Monday

• Students will  begin the class with 15 minutes of independent reading.

• After we begin the class with reading, students complete the Monday Grammar Warm-Up focusing on the difference between Too, Two, and To.  This week, will focus on the use and proof of "Too"  Students will be introduced to the proof and attempt to use and prove their use of the word in a brief writing response.  Volunteers will share sentences from their writing. 

• Students will then be reintroduced to the 2nd Semester Word Work.  This will involve two words students find in their independent reading and two academic words that we will be given on Mondays.  The Academic Vocabulary for this week are Euphemism and Scapegoat.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight. Although Daily Reading Logs will be optional, students are encouraged to complete them to take more control over their grades. 4 Word Work words are due by the end of the week.

Tuesday

• Students will begin class with 15 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will begin Holocaust Memory & Meaning SU1 L1, "Why We Remember.  Students will examine to images before and after the Nazis came into power in Germany and draw conclusions about how Jewish families were impacted by this development. 

• Students  will then examine a poem by Alexander Kimmel titled, "I Cannot Forget." They will attempt to draw conclusions about the point the author is making about the Holocaust and the point he is making about the need to remember the experience.

• If we have time, students will then read two exerpts from Irene Butlers memoir "Shores Upon Shores."

Wednesday

• Students will begin class with 15 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will begin Holocaust Memory & Meaning SU2 L2, "We're Germans Before the Storm.  Students will examine the excerpts from Irene Butler's "Shores Upon Shores" and attempt to draw conclusions about the impact of propaganda on the German public and on the Butler's family members.

• Students will examine the antisemitic propaganda poster described in the reading as well as several other examples of nazi propaganda.

• If time permits, students will be given remaining time to work on their word work, read their novels, or master skills in IXL.

Thursday

• Students will begin class with 15 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will complete the prereading for Chapter 1 of The Devil's Arithmetic. Students will reflect on their knowledge of several terms that they should have encountered in last week's WebQuest.  We will examine and discuss the results before reflecting on a family tradition or custom that students either look forward to or try to avoid.  Results will be shared before we begin the reading of Chapter 1.

• Students will read and respond to Chapter 1 of The Devil's Arithmetic.

• If time permits, students will be given remaining time to work on their word work, read their novels, or master skills in IXL.

Friday - originally planned for last week, but moved to today

• Students review the teambuilding process along with consensus decistion making.  They then begin using Uncommon Commonalities to find some things they have in common with their new teammates before attempting to define their new team identity.

• Results will be presented to the class.

Homework: Students should be pushing to finish up their book project novel's by the end of next week.

Monday

• Students will  begin the class with 15 minutes of independent reading.

• After we begin the class with reading, students complete the Monday Grammar Warm-Up focusing on the difference between Too, Two, and To.  This week, will focus on the use and proof of "Too"  Students will be introduced to the proof and attempt to use and prove their use of the word in a brief writing response.  Volunteers will share sentences from their writing. 

• Students will then be reintroduced to the 2nd Semester Word Work.  This will involve two words students find in their independent reading and two academic words that we will be given on Mondays.  The Academic Vocabulary for this week are Enable and Impact.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight. Although Daily Reading Logs will be optional, students are encouraged to complete them to take more control over their grades. 4 Word Work words are due by the end of the week.

Tuesday

• Students will  begin the class with 15 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will then begin the 7C Brain Science, SU 1 L2 where we will read Phineas Should have been Dead.  We will begin by reading and responding to the events that directly followed the harrowing accident and draw conconclusions about the factors that enabled him to survive.  Students will complete activities 2 and 3.

• Students will share their initial conclusions with a partner and then reflect upon any new perspective offered by their partner.

• If time permits, additional book project examples will be discussed and related questions answered.

Wednesday

• Students will  begin the class with 15 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will continue the 7C Brain Science, SU 1 L2..  We will discuss observations from yesterday's reading and discussion anc complete the written response in activity 4. Studens will be given time to construct their response and then they will share their responses with their table mates and receive feedback on their observations.

• If any additional time remains, students will get the opportunity to work on their Word Work, read their novel, or master skills on IXL.

Thursday

• Students will  begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will then complete the 7C Brain Science, SU 1 L2 "Phineas Should Have been Dead."  Students will collaboratively complete the Solo activity for the lesson.  Students will complete a round robin reading of the text and put their heads together on the questions that follow.

• If any additional time remains, students will get the opportunity to work on their Word Work, read their novel, or master skills on IXL.

Friday

• Students review the teambuilding process along with consensus decistion making.  They then begin using Uncommon Commonalities to find some things they have in common with their new teammates before attempting to define their new team identity.

• Results will be presented to the class.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight.  Four reading logs and two word work words are due by today.