Announcements
- Check Your Gmail!
- Make sure you have the link to your presentation added to Assignment 26.0 in Google Classroom!
- If you wrote a Just Law letter, please turn it in via Google Classroom today!
DO Now - None
Play your 20% Time Project Proposal to yourself. Make any last second edits and be ready to go!
Learning Target(s)
- I can present a great idea to an audience!
Mini-Lesson: None
Work Time
- Present
Assessment / Homework
- None
WEDNESDAY 10-31 C-Day: 1975 Year of the Cat
Announcements
- Grab your Chromebook
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- Are you working on your Project Proposal?
- If your 20% Time Project is related to creative writing please see me I have exciting news!
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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 - the fall of Saigon.
- 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?
THURSDAY 11-01-18 D-Day: Who is Ha? Reading and Graphic Organizer Assignment
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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 make inferences based on personality traits, interests, beliefs or values of Ha, the main character of the novel, Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai.
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Mini-Lesson: Answer these Questions in a new Google Doc in Your Composition Notebook!
- Entry Title: 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
Complete Assignment 29.5 in Google Classroom.
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Assessment / Homework
Assessment / Homework
- Complete Assignment 29.5 by 11:59 PM Sunday for a classwork grade worth 50 Points!
- Mentor Data Sheets are due as well!
FRIDAY 11-02-18 A-Day: Update Your Blog!
Want a Donuts and Juice Party? Bring in canned goods please starting Monday!
