Unit 1 Test and Elizabethan Life- 2/10

Warm Up:
-Students will be given time to pair with their learning partner from Friday
-Student pairs will play two rounds of Vocabulary Battleship, using the literary terms from unit 1 for the focus

Wok Session:
-Students will take the comprehensive unit 1 test
-As this is a summative assessment, worth 150 Reading and Literature points, students will be given the majority of class to complete the test
-Students that finish early will read the article on Elizabethan Life and complete the accompanying graphic organizer

Summarizer:
-Students will complete the article annotations and graphic organizer for today's Exit Ticket.

Study Island- 2/7

Warm Up:
-Students will receive the extra credit schedule for Study Island today
-Students have the opportunity to complement their grade by the successful  completion of this task by the end of Spring

Work Session:
-Students will be working in the department computer lab today as they progress through the learning modules for Study Island
-The instructor will be having individual grade conferences and interactive notebook checks while students work
-This will take the entirety of class

Summarizer:
-Students should complete the Reading and Literature module by the end of class today

Unit 1 Performance Task- 2/6

Warm Up:
-Students will complete the practice reading comprehension questions from the final section of the pretest for the COACH workbooks

Work Session:
-Students will utilize most of class time completing the performance task for unit 1
-In this performance task students will create propaganda posters for "Red Card"
-Students are required to create an original symbol that illustrates the idea behind the program, as well as write copy for the ad
-Final drafts for this will be due at the end of class
-If time permits students will view an episode of "Twilight Zone" to identify literary devices covered in the unit

Summarizer:
-Students will turn in completed performance tasks
-Class time is maximized to complete this task

Propaganda and "Red Card" Performance Task- 2/5/14

Warm Up:
-Students will work on the last reading passage from the 2013 released EOCT
-As a class we will discuss the correct and incorrect answers
-Students will complete the test-taking strategies section in their interactive notebooks

Work Session:
-Students will be given the study guide for the Unit 1 Test and be shown the items they will need in their interactive notebook for the individual grade conference Friday
-As a class we will discuss and take notes on the uses and characteristics of propaganda in modern media
-As a supplement to the notes we will be reading and discussing the article titled, "5 Things You Never Knew About Santa Claus and Coca-Cola"
-Students will receive the directions for the Unit 1 performance task in which they will construct an original or re-purposed  propaganda poster for the Red Card program
-Students will have the entirety of class to complete most of this task

Summarizer:
-Students will turn in the performance task to act as today's Exit Ticket

Characterization and "Red Card"- 2/4

Warm Up:
-Students will annotate the remainder of "The Lottery" individually
-Criteria for successful annotations will be review beforehand

Work Session:
-Students will take notes on direct vs. indirect characterization
-The instructor will model how to find evidence for indirect characterization by discussing Tessie Hutchinson from "The Lottery"
-Students will practice this skill by identifying evidence for indirect characterization for Old Man Warner in "The Lottery"
-As a class we will read and discuss "Red Card" by S.L. Gibow
-As we read, students will fill out the rest of their characterization charts
-If time permits students will begin off-the-page annotations for "Red Card"
-Whatever is not completed will be tonight's homework

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today's lesson

Annotating "The Lottery"- 2/3

Warm Up:
-Students will decompress and write about their experiences in the ice storm
-As a class we will discuss answers
-The instructor will hand out the study guide for the Unit 1 comprehensive test

Work Session:
-Students will take the reading quiz for "The Lottery"
-An extra credit opportunity will be offered for an all/nothing score on the EOCT reading comprehension practice questions
-Students will annotate page one of "The Lottery," and ask at least two questions per page
-Students will rotate their story and their SUPERMAN learning partner will answer the questions and mark up the second page
-This process will be repeated at least once more
-Students will complete annotations on the short story for the remainder class
-If time permits we will view "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

Summarizer:
-Students will be allowed to silently complete annotations for the remainder of class
-Students will be able to access their BYOD devices for this activity.

Beginning "The Lottery"- 1/27

Warm Up:
-Additional time will be given to complete the in-class assignment from yesterday
-Students will complete the first reading passage from the 2013 released EOCT
-As a class we will discuss correct and incorrect answers
-Students will begin the test-taking section of their interactive notebook by discussing the first of many test-taking skills

Work Session:
-Students will each receive a piece of paper from the fishbowl, one of which will be marked with a black spot
-Students will complete a journal entry in which they discuss what they would do if they won the lottery
-As a class we will briefly watch a clip from "The Lottery Curse"
-While students watch this they will fill out a cause and effect graphic organizer
-As a class we will begin reading and discussing "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson

Summarizer:
-Students will write a paragraph that discusses the irony involved in the story, citing evidence from their graphic organizers to bolster their claim