Today in English

1. Complete Chapter 7 reading

2. Complete questions, online turn-in

3. SSR

What is....

The boxer "Jelly"'s flaw? How does it represent a quality you need to be a competitive athlete?

TODAY IN ENGLISH

1. Blog Posting

2. Quiz

3. Finish reading Chapter 7

4. Question set Chapter 7

Why the fight?

Today in English

1. Blog posting

2. Read remainder of chapter 7

3. Chapter 7 questions

4. Research for boxing paragraph

Why does Donatelli give Alfred tickets to the fight? What does he want him to see there?

Make a prediction

At the end of Chapter 6, Alfred receives tickets to see a professional boxing match.. What do you think that will happen during the match? How will it affect Alfred?

Boxing fact

Find a fact that would surprise a reader about boxing.

TODAY IN ENGLISH

1. Blog posting

2. Collect facts from photos

3. Snapple boxing facts

4.

What do you know about boxing?

TODAY IN ENGLISH
1. BLOG
2. Chapter 6 Questions, Complete and Turn-in
3. Boxing- Gathering facts from pictures




What is the point of boxing? What are the rules? What kind of gear do you need? How do you win?

Is it better...

Is it better to be good at fighting or staying out of fights? Explain your answer.

TODAY IN ENGLISH

1. Blog

2. Complete and turn in chapter 6 questions (engrade)

3. SSR

Violence

Do you think fighting helps to resolve issues or just leads to more conflict? Explain your answer.

TODAY IN ENGLISH

1. Blog Posting

2. Finish reading Ch6- the contender

3. Silent Selective Reading/ Logs

Knock out

Today in English:

1. Blog post

2. Read-aloud Chapter 6

3. Questions Chapter 6 with turn-in

What are barriers (things that would get in the way) of Alfred's goal of being a successful boxer?

Boxing for you

Would you like to be trained in how to box? Why or why not? How would it help/ hurt you in your life?

TODAY IN ENGLISH

1. Blog posting

2. Discussion of expository writing (tomorrow)

3. Read-aloud (Chapter 5)

4. Questions and turn-in

Make a prediction

1. Blog Posting

2. Reading: Chapter 5 the contender

3. Silent Reading

BLOG POSTING: MAKE A PREDICTION

How will training to become a boxer change Alfred's life?????

Boxing and Aggression

TODAY IN ENGLISH - LOOK AT THAT GUY'S FACE!

1. Blog posting
2. Finish Reading Chapter 4 of The Contender/ turn in questions on engrade
3. SSR LAST 20 MINUTES - NOTE YOUR READING ON READING LOG!
Does learning to fight/ box make someone more aggressive or more likely to control their anger? Explain your answer.

Reflect

Alfred has a decision to make regarding whether to dedicate himself to boxing. What was a time in your life when you had to make a decision about going "all-in" on something or not doing it?

Today in English

1. Blog Posting

2. Reading Chapter 4

3. Chapter 4 questions

Bad boxer

Blog Posting

Today in English

1. Blog Posting

2. Read Chapter 4

3. Silent Reading

What type of person would not possess the qualities that would not make them a good boxer?

Today in English

TODAY IN ENGLISH

1. BLOG POSTING

2. READ CHAPTER 3

3. Chapter Questions

3. Silent Reading

What qualities do you think make for a good boxer?

Boxing

TODAY IN ENGLISH

1. Blog Posting

2. Read-aloud

3. Chapter Questions/ online turn-in

4. SSR/ Reading logs

BLOG POSTING

Explain how Alfred's situation might lead him to boxing. Why would he want to box and what will he get out of it?

Today in English

Harlem in the 1950s

Today in English

1. Blog Posting (5 minutes)

2. Complete questions for Ch 1/ online turn-in (10 minutes)

3. Read aloud (10 minutes)

4. Intro to Sustained Silent Reading/ Reading Blogs

BLOG QUESTION

At the end of Chapter 1, Alfred has been beaten by Hollis and Major, and his best friend James has been arrested. What do you think he's thinking about?