Mrs. Servalis

World Lit: Week of 8/22/11

Welcome back!

This week we will:

-Complete journal entries

-Discuss the beginning and purpose of SSR

-Read the artice Nacirema

-Work in pairs

-Work in groups

-Peer edit

-Complete a writing piece based in the article.

9th Lit: Week of 8-22-11

Congratulations on completing your first week of school! Let's get down to business.

This week we will:

-Begin SSR(Sustained Silent Reading)

-Continue with journal writing

-Begin quick writes

-Take a short story pre-test

-Begin the short story unit

-Participate in philosophical chairs

-Acquire literary terms (short stories)

-Read "Kyle" (addresses real-world issues teens are facing)

-Begin reading The Necklace

 

World Lit. - Week of 8/15-19/11

Welcome to the 2011-2012 school year! I hope you are ready to step it up this year!

This week:

 -We will operate on a special homeroom schedule.

 - We will review schedules and transcripts.

 - Review class rules and expectations 

 - We will review items from the student handbook.

 - We will discuss sophomore concerns

  -You will get acquainted with your new classmates.

 - We will review the course syllabus

 - We will complete a brown bag activity

 - We will complete quick writes

 - Discuss different learning styles

9th Lit - Week of 8/15-19/11

Welcome to the 2011-2012 school year! I hope you are ready to step it up this year!

This week:

 -We will operate on a special homeroom schedule.

 - We will review schedules and transcripts.

 - Review class rules and expectations 

 - We will review items from the student handbook.

 - We will discuss freshmen concerns

  -You will get acquainted with your new classmates.

 - We will review the course syllabus

 - We will complete a brown bag activity

 - We will complete quick writes

 - Discuss different learning styles

9th Lit and 9th Lit/ESL

9th Lit - Students will complete Act I of Romeo and Juliet. Those classes that did not take the Act I test last week will take it this week. Students to complete SSR several times. Students will begin reading Act II of Romeo and Juliet and begin working on the Act II study guide as well.Act II will be read in the original Elizabethan language in whichit was written.

9th Lit/ESL - Students will continue reading Act I of Romeo and Juliet. Classes will also work on the mental and visible action verbs. Students will complete the weekly reading comprehension activity as well. At the completion of Act I students will take the Act I test which will include key vocabulary that was given to them prior to the initial reading of Romeo and Juliet. 

9th Lit and 9th Lit/ESL

9th Lit - Students will complete Act I of Romeo and Juliet. Those classes that did not take the Act I test last week will take it this week. Students to complete SSR several times. Students will begin reading Act II of Romeo and Juliet and begin working on the Act II study guide as well.Act II will be read in the original Elizabethan language in whichit was written.

9th Lit/ESL - Students will continue reading Act I of Romeo and Juliet. Classes will also work on the mental and visible action verbs. Students will complete the weekly reading comprehension activity as well. At the completion of Act I students will take the Act I test which will include key vocabulary that was given to them prior to the initial reading of Romeo and Juliet. 

9th Lit & 9th Lit ESL

9th Lit - Students will continue xe Act I of Romeo & Juliet. Sustained Silent Reading will be completed this week. It is expected that classes will begin reading Act II this week.

9th Lit ESL - Students will continue to read and discuss Act I of Romeo and Juliet. It is expected that classes will complete Act I this week.

9th Lit &9th Lit ESL

1st and 2nd block complete a daily writing assignment, then presented their Hip Hop time-lines. The classes began working the weekly reading comprehension assignment after the presentations.

4th block (ESL) completed the daily writing as well. A short class discussion took place regarding the daily writing. Students began presenting their Hip Hop time-lines but ran out of time. The presentations will continue on Wednesday, Feb. 2nd.

9th Lit & 9th Lit ESL

Block 1 completed 10 minutes of SSR, then worked in stations. Station 1 completed an anticipation guide for our next story, Romeo and Juliet. Station 2 worked on the Critical Thinking assignment located at the end of the essay "Before Hip Hop was Hip Hop." Station 3 used the laptops to continue reasearch for their projects and they placed placed the final touches on their timelines.

Blocks 2 and 4 wen to the computer lab to continue research for their projects.

 

9th Lit & 9th Lit ESL

1st Block: Students read for 15 minutes. After SSR the class was shown a Power Point exhibiting the format for the information that is going to be placed on their timelines. The class was divided into stations. Station 1 continued researching information for thier timelines. Station 2 worked on the writing portion of their project. Station 3 worked on putting the final touches on their projects. Students spent 15-20 minutes at each station.

2nd Block went to room 214 for the Career Cruising presentation and activity. After the presentation the class was shown the Power Point mentioned above, then went to the computer lab to continue researching data.

4th block read for 10 minutes. The class was shown the Power Point mentioned above, then went to the computer lab to continue research for their projects.