Announcements
- Check Your Gmail!
DO Now - Watch and Comment
DIRECTIONS: Watch the video below about 20% Porject ProposalsENTRY TITLE: 20% Time Student Proposals
- 20% Project Proposals
- What are some things that stood out to you as you watched the video?
Learning Target(s)
- I can understand how to identify the main ideas in my project in order to create a script and presentation communicating my 20% Time Project Proposal!
Mini-Lesson: Review of Assignment 20.0
- Review of Assignment 20.0 requirements and submission guidelines.
Work Time
- Work on your 20% Time Project Proposal.
Assessment / Homework
- Work on your proposal!
TUESDAY 10-31 B-Day: The Cask of Amontillado
DO Now - Think and Do
Entry Title: Words to Know for The Cask of Amontillado
Directions: Click on each word to see an image(s) of it! What do you notice AND wonder about each picture. Write down your answers to share with the class.
- flambeau: A flaming torch, especially one made of several thick wicks dipped in wax.
- cask or puncheon: a container that is shaped like a barrel and is used for holding liquids.
- catacombs: Any underground chamber used as a burial place.
- crypt: an underground room or vault beneath a church.
- Le Catacombs du Paris: The most famous of all catacombs. Click here to read about them.
- Nitre: short for potassium nitrate. In underground caves, nitre drips like icicles.
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Learning Target(s)
- I can cite textual evidence that describes the mood of a story.
- I can explain how the setting of a story contributes to it's mood.
- I can explain how the author uses language to create a specific mood.
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Mini-Lesson: The Catacombs
- What are catacombs?
- Who made them and when?
- Where are they?
- Setting of the Story: An underground catacomb, somewhere in Italy, during the carnival season.
- Language Use...
- Mood: the way an author uses language to engender a feeling in the reader.
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Work Time
- Listen to this video first to give you a better idea of what is happening during the story.
- Listen to a recording of The Cask of Amontillado. (17 min long)
- Click here to follow along using the text.
- Open Assignment 20.5 in Google Classroom and complete it while you listen to the story.
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Assessment / Homework
- What are some words Edgar Allen Poe uses to engender e feeling of horror in his readers?
- Give an example of the language the author uses to create the mood of the story.
- How might the setting engender a felling of horror in The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe?
WEDNESDAY 11-1 C-Day: Begin Reading Inside Out and Back Again 1975: The Year of the Cat
Announcements
- Grab your Chromebook
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Add these word to Vocabulary List II
3. ardent adj. (ardently) - enthusiastic support
Being an ardent Bills fan, Mark painted his face half red and half blue to show his love for the team.
4. exacerbate v. (exacerbates, exacerbating, exacerbated, exacerbating) - to make something bad even worse
The singer's terrible voice was exacerbated by the awful pianist who didn't know how to accompany her.
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Learning Target(s)
- I can make inferences to deepen my understanding of Inside Out & Back Again. (Inferencing)
- I can cite evidence from the novel to explain how incidents reveal aspects of Ha's character (personality) as she is shaped by war. (Proving what you think the novel is saying by quoting accurately with words, phrases and details from the novel.)
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Warm-up: Numbered Heads Together
- Your teacher will assign each of you a number from 1-5.
- Meet with your group.
- Your teacher will give the class a unique question. Each of you will answer the question on your own first.
- Share your response with your group.
- As a team, decide on the best response and be ready to share out.
- Your teacher will call on a specific number (1-5) to share the thinking of your group for participation points.
- Question: What are some characteristics that make a house a home?
Mini-Lesson: 1975: Year of the Cat
- You have looked at images and read some details about the topic of this novel.
- Today we will begin our study of the novel Inside Out & Back Again reading closely the first poem of the novel, 1975: Year of the Cat.
- Focus Questions
- Ha says, "No one would believe me, but at times I would prefer wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama."
- Based on the gallery walk and the sentence strips we read, what do you think might have happened to a little girl to make her say she preferred war at home (Saigon) to peace in Alabama (The United States)?
Getting the Gist: Getting your initial reaction to what the text is mostly about. You will do this now as you hear the first poem of the novel, 1975: The Year of the Cat read aloud.
Read Aloud: Follow the text with your eyes as you listen to the poem being read.
Turn and Talk: What is your initial sense of what the poem is mostly about?
Turn and Talk: What is your initial sense of what the poem is mostly about?
Work Time: Numbered Heads Together
- What are some things you notice about the language the author is using?
- What are some details that strike you and why?
- Read it Again to Yourself: What have you already learned about Ha in this very first poem?
- Use the Who is Ha? Anchor Chart in Google Classroom to capture your thoughts as you read the novel!
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Assessment / Homework
- None
THURSDAY 11-2 D-Day: Who is Ha?
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Add to Vocabulary List II
5. sagacious adj. (sagaciously) - good judgement; shrewd
Samuel Westing Jr. III had always been a sagacious business man known for his shrewd negotiating style.
6. dissolution n. (dissolutions) - the disintegration or decomposition of something
The Alka-seltzer tablet's dissolution was instant once it fell into the glass of water and virtually disappeared.
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Learning Target(s)
- I can identify personality traits, interests, beliefs or values of Ha, the main character of the novel, Inside Out and Back Again by Thannha Lai.
- I can use the Think-Pair-Share strategy to answer questions based on the novel.
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Mini-Lesson: Refresh
- New Entry: Tet is a Special Day
- Tet is a special day. When is Tet, and what two events are celebrated on Tet?
- How does Ha's family celebrate Tet?
- How might this special day affect the other days?
- What does the narrator, Ha, do that might bring bad luck?
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Work Time: Think-Pair-Share
How It Works...
- You will be assigned a question(s).
- THINK: Take 10-15 seconds to think about an answer and write it down.
- PAIR: Share your answer with a partner. Then, listen while they share their answer with you.
- SHARE: Share your thoughts with the class when called on by your teacher. You might earn a ticket for the raffle!
Practice
New Entry Titled: Think-Pair-Share
Answer the questions below in your composition book using the THINK:PAIR:SHARE strategy with a partner. You don't have to re-write the questions.
Questions
- How might the events in this poem connect to the first poem we read, 1975: Year of the Cat and the poem, Inside Out?
- What does the fortune-teller foretell about the family's future?
- Ha lives in a war-torn country. How does she hope her life will be turned inside out?
- Ha knows that inside out means something different. What might happen?
Read-Aloud
Inside Out and Kim Ha.
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Assessment / Homework
Assessment / Homework
- Think-Pair-Share questions.
- Read pages XX-ZZ for homework and fill out the Who is Ha graphic organizer.
FRIDAY 11-3 A-Day: Blog Updates or DIRT Day
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.
