4:6

Monday, 4/21/25

TEKS: (7)(C) analyze the function of dramatic conventions such as asides, soliloquies, dramatic irony, and satire;

Objective: Today we will analyze the function of dramatic conventions

Activity: Continue reading Romeo and Juliet 

Tuesday, 4/22/25

TEKS: (7)(C) analyze the function of dramatic conventions such as asides, soliloquies, dramatic irony, and satire;

Objective: Today we will analyze the function of dramatic conventions

Activity: Continue reading Romeo and Juliet 

Wednesday, 4/23/25

I’m absent for Algebra STAAR

TEKS: (10)(A) compose literary texts such as fiction and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;

Objective: Today we will compose literary texts

Assignment: Act I vocabulary assignment

Thursday, 4/24/25

TEKS: (7)(C) analyze the function of dramatic conventions such as asides, soliloquies, dramatic irony, and satire;

Objective: Today we will analyze the function of dramatic conventions

Activity: Continue reading Romeo and Juliet 

Friday, 4/25/25

I’m absent for UIL regionals

TEKS: (7)(C) analyze the function of dramatic conventions such as asides, soliloquies, dramatic irony, and satire;

Objective: Today we will analyze the function of dramatic conventions

Assignment: Quiz

4:5

Monday, 4/14/25

TEKS: (7)(C) analyze the function of dramatic conventions such as asides, soliloquies, dramatic irony, and satire;

Objective: Today we will analyze the function of dramatic conventions

Assignment: Prologue quiz and then continue reading Romeo and Juliet

Tuesday, 4/15/25

Biology STAAR

TEKS: (10)(A) compose literary texts such as fiction and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;

Objective: Today we will compose literary texts

Assignment: Act I vocabulary assignment

Wednesday, 4/16/25

TEKS: (7)(C) analyze the function of dramatic conventions such as asides, soliloquies, dramatic irony, and satire;

Objective: Today we will analyze the function of dramatic conventions

Activity: Continue reading Romeo and Juliet

Thursday, 4/17/25

TEKS: (7)(C) analyze the function of dramatic conventions such as asides, soliloquies, dramatic irony, and satire;

Objective: Today we will analyze the function of dramatic conventions

Activity: Continue reading Romeo and Juliet

Friday, 4/18/25

No school

4:4

Monday, 4/7/25

TEKS: (2)(D) create mental images to deepen understanding

Objective: Today we will create mental images to deepen understanding

Assignment: Review STAAR platform and test procedures

Create Calm Palm

Tuesday, 4/8/25

ENGLISH I STAAR

Wednesday, 4/9/25

TEKS: (7)(B) analyze the structure, prosody, and graphic elements such as line length and word position in poems across a variety of poetic forms

Objective: Today we will analyze graphic elements such as line length and word position 

Activity: Introduce Romeo and Juliet -- complete opinionnaire, read about how to read Shakespeare, and look at character map

Thursday, 4/10/25

I’m absent 

TEKS: (4)(E) make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society

Objective: Today we will make connections to society

Assignment: Students complete Shakespeare’s World

Friday, 4/11/25

TEKS: (7) (C) analyze the function of dramatic conventions such as asides, soliloquies, dramatic irony, and satire;

Objective: Today we will analyze the function of dramatic conventions

Activity: Begin reading Romeo and Juliet

4:3

Monday, 3/31/25

TEKS:(9)  (C) revise drafts to improve clarity, development, organization, style, diction, and sentence effectiveness, including use of parallel constructions and placement of phrases and dependent clauses;

    (D) edit drafts using standard English conventions,

Objective: Today we will revise and edit drafts

Activity: Musical Revising and Editing

Tuesday, 4/1/25

TEKS: (4)(E) make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society

Objective: Today we will make connections to personal experiences and society 

Assignment: Students Read Monkey See independently (while I check essays)

Wednesday, 4/2/25

TEKS: (4)(E) make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society

Objective: Today we will make connections to personal experiences and society 

Assignment: Students complete Monkey See assignment (while I finish essays)

Thursday, 4/3/25

TEKS: (9)(v) punctuation, including commas, semicolons, colons, and dashes to set off phrases and clauses as appropriate;

Objective: Today we will edit drafts for punctuation

Assignment: Albert Revise and Edit Lesson

4/4/25

TEKS:(9)  (C) revise drafts to improve clarity, development, organization, style, diction, and sentence effectiveness, including use of parallel constructions and placement of phrases and dependent clauses;

    (D) edit drafts using standard English conventions,

Objective: Today we will revise and edit drafts

Assignment: Revise, Edit, and Resubmit essays for test grade

4:2

Monday, 3/24/25

TEKS: (7)(D) analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational texts 

Objective: Today we will analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational texts 

Activity: Read about Analyze Arguments and Evaluating Author’s Claim, then begin “A Quilt of a Country” together

Tuesday, 3/25/25

TEKS: (7)(D) analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational texts 

Objective: Today we will analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational texts 

Activity: Finish reading “A Quilt of a Country” 

Wednesday, 3/26/25

I’m gone for UIL district

TEKS: (2)(B) analyze context to distinguish between the denotative and connotative meanings of words;

Objective: Today we will analyze context to distinguish between the denotative and connotative meanings of words

Assignment: Students complete A Quilt of a Country vocabulary

Thursday, 3/27/25

TEKS: (9) (B) develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing in timed and open-ended situations 

Objective: Today we will develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing

Assignment: Begin A Quilt of a Country essay

Friday, 3/28/25

TEKS: (9) (B) develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing in timed and open-ended situations 

Objective: Today we will develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing

Assignment:

Finish and submit A Quilt of a Country essay

Monday, 3/3/25

TEKS: (9) (E) publish written work for appropriate audiences.

Objective: Today we will publish written work for an appropriate audience

Assignment: Write Of Mice and Men essay

Tuesday, 3/4/25

TEKS: (7)(B) analyze the structure, prosody, and graphic elements such as line length and word position in poems across a variety of poetic forms

Objective: Today we will analyze the structure and prosody in poems

Assignment: Students complete Poetry assignment in Albert

I’m absent for English I planning

Wednesday, 3/5/25

TEKS: (7)(B) analyze the structure, prosody, and graphic elements such as line length and word position in poems across a variety of poetic forms

Objective: Today we will analyze the structure and prosody in poems

Assignment: Assign random poetic forms

Classes displaced for SAT

Thursday, 3/6/25

TEKS: (7)(B) analyze the structure, prosody, and graphic elements such as line length and word position in poems across a variety of poetic forms

Objective: Today we will analyze the structure and prosody in poems

Assignment: Students finish writing their own poems

Friday, 3/7/25

TEKS: (7)(B) analyze the structure, prosody, and graphic elements such as line length and word position in poems across a variety of poetic forms

Objective: Today we will analyze the structure and prosody in poems

Assignment: Students share poems with class. Gallery walk with compliments.

3:8

Monday, 2/24/25

TEKS: (5)(F) respond using acquired content and academic vocabulary as appropriate;

Objective: Today we will respond using acquired content and academic vocabulary

Activity: Watch Of Mice and Men and benchmark conference

Tuesday, 2/25/25

TEKS: (5)(F) respond using acquired content and academic vocabulary as appropriate;

Objective: Today we will respond using acquired content and academic vocabulary

Activity: Watch Of Mice and Men and benchmark conference

Wednesday, 2/26/25

TEKS: (10)  (B) compose informational texts such as explanatory essays, reports, and personal essays using genre characteristics and craft;

Objective: Today we will compose an informational text

Activity: Login to Albert

Thursday, 2/27/25

I’m absent

TEKS: (10)  (B) compose informational texts such as explanatory essays, reports, and personal essays using genre characteristics and craft;

Objective: Today we will compose an informational text

Assignment: Students complete assignment in Albert

Friday, 2/28/25

TEKS: (9) (E) publish written work for appropriate audiences.

Objective: Today we will publish written work for appropriate audience

Assignment: Write Of Mice and Men essay

3:6

Monday, 2/10/25

TEKS: (4)(C) make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structure

Objective: Today we will make and correct or confirm predictions

Activity: Read Of Mice and Men together

Tuesday, 2/11/25

TEKS: (9)(B) (i) using an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, topic, and context;

Objective: Today we will use an organizing structure appropriate to purpos

Activity: ACES short response and extended response review

Wednesday, 2/12/25

English I Benchmark all morning

Thursday, 2/13/25

TEKS: (8)(C) evaluate the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes

Objective: Today we will evaluate the author’s use of graphic features to achieve specific purposes

Activity: Watch Of Mice and Men

Friday, 2/14/25

TEKS: (4)(D) create mental images to deepen understanding

Objective: Today we will create mental images to deepen understanding

Activity: Read Of Mice and Men together

3:5

Monday, 2/3/25

No class

Tuesday, 2/4/25

TEKS: (4) (A) establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;

Objective: Today we will establish purpose for reading self-selected texts

Activity: Course registration with counselors for part of class

Read independently.

Wednesday, 2/5/25

TEKS: (7)(A) read and respond to American, British, and world literature;

Objective: Today we will read and respond to American literature

Activity: Read Of Mice and Men together

Thursday, 2/6/25

TEKS: (7)(A) read and respond to American, British, and world literature;

Objective: Today we will read and respond to American literature

Activity: Read Of Mice and Men together

Friday, 2/7/25

TEKS: (9) (D) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:

      (i) a variety of complete, controlled sentences and avoidance of unintentional splices, run-ons, and fragments

Objective: Today we will edit drafts to avoid unintentional splices, run-ons, and fragments

Assignment: Revising and Editing lesson and correct TFAR for half credit back

3:4

Monday, 1/27/25

TEKS: (1) (D) participate collaboratively, building on the ideas of others, contributing relevant information, developing a plan for consensus building, and setting ground rules for decision making.

Objective: Today we will participate collaboratively

Activity: Read Of Mice and Mice pages 50-61 with small group

Tuesday, 1/28/25

TEKS: (5)(C) use text evidence and original commentary to support a comprehensive response;

Objective: Today we will use text evidence and original commentary to support a comprehensive response

Activity: Read Of Mice and Mice together

Wednesday, 1/29/25

TEKS: (9) (C) revise drafts to improve clarity, development, organization, style, diction, and sentence effectiveness, including use of parallel constructions and placement of phrases and dependent clauses; (D) edit drafts using standard English conventions

Objective: Today we will revise and edit drafts

Assignment: TFAR assignment

Thursday, 1/30/25

TEKS: (5)(C) use text evidence and original commentary to support a comprehensive response;

Objective: Today we will use text evidence and original commentary to support a comprehensive response

Activity: Read Of Mice and Mice together

Friday, 1/31/25

TEKS: (10)(A) compose literary texts such as fiction and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;

Objective: Today we will compose a literary text

Assignment: Vocabulary 2 Test

3:3

Monday, 1/20/25

Professional Development - No class

Tuesday, 1/21/25

TEKS: (6)(A) analyze how themes are developed through characterization and plot in a variety of literary texts;

Objective: Today we will analyze how themes are developed through characterization

Activity: Read Of Mice and Men together

Wednesday, 1/22/25

TEKS: (2)(A) use print or digital resources such as glossaries or technical dictionaries to clarify and validate understanding of the precise and appropriate meaning of technical or discipline-based vocabulary;

Objective: Today we will use digital resources to clarify vocabulary

Assignment: Of Mice and Men Vocabulary 2

Thursday, 1/23/25

TEKS: (4)(G) evaluate details read to determine key ideas

Objective: Today we will evaluate details read to determine key ideas

Activity: Read Of Mice and Men together

Friday, 1/24/25

TEKS: (4)(G) evaluate details read to determine key ideas

Objective: Today we will evaluate details read to determine key ideas

Activity: Read Of Mice and Men together

3:2

Monday, 1/13/25

TEKS: (6)(B) analyze how authors develop complex yet believable characters in works of fiction through a range of literary devices, including character foils;

Objective: Today we will analyze how authors develop complex yet believable characters

Activity: Read Of Mice and Men together

Tuesday, 1/14/25

TEKS: (6)(B) analyze how authors develop complex yet believable characters in works of fiction through a range of literary devices, including character foils;

Objective: Today we will analyze how authors develop complex yet believable characters

Activity: Read Of Mice and Men together

Wednesday, 1/15/25

TEKS: (4)(I) monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.

Objective: Today we will monitor comprehension and make adjustments

Assignment: Read Of Mice and Men with reading circle

Thursday, 1/16/25

TEKS: (4)(I) monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.

Objective: Today we will monitor comprehension and make adjustments

Assignment: Read Of Mice and Men with reading circle

Friday, 1/17/25

TEKS: (8)(C) evaluate the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes

Objective: Today we will evaluate the use of graphic features to achieve specific purposes

Assignment:

Vocabulary 1 quiz

Finish reading circles/ Watch beginning of movie

3:1

Monday, 1/6/25

TEKS: (4)(B) generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information

Objective: Today we will generate questions about text before reading to deepen understanding

Assignment: Of Mice and Men background notes

Tuesday, 1/7/25

TEKS: (2)(B) analyze context to distinguish between the denotative and connotative meanings of words

Objective: Today we will analyze distinguish denotative and connotative meanings of words

Assignment: Of Mice and Men vocabulary scavenger hunt 

Wednesday, 1/8/25

TEKS: (5)(E) interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating

Objective: Today we will interact with sources through notetaking and annotating

Activity: Read Of Mice and Men

Begin Chapter 1 double sided notes on notebook paper

Begin Character notes we’ll keep through novel 

Thursday, 1/9/25

TEKS: (5)(E) interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating

Objective: Today we will interact with sources through notetaking and annotating

Activity: Read Of Mice and Men

Friday, 1/10/25

No School