Days 23 and 24: Thursday and Friday
Wrap up activities to work on portfolio, mentor letters, make up work, revision, etc.
Day 22: Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Today's Goal:
- To assess what we have learned during our Tuesdays with Morrie unit.
Agenda:
- Period 2 only - Review Seven Ages of Man
- Sort out discussion questions, last minute test review
- TEST!
- Work on mentor letter or discussion questions when you are done
Day 21: Tuesday, July 29, 2014
- Morrie Vocab
- vanity
- stagnated
- a capella
- inconsequential
- morgue
- accosted
- tenor
- stoic
- patriarch
- facade
- buoyant
- Quote Journal - pick your favorite one from the list and write about it, then share
- Seven Ages of Man
- Read monologue aloud
- Analyze
- In small groups, outline an open response for this guiding question: "How does Morrie's view of aginst contrast with that of Jacques?"
- Test Review
- Period 2 only - speaker from Job Corps
Day 20: Monday, July 28, 2014
- Finish reading Tuesdays with Morrie
- Discuss
- Journal: Your Perfect Day
- Discussion Questions in Small Groups
- HW: Finish discussion questions for test grade.
- Morrie test on Wednesday
Day 19: Friday, July 25, 2014
- Read and discuss Tuesdays with Morrie
- Complete discussion questions
Day 18: Thursday, July 24, 2014
- Read and discuss Tuesdays with Morrie
- Complete discussion questions
Day 17: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Goals:
- To finish up presentations.
- To continue Morrie unit.
Agenda:
- Finish presentations
- Other progress reports
- Finish Second Tuesday
- Third Tuesday
- Discussion Questions in Small Groups
- Discuss
- Journal (quote on page 64-65) - we'll share tomorrow
Day 16: Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Goals:
- To finish up presentations.
- To continue Morrie unit.
Agenda:
- Finish presentations
- Do Now: Quote Journal (1 of the first 4 quotes on the list)
- The Classroom (pp. 32-47)
- Answer discussionuestions in groups; progress reports - individual conferences
- First Tuesday (pp. 48-61)
Day 15: Monday, July 21, 2014
Goals:
- To finish up presentations.
- To begin Morrie unit.
Agenda:
- The Curriculum
- Read
- Discussion Questions
- The Student
- Read
- Discussion Questions
Day 14: Friday, July 18, 2014
Goals:
- Wrap up Seven Habits
- Begin Morrie
Agenda:
- Learning Styles
- Determine your "fruit"
- Get into groups by "fruit"
- Brainstorm:
- How do we create an environment in which we learn best according to our learning style?
- How do we expand our learning style?
- Sharpening the Saw
- Read about it
- Plan what you will do this weekend to sharpen the saw
- Read first four pages of Morrie
Day 13: Thursday, July 17, 2014
Goals:
- To present about a college or career option.
Agenda:
Day 12: Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Goals:
- To determine what college and career readiness is.
- To create expectations for our project.
- To explore college and career options.
Agenda:
HW: Finish Prezi or PPT
Day 11: Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Agenda (Period 1):
- Review college and career project rubric
- Go to computer lab to work on project
Day 10: Monday, July 14, 2014
- Class with Mr. Ross
- MCAS item - Is Google making us stupid?
- Personal narrative work
Day 9: Friday, July 11, 2014
- Goals:
- To assess the skills that we have worked on during our first few weeks of summer school.
- Agenda:
- Test #1
- 40 multiple choice questions (2 points each)
- 2 open response questions (10 points each)
- How does Sexton transform Ovid's telling of the Icarus story?
- What is one of the first three habits and how can you apply it to your life?
- Correct and review multiple choice portion of test, submit
- Habit 4
- Small groups: Come up with one scenario in your life where you generally compete, and shift the paradigm to be a "win-win" scenario in which you instead collaborate
Day 8: Thursday, July 10, 2014
- Goals:
- To work on critical reading skills (fiction reading comprehension).
- To identify areas of comfort and courage.
- To review for tomorrow's test.
- Agenda:
- Do Now: Critical Reading
- 7 Habits
- Courage and Comfort circles handout
- Test Review
- Critical Reading, Part 2
- Tobias Wolff piece from 2014 MCAS
- HW: Study for tomorrow's test
Day 7: Wednesday, July 9, 2014
- Goals:
- To work on critical reading skills (i.e. vocabulary and reading comprehension).
- To debate a contemporary issue.
- To identify our big rocks and plan.
- Agenda:
- Critical Reading
- Do Now: 1-5 (vocab) and 6-9 (short paragraphs)
- Review do now
- Read TV excerpt
- Complete questions with partner
- Prepare debate
- Review questions
- Brief debate/discussion re: TV
- Habit 3
- Read and discuss
- Plan big rocks for the week
Day 6: Tuesday, July 8, 2014
- Goals:
- To create our own personal mission statement.
- To work on critical reading skills, with with a focus on comparing two nonfiction passages.
- Agenda:
- 7 Habits: Habit 2
- Critical Reading
Day 5: Monday, July 7, 2014
- Goals:
- To read about a positive habit and reflect on how it applies to our life.
- To work on vocabulary skills.
- To work on passage-based reading skills (nonfiction).
- Agenda:
- Do Now: Reflect on baby steps from the weekend, hand back items
- Habit 1: Be Proactive
- Read and discuss 48-51, 62-69
- Handout and discussion
- Baby steps: complete, pair and share
- Critical reading (from section 4 of SAT practice test from College Board)
- vocabulary in context
- passage-based reading
Day 4: Thursday, July 3, 2014
- Goals:
- To work on critical reading skills for drama and nonfiction.
- To write a coherent paragraph analysis.
- To learn about defective and effective habits and to reflect on our own habits.
- Agenda:
- Merchant of Venice (from 2014 grade 10 ELA MCAS)
- 7 Habits
- Read
- 7 Defective Habits handout - complete, pair and share, discuss
- Read
- Journal and discussion - what is your main defining principle?
- HW: Try one of these baby steps.
Day 3: Wednesday, July 2, 2014
- Goal: To work on critical reading skills for nonfiction and poetry.
- Wrap up yesterday
- small group: finish Ovid vs. Sexton paragraph
- correct and score
- submit paragraph and scores from PARCC items
- The Wave (from 2014 grade 10 ELA MCAS)
- read aloud and annotate
- review format for open response
- hook
- topic sentence
- talking point 1
- quote 1
- talking point 2
- quote 2
- talking point 3
- quote 3
- clincher
- answer multiple choice and write open response in groups
- score, review, and submit
Day 2: Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Day 1: Monday, June 30, 2014
- Review Syllabus
- Complete Brief Survey
- Shane Battier's Story and the Power of Setting Goals - Set at least 3 goals for yourself
- Writing Diagnostic
- Individual - 5 minute brainstorm, 25 minute writing on prompt 1
- Collaborative - brainstorm and write in groups for 30 minutes
- Share Writing Pieces
- Do you want to read 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens?
Creative & Critical Thinkers
