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DO Now - Visual Synectics: Creating Metaphors
Entry Title: Visual Synectics
DIRECTIONS
- Select a single image from the choices below.
- Make a list of words that describe that image.
- Then complete this sentence....Ha is a (your image) because she is ________ .
- The blank is the image you selected.
- Example:
Butterflies: beautiful, delicate, innocent, symbolize change, erratic, symmetrical, elusive and ephemeral (don't exist very long)Ha is a butterfly because she is innocent.
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Learning Target(s)
- I can can create metaphors using visual synectics.
- I can identify metaphors in a text.
- I can demonstrate my knowledge of Vocabulary List II.
Mini-Lesson: Creating Metaphors
- Share out synectic examples from the Do Now.
- Review how to fill out the Literary Elements Note-Catcher and finish reading the novel.
- Add at least one new metaphor from the novel to your Literary Elements Note-Catcher.
- Play review game... Click here to go to Kahoot!
TUESDAY 11-22 D-Day: Quiz, Raffle and Appreciation Celebration
Announcements
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DO Now - Visual Synectics
DIRECTIONS- Select a single image from the choices below.
- Make a list of words that describe that image.
- Then complete this sentence...Ha is a _________ because she ________ .
- The blank is the image you selected.
- Example:
Robot: programmed, mechanical, repetitive, unemotional, unresponsive.Ha is not a robot because she emotional.
Learning Target(s)
- I can demonstrate my knowledge of Vocabulary List II.
Mini-Lesson: Accessing the Quiz
- Go into Google Classroom and click on the link for the quiz.
Work Time
- Take the Vocabulary List II Quiz.
RAFLLE!
- Get out your raffle tickets!
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Assessment / Homework
- TURN IN your quiz.
MONDAY 11-28 A-Day: The Refugee Experience
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DO Now - Copy Into Comp Book Entry Title: Vocabulary List III
The girl accentuated her bright orange hair with a giant yellow bow which seemed to make it even more orange!
2. aspire v. (-d, -s, -ing, aspiration) to strive for an ambitious goal
When I was younger, I aspired to become a famous stage actor even though I felt it was an unattainable goal.
Learning Target(s)
- I can explain what a refugee is.
- I can draw inferences from a text about the experiences of refugees.
- I can record details of the refugee experience to use later in my final project.
Mini-Lesson: What is a Refugee?
- ref·u·geeˌrefyo͝oˈjē/noun
- a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
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- Now, listen again to the poem Saigon is Gone. (page 67) Ha is now a refugee. She has left her country to escape a war.
- Think-Pair-Share
What are some textual details you noticed about the conditions Ha must endure? Be prepared to share a response with the class!
- What's it's Like to be a Refugee?DIRECTIONS: As you watch the videos below, record at least one detail from each video you noticed and one detail you wondered about using Assignment #14 in Google Classroom for your Inside Out and Back Again Poems!
SET 1: These videos are actual refugee accounts narrated by child refugees. Their stories have been animated for clarity and maximum impact on the audience.SET 2: These videos are true stories (factual accounts) from child refugees from around the world...- Video #1: To Be A Refugee (UNHCR) (8:03 min)
- Video #2: Syria's child refugees: 'You feel that they have lost their hearts' (3:41 min)
- Video #3: DRC's child refugees and victims of war speak out (4:36 min)
Work Time
- Read your notice and wonder chart to your partner.
- Listen while your partner reads their chart to you.
- Compare charts.
- Add at least one new detail to each set of videos from your partner's chart.
- Share at least one new detail from each set of videos for your partner's chart.
Assessment / Homework
- Your completed Refugee Notice and Wonder Chart due tomorrow for a PASS/FAIL classwork grade.
TUESDAY 11-29 B-Day: Intro to Final Project
Announcements
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DO Now - Visual Synectics
DIRECTIONS
- Select a single image from the choices below.
- Make a list of words that describe that image.
- Then complete this sentence...Being a refugee is like a _______ because ______ .
Learning Target(s)
- I can summarize what I am expected to do for the final project based on the novel Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai.|
- I can create an overview of the refugee character who will be the main character for my Inside Out & Back Again project.
Mini-Lesson: Introduction to Your Final Project and Creating Your Refugee Character
- What You Will Do: Create a POEM in the style of Inside Out & Back Again based on a refugee character you create and that reads like a story and includes the accurate use of literary elements.
- Click here for the Assignment and a Sample of what is expected.
- Click here for the rubrics that will be used to grade your final project.
- How to create an interesting refugee character.
Work Time
- How do you get started?
- Open Assignment 16 in Google Classroom: Creating Your Refugee Character
- Complete this classwork assignment for a grade.
Assessment / Homework
- Summarizing the project.
- Assignment 16 completed by end of the period.
WEDNESDAY 11-30 C-Day: Project Work Time
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3. boisterous adj. (boisterously) noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.The students in the gym were really boisterous yelling and cheering-on their Bubble Ball teammates.
4. decorum n. behavior in keeping with good taste; etiquette.
It took all the decorum Frankie had to walk past the group of boys with class and not look at them while they screamed for her phone number.
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Learning Target(s)
- I can create an Inside Out and Back Again poem in the style of Thanhha Lai.
- I can create an overview of my refugee character who will be the basis for my project.
Mini-Lesson: Your Goal for Today...
- Show Mr. DeGrandis your completed Creating Your Refugee Character assignment.
- Then, open assignment 17.0 in Google Classroom and begin working on the first draft of your poem.
- Be aware of the poem's formatting!
- Title
- Date at the end
- One-Two Sentences per Stanza
- Three-Five words per line
- Italicize any time someone speaks or there is dialogue between two characters
Work Time
- Begin writing!
Assessment / Homework
- Show Mr. DeGrandis your progress before the end of the period!
THURSDAY 12-1 D-Day: Project Work Time
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5. refugee n. (refugees) a person forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster.6. endure v. (-d, -s, -ing, endurance) to patiently suffer something painful or difficult; to remain in existence or last a long time.
It is unbelievable that a child can endure such horrible living conditions and still manage to smile.
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Learning Target(s)
- I can create an Inside Out and Back Again poem in the style of Thanhha Lai.
- I can create an overview of my refugee character who will be the basis for my project.
Mini-Lesson: Your Goal for Today...
- You should have your Inside Out Poem completed by the end of class today.
Work Time
- Get writing!
Assessment / Homework
- Show Mr. DeGrandis your progress byt he end of the period.
FRIDAY 12-2 A-Day: Project Work Time - First Draft Due Monday
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7. cringe v. (-ed, -s, -ing) to feel disgust or embarrassment often through movement of your face or body; to make a sudden movement out of fear of being hurt.Many English teachers cringe when they hear their students use the non-word "mines."
8. alienate v. (-ed, -s, -ing) to cause someone to feel that he or she no longer belongs to a particular group or part of society.
He alienated most of his friends with his bad temper and soon no one even texted him anymore.
Learning Target(s)
- I can create an Inside Out and Back Again poem in the style of Thanhha Lai.
- I can create an overview of my refugee character who will be the basis for my project.
Mini-Lesson: Your Goal for Today...
- You should have your Inside Out Poem's first draft completed by the end of class today.
Work Time
- Get writing!
Assessment / Homework
- Show Mr. DeGrandis your progress by the end of the period.
