Week of March 21-25, 2016

PHS 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:
" Good is the enemy of great."- Unknown

WORD WALL: assuaged, taciturn, inquisitive, placidly, amiable, malevolent, immune, nebulous, indigenous, compromise


Monday-
Interactive Notebooks  (review study guides) To Kill a Mockingbird
SSR-( sustained silent reading)- 15 minutes
Literature Circles- To Kill a Mockingbird


Tuesday-
Interactive Notebooks 
SSR- (15 minutes)
Character Analysis- To Kill a Mockingbird


Wednesday-
Interactive Notebooks
SSR- (no entries)
*Themes Found in To Kill a Mockingbird- (activity)


Thursday-
Interactive Notebook- (Quick write: What examples of compassion are shown throughout the novel?)
SSR- (no entries)
*Class Discussion- Conclusion: (To Kill a Mockingbird)


Friday-
Interactive Notebook- (students collect study guides  for final assessment of TKAM)
SSR- (no entries)
*FINAL- To Kill a Mockingbird (1-32) -GOOD LUCK!

Week of March 14-18, 2016

PHS 3.0-BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:
"Do your fightin' with your head for a change."- Atticus Finch


WORD WALL: assuaged, taciturn, inquisitive, placidly, amiable, malevolent, immune, nebulous, indigenous, compromise


Monday-
*Interactive Notebooks- (Field Trip Do's/Don'ts) 
SSR- (no entries)
Job Interviews-( reviewing questions/responses)
*Family Member Job Interview- students share interviews conducted with parents over the weekend.


*Tuesday- FIELD TRIP- (National Museum of Civil & Human Rights)


*Wednesday- (March Madness Career Expo)- 9th grade only!!!!


Today's schedule:
1st pd.
4th pd.
3rd pd.
2nd pd.


Thursday- 
Interactive Notebooks- ("The Big Reveal")-  "Dressed for Success"
SSR- (no entries)
Literature Circles- (chapters 25-32)- To Kill a Mockingbird


Friday-
Interactive Notebooks- (study guides- chapter review)
SSR- (no entries)
*Interactive Stations- "Tic Tac  Know Projects"- (class work session)

Week of March 7-11, 2016

*PHS 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:
"Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself."- Atticus Finch


Word Wall:
assuaged, taciturn, inquisitive, placidly, amiable, malevolent, immune, nebulous, indigenous, compromise


Monday-
Interactive Notebooks- (review chapter summaries 1-5)
SSR- (15 minutes)
*Mini- Research Projects- (presentations concluded)


Tuesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (study guides- 6-12)
SSR- (15 minutes)
*Literature Circles- (students will discuss text while making text to self, text to world connections)
Summarizer- "ENVELOPE PLEASE"


Wednesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (Character Analysis)
SSR- (15 minutes)
"TIC-TAC-TOE" projects assigned- Due: March 25, 2016- (200 points)


Thursday-
Interactive Notebooks- (EOCT prep)
SSR- (no entries)
*Film Analysis- To Kill a Mockingbird
(students view clips of film while making text to film connections)


Friday-
Interactive Notebooks- (Figurative Language)
SSR- (no entries)
*Interactive Stations-(students are actively working on "TIC TAC TOE" assignment.

Week of February 29- March 4, 2016

February 29-March 4, 2016-9th Literature/Music Leadership- Mrs.Morris/Carson

PHS 3.0-BELIEVE YOU CAN!


Quote of the week:
"Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself."- Atticus Finch


Words to Know:
courage, sympathy, empathy, compassion, ethics, values, prejudice, stereotypes, values, morals


Monday-
Interactive Notebooks (Quick write...)-The Finch Family Tree
SSR (sustained silent reading)- 20 minutes
To Kill a Mockingbird- (background info)- (power point)
To Kill a Mockingbird-  (Introduction) (audio)
Study Guides- (Chapters 1-5)


Tuesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (Word Wall for TKAM)
SSR- (no entries)
Literature Circles- (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Study Guides- (Chapters 1-5)


Wednesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (Character Analysis TKAM)
SSR- (20 minutes)
"TIC TAC TOE" PROJECT- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD


Thursday-
Interactive Notebooks- (Theme)
SSR- (no entries)
*MEDIA CENTER- (presentation)- To Kill a Mockingbird


Friday-
Interactive Notebooks- (no entries)
SSR- (sustained silent reading)- no entries
"TIC TAC TOE" PROJECT- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

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!