LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017
Peer assessment of choice board projects with the project rubric.
Self assessment and adjustment of projects to align with the highest level on the rubric.
Whole class activity on positive attributes.
homework part 1:
please download the file below, print it and fill it out. bring it to web next week and drop it in the designated box. i have adjusted the file: there is only one page (no cover sheet). please do not put your name on the page! this is an anonymous evaluation, so please be honest. future students appreciate your help in making me a better teacher. :)
"Teacher Report Card"
homework part 2:
on monday, april 24, i will send you an email that has a link for you to click. the link will take you to a video on youtube. please watch the video before wednesday morning. if you have any trouble viewing the link, please let me know before 9:00 pm on monday!
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2017
Mini-lesson on editing and revising creative writing.
Peer editing of second choice board assignment.
Continued read aloud of "Gilgamesh".
Please click the link below to download this week's homework file.
"Choice Board Finals"
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, April 5, 2017
Partnered review of first choice board assignment.
Mini-lesson on formats for second choice board assignment.
Started drafts of second choice board assignment.
Continued read aloud of "Gilgamesh".
there is no file to download this week.
Continue working on your choice board assignment.
If you want me to review and comment on your work before you turn it in for a grade, please send me an email. webltta5@gmail.com
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017
Welcome back from Spring Break! I missed you.
Mini-lesson on how changing a story element changes the plot.
Introduced the homework choice board for "Half Magic".
Continued read aloud of "Gilgamesh".
there is no file to download this week.
shelter the hard copy of your signed choice board!
Bring it with you to class each week so your Score can be recorded.
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2017
Lesson on figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification.
Folded and pasted Frayer models for each figurative language term; cut and pasted flap book for notebooks.
Continued read aloud of "Gilgamesh".
Please click the link below to download this week's homework file.
"Figurative Language in Oz"
EDITED TO ADD: This is the video i mentioned in class. you are not required to watch it, but i think you might enjoy it.
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, March 1, 2017
Whole class, collaborative assessment in the format of an escape room! You got all the locks open with less than 60 seconds left of the clock. Everyone did an outstanding job under pressure. You demonstrated thorough knowledge of the material, and good problem-solving skills. Bravi tutti!
there is no deliverable homework this week! please acquire a copy of "The wizard of oz" and start reading. get as far as you can in the book. we will have our first class discussion about the story next week.
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
Mini lesson on supporting evidence, using illustrations for The Pardoner's Tale.
Class voluntary sharing of endings for the poem about Sir Topas.
Class discussion on the function of Chaucer as a character in the book.
Continued read aloud of Gilgamesh.
Please click the link below to download this week's homework file.
"Literature Class Review for Timed Assessment"
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2017
Collaborative summaries for The Reeve's Tale, The Scholar's Tale, and The Wife of Bath's Tale.
Preview activity for The Pardoner's Tale.
Continued read aloud of Gilgamesh.
Please click the link below to download this week's homework file. You will need to print page 2 of the file to complete the assignment.
"The Pardoner and Sir Topas"
lesson recap for wednesday, february 8, 2017
Review of notebook expectations.
Mini-lesson on direct and indirect characterization ("Show or Tell")
Team scavenger hunt in the Prologue for direct and indirect characterizations.
Continued read aloud of Gilgamesh.
Please click the link below to download this week's homework file.
"Show or Tell"
lesson recap for wednesday, february 1, 2017
Round robin collaborative book summary.
Completed and mounted book mural.
Introduction to The Canterbury Tales.
Continued read aloud of Gilgamesh.
Please click the link below to download this week's homework file.
"The Frame Story"
This is the video Mentioned in the homework. enjoy!
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017
Collaborative review of chapter summaries and quotations.
Students began work on collaborative mural project.
Continued read aloud of "Gilgamesh".
due to your diligence in tackling "The wanderings of odysseus", we are ahead of schedule. thus, there is no homework this week! woohoo!
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2017
Collaborative review of chapter summaries and quotations.
Station rotations to collaborate on researching the themes of hospitality, cunning, temptation, and epithets.
Introduction to the Monomyth/Hero's Journey framework.
Rowena forgot to bring "Gilgamesh" to WEB. :(
there is no file to download this week. There is nothing to turn in, but you will be using this material in class to begin working on the Class book project.
Read the next five chapters - from "Sea Perils" through "The Phaeacian Games". Continue writing chapter summaries, pulling quotations, and logging epithets. As you read, note any points in the story when you believe Odysseus has reached a landmark in the Hero's Journey. He may reach them out of order or more than once. For reference, the landmarks we have covered are:
Ordinary World - Call to Action - Refusal of Call - Departure into the Unknown - Meeting Mentors/Helpers - Finding Companions - Trials, Obstacles, Enemies
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, january 4, 2017
Welcome back!
Outlined new 5-star assessment system.
Round robin summary of "The Iliad".
Read aloud of the Prologue and first chapter of “The Wanderings of Odysseus”.
Crowdsourced summary of chapter 1.
Continued read aloud of Gilgamesh.
PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK FILE. REMINDER! - READ THE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS SO YOU WILL KNOW WHAT TO TURN IN!
"Epithets"
Thank you for a great Fall Semester! See you in january 2017!
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2016
Small group sharing of “Sorry, not Sorry” poems.
Mini lesson on what makes something a poem.
Began semester final project (one-word illustrated summaries).
if you finished your one-word book summary in class, you have no homework! if you took your summary home to continue working on it, please finish it in the next few days so you can have a proper holiday break. :) see you on wednesday, november 30th!
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Review of Mad Libs Poem homework.
Mini lesson on Poetic Devices.
Poetic Devices activity on Katy Perry’s “Firework".
No read aloud this week. :(
I have adjusted this week's assignment. There are not literary devices assigned in the homework. You may use one or more if you wish in this week's assignment but that is not required. For your own reference, I have included the chart of literary devices that we used in class.
PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK FILE:
"Sorry, not Sorry"
"Literary Devices"
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, november 2, 2016
Reviewed parts of speech (noun and adjective, verb and adverb)
Mad lib Jabberwocky
Round Robin reading of Jabberwocky
There are two homework files this week. print the first file, follow the instructions, then print the second file to complete the assignment.
NOTE: Ella alerted me to an error in the "Mad Lib Poetry" file. I have corrected that error and uploaded a new file. If you downloaded the file before 4:30pm on Thursday, November 3, please discard that download and use the new file, "Mad Lib Poetry REVISED". I apologize for the inconvenience.
"Mad Lib Poetry REVISED"
"Mad Lib Poem Blank"
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2016
Small group collaborative chapter summaries.
Individual illustrations of chapter summaries.
Class discussion on the purpose of Chapter 11.
Class discussion on responses to the final line of the story.
Individual book cover illustrations.
PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK FILE:
"Jabberwocky"
lESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2016
Small group collaborative chapter summaries.
Class discussion on copyrights and illustrations.
Class discussion on print edition practices.
Individual illustrations of chapter summaries, using only lines (no colors, no filled blocks).
Continued read aloud of “Gilgamesh”.
PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK FILE:
"Which"
lesson recap for wednesday, october 12, 2016
Mini lesson on reframing a story using an the rules of game as a framing context.
Groups worked on reframing a familiar fairy tale using the rules of a game as a framing context.
Groups shared their reframed stories and games.
Continued the read aloud of “Gilgamesh”.
PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK FILE:
"From Beowulf to Alice"
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
Played "Epic Jeopardy". All three class teams earned enough points to win a "Get Out of Homework Free" pass. The Pass is good until the end of the WEB academic year.
Demonstration of a printable chess set and two chess game variations.
Continued the read aloud of "Gilgamesh".
THERE IS NO HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT DURING FALL BREAK!
If you wish to play the chess variants I demonstrated in class, please click the link below to download the file.
Printable Chess Learning Set
Enjoy your break! I'll see you on October 5th!
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
Went over homework.
Introduced the literary device of kennings.
Divided into groups; each group worked together to become experts on one theme or motif.
Regrouped with new teammates and shared expertise.
I have adjusted the homework assignment from what I described in class. There is no longer a separate file to cut and paste. The only file for this week is the one below.IMPORTANT NOTE! Getting your thoughts on paper is more important than the mechanism you use for doing that. Your work can be handwritten, or typed, printed, and pasted into your notebook. You may write or type your work yourself, or you may ask someone to take your dication. If you have someone take your dictation, they should record your own words, without alteration.
After you have your thoughts on paper, you may choose to revise or edit your work. Please do so in a manner that does not obscure or hide the first draft. Single strikethroughs are your best tool for this.
AS PROMISED, HERE ARE SOME VIDEOS OF EPIC BARDS AT WORK!
The following videos show examples of modern bards performing epic poetry in the tradition of Homer and the medieval bards. Watching these videos is optional. If you choose to view them, please do so in the presence of a parent or guardian.
Avdo Međedović was a Muslim guslar (player of the gusla), and an oral poet. He was recorded during field research in the early 20th Century. This clip shows a portion of a performance in which he sang an epic poem of over 13,000 lines (2,000 lines shorter than The Iliad!) The performance lasted several days. He is considered one of the last remnants of the epic poet tradition dating back to the Bronze Age (the time when Homer is said to have composed The Iliad). There are documentaries of Avdo on youtube, but they are all in Slovakian and Russian. :) The book about Avdo called "The Singer of Tales" is available for purchase from The Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University. (Fun Fact: one of the editors of this book is my own instructor in my coursework on the ancient Greek hero in literature and culture.)
Field clip of Avdo Međedović made by Albert Bates Lord
Benjamin Bagby is a modern singer, composer, harpist, and performer of medieval music. In 2006, his performance of Beowulf in the original Old English was recorded live in Helsingborg, Sweden. This clip is from that performance. The DVD of his performance is available for purchase on his website.
Excerpt from Scene 6: Beowulf and Grendel (lines 672-702)
PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK FILE:
"Reading Into the Text"
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Reviewed homework submission process, including where to find instructions in the homework assignment files describing how and what to submit.
Played “Philosophical Chairs”.
Briefly introduced “Beowulf”.
Continued the read aloud of “Gilgamesh”.
PLEASE CLICK THE LINKS BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK FILES:
From Achilles to Beowulf
Beowulf Themes and Motifs
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, september 7, 2016
Reviewed general instructions regarding notebooks (strip transcribed sticky notes; blue or black ink only; date the first page of an assignment; no unaccounted blank pages between work pages).
Groups created collaborative summaries on one of the assigned reading chapters from this week, then shared them with the class for feedback and improvement.
Explained how to prepare for the game of Philosophical Chairs, which we will play in class next week.
Picked up where we left off in our read aloud of “Gilgamesh”.
PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK FILE:
"Philosophical Chairs"
LESSON RECAP FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2016
Reviewed the responsive grading scale, the process for acquiring homework assignments, and the protocol for turning in homework.
Reviewed homework expectations and strategies for managing the workload.
Discussed the themes and motifs discovered thus far in the story.
Played a game in which teams of students sorted Homeric characters according to whatever criteria the group decided upon by consensus. Other students then tried to determine what the sorting criteria were for each team, based on observation of the sorting only - no hints allowed. Examples of criteria used by teams include Greeks, Trojans, deities, mortals, creatures, characters they have not found in the story yet, alphabetical order.
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Patterns in Themes and Motifs
Lesson recap for wednesday, august 24, 2016
Established protocol for preparing for class: read the board to see what supplies are needed for the class. Put everything else away in the backpack corner.
Discussed and agreed upon a new homework policy and schedule. See file below for revised policy statement.
Created name tags for ourselves that included our first name and a title. (example: “Rowena, the Enforcer.”)
Rotated in groups through stations, one station for each chapter. Answered a question about each chapter in composition notebooks, using citations from the text to support answers.
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Homework Description and Instructions
"Themes and Motifs"
Lesson Recap for Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Warm-up Activity: interview a classmate, learning as much as possible about his/her name. Use a yellow stick to record that person’s name exactly as it appears on his/her name tag; use pink stickies to record information from your interview in your own words. Choose one fact gleaned from your interview to introduce your partner to the rest of the class.
Notebook set up: Table of Contents; page numbers on the top outside corner (left page is even, right page is odd); title of activity/assignment and date at the top of each page; blue or black ink only. Mistakes or revisions get a single strike through so that the original remains readable.
Main activity: Transcribe the information from your interview sticky notes into your composition notebook. The information on the yellow sticky note represents a citation - a direct quote. The information from your pink sticky notes represents your summary of what you learned in the interview. This color-coded sticky note process is the basic format for taking notes as you read through the books in this course. We will use the other colors later in the course.