4/29/11

Friday, April 29th--1, 3, 7, pep assembly

*Collect Exam Review
*Small Groups:  Discuss "Come September"
---Everyone writes
*Full Group
*Begin reading Johnathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal," pp. 500-8.
---Sit in group & read
---Stop at Reading Check questions & discuss.
---Everyone write your group's responses
---Answers due Tuesday

*OBJECTIVE:  Apply post-/during-reading strategies to comprehend, interpret, analyze and evaluate text.

4/27/11

Thursday, April 28th--2, 4, 6, 5

*Class does not meet.

Wednesday, April 27th--1, 3, 5, homeroom

*Review Model Responses
*35 mins:  Work on Written Exam Review
*10 mins:  Break
*40 mins:  Read pp. 230-240 in _Impossible_.

*OBJECTIVE:  Apply post-reading strategies to comprehend, interpret, analyze and evaluate text.

4/26/11

Tuesday, April 26--2, 4, 6, 7

*Review Model Responses
*35 mins:  Work on Written Exam Review
*10 mins:  Break
*40 mins:  Read pp. 230-240 in _Impossible_.

*OBJECTIVE:  Apply post-reading strategies to comprehend, interpret, analyze and evaluate text.

4/25/11

Monday, April 25th

*Finish Poetry Pandemonium
---Semifinals
------Reading
---Finals
------One last chance to speak for your poem.
*Begin work on Written Exam review
---Due this Friday, April 29th

*OBJECTIVES: read and analyze elements of poetry; compose text with an effective beginning, middle, and end; compose text with a strong controlling idea; compose text using a style that suits the audience and purpose

4/21/11

Thursday, April 21st--Arete Field Day

*Continue Poetry Pandemonium
---Second time your poem appears
------Reading
------Author bio
---Third time your poem appears
------Reading only

*OBJECTIVES: read and analyze elements of poetry; compose text with an effective beginning, middle, and end; compose text with a strong controlling idea; compose text using a style that suits the audience and purpose

4/20/11

Wednesday, April 20th

*Continue Poetry Pandemonium
---Second time your poem appears
------Reading
------Author bio

*OBJECTIVES: read and analyze elements of poetry; compose text with an effective beginning, middle, and end; compose text with a strong controlling idea; compose text using a style that suits the audience and purpose