--Pick up an index card from the front table. On the index card, write a total of five original sentences using any five of the Unit #6 vocabulary words. Make sure that your sentences include enough context to clearly indicate that you have command over the words used within. Once you have finished writing your sentences, continue reviewing the Unit #6 vocabulary words in preparation for today's review activity. This preparatory work is to be done quietly and independently.
S. the C.
--agenda/HW
--The following students received an INCOMPLETE for Quarter 2 and need to see Mr. Martin ASAP. Remember that an INCOMPLETE means that a student has not completed essential coursework; if, at the end of the year, a student has an INCOMPLETE, he or she will not advance to English 10 as he or she essentially has not completed the English 9 course:
- L-Dog (make sure to follow through on the arrangements that you have made :))
- Princess Bell (make sure to follow through on the arrangements that you have made :))
- Loki (make sure to follow through on the arrangements that you have made :))
- Noble 6
- Pikachu
--review activity (The Garbage Game) explained
Transition -- two teams formed via a drawing of cards--seats moved accordingly
Review Activity -- Vocabulary Unit #6: The Garbage Game
Transition -- two teams formed via a drawing of cards--seats moved accordingly
Review Activity -- Vocabulary Unit #6: The Garbage Game
--play The Garbage Game--+1 bonus point on vocabulary quiz awarded to the members of the winning team
--as the game is being played, when it is not your turn, you should be looking in your vocabulary book--remember that when it is your turn, you can bring up your index card with ready-made sentences (which may or may not aid you depending on the paper you pull)
Transition -- pick up a copy of "Book Twenty-Three: The Trunk of the Olive Tree" (the final section of "The Homecoming from The Odyssey") from the front table and return to your assigned seat
Reading Activity -- "The Homecoming from The Odyssey"
--engage in an oral reading for the gist (Mr. Martin occasionally makes comments/asks questions, and when he does so, you ought to annotate accordingly)--feel free to annotate a little bit more based on your own observations, thoughts, questions, etc. (though this is not the purpose during an initial reading)
Transition
--Listen carefully as Mr. Martin shares your options for the closure activity.
--Column-by-column, come up to the front table and pick up your work. Quietly and independently complete the task that you have selected to the best of your ability.
Closure -- Odyssey Unit Standards-based Purposeful Re-Reading and Writing Tasks
--If time permits, Mr. Martin will begin meeting with students one-on-one to go over closure work.
HW
--Finish preparing for the Unit #6 vocabulary quiz, which will take place at the beginning of next class. Make sure that you truly know the words, as you will be asked on the quiz to write your own sentences for a few of the words using enough context to clearly show that you have incorporated the chosen words into your own vocabulary. The incentive plan is in place for this week's quiz!
--If you do not finish in class, complete your closure task to the best of your ability before the beginning of next class.
--as the game is being played, when it is not your turn, you should be looking in your vocabulary book--remember that when it is your turn, you can bring up your index card with ready-made sentences (which may or may not aid you depending on the paper you pull)
Transition -- pick up a copy of "Book Twenty-Three: The Trunk of the Olive Tree" (the final section of "The Homecoming from The Odyssey") from the front table and return to your assigned seat
Reading Activity -- "The Homecoming from The Odyssey"
--engage in an oral reading for the gist (Mr. Martin occasionally makes comments/asks questions, and when he does so, you ought to annotate accordingly)--feel free to annotate a little bit more based on your own observations, thoughts, questions, etc. (though this is not the purpose during an initial reading)
Transition
--Listen carefully as Mr. Martin shares your options for the closure activity.
--Column-by-column, come up to the front table and pick up your work. Quietly and independently complete the task that you have selected to the best of your ability.
Closure -- Odyssey Unit Standards-based Purposeful Re-Reading and Writing Tasks
--If time permits, Mr. Martin will begin meeting with students one-on-one to go over closure work.
HW
--Finish preparing for the Unit #6 vocabulary quiz, which will take place at the beginning of next class. Make sure that you truly know the words, as you will be asked on the quiz to write your own sentences for a few of the words using enough context to clearly show that you have incorporated the chosen words into your own vocabulary. The incentive plan is in place for this week's quiz!
--If you do not finish in class, complete your closure task to the best of your ability before the beginning of next class.
