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Week 1 - October

Week 1 - October. Announcement – Change due to quizzes this week!. Thursday- Notebook Turn-In. Journals 1-10. MUGS 1-10. For your work to be graded, double check the following for each entry: MUGS#___ Each is labeled and numbered the date for each is included

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Week 1 - October

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  1. Week 1 - October

  2. Announcement – Change due to quizzes this week!

  3. Thursday- Notebook Turn-In Journals 1-10 MUGS 1-10 For your work to be graded, double check the following for each entry: MUGS#___ Each is labeled and numbered the date for each is included grammar work is completed For your work to be graded, double check the following for each entry: • J# ___ Each is labeled and numbered • the date for each is included • the journal is fully completed Your first name, last name, and hour of English are on the FRONT COVER.

  4. Please do the following: • Put your First Last name on the front of your notebook • Put your HOUR after your name • Go into both sections, the JOURNALS and the MUGS. Circle AND highlight the label for each. • Ex.: J#9 9/ 25 MUGS #10 9/26226

  5. Tomorrow - Tuesday: • Open -note quiz on a personal narrative reading • You will do the following: • Read it • Answer various comprehension and analysis questions about it • Analyze the story for elements of a personal narrative it has • Due by the end of the hour Review elements of a personal narrative in your notes::

  6. Wednesday: • Open-note quiz analyzing a Native American story [ on your own ] • You will do the following: • Read it • Answer comprehension/analysis questions • Analyze the story for the 4 ORAL TRADITION ELEMENTS and… - locate a supporting quote - cite the quote - explain why/how the quote demonstrates an ELEMENT is present What are the 4 elements of the Native American Oral Tradition?

  7. TODAY: • Prepare your notebook for Thursday’s turn-in • Due at the start of the class period on Thursday • Read your novel and answer these questions for a class discussion last 10 minutes of class: • Who is your favorite character and why? • Who is your least favorite character and why? • What is one question you would ask the author? • Would you recommend this novel to others? Explain:

  8. Tuesday, Sept. 30

  9. Journal #11 9/30 5 minutes Make a list of 5 topics you would like to see as possible future journal entries

  10. Today -- Tuesday: • Open -note quiz on a personal narrative reading • Answer on the quiz sheet: • Read “The Right Stuff,” pp. 79-81 • Answer “Check Your Comprehension” questions 1-3, p. 81 • Answer “Critical Thinking” questions 1-3, p. 81 • Analyze the story for elements of a personal narrative a. Identify the element you found b. Prove it by quoting from the story AND citing the page number from text where you found it c. Explain why the quote proves the narrative has that particular element • DUE END OF THE HOUR– quietly read your novel or do other homework if you finish early

  11. Wednesday, Oct. 1

  12. Journal #12 10/01 5 minutes Describe your ideal birthday party – what would be the perfect day for you?!?

  13. Finish yesterday’s quiz – 10 minutes

  14. Wednesday: • Quiz on analyzing a Native American story [ on your own ] • You will do the following: • Read it • Answer “Check Your Comprehension” question #2, p. 27 • Answer “Critical Thinking” questions #3 & #4, p. 27 • Analyze the story for the 4 ORAL TRADITION ELEMENTS and… - locate a supporting quote - cite the quote - explain why/how the quote demonstrates an ELEMENT is present

  15. Thursday, Oct. 2

  16. FINISH YESTERDAY’S ORAL TRADITION QUIZ 10-15 MINUTES You need a half sheet of paper – please share with someone!

  17. Thursday- Notebook Turn-In Journals 1-10 MUGS 1-10

  18. Please do the following if you haven’t yet: : • Put your First/ Last name on the front of your notebook • Put your HOUR after your name • Go into both sections, the JOURNALS and the MUGS. Circle AND highlight the label for each. • Ex.: J#9 9/ 25 MUGS #10 9/26226

  19. Notebook Turn-In 5-Subject Notebooks – You need it back by the end of the hour English Notebook Only Stack on the back table, please  • First/Last Name • Hour • Put it on my desk!

  20. American Folklore: Westward Expansion Tales

  21. MYTH:fictional story explaining gods, heroes, and origins of earthly life (origin myth) LEGEND: traditional story about a person which reflects a culture’s values. Often believed to be “historically true,” it isn’t or can’t be proven. TALL TALE: wild adventure tale about a realor fictitious person enjoyed for it’s imaginative telling – roots in oral tradition.

  22. John Henry • “Man vs. machine” – age of modernization • A working-class common man hero • A Black American hero of superior strength and grit • Often seen as a former slave, possibly from Tennessee

  23. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxReOxRwS-g Johnny Cash’s John Henry Ballad… watch a bit!

  24. The John Henry Debate- Who he may have been: • John William Henry [Prisoner #497-VA penitentiary] • Released by warden to work on the C & O RR in the 1870s [ Chesapeake and Ohio] • “Lewis Tunnel” in VA • “Henry” • Born a slave to head RR engineer • 1887 at either the Coosa Mnt or Oak Mnt Tunnel

  25. Ballad of John Henry • As you watch the video, listen to B. B. King singing a different ballad, which they have used as the key song. 

  26. Post-Video Work Here’s your “Ticket out the Door” – Please turn in to the basket on the podium as you leave today.

  27. On your HALF sheet of paper, COPY these questions for tomorrow’s film: Don’t forget your name, hour, date • List 3 amazing things John Henry could do: • Identify 2 reasons early Americans would retell this tale, especially the Black Americans of the time period: • In your opinion [back it up!] which of the 4 elements of oral tradition does this focus upon?

  28. Friday, Oct. 3

  29. Journal #14 10/03 5 minutes What things are “typical” for a Rocket Homecoming week? What are your favorite and least favorite parts about the week?

  30. “Homecoming,” by Garrison Keillor [19 min.] Personal Narrative-like Storytelling • Setting A: a farm with a septic tank which has overflowed and needs to be dug up and removed • Setting B: Downtown Lake Woebegone – the Homecoming Parade!

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