COURSE OUTLINE:
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DAILY WORK:
JUNE 21: I PACKAGE DAY / LAST DAY OF CLASS - Thanks for an awesome semester - have a great summer!
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JUNE 20: NO CLASS
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JUNE 19: Double Block Days (1 & 3): Final Exam
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JUNE 16: Happy Friday! Expert Presentations, Prep for Final Monday Morning!
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JUNE 15: Twisted Thursday, Expert Presentation Preparation - Reminders - Presentations tomorrow!
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JUNE 14: Zombieland Film Review: Finish. Introduce Expert Presentation Assignment - work day tomorrow on it, presentations Friday!
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JUNE 13: Zombieland Film Review
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JUNE 12: Work on Vacation Package (final work day in class)
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JUNE 9: Fake Friday, X-Files (FINAL X-FILES DAY!)
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JUNE 8: Twisted Thursday, Finish Rot and Ruin (chapter 55) - yay! you did it, continue working on Vacation Assignment
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JUNE 7: Would You Rather Wednesday, Finish chapter 53 & read 54 in Rot and Ruin, continue working on Vacation Assignment
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JUNE 6: Twisted Tuesday, Read Chapters 52 and part of 53, work on Vacation Assignment
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JUNE 5: Manic Monday, Read Chapters 49-51 in Rot and Ruin, Vacation Assignment (budget $3500)
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JUNE 2: Fake Fridays, X-Files Episode 8
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JUNE 1: Twisted Thursday, Read Chapter 46-48 in Rot and Ruin & Questions, Q Chart and Response
MAY 31: Would You Rather Wednesday, Review Chapter 40-42, Read Ch 43-45 and complete questions.
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MAY 30: Twisted Tuesday, Read Chapter 40-42 and corresponding questions, Question Chart, finish up Comic Strips
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MAY 29: Manic Monday (Grammar Kahoot), Review Part 3 of Rot and Ruin, Work on Comic Strips for Chapters 35-38, Read Chapter 39.
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MAY 26: Fake Fridays, X-Files Episode 7. Happy Weekend!
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MAY 25: Twisted Thursday, Rot and Ruin: Finish reading chapter 37, read chapter 38, continue working on comic strip - will be a bit more time on Monday.
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MAY 24: Would You Rather Wednesday, Rot and Ruin: work on comic strip and begin reading chapter 37.
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MAY 23: Twisted Tuesday, Read Chapters 35-36 in Rot and Ruin, Comic Strip Assignment - due Monday May 29.
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MAY 18: Twisted Thursday, X-Files Episode 6. Happy Long Weekend! See you Tuesday!
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MAY 17: Would You Rather Wednesday, Read Chapter 32-34 in Rot and Ruin, Q Chart and Response.
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MAY 16: Twisted Tuesday, Review Part 2 Rot and Ruin, Read Chapters 30-32, Q Chart and Response
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MAY 15: Manic Monday, Finish Paragraph Writing from May 10. Please hand in by Thursday May 18.
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MAY 12: Fake Fridays, X-Files Episode 5
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MAY 11: Twisted Thursday, Review of Rot and Ruin Part 2 (Kahoot & Summary Sheets), Paragraph Writing: Review & Practice - 2 paragraphs ( _______ is better than blank because.... ; How does fear influence how people act in our book?)
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MAY 10: Would You Rather Wednesday, Read Chapter 26-28 in Rot and Ruin - DONE PART 2! Question Chart
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MAY 9: Twisted Tuesday, Read Chapter 25-27, Question Chart, Revenge Stories: Paragraph Response
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MAY 8: Manic Monday: Cliches, Read Chapter 23-24 in Rot and Ruin, finish Chapters 18-24 Questions sheet and hand in!
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MAY 5: Fake Fridays, X-Files episode 4.
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MAY 4: Twisted Thursday, Read Chapter 21-22 in Rot and Ruin, continue working on Questions, Activity: choose between a comic strip or timeline for a zombie apocalypse.
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MAY 3: What If Wednesday, Read Chapter 19-20, Start working on Questions, Would You Rather Zombie Game
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MAY 2: Twisted Tuesday, Read Chapter 18 in Rot and Ruin, Journal Response: How far would you go to protect something important to you?
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MAY 1: Memory Monday, Read Chapter 17 in Rot and Ruin, Question Chart
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APRIL 28: Fake Fridays, X-Files Episode 3.
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APRIL 27: Twisted Thursday, Zombie Card Assignment (last in-class time), Read Chapter 16 in Rot and Ruin.
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APRIL 26: Half Day - What If Wednesday, Finish Reading Chapter 15 in Rot and Ruin, Zombie Card Assignment - work time tomorrow.
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APRIL 25: Twisted Tuesday, Tweet for Part 1 of Rot and Ruin, Begin Reading Part 2 (Chapters 13-15). Part 1 Summary of Rot and Ruin HERE
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APRIL 24: Memory Monday, Finish reading Chapter 12 in Rot and Ruin, review of part 1. Create a tweet summary of a chapter on your choice (1-12). Include at least 3 hashtags and a photo!
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APRIL 21: Fake Fridays, X-Files Episode 2.
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APRIL 20: Twisted Thursdays, Read Chapter 10-11 of Rot and Ruin, Journal Response: In the Rot and Ruin there are no laws. Imagine if we had an area or a day where no laws existed. Would this be good or bad? What do you think might happen? Explain in one paragraph.
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APRIL 19: What If Wednesday, Review Chapters 1-7 and read Chapters 8-9 in Rot and Ruin. Abandonned places and Question Chart.
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APRIL 18: Table Trivia, Character Traits for Tom, Charlie, Nix, Chong, Benny, Working on Chapter 5-7 questions for Rot and Ruin.
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APRIL 13: Finished Season 1 of Breaking Bad - Kahoot on Season 1. New Series = X-Files. Watched Episode 1 - no questions this week.
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APRIL 12: Silent Reading, Review of Chapters 1-4 in Rot and Ruin. Read Chapter 5-7 as a class and complete first page of Questions.
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APRIL 11: Sexual Health Education with Ms. Woodrow. Reminder: Rot and Ruin Chapters 1-2 package DUE.
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APRIL 10: Sexual Health Education with Ms. Woodrow.
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APRIL 7: Breaking Bad Fridays - Episode 7: Walter takes a big risk negotiating with Tuco. Do you think that was smart decision? Do you think you would ever trust someone that dangerous? Explain in 2-3 sentences.
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APRIL 6: Silent Reading, Read Chapters 3-4 of Rot and Ruin, Kahoot on the chapters
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APRIL 5: Working on Chapters 1-2 Package and Mini-Project
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APRIL 4: Silent Reading, Zombie Preparedness: Kahoot, CDC Preparedness Cartoon, Question Chart and finish reading Chapter 2 of Rot and Ruin.
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APRIL 3: Welcome back! Introduction to our novel study Rot and Ruin by Jason Maberry. Starting reading chapters 1 & 2.
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MAR 17: Happy St. Patrick's Day! Breaking Bad Episode 6 - no questions today. Have a fabulous Spring Break! See you in April!
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MAR 16: Finished "Survivor Type", compared the main character Richard Pine to Tom Hank's character in Castaway clips, competed comprehension questions sheet.
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MAR 15: Silent Reading, The Simpson's "Das Bus" Episode, started treading "Survival Type" by Stephen King.
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MAR 14: Silent Reading, sharing our "Real Life Survival Stories" - nice work! All very interesting and (crazy!) stories.
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MAR 13: Review of "The Most Dangerous Game". Researching Real Life Survival Stories - be prepared to share in your table groups for an oral communication mark!
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MAR 10: Breaking Bad Episode 5
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MAR 9: Review Vocab words and Literary terms answers. Finish reading "The Most Dangerous Game", complete a plot graph together in sections. Work on questions # 5, 7, 10, 12, 14. Overview of Poster Activity (included in package) - what should be included on your poster and what makes an effective poster.
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MAR 8: Silent Reading, Continue Reading "The Most Dangerous Game". Complete Vocab and the Literary Terms Section.
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MAR 7: Silent Reading, Elements of the Short Story Jeopardy Review, "The Most Dangerous Game" Short Story - read first 2 pages and vocab.
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MAR 6: Silent Reading, Mad Libs (Adverb, Adjectives), "The Sniper" Extension Activities - pick one!
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MAR 3: Breaking Bad Ep 4 Questions: 1) Give at least 2 examples of Walter and Jesse being paranoid in this episode. 2) What do we learn about Jesse this episode? How would you describe
his family and home life (2 sentences).
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MAR 2: Silent Reading, Begin reading "The Most Dangerous Game" - quick discussion on hunting, complete vocab words for Kahoot review tomorrow.
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MAR 1: HALF DAY - Silent Reading, Finished up Elements of the Short Story PPT and Sheet from yesterday, matching game with 5 elements & definitions.
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FEB 28: Silent Reading, "A Day in the Life" work time (last day for working on it in class). Due Friday March 3. Introduction to short stories - surface vs. deeper meaning. Elements of the Short Story PPT and Fill In Sheet.
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FEB 27: Silent Reading, working on "A Day in the Life" - work time tomorrow, too. Due by end of week!
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FEB 24: Pro D Day - no school!
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FEB 23: Silent Reading, Breaking Bad Episode 3 - Course Selection Forms DUE
Episode 3 Exit Ticket: 1) Do you think Walter made the right decision? 2) Have you ever had to make a tough decision? How did you decide?
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FEB 22: Silent Reading, continue working on "A Day In the Life Assignment" - due by the end of next week (March 3). We will Monday to work on it, as well.
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FEB 21: Silent Reading, Kahoot: Grammar Redemption, "A Day In the Life Assignment"
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FEB 20: Silent Reading, Kahoot: Commonly Confused Words, Dialogue Sheet & Activity
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FEB 17: Silent Reading/Friday Game, Handed back Breaking Bad Ep 1 Journals - they were AMAZING! Watch Episode 2. Journal Entry: How is Walter's personality changing? Give at least 2 examples and explain.
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FEB 16: Silent Reading, Course Selection Presentation with Mrs. McRoberts. Course selection sheets due next Friday, February 24.
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FEB 15: Silent Reading, Descriptive Writing: Granola Bars, and Editing page
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FEB 14: Silent Reading, Breaking Bad Journal Entry Episode 1: Why do you think Walter turns to the drug trade? Do you agree with his decision? Do you think people make decisions because they have to or because they want to? Similes, Descriptive Writing: Granola Bars
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FEB 10: Silent Reading, Fun Friday Series: Episode 1 Breaking Bad
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FEB 9: Silent Reading, Voted on Friday Series Options, Feedback on "Good Beginning". Reviewed an example of "good writing" with Stephen King's The Mangler. Sensory Stations Activity.
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FEB 8: Silent Reading, Commonly Confused Words (There, Their, They're). Good Beginnings Handout: Choose a picture a write a "good beginning" for that photo/story. Focus on being descriptive & pulling the reader in.
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FEB 7: Silent Reading, Homonyms, What Makes a Good Beginning? Brainstormed together and watched movie clips with "good beginning"
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FEB 6: Library for Silent Reading book, Silent Reading, Paper/Basket Game to explore creativity. Journal Response: Do you think creativity is important in life? In school? Explain why or why not. (about 1/2 a page).
FEB 3: Soundtrack to Your Life presentations - they were AWESOME! Enjoy your weekend!
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FEB 2: Presentations put off until tomorrow! We cheered on the girls' basketball game!
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FEB 1: Silent Reading, Continued working on Soundtrack to my Life. Last day for in-class time! Presentations, write up, and visual aide due tomorrow!
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JAN 31: Silent Reading, Continued working on Soundtrack to My Life Assignment. Reviewed third portion of Assignment = a mini presentation to the class that shares your soundtrack and a "snipit" of one of your songs. Presentations will be Thursday, February 2.
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JAN 30: Silent Reading, Continued Working on "The Soundtrack to My Life" Assignment. The Written Portion of the Assignment is DUE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2.
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JAN 27: Playing with Synonyms, "The Soundtrack To Your Life" (<--- CLICK HERE) Assignment. We chatted about the assignment and how to do be successful.
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JAN 26: Introduction, icebreakers, student survey, diagnostic writing sample. (favourite gift or favourite memory)