Direct English 4th Block Assignments
- Instructor
- Danyale Manuel
- Term
- Spring 2024
- Department
- English/Language Arts
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Due:
Standards: 9-10.L.VAU.6, 9-10.L.VAU.4 D, 9-10.RL.KID.2 D, 9-10.RL.KID.1 A, 9-10.RL.CS.6 A, 9-10.SL.PKI.4 P, 9-10.L.CSE.1
Objectives:
Write an analysis of the use of foreshadowing in “The White Wolf of the Hartz
Mountains.”
• Identify how an author’s choice of words is used to create suspense
Self-correct as comprehension of text deepens.
• Engage in class discussion.
• Identify the enduring understandings from a piece of text.
• Objectively summarize literary text.
• Determine the theme of a story.
• Determine how the theme is developed over the course of a text.
• Analyze the effect characters have on the theme.
• Identify the author’s point of view.
• Identify common conventions of a tale
Day 5 Agenda: Quick Write
Day 5 Bell Ringer: • What would you have done if you were Marcella and sensed something was wrong
with your new stepmother?
Work on Language Live Content Mastery and Powerpass, and Vocabulary Check point and Formative Assessment
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in.
Objectives:
Write an analysis of the use of foreshadowing in “The White Wolf of the Hartz
Mountains.”
• Identify how an author’s choice of words is used to create suspense
Self-correct as comprehension of text deepens.
• Engage in class discussion.
• Identify the enduring understandings from a piece of text.
• Objectively summarize literary text.
• Determine the theme of a story.
• Determine how the theme is developed over the course of a text.
• Analyze the effect characters have on the theme.
• Identify the author’s point of view.
• Identify common conventions of a tale
Day 5 Agenda: Quick Write
Day 5 Bell Ringer: • What would you have done if you were Marcella and sensed something was wrong
with your new stepmother?
Work on Language Live Content Mastery and Powerpass, and Vocabulary Check point and Formative Assessment
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in.
Due:
Standards: 9-10.L.VAU.6, 9-10.L.VAU.4 D, 9-10.RL.KID.2 D, 9-10.RL.KID.1 A, 9-10.RL.CS.6 A, 9-10.SL.PKI.4 P, 9-10.L.CSE.1
Objectives:
Write an analysis of the use of foreshadowing in “The White Wolf of the Hartz
Mountains.”
• Identify how an author’s choice of words is used to create suspense
Self-correct as comprehension of text deepens.
• Engage in class discussion.
• Identify the enduring understandings from a piece of text.
• Objectively summarize literary text.
• Determine the theme of a story.
• Determine how the theme is developed over the course of a text.
• Analyze the effect characters have on the theme.
• Identify the author’s point of view.
• Identify common conventions of a tale
Day 5 Agenda: Quick Write
Day 5 Bell Ringer: • What would you have done if you were Marcella and sensed something was wrong
with your new stepmother?
Work on Language Live Content Mastery and Powerpass, and Vocabulary Check point and Formative Assessment
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in.
Objectives:
Write an analysis of the use of foreshadowing in “The White Wolf of the Hartz
Mountains.”
• Identify how an author’s choice of words is used to create suspense
Self-correct as comprehension of text deepens.
• Engage in class discussion.
• Identify the enduring understandings from a piece of text.
• Objectively summarize literary text.
• Determine the theme of a story.
• Determine how the theme is developed over the course of a text.
• Analyze the effect characters have on the theme.
• Identify the author’s point of view.
• Identify common conventions of a tale
Day 5 Agenda: Quick Write
Day 5 Bell Ringer: • What would you have done if you were Marcella and sensed something was wrong
with your new stepmother?
Work on Language Live Content Mastery and Powerpass, and Vocabulary Check point and Formative Assessment
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in.
Due:
Standards: 9-10.L.VAU.6, 9-10.L.VAU.4 D, 9-10.RL.KID.2 D, 9-10.RL.KID.1 A, 9-10.RL.CS.6 A, 9-10.SL.PKI.4 P
Objectives:
Read literature with purpose and understanding.
• Answer questions to demonstrate comprehension of the text.
• Monitor comprehension of text during reading.
• Determine the impact of word choice.
• Determine how differences in character points of view create suspense.
• Identify leading questions and their intended purpose.
• Identify shifts in mood.
• Identify common religious or mythological themes in texts.
• Determine the meaning and purpose of conjunct
Day 4 Agenda: Big Ideas, Author's Purpose, Vocabulary Knowledge, and Point of View
Day 4 Bell Ringer: Use conjunctions to write five sentences about how living in the woods is different
from living in the city.
Conjunctions-FANBOYS-For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So
Work on Language Live Practice - 12-15
Silent Read Part 1 Be Not Far from Me - Finish the entire chapter
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in
Objectives:
Read literature with purpose and understanding.
• Answer questions to demonstrate comprehension of the text.
• Monitor comprehension of text during reading.
• Determine the impact of word choice.
• Determine how differences in character points of view create suspense.
• Identify leading questions and their intended purpose.
• Identify shifts in mood.
• Identify common religious or mythological themes in texts.
• Determine the meaning and purpose of conjunct
Day 4 Agenda: Big Ideas, Author's Purpose, Vocabulary Knowledge, and Point of View
Day 4 Bell Ringer: Use conjunctions to write five sentences about how living in the woods is different
from living in the city.
Conjunctions-FANBOYS-For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So
Work on Language Live Practice - 12-15
Silent Read Part 1 Be Not Far from Me - Finish the entire chapter
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in
Due:
Standards: 9-10.L.VAU.6, 9-10.L.VAU.4 D, 9-10.RL.KID.2 D, 9-10.RL.KID.1 A, 9-10.RL.CS.6 A, 9-10.SL.PKI.4 P
Objectives:
Read literature with purpose and understanding.
• Answer questions to demonstrate comprehension of the text.
• Monitor comprehension of text during reading.
• Determine the impact of word choice.
• Determine how differences in character points of view create suspense.
• Identify leading questions and their intended purpose.
• Identify shifts in mood.
• Identify common religious or mythological themes in texts.
• Determine the meaning and purpose of conjunct
Day 4 Agenda: Big Ideas, Author's Purpose, Vocabulary Knowledge, and Point of View
Day 4 Bell Ringer: Use conjunctions to write five sentences about how living in the woods is different
from living in the city.
Conjunctions-FANBOYS-For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So
Work on Language Live Practice - 12-15
Silent Read Part 1 Be Not Far from Me - Finish the entire chapter
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in
Objectives:
Read literature with purpose and understanding.
• Answer questions to demonstrate comprehension of the text.
• Monitor comprehension of text during reading.
• Determine the impact of word choice.
• Determine how differences in character points of view create suspense.
• Identify leading questions and their intended purpose.
• Identify shifts in mood.
• Identify common religious or mythological themes in texts.
• Determine the meaning and purpose of conjunct
Day 4 Agenda: Big Ideas, Author's Purpose, Vocabulary Knowledge, and Point of View
Day 4 Bell Ringer: Use conjunctions to write five sentences about how living in the woods is different
from living in the city.
Conjunctions-FANBOYS-For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So
Work on Language Live Practice - 12-15
Silent Read Part 1 Be Not Far from Me - Finish the entire chapter
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in
Due:
Standards: 9-10.L.VAU.6, 9-10.L.VAU.4 D, 9-10.RL.KID.2 D, 9-10.RL.KID.1 A, 9-10.RL.CS.6 A, 9-10.SL.PKI.4 P
Objectives:
Read literature with purpose and understanding.
• Answer questions to demonstrate comprehension of the text.
• Monitor comprehension of text during reading.
• Determine the impact of word choice.
• Determine how differences in character points of view create suspense.
• Identify leading questions and their intended purpose.
• Identify shifts in mood.
• Identify common religious or mythological themes in texts.
• Determine the meaning and purpose of conjunct
Day 4 Agenda: Big Ideas, Author's Purpose, Vocabulary Knowledge, and Point of View
Day 4 Bell Ringer: Use conjunctions to write five sentences about how living in the woods is different
from living in the city.
Conjunctions-FANBOYS-For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So
Work on Language Live Practice - 12-15
Silent Read Part 1 Be Not Far from Me - Finish the entire chapter
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in
Objectives:
Read literature with purpose and understanding.
• Answer questions to demonstrate comprehension of the text.
• Monitor comprehension of text during reading.
• Determine the impact of word choice.
• Determine how differences in character points of view create suspense.
• Identify leading questions and their intended purpose.
• Identify shifts in mood.
• Identify common religious or mythological themes in texts.
• Determine the meaning and purpose of conjunct
Day 4 Agenda: Big Ideas, Author's Purpose, Vocabulary Knowledge, and Point of View
Day 4 Bell Ringer: Use conjunctions to write five sentences about how living in the woods is different
from living in the city.
Conjunctions-FANBOYS-For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So
Work on Language Live Practice - 12-15
Silent Read Part 1 Be Not Far from Me - Finish the entire chapter
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in
Due:
Standards: 9-10.L.VAU.6, 9-10.L.VAU.4 D, 9-10.RL.KID.2 D, 9-10.RL.KID.1 A
Objectives:
Establish a purpose for reading literary text.
• Use critical thinking skills to write responses to prompts about text.
• Support written answers with evidence from text.
• Identify the claims and counterclaims of characters in literature.
• Cite evidence in support of a particular point.
Day 3 Agenda: Reading for a Purpose, Passage Comprehension
Day 3 Bell Ringer: Make a list of five celebrities. Write a sentence about each celebrity using a relative
pronoun.
• Write five sentences about the portrayal of stepmothers in literature.
Work on Language Live Practice - 9-12
Silent Read Part 1 Be Not Far from Me - Finish the entire chapter
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in
Objectives:
Establish a purpose for reading literary text.
• Use critical thinking skills to write responses to prompts about text.
• Support written answers with evidence from text.
• Identify the claims and counterclaims of characters in literature.
• Cite evidence in support of a particular point.
Day 3 Agenda: Reading for a Purpose, Passage Comprehension
Day 3 Bell Ringer: Make a list of five celebrities. Write a sentence about each celebrity using a relative
pronoun.
• Write five sentences about the portrayal of stepmothers in literature.
Work on Language Live Practice - 9-12
Silent Read Part 1 Be Not Far from Me - Finish the entire chapter
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in
Due:
Standards: 9-10.L.VAU.6, 9-10.L.VAU.4 D, 9-10.RL.KID.2 D, 9-10.RL.KID.1 A
Objectives:
Establish a purpose for reading literary text.
• Use critical thinking skills to write responses to prompts about text.
• Support written answers with evidence from text.
• Identify the claims and counterclaims of characters in literature.
• Cite evidence in support of a particular point.
Day 3 Agenda: Reading for a Purpose, Passage Comprehension
Day 3 Bell Ringer: Make a list of five celebrities. Write a sentence about each celebrity using a relative
pronoun.
• Write five sentences about the portrayal of stepmothers in literature.
Work on Language Live Practice - 9-12
Silent Read Part 1 Be Not Far from Me - Finish the entire chapter
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in
Objectives:
Establish a purpose for reading literary text.
• Use critical thinking skills to write responses to prompts about text.
• Support written answers with evidence from text.
• Identify the claims and counterclaims of characters in literature.
• Cite evidence in support of a particular point.
Day 3 Agenda: Reading for a Purpose, Passage Comprehension
Day 3 Bell Ringer: Make a list of five celebrities. Write a sentence about each celebrity using a relative
pronoun.
• Write five sentences about the portrayal of stepmothers in literature.
Work on Language Live Practice - 9-12
Silent Read Part 1 Be Not Far from Me - Finish the entire chapter
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in
Due:
Standards: 9-10.L.VAU.6, 9-10.L.VAU.4 D, 9-10.RL.KID.2 D, 9-10.RL.KID.1 A
Objectives:
• Review key passage vocabulary.
Distinguish between contractions and possessive nouns.
• Connect pronouns to their antecedents.
• Use pronouns correctly.
• Use and punctuate relative clauses correctly.
• Use relative clauses to create complex sentences.
• Use correct punctuation when writing sentences that contain relative clauses.
Day 2 Agenda: Big Ideas, Author's Purpose, Vocabulary Knowledge, and Point of View
Day 2 Bell Ringer: Write five sentences about the Hartz Mountains with adverbs. Be sure to use the
suffix -ly in your sentence.
Adverbs- a word that modifies (describes) a verb (“he sings loudly”),
Work on Language Live Practice - 5-8
Silent Read Part 1 Be Not Far from Me - last 15 minutes
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in
Objectives:
• Review key passage vocabulary.
Distinguish between contractions and possessive nouns.
• Connect pronouns to their antecedents.
• Use pronouns correctly.
• Use and punctuate relative clauses correctly.
• Use relative clauses to create complex sentences.
• Use correct punctuation when writing sentences that contain relative clauses.
Day 2 Agenda: Big Ideas, Author's Purpose, Vocabulary Knowledge, and Point of View
Day 2 Bell Ringer: Write five sentences about the Hartz Mountains with adverbs. Be sure to use the
suffix -ly in your sentence.
Adverbs- a word that modifies (describes) a verb (“he sings loudly”),
Work on Language Live Practice - 5-8
Silent Read Part 1 Be Not Far from Me - last 15 minutes
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in
Due:
Standards: 9-10.L.VAU.6, 9-10.L.VAU.4 D, 9-10.RL.KID.2 D, 9-10.RL.KID.1 A
Objectives:
• Review key passage vocabulary.
Distinguish between contractions and possessive nouns.
• Connect pronouns to their antecedents.
• Use pronouns correctly.
• Use and punctuate relative clauses correctly.
• Use relative clauses to create complex sentences.
• Use correct punctuation when writing sentences that contain relative clauses.
Day 2 Agenda: Big Ideas, Author's Purpose, Vocabulary Knowledge, and Point of View
Day 2 Bell Ringer: Write five sentences about the Hartz Mountains with adverbs. Be sure to use the
suffix -ly in your sentence.
Adverbs- a word that modifies (describes) a verb (“he sings loudly”),
Work on Language Live Practice - 5-8
Silent Read Part 1 Be Not Far from Me - last 15 minutes
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in
Objectives:
• Review key passage vocabulary.
Distinguish between contractions and possessive nouns.
• Connect pronouns to their antecedents.
• Use pronouns correctly.
• Use and punctuate relative clauses correctly.
• Use relative clauses to create complex sentences.
• Use correct punctuation when writing sentences that contain relative clauses.
Day 2 Agenda: Big Ideas, Author's Purpose, Vocabulary Knowledge, and Point of View
Day 2 Bell Ringer: Write five sentences about the Hartz Mountains with adverbs. Be sure to use the
suffix -ly in your sentence.
Adverbs- a word that modifies (describes) a verb (“he sings loudly”),
Work on Language Live Practice - 5-8
Silent Read Part 1 Be Not Far from Me - last 15 minutes
Take A Picture of your workbook pages with your Chromebook, Upload it into Google Classroom, and Turn it in