Weekly Agenda for 10/1

Week of 10/1---10/5

Monday: Review TP-CASTT analysis of "Slam, Dunk, & Hook" together. Read "The Road Not Taken" and work independently on TP-CASTT analysis. Complete the "paraphrase" section of this for homework if it's not done in class. You will receive the vocabulary words for the next three reading selections. You are responsible for learning these words by completing the 3 activities for all 8 words.

Tuesday: Finish TP-CASTT of "The Road Not Taken" and share with class. Congrats! You've now learned a technique to analyze a poem! Next, we will begin the pre-writing organizer for the Revenge essay and you will begin your first draft.

Wednesday: There will be a substitute today. Behave. You will complete a writing organizer for "The Road Not Taken" and write a few paragraphs. Behave. This is not a full essay topic. Just write a few paragraphs to respond to the topic of the poem. You may continue the draft of your Revenge essay when you are done. Behave.

Thursday: We will read a short non-fiction piece called "New Directions" by Maya Angelou. It has a theme similar to the Robert Frost poem. You will complete a "SOAPSTone" organizer for this reading selection. We will continue the drafting of the Revenge essay in class.
#####Homework: Complete a Venn-Diagram to compare and contrast "New Directions" and "The Road Not Taken."#####
**** NOTE: Periods 2 and 3: You will write a one-page compare/contrast piece of "New Directions" and "The Road Not Taken" and it will be due on Thursday, October 11, 2007. It will need to be typed (about 500 words, double-spaced, indent paragraphs **hint: there should be paragraphs, but not necessarily 5 of them** and have one-inch margins). You may begin it in class on Friday after the SAT list 7 test.

Friday: Periods 2, 3: SAT list 7 test. You will receive SAT List 8. You may begin your compare and contrast writing assignment when you are done with the test.
All Classes: We will complete a paragraph organizing activity. You will have several paragraphs of a non-fiction article in a bag. You need to work with your partner to reconstruct the non-fiction article. Then you will write a justification statement for why you put the paragraphs in that order. We will continue the Revenge essay drafts when this activity is complete.