MP4 - Week 6

   MONDAY  5-27-19    No Classes for Memorial Day     

   TUESDAY    5-28-19      A-Day:  What is a TedTalk?    

     Announcements     

• Tell Mr. D. to take attendance please!
• Check Your Gmail!
• Did you turn in your Study Guide Questions and your Theme Tracker?  It is now late bu you can still receive partial credit.

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     DO Now - Take Notes!              

Directions:  Make a list of the six kinds of presentations using this link to a presentation about presentations.

1. xxx
2. xxx
3. xxx
4. xxx
5. xxx
6. xxx

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     Learning Target(s)                    

• I can analyze a TedTalk to determine what makes this style of presentation so appealing. 

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     Mini-Lesson:     Giving a Great TedTalk     

 
• Watch this TedTalk...
• What are some reasons you liked (or didn't like) this TedTalk?
• Now watch this TedTalk...
• Compare this TedTalk with the one you just saw on ocean life.  What are some reasons these two TedTalks capture people's attention AND inform them?

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     Work Time                                   

 

• Do Assignment 72.0 in Google Classroom.  This is a classwork grade worth 25 Points! 

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     Assessment / Homework             

• • Complete assignment 72.0 by Thursday 11:59 and submit.

   WEDNESDAY   5-29-19 B-Day:  Creating Your TedTalk Rubric     

     Announcements                       

• Check your Gmail!
• Assignments 72.0 and 73.0 are due Friday by 11:59 PM.
• Did you finish your NWEA?  If not, you need to make it up!  Springreading  1326
• Did you SUBMIT in ReadWorks?

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     DO Now - The Greatest Party Ever!                      

Make a list of the factors you feel are important if you want to host the best party ever!  Consider the people you'd invite, the food you would have, the place you would have it and the entertainment you would have. (Money is no object!)

Cut and paste this rubric into a new entry titled, The Greatest Party Ever and fill it out!  Note:  You may have to readjust the column widths.

The Best Party Ever Rubric

CRITERIA	4	3	2	1
Guests
Food
Venue
Entertainment

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     Learning Target(s)                           

• I can create a rubric that clearly lays out the criteria for my TedTalk by analyzing some other TedTalk Rubrics. 

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     Mini-Lesson:     What is a Rubric Anyway?        

 
• A rubric is a set of criteria specifying the characteristics of an outcome and the levels of achievement.
  
  It clarifies for you the way you will be graded on a particular assignment.
• For Example, check out this rubric for a good TedTalk...

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     Work Time                       

 

• With a group or on your own...
• Check out these two rubrics...
•   Rubric One
• Rubric Two (same as above)
• Complete Assignment 73.0 in Google Classroom.
• NOTE: Passion or Inspiration should be one category.

   THURSDAY    5-30-19    C-Day:  Scripting Your TedTalk        

     Announcements                                     

• Remind Mr., DeGrandis to Take Attendance!
• Check Your Gmail! 

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     Learning Target(s)                    

• I can create an outline for my TedTalk using the outlining feature in Google Docs and the TedTalk Guide for giving a great TedTalk! 

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     Mini-Lesson:  The Illustrated TEDTalk Guide                             

 
• Check out The Illustrated TEDxSpeaker Guide
•  Your focus should be on Step 3
• Here is a text version  of The TedTalk Speakers Guide with more detail.  I highly recommend you read this!
• Create your Outline using Google Docs

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     Work Time                                          

 

• Create your outline in Assignment 74.0.  This is due on This Sunday 11:59 PM.

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     Assessment / Homework                    

• • Work on your outline - Assignment 74.0.

   FRIDAY    5-31-19     D-Day: Project Work Time        

Here is a suggested order in which to complete your assignments...

1. Complete and submit your study guide questions for TKMB. Due tonight!
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3. Complete and submit your theme tracker for TKMB. Due tonight!
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5. Do assignment 72.0 - What Makes a Great TedTalk graphic organizer. Due tonight!
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7. Do assignment 73.0 - TedTalk rubric development. Due tonight!
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9. Do assignment 74.0 - TedTalk script.  Due Sunday 11:59 PM.
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11. Create slides for your presentation. Suggested due date Wednesday June 5th.
12. 
    
13. Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse!
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15. Be ready to present on Monday June 10th.
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17. Post your completed TedTalk Video in Assignment 80.0 by Sunday June 16th!

MP4 - Week 5

   MONDAY  5-20-19    A-Day:  Read Chapter 20-21     

     Announcements     

• Check Your Gmail!
• Reminder:  Click here to check the TKMB Reading Assignment Sheet.  You are responsible for reading chapters NOT listed on your own outside of class time.

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     DO Now - Copy                                  

Entry Title: Developing a Theme or Not?

Directions:  Copy the statements below into a new entry.  Read each statement and highlight it green if it is the author developing the theme of self-discovery (knowing who you are).  If not, color it red.

1. The song How Far I'll Go! in the film Moana, is used as a metaphor to establish the idea that Moana has an internal conflict about her purpose in life.
2. Moana's grandmother introduces the film by telling a folk tale about how Maui stole the heart of Tefiti.
3. The director uses the death of Moana's grandmother as a catalyst for Moana to make the decision to follow "the voice inside." 

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     Learning Target(s)                               

• I can explain how Harper Lee further develops the theme of prejudice in chapter 20 by tracking specific details. 

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     Mini-Lesson:  Developing a Theme     

 
• Authors use characters, setting (time and place) and plot (what happens) to develop their theme (message to the reader).
• Watch this Adobe Spark presentation on Developing Theme

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     Work Time                                        

 

• Use your theme tracker to identify examples of how Harper Lee develops the theme of racism in Chapter 20.

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     Assessment / Homework                  

• • TBD  

   TUESDAY    5-21-19    B-Day:  Summarize Chapters 22-27, Read 28     

     DO Now - Copy                                  

Entry Title: Developing a Theme or Not Part II?

Directions:  Copy the statements below into a new entry.  Read each statement and highlight it green if it is the author developing a theme.  If not, color it red.

1. Thahhna Lai uses the symbolism of Ha's mother's ring to establish her mother's joy.
2. Thahhna Lai uses the character of Pink Boy to establish the theme of bullying once Ha arrives in Alabama.
3. Thahhna Lai uses the symbol of the papaya tree to develop the theme of homesickness in Ha throughout the novel.

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     Learning Target(s)                               

• I can explain how Harper Lee further develops the theme of prejudice in chapter 21 by tracking specific details. 

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     Mini-Lesson:  Summarizing Chapters 22-27     

Read the Summary for each of these chapters.  You are responsible for reading these chapters on your own!  You will have a test on chapters 18-31 once we are done reading the novel.

• Summary of Chapters 22 - 26:
• Chapter 22 Summary
• Chapter 23 Summary
• Chapter 24 Summary
• Chapter 25 Summary
• Chapter 26 Summary
• Chapter 27 Summary

     Work Time                                        

 

Have your SGQs and Theme Trackers out so you can fill them out as we read.

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     Assessment / Homework                  

• •   Use theme tracker to identify examples of how Harper Lee develops the theme of racism in Chapter 22-27.

   WEDNESDAY     5-23-19    D-Day:  Finish Chapter 28, SGQs and Theme Tracker       

     Announcements                     

• Check Your Gmail!
• Reminder:  Click here to check the TKMB Reading Assignment Sheet.  You are responsible for reading chapters NOT listed on your own outside of class time.

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     DO Now - Developing a Theme Using Language                      

Entry Title: Example of How Harper Lee Develops the Theme of Compassion Using Language

• Example from the Novel: Compassion

Atticus stood up and walked to the end of the porch. When he completed his 
examination of the wisteria vine he strolled back to me. 

“First of all,” he said, “if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot 
better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you 
consider things from his point of view-” 

“Sir?” 

“-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” 

• Explanation of how the author develops the theme of compassion using language spoken by a character...

Harper Lee uses the language Atticus speaks to introduce the idea of compassion to Scout, saying, "You never really understand a person, Scout, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."  This is the first instance that the theme of compassion is presented in the novel.  It is a simple definition of compassion.  The author later uses this definition develop this theme later in the novel when it becomes more complicated.

For your presentations, you want to show how the author establishes your theme (the first time it is mentioned in the novel) and then show how the author uses language (or any other literary device) to build on the theme as the novel progresses.

TRY THIS ONE ON YOUR OWN

Theme Being Tracked:  Taking a Stand

Directions:

1. Find the example of Taking a Stand in the excerpt below.
2. Decide if the author is establishing this theme for the first in the novel or is developing it further (making it more complex).
3. Figure out how the author uses language to understand how the theme is established or further developed.
4. Explain number 3.
5. EXCERPT

• I suppose she chose me because she knew my name; as I read the alphabet a faint line appeared between her eyebrows, and after making me read most of My First Reader and the stock-market quotations from The Mobile Register aloud, she discovered that I was literate and looked at me with more than faint distaste. Miss Caroline told me to tell my father not to teach me any more, it would interfere with my reading. “Teach me?” I said in surprise. “He hasn’t taught me anything, Miss Caroline. Atticus ain’t got time to teach me anything,” I added, when Miss Caroline smiled and shook her head. “Why, he’s so tired at night he just sits in the livingroom and reads.” “If he didn’t teach you, who did?” Miss Caroline asked good-naturedly. “Somebody did. You weren’t born reading The Mobile Register .” “Jem says I was. He read in a book where I was a Bullfinch instead of a Finch. Jem says my name’s really Jean Louise Bullfinch, that I got swapped when I was born and I’m really a-” Miss Caroline apparently thought I was lying. “Let’s not let our imaginations run away with us, dear,” she said. “Now you tell your father not to teach you any more. It’s best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell him I’ll take over from here and try to undo the damage-” “Ma’am?” “Your father does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now.”

Complete Your EXPLANATION HERE... (USE TREES)

     In the excerpt above, the author uses language to establish the theme of taking a stand.  This is done through the language Scout uses to defend herself when Miss Caroline accuses Atticus of teaching Scout to read.  This is the first time the author introduces the idea of taking a stand.  Scout takes a stand by saying, " ________ ."  This establishes the theme of taking a stand by...

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     Learning Target(s)                         

• I can explain how an author uses language to establish and develop a major theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. 

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     Mini-Lesson:  Explaining How Authors Develop Themes                         

 
• Using Do Now Above review the steps.

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     Work Time       

 

• Read chapter 28
• Update theme tracker

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • None

   THURSDAY    5-23-19    D-Day:  Read 29         

     Announcements     

• Check Your Gmail!
• Reminder:  Click here to check the TKMB Reading Assignment Sheet.  You are responsible for reading chapters NOT listed on your own outside of class time.

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     DO Now -  Practice Identifying a Themes    

Entry Title: Practice Identifying a Theme

Theme Being Tracked:  Prejudice

Directions:

1. Find the example of Prejudice in the excerpt below.
2. Decide if the author is establishing this theme for the first in the novel or is developing it further (making it more complex).
3. Figure out how the author uses language to understand how the theme is established or further developed.
4. Explain number 3.
5. EXCERPT
   

   Miss Caroline was no more than twenty-one. She had bright auburn hair, pink 
   cheeks, and wore crimson fingernail polish. She also wore high-heeled pumps and 
   a red-and-white-striped dress. She looked and smelled like a peppermint drop. 
   
   She boarded across the street one door down from us in Miss Maudie Atkinson’s 
   upstairs front room, and when Miss Maudie introduced us to her, Jem was in a 
   haze for days. 
   
   Miss Caroline printed her name on the blackboard and said, “This says I am Miss 
   Caroline Fisher. I am from North Alabama, from Winston County.” The class 
   murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbor her share of the 
   peculiarities indigenous to that region. (When Alabama seceded from the Union 
   on January 11, 1861, Winston County seceded from Alabama, and every child in 
   Maycomb County knew it.) North Alabama was full of Liquor Interests, Big 
   Mules, steel companies, Republicans, professors, and other persons of no 
   background. 

Complete Your EXPLANATION HERE... (USE TREES)

     In the excerpt above, the author uses language to <establish or develop> the theme of prejudice.  This is because...

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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can identifying themes in the novel and explain how the author either establishes or develops them.

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     Mini-Lesson:  Review Do Now     

 
• Share out Do Now

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     Work Time                            

 

• Read Chapter 29, finish over break.

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Finish 29 if necessary.
  • Test on Chapters 18-31 on Tuesday after break.

   TODAY'S WORK   5-23-19         

1. Complete Assignment 72.0 in Google Classroom by the end of the period!
2. Complete your SGQs and Theme Trackers - Due MONDAY 11:59 PM.  NOTE:  These are very important and must be turned in on time or you will not receive full credit for the assignments.
3. Finish any ReadWorks Assignments you may not have completed.
4. Work on your 20% Time Project

MP4 - Week 4

   MONDAY    5-13    D-Day:  Quiz and Read Works     

     Announcements               

• Get out your SGQs for a Homework Check!  This one is important, so don't skip it!
• Check out the changes to your To Kill a Mockingbird Reading Assignments sheet by clicking here!
• Quiz on Chapters 12-14 Today
• Check Your Gmail! 

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     DO Now - None                

     Learning Target(s)     

• I can practice my reading comprehension skills using www.ReadWorks.com.

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     Mini-Lesson:  Review       

 
• How to login in to www.ReadWorks.com

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     Work Time                  

 

• Periods 1, 2, 4:  Short Story - Running a Zombie 5k
• Period 6: Short Story - Temporary Employment

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Finish the above assignment if you don't finish in class.

   TUESDAY  through THURSDAY    NWEA TESTING     

   FRIDAY     MAKE-Up Day    D-Day           

Everything you need to get done...

1. Finish your NWEA.  Then...Springreading                  4227
   
2. Complete all study guide questions by the time we finish reading the novel.  You must read all the chapters not covered in class.  There will be a quiz on chapters 18-31 the day after Memorial Day Break.
3. In lieu of the final project for To Kill a Mockingbird, complete one column in your Theme Tracker for each third of the novel.  Be sure to include the evidence, page number and an explanation of why you included it in your theme tracker.  This will be a classwork grade worth 100 points.
4. Work on your 20% Time Project Ted Talk (We'll be discussing the details after next week.)