Daily Agendas – Period 6 English IV ST
9/1 – Syllabus distributed, explained.
Substitute: 9/7 - Eng IV St: Rm. 123: Students have only received syllabus. They will be starting The Rag and
Bone Shop when I return. Each student should have a netbook at their disposal, if not, have them pair up to
complete the following.
1.) Write on the board "Have you ever been accused of a crime you did not commit (clarify that "crime" does not
have to mean breaking the law, it could be any broken rule). Have the students write freehand for 10 minutes to
brainstorm and explain their circumstances. If they cannot think of a specific example for themselves, they can
write about a situation a friend has been in. (15 min)
2.) Go around the room and have each student share their responses; allow for discussion. Try to focus the
discussion around how people react when they are innocent but people think they are guilty. Do people respond
with anger? rebellion? compliance? Are there any patterns that arise in the room? (20 min)
3.) Write these phrases on the board: interrogation, manipulative, social outcast, punishment, integrity,
falsehood, ethical. Have students grab a marker and take turns writing under each word their best guesses at
what each word means. Each student has to guess, it does not matter if they get it right, the point is to become
comfortable participating. After each student writes at least one guess for each word, define them for the
students and have them write the definition down in their notebook. If they do not have a notebook, have them
create a document (use open office) on their netbooks. (15 min)
4. Students will know conduct a scavenger hunt on two items: Robert Cormier and Mistrials (I want them to find
any stories about people that were innocent but found guilty and what happened to them. They should each find
3 stories each throughout history.) They should find as much information as possible on both subjects (time
period, major players, definition, background, other people's thoughts on the subject, etc.) They need to
scavenge for about 25-30 minutes and then summarize what they found in an open office document. They will
use this document to show me what they learned on Wed. Remember, they can work in pairs (not groups).
9/8 – Continued work on web scavenger hunt (mistrials and Robert Cormier), Rag and Bone Packet,
faculty website
9/10- begin reading (pgs. 3-8), share findings about mistrials and robert cormier, front load vocabulary.
9/13 – Open House
9/14 - entry ticket, skittles activity, read, finish vocab, notes. Next class: writing activity
9/15 – Writing activity, finish skittles activity, check-in on vocab.
Ms. Farley 9/17 – Go over vocab in class (quiz coming!), read, scattegories?
9/21 – Vocab quiz tomorrow! Packet quiz over pages 22-29 in class, begin reading from 47, find vocab
in pages 16-47, Journals...
9/22 – Vocab quiz, packet quizzes collected, all students should have read up to page 61, journals.
9/24 – Guidance presentation about Jobs!!, word find for vocab, journals, discussion and notes
9/28 – Pass back journals, new entry, stations activity with website work.
9/29 – read to page 69, journals
Ms. Farley 10/1 –
1. Journals
2. Check with the class who intends on getting a permission slip for the Supreme Court
hearing on the 11th. (make a list, please)
3. Pass out anticipation crossword puzzle for students to complete during the reading.
4. Continue reading either silently or as a group.
5. For homework: Have students think of movies where interrogations have been depicted.
If they chose, have them find a clip and send it to my school e-mail, we can chose a few
to watch in class on Tuesday.
10/5 – Journal prompt with poem, read book (page 101), concept circles.
Grades for Progress Reports Close!!
10/6 – Crossword puzzle, continue reading, look at packet...
10/12- Officer Smith presentation
10/13- Time to finish worksheet questions
10/15- Slideshow presentation, EXPLORE worksheet
10/19- Journals, witness test/brain tests website, continue reading
10/20- Web connection packets, begin watching “Pay It Forward”
10/22- Continue watching movie
10/26- Continue watching movie
10/27- Finish watching the movie, journal reaction to the ending
10/29- Journal about fair grade/classroom behavior, finish reading the book out loud, journal
reaction to end of the book
11/9 – Facebook page, open letter to Mrs. Heric, grades given, any late work? Last chance...
11/10 – Begin new unit!
11/12 – Poetry stack, book pass, journal entry begun...
11/16 – Journal – finish memory (journals collected Wed for grade), share poetry stack poems (put in
journals for a grade), Memoir books shared and silent reading.
11/17 – Reminder about grades: 3 so far! I in 8 million (discussion: what makes these good?), excerpt
from memoir.
11/19 – Share memoirs (journal entries),
Ms. Farley: 11/30 - Memoir activity with paintings (extra credit)
Ms. Farley: 12/1 – Silent reading
12/3 – Check-in: independent books, review of notes for memoirs, use the first “tip” and write an entry,
share memoirs: Lenny Bruce, Ketih Richards, Jay Z, imovie intro.
12/7 12/10 – Mr. Asselin to give tutiral on Windows Live Movie maker...
Grades close 12/10 for Quarter 2 progress reports!
12/14 – Party for Farley!
12/15 – Iflurtz, journals
12/17 – journals, silent reading, 1 in 8 million
Quarter 2 progress reports distributed on the 16th!
Winter Break – Yehaw!!!
¼ – Journals, Silent reading, memoir work
1/5 - Journals, Silent reading, memoir work
1/7 - Journals, Silent reading, memoir work
1/11 – Mr. Asselin to help us with Windows movie maker – bring your netbooks!
1/12 - Journals, Silent reading, memoir work
1/14 - Journals, Silent reading, memoir work
1/20 - Journals, Silent reading, memoir work, midterm preparation
1/21 – Midterm preparation
1/25 – Review session
Wednesday, Jan, 26th - Midterm 9:25 – 10:55
1/28 – Bob Asselin to show us how to use movie maker
2/ – Begin “Rule of the Bone”, discussion on mature text and appropriate
reactions.
2/ – Chapter 1 questions for ROTB, jounrals handed in
2/ – Chapter 2 read in ROTB
2/15 – Journals passed back, Ch. 3 read, work time for video memoir.
2/16 – Continue to read ROTB (character drawing)
February Break!!
Continue working on Memoir Projects and Rule of the Bone...
3/4 – Final projects due...
3/8 – Continue with Chapter 4 in ROTB, extra credit worksheets available
3/9 – ROTB...
3/11 – RTOB...
3/15 – Worksheets, Continue chapter 6 of ROTB (pg.99)
3/16 – Finish Ch. 6
3/18 – continue reading ROTB (finished Skull and Bones chapter), writing prompt
for chapter 4.
3/22 - Discussion on coming of age and how/why we learn from the things we do,
notes on Chappie's journey, in class assignment to chart students own coming of
age journey from the time they were 14. Due at end of class!
4/5 – Read! Finished Chapter 8, started chapter 9 – homework is to finish Chapter
9 for Friday.
4/8 – Journal entries, worksheets, begin reading from Chapter 10, finish silently
(last page) on Tuesday.