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Day 5: Prove It: Week One Review

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1. 10–15 min Morning meeting and current events SL.9-10.1

   1. Headline share; review the week's headlines and ask which story will still matter in a month.
   2. Question of the day: What did you prove this week, and how?
   3. Warm-up: spell two of the week's words on whiteboards.

2. 15–20 min Vocabulary and word study L.9-10.4b

   1. Spelling check: 10 words dictated in sentences (for example: The scribe left an inscription on the manuscript.).
   2. Meaning check: write the root and meaning of transcribe, autograph and prescribe without notes.
   3. Self-correct and record the score; words missed go on next week's review list.

3. 30–40 min Literature and texts RL.9-10.1

   The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell (public domain)

   1. Students polish their CEE paragraph for 10 minutes using yesterday's self-check.
   2. Share in groups of three: each reader hears one strength and one question.
   3. Whole class: what did this week's two stories teach about reading as a detective? Collect three rules (notice details, question the narrator, prove it with the text).
   4. Book talk: introduce next week's stories, The Necklace and The Tell-Tale Heart, with one sentence each and no spoilers.

4. 40–50 min Algebra 1 HSA-SSE.A.1

   1. Review game: 6 quick items on whiteboards (label 3m - 8; evaluate 2x² when x = 3 (18); translate 'seven more than half a number' (n/2 + 7); interpret the 0.25 in 40d + 0.25k).
   2. Quiz: 10 items covering parts of expressions, order of operations, evaluation, translation and interpretation.
   3. Self-score with the key. Each student writes the error type for any miss in the error log (sign, order of operations, reversed subtraction).
   4. Preview next week: properties and like terms.

5. 20–25 min Biology HS-LS1-3

   1. Graph the heart rate data: time on the x-axis (rest, 0, 1, 2 minutes after), beats per minute on the y-axis, one line per person.
   2. Describe the shape: a sharp rise, then a fall back toward resting. Compute how close each person got to resting after 2 minutes.
   3. Write a three-sentence conclusion: what happened, whether the hypothesis was supported, and how the body returning to resting rate is homeostasis.
   4. Lab notebook check: question, hypothesis, variables, data table, graph, conclusion.

6. 20–25 min World history C3 D2.Geo.1.9-12

   1. Map skills check on a world map: label the equator and prime meridian, give coordinates for two cities, name the four river valleys, and define two of the five themes.
   2. Discuss one mistake the whole class made and fix it together.

7. 25–35 min Writing W.9-10.5

   1. Final revision pass: replace two weak verbs, vary one sentence opening, check every quotation mark and citation.
   2. Students copy or type the final paragraph for the portfolio.
   3. Reflection line at the bottom: the hardest part of writing this paragraph was...

8. 25–35 min Independent practice and projects

   1. Independent reading: choose a novel for the reading log and read 20 minutes.
   2. Algebra: redo any quiz item missed, showing the correct steps.
   3. Science: finish the graph and conclusion.
   4. Choice: start a map of your own neighborhood using the five themes.

   Device time (15 min): play expressions-1, the game named in this day's play field

   Today’s game: Expression Explorer

9. 5–10 min Closing reflection SL.9-10.1

   1. One thing you proved this week with evidence, in any subject.
   2. One habit you want to keep next week.
   3. Weekend reading: 60 minutes in your independent novel.

Short day? Keep the quiz, the paragraph share and the science conclusion.