9th Lit Day 30 10/27/2014

10/27/2014 9th Literature Day 30

Learning Objective: Today we will complete our drafts.
C: Bell Ringer, Essay synthesis(final day),
1) Bell Ringer
2) Essay Synthesis (Final Day)
3) Logic Week Two Review and Begin Week Three (if time permits)
4) Science Fiction Presentation
5) Ray Bradbury short story discussion
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:LOTF OUTLINE Typed (Due 10/21/2014) Begin Rough Draft + Finding AT LEAST 3-4 DIRECT QUOTES FOR LOTF ESSAY (Due 10/22/2014) Final Draft Due TYPED with OUTLINE, DRAFT and WORK CITED Page ( DUE 10/27/2014 WITH ALL FINAL DRAFT MATERIALS) Begin Reading Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” (Complete by 10/25/2014) Study Flashcards and review LOTF notes for 10/28-29/2014 assessment


Bell Ringer:

        What is indirect characterization?

What is direct characterization?

What is foreshadowing?

What is personification?

What is characterization?

9th Comp Day 30 10/27/2014

10/27/2014 9th Composition Day 30

Learning Objective: Today we will begin typing our final draft essay.
C: Bell Ringer, Editing Drafts and beginning Final Draft Veterans Day Essay
1) Bell Ringer
2) Editing Rough Draft and Beginning to Type Final Draft
3) Grammar Review: Cornell Notes/Flashcards Review
4) Synonyms For Claim Review: Cornell Notes and Flashcards Review
5) HW Practices( If Time Permits)
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Rough Draft Completed (Due Now: Edited) Final Draft Veterans Day Essay (DUE 10/29/2014 Typed with Title Page and Works Cited Page) Review all flashcards: Synonyms for Claim, Grammar, and Photography Analysis Terms for Wednesday/Thursday Assessment

Please identify the subject, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions in the following sentences.

1)All the eager students eagerly waited for their test results.

2) The disgusting scumbag voraciously devoured all the tiny preschoolers’ lunches

9th Lit Day 29 10/24/2014

10/24/2014 9th Literature Day 29

Learning Objective: Today we will continue synthesizing our drafts for our LOTF essay.
C: Bell Ringer, Draft Synthesis, Read Aloud Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian”
1) Bell Ringer
2) Outline and Draft Synthesis
3) Science Fiction Presentation
4) Read Aloud Bradbury short story, “The Pedestrian”
5) HW Practice
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: LOTF OUTLINE Typed (Due 10/21/2014) Begin Rough Draft + Finding AT LEAST 3-4 DIRECT QUOTES FOR LOTF ESSAY (Due 10/22/2014) Final Draft Due TYPED with OUTLINE, DRAFT and WORK CITED Page ( DUE 10/27/2014 WITH ALL FINAL DRAFT MATERIALS) Begin Reading Ray Bradbury’s  “The Pedestrian” (Complete by 10/25/2014) Study Flashcards and review LOTF notes for 10/28-29/2014 assessment



Bell Ringer:

What symbol will you focus on for your LOTF essay? Explain. (per 2)

What is the thesis for your essay? Share it.

9th Comp Day 29 10/24/2014

10/24/2014 9th Composition Day 29

Learning Objective: Today we will synthesize our outlines, rough drafts, and begin final draft Veterans Day Essays.
C: Bell Ringer, Outline Approval, Rough Draft Edit, Synthesis of Final Draft
1) Bell Ringer
2) Outline or Rough Draft Synthesis
3) Rough Draft and final Draft Synthesis
4) Grammar Review
5) Synonyms For Claim Review
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:Veterans Day Outline (typed due tomorrow 10/21/2104), Veterans Day Rough Draft Essay (Due 10/23/2014), Study all flashcards for Synonyms for Claim, Grammar Notes: Four Types of Sentences, Conjunctions: Coordinating and Correlative Conjunctions, Verbs: Transitive, Intransitive, Linking and Helping verbs, Interjections, Adverbs, Nouns: Common Nouns, Proper Nouns, Pronouns, Prepositions,and study Photograph Analysis Terms Flashcards (Assessment 10/29/2014)

Bell Ringer:

Please identify the subject, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions in the following sentences.

1) The sad and desperate kitten worked hard to free itself from the trap.

2) Early in the morning, the brave soldiers intensely rose to face the enemy.

9th Lit Days 27-28 10/20-23/2014

10/20-23/2014 9th Literature Days 27-28

Learning Objective: Today we will outline and begin typing our rough drafts.
C: Bell Ringer, Synthesize Outlines(Type), Begin Synthesizing Rough Draft (Typed)
1) Bell Ringer
2) Synthesize and Type LOTF Outline
3) Begin Synthesizing Rough Draft and identifying direct citations for the essay
4) HW Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: LOTF OUTLINE Typed (Due 10/21/2014) Begin Rough Draft + Finding AT LEAST 3-4 DIRECT QUOTES FOR LOTF ESSAY (Due 10/22/2014) Final Draft Due TYPED with OUTLINE, DRAFT and WORK CITED Page ( DUE 10/27/2014 WITH ALL FINAL DRAFT MATERIALS) Begin Reading Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” (Complete by 10/25/2014)


Bell Ringer:

Share three things you found interesting about William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies.

Share three things you would like to know more about.

Would you recommend the novel to another student? Why? Why not?

9th Comp Day 27-28 10/20-10/23/2014

10/20-23/2014 9th Composition Days

Learning Objective: Today we will synthesize our outlines and begin our Veterans Day rough draft essays.

  C: Bell Ringer, Synthesize Outline, Begin to Synthesize Rough Draft Essay for Veterans Day Essay

  1) Bell Ringer

  2)Synthesize Outline For Veterans Day Essay

  3) Synthesize Rough Draft for Veterans Day Essay

  4) Grammar Review: Cornell Notes

  5) Synonyms For Claim: Cornell Notes

  Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion

  H: Veterans Day Outline (typed due tomorrow 10/21/2104), Veterans Day Rough Draft Essay (Due 10/23/2014), Study all flashcards for Synonyms for Claim, Grammar Notes: Four Types of Sentences, Conjunctions: Coordinating and Correlative Conjunctions, Verbs: Transitive, Intransitive, Linking and Helping verbs, Interjections, Adverbs, Nouns: Common Nouns, Proper Nouns, Pronouns, Prepositions,and study Photograph Analysis Terms Flashcards (Assessment 10/29/2014)

Bell Ringer:

Please share the name of the veteran you will write about.

What is your thesis statement for your Veterans Day Essay?

What is your map for the Veterans Day Essay?

9th Lit: Day Twenty Six 10/10/2014

10/10/2014 9th Literature Day Twenty Six

Learning Objective: Today we will review LOTF symbols, themes, and characters.
C: Bell Ringer, Complete LOTF Assessment, Review LOTF symbols, characters and symbols, Literary Terms Notes
1) Bell Ringer
2) LOTF Assessment Completion
3) Characters, Symbols, and Themes LOTF
4) Literary Terms Notes
5) Logic Week #3 Notes
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Study flashcards for twenty minutes, Chapter 12 Question Set, Begin Outlining LOTF Essay and Rough Draft Analysis

Bell Ringer:

In the end of LOTF, Ralph is experiencing a lot of emotions. What is the lesson learned by Ralph? Why does he cry? Explain what all his emotions are about. Please share textual evidence to support your claims.

9th Comp: Day Twenty Six 10/10/2014

10/10/2014 9th Composition Day Twenty Six

Learning Objective: Today we will continue with our in class analysis of photographs and the synthesis of our Veterans Day Essay.
C: Bell Ringer, Photograph Terms Notes, Veterans Day Essay
1) Bell Ringer
2) Photograph Terms
3) Veterans Day Essay Synthesis
4) Synonyms For Claim
5) HW Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Study ALL FLASH CARDS for twenty minutes every night, Conjunctions WS#1, Begin Outlining Veterans Day Essay and begin Rough Draft of their Essay + Peer Editing

Bell Ringer:

Define he following photograph analysis terms:

1) depth:

2) focus:

3) background:

4) foreground:

5) balance:

6) Rule of thirds:

9th Lit: Day Twenty Five 10/08-09/2014

10/08-09/2014 9th Literature Day Twenty Five

Learning Objective: Today we will take our assessment analyzing our text, LOTF.
C: Bell Ringer, LOTF Assessment, LOTF Essay Discussion and Outline, Literary Terms Notes, Logic Week Three Notes, Chapters 9-12 Read Aloud
1) Bell Ringer
2)LOTF Assessment
3)Logic Week 3 Notes
4)LOTF Essay Discussion and Essay
5) Literary Terms Notes
6) HW Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Study flashcards for twenty minutes, Chapter 12 Question Set, Begin Outlining LOTF Essay

Bell Ringer:

Describe what part of the psyche Ralph, Jack, and Piggy represent. In addition, please explain the connection to Rousseau’s The Noble Savage Myth. What have the young men become on the island? Have they regressed into so called “savages”? Is society an illusion? Explain using textual evidence.

9th Comp: Day Twenty Five 10/08-09/2014

10/08-09/2014 9th Composition Day Twenty Five

Learning Objective: Today we will participate in our final Timed Reading as well as preparing for the Veterans Day Essay.
C: Bell Ringer, Timed Reading Assessment: Social Science, Photograph Analysis: Iwo Jima, Grammar Notes, Synonyms For Claim
1) Bell Ringer
2) Timed Reading Assessment: Social Science
3) Photograph Analysis + Iwo Jima
4) Grammar Notes
5) Synonyms For Claim: Direct Instruction
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:Study ALL FLASH CARDS for twenty minutes every night, Conjunctions WS#1, Begin Outlining Veterans Day Essay

Bell Ringer:

        Identify all the linking verbs.

In the following sentences, please identify all the transitive and intransitive verbs.

1) They went early.

2) The dog ate the bone.

3) The man wrote a sonnet.

4) The man carefully wrote.

9th Lit: Day Twenty Four 10/07/2014

10/07/2014 9th Literature Day Twenty Four

Learning Objective: Today we will review Logic Week Three as well as analyzing symbols and themes from LOTF.
C: Bell Ringer, Logic Week 3, Symbols and Themes in LOTF, Read Aloud Chapter 9-12 LOTF, Essay Analysis
1) Bell Ringer
2)Logic Week #3 Cornell Notes
3)Symbols and Themes in LOTF
4)Read Aloud Chapters 9-12
5)Essay Outline Analysis
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:Study flashcards for twenty minutes, Chapter 12 Question Set, Begin Outlining LOTF Essay

Bell Ringer: 

Describe what happens to Ralph in chapter twelve. Do the boys in Jack’s tribe regress into savagery? Why do they hunt Ralph? Use textual evidence to prove your answer.

9th Comp: Day Twenty Four 10/07/2014

10/07/2014 9th Composition Day Twenty Four

Learning Objective: Today we will discuss grammar and photograph analysis terms.
C: Bell Ringer, Grammar Notes, Photograph Analysis Notes, Veterans Day Analysis
1)Bell Ringer
2)Grammar Notes
3)Photograph Analysis Notes
4)Photograph Vocabulary Notes
5)Synonyms For Claim Notes
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Study ALL FLASH CARDS for twenty minutes every night, Conjunctions WS#1, Begin Outlining Veterans Day Essay

Bell Ringer:

        Identify all the correlative conjunctions as you can.

Identify the correlative conjunctions in the following sentences.

1) Either we go at eight o’clock to the movie or we can go at ten o’clock.

2) Both families care about their students’ future and they hope they are going to attend college. 

9th Lit: Day Twenty Three 10/06/2014

10/06/2014 9th Literature Day Twenty Three
Learning Objective: Today we will take a quiz on Chapter 12 of Lord Of The Flies.
C: Bell Ringer, Quiz, Read Aloud Chapters 9-12, Logic Week Two Review
1) Bell Ringer
2) LOTF Quiz: Chapter 12
3) Logic Week #2 Review
4) Literary Terms Review
5) HW Practices + Discuss Upcoming LOTF Essay
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Study flashcards for twenty minutes, Chapter 12 Question Set, Begin Outlining LOTF Essay

Bell Ringer:

What happens to Piggy? Using textual evidence explain the significance of the superego being killed on the island.

9th Comp: Day Twenty Three 10/06/2014

10/06/2014 9th Composition Day Twenty Three
Learning Objective: Today we will continue our photograph analysis and preparation for the Veterans Day Essay.
C: Bell Ringer, Grammar Quiz, Veterans Day Essay Analysis, Photograph Analysis
1) Bell Ringer
2)Grammar Quiz
3)Veterans Day Analysis/Iwo Jima Analysis
4)Photograph Definitions Copies
5) Synonyms For Claim Direct Instruction
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Study ALL FLASH CARDS for twenty minutes every night, Conjunctions WS#1, Begin Outlining Veterans Day Essay

Bell Ringer:

        Identify as many prepositions as you can from memory.

In the following sentences please identify the prepositions and their objects.

1) The dog ran along the river.

2) We went into the carnival.

3) They hid under the old wooden deck. 

9th Comp: Day Twenty Two 10/03/2014

10/03/2014 9th Composition Day Twenty Two
Learning Objective: Today we will continue our analysis of the Iwo Jima Photograph. We will also take a Conjunction, Preposition, and Transitive Verb Quiz
C: Bell Ringer, Quiz, Photograph Analysis, Grammar Practices, Synonyms For Claim
1) Bell Ringer
2) Quiz: Grammar
3) Photograph Analysis
4) Grammar Notes
5) Synonyms For Claim
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:Transitive Verbs WS #1 and 2 Due Tomorrow, Study Synonyms For Claim Flashcards, Copy Preposition List 3 times, Begin Copies For Remaining Synonyms For Claim List ( Copy 5 times each), Conjunctions WS #1 and 2 Assessment #1 Test Corrections, Begin Writing Thesis For Iwo Jima Essay

Bell Ringer:
What is a transitive verb? Write one sentence utilizing a transitive verb.

What is an intransitive verb? Write one sentence utilizing an intransitive verb.

9th Lit: Day Twenty Two 10/03/2014

10/03/2014 9th Literature Day Twenty Two

Learning Objective: Today we will review Logic and literary terms. We will also review symbols, characters, and plot details in LOTF.
C: Bell Ringer, Logic Practices, Symbolism Notes, LOTF Review
1)Bell Ringer
2)LOTF Quiz
3) Logic Practices
4) Symbols, characters, and summaries: Review
5) Plot Development in LOTF
6) HW Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Literary Terms Flashcard Review 15 minutes, 10 copies each of remaining literary terms, Chapters 1-9 Question Set LOTF, Read Chapter 11 by Wednesday, Prepare For Tuesday LOTF Quiz, Get McKelvey Letter Signed

Bell Ringer:
Why do Ralph and Piggy join the feast and dance? (Think about group think/mob mentality)

When Simon stumbles upon the beach, what do you believe he is about to tell the boys?

What happens to Simon when he stumbles upon the beach?

9th Comp: Day Twenty One 10/01-02/2014

10/01-02/2014 9th Composition Day Twenty One

Learning Objective: Today we will continue our Timed Reading Assessment practices.
C: Bell Ringer, Timed Reading Assessment, Iwo Jima Analysis, Grammar Notes, Synonyms For Claim
1) Bell Ringer
2) Timed Reading Assessment
3) Iwo Jima Photograph Analysis
4) Grammar Notes: Cornell Notes
5) Synonyms For Claim: Direct Instruction
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:Transitive Verbs WS #1 and 2 Due Tomorrow, Study Synonyms For Claim Flashcards, Copy Preposition List 3 times, Begin Copies For Remaining Synonyms For Claim List ( Copy 5 times each), Conjunctions WS #1 and 2 Assessment #1 Test Corrections

Bell Ringer:

Explain the meaning of FANBOYS. What kind of conjunctions does this acronym represent?

What is a compound sentence? Write two sentences using compound sentence structure.

9th Lit: Day Twenty One 10/01-02/2014

10/01-02/2014 9th Literature Day Twenty One

Learning Objective: Today we will have a quiz on Chapter 8-10 of LOTF. We will also continue Logic and Symbolism notes.

  C: Bell Ringer, Chapter 8-10 LOTF, Logic Notes, Symbolism Notes, Question Set Review

  1) Bell Ringer

  2) LOTF Chapter 8-10 Quiz

  3) Logic Week Two Notes

  4) Symbolism: LOTF Cornell Notes

  5)Literary Terms Review

  Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion

  H: Literary Terms Flashcard Review 15 minutes, 10 copies each of remaining literary terms, Chapters 1-9 Question Set LOTF, Read Chapter 11 by Wednesday, Prepare For Tuesday LOTF Quiz, Get McKelvey Letter Signed

Bell Ringer:

Even though Jack lists Ralph’s faults, none of the boys are willing to oust Ralph as chief. What explanations can you offer for this?


Why is the killing of the sow/pig discussed in such detail? Pay close attention to the language in the description.