2. Demonstrate WeVideo


HW- Work on WeVideo

Monday- Day 4

1. Meet in the media center for book check out

2. Read/SSR once you have a book

3. Wrap up WeVideo Writing (editing) and work on visual in WeVideo

HW- Recording your WeVideo

Day 3- Friday

1. Attendance- do I have your names yet?

2. Writing- you need to complete this by the end of the period: Jose, Niko, Alfredo, Eldwin, Alan, Jonathan

3. Have Mr. Rossetti check your work- no lists....DEPTH

Day 2- Thursday

1. Attendance- did everyone come back?

2. Continue WeVideo- should have already made a copy of this.

HW- You need to have three topics completed

Day 1- Wednesday

Welcome Back!  I hope you have a great summer!

1. Attendance- are you in the correct place?

2. Here is your folder- IT IS FOR ENGLISH WORK ONLY

3. Everything you need for this class will be on my blog.  Please go to the following page:

   www.rossettie2a.blogspot.com- Bookmark this page.  We will use it everyday

4. Planner- Get it out and write down your homework.  We will also do this everyday

5. Drive- please create the following folders in your drive: General Materials, Grammar, Unit I, Unit II, Unit III

6. Are you in literacy?  If so, you need to get an SSR book from your teacher.

7. Your first assignment

HW- Get an SSR book for Monday (have you written this in your planner yet?)
         Media Center on Monday!
         Highlight WeVideo Topics?

Trial and Error

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