"There Will Come Soft Rains"

Today we discussed the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Sara Teasdale. Video.
We talked about how science fiction always has a CURRENT event as its conflict, so it's important to know when the text was written because that will help you to narrow down the event at the theme.
We discussed the elements of a good argument paper which are
Author/speaker CREDIBILITY
Audience EMOTION
Logic EVIDENCE.

Contrast & Contradiction Quiz

Today we had a quiz on Notice & Note: Contrast & Contradiction
Then we went over literary terms. See this Prezi.

Notice & Note

Today we had silent sustained reading. If you did NOT bring your book, you read out of the text book. DO NOT MAKE THIS A HABIT. You will lose points.

Then we had the first Notice & Note lesson on Contrasts & Contradictions. It is located here. This lesson is pass/fail. Students who did not pass this lesson the first time will be required to redo the lesson.

Students should also have their composition books for next time as we will be doing literary terms.

Power Standards and 50 Book Reading Challenge

Day 2 = August 21st (A day) August 22nd (B day)

Today we talked about what was essential/vital for students to know to succeed in class. We looked at the 9th grade Power Standards (located here).

We looked at the 50 Book Challenge. PGJR has been participating for the last 3 years. 

We added the Reading Log to the composition/writers's notebook.

We had a book talk. Please see this link for all the books we discussed.

Students wrote a "Letter to My Future Self." The directions are here. They will get this letter back on the last day they come to this class at the end of the year.

Bring your composition book, highlighters, core binder and your Silent Sustained Reading book NEXT TIME.

Welcome Back to School

Today we went over procedures. The power point is located here.

I handed out the disclosure document. Students are NOT required to print it. It will be mailed electronically to parents. Here is the link.

We talked about post-apocalyptic literature, and we talked about The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner.  See this link. We watched the movie trailer for The Maze Runner.

Don't forget to get your composition book, 2 different color highlighters, and your core binder with your planner!