Feb 10th Daily Plan

9th Grade - Freshmen had this as the last library day to do some of their myth research, and the goal for the class period was to have both myths summarized. Students had the full period in the library to work on their summaries, and I collected copies of what was completed to give credit to those who have been working hard.

Both summaries are due in-class tomorrow. If you did not complete them while we were at the library today, then this becomes a homework assignment to gain back credit.

HOMEWORK - Finish both summaries for the Greek Gods Poster Project.

10th Grade - Sophomores had several shorter activities today. First, we are spending more time on vocab, and working to make sure that students better understand how to use the vocabulary words in context. In addition to knowing the definitions of each word, students are expected to have their own example sentences written for each word.

We had another couple of context presentations today; the topics presented depended on which class period. For tomorrow, Pulitzer Prize and Truman Capote groups should be ready to present for all three class periods.

Students also had time to work on another entry in their Reader Response Journals for TKAM. I explained to the classes that I will be collecting the first five entries sometime next week, and that I will not provide prompts for each entry - students must come up with their own topics to write about, it addition to what we write about in class.

Finally, I gave a "Mock Quiz" over chapters 6-9 of TKAM. I explained to the classes that this quiz would be ungraded, but it would serve as the gauge for future reading quizzes over this novel. If students did well AS A CLASS, then the likelihood of future quizzes goes down, and more time can be spent focusing on discussion and other activities.

However, if it is clear that the class needs to be held more accountable for out-of-school reading, then students can expect regular reading quizzes.

RESULTS -
Per 1 - Expect several quizzes next week.
Per 4 - Expect a quiz next week.
Per 5 - Expect a quiz next week.

HOMEWORK - Chapters 10 and 11 by Monday.