9th Lit: Day 73-74 02/27/2015

Day 73-74   9th Literature  02/27/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will read Hamlet Act II as well as taking a quiz on Act I.
C: Bell Ringer, Quiz on Act I, Begin Act II, Logic
1) Bell Ringer
2) Quiz Act I
3) Begin Act II
4)Logic
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:: Re-read Acts I-III of Hamlet, Review Vocabulary Terms every night, Review Logic, Prepare for Hamlet quiz on Tuesday-Friday

Bell Ringer:

Who said the following?

“Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother’s death/ The memory be green, and that it us befitted/ To bear our hearts in grief and our whole kingdom/To be contracted in one brow of woe,/ (Lines 1-5 Act I scene II)

Who said this and why? What does he mean?

9th Comp: Day 73-74 02/27/2015

Day 73-74   9th Composition  02/27/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will take a quiz covering the various speeches and literary devices found within them. We will work on our essay outlines.
C: Bell Ringer, Quiz, Essay Outlines
1) Bell Ringer
2) Speech Quiz
3) Essay Outlines
4) TEM Grammar Practices
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:TEM Grammar Handout Due 02/24/2015, TPCASTT Patrick Henry, Choose a speech to write an online essay about how the literary devices amplify and or improve your understanding of the speech

Bell Ringer:

        What is the theme of Patrick Henry’s speech?

What is he stating about the fate of America?

Was he right?

9th Lit: Day 72-73 02/25-26/2015

Day 72-73   9th Literature  02/25-26/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will read aloud and analyze Shakespeare’s Hamlet. We will watch Act I scene II.
C: Bell Ringer, Watch Act I scene II, read aloud and analyze Act I scenes 3-5
1) Bell Ringer
2) Hamlet: Watch Act I scene 2 + Hamlet Quiz
3) Read aloud and analyze Hamlet Act I scene 3-5
4) Logic
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:: Re-read Acts I-III of Hamlet, Review Vocabulary Terms every night, Review Logic, Prepare for Hamlet quiz on Tuesday-Friday


Bell Ringer:

Who said the following lines?

“ A mote it is to to trouble the mind’s eye./In the most high and palmy state of Rome./ A little        ere the mightiest Julius fell,/” (lines 114-116 Act I scene I)

What is the allusion being made by said character? What is being suggested?

9th Comp: Day 72-73 02/25-26/2015

Day 72-73  9th Composition  02/25-26/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will begin writing our typed formal outline for our TPCASTT Speeches.
C: Bell Ringer, Type or draft outline, TEM Grammar Practices
1) Bell Ringer
2) Begin Organizing Outline
3) TEM Grammar Practices
4) Possible New Synonyms Vocabulary
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:TEM Grammar Handout Due 02/24/2015, TPCASTT Patrick Henry and Neil Degreasse Tyson, Choose a speech to write an online essay about how the literary devices amplify and or improve your understanding of the speech

Bell Ringer:

What is the theme of Carl Sagan’s speech?

What does he suggest about the future for Earthlings?

Do you agree?

What literary devices does he use to make the point?

9th Lit: Day 71-72 02/24/2015

Day 71-72  9th Literature  02/24/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will analyze and review Shakespeare’s Hamlet Act I scene 2- 3.
C: Bell Ringer, Watch Act 1 scene 1, Read Aloud Act 1 scene 2, Logic
1) Bell Ringer
2) Watch Act I scene 1 Hamlet + Hamlet Quiz
3) Read Aloud and Analyze Act I scene 2-3
4) Logic
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:: Re-read Acts I-III of Hamlet, Review Vocabulary Terms every night, Review Logic, Prepare for Hamlet quiz on Tuesday-Friday


Bell Ringer:

       What does Claudius believe about Hamlet’s depression?

What does Claudius believe Hamlet should do to get over his depression?

Who has Claudius married?

9th Comp: Day 71-72 02/24/2015

Day 71-72  9th Composition  02/24/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will analyze Neil Degrasse Tyson’s speech about NASA.
C: Bell Ringer, TPCASTT, TEM Grammar Practices
1) Bell Ringer
2) TPCASTT: Neil Degrasse Tyson
3) TEM Grammar
4) Begin Outlining Essay
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:TEM Grammar Handout Due 02/24/2015, TPCASTT Patrick Henry, Choose a speech to write an online essay about how the literary devices amplify and or improve your understanding of the speech


Bell Ringer:

        What is the theme of Ronald Regan’s speech?


What does he suggest about future space exploration?

What allusion does Reagan make about explorers and pioneers?

9th Lit: Day 70-71 02/23/2015

Day 70-71  9th Literature  02/23/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will begin our analysis of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
C: Bell Ringer, Hamlet Act Scenes 1-2, Logic Review and new materials
1) Bell Ringer
2) Analysis of Hamlet Act I scenes 1-2
3) Logic Review
4)Possible Hamlet quiz
5)Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Re-read Acts I-III of Hamlet, Review Vocabulary Terms every night, Review Logic, Prepare for Hamlet quiz on Tuesday-Friday


Bell Ringer:

       Who is the protagonist in Shakespeare’s Hamlet?

What is the conflict?


What characters have been introduced in Act I scene I-II?

9th Comp: Day 70-71 02/23/2015

Day 70-71   9th Composition  02/23/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will analyze Patrick Henry’s speech, “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death.”
C: Bell Ringer, TPCASTT, Grammar/TEM practices
1) Bell Ringer
2) Patrick Henry TPCASTT
3) TEM Grammar Practices
4) Independent
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: TEM Grammar Handout Due 02/24/2015, TPCASTT Patrick Henry, Choose a speech to write an online essay about how the literary devices amplify and or improve your understanding of the speech


Bell Ringer:

      What is the theme of Chaplin’s speech in The Great Dictator?

What literary devices or actor techniques are utilized by Chaplin?

What is unique about the speech?

9th Lit: Day 69-70 02/13/2015

Day 69-70  9th Literature  02/13/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will take a vocabulary exam and will continue our Shakespeare Introductory Documentary.
C: Bell Ringer, Vocabulary Exam, Shakespeare Documentary
1) Bell Ringer
2) Vocabulary Exam
3) Shakespeare Documentary + Pass out Hamlet
4) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:Complete e.e cummings TPCASTT and turn in by 02/11/2015, Begin Lord Byron TPCASTT (Due 02/13/2015), Prepare for Friday Vocabulary Exam, Read Acts 1-3 during February Break


Bell Ringer:

You have 10 minutes to prepare for the vocabulary term 4 exam.

9th Comp: Day 69-70 02/13/2015

Day 69-70  9th Composition  02/13/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will take a grammar quiz and review Carl Sagan’s speech “The Frontier is Everywhere”
C: Bell Ringer, Grammar Quiz, Carl Sagan TPCASTT
1) Bell Ringer
2) Grammar quiz
3) Carl Sagan TPCASTT
4) TEM Grammar practices
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:Turn in “Ain’t I a Woman” TPCASTT, Turn in“Challenger Disaster” TPCASTT, Begin “The Frontier is Everywhere” TPCASTT (Due Friday)

Bell Ringer:

        What is an adjective clause?

What is an adverb clause?

What are subordinating conjunctions?

Turn to pages 127-131 of Warriner’s textbook

9th Lit: Day 68-69 02/11-12/2015

Day 68-69  9th Literature  02/11-12/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will take a vocabulary quiz and introduce William Shakespeare and his writing.
C: Bell Ringer, Vocabulary Quiz, Shakespeare Introduction, Shakespeare Historical Documentary
1) Bell Ringer
2) Vocabulary Quiz: Term Four
3) Shakespeare Introduction
4) Shakespeare Historical Documentary
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:Complete e.e cummings TPCASTT and turn in by 02/11/2015, Begin Lord Byron TPCASTT (Due 02/13/2015), Prepare for Friday Vocabulary Exam


Bell Ringer:

        Define the term, tragedy.

Define the term, tragic hero.

Define the term, Elizabethan Wheel of Fortune.

Define the term, soliloquy.

Define the term, monologue.

9th Comp: Day 68-69 02/11-12/2015

Day 68-69  9th Composition  02/11-12/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will analyze the Carl Sagan speech, “The Frontier is Everywhere”
C: Bell Ringer, TPCASTT: “The Frontier is Everywhere”, Grammar Practices
1) Bell Ringer
2) TPCASTT: Carl Sagan Speech
3) Grammar Practices: TEM
4) Possible Simple Predicate and Simple Subject Quiz
5) Independent practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:Turn in “Ain’t I a Woman” TPCASTT, Turn in“Challenger Disaster” TPCASTT, Begin “The Frontier is Everywhere” TPCASTT (Due Friday)

Bell Ringer:

Identify the subordinate clause in each sentence.

1) When my family went to New York last summer, we visited the Theodore Roosevelt museum.

2) It is located in the basement floor of Roosevelt’s birthplace, which is on the East Twentieth Street.

 3) Because Roosevelt was once a cowboy, there are also branding irons and chaps.

9th Lit: Day 67-68 02/10/2015

Day 67-68    9th Literature  02/10/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will take a vocabulary quiz and discuss logic.
C: Bell Ringer, Vocabulary quiz, Logic
1) Bell Ringer
2) Vocabulary Quiz
3)Logic
4)Independent practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:Complete e.e cummings TPCASTT and turn in by 02/11/2015, Begin Lord Byron TPCASTT (Due 02/13/2015), Prepare for Friday Vocabulary Exam


Bell Ringer:

        Define the term, apostrophe.

Define the term, pun.

Define the term, Shakespearean theatre.

Define the term, comedy.

9th Comp: Day 67-68 02/10/2015

Day 67-68   9th Composition  02/10/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will review the “Challenger Disaster” TPCASTT and will work on varying sentence structures.
C: Bell Ringer, TPCASTT, Sentence Structures
1) Bell Ringer
2) TPCASTT: “Challenger Disaster”
3) TEM Grammar Practices
4) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Turn in “Ain’t I a Woman” TPCASTT, Begin “Challenger Disaster” TPCASTT



Bell Ringer:

What is a clause?( see page 124)

What is an independent clause? (see page 124 of the Warriner’s text)


 What is a subordinate, or dependent, clause?

9th Lit: Day 66-67 02/09/2015

Day 66-67   9th Literature   02/09/2015


Learning Objective: Today we will read Lord Byron’s poem “She Walks in Beauty” and will begin a TPCASTT for the poem.
C: Bell Ringer, Quiz: Vocabulary, TPCASTT, Logic
1) Bell Ringer
2) Quiz: Term 4 Vocabulary
3) TPCASTT: Lord Byron Poem
4) Logic
5)Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Complete e.e cummings TPCASTT and turn in by 02/11/2015, Begin Lord Byron TPCASTT (Due 02/13/2015), Prepare for Friday Vocabulary Exam


Bell Ringer:

        Define the term, symbol.

Define the term, revenge play.


Define the term, hamartia.


Define the term, tragic hero.

9th Comp: Day 66-67 02/09/2015

Day 66-67   9th Composition  02/09/2015


Learning Objective: Today we will review for the SAGE exam as well as examining the  “Challenger Disaster: Speech”.
C: Bell Ringer, SAGE Review, TPCASTT: “Challenger Disaster”
1) Bell Ringer
2) SAGE Review: Test taking strategies
3) TPCASTT: “Challenger Disaster”
4) Grammar: TEM Practices
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Review for SAGE Test (Read Essay Writing Key), Utahcompose.com essay practices (complete one more essay for practice) Turn in “Ain’t I a Woman” TPCASTT, Begin “Challenger Disaster” TPCASTT

Bell Ringer:

         Share the six objectives one must fulfill to write a successful SAGE essay.

What is the formula for an essay?

9th Lit: Day 65-66 02/06/2015

Day 65-66  9th Literature  02/06/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will analyze poetry devices as well as reviewing logic and new vocabulary.
C: Bell Ringer, Poetic Devices, Logic Review, New Vocabulary
1) Bell Ringer
2) Poetic Devices
3) Reviewing Logic + Logic Notes
4) New Vocabulary Practices
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Continue Utah compose.com lessons and essay practices in preparation for Next Tuesday’s assessment, TPCASTT “Upon Julia’s Voice”, Copy new vocabulary terms onto flashcards


Bell Ringer:

       Define the term, simile.

Define the term, metaphor.

Define the term, rhyme scheme.

9th Comp: Day 65-66 02/06/2015

Day 65-66  9th Composition  02/06/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will analyze Sojourner Truth’s speech “Ain’t I A Woman”
C: Bell Ringer, TPCASTT, Listen and Analyze Speech
1) Bell Ringer
2) TPCASTT Discussion
3) Listen and Analyze Speech
4) MLA Review
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:Continue Utah compose.com lessons and essay practices in preparation for Next Tuesday’s assessment, TEM Grammar handouts


Bell Ringer:

       Write two compound sentences


Write two complex sentences


Write two compound complex sentences

9th Lit: Day 64-65 02/04-05/2015

Day 64-65  9th Literature  02/04-05/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will continue our poetry exploration as well as reviewing logic.
C: Bell Ringer, Poetry Analysis, Logic Review, New Poem:TPCASTT
1) Bell Ringer
2) Poetry Terms Analysis
3) Logic Review
4) New Poem Analysis
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Continue Utah compose.com lessons and essay practices in preparation for Next Tuesday’s assessment, TPCASTT “Upon Julia’s Voice”, Copy new vocabulary terms onto flashcards


Bell Ringer:

        Define the term, allusion.


Define the term, alliteration.

Define the term, anaphora.

Define the term, hyperbole.

9th Comp: Day 64-65 02/04-05/2015

Day 64-65  9th Composition  02/04-05/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will practice MLA Citation, Transitional Words, and TPCASTT
C: Bell Ringer, MLA Citation, Transitional Words, TPCASTT
1) Bell Ringer
2) MLA Citation Practices
3)Transitional Words
4) TPCASTT
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:Continue Utah compose.com lessons and essay practices in preparation for Next Tuesday’s assessment, TEM Grammar handouts

Bell Ringer:

Write two simple subject sentences

Write two complete subject sentences

9th Lit: Day 63-64 02/03/2015

Day 63-64  9th Literature  02/03/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will continue our exploration of poetic devices and new vocabulary terms.
C: Bell Ringer, Poetic Devices Discussion, New Vocabulary Terms
1) Bell Ringer
2) Poetic Devices+ Class Notes
3)New Vocabulary Terms + Class Notes
4) New Poem Discussion
5)Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Continue Utah compose.com lessons and essay practices in preparation for Next Tuesday’s assessment, TPCASTT “Upon Julia’s Voice”, Copy new vocabulary terms onto flashcards



Bell  Ringer:

“Upon Julia’s Voice” TPCASTT

        Title:

Paraphrase:

Connotations:

Attitude:

Shift:

Title(revisited):

Theme:

9th Comp: Day 63-64 02/03/2015

Day 63-64  9th Composition  02/03/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will review MLA format and transitional words. We will also begin a TPCSSTT for The Greatest Dictator speech by Charlie Chaplin.
C: Bell Ringer, MLA Format, Transitional Words, TPCASTT
1) Bell Ringer
2) MLA Format Practices
3) Transitional Words
4) TPCASTT
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Continue Utah compose.com lessons and essay practices in preparation for Next Tuesday’s assessment, TEM Grammar handouts


Bell Ringer:

Identify the terms for TPCASTT:

T:

P:

C:

A:

S:

T:

T:

Utah Compose Essay Practices

Dear Students:

Please remember to visit the Utahcompose.com website to complete the essay practices in preparation for the upcoming SAGE writing assessment.

Here is what you should remember while writing:

1.  LENGTH.  The computer LOVES length.  An absurd, irrational amount of length.  5 paragraphs, especially the typical 3-5 sentence paragraphs, is not enough.  Writing a lot is the key.

2.  TERRIBLE TRANSITION WORDS.  The computer loves paragraphs that begin First, Second, Third, and In Conclusion.   This got me another 2 points, just by adding these words in the beginning of each paragraph.  It also loves phrases like "Most importantly"  or "If . . . then" and all other basic transitions:  before, however, furthermore, now, etc.  There are tutorials in the system about this.  Obviously, good transitions are a part of skilled writing, though I personally hate "In Conclusion."

3.  SENTENCE VARIETY.  Include different sentence structures as much as possible:  simple, compound, complex, and compound complex.  I'd throw in a few imperative and interrogative sentences just to be safe.

4.  EXAMPLES and PERSONAL EXPERIENCES  Include some kind of personal experience or example.

5.  SPELLING AND GRAMMAR still count.

6.  CLEAR INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION are important.  Like 5 points important.

9th Lit: Day 62-63 02/02/2015

Day 62-63  9th Literature  02/02/2015

Learning Objective: Today we will work on learning about poetry and poetical devices.
C: Bell Ringer, Poetry Discussion, New Literary Terms, “Upon Julia’s Voice” Analysis
1) Bell Ringer
2)Poetry Discussion
3) New Literary Terms
4) “Upon Julia’s Voice” Analysis
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H: Continue Utah compose.com lessons and essay practices in preparation for Next Tuesday’s assessment, TPCASTT “Upon Julia’s Voice”, Copy new vocabulary terms onto flashcards


Bell Ringer:

        What are the various elements that make up a poem?

What is a sonnet? How many lines does it possess?

What is a couplet?

9th Comp: Day 62-63 02/02/2015

Day 62-63  9th Composition  02/02/2105

Learning Objective: Today we will practice our grammar and transitional words.
C: Bell Ringer, Grammar (compound and complex sentences), Transitional words,
1) Bell Ringer
2) Grammar: Compound and Complex sentence structures
3) Transitional Words for writing
4) Review TPCASTT
5) Independent Practices
Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion
H:Continue Utah compose.com lessons and essay practices in preparation for Next Tuesday’s assessment, TEM Grammar handouts


Bell Ringer:

What is a simple sentence?

What is a compound sentence?

What is a complex sentence?