MONDAY 3-20 A-Day: Article a Day Intro and Practice
Announcements
- Check Your Gmail!
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DO Now - Copy
Add to: Informational Text
- Article-a-Daya high-impact, 10-15 minute daily routine where students choose and read one high-quality nonfiction article every day, as part of a weekly, topically-related article set.
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Learning Target(s)
- I know how to complete an Article-a-Day assignment.
- I can discuss responses about informational texts.
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Mini-Lesson: What is An Article-a-Day
- Knowledge is stored in these articles. Words are where human beings store knowledge. So by reading these articles you are learning new and valuable knowledge.
- By reading these articles you are building your own personal vocabularies, and everyday you are becoming stronger, independent readers with more stamina.
- Steps for Completing an Article-a-Day Assignment
- Actively Read (like you would for DIRT Day) the assigned article.
- Create and entry titled: My Book of Knowledge
- Write down 3 things you learned from the article - details or information you didn't know before.
- Share out - be ready to share with the class out loud one thing you learned from the article.
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Work Time
- Modeling: Using the Energy Article, Energy for Life Mr. DeGrandis will walk you through the above steps.
- Practice: Follow the same steps above for the next article titled, Engineering and Natural Gas.
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Assessment / Homework
- None
TUESDAY 3-21 B-Day: Analyzing Poetry on the ELA Using SOAPStone
Announcements
- Check your Gmail!
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DO Now - Article-a-Day
Add to: Article-a-day Entry
- Actively Read the article: Houston Affects the Earth
- Write down three things you learned as a result of reading the article in your composition notebook.
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Learning Target(s)
- I can use the SOAPSTone strategy to analyze a poem to answer questions on the ELA.
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Mini-Lesson: What is SOAPSTone?
Entry Title: SOAPSTone
- An easy way to remember how to break down a poem to understand it with ease!
- Check Out this Prezi for a lesson on SOAPSTone!
- Whole Brain Lesson Time!
- Modeling: The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur
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Work Time
- Practice it yourself!
- Use Assignment 38.1 in Google Classroom - Life Ain't Been No Crystal Stair by Langston Hughes.
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Assessment / Homework
- A Total Stranger One Black Day by e.e. cummings
WEDNESDAY 3-22 C-Day: SOAPSTone Practice
Announcements
- Check your Gmail! You are responsible for checking this everyday.
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DO Now - Article-a-Day
Add to: Article-a-day Entry
- Actively Read the article: Free Transfer
- Write down three things you learned as a result of reading the article in your composition notebook.
- Challenge Yourself: Can you do a SOAPSTone to analyze this article? Try it!
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Learning Target(s)
- I can use the SOAPSTone strategy to analyze a poem to answer questions on the ELA.
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Mini-Lesson: SOAPSTone Review
- Using gestures and your favorite character voice, teach your Albany Appointment how to use SOAPSTone to analyze text for theme/main idea.
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Work Time
- Complete Assignment 39.0 in Google Classroom with a small group or on your own.
- Be prepared to share your idea of the theme with the class when done.
- Turn this in for a classwork grade!
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Assessment / Homework
- Do a SOAPSTone Analysis of this article:
THURSDAY 3-23 D-Day: SOAPSTone Test
Announcements
- Check your Gmail
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DO Now - None
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Learning Target(s)
- I can prove I understand how to analyze text using SOAPSTone
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Mini-Lesson: None
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Work Time
- Take the SOAPSTone Test - Click Here!
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Assessment / Homework
- Submit your test when you're done!
FRIDAY 3-24 A-Day: DIRT Day
- PRACTICE ELA!
- Open Assignment 40.0 in Google Classroom and get started!
DIRT Day Expectations
- Do the following BEFORE the bell rings…
- Open your DIRT Day Assignment in Google Classroom.
- Be in your seat reading.
- Focus on your reading the entire period.
- Do not sub-vocalize during DIRT.
- Complete 10 thoughts using the Active Reading Model by the end of the period. Do more for extra credit.
If You Finish a Book…
In an email to Mr. DeGrandis, write a review about your book in 3-paragraph essay format.
Guidelines for the Essay:
- ¶ 1 - title, author and genre of the novel and your opinion of the book (controlling idea).
- ¶ 2 - short summary of the book and include at least two text-based examples from the book
that support your controlling idea in ¶ - ¶ 3 - explain why you would or would not recommend this book to a friend and where they might be able to find it or purchase it.
If You Forgot Your Book…
- Choose a book from the class library or Mr. DeGrandis will give you one.
- Be sure to bring your book next week.
If You Want to Switch Books…
In an email to Mr. DeGrandis, write an Abandon Book Essay.
Guidelines:
- ¶ 1 – title, author and genre of the novel you are abandoning and
three reasons you don’t like the book (controlling idea). - ¶ 2 through 4 - Develop each reason using text-based details from the book.
- ¶ 5 - Offer your suggestions for other novels you have read that another student might enjoy.
