1. Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Journal: 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 AGENDA Discuss Journal & Listen to Mrs. Lindsey Model the Journal - Discuss Point of View - Discuss Sensory Images - Begin The Red Pony by John Steinbeck - Learn how to annotate for P.O.V. and IMAGERY

2. 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. 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

3. Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Journal: 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. AGENDA Get 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!

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5. 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 PONY Discuss THE RED PONY Transfer annotations to THE RED PONY Framework Notes

6. Tuesday, August 24, 2010 JOURNAL: 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

7. I love you__ __________ (_) W(w)e cannot be together We cannot be together ___ ________ (_) I love you Conjunctions – join these two clauses together!

8. 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 FRAMEWORK Work on filling out you Freytag Triangle over The Red Pony -Continue Reading, Annotating, and Plotting your Freytag Triangle through Page 42 of the novella!

9. 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 thoght2)the tryangle picked hymn up out off sleep AGENDA Transfer annotations to FRAMEWORK Work on filling out you Freytag Triangle over The Red Pony -Continue Reading, Annotating, and Plotting your Freytag Triangle through Page 42 of the novella!

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11. Friday, August 27, 2010 WORK 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 3 rd Continued10:06 - 10:44 10:47 - 12:06 4th locker break 12:12 - 12:55 5th 12:58 - 1:45 6th 1:45 - 2:13 reward break in courtyard

12. 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 them AGENDA TOGETHER Continue Reading and Annotating through Page 42 of the novella!

13. 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

14. Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Journal: 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! AGENDA Literary Vocabulary Notebook HOMEWORK: The Red Pony Part II due Annotate tomorrow! QUIZ TOMORROW!

15. Thursday, September 9, 2010 Journal: 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 Quiz Reading For Meaning Discussion – Spelling City – Quizlet

16. Monday, September 19, 2011 JOURNAL: 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!

17. Monday, September 13, 2010 Journal: 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 Notebook www.quizlet.com has all words! www.quizlet.com

18. Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Journal: 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! AGENDA INNER/OUTER Circle QUIZ/DEBATE DAY!

19. Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Journal: 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!

20. Thursday, September 23, 2010 Journal: Write the following in your journal & AGENDA: Tuesday, 9/28 – RE-DO DUE! Wednesday, 9/29 – AR DUE! Thursday, 9/30 – RED PONY EXAM Friday, 10/1 – JOURNAL DUE! AGENDA WORD WALLS MRS. LINDSEY STYLE

21. Friday, September 24, 2010 Journal: LEVEL ZERO! 0! Agenda QUIZ – 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!

22. Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Journal: Number all your JOURNALS! Wednesday, 9/29 – AR DUE TODAY! Thursday, 9/30 – RED PONY EXAM AGENDA PRESENT WORD WALLS!

23. Thursday, September 30, 2010 Journal: ZERO VOICE LEVEL! TODAY – RED PONY ORAL EXAM AGENDA PRESENT WORD WALLS /ORAL EXAM! TALK AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WHILE RAISING YOUR HAND!

24. Friday, October 1, 2010 Journal: 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 1st 8:49 - 9:34 3rd locker break 9:40 - 10:12 4th 10:16 - 10:55 RAT’s locker break 10:59 - 11:53 5th and lunch 11:56 - 12:28 6th 12:30 - 1:00 outside for test reward. 8th goes to the front lawn 1:00 - 2:00 ish parade with homerooms 2ish back to homeroom to take roll 2:15 ish at announcement, take homeroom to pep rally. Go Cats!