CWL Week 4
Monday
• In World News
• Field Trip Travel Groups - Sign up HERE.
• 2 Minute Storytelling
• Book Group Discussion Day #1 - Share quotes and questions as well as discuss book themes and observations. Don't forget to ask questions!
• If you are absent for Discussion Day write a 2 page discussion of your book. No summary (or very little to get you started).
• Do the Pulitzer Prize Photograph assignment. Due some time Thursday!
• Background on what the Pulitzer is.
• Controversial photo this summer HERE!
• Student models - photo choices. Not all are dark!!
Homework:
• Select photo and download it into a Google Document for tomorrow's writing assignment.
Tuesday
• RI - Please do you best to score well! - We will do the RI in our classroom!
• Fill in the Student Data Sheet - I will not sell your information!
• Do the Pulitzer Prize Photograph assignment -
• Use the Turn-In page to submit this assignment before Friday!
Wednesday - 1/2 Day - Bonus Homework pass if you attend class for the entire hour.
• In World News
• 2 Minute Story Telling - Is it your turn today?
• Ten minutes reading time
Thursday
• In World News
• 2 Minute Story Telling - Is it your turn today?
• Ten minutes reading time
• Discuss different versions of Star Spangled Banner - What ones did you like best? What ones are "worst"?
• Does Roseanne have a right to sing it like she did?
• Dreams by Van Halen story. Packard's first Chicago polo tournament
• Freewrite: What song evokes powerful emotions from you? Not necessarily a pump up song. Something emotional.
• Discuss individual songs. - listen to some if there is time.
• Listen to Robert Johnson - Crossroad Blues HERE. Lyrics HERE. New York Times article about Robert Johnson HERE.
• Freewrite: After listening to Crossroad Blues, what might someone that listens to his music be dealing with in his/her own life. In other words, what might be going on with someone that connects deeply to Robert Johnson's music?
• Connect to Alexie text.
Homework:
• Read Book Group book for Monday!
Friday
• In World News
• 2 Minute Story Telling - Is it your turn today?
• Ten minutes reading time
• Finish discussing Alexie's Jimi Hendrix story - Focus on:
• Current Events Around the World
• 1st hour: Lauren - Hong Kong Protests
• 2nd hour Chrystal - What's Happening in Hong Kong
• 3rd hour: Mya - Mexican Independence Day
Homework:
• Prepare for Book Group #3 on Monday. Finish 5 quotes sheet for Monday.
• Read A Drug Called Tradition for Tuesday
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Disregard what's below.
• Read, annotate and discuss Is Cultural Appropriation Always Wrong
• Exit Ticket - Because I am _____, people think I _____.
•Background information for Crazy Horse Dreams
• Icons in stone: Mt. Rushmore short video- What 4 people are on Mt. Rushmore? What made them icons?
• Who is Crazy Horse and how is he important?
• Crazy Horse bio (1 page)
• Crazy Horse Monument - Short Video
• Crazy Horse Monument - CNN short video
• Crazy Horse Monument Pictures
• Read and Discuss Crazy Horse is Rising in the Black Hills Again
• Crazy Horse Monument summer 2018 - Thanks, Cade Rickets
Homework:
• Read Craze Horse Dreams for Monday. It's fairly short.
• Read for Book Group Meeting #3 onTuesday
• Don't forget your book and evidence of close reading (annotation / Post-its)
• In World News
• Field Trip Travel Groups - Sign up HERE.
• 2 Minute Storytelling
• Book Group Discussion Day #1 - Share quotes and questions as well as discuss book themes and observations. Don't forget to ask questions!
• If you are absent for Discussion Day write a 2 page discussion of your book. No summary (or very little to get you started).
• Do the Pulitzer Prize Photograph assignment. Due some time Thursday!
• Background on what the Pulitzer is.
• Controversial photo this summer HERE!
• Student models - photo choices. Not all are dark!!
Homework:
• Select photo and download it into a Google Document for tomorrow's writing assignment.
Tuesday
• RI - Please do you best to score well! - We will do the RI in our classroom!
• Fill in the Student Data Sheet - I will not sell your information!
• Do the Pulitzer Prize Photograph assignment -
• Use the Turn-In page to submit this assignment before Friday!
Wednesday - 1/2 Day - Bonus Homework pass if you attend class for the entire hour.
• In World News
• 2 Minute Story Telling - Is it your turn today?
• Ten minutes reading time
Thursday
• In World News
• 2 Minute Story Telling - Is it your turn today?
• Ten minutes reading time
• Discuss different versions of Star Spangled Banner - What ones did you like best? What ones are "worst"?
• Does Roseanne have a right to sing it like she did?
• Dreams by Van Halen story. Packard's first Chicago polo tournament
• Freewrite: What song evokes powerful emotions from you? Not necessarily a pump up song. Something emotional.
• Discuss individual songs. - listen to some if there is time.
• Listen to Robert Johnson - Crossroad Blues HERE. Lyrics HERE. New York Times article about Robert Johnson HERE.
• Freewrite: After listening to Crossroad Blues, what might someone that listens to his music be dealing with in his/her own life. In other words, what might be going on with someone that connects deeply to Robert Johnson's music?
• Connect to Alexie text.
Homework:
• Read Book Group book for Monday!
Friday
• In World News
• 2 Minute Story Telling - Is it your turn today?
• Ten minutes reading time
• Finish discussing Alexie's Jimi Hendrix story - Focus on:
• Current Events Around the World
• 1st hour: Lauren - Hong Kong Protests
• 2nd hour Chrystal - What's Happening in Hong Kong
• 3rd hour: Mya - Mexican Independence Day
Homework:
• Prepare for Book Group #3 on Monday. Finish 5 quotes sheet for Monday.
• Read A Drug Called Tradition for Tuesday
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Disregard what's below.
• Read, annotate and discuss Is Cultural Appropriation Always Wrong
• Exit Ticket - Because I am _____, people think I _____.
•Background information for Crazy Horse Dreams
• Icons in stone: Mt. Rushmore short video- What 4 people are on Mt. Rushmore? What made them icons?
• Who is Crazy Horse and how is he important?
• Crazy Horse bio (1 page)
• Crazy Horse Monument - Short Video
• Crazy Horse Monument - CNN short video
• Crazy Horse Monument Pictures
• Read and Discuss Crazy Horse is Rising in the Black Hills Again
• Crazy Horse Monument summer 2018 - Thanks, Cade Rickets
Homework:
• Read Craze Horse Dreams for Monday. It's fairly short.
• Read for Book Group Meeting #3 onTuesday
• Don't forget your book and evidence of close reading (annotation / Post-its)
