Announcements (remind Mr. D. to take attendance)
- Check Your Gmail!
- Are you working on your 20% Time Project? We are just a few weeks away from starting our final 20% Time TedTalks!
- NWEA Simulation tomorrow!
Periods 1 & 2 - take the vocabulary quiz instead of Do Now!
DO Now - Create It!
Entry Title: Multiple Choice Questions for To Kill a Mockingbird Background InfoDirections: Write one challenging (not too hard, not to easy) multiple choice question based on what you learned during last week's TKMB presentations for a class Kahoot!
Topics...
- Harper Lee
- The Great Depression
- The Scarsboro Boys
- Jim Crow Laws
- Growing Up Black/White in the South in the 1930s
Ask your question to a friend nearby and challenge them to answer it. Get feedback about your question and revise if needed.
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Learning Target(s)
- I can explain what the expectations are for completing the To Kill a Mockingbird (TKMB) study guide questions.
- I can provide text-based evidence that reveals Atticus' character (personality, appearance, values/beliefs).
- I can provide text-based evidence that reveals Boo Radley's character (personality, appearance, values/beliefs).
Mini-Lesson: Study Guide Questions, Atticus and Boo Radley
- How will Study Guide Questions be graded? How important are they?
- Quizzes throughout the reading of the novel.
- Who is Atticus?
- Who is Boo Radley?
Work Time
- Using the graphic novel version of chapter one, begin reading as a class.
- Fill out study guide questions as we read. You can find the study guide in Google Classroom as digital handout. You will not turn this in until asked to do so at he end of the novel.
Assessment / Homework
- None today.
TUESDAY 3-5-2019 A-Day: CBT Simulation & ReadWorks.org
Announcements (remind Mr. D. to take attendance)
- Check Your Gmail!
- Are you working on your 20% Time Project? We are just a few weeks away from starting our final 20% Time TedTalks!
- NWEA Simulation today - Period 2 Only
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DO Now - Create It!
Entry Title: Multiple Choice Questions for To Kill a Mockingbird Background Info
Directions: Write one challenging (not too hard, not to easy) multiple choice question based on what you learned during last week's TKMB presentations for a class Kahoot!
Topics...
- Harper Lee
- The Great Depression
- The Scottsboro Boys
- Jim Crow Laws
- Growing Up Black/White in the South in the 1930s
Ask your question to a friend nearby and challenge them to answer it. Get feedback about your question and revise if needed.
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Learning Target(s)
- I can use ReadWorks.org to practice analyzing informational text in preparation for the upcoming ELA Exam in April.
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Mini-Lesson: How to Access ReadWorks.org
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Work Time - www.ReadWorks Assignment
- Periods 1 & 4: Paired Texts: Struggle for Equal Rights for African Americans
- Period 6: Slavery in the North
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Assessment / Homework
- This assignment is due Friday by the end of class!
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT PERIOD 5AC Only!
Due to Inappropriate Behavior in the Absence of Mr. DeGrandis...
- Go to www.readworks.org.
- Read the short story, The Mountain.
- Answer the question set.
- This will count as a test grade and is due at the end fo the period!
WEDNESDAY 3-6-2010 B-Day: Taking a Stand Part I
Announcements (remind Mr. D. to take attendance)
- Check Your Gmail!
- Are you working on your 20% Time Project? We are just a few weeks away from starting our final 20% Time TedTalks!
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DO Now - Copy and Respond
Entry Title: Pictures or Words?
- Read the two quotes below. Pick the one you feel most strongly about (not both) and explain why. Be prepared to share what you wrote for a raffle ticket!
A picture is worth a thousand words. - Fred R. BernardQUOTE 2...your words can cut like a knife. - Proverbs 12:18
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Learning Target(s)
- I can get information from photographs and make inferences about those images. RL 8.1
- I can explain the advantages and disadvantages of gathering information from photographs. RI 8.7
- I can explain my opinion about what it meas to "take a stand." RI 8.7
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Mini-Lesson
- Create a New Folder in your Composition Book Folder labeled, To Kill a Mockingbird.
- Go to Assignment 56.0 in Google Classroom and OPEN the Taking a Stand Notice and Wonder Chart 2019.
- Using the Taking a Stand Notice and Wonder Chart 2016, capture specific details you notice in each photo below. You will have one minute to view each photo.
- REMEMBER: Inferencing is noticing clues from a text and using your background knowledge to express logical conclusions about it.
- What do you notice and wonder about the following images?
IMAGE 1
IMAGE 2
IMAGE 3
IMAGE 4
IMAGE 5
Assessment
- What might all of these photos have in common?
- Why might all of these people be holding signs?
- What are some things motivating all these people?
TURN and TALK
Select a partner and discuss your thoughts about the following questions with them. Be ready to share your thoughts with the class!
THURSDAY 3-7-2019 C-Day: Taking a Stand Part II
Announcements (remind Mr. D. to take attendance)
- Check Your Gmail!
- Are you working on your 20% Time Project? We are just a few weeks away from starting our final 20% Time TedTalks!
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DO Now - Visual Synectics
NOTE: Use your existing Visual Synectics Entry
Directions: Examine the pictures below. Pick one picture you think completes the thought and write the sentence out in your composition book.
Taking a stand is like a ______ because ______ .
because...
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Learning Target(s)
- I can get information from photographs and make inferences about those images. RL 8.1
- I can use a Frayer Model to deepen my understanding of the concept of taking a stand. RI 8.7
- I can develop a deeper understanding of what it means to "take a stand." RI 8.7
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Mini-Lesson: Who Are The Little Rock Nine?
View the photo below. On your Taking a Stand Notice and Wonder Chart 2016 from yesterday (Assignment 56.0), jot down details of what you notice in this photo and things you might wonder about it.
- Discuss the following questions:
- Who might be taking a stand in this photo?
- How might taking a stand be a positive and a negative?
- Share a story of a time you or someone you know took a stand!
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Work Time: Creating a Frayer Model
- WHAT IS A FRAYER MODEL?
a graphic organizer for building vocabulary
HERE IS A SAMPLE FRAYER MODEL
TAKING A STAND Frayer Model- Open Assignment 57.0 in google Classroom!
- Examples: Brainstorm examples of Taking a Stand with your partner. Share your Turn and Talk examples.
- Definition: Taking a stand means to go out of your way to express your belief in something. It means to stand up for what you believe in, to not just keep quiet about your beliefs.
- Characteristics: What are some characteristics or qualities that a person who takes a stand might have?
- Non-Examples: What might a person do that is the opposite of taking a strand?
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Assessment / Homework
- Sharing of Taking a Stand Frayer Models and TURN IN for a classwork grade.
FRIDAY 3-8-2019 D-Day: Teacher Directed DIRT Day - Finish Chapter 1 of TKMB
Finish reading Chapter 1 of the novel and complete Assignment 58.0: Teacher Directed DIRT Day in Google Classroom. This is due Sunday at 11:59 PM.
You should begin reading where we left off in class and continue to the end of chapter one.
Then, complete assignment 57.0.
You should begin reading where we left off in class and continue to the end of chapter one.
Then, complete assignment 57.0.
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