Friday, May 3rd

1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
    *** Reading quiz - pages 198-221 (chapters 229-233)
    ***Discuss the end of the novel
    ***Introduce Final Essay Prompts
    ***Rubric

Objective: Students will understand the writing prompts for their Curious final essay.

Thursday, May 2nd

1.  Journal #15 - Christopher

2. Curious - Should Christopher live with Mother or Father?
    ***Prepare and deliver evidence

3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
    ***Finish the novel for Friday!

Objective: Students will prepare arguments and use evidence to defend their stance/case.

Tuesday, April 30th

1. Journal #14 - Mother

2. Curious- SSR
    ***Finish the novel for Friday!

Objective: Students will reflect on Judy Boone's character from the novel.

Monday, April 29th

1. Curious:
    ***Reading quiz - pages 155-198 (chapters 193-227)
    *** Discuss pages 155-198 (chapters 193-227)

***Finish the novel for Friday!

Objective: Students will discuss and analyze pages 155-198 of the novel.

Friday, April 26th

1. Journal #13 - Love

2. Senior 42 Day Talk

3. Amnesty Day
    ***Complete and submit missing assignments!

Objective: Students will get caught up on their missing assignments for English.

Thursday, April 25th

1. Curious: SSR (20 minutes)
    ***Read pages 155-198 (chapters 193-227) - Due: Monday, April 29th!

2. Journal #12 - Empathy

3. Continue Ethos, Pathos, and Logos assignment
***Due today - submit in Google Classroom

Objective: Students will explore the rhetorical strategies in connection to the novel.

Tuesday, April 23rd

1. Cuesta Promise/ Cougar Welcome Days - Mrs. Hoyt

2. Curious: SSR (25 minutes)
    ***Read pages 155-198 (chapters 193-227) - Due: Monday, April 29th

3. Introduction to Ethos, Pathos, and Logos assignment
    ***Due: Thursday

Objective: Students will explore the rhetorical strategies in connection to the novel.

Monday, April 22nd

1. Curious
    ***Reading quiz pages 100-155
    ***Discuss pages 100-155
    ***Read pages 155-198 (chapters 193-227) - Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 29th!

Objective: Students will discuss and take a quiz on the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

Friday, April 19th

1. Work on Four Corner Debate
    ***Complete and debate today!

2. Sustained Silent Reading (pg. 100- 155)
    *** Read pages 100 - 155 (chapters 151- 191) Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 22nd!

***We are on block schedule for SBAC

Objective: Students will use reliable sources to support their views in a Four Corner Debate.

Wednesday, April 17th

1. Curious - Sustained Silent Reading (30 minutes)
    *** Read pages 100 - 155 (chapters 151- 191) Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 22nd!

2. Journal #11- Superstitions

3. The Monty Hall Problem (small groups)
    ***Notes

***We are on a block schedule for SBAC

Objective: Students will prepare solutions for a logic puzzle in small groups.

Monday, April 15th

1. Curious
    ***Reading Quiz pages 51-99
    ***Book Discussion
    *** Read pages 100 - 155 (chapters 151- 191) Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 22nd!

Objective: Students will discuss and analyze pages 51-99 of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Friday, April 12th

1. Curious - Sustained Silent Reading (30 minutes)
    *** Read pages 50-99 (chapters 83- 149) Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 15th!

2. Journal #10: The Language of Lying

3. Curious - Perspective Taking Quickwrite

***Block schedule for SBAC testing

Objective: Students will discuss and analyze pages 51-99 of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Wednesday, April 10th

1. Curious
    ***Discussion Questions (small groups)

2. TED Talk - Temple Grandin "The world needs all kinds of minds"
    *** 5 Cs

3. Curious
    *** Read pages 50-99 (chapters 83- 149) Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 15th!

***Block schedule for SBAC testing

Objective: Students will critically interact with Temple Grandin's ideas and speech.

Monday, April 8th

1. Curious
   ***Reading quiz - pages 1-50

   ***Discuss pages 1-50
   *** Read pages 50-99 (chapters 83- 149) Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 15th!

Objective: Students will share their understanding of the beginning of Curious.

Friday, April 5th

1. Return Community Activism Papers + update Digital Portfolios and "Where I am ..." chart

2. "The Science of Lying: The More You Do It, the Easier It Gets"
    ***Complete and submit

3. Curious
***read pages 1-50 (chapters 2-79) - Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 8th!

Objective: Students will write a strong precis paragraph.

Thursday, April 4th

1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
    ***Complete, discuss, and submit Curious Webquest

2. Curious
    ***read pages 1-50 (chapters 2-79) - Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 8th!

3. "The Science of Lying: The More You Do It, the Easier It Gets"
   ***Article and Precis Paragraph

   ***Due: Friday

Objective: Students will understand background information about Autism Spectrum Disorder and the author, Mark Haddon.

Tuesday, April 2nd

1. Journal #9 - Truth

2. Library - Check out Curious novels

3. Curious ***read pages 1-50 (chapters 2-79) - Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 8th!

Objective: Students will reflect on the importance of what truth means to them.