Weekly Agenda: 7/28/14-8/1/14 Honors English 9/ Mrs. Chen

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday & Friday
Learning Goals / Students are able to initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners. (SL.9-10.1) / Students are able to initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners. (SL.9-10.1) / Students are able to define one part of speech in a given sentence; students are able to identify and create leveling of questions. / Students are able to initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners. (SL.9-10.1)
Objectives / TSW: 1.identify events from the movie that reflect elements of literature; 2.name and define prepositions and prepositional phrases. / TSW: 1.identify prepositional phrases; 2.distinguish three levels of questions; 3.create three levels of questions based on the given passage. / TSW: 1.identify prepositional phrase; 2.label subject and predicate; 3.quote relevant information properly with an appropriate introduction; 4.create online account for paper submission. / TSW: 1.identify prepositional phrase; 2.label subject and predicate; 3.conduct Socratic seminar based on the summer read option; 4.evaluate the seminar using the checklist.
Agenda
& Activities / 1.  BW: supply check & Sadlier-Oxford vocabulary pre-test
2.  Miracle Worker video guide discussion
3.  Preposition video by The Bazillions (teachertube) & worksheet (vocab. packet first section) / 1.  BW: Prepositional phrase
2.  Costa’s three leveling of questions & worksheet
3.  Socratic seminar intro. and rules (“parable of a butterfly) / 1.  BW: Prepositional phrase + subject & predicate (vocab. packet)
2.  The Miracle Worker quiz
3.  Academic writing workshop: Don’t float your quotes.
4.  Online submission: turnitin.com / 1.  BW: Prepositional phrase + subject & predicate (vocab. packet)
2.  Writing pretest
3.  Socratic seminar with the summer read option (“The Absolute True Diary…”).
Homework/
In-class Assignment / 1.  Unit 1 vocab. packet, due: Thur. 7/31/14 (P1, 3, 5); Fri. 8/1/14 (P2, 6)
2.  Summer Read, due: Thur. 8/7/14 (P1, 3, 5); Fri. 8/8/13 (P2, 6) / 1.  Write questions for Socratic Seminar (“The Absolute True Diary…”)
2.  Summer Read, due: Thur. 8/7/14 (P1, 3, 5); Fri. 8/8/13 (P2, 6) / 1.  Unit 1 vocab. packet, due: Thur. 7/31/14 (P1, 3, 5); Fri. 8/1/14 (P2, 6)
2.  Summer Read, due: Thur. 8/7/14 (P1, 3, 5); Fri. 8/8/13 (P2, 6) / 1.  Summer Read, due: Thur. 8/8/13 (P1, 3, 5); Fri. 8/9/13 (P4, 6)

*The daily activities in the weekly agenda may change due to the teacher’s discretion.