Thursday, June 4th

 Graduation Day - Congratulations!

Monday, June 1st

1. Final - Graduation Speech Presentations

***Objective: Students will deliver a graduation speech as their final.

***1-6 bell schedule (46-minute classes)

***Last day of class for seniors!

Friday, May 29th

1. Song of the Week - Moriah and Kas

2. Final - Graduation Speech Presentations

***Objective: Students will deliver a graduation speech as their final.

***2, 4, 6 block bell schedule

Wednesday, May 27th

1. Song of the Week - Geovana 

2. Final - Graduation Speech Presentations

3. Senior Tribute Reminders - Mrs. MacIntosh

***Objective: Students will deliver a graduation speech as their final.

Friday, May 22nd

1. Song of the Week - Itzel

2. Work on graduation speeches
    ***Practice reciting speech/ time speech/ get feedback from a partner

***Objective: Students will write and prepare a graduation speech.

Thursday, May 21st

1. Work on graduation speeches
       ***Ready to Launch - Graduation Speech Outline
       ***Write and revise the rough draft
       ***Practice reciting speech/ time speech/ get feedback from a partner

*** Objective: Students will write and prepare a graduation speech.

Wednesday, May 20th

1. Work on graduation speeches
***Watch and discuss Harvard Graduation Speech
***Write and revise the draft
***Practice reciting speech/ time speech/ get feedback from a partner

*** Objective: Students will write and prepare a graduation speech.

Tuesday, May 19th

1. Song of the week (Denise, Chayse)

2. Work on "Ready to Launch" - Graduation Speech
     ***Ready to Launch: Pre-writing Activity
     ***Begin to work on writing your own graduation speech

***Students will practice delivering speeches to the class to develop public speaking skills.

Friday, May 15th

1. Amnesty Day - SDD!

Thursday, May 14th

1. Journal #14 - Graduation Speech

2. Ready to Launch - "Congratulations, By the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness"
***Work on graduation speeches
***Write and revise the draft
***Practice reciting speech/ time speech/ get feedback from a partner

Objective: Students will analyze what makes for an effective graduation speech.

Wednesday, May 13th

1.  How to speak so that people will want to listen TED Talk + activity

*** Students will analyze what makes for an effective speech.

Tuesday, May 12th

1. Song of the Week (Havyn, Mario)

2. Introduce Graduation Speech + rubric

3. Watch and discuss Keegan Hunt speech

4. 54321 Brainstorm

*** Students will analyze a graduation speech to prepare for their own graduation speech assignment. 

Friday, May 8th

1. Song of the Week (Karina, Jorge, Christian)

2. Finish and submit essay

        - Evidence chart

*** Students will continue building their argumentative essay for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.

Thursday, May 7th

1. Example body paragraph

2. Discuss quoting / citations

3. Work on evidence chart / essay

*** Students will continue building their argumentative essay for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.

Wednesday, May 6th

1. Curious - Thesis Development Handout

2. Begin Evidence Chart

*** Students will develop their thesis for their Curious Final Essay. 

Tuesday, May 5th

1. Song of the Week - Quentin and Chayse

2. Journal #13 - Christopher

3. Reading Quiz

4. Should Christopher live with Mother or Father?

5. Introduce Curious Final Essay prompts

*** Students will begin formulating an argument for their final essay for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.