we have made our way to learning, growth, and I hope, had fun. We have learned prefixes and know how to convert kilograms to grams (but sometimes need a reminder))), we have accelerated through kinematics and gravitated towards the Newton’s laws, we made turning by finding the balance, struggled with endless Moodle revision quizzes.
IC: Text Structure Stations
HW: Complete HW Package for next Monday
A: new Freckle skill; Assessment Friday; READING ACCELERATOR (Teams Assignment) if you haven't done it yet!
SUMMARY: Today we completed two stations, learning about two more text structures: chronological order and cause and effect
HOMEWORK: Continue to complete the homework packet. It is due next Monday. We will also have an assessment this Friday on the different text structures we have learned so far.
IC: Summary Review
HW: (Text Structure practice in HW packet)
A: new Freckle skill; Assessment Friday; READING ACCELERATOR (Teams Assignment) if you haven't done it yet!
SUMMARY: Today we reviewed the 6 different text structures, then practiced using that information to write a complete summary.
IC: Guided Research
HW: Independent Research (in HW package)
A: Science Talk Wednesday
SUMMARY: We will have a Science Talk on Wednesday to answer the question "Why should you care about the rainforest?" To answer this question, we did guided research today using to printed webpage articles. Tomorrow, we will use the iPads to find more support for your Science Talk.
HOMEWORK: Find at least one website that helps you answer the question "Why should you care about the rainforest?"
IC: Science Talk
HW: package due Monday
A: Teams Reading Accelerator
SUMMARY: Today is your chance to show your understanding of the topic: Why should you care about the rainforest?
HOMEWORK:
Homework bundle due next Monday
Reading Accelerator posted on Teams (due Sunday night)
Greek/Latin Root Quiz next Monday
IC: Point of View
HW: package due Monday
A: New Freckle skill
SUMMARY: Today we learned about the different points of view that an author can use. We also read the story "The Dreaming Tree" and answered comprehension questions about it.
HOMEWORK: The HW package is due next Monday. Be sure to complete each page carefully and don't forget to do the Freckle skill!
IC: Figurative Language
HW: package due Monday
A: Assessment next week
SUMMARY: Today we reviewed figurative language, focusing on similes, metaphors, and idioms. Make sure you understand the differences! We also compared a story "A Walk in the Woods" to the story we read in class yesterday, comparing the different points of view.
SUMMARY: Today we continued to identify similes, metaphors and idioms from the different texts we've read. Then we compared figurative language using a graphic organizer to help us write a compare and contrast essay.
IC: Review Day
HW: package due Monday
A: Assessment next Monday
SUMMARY: Today I handed back the grammar quiz and homework package. We reviewed the common mistakes, especially decoding words through your understanding of roots and prefixes. Then you had the rest of class to complete your C&C essay from yesterday. Anyone who finished the essay got an iPad to review figurative language on Freckle.
IC: Presentations; Music across texts
SWBAT:
1) Combine Al-generated images and lines of poetry to convey the experience of the blues musician from Langston Hughes poem, "The
Weary Blues"
2) If time: What do A Raisin in the Sun and "The Weary Blues" suggest about the emotional impact of music?
Homework: Review p. 113-119, Underline most meaningful line from
"Who Do You Call," and write a sentence about what that line helps you understand about the man that the speaker describes. 10+ minutes
IC: Dramatic Interpretation Preparation
SWBAT:
-identify a central message of their scene and explain how it contributes to their understanding of the play
-Decide what acting choices they will make.
Take out your annotations from last night so I can check them.
HW: Reread your scene, highlight phrases and words that will guide your acting.
Tonight's homework: prepare for presentation: 10 mins +
IC: Finish Performances
SWBAT:
-develop a character through movement, voice, facial expressions, dialogue...
-demonstrate evidence of understanding of the play, a debatable interpretation (play's message) and evidence of preparation.
HW: Finish Reflection Forms
BRING OF MICE AND MEN & RAISIN to SCHOOL NEXT WEEK for Whole-book Study in preparation for Literary Argument Essays
IC: Finish Symbol Essay Posters
SWBAT: present an argument to a debatable thesis
postersete another grouyour symbol essay umplete anis voster decorame sion
HW: Eat, sleep, and be merry as you play LOL!
Complete activity pack by Tuesday night. (10-mins) if not done today.
This week we have
Studied friction force.
All the sets on friction force (pages 14-20) must be done by Monday, November 11th. (11.11)
Check my previous message for Set E question 5 correction.
This week we did the following:
Normal, tension, gravitational forces
Sets A-D (p.22-29) are supposed to be completed. Answers are below.
Friction force lab (Due date is November 29th)
This week we did the following:
Free body diagrams and force diagrams (box and dot objects)
Sets A-C (p.30-34) are supposed to be completed. Answers posted below.
IC: Chemistry Review
HW: NB pages 30-40 tonight
A: Students will turn in science NB Thursday before Quarter 1 Test. Teacher has Periodic Table for you to use during Test.
Write today’s CJ Entry
IC: Chemistry Review
HW: NB pages 40-50 tonight
A: Students will turn in science NB Thursday before Quarter 1 Test. Teacher has Periodic Table for you to use during Test.
IC: The Scientific MethodHW: noneA: Quiz 8-Scientific MethodFriday 11-1Today you will: REVIEW*1. Sequence and importance of the scientific method, Testable Questions*2. Begin work on Anchor Chart Project Friday
IC: Capitalization
HW: Freckle Practice
A: Assessment Friday
SUMMARY: Today we started with a grammar task reviewing the Present Perfect tense. (The present perfect tense uses have/has + Past Participle for actions that started in the past but are still occurring in the present) Then, we revised a sample introduction paragraph for capitalization mistakes. Lastly, you used the model introduction to write your own introduction to the prompt: Compare and contrast Esperanza's and Miguel's reaction to losing his job.
IC: Usage + Body Paragraph 1
HW: Intro + Body Paragraph 1
A: Assessment Friday
SUMMARY: Today we reviewed the past perfect and present perfect tenses by identifying different sentences together. Then, we looked at how to revise our 'usage', specifically matching subjects to verbs and pronouns as well as staying consistent with verb tense. Last, we wrote body paragraph one of our compare and contrast essay. It should follow these steps:
BODY PARAGRAPH 1 (COMPARE)
Topic Sentence: ____ and _____ are similar because they are both __________.
Evidence: On page ___ it says, "________________________________________."
Analysis: This shows ...
Paraphrase how character 2 is similar
Link: Although they both __________, there are also important differences to their reactions.
IC: Punctuation + Body Paragraph 2
HW: Body Paragraph 2
A: Assessment Friday
SUMMARY: Today we reviewed how to revise our punctuation, specifically commas. We also reviewed how to write body paragraph two, as outlined below:
BODY PARAGRAPH 2:
Topic Sentence: In contrast, _______ reacts differently because he/she ...
Evidence: On page ___ it says, "________________________________________."
Analysis: This shows ...
Paraphrase how character 2 is different
SUMMARY: Today we reviewed Past/Present Perfect tense, practiced fixing spelling in a model paragraph, and completed the conclusion of our compare and contrast essay.
Conclusion:
Thesis Restated: As you can see, _______ had the better reaction to losing his job.
Summarize BP1 + BP 2: Although Miguel and Esperanza both ________________, ….
So What? What lesson or moral can I learn? This situation teaches us that...
HINTS for tomorrow's Assessment:
Re-read 'Los Duraznos' (especially p.220-230)
Know how to write a TEA response
Look for Metaphors from this chapter
Review Past Perfect/Present Perfect Tense
SUMMARY: Today we reviewed the components of a compare and contrast essay using Blooket, since you all worked so hard on your compare and contrast essays over the weekend. We will be revising and editing your essays this week, in order to prepare you for next week's benchmark.
SUMMARY: Today we did peer editing of our compare and contrast essays using CUPS. Students peer-edited for errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling.
Capitalization
Usage
Punctuation
Spelling
TOMORROW: We will review the events of Esperanza Rising.
IC: Final Review
HW: Be prepared
A: Speaking Benchmark Wed./Thurs.
SUMMARY: We used the final class to review for the 4 paragraph compare and contrast essay. Students had to work together and independently to ask questions and review the essay structure.
TOMORROW: You will have 45 minutes to write your compare and contrast essay using your planning chart from last Thursday/Friday. Be prepared!
SUMMARY: Today was day one for our benchmark speaking and listening task. Half the class was selected to participate in the discussion group, while the other half listened, took notes, and asked questions. Tomorrow the groups will switch responsibilities.
IC: The Story of an Hour
SWBAT: explain how justaposition develops a character's shifting attitudes; begin identifying structural features in The Story of an Hour.
HW: Upload photo of annotations of The Story of an Hour to Teams; Read to p. 64 of A Raisin in the Sun by Monday.
IC: Group Paragraph
SWBAT: write A-but-also-B thesis statements with phrases, incorporate short quotes, transitions refer to the previous paragraph
HW: Read to p. 64 of A Raisin in the Sun by Monday. Read and Annnotate The Flowers by Alice Walker for tomorrow.
Annotate the beginning, end, shifts in POV, tone, or mood
IC: Finish Planning Essay, Peer Review
SWBAT: plan an essay w/ thesis, transition, evidence and analysis
Essential Questions: How does Alice Walker use the conventions of the Bildungsroman genre to develop Myop's complex response to her journey into the woods?
News: Benchmark on Wednesday
HW: Read and annotate "Sticks" using SPLAT by tomorrow: 10-15
minutes
IC: "Fighting for Home"
SWBAT:
1) Locate background information from a primary source
Assignment: Download & read "Fighting for Home: The Roots of A Raisin in the Sun" and answer the questions that follow the text in word document. Upload to Teams assignments. 10-point minor assignment.
HW: Finish reading through Act 1, Scene two by tomorrow. p.75
Quiz on "portrait of an artist" postponed until Friday
IC: Revising a paragraph
SWBAT: 1) Revise & annotate a rewrite of a paragraph from their benchmark essay.
2) Edit a peer's essay to include
HW: Review p. 80-86 for tomorrow. (15 minst depending of reading)
HW: Finish writing and highlighting paragraph if unfinished.
Ho Only: Complete one set of assigned Quill activities: 10 minutes
IC: Presentation (15-points) & Beneatha's Suitor Chart (10 points)
SWBAT: how does Beneatha's response to Asagai and George's values reflect her complex discovery of her personal values
Homework: Review p. 90-95 for tomorrow.
Prepare for your presentation tomorrow. YOU DO NOT NEED TO SUBMIT THE CHART UNTIL AFTER CLASS