Wednesday, September 19, 2018


Tuesday, September 18, 2018
92 minutes
Learning Targets:
I can read and understand an academic argument
I can analyze cartoons for their underlying messages
I can discuss my ideas and listen to my classmates’ ideas

     1.   Student Rights and Responsibilities handbook handed out and discussed (Vice Principal Mitacek)
     2.   SSR

     3.   Free-write: What are your favorite cartoons?  Make a list. Also, what are some lessons you learned about life from your favorite cartoons? 

     4.   In pairs, share your free-writes. 

     5.   Read  and take notes on Ariel Dorfman’s excerpt from The Empire’s Old Clothes

  6.               Charting Cartoons: Students watch and take notes on chart on Popeye Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves (About 17 minutes)   



HOMEWORK: Read for at least 30 minutes from your SSR book


Friday, September 14, 2018


Friday, September 14, 2018
92 Minutes

     1.   Check out the classroom blog! 

     2.   Complete Grant Magazine masculinity survey (see link on the blog) 

     3.   SSR 

     4.   Reminder about Generals LEAD:
Learn: Live to learn
Engage: Engage with purpose
Advocate: Advocate for self and others
Demonstrate: Demonstrate your passion

Review the LEAD norms that we developed last time
Look at the sample LEAD chart 

5.       Watch Brene Brown on Empathy

Pair-share: Discuss how empathy could be connected to any of the LEAD categories. Share out with class. 


     6.   Finish read-around of Making Sense of the Summer poem. (hand in your poem) 

     7.   Get PSAT booklets and information: Review the English portions of the test 
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PSAT test will be given to all sophomores on Wednesday, October 10


HOMEWORK: Read for at least 30 minutes from your SSR book



Grant Magazine Masculinty Survey

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Sophomore English
76 minutes

     1.   Name tents / roll               
     2.   Check out the classroom blog! 

     3.   SSR 

     4.   Reminder about Generals LEAD:
1.   Learn: Live to learn
2.   Engage: Engage with purpose
3.   Advocate: Advocate for self and others
4.   Demonstrate: Demonstrate your passion

5. As a class, develop classroom norms: brainstorm teacher and student responsibilities for each category in LEAD and create a list.


HOMEWORK: Read for at least 30 minutes from your SSR book

Monday, September 10, 2018


Monday, September 10, 2018
Sophomore English
92 minutes

     1.   Name tents / roll               
     2.   Check out the classroom blog! 

     3.   Reminder about classroom procedures / expectations:
-- 4 hall passes / instructions on using passes and signing out
--supplies for this class: composition notebook, folder/binder dedicated to this class, notebook paper, pencils, pens, erasers, highlighters
--Phones/technology: must be turned off and in backpack (not pocket)
--bring a book to class every day for SSR        

     4.   SSR 

     5.  Discuss and Develop classroom norms


     6.   Hand in your Making Sense of the News poem. We will share these on Wednesday.

  
HOMEWORK: Read for at least 30 minutes from your SSR book

Thursday, September 6, 2018


Thursday, September 6, 2018
Sophomore English
92 minutes

     1.   Name tents / roll              

     2.   Check out the classroom blog!  https://warfieldsophomores.blogspot.com/

     3.   Reminder about classroom procedures / expectations:
-- 4 hall passes / instructions on using passes and signing out
--supplies for this class: composition notebook, folder/binder dedicated to this class, notebook paper, pencils, pens, erasers, highlighters
--Phones/technology: must be turned off and in backpack (not pocket)
--bring a book to class every day for SSR         

     4.   SSR 

     5.   In Google Classroom, begin working on “Making Sense of the Summer” assignment. Here is the sheet with links to the news stories

Period 1 code: jpulke
Period 2 code: db60rt
--once everyone is in Google Classroom, read the instructions together and clarify/answer questions about the assignment. 

     6.   Individually, look through the offerings and read some articles. Choose one that you will write a poem about and begin listing/brainstorming for your poem

     7.   HOMEWORK DUE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10: Write and polish your “Making Sense of Summer” poem

Read for at least 30 minutes from your SSR book



Tuesday, September 4, 2018


Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Sophomore English
92 minutes

     1.   Name tents / roll               
     2.   Reminder about classroom procedures / expectations:
-- 4 hall passes / instructions on using passes and signing out
--supplies for this class: composition notebook, folder/binder dedicated to this class, notebook paper, pencils, pens, erasers, highlighters
--Phones/technology: must be turned off and in backpack (not pocket)
--bring a book to class every day for SSR         
     3.   Community Building: “Name Toss”

     4.   Go to library to check out SSR book 
     5.   SSR 
     6.   Small groups: Read Random Autobiography poem. Choose at least one person to read their whole poem to the whole class  
     7.   Whole class: hear at least one poem from each group 
     8.   Hand in your poem
     9.   HOMEWORK: Read for at least 30 minutes from your SSR book