Claudette+Colvin

Welcome to Claudette Colvin/New Boy

https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/UC4JU8zDl0lGQw/claudette-colvin __** Daily Activity **__ Objective: Set goals for second semester, review final Bell Ringer: Root Word - Multi Class Activity Homework: Figurative Task Cards 11-21. Due on Friday
 * Monday, February 8**
 * Review BR
 * Review Figurative Language sheet
 * Review Final
 * Second Semester Goals

Objective: Jim Crow Laws. Jim Crow Laws controlled Claudette's life and all other blacks with her. Races were heavily segregated in all aspects of life. Jim Crow laws also kept blacks poor. The objective of this lesson is to look at Jim Crow. Bell Ringer: Root Word - Meter Class Activity @https://www.evernote.com/pub/iasarudi181/jimcrowresearch 1. Students will research Jim Crow Laws writing a brief paper on their findings. Students should focus on these points: Homework: 1. Finish researching and be prepared to contribute to the small group tomorrow. 2.. Read Claudette Colvin chapters 1-2 (pp.13-27) by Friday @https://www.evernote.com/pub/iasarudi181/claudettecolvinreadingassignments
 * Tuesday, February 9**
 * What were the Jim Crow Laws?
 * How did they affect blacks?
 * Why were they instituted?
 * Who enforced them?
 * Who benefited from them?
 * What brought about their repeal?

Objective: 1. Address the outcomes of Jim Crow (Small Group.) 2. Poverty. Jim Crow laws kept blacks poor. In 1950, sixty percent of black women in Montgomery were maids for white families and seventy-five percent of black men did unskilled labor. Blacks made half as much as whites. **Bell Ringer:** What is Poverty? Who is poor in America? How does poverty affect a person's life? If one's parents are poor is the chance greater that one will be poor? How did poverty affect Claudette's life? Class Activity: Homework: Read Claudette Colvin chapters 1-2 (pp.13-27) by Friday
 * Wednesday, February 10 **
 * BR - 10 minutes
 * Small Group: List five (5) ways how Jim Crow affected the lives of black people.
 * Class discussion on Bell Ringer

Objective: Focus on the use of commas Bell Ringer: Commas Class Activity: Homework: Finish Reading Chapters 1-2 Figurative Language 11-21
 * Thursday, February 11 **
 * Review BR
 * Comma Exercise

Objective: Review Chapter 1 of Claudette Colvin Bell Ringer: Writing Exercise Class Activity Homework: Study for Super Vocabulary Test
 * Friday, February 12 **
 * Collect Figurative Language Homework
 * Review Bell Ringer
 * Review Claudette Colvin Chapter 1-2


 * Monday, February 15 - NO SCHOOL/President's Day **

Objective: Assess vocabulary Bell Ringer: NONE Class Activity HW: Read Chapters 3-4 by Friday, February 19
 * Tuesday, February 16 **
 * Super Vocabulary Test
 * Start Chapter 3 (CC)

Objective: Poetry introduction Bell Ringer: ROOT - PED Class Activity: Homework:
 * Wednesday, February 17 **
 * Poetry Presentation
 * Sense/Name Poem
 * Expansion Exercise
 * Read Chapter 3-4 by Friday
 * Finish Expansion Exercise
 * Portfolio

Objective: Introduce, identify and utilize Gerund Phrases Bell Ringer: ROOT - Phone Class Activity Homework:
 * Thursday, February 18 **
 * Review Bell Ringer
 * Gerund Phrases Activity
 * Read Chapter 3-4 by Friday
 * Portfolio

Objective: Review Chapters 3-4 Claudette Colvin Bell Ringer: ROOT - ASTR/AUD Class Activity: Homwork:
 * Friday, February 19 **
 * Work on Chapter 3 and 4 worksheets
 * Study for Vocabulary Quiz - Lesson #16
 * Portfolio

Monday, February 22 Objective: Assess weekly vocabulary words; analyze root AUD; introduce reading for the week: Chapter 5/6 of Claudette Colvin. BR: Vocabulary Quiz Class Activity: Homework: 1. Read Chapter 5-6, Claudette Colvin by Thursday. Print out Section 3 Reading Assignment 2. Work on Portfolio - Due March 1
 * Quiz Correction
 * Root: AUD
 * Read Chapters 5-6 by Thursday, February 25

Tuesday, February 23 Objective: Introduce Couplet, Triplet and Quatrain poems BR: Root: DICT Class Activity: Review BR Introduce Couplet, Triplet, and Quatrain poems Homework: 1. Prepare poems: Name, Sensory, Couplet, Triplet, Quatrain 2. Read Chapter 5-6, Claudette Colvin by Thursday, print out Section 3 Reading Assignment 3. Portfolio

Wednesday, February 24 Objective: Work on Short Story Portfolios Bell Ringer: GEO Class Activity: Homework
 * Review Root
 * Work on Portfolio (Computer Lab)

1. Prepare poems: Name, Sensory, Couplet, Triplet, Quatrain 2. Read Chapter 5-6, Claudette Colvin by Thursday, print out Section 3 Reading Assignment 3. Portfolio

Thursday, February 25 Objective: Review Chapters 5-6, Claudette Colvin Bell Ringer: Root - GRAPH Class Activity: Homework: 1. Prepare poems: Name, Sensory, Couplet, Triplet, Quatrain 2. Read Chapter 5-6, Claudette Colvin by Thursday, print out Section 3 Reading Assignment
 * Review Root
 * Group: Review Chapters 5-6, Claudette Colvin

3. Portfolio

Friday, February 26 Objective: Bell Ringer: Root - JECT Class Activity: Gerund Activity Homework: 1. Portfolio 2. Vocabulary

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 * Thursday, March 3, 2016**

The verse below starts at :54 seconds and ends about 1:19.

His PALMS are SWEATy, KNEES weak, ARMS are HEAVy There's VOmit ON his SWEATer alREADy, mom's spaGHETTi He's NERVous, but ON the SURFace he LOOKS calm and READy To DROP BOMBS, but HE keeps ON forGETtin What HE wrote DOWN, the WHOLE crowd GOES so LOUD He OPens his MOUTH, BUT the WORDS won't come OUT He's CHOKin, how EVeryBODy's JOKin NOW

The CLOCK'S run OUT, TIME'S up OVer, BLOah!

Can you find a verse of a song that fits? If you do separate it into feet as well. I'd love for some verses (clean please) to be added to the comment section

Monday, March 2 Grammar Sheet (Week 25) Review Chapter 3 of New Boy Read Chapter 6 Claudette Colvin

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Claudette Colvin Worksheets


 * Anticipation Guide for Claudette Colvin/New Boy Unit**


 * Claudette Colvin Reading Guide - Summarizing, Analyzing, Judging**

1. Prepare poems: Name, Sensory, Couplet, Triplet, Quatrain2. Read Chapter 5-6, Claudette Colvin by Thursday, print out Section 3 Reading Assignment3. Portfolio  The verse below starts at :54 seconds and ends about 1:19.
 * New Boy - Reading Journal: Should be done for every chapter**

His PALMS are SWEATy, KNEES weak, ARMS are HEAVy There's VOmit ON his SWEATer alREADy, mom's spaGHETTi He's NERVous, but ON the SURFace he LOOKS calm and READy To DROP BOMBS, but HE keeps ON forGETtin What HE wrote DOWN, the WHOLE crowd GOES so LOUD He OPens his MOUTH, BUT the WORDS won't come OUT He's CHOKin, how EVeryBODy's JOKin NOW The CLOCK'S run OUT, TIME'S up OVer, BLOah!