Short Story Due dates -->Here are the short story due dates. Each draft needs to be turned in by 11:59 pm to google classroom.
VERY IMPORTANT - When editing your work, DO NOT copy and past your story to a new document. Instead, just edit the original story and turn it in to the correct google folder. What we did in class. . . |
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B day 10/29 - Started reading and annotating "Kodama's Ramen Shop". We will finish it on Thursday. The focus is on learning how to use an annotation guide to help better understand a text. Classes did not get to slide 4. (Do not worry about slide three - you answered questions on google classroom)
If you missed - Pick up the story from me and begin reading and annotating it. A Day 10/28 - Finished reading and annotating "A Stranger at the Bonchinche". Completed group questions that focused on the annotation guide. Classes did not get to slide 4. If you missed - be sure to complete the Stranger at the Bonchinche story and annotations. Turn in annotations next class. Complete the questions on slide 3. |
Day 16 - Unit 1 - Short Story
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Day 16 - Sept 23 and Sept 24
Students Worked on Annotating A Night at the Bochinche, vocabulary, and page 19 of their notebooks. 
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Day 15 - 2019
Day 15 -
B Day - Monday, October 21
A Day - Thursday, October 24
B Day - Monday, October 21
A Day - Thursday, October 24
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Day 14 - Unit 1 - Short Story
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Day 14 - October 15 - 22
Students are working on their stories. A Day - Draft 1.0 due Wednesday, Oct 16 by 11:59 pm Peer edits Friday, Oct 17, during class Tuesday, Oct 22 - revisions in class Draft 2.0 - Due Friday, October 25, by 11:59 pm. B Day - Draft 1.0 due Sunday, Oct 13, by 11:59 pm Peer edits Tuesday, Oct 15, during class Thursday, October 17, Revisions during class Draft 2.0 - Due October 20, 2019 by 11:59 pm |
Day 13 - Unit 1 - short Story
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Day 13 (B Day) October 11, 2019
Students were given a day to just write. Short Story draft 1.0 is due Monday 10/13/19 for B day students. Tuesday, November 15, students will participate in peer editing. |
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Day 12.5 - Unit 1 - Short Story
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Day 12.5 (A Day) October 10.
Students discussed and work on plotting out the short story, Ride the Black Wind, learned about the rules of dialogue, and participated in a silent conversation. The short story draft 1.0 is now due Monday, October 14, 2019 to google classroom by 11:59 pm. If you missed - please go over the rules of dialogue. |
Day 12 - Unit 1 - The Short Story
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Day 12 - October 9, 2019
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Day 11 - Unit 1 - The Short story
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Day 11 - October 7 and 8
Last week, students were directed to turn in their setting/costume design page, an archetype chart, and a check in page (answers to questions). Sadly, many students didn't do this and we had to discuss the importance of listening in class to understand the expectations. We also discussed the short story, working on and turning in a draft by 11:59 pm Friday, October 11, 2019 to google classroom. * If a student is failing because they didn't turn in their work, they have until Wednesday (B day) and Thursday (A day) to hand in the work. We practiced our annotation skills and discussed Chris's short story from Daemon Hall, "Ride the Black Wind". If you missed and are unhappy with your grade, make sure to turn in the missing work when you returned. If you missed class - make sure that you pick up the story and annotate it according the the information posted in slide 3. | ||
Day 10 - Unit 1 - The Short story
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Day 10 - October 3 & 4
After the focus of the read out loud, students participated in a quick check in. This was completed in class and turned in along with the Archetype Chart and Costume / Stage design page. If you missed - be sure to answer the questions on slide 2 and turn in the chart and design page along with the answer to me next class. |
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Day 9 - Unit 1 - The Short Story
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Day 9 - October 1 & 2
Today was the start of a new genre discussion - Romance. Since most of us are not huge fans of romance, we focused on characters and the free write. Students need to complete the stage/costume design for Tags along with the archetype chart. If you missed - Complete page 15 and the free write on page 17. All Students - be sure to complete the stage / costume design and archetype chart for next class. They are do at the beginning of the class. |
Day 8 - Unit 1 - The Short Story
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Day 8 - September 27 & 30
Today we held conferences and discussed student's FastBridge scores, notebooks, and general feelings about English. Students worked on stage design, costume design, and began learning about archetypes.
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Day 7 - Unit 1 - The Short Story
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Day 7 - September 25 & 26
Students continued to look at Tags by Walter dean Myers. They focused on the importance of language and setting to the play. The class broke up into groups of 5 to read the play. One member was the director and the rest were the cast. Together they read the play and went through the language. |
Day 6 - Unit 1 - The Short Story
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Day 6 - September 23 & 24
Day 6 brought in a new genre and story. Drama, plays (scripts), is presented in the short play, Tags by Walter Dean Myers. Students went through a first read through. If you missed: Read through the play, Tags.
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Day 5 - Unit 1 - The Short story
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Day 5, September 19 & 20
- Day 5 found us wrapping up the short story. - page 10 was completed and changed a bit. We wrote a claim and reflection about the story along with filling out the title, author, genre, and summary - we began to fill out page 8 with a simple theme of the story - some classes began moving onto page 11, looking at the genre of drama and the literary element of setting. - other classes moved onto the free write on page 13. If you Missed - we will catch you up in class. Since we changed things in the notebook, you will be shown what to do when you come back. |
Day 4 - Unit 1 - the Short Story
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Day 4, September 17 & 18
Today we finished the short story and completed recording important words, phrases, and sentences that convey the big idea of duty. - Language as a literary element. - Language is about communicating ideas. Without language, we can not communicate. Authors use, diction, syntax, connotation, denotation, jargon, and slang to not only convey the big ideas, but to develop complexity within setting, characters, plot, and conflict. If you missed - down load the page and complete based upon the three parts of the story.
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Day 3 - Unit 1 - the Short Story
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Day 3 - Unit 1 - September 13 & 16
Began to read our first short story, A Boy's Duty by Sharon Flake. We focused on how Flake uses language to develop the big idea of duty. If you missed: Read the story found on google classroom or below.
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Day 2 - Unit 1 - The short story
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Day 2 - Unit 1 - September 10 & 11
We continued to look at the interactive notebook/journal. Our warm up consisted the opening genre page for historical fiction and the literary element of language and a discussion on the topics. Free Write - Students are able to test their skill at writing a 5 minute free write about a photo and share out their stories. The class ended with a read out loud from Daemon Hall. |
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Day 1 - Unit 1 - The Short story
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Day 1 - Unit 1 September 4 & 5
Students were introduced to Unit 1 - The Short Story. We discussed the embedded assessment (writing a short story), different genres, and what it means to come of age (The theme of the year) Students worked in groups to learn about coming of age celebrations from around the world. We also started our read out loud, Daemon Hall by Andrew Nance. Look on Read Out Loud page for chapter 1. If you missed: Read over the embedded assessment. |