Welcome to Freedom English!
Ms. Rogers
As You Come In…
*Please take a handout and an index card from the front
table. Then, have a seat and make yourselves comfortable.*
Index Cards
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Please Record:
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Your name.
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Your child’s name.
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The best way to reach you.
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Something that you would like me to know about your child academically.
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Something that you would like me to know about your child nonacademically.
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Anything else that you may wish to share!
Materials At Your Table (feel free to peruse!):
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Grade 8 Writing Guide
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“The Most Dangerous Game” (the story we are currently studying)
Tonight’s Agenda
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Welcome!
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Course Overview
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A Day in the Life of Your Scholar
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Literary Works and Range of Assignments
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Currently…
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Communication
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A bit about Ms. Rogers and the English Classroom
On your Handouts
 Course
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Overview
of Assignments
Academic Goals
Students Will Strive To:
 Read Closely (make inferences and connections)
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Cite evidence from the text to support claims and conclusions
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Determine central ideas or themes within a text
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Analyze the development of this theme!
Broaden vocabulary and master specific aspects of mechanics, usage,
and grammar
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Become more confident readers, writers, thinkers, and speakers!
A Day In The Life Of Your Scholar
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Daily Journal Prompt and/or Warm-Up
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Skills Focus (Mini-Lesson)
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Pair/Small Group Work
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Cooperative Group Work
Literature Analysis and Discussion Groups
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Discussion
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Exit Card
Literary Works To Be Enjoyed This Year!
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Short Story Unit
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“The Necklace” (Guy de Maupassant)
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“The Tell-Tale Heart” (Edgar Allan Poe)
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“The Most Dangerous Game”
(Richard Connell)*
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Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream (William
Shakespeare)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
Range of Assignments
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Nightly Homework
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Reading Quizzes
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Writing Assignments
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Most Recently: Mood Analysis of “The Tell-Tale Heart”
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Literary Analysis / Argumentative Writing
Tests and Projects
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Upcoming: Short Story Movie Posters! (Mid October)
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Insightful Reading Unit Test (End of October)
Socratic Discussion / Skits / Debates / Oral Presentations
Currently…
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Recently:
 “The Tell-Tale Heart”
(The Great Sanity Debate!)
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“The Most Dangerous Game”
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Mood Analysis Group Work
S.T.E.A.L. Method of Indirect
Characterization
Symbolism: The island
Identifying Irony
Literary Analysis and
Argumentative Writing
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Pioneering new territory!
Works in progress
Final drafts
Communication
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TeacherWeb Site (Announcements, Homework, Long-term)
http://teacherweb.com/MA/WilliamDiamondMiddleSchool/
Diamond-Rogersj/apt1.aspx
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Extra Help (During Planning Periods/After School)
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Email
jrogers@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us
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Phone
Ext. 1100
Classroom Spaces
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Materials Table
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Absence Folders
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Writing Portfolios
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Freedom English Think Tank!
A Bit About Ms. Rogers