November, 2015
Monday, November 2nd:
1. Student-led presentation of narrative elements.
2. Watch Germany Background for WWII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q78COTwT7nE
Discuss/Answer Questions

3. Research one article to deepen your understanding of one particular aspect of what you saw/heard in the video.
Tuesday, November 3rd:
1.Share verbal summary of article with group.
2. Introduction to DEJs
--Model DEJs
--Show annotation of Digo
2. Begin reading Forward to Night
Annotate to demonstrate active reading
Wednesday, November 4th:
1. Review DEJ entries
2. Affix work: "cide" and "geno" (Altered to activity with list of prefixes, suffixes, and roots to make words from and write them down)
3. Begin reading Night
--Demonstrate how to complete a DEJ entry: (quote, purpose statement, reaction, connection to self, world, or other literary work.)
Homework: Complete 3 DEJ entries for Thursday--using 1 through 11
Thursday, November 5th:
1.Listen to story and have a discussion about: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/11/05/451216596/powerful-gene-drive-can-quickly-change-an-entire-species
2. Review DEJ entries and answer questions
3. Determining Main Ideas from evidence
4. Complete reading until page 23
Friday, November 6th:
1. DLP--Parallelism
2. Review Main Idea activity from yesterday
3. Listen to dramatic reading of Night to 28
Cause/ Effect Activity: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-3EGmgOuRy3OyI5j2Db16iUV_LPDYAd0myvk_10pYRY/edit
Monday, November 9th:
1. Vocab Formative #1 (Night): Edmodo (to page 28--if unfinished, do over the weekend)
2. Students peer edited and submitted their DEJs, of which I will grade one as a formative assessment.
  • Quote or accurate summary of an event (with page numbers) must be included (2 pts.)
  • An initial reaction
    • With a text to self, world, or text connection (3 points)
  • And a purpose statement that explains the reason why the quote/event is within the story (3 points)
2. Cause / Effect Activity
3. Continue listening to dramatic reading.
Tuesday, Nov. 10th:
1. DLP Parallelism
2. Visit National Holocaust Museum Website to here tales of arrival at camps (Listen to the stories.)
3. Select one of the following photos to focus on for a writing workshop
One paragraph
Function: To describe an article / object within a photo in such a way that it carries with it a quality of characteristic of the surrounding environment.
Wednesday, Nov. 11th:
1. DLP Parallelism
2. Bystander Effect:
3. In groups, select one example of the Bystander Effect within your book: Night
-Then, create a slide on the Googleslides that provides a visual and heading that matches the plot event in Night
-Review the events
Thursday, Nov. 12th:
1. DLP Parallelism
2. Continue with book to 40 for Friday.
3. Create 2 DEJ entries using one main idea as the focal points for collecting evidence.
  • A. Read section
  • B. Determine a main idea within that section
  • C. Write main idea and find two quotes to match proving existence of main idea
  • D. Complete a DEJ for each quote chose
Friday, Nov. 13th:
1.Vocab #2 from Edomodo
2. What would be the effect/intention of some of the images of this film?
-Select 2 and explore the function of the images on the audience.
-Screen shot the 2 and add them to the collective Googleslides.
-Propose what the main idea of the image would be for the German audience.
Googleslides Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHs2coAzLJ8
3. Read one of the following articles from German Propaganda: http://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/gercke.htm
Monday, November 16th:
1. Review Googleslides work from Friday
2. Review Edmodo Vocab Quiz 1
3. Continue Reading, to 47, for Wednesday
Tuesday, November 17th:
1. Parallelism Quiz
2. Utilizing the following link: Students were given time to review the following timeline of events related to The Holocaust.
3. Review the links images and text. Select an image that seem to "speak" a clear idea to you and your partners.
Students screenshot and added it as the initial image in a video/voice-over.
Formative: /10 pts.
FCAs
1. Precisely phrases a main idea that image represents.
2. Finds 3 quotes from Night; one arguing existence of main idea; one arguing a cause for that main idea; one arguing an effect of that main idea
3. Voice-over has appropriate visuals to transition or illustrate ideas/concepts
Wednesday, November 18th:
1. Continue to Create Voice-over:
2. Review Vocab Edmodo 2
Read to 56 for Monday
Thursday, November 19th:
1. Finish Voice-over
2. Parallelism Formative Quiz on Edmodo
3. Read to 56 for Monday in Night
4. Complete 2 DEJs as a summative assessment--all around 1 main idea. See below. (Due Monday)
    • FCA1: DEJs are centered around a clearly articulated, arguable main idea; quotes focus on proving the existence of the elements of that main idea (5 pts.)
    • FCA 2: The explanation (right column) expresses a reasonable/supportable purpose statement or statement of the significance of the left column quote (5 pts.)
    • FCA 3: Explanation (right column) contains an original reaction (with opinion language that doesn't just restate the quote) and which includes a specific connection to self, world, or other text. (5 pts.)
Friday, November 20th:
1. See Voice-overs
2. Finish reading
3. Finish DEJ summative
Monday, November 23rd
1. Take Edmodo formative parallelism quiz
--Hand in DEJ summative
--See final projects (videos)
2. Continue reading; using audio to page 65 by Wednesday.
Tuesday, November 24th
1. Use Easybib to create a Works Cited entry
2. Explanation of use of Works Cited and showing how to cite the novel
3. Continue reading until 65.
Wednesday, November 25th
Fall Break: shortened classes
Introduction to Holocaust Essay and free-write to respond.
Tuesday, November 30th
1. DLP on coordination:
2. Continue reading to page 82 for tomorrow: (Vocab Formative Quiz Tomorrow using Edmodo)

FROM HERE DOWN IS JUST NOTES FROM PRIOR YEARS, NOT LESSONS

1. DLP-20: pronouns (introduction)
2. Close Reading Formative using Edmodo: Quiz

What is the nature of rhetorical strategies? What are the distinctions between fundamentally narrative strategies and some non-narrative strategies?
1. DLP_21: pronouns (vague) Indefinite Pronouns
2. Students--in various groups were given the following terms to look up and create a short presentation on tomorrow:
A. Define and explain the use of the term/strategy
B. Give an example from a piece of writing that you find--illustrating the use
C. Compare to something else from the real world that we can visualize
D. Find and embed within your presentation a resource that helps people study the use of the strategy.
  • anecdote
  • analogy
  • allusion
  • rebuttal of alternative
  • rhetorical question
  • parallelism
  • repetition/anaphora
  • metaphor/simile
  • appeal to pathos
  • appeal to logos

Having Trouble?

Tuesday, November 11th

2. See all the presentations. Have student get into groups and explain their project to others--in their groups.
Or, have the group present to the whole class.
3. Create an account to make a quiz for strategies presented yesterday: quizlet
Quiz this coming Monday

Wednesday, November 12th: How do we analyze a text for its use of narrative strategies?


Pronoun Assessment

Thursday, November 13th:

1. Pronouns: that, which, who, whom exercise link

4. http://time.com/34075/how-violent-video-games-change-kids-attitudes-about-aggression/
Pronoun Practice
Students read and annotated the above Time article
2. See all the presentations.
3. Writing in response: Select One
A. Create an original thesis that details a main idea that is expressed within this story.
B. Select 1 of the components above to make a claim concerning how well it was developed by the author.
C. Create an original thesis that argues what tone in which the writer wrote the piece.

Select 2 quotes as pieces of evidence to document your findings.
(Annotations)
Add terms from presentation to quizlet.

Appeal To Logos 1 Metaphor
Appeal To Pathos 1 Simile
Anecdote Parallelism
Anaphora Rhetorical Question
Analogies Rebuttal

Friday, November 14th:

1. Who/Whom Quiz (Practice)
2. Begin drafting, by hand, the thesis and evidence to support your argument. Produce a 3-4 paragraph response.
Intro with context, argument, and generalization of evidence.
2 body paragraphs with 1 piece of evidence per paragraph to analyze.
Due on Wednesday, the 19th.

Essay Organizer
Quizzes tomorrow--pronoun formative and rhetorical strategies (summative)

FCA 1: Clear claim that has an identifiable thesis which is arguable / 5 pts.

FCA 2: Clear pieces of evidence that are summaries of events or quotes
from the text--properly cited, MLA (Must Use at least 2) / 10 pts.

FCA 3: Analysis--clear explanation of how the evidence proves the claim. Don't just describe the evidence, show how it proves your thesis. /
15 pts.

Monday, November 17th:

1. Edmodo: Pronoun formative quiz
2. Quiz concerning the use of types of rhetorical devices: narrative vs. non-narrative (identification/matching)

Tuesday, November 18th:

Written essay for tomorrow.


Strong v. Weak Examples

Wednesday, November 19th:

1. DLP--23: pronouns review
2. Revise and turn in your writing. Stations approach.
-A. Read aloud and note awkward sounding spots.
-B. Check thesis for clarity of wording and purpose.
-C. Examine evidence to make sure it proves existence and not causality.
-D. Check citation and bibliography.
-E. Read analysis to make certain that it explains HOW the evidence proves your claim
-F. Correct spelling and basic grammar expectations.


Peer Review Response Sheet Guide

Thursday, November 20th: F127

1.1. Grammar Girl Link about Everyone
Pronoun test next week.

--Add pictures and finishing details overnight.

Vague pronoun practice

Presentation description

Friday, November 21st:





1. Students were given time to review the following timeline of events related to The Holocaust.
2. Read "Nazi Olympics"
--Edmodo Quiz
3. Homework: Vague pronoun worksheet. (Review)

Additional Pronoun Practice Who/Whom

Tuesday, November 25th:

1. Pronoun Summative
Watch Obama discussion about Everyday Heroes.
2. Everyday Heroes
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzRR3Mo4noU
Phil Z.'s Imaginative Heroism Project

Wednesday, November 26th:

Review and discuss Everyday Heroes.
Vocabulary game activity--swat the fly or trashketball. (content terminology)











nov: 10
2. Students peer edited and submitted their DEJs, of which I will grade one as a formative assessment.
  • Quote or accurate summary of an event (with page numbers) must be included (2 pts.)
  • An initial reaction
    • With a text to self, world, or text connection (3 points)
  • And a purpose statement that explains the reason why the quote/event is within the story (3 points)


nov 13
3. Googleform Questions
4. Afterwards, we continued reading--from page 29.
Homework: Continue to read to page 40 for tomorrow.


  • Afterwards, we watched a film clip about the trials of NurembergSecond Clip

  • We continued reading the text, 66 to the middle of 73, listening to the dramatic interpretation.