05.30 - Writing and Reading w/ The Hunger Games

At the beginning of class today, I handed out an author's reflection sheet (see handouts below) for people to use to analyze their creative writing stories on chapter 11 from The Hunger Games. Everyone then had the rest of the period to complete these stories and work on their reading/reading logs for The Hunger Games.

The work for the day followed the steps below; only moving on to the next activity when previous steps were completed.

- Complete 150 word (or more) draft of chapter 11 writing assignment
- Use creative writing tips to revise and develop chapter 11 writing to 200 words (or more)
- Share story via Google Drive
- Complete author's reflection on chapter 11 writing
- Turn in author's reflection
- Continue reading The Hunger Games through chapter 21 (filling out reading logs as you go)
- Turn in reading logs

Handouts:
Author's Reflection/Statement
Creative Writing Tips
Hunger Games - Chapter 11 (writing prompt - 150 word minimum)

Hunger Games Reading Schedule (includes reading logs)
Reading Logs Folder (Google Drive folder with all reading logs)
If I photocopied your own set of characteristics and you need an extra copy, come check in with me.


Homework:

If you did not do so in class, finish your polished version of chapter 11 in The Hunger Games and the author's reflection to go with it.

Read chapters 22-25 in The Hunger Games.

Complete a reading log on Katniss OR Peeta for chapters 22-25.
(For a 100, note characteristics for both Katniss and Peeta and then, in your discussion compare and contrast them in these chapters).

Complete any unfinished assignments.

Revise any assignments scoring below a 92.

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5.29 - Hunger Games Fiction Revision

We started today's class off by reviewing the creative writing tips that we covered in class yesterday. We also took a few minutes to review the bonus elements on the Homeric simile.

Everyone then had the rest of the period to revise their Hunger Games stories based on chapter eleven. After revisions have been made stories should be at least 200 words, but can be much longer.

When people finished their revisions they had the option to share their story with someone else in the class and get their feedback. Completed stories should be shared with me on Google Drive.

Remaining time in the period was to be used reading The Hunger Games and completing reading logs (a log for chapters 18 - 20 is due for tomorrow).


Handouts:
Hunger Games - Chapter 11 (writing prompt - 150 word minimum)
Creative Writing Tips

Hunger Games Reading Schedule (includes reading logs)
Reading Logs Folder (Google Drive folder with all reading logs)
If I photocopied your own set of characteristics and you need an extra copy, come check in with me.

Homework:

If you did not do so in class, finish responding to the "Hunger Games - Chapter 11" writing prompt.

Read to page 290 in The Hunger Games.

Complete a reading log on Katniss OR Peeta for chapters 18-20.
(For a 100, note characteristics for both Katniss and Peeta and then, in your discussion compare and contrast them in these chapters).

Complete any unfinished assignments.

Revise any assignments scoring below a 92.

     To see which assignments need to be completed or revised check out Pinnacle:
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05.28 - Creative Writing Tips

We had half an hour of class today due to an assembly.
We started class with everyone responding to the following writing prompt in their writer's journals:

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Next, I handed out a tip sheet for creative writing. We reviewed the various tips and used the phone-cat-trunk writing prompt as a piece to revise and practice some of these tips. After making these revisions, people would stop to share their writing with someone nearby.

Tomorrow we will look at using these creative writing tips to revise the writing we did on chapter eleven in The Hunger Games.

Handouts:
Creative Writing Tips

Hunger Games Reading Schedule (includes reading logs)
Reading Logs Folder (Google Drive folder with all reading logs)
If I photocopied your own set of characteristics and you need an extra copy, come check in with me.

Homework:

If you did not do so in class, finish responding to the "Hunger Games - Chapter 11" writing prompt.

Read to page 290 in The Hunger Games.

Complete a reading log on Katniss OR Peeta for chapters 18-20.
(For a 100, note characteristics for both Katniss and Peeta and then, in your discussion compare and contrast them in these chapters).

Complete any unfinished assignments.

Revise any assignments scoring below a 92.

 

     To see which assignments need to be completed or revised check out Pinnacle:
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05.27 - Grade Reports and Revisions

At the beginning of class today, I handed out grade report sheets to students. We then took a look at some specific individual assignments (see feedback below) and everyone had time to work on these assignments.

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Everyone had the second half of the period to work on revising or completing assignments as necessary according to the grade report sheets and our work this week (reading logs through chapter 18 in The Hunger Games). I was on hand to meet individually with people and answer their questions about assignments.

Tomorrow we will return to working with our stories from Chapter 11 of The Hunger Games.

Handouts:
Hunger Games Reading Schedule (includes reading logs)

Reading Logs Folder (Google Drive folder with all reading logs)
Complete both reading logs for chapters 01-04 and 05-07.
Complete a reading log for Katniss OR Peeta for all other reading sections.

If I photocopied your own set of characteristics and you need an extra copy, come check in with me.

Homework:

Read to page 244 in The Hunger Games.

Complete a reading log on Katniss OR Peeta for chapters 16-18.
(For a 100, note characteristics for both Katniss and Peeta and then, in your discussion compare and contrast them in these chapters).

Complete any unfinished assignments.

Revise any assignments scoring below a 92.

 

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05.22 - The Games Begin

We started today with the following two writing prompts. After everyone responded to these prompts, we discussed students' responses and then used them as the set up for the "Hunger Games Chapter 11" writing prompt where students wrote themselves into The Hunger Games as competitors.

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Remaining time in the period was spent reading from The Hunger Games and working on the chapter 11 - 15 reading log.

Handouts:
Hunger Games - Chapter 11 (writing prompt - 150 word minimum)
Hunger Games Reading Schedule (includes reading logs)

Reading Logs Folder (Google Drive folder with all reading logs)
Complete both reading logs for chapters 01-04 and 05-07.
Complete a reading log for Katniss OR Peeta for all other reading sections.

If I photocopied your own set of characteristics and you need an extra copy, come check in with me.

Homework:

If you did not do so in class, finish responding to the "Hunger Games - Chapter 11" writing prompt.

Read to page 207 in The Hunger Games.

Complete a reading log on Katniss OR Peeta for chapters 11-15.
(For a 100, note characteristics for both Katniss and Peeta and then, in your discussion compare and contrast them in these chapters).

Complete any unfinished assignments.

Revise any assignments scoring below a 92.

 

     To see which assignments need to be completed or revised check out Pinnacle:
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05.21 - Coal Miner's Daughter

Today in class, we focused more on what it would be like to grow up in District 12 as a coal mining district by exploring what life is like for people who live in coal mining families. To do this we took a look at the song "Coal Miner's Daughter" by Loretta Lynn and "The Mountain" by Steve Earle (YouTube versions of the song included below).

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After listening to each of these songs, we discussed what it told us about life in a coal mining family (see handouts below). Then, everyone applied what they had learned about this lifestyle to how they saw it had effected Katniss as a competitor for The Hunger Games (see essay prompt below). Everyone had the rest of the period to work on this response.

Remaining time in the period was spent reading from The Hunger Games and working on the chapter 11 - 15 reading log.

Handouts:
Katniss - A Coal Miner's Daughter (song lyrics and writing prompt)
Hunger Games Reading Schedule (includes reading logs)

Reading Logs Folder (Google Drive folder with all reading logs)
Complete both reading logs for chapters 01-04 and 05-07.
Complete a reading log for Katniss OR Peeta for all other reading sections.

If I photocopied your own set of characteristics and you need an extra copy, come check in with me.

Homework:


If you did not do so in class, finish responding to the "Katniss - A Coal Miner's Daughter" writing prompt.

Read to page 207 in The Hunger Games.

Complete a reading log on Katniss OR Peeta for chapters 11-15.
(For a 100, note characteristics for both Katniss and Peeta and then, in your discussion compare and contrast them in these chapters).

05.20 - Coal Formation

We started today's class with everyone responding to the following writing prompt in their journal:

To the best of your ability, describe where coal comes from.
Why does coal burn?

After everyone had a chance to respond to these prompts, people shared out the responses they had come up with. We used these answers to return to our previous discussion of where trees get their mass from. This lead us into discussing how trees use photosynthesis to convert air into more tree. We then looked at:
how there is potential energy stored in the chemical bonds that make up a tree ->
how ancient trees were buried over time in the earth ->
how the pressure of the weight on these old materials over long periods of time converted them to coal ->
how this coal was harvested by miners ->
how heating the coal breaks the bonds that were formed long ago and releases stored energy.

If you would like to see this lecture in person, come in and see Mr. Collins after school (any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday from 2-3:30).

Everyone then had the rest of the period to read in The Hunger Games and complete a reading log for Katniss OR Peeta based on chapters 8 - 10.

Handouts:
Hunger Games Reading Schedule (includes reading logs)

Reading Logs Folder (Google Drive folder with all reading logs)
Complete both reading logs for chapters 01-04 and 05-07.
Complete a reading log for Katniss OR Peeta for all other reading sections.

If I photocopied your own set of characteristics and you need an extra copy, come check in with me.

Homework:

Read to page 207 in The Hunger Games.

Complete a reading log on Katniss OR Peeta for chapters 11-15.
(For a 100, note characteristics for both Katniss and Peeta and then, in your discussion compare and contrast them in these chapters).

Complete any unfinished assignments.

Revise any assignments scoring below a 92.

 

     To see which assignments need to be completed or revised check out Pinnacle:
     In school: 192.168.8.7/Pinnacle/PIV
     Outside of school: http://pinweb.lisbonschoolsme.org/pinnacle/pin