Today is the first day of the “Successful Habits” grading period
You will receive 100pts each grading period for demonstrating the following behaviors
every day
At the start bell:
calendar is out
conversations END
no ear buds in ears
no hood on head
Collaboration with others
Being willing to speak up in class
all required materials are present--for example, novels are expected to be brought to
school every day
last night's homework is already completed
NOTE: When you have a sub, you will receive a daily grade for these behaviors
11 January 2015
Objective: you will continue to evaluate the power of words, the “N” in particular,
and decide how to deal with it in literature.
Activities:
Read/listen: “The Meaning of a Word” by Gloria Naylor
Partners: Summarize each paragraph
discuss
Read: “Incident” by Countee Cullen
Answer questions
Discuss
decide
Read TKM: 74-78
HW: complete questions for “Incident”/ Read chapter 9 to page 78 & answer #2
12 January 2015
Objective: you will continue to evaluate the power of words, the “N” in particular,
and decide how to deal with it in literature.
Activities:
Read: “Incident” by Countee Cullen
Answer questions
Discuss
decide
Review TKM: 63-78 & answers 1 & 2
Listen/ read pages 79-89 & answer questions 3 & 4
HW: Read chapter 9 to page 89 & answer #3 & 4 / prepare for quiz
13 January 2015
Objective: you will demonstrate your ability to collaborate by participating in the
partner quiz for chapters 8&9.
Activities:
Stamp hw
Partner quiz
Pre-reading vocabulary assignment
Read study guide questions
89-99 & answer #1 according to HW rubric
HW: Read chapter 10 to pages 89-99 & answer #1 according to HW rubric
14 January 2015
Objective: you will demonstrate your understanding of chapter 11 by answering
questions 2, 3, & 4
Activities:
Stamp hw
Read study guide questions
Read/ listen to pages 99-112 & answer #2,3,4 according to HW rubric
HW: complete chapter 11 to pages 112 & answer #2,3,4 according to HW rubric
15 January 2015
15 January 2015
Objective: you will demonstrate your understanding of your favorite character by
completing the “Whose Phone is This?” activity, earning 100%
Activities:
Stamp hw/ discuss
Complete vocab pre-reading
Read study questions 1-8
Quickwrite
Phone activity--collect
Read/ listen to chapter 12, pages 115-126 & answer #3,5 &6 according to HW
rubric
HW: complete chapter 12 to pages 126 & answer #3,5 &6 according to HW rubric
15 January 2015
Answer the following question in five to ten sentences and use
a direct quote to support your answer.
•Remember to introduce and cite your quote, and remember to
conclude your paragraph with your strongest idea on the
subject
At the end of chapter 11, Atticus and Jem disagree about Mrs.
Debose. What do you think? Do you agree with Atticus or
Jem?
•Even if you agree with Jem, why do you think Atticus would
believe Mrs. Debose to be the bravest person he ever knew?
15
January
2015
Answer the following question in five to ten sentences and use a direct quote to support your answer.
•Remember to introduce and cite your quote, and remember to conclude your paragraph with your strongest idea
on the subject
At the end of chapter 11, Atticus and Jem disagree about Mrs. Debose. What do you think? Do you agree with
Atticus or Jem?
•Even if you agree with Jem, why do you think Atticus would believe Mrs. Debose to be the bravest person he ever
knew?
“A lady?' Jem raised his head. His face was scarlet. 'After all those things she said about you, a lady?”
“She was. She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe... son, I told you that if you
hadn't lost your head I'd have made you go read to her. I wanted you to see something about her- I wanted you
to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you
know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely
win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died
beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew” (Lee 112).