Friday, October 30, 2015

November 2-6, 2015-9th Literature/Music Leadership-Mrs.Morris/Carson

PHS 3.0-BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week: "People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for."
-Harper Lee


Terms to Know:
assuaged, impotent, imprudent, malevolence, persevere, auspicious, arbitrated, asinine, edification, ramshackle


Monday-
Interactive Notebooks
(Quick write:) Why is this novel entitled To Kill a Mockingbird and which character best fits the mockingbird metaphor?
Literary Terms Chart- chapters (1-31)
The Concept of the Outsider- "Tusk, Tusk" by David McKee & "Black Misery" by Langston Hughes


Tuesday-
Poetry is for the Birds (article on robins, finches, and mockingbirds)
Poem: Maya Angelou, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Poem: Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Sympathy"


Wednesday-
*GALLERY WALKS- (The Music Of The Civil Rights Movement)
(students analyze optics/lyrics that helped to shape the movement)
Videos: "The Murder of Emmitt Till"/The Trial of Tom Robinson/The Murder of Mike Brown
*Film Analysis- (students re-examine individual roles in creating film for Multi Genre assignment.
*Tom Robinson/Emmitt Till/Mike Brown- A Comparison
*Rubrics-group presentations
"Glows/Grows"-students offer helpful advice/suggestions on how to improve final product.


Thursday-
*Teacher Surveys- (all classes)
Music- Muddy Waters- "Mannish Boy"- Bill Broonzy-"When Will I Get To Be Called a Man"
Reading: Sojourner Truth- "Ain't I a Woman"


Friday-
*Trial Response Journals- (TKAM)
Mock Trial- (worksheet)
Research- "Famous Trials"- (computer lab)
"To Kill a Mockingbird"/The Trial of Mike Brown (class re-enactment)



















Thursday, October 22, 2015

October 26-30, 2015- 9th Literature/Music Leadership- Mrs. Morris/Carson


PHS 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week: "  You can do what I cannot do. I can do what you cannot do. Together we can do great things. - Mother Teresa


Words to Know: integration, discrimination, nonviolence, retaliation, segregation, unconstitutional


EQ:
 How did the Civil Rights Movement change the United States?


Monday-
Interactive Notebooks- (Grading Conferences concluded...)
*The Civil Rights Movement- (Eyes on the Prize"- (research)
Video Production/Actors/Researchers/Editing/Producers
Summarizer- K-W-L


Tuesday-
*Quick write- Students select an area of research for projects.
Rubrics- (Public Speaking)- students present COLLAGES (LEADERSHIP)
Literature Circles- "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Vocabulary- (chapters 1-11)


Wednesday-
*Interactive Notebooks- (timed-writing)-Discuss Atticus Finch's relationship with his children.
Character Analysis- "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Mock Trial- (1930's vs. 2015)
Summarizer: "HOT OR NOT"


Thursday-
*GEORGIA HEALTH SURVEYS (all classes)


Friday-
Interactive Notebooks- (book check!)
*Video Production Projects
Group Presentations- "A Trilogy of Nonviolent Movements"


TKAM- (Film Analysis)



Thursday, October 15, 2015

October 19-23, 2015-9th Literature & Music Leadership-Mrs. Morris/Carson

PHS 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!



Quote of the week:
"Leaders are born, not made." -Unknown



Words to Know: discrimination, prejudice, bias, racism, leadership, mockingbird, equality, sexism, Maycomb, Dust Bowl, Stock Market Crash, Lindberg Trial, Scottsboro Boys







Monday-
*GRADE CONFERENCES- (individual)
Quick write: What is prejudice in society? Why does it occur?
"Paper Bag Collages"-(prejudices)- assignments due:10/21/15
Literature Circles- "To Kill a Mockingbird" (chapters 6-10)
*LEADERSHIP- (PAST & PRESENT): PowerPoints



Tuesday-
*GRADE CONFERENCES- (individual)
(Oral Review) "To Kill a Mockingbird" (notes/study guides)
Literature Circles- "To Kill a Mockingbird"
*Students give oral presentation within their individual groups. (PowerPoints)

Wednesday-
*GRADE CONFERENCES- (individual)
Jury (roles/assignments)
"A Jury of Your Peers... "(students organize jury for mock trial in classroom.)
Peer Evaluations- students evaluate groups based on performances/knowledge of text, characters, themes.
*Summarizer: "Hot or Not"









Thursday-
*GRADE CONFERENCES- (individual)
*Timed- Writing Activity- (Leadership Today...)
Literature Circles- Character Analysis ("To Kill a Mockingbird")
Summarizer: K/W/L










Friday-
*GRADE CONFERENCES- )individual)
*Interactive Notebooks (notebook check)- UNANNOUNCED
Chapter Test- "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Film Study- "Eyes on the Prize"











Thursday, October 8, 2015

October 12-16, 2015-9th Literature/Music Leadership

PHS 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:
"Education is the author of leadership."- Wendell Willkie


Words to Know:
mockingbird, discrimination, prejudice, leadership, Harper Lee, Dust Bowl, The Great Depression,, stock market, Harlem Renaissance, racism.


Monday
Activator:
*SMI/SRI  TESTING- (ALL CLASSES)
Interactive Notebooks- "Before You Read.." (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Instructional- Anticipation Guide/Biography (Harper Lee)
Summarizer: K/W/L


Tuesday
Activator- Leadership in Society (article) (annotating text)
Instructional- Literature Circles (chapters 1-3)
Summarizer: "Study Guides for "To Kill a Mockingbird"


Wednesday
Activator- (Defining stereotypes/consequences)
Instructional-Leadership Today (students create COLLAGES within assigned groups)
Summarizer-"Ticket out the Door"


Thursday
Activator-Pre/Post Reading Guides (chapters 4-8)
Instructional- Literature Circles
Summarizer-"Cheat Sheets"


Friday
*Activator-  Quick write: Does justice apply equally to the rich and the poor?
Instructional-"To Kill a Mockingbird"- (LAYER ACTIVITIES)
Summarizer- "Envelope Please"



Friday, October 2, 2015

October 5-9, 2015-9th Literature/Music Leadership-Mrs.Morris/Carson

PHS 3.0-BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:
"Heroes come in all shapes and sizes."-Unknown


Terms to Know: Ithaca, Odysseus, epic, odyssey, hero, muse, Homer, Penelope, Telemachus, Trojan War,


Monday-
Interactive Notebooks- "Who's Who" (The Odyssey)
Anticipation Guide (The Odyssey)
*Letters from Odysseus (Penelope/Telemachus)= (HOMEWORK)
Study Guide- (Film Analysis)- THE ODYSSEY


Tuesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (letters read aloud in class)
Adventures of Odysseus (text)-(taken form Euripides' Trojan Women)
Film Viewing Guide- (cloze notes)
Homework: Odyssey (Postcards)


Wednesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (ALL CLASSES WILL REPORT TO MEDIA CENTER)
*RESEARCH- "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee


Thursday-
Interactive Notebooks- Anticipation Guide ("To Kill a Mockingbird")
Quick-write- Leadership....identifying it in your school, home, world, etc.
Literature Circles: students are assigned groups to discuss text while making real-world connections.


Friday-
Interactive Notebooks- Character Analysis -To Kill a Mockingbird"
Literature Circles- (Ch. 1-5)
Homework (review chapters 1-5 for POP QUIZ on Monday!!!