December 14-18, 2105-9th Literature/Music Leadership- Mrs.Morris/Carson

PHS 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:
"Always give your best, you never know who's watching."- Unknown


Monday-
Interactive Notebooks- Final Exam Review (notes)
*Academic Stations- students pair themselves with classmate to compare notes/study for final exam.
*Grade Conferences- (Credit Repair Letters/Summer Reading discussed)


Tuesday-
Interactive Notebooks-  (exam review continued...)
*Academic Stations- (continued...)
*Grade Conferences- (continued...)


Wednesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (review continued)
*Academic Stations- (continued)
*Grade Conferences- (continued)


Thursday-
FINALS- GOOD LUCK!


Friday-
FINALS-GOOD LUCK!



*HAPPY HOLIDAYS & BEST WISHES FOR THE COMING YEAR!

December 7-11, 2015- 9th Literature/Music Leadership- Mrs.Morris/Carson

PHS 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!


 Quote of the week:
 "I believe that forgiveness is the way that we demonstrate faith in ourselves."- Iyanla Vanzant

Terms to Know: theme, analyze, predict, summarize, interpret, compare, contrast, describe, infer, trace.


Monday-
EOCT - All classes report to  room 216- (main building)


Tuesday-
EOCT continued (day 2)- (report to room 216)- (main building)


Wednesday-
EOCT (day 3)- (report to room 216)- (main building)


Thursday-
Quick write: Overall, how do you think you did on the EOCT? (Explain)
*Course Extension Letters (students with a grade of 60-69 will receive letters to take home to parents.)
*Grade Conferences- teachers will meet with individual students to discuss current grade in class.
* YEAR END REVIEW-students review/discuss prior units of study in preparation for final exams.
 
Friday-
*Quick write- Letters to Incoming Freshmen...
Interactive Notebooks (review notes)
*Grade Conferences continued...

November 30-December 4, 2015- 9th Literature/Music Leadership- Mrs.Morris/Carson

PHS 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!
 Quote of the week:
"Good is the enemy of great."- John Chandler
Terms to Know:
monologue, soliloquy, theme, aside, bard, sonnet,summarize, analyze, interpret, evaluate


Monday-
Interactive Notebooks (EOC prep)- ALL CLASSES
Romeo & Juliet (Acts IV-V)- study guides (review)
"Tic Tac  Know" Projects- (Romeo & Juliet)-students are assigned project and begin selecting three assignments for final project.
Tuesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (EOC prep)- ALL CLASSES
*COMPUTER LAB- EOC PREP
Wednesday-
*COMPUTER LAB- EOC PREP
Thursday-
Interactive Notebooks- (EOC prep)- ALL CLASSES
"Tic Tac Know"- (in-class)-students continue working on projects for submission on December 11, 2015.
Friday-
EOC prep (all classes)
Final Assessment- Romeo & Juliet
"Tic Tac Know" projects- (in-class)

November 16-20, 2015- 9th Literature/Music Leadership- Mrs.Morris/Carson

PHS 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!

Quote of the week:
"The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars as daylight doth a lamp."- Romeo


Words to know:
bard, Montague, Capulet, fate, foreshadowing, Verona, soliloquy, monologue, pun, feud


Monday-
*Quick write- Do parents always know what's best for their children? (Explain)
Literature Circles- (Acts II & III)- (Romeo & Juliet)
Analyzing Text- "Shakespeare's Dentist"


Tuesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (Elizabethan Customs & Traditions)
Literature Circles- (study guides)
*EOCT prep- (packets issued to students to complete over break)
LOWEST test grade will be dropped and replaced
* DEADLINE: November 30, 2015


Wednesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (review Acts I, II, & III)
*Psychosocial Evaluations- (Romeo & Juliet)
Study Guides-(Act IV)
*PLEASE submit ALL guides at the END of the period.
   Thursday-
*EOC PREP- (Computer Lab)- ALL CLASSES
*OPEN BOOK EXAM:
(ACTS I, II, & III)


Friday-
Part II- (Romeo & Juliet)
*EXAM CONTINUED... (essays  & optics)


*Essays must include the following:
-MLA Heading
-blue/black ink only
-five well- developed paragraphs


*HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!

November 9-13, 2015-th Literature/Music Leadership- Mrs.Morris/Carson

PHS 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:
"My only love sprung from my only hate."- Juliet (Romeo & Juliet)

Words to Know: bard, set, tragedy, chorus, theme, acts, props, script, scenes, dramatic irony, foil, monologue, soliloquy, tragic flaw, dialogue 

**You will need a copy of "No Fear Shakespeare"- Romeo and Juliet
 (See Media Center or Book House on Veterans Memorial)

Monday:
*COMMON ASSESSMENT- (All Classes)

Tuesday:
Common Assessment continued...
"The Bard"- Biography of William Shakespeare
Prologue- (Romeo & Juliet)
Dramatic Terms (power point)
*HOMEWORK: "You Don't Get It": Parents And Children) -INTERVIEWS

Wednesday:

Act I  (Romeo and Juliet)-(study guides)
Literature Circles
"Who's Who" in Romeo & Juliet-(character analysis)

Thursday:

Act I & II- (study guides)
 (Literature Circles)
Project Overview

Friday:
Literary Terms Review (EOC Prep)- HOMEWORK

* Interactive Stations- ( Romeo and Juliet)
Study Guides- (Acts I & II)
Vocabulary (Acts I & II)
"Shakespeare's Dentist"- (article)

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)

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)