+12th Grade 11 Agenda & Obj. 11/11-11/15Monday: Movie

Tuesday: Review

Wednesday: Unit Test

+Daily Writing: Goals 11/11/13Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail:

Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal.” ~Unknown

What are your goals for quarter 2? Explain them in DETAIL and explain who is going to help you and how you’re going to help yourself.

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READ! Make sure to bring your free read book to class DAILY. I’ll be checking next week.

Final unit test Wednesday

+Monday: Movie

1. Let me see your ?s and your free read book.

2. Notebook title: Frank Movie Notes

Take notes on the movie. What’s different from what

you read? What’s similar?

+Daily Writing: Homework 11/12/13Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail:

What would you do if you were at home and your homework was at school?

How much time a night do you spend on homework? How much time do you think you should spend to be successful? Why? Explain!

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Crossword puzzle due tomorrow

Final test THURSDAY?

Bring in your slightly used, good condition CLOTHES!

+Tuesday: Review

1. Finish movie.

2. Crossword puzzle!• 5 minutes: NO RESOURCES. • When I give you the OK, use

your resources!

+Daily Writing: Vacation 11/13/13Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail:

“Laughter is an instant vacation.” ~Milton Berle

My worst/best vacation was…describe it!

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Unit test tomorrow!

+Wednesday: Review

1. Go through crossword.• Notebook title: Frank All Vocab• Rewrite the words on the crossword

puzzle. Study THESE!

2. Fire drill! Please stay with me! I’ll take attendance here, when we get outside, and then when we come back.

3. Come back quickly so we can play FAMILY FUED!

+Wednesday: Review & Agree/DisagreeIt’s the FAMILY FEUD!The X Family: Samy, Hafsa, Saadiyo, Siham, Aisha

Vs:The Y Family: Maryam, Tume, Muna, Sahro, FaisaRules: The host will ask a question and go back and

forth down the line of participants. Family members are NOT able to help with

the answer on the first try. If she/Sammy gets it wrong, the other family

gets a chance to STEAL the point (family members are allowed 10 seconds to converse).

+Wednesday: Review & Agree/Disagree

1. Look back at your agree/disagree worksheet. Has your opinion changed?

2. Journal title: My Opinions After Frank

Choose at least two statements and explain how events in Frankenstein has either reinforced or changed your opinion. Use specific examples from the text to support your thoughts!

+Daily Writing: Experiences 11/14/13

Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail:

Robert Frost write a poem titled “The Road Not Taken.” Name a road you’ve always wanted to travel. Where do you hope it takes you? What might you see on the way?

Name one thing you’ve always wanted to do, but haven’t. What has prevented you from doing it?

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READ!

+Thursday: Unit Test

Let me see your free read books! Read this if you are done early.

This is a timed test so use your time wisely! If you don’t know something, circle the question and go back to it.

+ TGIF! 11/15/13Planner

Due Tuesday night: 1st draft of Frank Essay(typed and e-mailed to me OR printed for Wednesday): kathleen@stepacademymn.com

On Monday we’ll have laptops.

NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED (even with a pass)! We’ll be revising on Wednesday.

Bring in your free-read books all week next week. This is part of your HOMEWORK!

+Friday: Essay Writing

Before you leave, you should have:1. Lots of ideas to help you determine

a thesis (your POINT) and lots of support ammo.

2. A workable thesis3. An outline for an essay4. An intro paragraph (or a start of

one – typed essay due Tuesday what you don’t get done in class.)

+Friday: Essay Writing

1. What are the parts of an essay?

2. What’s a thesis statement? What’s the formula? Where does it go?

3. What’s a topic sentence? Where does it go?

4. What’s the writing process? How can you write an effective, well organized essay?

+Friday: Essay Writing

First, choose one prompt to freewrite on (and eventually write 5 paragraph essay):

Option 1: Was Victor Frankenstein a victim? You might consider these questions: Why did Frankenstein create the creature? At what points –if any- could the scientist have prevented the deaths of his friends? Could Victor have been a better “parent” to the creature?

Option 2: Was the creature evil?

You might consider these questions: Why did the creature kill his victim in each case? Did he feel remorse? Why did he want a female? Why did he head north at the end?

+Friday: Essay Writing

Next, freewrite for at least 8 minutes on your selected topic. Don’t worry about spelling, or grammar, or even writing in complete thoughts. Just don’t let your pen leave the paper!

Journal title: Freewrite Option [1 or 2]

Don’t let your pencil come up from your paper! FREE WRITE!

+Friday: Essay Writing

After freewriting (you should have at least a page of info), gather your thoughts and create an outline. Your outline should look like this:

Journal title: Outline

Thesis: I. Topic Sentence

A. SupportB. SupportC. Support

II. Topic Sentence Paragraph 2A. SupportB. Support C. Support

III. Topic Sentence Paragraph 3A. SupportB. SupportC. Support

+Friday: Essay Writing

Journal title: Drafting

Start drafting your essay!

Due Tuesday night: 1st draft of Frank Essay(typed and e-mailed to me OR printed for Wednesday): kathleen@stepacademymn.com

On Monday we’ll have laptops.

NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED (even with a pass)! We’ll be revising on Wednesday.

+Hot Seat

Designated “hot seat” in front of the room. 2 minutes to ask the seated person any question in a rapid-fire succession. The hot seat member is allowed to say “pass” for any too personal questions — avoid asking anything too personal, as it can ruin the fun.

Sample questions:

“What would you do if you won the lottery?”

“If you could meet and have dinner with any person who ever lived, who would it be and why? What would you ask that person?”

“What three words would you use to describe yourself?”

Questions can be funny, too, such as:

“What was your most embarrassing moment?”

“What was your proudest moment?”

“What was the silliest thing you’ve ever done?”