Week of February 22- 26, 2016

PHS 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view...
until you climb in his skin and walk around in it."
-Atticus Finch


Terms to Know: courage, hero, leadership, stereotypes, prejudice, tolerance, morals,compassion, ethics, values, integrity, self-respect, empathy, sympathy


Monday-
Interactive Notebooks- (no entries)
SSR- (no entries)
COMMON ASSESSMENT (all classes)


Tuesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (no entries)
SSR (no entries)
COMMON ASSESSMENT (all classes)


Wednesday-
Interactive Notebooks-(About the Author... who was Harper Lee?)
SSR- (sustained silent reading)
*Event Map/Power point (1930's - Themes from To Kill a Mockingbird)
 Anticipation Guides- To Kill a Mockingbird


Thursday-
Interactive Notebooks- 
*Quick write - Are people born with prejudices or are they taught? (Explain)
SSR-- (sustained silent reading)
MEDIA CENTER PRESENTATION- THE ROARING 1930's!!!!!!!!!!!!


Friday-
Interactive Notebooks- (reading timeline for novel)
SSR- (no entries)
Study Guides- (chapters 1-5)
Fishbowl Discussion- To Kill a Mockingbird
Summarizer- "Envelope Please"

Week of February 8-12, 2016

PHS 3.0 -BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:

"Hip-hop is supposed to help you elevate, or go higher."- Common


Terms to Know:
Hip-Hop, misogyny, loyalty, community, self- confidence, creativity, lexicon, bravado, violence, homophobia


Monday
Interactive  Notebooks- (review notes)... Before Hip Hop was Hip- Hop
SSR- (no entries)
 Quick write: Should artists create socially responsible work? (Why or why not?)
*Interactive Stations- (Hip-Hop Then.... Now)- (videos, lyrical battles, etc.)
(students come dressed as their favorite hip- hop artist.)
*(Be prepared to discuss the lyrics/style of hip hop artists from 1980, 1990, & today)




Tuesday
Interactive Notebooks- (What is Poetry?)- (PowerPoint)
SSR- (15 minutes)
"Paint-Chip" Poetry


Wednesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (Cornell Notes)- (poetry)
SSR- 15 minutes
*Grade Conferences- (students review current grades individually with teacher.)
DEF JAM POETS (videos)


Thursday-
Interactive Notebooks- ( poetry)
SSR
"Where I'm From" (poetry assignment)


Friday
Interactive Notebooks- (oral review)- "Where I'm From"
Do's/Don'ts Oral Presentations-(rubric)
"Where I'm From"- PRESENTATIONS!!!


*ENJOY YOUR BREAK!!!

Week of February 1-5, 2016

PHS 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:
"Learn the past so you don't repeat the future" ~Tupac


Terms to Remember:
tone. mood, theme, denouncement, keenness, Mandala, yelp, tremors, debris, benign


Monday
Interactive Notebooks
SSR (sustained silent reading)- 15 minutes
Anticipation Guide- Lamb to the Slaughter (short story)
*Lamb to the Slaughter (Who is Roald Dahl?)


Tuesday
Interactive Notebooks- ("Dead Words")
SSR- (sustained silent reading)- 15 minutes
*MANDALAS*


Wednesday
Interactive Notebooks- (review Larry Bell's 12 Words)
SSR (sustained silent reading)-15 minutes
The Necklace- (Anticipation Guide)


Thursday
Interactive Notebooks
SSR (sustained silent reading (15 minutes)
The Necklace (Literature Circles)


Friday
Interactive Notebooks
SSR (sustained silent reading)- 15 minutes
*Bullying- (video clips)
 The Story of Kyle- (short story)

*SHORT STORY QUIZ on Monday, February 8, 2016.... GOOD LUCK!