5/5/17
SOD: labor, myo
Book Vs. Movie
Thinking Critically About the Movie Adaptation
Continue Film
5/4/17
SOD: mem, gress
Peer Review of letter
Finish book and discuss
Begin Film
Film Vocabulary
Book and Movie Comparison/Contrast Guide
5/3/17
SOD: lys, meso
Portfolio items and checklist due today
Planning Sheet for letter due today
Portfolio Teacher Conferencing
Continue work on project
Rough Draft of letter due tomorrow
5/2/17
SOD: infra, leuko
Vocabulary Quiz
Read Chapter 18
"What is the Giver thinking about when "obviously thinking?"
Continue working on project.
Portfolio items and checklist due tomorrow
Planning sheet for letter due tomorrow
5/1/17
SOD: hemo, ultima
Discuss friendly letter format
Write a letter to your 8th Grade Self discussing one academic, personal, and spiritual goal you plan to meet next year.
Begin work on "Utopia Project."
Be sure to follow instructions and rubric.
Review for vocabulary quiz tomorrow
4/28/17
SOD: sequ, glyc
Read and discuss chapters 15-16
Discuss the idea of "sameness."
Make a chart of your assigned homophones.
Fill in the definitions and original sentences.
4/27/17
SOD: chrom, form
Continue reading and discussing novel.
4/26/17
SOD: im, fil
Group Work: Fill in the chart with the colors you most associate with the given emotion.
Watch "My Many Colored Days" by Dr. Seuss youtu.be/Lum83DLPXIw
How does the lack of color in the book play a role in the emotions of the characters in the novel?
Hw: Write a poem about an emotion of your choice. You must not directly mention the emotion in the poem.
Your poem should be 4 lines with 4 stanzas. It may rhyme or be free verse.
4/25/17
SOD: idio, exo
Review Vocabulary List for Chapters 14-19
Vocabulary Quiz May 2nd
Discuss "euphemism" definitions and examples
Group: Review list of euphemisms and determine the meaning
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using euphemisms?
Homework: Read chapter 14
4/24/17
SOD: enter, erythro
Recap important events up to page 124
Read chapter 13 and discuss
What are the advantages and disadvantages of "sameness?"
Does it contribute to a utopia or a dystopia?
Read Chapter 14