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Welcome To Mr. Paltzer's Website for English 9A
Welcome to Mr. Paltzer's Website, your one stop location for all your classroom
needs! On here you will find everything I hand out in class plus a handy recap
of the days events in each class.
needs! On here you will find everything I hand out in class plus a handy recap
of the days events in each class.
Helpful Links and Resources
No fear Merchant-Use in class and outside!
November/October 2014
11-10-14
Journal: To what extent should your parents monitor your life?
LI: Discover the themes, characters and scenes within Merchant of Venice
SC: I will know I am successful when I able to discuss themes, characters and scenes with my group
Reading target: End of Act 2 By the end of Wednesday's class
11-6-14
Journal: Would you ever lend money to a friend?What would you do if they didn't pay you back?
Learning Intentions:Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Success Criteria: Effectively convey a character’s inner thoughts and feelings about a particular situation and discuss their scenes as they develop10-27-14
Journal: How confident in your public speaking are you?Why?
LI:Develop understanding of poem delivery and adapt/create a poem for that purpose
SC:I will know I am successful when I am able to deliver a poem of my creation
Act 1 MoV -groups
In your groups you will be reading Merchant of Venice
You will need to assign roles for your group
-Vocab investigator-Annotes and defines vocab
-Character Tracker-Notes what the characters are like in each scene
-Emotion Tracker-Describes the emotions found in each scene
-Scene detailer- summarizes the events from each scene
-Discussion/question Detailer- asks and answers questions from the group
10-24-14
Journal:What is your favorite line from your literary terms poem? What makes it comely to you?
LI:Develop understanding of poem delivery and adapt/create a poem for that purpose
SC:I will know I am successful when I am able to deliver a poem of my creation to the class10-20-14
Journal: What is your favorite literary device? Why?
Vocab- Quizlet-20 mins(vocab test friday!)
Poetry Extravaganza
-Create a poem that has all of the literary devices you searched fro in our scavenger hunt
-Be sure to also use 10 of our 20 vocab words to fortify your knowledge
-No need to be terse!
-Place your poem on a large poster paper to be displayed in class make sure it's not illegible!
10-22-14
Journal:What is your favorite line from your literary terms poem? What makes it comely to you?
LI:Develop understanding of poem delivery and adapt/create a poem for that purpose
SC:I will know I am successful when I am able to deliver a poem of my creation to the class10-16-14
Journal: What poem that you've written has been your favorite?Why?
LI: SWBAT Discover figurative language in various poems
SC: I will correctly find and identify the elements of figurative language in poetry
Vocab review-Scatter/race
Poetry webquest
10-8-14
Vivid verbs: action words that create a clear image in our mind of someone or something in action (doing or moving)
Journal: Write down a sport/activity you like to play or to watch
Example: football
Write down all of the nouns (people or things) associated with that sport or activity
Example: football, coach, players, crowd, grass, helmets, etc.
Write down all of the actions associated with the sport and those specific nouns
Example:
Football: soar, spike, fumble
Coach: shout, pace back and forth, stomp
Players: grunt, hike, kick, punt, throw, catch, tackle, fumble,
Crowd: swear, whistle, high-five, munch on snacks, scream, boo
Grass: staining
Helmets: crush, protect,
10-3-14
Journal: What kinds of things do you fear or worry
about on a daily basis? What problems do you face?
LI:Understand the cumulative impact
of specific word choices on meaning
and tone (e.g., how the language
evokes a sense of time and place; how
it sets a formal or informal tone).
SC: Use precise words and phrases, details,
and sensory language to convey a vivid
picture of the experiences, events,setting, or people
10-1-14
Think about Milwaukee or another special place that
you know very well enough to describe it in detail
(Grandma's house, a park, Summerfest, State Fair,
the grocery store, etc.)
Make a list of what you see, hear, touch, taste,
and smell
Example: Listing details about Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI
See:
Hear:
Touch:
Taste:
Smell:
LI: Understand how specific word choice
creates meaning and tone (ex: how the
language evokes a sense of time and
place)
SC:Use precise words and phrases, details, and
sensory language to convey a vivid picture
of the experiences, events, setting, or
people
August-September
Daily lessons/What we did9/24/14
Journal: Write every word, phrase, thought, thing, ANYTHING that comes to mind when you think “poetry” For example, you can write a definition, a list of things to describe it, what you know about it, the feelings you get, what you picture in your mind, finish the phrase poetry is… or answer the questions do you love it or hate it or somewhere in the middle?...why? who writes poetry? why do they write poetry? LI: Understand how poetry can be appreciated for its beauty and “usefulness” SC:Apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate poetry, Read various poems and record specific lines to demonstrate beauty and usefulness HW: Choose 1 poem from page 891 and onward. Choose one line that resonates with you and explain why! 9/22/14 Journal:What about your rough draft are you most proud of? Least proud of? LI: SWAT edit and mark peer's papers and reflect on the comments they receive to edit their work SC: I will be successful when I take the feedback I receive and make appropriate edits to improve my essay Peer editing Revise papers based off comments Vocab test-Wednesday! 9-18-14 Journal: What do you hope to accomplish on your paper today? What will you need to do to make that happen? LI: SWAT analyze a short story in a five paragraph essay SC: I will know I am successful when I create an effective thesis, and outline my evidence that supports it Thesis--> Evidence--->Outline Rough Draft due Monday! Final Draft-Friday Vocab test-Wednesday 9-16-14 Journal: What problems are you having in writing this thesis/outline/paper? LI: SWAT analyze a short story in a five paragraph essay SC: I will know I am successful when I create an effective thesis, and outline my evidence that supports it Thesis--> Evidence--->Outline Discuss student example 9-12-14 Journal: What will you prove in your paper?What literary device are you focusing on? LI: SWAT analyze a short story in a five paragraph essay SC: I will know I am successful when I create an effective thesis, and outline my evidence that supports it Thesis--> Evidence--->Outline Outline due tuesday! 9-10-14 Journal: What are your strengths as a writer?Weaknesses? How can you address them? LI: Begin outlining literary analysis essay SC: Outline of essay · Vocab Practice quiz · Student work time Outlining of your paper-Thesis creation [email protected] Pass: DOB MM/DD/YY Mrpaltzer.weebly.com 09/08/14 Journal: What has your story been about?What have you liked about it?Disliked? LI:Collaborate with group to form a full understanding of the story SC:A solid thesis for your story Discuss Essay-Sample,Thesis Lit circles-Everyone should adopt their role and follow it in a group form. POV,Theme,Tone,Mood, Conflict, Imagery,Symbol,Foreshadowing 9-4-14 Journal: What is a personal symbol in your life?What meaning does it have? LI:Understand point of view in literature, annotation SC:Successful annotation of story identifying POV, Conflict, Tone, Mood, Theme,Imagery POV Annotations Lit circles 9-2-14 Journal: What is a theme in your life?Why? LI:understand theme, symbol and imagery in a story SC:identify the elements in a story Review theme,symbol, and Imagery Lit circles 8/27/14 Journal: What did you say the mood or tone of the story was?Why? LI: Identify and analyze tone and mood in the story SC: Completion of short analysis of mood or tone in "Cask" Practice ACT HW: Paragraph Starters In the story "The Cask of Amontillado" the author ,Edgar Allen Poe, creates a tone/mood of_____ which is felt throughout the story. Example 1- This can be seen on page 7 paragraph 3 in the lines" blah blah blah" Explain! Example 2- Example 3- 8/25/14 Journal: What is your biggest fear?Why? LI: Identify and explain tone and mood in the story SC: Completion of page by page analysis and start of individual analysis Discuss Vocab Page by page analysis Individual analysis 8-21-14 What is your mood today? Why?What has affected your mood? LI: Understand and identify tone and mood SC: Completion of tone and mood sentences and beginning to identify tone and mood in Poe. HW: Read "Cask of Amontillado" Page 6-12 and create a T chart of examples of tone and mood 8-15-14 Journal: What are your opinions on hunting? Should people hunt animals for sport? Why or why not? LI: Understand and Identify Foreshadowing and conflict in a text SC:Identifying foreshadowing and Conflict in "The Most Dangerous Game" Foreshadowing Groups/reading 8-13-14 Eng 9: 4B Journal: Have you ever had a time when you feared for your life? What happened? LI:Understand the elements of plot and conflict SC: Discern conflict and plot in excerpts and story Syllabus Annotation Plot diagrams August 11th Warm up: What does a perfect classroom look like? Feel like? What happens in the perfect classroom? LI: SC: Social contract Syllabus |
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