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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

MP3 - Week 4

   MONDAY    2-25-2019    C-Day:  Snow Day    



   TUESDAY    2-26-2019    D-Day:  Create Flash Cards for Vocabulary List III    


   WEDNESDAY    2-27-2019    A-Day:  Finish Group Presentations on To Kill a Mockingbird    

Pick up To Kill a Mockingbird in the library.



       THURSDAY     2-28-2019    B-Day:  Vocabulary Review Day     

         Announcements                          

    • Check Your Gmail!
    • Only about a month left to work on your 20% Time Project!  Remember this counts like a final exam grade in ELA!  It is like its own extra marking period grade!
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         DO Now - Kahoot Review Vocabulary List III    

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         Learning Target(s)                      
    • I can prepare for the vocabulary quiz through review games!


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         Mini-Lesson:    Review of Challenges for Around the Room and Back                   
       
    • Mr. DeGrandis will review the challenges for Around the Room and Back
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         Work Time         
    • Play the game!
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         Assessment / Homework       
      • Study for the text tomorrow!



       FRIDAY     3-1-2019    C-Day:  Vocabulary Test     


      1. Quick review and take the test.  Done early?  Start your blog update in Google Classroom!
      2. Complete Blog Update 53.0 in Google
        Classroom!  Make sure you provide proof of progress from the last update!



      Sunday, February 10, 2019

      MP3 - Week 3

         MONDAY    2-11-2019    B-Day:  Finish Slide Presentation and  Dry Run of Presentation!         

           Announcements                 

      • Check Your Gmail! 
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           DO Now - Copy                   

      Entry Title: Research Presentation Checklist

      Directions:  Copy this checklist into a new document and use it with your team to make sure you have everything ready to go on your presentation.
       

      Research Presentation Checklist

      • Slide 1 - Title of your group's topic; Names of group members
      • Additional Slides Have...
        • a picture related to the question being discussed.
        • a word, phrase or sentence that captures the main idea of the slide
      • Last Slide - Titled Works Cited; has one citation for each question (Period 6 only needs three)
      • ALL SLIDES MUST
        • have NO spelling errors
        • be grammatically correct
        • font size 18 or more
        • have a color and/or design theme

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           Learning Target(s)            
      • I can use a rubric to analyze a presentation.
      • I can proof read and revise a presentation for a live audience.
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           Mini-Lesson:  Demonstration     
         
      • How do you use a rubric to improve the quality of a presentation.
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           Work Time                               
      • Rehearse your presentation for Mr. DeGrandis or Ms. Folts.
      • Edit and revise slides with your team as needed.
      • Rehearse the presentation if you finish.
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           Assessment / Homework               
        • Preliminary grade for group presentation.




             TUESDAY    2-12-2019    C-Day:   Dry-Run of Presentations     

               Announcements                   

          • Check your Gmail.
          • Are you working on your 20% Time Project?
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               DO Now - Kahoot!                

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               Learning Target(s)             
          • I can demonstrate my understanding of in-line citations by playing a review game.
          • I can rehearse a group presentation in preparation for a group grade.
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               Mini-Lesson:  Presenting Your First Run            
             
          • Your group will be presenting to your teacher.
          • Here are some guidelines to keep in mind...
                • Each member of the group must present some portion of your topic.
                • You need to teach us about your topic.
                • By the end, the class should understand the following...
                  • What your topic is about.
                  • Why it is important.
                  • How it relates to To Kill a Mockingbird and/or American History.
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               Work Time                                        
          • Work with your group to develop your presentation.
          • Present to your teacher for feedback, improvements and kudos!  
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               Assessment / Homework                   
            • Revise your presentation and rehearse for Thursday!



               WEDNESDAY     2-13-2010    D-Day:  Rehearse Presentation and Polish     

                 Announcements                   

            • Check your Gmail.
            • Are you working on your 20% Time Project?
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                 DO Now - Kahoot!                               

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                 Learning Target(s)                                     
            • I can demonstrate my understanding of a works cited page playing Kahoot!
            • I can edit and revise a presentation with a team.
            • I can use a rubric to determine our group grade.
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                 Mini-Lesson:  Proofreading Your Presentation         
               
            • Using the presentation rubric to grade each other.
            • Demonstration of how to proofread a slide presentation?

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                 Work Time                                             
            • Using the rubric in Assignment 51.0 in Google Classroom, present to a classmate who is not in your group.
            • Have that person give you a grade based on the rubric.
            • Revise your presentation as needed.
            • Rehearse, rehearse, and rehearse some more!
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                 Assessment / Homework                     
              • Rehearse from home!  Use Google Hangouts!
              • Share your Google IDs with your group and try using Google Hangouts.



               THURSDAY    2-14-2019    A-Day:  Present Research Topics for To Kill a Mockingbird     


                 Announcements                   

            • Check your Gmail!
            • Are you working on your 20% Time Project?
            • Congratulate Paola on being the receiver of the Do the Right Thing Award!
            • Also, Congratulate Jayla on receiving an invitation to read her winning essay on What is Justice at the Hall of Justice in March!
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                 DO Now - Kahoot!                               

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                 Learning Target(s)                                     
            • I can refresh my memory about the basics of presentation skills playing Kahoot!
            • I can present a research topic with a team to teach important concepts that will prepare us for reading the novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
            • I can use a rubric to evaluate my peers' presentations.
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                 Mini-Lesson:  Using a Presentation Rubric         
               
            • Go to Assignment 51.0 in Google Classroom and open the rubric in the instructions.
            • Guidelines on how to use a presentation rubric to grade your peers.

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                 Work Time                                             
            • Keep the rubric open on your Chromebook.
            • As each group presents, be ready to offer your opinion about their presentation.
            • Is it BELOW, APPROACHING, MEETING, or ABOVE standard.
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                 Assessment / Homework                     
              • Nice job everyone!  No homework tonight!






               FRIDAY    2-15-2019    B-Day:  Black Lives Matter Day     

            Sunday, February 3, 2019

            MP3 - Week 2

               MONDAY    2-4-2019    A/C Day:  Begin Writing Scripts     


                 Announcements                            

            • Check your Gmail! 
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                 DO Now - Copy into Vocabulary List III    

            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.
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                 Learning Target(s)     
            • I can explain what the purpose of a works cited page is.
            • I can be part of a team that creates the script for a research-based presentation to get ready for reading To Kill a Mockingbird.
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                 Mini-Lesson:    Works Cited Pages and In-Line Citations        
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                 Work Time                      
            • Divide into your groups.
            • Get your group topic.
            • Start your research.
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                 Assessment / Homework       
              • None



               TUESDAY 2-5-2019    B/D-Day:  Continue Writing Scripts in Adobe Spark     

                 Announcements                 

            • Check your Gmail!

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                 DO Now - Copy                 

            Copy the following into Vocabulary List III

            9.  conviction n. (convict, -ed, -s, -ing) a firmly held belief;  a formal ruling that someone is guilty of a crime.
            It is my firm conviction that all students have the ability to learn and be successful.

            10.  monastery  n. (-ed, -s, -ing) the place where a group of nuns or monks work and live either as a group or alone.
            Brother Maurice lived in a beautiful monastery on Bolivia for most of his life.
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                 Learning Target(s)                       
            • I can analyze a sample script for my group  research project.
            • I can help figure out who will do what part of the script.
            • I can help write the script with my team!
            • I can identify credible sources.
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                 Mini-Lesson:  Demonstration     
               
            • How to tell if a source is credible.
            • How to write with a team on a shared document using Google Slides!
            • A sample script has been added to Assignment 51.0 in Google Classroom. Check it out!
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                 Work Time                            
            • Start your scripts.
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                 Assessment / Homework       
              • None





                 WEDNESDAY   2-6    A/C-Day:  Script Writing and 20% Time     


                   DO Now - TRY IT                 

              Read each bibliographic citation. If it is written in the correct MLA style, color the citation green. If it is incorrect, color the citation red.

              1.  No other performer “has had such an impact” (Jones 324).

              2.  As described by Fiona Herman, in those days “Congress was a scary place to work.” (Fiona Herman 32). 

              3.  According to Ryan Martin, at that time in history "...all roads did, in fact, lead to Rome" (4). 


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                 THURSDAY   2-7    B/D-Day:  Script Writing      


                   DO Now - TRY IT                 

              Answer the following questions based on the inline citation below.


              1.  According to the inline citation, how many authors is the writer referencing?

              2.  The referenced authors write what kind of source? (blog post, vlog post, novel, magazine)

              3.  Which reference is most recent?