How to Write an Introduction

 AGENDA FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13:

• Finish up/share "A Sound of Thunder" Reading Roles
• Summer Reading: How to Write an Introduction
• Upcoming:
• Tuesday: VOCAB TEST!

Friday's Bonus Song:

"Butterflies" by Kacey Musgraves; connection is a butterfly changed the future in "A Sound of Thunder"

Short Story Unit: A Sound of Thunder

AGENDA FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10:

• Read "A Sound of Thunder"
• Work on Reading Role, DUE MONDAY
• Reminder: Vocab Chapter 1 Prompt DUE TODAY
• Upcoming:
• Tuesday: Vocab Test

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Gladiator Main Theme" by Hans Zimmer; connection is we finished "Lady or the Tiger", set in a kind of gladiator arena

Finish Lady or the Tiger; Vocab Book Practice

 AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9:

• Finish reading "Lady or the Tiger"
• Complete and Share Reading Roles
• Vocabulary Book Practice
• Activity E (as a group)
• Activity A, B, D (individually)
• Complete Prompt! Due Friday!
• Upcoming:
• Friday: "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant"
• Monday: Summer Reading Essay / Writing an Introduction
• Tuesday: VOCAB TEST 😲

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor; connection is there's a tiger in "Lady or the Tiger," and the lyrics discuss the character having a "will to survive"

Short Stories Unit: Lady or the Tiger

 AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8:

• Vocab Unit #1
• Notes (2/2); Kahoot Review
• Time Left: Read "Lady or the Tiger"
• Work on Reading Role (Make sure it's a new one!)
• Reminder: Summer Reading Journals due by 11:59pm tonight!
• Upcoming:
• Tomorrow: "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant"
• Friday: Activity E in vocab books (group)

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Word Crimes" by Weird Al; connection is we started learning new vocabulary words

Start Vocabulary Unit #1

 AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7:

• Get Vocab Books
• Write your name on the side; used up through Sophomore English!
• Start Vocab Unit #1
• Notes (1/2) and Kahoot Review
• Time left: Continue Summer Reading Journal DUE TOMORROW!
• Tomorrow:
• Continue Vocabulary (2/2); "Lady or the Tiger"

Friday's Bonus Song:

"Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochran; connection is we worked on our summer reading assignments

Work on Summer Reading Journals

 AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2:

• Wrap up/Share "Lamb to the Slaughter" Reading Roles
• Work on Summer Reading Journal (DUE WEDNESDAY, 9/8!)
• If you started on it, I left feedback for you!
• NEXT WEEK:
• Start Vocabulary Unit 1
• "Lady or the Tiger" and "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant"

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Love and Marriage" by Frank Sinatra; connection is that a major theme in the story "Lamb to the Slaughter" is marriage - only there's a lack of love, with devastating results!

Finish Lamb to the Slaughter; Work on Summer Reading

AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1:

• Finish "Lamb to the Slaughter"
• Complete Reading Role (DUE BY TOMORROW!)
• Share with Class (can be anonymous if you want)
• Time left: Work on summer reading journal (DUE WEDNESDAY, 9/8)
• If done, I can check your work before you hand it in!

Yesterday's Bonus Song:

"Mary Had a Little Lamb (R&B Remix)"; the connection is we read a story about a Mary who had a little lamb in her freezer, and killed her husband with it!