Week of December 14-18, 2015

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!

Week of December 7-11, 2016

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)

Carson: Media Center


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

Carson Media Center


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

Carson Media Center


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...

Week of November 30- December 4, 2015

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)

Week of November 16-20, 2015

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!

Week of November 9-13, 2015

Believe you Can! PHS 3.0
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:
"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)

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

Week of November 2-6, 2015

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 LangstonHughes


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-
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)

Week of October 26-30, 2015

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)

Week of October 19-23, 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: Is racism a taught or learned behavior?
Literature Circles- "To Kill a Mockingbird" (chapters 6-10)
*LEADERSHIP- (PAST & PRESENT): COLLAGES



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. (COLLAGES)

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"

Week of October 12-16, 2015

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:
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"

Week of October 5-9, 2015

**You need a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee

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-
SRI Testing (All classes)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!!!

Week of September 28- October 2, 2015

Pebblebrook 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:
"Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary."- Gerard Way


Words to Know:
heroes, mythology, marketing, Trojan War, Greeks, Trojans, Hercules, demi-gods, Achilles, Paris, Helen, Hector, Odysseus, odyssey.


Monday-
Common Assessment #2Interactive Notebooks- (Who's Who in Trojan War)
Greeks vs. Trojans (activity)
Helen- "The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships" (article)
Summarizer- K/W/L


Tuesday-
Common Assessment #2
Interactive Notebooks- ("Popcorn "review notes)
Cloze Notes- (Greeks vs. Trojans)
"Troy"- (Film Analysis)


Wednesday-
*Interactive Notebooks- (notebook check)
"Troy"- Film Analysis continued
Study Guides/Discussion Questions
Summarizer- "Envelope Please"


Thursday-
Interactive Notebooks- What is an odyssey?
Heroes of the Trojan War- (PowerPoint)
"The Odyssey"- (text vs. film)


Friday-
Interactive Notebooks- Who was King Odysseus?
"Troy"- Film Analysis continued
*TEST- THE TROJAN WAR

Week of September 14-18, 2015

PHS-3.0 BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:
"My parent were my heroes. It all begins at home."- Arthur Ashe


Words of the week:
heroes, myths, Perseus, Theseus, Orpheus, Pandora, Hercules, marketing ,demi-gods, Mount Olympus, branding.


Monday-
Interactive Notebooks- (Pun in Mythology)
Pandora's Box (myth)
Literature Circles (groups of four)
Summarizer- K/W/L


Tuesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (Writing/Reading Tips)
Hercules- (myth)
Characteristics of the Hero (Cloze Notes)
Modern Day Heroes vs. Heroes in Mythology -(PowerPoint)
Summarizer- "Envelope Please"
3rd Block: Speaker Def Jam Records


Wednesday-
*MEDIA CENTER ORIENTATION- (ALL CLASSES)


Thursday-
Interactive Notebooks- (Media Center Review)
Mythology Projects- (presentations)
*Guest Speaker- (Marketing/Branding yourself in the Music Industry)- (3rd period)
Summarizer- Rubrics- (Public Speaking)


Friday-
Interactive Notebooks- Review ("Do's/Don'ts of Public Speaking")
Mythology Projects- presentations continued....
Summarizer- "GLOWS" and "GROWS"


ENJOY YOUR BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Week of September 7-11, 2015

Quote of the week:
"You think I'm not a goddess? Try me." Margaret Atwood from "Helen of Troy"


Terms to Know:
 Mount Olympus, Echo, Narcissus, myths, heroes, quest, Golden Fleece, Titans, gods, goddesses.


Monday- NO SCHOOL (Labor Day Holiday)


Tuesday-
"Puns in Mythology" (activity)
*Common Assessment (recorded in  I-Respond) ALL CLASSES
Writing  Prompts- "Clash of the Titans" and "Wrath of the Titans"-
 How are the 12 gods on Mount Olympus portrayed in the film? (Explain)


Wednesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (Characteristics of Greek Heroes)
Heroes in Greek Mythology (power point)
Analyzing Text: "Where I Find My Heroes" by Oliver Stone (article)
Summarizer: "Cheat Notes"


Thursday-
COMPUTER LAB (Greek Mythology projects)


Friday-
 COMPUTER LAB (Greek Mythology projects)


*REMINDER- ALL MYTHOLOGY PROJECTS ARE DUE ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2015.

Week of August 31- September 4, 2015

PEBBLEBROOK 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:
"Look inside and see the truth, that a hero lies in you."- Mariah Carey


TERMS TO KNOW:
mythology, marketing, gods, demi gods, goddesses, nymphs, strategy, Mount Olympus, echo, narcissus immortality, Trojan War


Monday-
Interactive Notebooks (daily)
*Quick write- Why do we study mythology today and how is it used in marketing? (Discuss)
12 Gods/Goddesses on Mount Olympus (family tree)
"Who's Who on Mount Olympus"- (power point) (Cornell Notes)
Activities of the Olympians (worksheet)
Summarizer- "Envelope Please"


Tuesday-
Interactive Notebooks (daily)
Pun with Mythology
The Trojan War (Greeks vs. Trojans)
Gods/Goddesses on Mount Olympus continued... (notes) (provided)
"The Marketing of a God" ( commercial marketing and branding of mythology)
Summarizer- K/W/L


Wednesday-
Interactive Notebooks (daily)
"Echo & Narcissus" (myth)
Marketing 101- (students research and market a god/goddesses in mythology.)
Summarizer- Ticket out the Door


Thursday-
Interactive Notebooks (daily)
Heroes in Greek Mythology (Perseus, Theseus, Jason, Hercules)
Marketing 101 continued... (Pull to review Presentations)
Summarizer- "Cheat Notes"


Friday-
Interactive Notebook (daily)
Mythology Trivia (class activity)
INTERCTIVE STATIONS-
Marketing/Mythology projects presented....
Summarizer-"Hit or Miss"

Week of August 24-28, 2015

PHS 3.0-BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:
"Leadership begins with a vision, dream, or goal.- Taylor Swift




Words to Know: ethics, morals, tone, mood, narrative, purpose, diction, perspective, style, bias, descriptive, expository, reflective.


Monday-
Journals-
Interactive Notebooks
Film Analysis-"Brown Sugar"- How does this film tie into our Music Leadership unit? (Explain)
Venn Diagram/Character Analysis Charts
"Hip Hop" Non-Fiction Projects-(Introduction)


Tuesday-
Journals- How does film connect to my life, world, and text?
Interactive Notebooks-Non-Fiction Projects
"Before Hip-Hop was Hip Hop" by Rebecca Walker- (analyzing text)
Character Analysis- (Who's Who)


Wednesday--
Journals-
Interactive Notebooks
Interactive Stations- ("Before Hip-Hop was Hip-Hop")-Soundtracks from the 80's & 90's
*Collages- (Popular Culture Timeline of Hip-Hop)-Music & Fashion


Thursday-
Journals
Interactive Notebooks
*Interactive Stations continued... (Hip-Hop from the 80's & 90's)
GROUP PRESENTATIONS....


Friday-
Journals
Interactive Notebooks
Non-Fiction- (short story)-"Lamb to the Slaughter"- (making text to film connections)
Morals & Ethics- Where do they fit in today's Music Industry? (Explain)
PowerPoint- (Morals & Ethics)

Week of August 17-21, 2015

"You can achieve success beyond your greatest expectations."~ Usher Raymond


Monday-


Class Syllabus (review)- 9th Literature/Music Leadership
Interactive Notebooks (organizing)
College Surveys
Music Leadership (soundtrack presentations)-"Soundtrack of our Lives"
Summarizer- Reflections... (daily)


Tuesday-


Interactive Notebooks (continued)
Literary Terms (PowerPoint)
Music Leadership (soundtrack presentations continued...)-"Soundtrack of Our Lives"


Wednesday-
Interactive Notebooks (daily)
Text-to-Self Connections (analyzing text)
Article: A Revelation by Alicia Keys


Thursday-
Interactive Notebooks (daily)
Literary Circles- (analyzing text)- SHORT STORIES
Summarizers- Reflections...




Friday-
Interactive Notebooks- (daily)
*FUN FRIDAYS- (Interactive Stations)
Activities- Word Games, A Picture is Worth, English Trivia, etc...
Summarizer: "Hit or Miss"