Wednesday, August 18, 2010Journal: A) Please study the picture. B) Look at the number on your desk. C) Describe the picture from the point of view on

your desk: 1) first person POV from The Little Boy 2) The Little Girl is now an old lady 3)The Pony’s POV 4) The

photographer’s POV

AGENDADiscuss Journal & Listen to Mrs. Lindsey Model

the Journal- Discuss Point of View

- Discuss Sensory Images

- Begin The Red Ponyby John Steinbeck

- Learn how to annotate for P.O.V. and IMAGERY

Monday, October 10, 2011• Journal: A) Please put your name on your Venn Diagram. B) Please tear off the last page of The Red Pony. C) Make sure your name is on this page as well. D) Staple them both and put them in the blue tub at the front of the room.

Journal: A) Please put your name on your Venn Diagram. B) Please tear off the last page of The Red Pony. C) Make sure your name is on this page as well. D) Staple them both and put them in the blue tub at the front of the room.

AGENDA

• Work in your group to fill in the Freytag Triangle.

• Work in your group to fill in examples

for your foldables and vocabulary notebook.

• Discuss examples with group

• Share examples with class

Tuesday, October 11, 2011Journal: A) Please, in your AGENDA, write that your next AR book is due: Friday, October 28. B) Today is an EXAM DAY…any off topic activity will result in a ZERO out of 150 points.AGENDAGet with your new group.Grab a random term out of the bag.CREATE a WORD WALL for that word, including:1)The Word in at least two inch letters.2)The Word’s “The Definition” on the same page.3)Drawings that illustrate the word on that page.4)At least one example of the term from each part of The Red Pony written on sentence strips…quoted with page #.5)A good reasoning as to why Steinbeck has used this literary device throughout the novella.6)You will present this tomorrow to the class!

Journal ModelingMrs. Lindsey’s Work!

Thursday, August 19, 2010

JOURNAL: A) Please make a FRAMEWORK NOTE in your journal page. B) Entitle it CLASSMATES’

PEAKS & VALLEYS PRESENTATIONS!-AGENDA-

Classmates Present Peaks & Valleys Charts

Annotate THE RED PONYDiscuss THE RED PONY

Transfer annotations to THE RED PONY Framework Notes

Tuesday, August 24, 2010JOURNAL: A) Please turn back to the FRAMEWORK NOTES in your journal

page from Thursday. B) Take notes on your CLASSMATES’ PEAKS & VALLEYS

PRESENTATIONS!-AGENDA-

- Classmates Present Peaks & Valleys Charts

- Get in TRUE Literary Circles- Discuss Freytag’s Triangle in Literary

Circles- Go over Skill’s Progression Sheet

I love you__ __________ (_)W(w)e cannot be together

We cannot be together ___ ________ (_) I love you

Conjunctions – join these two clauses together!

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

-JOURNAL: A) Please be prepared to watch the Book Fair Video. B) If you

are interested in purchasing anything from the Book Fair…BRING YOUR

MONEY FRIDAY! -AGENDA-

WORK TOGETHER in Literary Circles!(Level 1-2)

-Transfer annotations to FRAMEWORKWork on filling out you Freytag

Triangle over The Red Pony

-Continue Reading, Annotating, and Plotting your Freytag Triangle

through Page 42 of the novella!

Thursday, August 26, 2010 WORK TOGETHER in Literary Circles!Journal: GUM Problem A) Correct the

Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics in the following sentences: 1) he was only a litle

boy ten years olde with hair like dusty ywlow grass and with shy polit gray eyes and with a mouth that worked when he thoght 2)the tryangle picked hymn up

out off sleepAGENDA

Transfer annotations to FRAMEWORKWork on filling out you Freytag Triangle

over The Red Pony-Continue Reading, Annotating, and

Plotting your Freytag Triangle through Page 42 of the novella!

www.spellingcity.comwww.quizlet.com

www.starfall.com

Friday, August 27, 2010WORK TOGETHER in Literary Circles!

Journal: Work TOGETHER in LITERARY CIRCLES!AGENDA

LIBRARY – AR Tests & Book Fair-Continue Reading, Annotating, and Plotting your Freytag Triangle through Page 42 of the

novella!8:55 - 9:03    3rd

    Rel. Arts A Day 9:05 - 10:01   3rd Continued10:06 - 10:44    

10:47 - 12:06  4thlocker break

12:12 - 12:55    5th12:58 - 1:45      6th

1:45 - 2:13      reward break in courtyard

Monday, August 30, 2010 WORK TOGETHER in Literary

Circles!Journal: A) GUM Problem B)

Correct the Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics in the following sentence: ovre the hill side too big blake buzzardes sailed lowe

two the ground & there shadowes sliped smoothley and

quikly a head of themAGENDA

TOGETHER Continue Reading and Annotating through Page 42 of the

novella!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

WORK TOGETHER in Literary Circles!

Journal: Transfer annotations to FRAMEWORK to study for

quiz.AGENDA

-Open The Red Pony to page 42

-Read with me to the end of Part 1

-Talk before QUIZ-TurningPoint Quiz

-Writing Assignment - Reading

Wednesday, September 8, 2010Journal: A)Please get out your two

paragraph ROUGH DRAFT of the exposition of your Personal Expressive piece. B)Staple your Freytag Triangle sheet to the front of

your piece. C)Place your name on both

pieces of paper. D)Place both on the stool!

AGENDALiterary Vocabulary Notebook

HOMEWORK: The Red Pony Part II due Annotate tomorrow!

QUIZ TOMORROW!

Thursday, September 9, 2010Journal: A) Create a fist list…see

auxiliary board for drawing.B) In the center write, The Red Pony. C) On each digit, write a

vocabulary word & give an example of its use in The Red

Pony!AGENDA

Turning Point QuizReading For Meaning

Discussion – Spelling City – Quizlet

Monday, September 19, 2011JOURNAL: Please write the following due dates in

your agenda: * Tuesday, September 20 – EXPLORE TEST

*Wednesday, September 21 – Part II “The Great Mountains”due ANNOTATED!

*Tuesday, September 27– Part III “The Promise” due ANNOTATED!

*Friday, September 30 – AR TEST DUE! *Monday, October 10– The End of The Red

Pony Part IV “The Leader of the People” due ANNOTATED!

*Thursday & Friday, October 13 & 14 – FINAL EXAM over THE RED PONY!

AGENDA- Work in groups on getting GOOD examples of all

Vocabulary Notebook Words and Foldable examples for all as well!

Monday, September 13, 2010Journal: A) Compare Jody in Part I with Jody in Part II. B) List at least 10 words, from

The Red Pony, that show him change from Part I to II. C) This

is tone-shift.AGENDA

TURN IN READING for MEANING

Work on Vocabulary Notebookwww.quizlet.com has all

words!

Wednesday, September 15, 2010Journal: A) ZERO VOICE LEVEL! B) Copy down the following rules for INNER/OUTER CIRCLE

DEBATE: 1)Outer Circle – ALWAYS ZERO VOICE LEVEL! 2) Inner Circle – You have ten minutes to discuss and debate the topics I give you, using notes and The Red Pony

annotations! 3) Outer Circle – Take notes, write questions, annotate, and be prepared to ask for further proof from the inner circle

when you are allowed to speak! 4) Inner circle – You need to speak as much as

possible and be prepared to answer your outer circle questions!

AGENDAINNER/OUTER Circle QUIZ/DEBATE DAY!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010Journal: A) After going over the

Common Core Assessment open response, what score do you think you got? B) Explain why! C) Would you re-do it if you had the chance?

D) Why?AGENDA

Go over Common Core Assessment Multiple Choice & Open Response Re-do Chance-DUE Tuesday 9/28

READ & ANNOTATE PART 4 – OR AR Book

LEVEL 0!

Thursday, September 23, 2010Journal: Write the following in

your journal & AGENDA:Tuesday, 9/28 – RE-DO DUE!Wednesday, 9/29 – AR DUE!

Thursday, 9/30 – RED PONY EXAMFriday, 10/1 – JOURNAL DUE!

AGENDAWORD WALLS MRS. LINDSEY STYLE

Friday, September 24, 2010Journal: LEVEL ZERO! 0!

AgendaQUIZ – Please get out a sheet of paper and answer the following questions in a

one page essay:A) How does The Red Pony end?

B) Infer why Steinbeck ends the novella this way. C) What literary devices did you

see used that were important? D) “Quote” lines from Part IV “The Leader of The People” that support your inferences

and then explain them in DETAIL! NO TALKING!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Journal: Number all your JOURNALS!

Wednesday, 9/29 – AR DUE TODAY!

Thursday, 9/30 – RED PONY EXAM

AGENDAPRESENT WORD WALLS!

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Journal: ZERO VOICE LEVEL!TODAY – RED PONY

ORAL EXAMAGENDA

PRESENT WORD WALLS /ORAL EXAM!

TALK AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WHILE RAISING YOUR HAND!

Friday, October 1, 2010Journal: ZERO VOICE LEVEL!

Number ALL Journals…Put them in the Blue Box!AGENDA

PRESENT WORD WALLS /ORAL EXAM!

TALK AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WHILE RAISING YOUR HAND! 

8:00 - 8:45        1st8:49 - 9:34       3rd

locker break9:40 - 10:12     4th

10:16 - 10:55    RAT’slocker break

10:59 - 11:53    5th and lunch11:56 - 12:28    6th

12:30 - 1:00      outside for test reward.  8th goes to the front lawn1:00 - 2:00 ish   parade with homerooms2ish           back to homeroom to take roll

2:15 ish   at announcement, take homeroom to pep rally.  Go Cats!