TUESDAY 10-9-18 C-Day: Making Digital Flash Cards
Announcements
- Get your Chromebook
- Check your Gmail!
- No food or liquids in class, only in the commons.
- No cell phones during instructional times in classrooms.
DO Now - Think and Respond
Entry Title: Answer Me This...
- You have a brazen fetish for exotic feathers. You are at Seneca Park Zoo. You see the peacock exhibit. What is something you impulsively might do?
- If you you intuitively felt that getting on an airplane could be a perverse experience, what might you decide to do?
Learning Target(s)
- I can create study tools for Vocabulary List I to help me do well on the upcoming quiz.
- I can explain what to do in the event of a Fire Drill, Evacuation, Lock out or Lock Down.
Mini-Lesson: Creating a FlashCardMachine Account and Creating Your First Set of Cards
How to use Quizlet to create virtual flashcards!
Quizlet is a web-based, flashcard maker. Students can create their own set of virtual flashcards to use as study aides for vocabulary quizzes in English class.
Mr. DeGrandis will model how to create your first set of cards, but if you missed today's lesson the video link above will give you an idea of how to do it.
Quizlet is a web-based, flashcard maker. Students can create their own set of virtual flashcards to use as study aides for vocabulary quizzes in English class.
Mr. DeGrandis will model how to create your first set of cards, but if you missed today's lesson the video link above will give you an idea of how to do it.
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Work Time
- Go to www.Quizlet.com
- Log in using you Google sign in information.
- Create at least 5 flashcards for Vocabulary List I!
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Assessment / Homework
- Show Mr. DeGrandis your five completed flashcards before the end of the period for a classwork grade.
- Finish the rest of your cards by the end of class Thursday.
WEDNESDAY 10-10-18 D-Day No Classes due to PSATs
THURSDAY 10-11-18 A-Day: Finish Digital Flash Cards
No Do Now today!
FRIDAY 10-12-18 B-Day: DIRT Day
Periods 1, 2, 4
Complete Assignment 23.0 in Google Classroom
Complete Assignment 23.0 in Google Classroom
Period 6
Special Assignment
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.
