MP1 2019-2020 - Week 9

   MONDAY    10-28    A-Day:  Who is Ha?       

     Announcements              

• Check Your Gmail!
• Get your 20% Time Book Out for a check!
• Did you set up your first mentor meeting yet?
• Still need a mentor?  YOU MUST COME SEE ME!
• LET'S SIGN INTO YOUR READWORKS ACCOUNT!
• Goto www.readworks.org
• Click on STUDENT LOG IN
• Click on LOG IN WITH GOOGLE
• Click on YOUR ACCOUNT
• Click ALLOW

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     DO Now - Copy               

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 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?

Check out this video which will give you an idea of the people of Vietnam celebrate Tet!

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     Work Time: Think-Pair-Share                     

Read up to page 37 as a class.

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     Assessment / Homework                             

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  • Did you turn in Assignments 18.2 (Periods 1, 2, 6) and Assignment 18.5, 20% Time Book (All classes)?

   TUESDAY   &  WEDNESDAY   10-29 & 30      B/C-Day:  Identifying Character Traits in Literature       

     Announcements     

• Check Your Gmail! 
• Be sure to spend some time this week on your 20% Time Project!

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     DO Now  - Copy              

Copy these two new words into 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.

7.  contagion n. (contagious) - the spreading of a disease or idea from one person to another through close contact

Once the idea of storming the Bastille took hold, it spread like a contagion among the people.

8.  pestilence n. (pestilences) - a fatal epidemic disease, especially the bubonic plague

The Ebola virus is a horrific pestilence that was just as easily spread as the bubonic plague.

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     Learning Target(s)                                   

• I can identify personality traits, interests, beliefs or values of Ha, the main character of the novel, Inside Out and Back Again by Thannha Lai by using a graphic organizer. 

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     Mini-Lesson:  What is Evaluating Evidence?        

 
• When you are writing an essay, it's really important to be sure that your evidence is accurate, reliable (credible sources) and supports the topic sentence.
• How do you evaluate evidence?
• Identify the claim (topic sentence)
• Identify the evidence
• See if the evidence supports your claim 

Watch this video on Evaluating Evidence!

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     Work Time - Who is Ha Anchor Chart              

 

• Using your Who is Ha? Graphic Organizer in Google Classroom Assignment 22.0 and the novel, Inside Out and Back Again, find nine pieces of evidence that are accurate, reliable and support your topic sentence.  Things like... characteristics of Ha's personality, values, beliefs or physical appearance.
• Actively Read up to page 37 in the novel.  Fill in evidence about Ha as you go!
• Share your evidence with one or two other students and fill in your chart with any evidence they found that is different from yours.
• Check their evidence to be sure it is solid!

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • None.  We will work on this again in class tomorrow.

  
  

   THURSDAY    10-31    D-Day:  ReadWorks and Catch Up     

     Announcements          

• Check Your Gmail! 
• Be sure to spend some time this week on your 20% Time Project! 

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     DO Now - None for Today         

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     Learning Target(s)     

• Periods 1, 2, 6: I can use active reading to improve how well I understand non-fiction passages, answer multiple choice questions, and answer short response questions using evidence.
  
• Period 4:  I can make up any work I am missing to improve my average.

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     Mini-Lesson:  Login to ReadWorks.org     

 
• Periods 1, 2, 6: Use your Google Credentials to log into www.ReadWorks.org.
  
  Period 4:  Go to Google Classroom and click on the  CLASSWORK tab.  Then, see what assignments you are missing and get them done to improve your grade.

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     Work Time                       

 

• Periods 1, 2, 6: Complete the assignment titled: Trading Pumpkins.
• Period 4:  Complete any makeup work you are missing.

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Periods: 1, 2, 6:  Due at he end of the period.
  • Period 4: Finish all assignments you need to get done by Sunday 11:59PM.

   FRIDAY    11-1    A-Day:  20% Time Project and Make-up Work     

MP1 2019-2020 Week 8

   MONDAY   10-21-2019    D-Day:  Finish 6-Word Horror Stories  & RAFFLE!     

     Announcements                      

• Check Your Gmail!
• Get your raffle tickets ready!
• Did you set up your first mentor meeting yet?
• Still need a mentor?  YOU MUST COME SEE ME!
• Students that are doing sign language.  This is your last chance!  Come  Friday, Period 7 for sign classes.

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     DO Now - Sticky Note                     

DIRECTIONS:  Grab a sticky note from Mr. D. and write the following info on it.

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     DO Now - Write a 6-Word Story              

Entry Title: A 6-Word Story

• Directions:  Write a quick and easy 6-Word Story!
• Here here are some ideas to get you started or make up your own!
• Snap Chat, Facebook, Instagram or...
• Video Games
• My Best Friend
• My Worst Enemy
• My Mom
• My Pet
• An embarrassing life moment
• Superheros

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     Learning Target(s)                

• I can use the writing process to create a 6-Word Horror Story for Halloween. 

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     Mini-Lesson:    (See Yesterday)              

 
• Watch these two videos on 6-Word Stories and Memoirs
1. 6-Word Stories
2. Six Tips for Writing Six-Word Memoirs

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     Work Time                                    

 

• As a class we will pick up our first novel - Inside Out and Back Again
• Then,we'll finish our stories...
• Make final edits
• Decorate your submission.
• Be sure to write your name and period on the back!

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • None

   WEDNESDAY    10-23-2019    B-Day:  1975: Year of the Cat     

     Announcements     

• Check Your Gmail!
• Get your raffle tickets ready!
• Did you set up your first mentor meeting yet?
• Still need a mentor?  YOU MUST COME SEE ME!
• Students that are doing sign language.  This is your last chance!  Come today Wednesday and Friday, Period 7 for sign classes.

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     DO Now - Copy               

Entry Title: Vocabulary List II

1.  engender v. (engenders, engendered, engendering) - to bring a feeling into existence
When the principal announced that students could no longer wear sneakers to school, it engendered anger in the student body.

2.  pacify v. (pacified, pacifying, pacifies, pacifist) - to ease someone's anger; calm someone down
After dropping her cell phone in the muddy puddle, I tried to pacify my angry friend by offering her a big, warm hug.
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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.
  
  
• How might powerful, negative or positive, events in your life shape who you are?

     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?

     Assessment / Homework       

• • None

   THURSDAY    10-24     C-Day:  Vocabulary Review Day     

     Announcements                 

• Check Your Gmail!
• Did you set up your first mentor meeting yet?
•   Check out the new Mentor Agenda for your first meeting! 
• Students that are doing sign language.  This is your last chance!  Come today Friday, Period 7 for sign classes.

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     DO Now - Review Vocabulary Words       

Directions: go to your www.quizlet.com account and quiz yourself or a partner on the vocabulary words and their word family members. Make sure you know how to spell all the words AND their word family members correctly!

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     Learning Target(s)                       

• I can study for the upcoming vocabulary test by playing a review game!

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     Mini-Lesson:  What and How to Play                      

New Strategy:  Around the Room and Back

• An  activity where teams travel "around the room and back" in a competition to complete station challenges that review class content.


• How it works...
• Mr. DeGrandis will assign you a group and your starting station.
• You will have 3 minutes to complete the challenge.  When the timer goes off, time is up!
• When your group completes the station challenge, raise a hand and Mr. DeGrandis will come check your work.

• Reminder:  Use good sportsmanship!

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     Work Time                           

 

• Play the game!
• May the best team win!

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Study for the vocabulary quiz tomorrow!
  • Bring your 20% Time Book!

   FRIDAY  10-25      D-Day:  20% Time Work and Research     

1.  Take Vocabulary List II Quiz in Google Classroom, Assignment 26.0.  The quiz should only take 10-12 minutes to complete.
504 Accommodations:  If you would like to take advantage of your 504 accommodations, please let Mr. DeGrandis know before you get started.

2.  When done, begin your second 20% Blog Update.

MP1 2019-2020 - Week 7

   MONDAY    10-14-19    No School - Columbus Day     

   TUESDAY    10-15-19    D-Day:  6-Word Horror Stories     

     Announcements                       

• Check Your Gmail! 
• Be seated, quiet and working on DO NOW before the bell rings!
• Did you turn in your Lasertron permission slip to the 4th floor House Office?

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     DO Now - Copy                               

New Entry Title: The Writing Process

1. Brainstorm Ideas
2. Structure Your Idea
3. Write a Rough Draft
4. Peer Edit Rough Draft - check capitalization, spelling, grammar and punctuation etc...
5. Make Edits to Rough Draft
6. Repeat Steps 3 - 5 Until Satisfied
7. Write Final Draft
8. Publish Your Work for the World to Enjoy!

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     Learning Target(s)                     

• I can review and practice using the writing process to create a 6-Word Horror Story for Halloween. 

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     Mini-Lesson:  6-Word Stories         

 

1. Watch these two videos on 6-Word Stories and Memoirs
2. 6-Word Stories
3. Six Tips for Writing Six-Word Memoirs
4. Mr. DeGrandis will demonstrate the writing process and as a class we will create a 6-Word Horror Story together.
5. Publish the story on www.smithmag.net

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     Work Time                     

 

• Create a 6-Word Horror Story (Here are some creepy examples!)
• Proofread it very carefully with a friend!
• Using pencil, create a rough draft on colored paper.
• Have Mr. DeGrandis do a final check.
• Write final draft with colored markers.
• Decorate it!
•   Students whose work is exceptional and error-free will be published on the 6-Word Horror Story Wall in the first floor hallway.  

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     Assessment / Homework                 

• • You may work on this at home or do more than one! We will finish next class period.

   WEDNESDAY    10-16-19    No School: Lasertron      

   THURSDAY    10-17-19     B-Day:  Finish Rough Draft of 6-Word Horror Stories     

     Announcements     

• Check Your Gmail! 
• Be seated, quiet and working on DO NOW before the bell rings!

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     DO Now - Write a 6-Word Story              

Entry Title: A 6-Word Story

• Directions:  Write a quick and easy 6-Word Story!
• Here here are some ideas to get you started or make up your own!
• Snap Chat, Facebook, Instagram or...
• Video Games
• My Best Friend
• My Worst Enemy
• My Mom
• My Pet
• An embarrassing life moment
• Superheros

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     Learning Target(s)                  

• I can use the writing process to create a 6-Word Horror Story for Halloween. 

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     Mini-Lesson:    (See Yesterday)              

 
• Need a refresher or absent on Tuesday?  Watch these two videos on 6-Word Stories and 6-Word Memoirs
1. 6-Word Stories
2. Six Tips for Writing Six-Word Memoirs

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     Work Time                                    

 

• Finish your 6-Word Horror Story.
  
• Submit it in Google Classroom in Assignment 20, "What is You 6-Word Horror Story." Then...
  
• Sketch out your 6-Word Horror Story on blank paper you can get from your teacher.  Use pencil!  Be creative and fill the whole page with the words!  We'll finish them on Monday!

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Bring in your 20% Time Book for tomorrow's Independent Reading Time assignment!

   FRIDAY    10-18-19    C-Day:  20% Time     


  Complete assignment 21.0 in Google Classroom. 

  Once you have completed 10 Thoughts, work on your 20% Time Project.  

MP1 2019-2020 - Week 6

   MONDAY    10-7    D-Day:  Mix and Mingle       

     Announcements                

• Did you turn in Assignment 18.0?
• Check your Gmail!
• Did you turn in your field trip forms to the 4th Floor House Office for LaserTron?
• Please turn in your Signed Progress Report to Mr. DeGrandis AND your Mentor Data Sheet.  Still don't have a mentor?  Come see me to day at the beginning of period 7.
• Start your Do Now below...

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     DO Now - Remember and Write!                                     

New Entry Title: Inferences About the Gallery Walk

What are some inferences you recall about the gallery walk from last week?  Click here to see the photos again if you need to.

Write at least three inferences down.

Sample Inferences

1. In the photo with all the cars, I can infer that people may be trying to escape some natural disaster, like a tsunami.
2. In the photo of the helicopter, I can infer that people are trying to escape to safety. 

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     Learning Target(s)                                        

• I can use inferencing to put the details of an article in the correct order (sequence).
• I can participate in discussions about the text with a partner, small group, and the whole class.

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     Mini-Lesson:  Mix and Mingle          

 
• This Mix and Mingle activity will help you create new inferences between the event you have seen in the Gallery Walk and information from the text we will be reading about the fall of Saigon.

What to do...

• You will receive two sentence strips from your teacher.
• Read them to yourself. Then...
• Turn and Talk: Read your sentence strips to a neighbor.
• Do you think you have the whole story based on the pictures from the Gallery Walk and these two sentence strips? Discuss with your partner.

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     Work Time                                                                     

 SPECIAL REQUEST:  Sentence Strip Envelopes and Sentence Strips:  Please do not write, tear, fold or otherwise damage these so other students in other classes can use them for this activity today as well!  Thank You!   

Mix and Mingle: Create an Inference with Your Group

• Mr. D. will give you an envelope containing two sentence strips.
• When asked to begin, wander the room with your sentence strips.
• Look for peers that have different strips than your own.  Stay together until you collect a total of 4-5 people.  No one should have the same sentence strips!
• You will have five minutes to mix and mingle.
• Select an area of the room in which you can meet with your group.
• Arrange the strips in a logical order.  You should be able to explain why you put your strips in the order you did.
• It's OK if you have more questions than answers at this point!

Class Discussion Questions

What do you think happened to the people in the gallery walk based on the sentence strips and the photos?  What specific evidence do you have to back up your inferences?

Guiding Questions for this novel study...
1.  What is home?
2.  How do critical incidents reveal character?
3.  Which of your quotes might fit our guiding questions?

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     Assessment / Homework                                      

Make sure you turned in Assignment 18.0 in Google Classroom if you did not finish in class, even if it is late!

   TUESDAY  & WEDNESDAY   10-8/9    A/B-Day:  Making Digital FlashCards        

     Announcements                               

• Get your Chromebook
• Check your Gmail!
• No food or liquids in class, only in the commons.
• Stop posting inspirational messages on Instagram if you know you're a mess!
• Vocabulary List I Quiz on Thursday

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     DO Now - Think and Respond      

Entry Title: Answer Me This...

Directions:  Copy the following scenarios into a new Google Doc and answer the question.  You will see this type of question on your first vocabulary quiz!

• 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?  

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     Learning Target(s)                     

• I can create study tools for Vocabulary List I to help me do well on the quiz this Thursday.
• I can explain what to do in the event of a Fire Drill, Evacuation, Lock out or Lock Down.

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     Mini-Lesson:  Creating a Quizlet Account and Creating Your First Set of Vocabulary 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.

If you miss today's lesson, the video link above will give you an idea of how to do it. 

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     Work Time                                          

 

1. Go to www.Quizlet.com
2. Log in using your Google sign-in information.
3. Create at least 5 flashcards for Vocabulary List I!
4. You will have time to finish and submit these tomorrow.

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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 Wednesday.

   THURSDAY    10-10     C-Day:  20% Time     

   FRIDAY    Superintendent's Conference Day