Weekly AR Reading Logs

Weekly reading Logs are due every Friday!  Submit Week 7 log on Monday if you did not submit on Friday.

Next Reading Log due October 3rd!

Week 8 English 9A

9^th Grade Week 8

Day	Date	Assignment	√
Monday	9/29	Remember Readers Writers Notebooks to be collected and graded on Monday. Remember to carefully and neatly Label your table of Contents! Turn in at the End of Class! Grades for Activities Grades for Activities 10, 12, and 13a (Dialectical Journal, Talavera Questions, and 10 Interview Questions).
Class work		Socratic Seminar Discussion of   Dialectical Journal Discussion of the significant Quotes from  “A Night to Remember” Review of Socratic Seminar Rules Grade is based on participation and ability to follow rules the first time!
Homework		Activity # 9 from Week 7  Write a 1-page Reflection on the Socratic Seminar. You will staple it into your Readers Writers Notebook upon return. Draft letter/email to contact your interview candidate See model business letter in box.com
Tuesday	9/30
Class work		Revise your letter/email to your interviewee
Homework		Contact your interviewee and conduct your interview Activity #13b Remember to review Poster in class room and check out Interviewing an Expert in the Feature News Story Talevera Folder in the 9th grade box!
Wednesday	10/1
Class work		MLA Format Citation Day Classes meet in Library http://www.easybib.com http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-book Purdue Owl MLA https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/11/ In-text Citations: The Basics https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/ Turn in completed worksheets at end of class.  If you do not finish, continue and submit no later than Thursday at beginning of class.
Homework		Begin work on your Feature News Story Remember to collect all your citations (Websites, videos, personal interviews, newspaper articles, books) so you can alphabetize properly in your Works Cited List. Use Google docs or bring your USB to class on Thursday!
Thursday	9/25	GRADE WINDOW OPENS Today for Week 10 Report card.  Do Not get Grade Cut! You need C’s or better to participate in extracurricular activities such as sports teams! Remember you want to be college and career ready!
Class work		Continue Working on your Feature News Story Most of you will be using the computers.
Homework		Finish your draft of your feature news story
Friday	9/26
Class work		Finish Feature News story Type draft using computers on Google docs Multiple space. Pat attention to your margins, rules for quotation
Homework		·      Feature News Story due with MLA Formatted Works Cited  List due by 5:30 PM Sunday to turnitin.com ·      No Late Work will be accepted!

Week 7 English 9A

9^th Grade Week 7

Day	Date	Assignment	√
Monday	9/22	Remember Readers Writers Notebooks to be collected and graded on Monday. Remember to carefully and neatly Label your table of Contents! Turn in at the End of Class! Grades for Activities 1-7 Download “Winning It All” by Kristina Talavera at LACER by Wednesday.
Class work		A Night To Remember Introduction to the Socratic Seminar and Dialectical Journal Activity #7 questions:   Discussion Be ready to answer: •What do you notice about the different perspectives Lord offers about the events? Explain. –Whose perspective is represented? –Who’s missing? •What do you notice about how and why these people experienced the same event(s) differently? •What does Lord’s choice of people to investigate tell you about his perspective as an investigator of this event?
Homework		Activity #10 Dialectical Journal Entry (This can be stapled into RWN upon return) Create 2 entries Page Text of Quote Journal Entry # Interpretation: Observation:  Question:  Personal Response:
Tuesday	9/23
Class work		Socratic Seminar Day Discuss and Share your Quotes
Homework		Remember to Download Talavera Article at LACER Activity #11 Write a Reflection on the Socratic Seminar.
Wednesday	9/24
Class work		Read “Winning It All” by Kristina Talavera And Discuss Culminating Feature News Story Assignment Captains make sure your team does tonight’s homework!
Homework		Activity #12 Answer the following Questions on Talavera Article: 1.     What is the gist of this expository feature news article? 2.     How do you know? 3.     How many different sources does Kristina Talavera cite in her feature news article? 4.     Circle every internal citation. 5.     List the different points of view (perspectives) on the outcome of the game that she mentions? 6.     Write down one example of an indirect quotation (paraphrase) 7.     Now write down one example of a direct quotation.
Thursday	9/25
Class work		Share Homework answers in teams Complete Evaluation of Team Discussion of Topics of Your Expository Feature News Story Article
Homework
Friday	9/26
Class work		Activity #13 Draft 10 Interview Questions
Homework		Activity #14 Conduct your Interview ------------------------------------------------------------ Preview of Week 8 ·      Draft Feature News Story Monday in class ·      Peer review Tuesday ·      How to do a Works Cited List and in text citations in Library or Class TBA ·      Feature News Story due Thursday at beginning of class to turnitin.com ·      No Late Work Accepted!