MONDAY 11-18 B-Day: Reading Inside Out and Back Again
Announcements
- Check your Gmail.
- Are you making progress on your 20% Time Project?
- Quiz on Vocabulary List II on Friday!
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DO Now - Syntactic Substitutions
Open the entry titled Syntactic Substitutions in your composition book.
The TREES strategy is like a...
Learning Target(s)
- I can identify the following literary elements in the novel, Inside Out and Back Again: personification, repetition, imagery and simile/metaphors.
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Mini-Lesson: Quick Review
- Watch these quick review videos.
- Personification
- Repetition
- Metaphor/Simile
- Imagery
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Work Time
- Read the novel as a class.
- Use the Literary Elements Note Catcher in Google Classroom to document evidence of literary devices Thanhha Lai uses as you read.
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Assessment / Homework
- None
TUESDAY 11-19 C-Day: Read Inside Out and Back Again
Announcements
- Check your Gmail.
- Are you making progress on your 20% Time Project?
- Quiz on Vocabulary List II on Friday!
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DO Now - Re-tilted
Entry Title: Re-titled
Directions: If you could re-title the novel Inside Out and Back Again, what might your new title be for the book?
Example: From Saigon to Montgomery
Learning Target(s)
- I can identify the following literary elements in the novel, Inside Out and Back Again: personification, repetition and simile/metaphors.
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Mini-Lesson: Literary Element Review
- Watch these quick review videos.
- Personification
- Repetition
- Metaphor/Simile
- Imagery
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Work Time
- Use the Literary Elements Note Catcher in Google Classroom to document evidence of literary devices Thanhha Lai uses as you read.
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Assessment / Homework
- Quiz on pages 1-122 coming Monday!
WEDNESDAY 11-20 D-Day: Flashcards for Vocabulary List II
Announcements
- Check your Gmail.
- Are you making progress on your 20% Time Project?
- Quiz on Vocabulary List II on Friday!
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DO Now - Two Words One Sentence
Entry Title: Two Words One Sentence
DIRECTIONS: For a ticket for the next raffle, write a sentence in which you use two vocabulary words from List II in one sentence.
It must be clear you understand the meaning of the words by the sentence you write.
DIRECTIONS: For a ticket for the next raffle, write a sentence in which you use two vocabulary words from List II in one sentence.
It must be clear you understand the meaning of the words by the sentence you write.
- Example: The pestilence that made millions upon millions sick for months seemed to sagaciously choose its victims selecting only the extremely poor and hungry.
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Learning Target(s)
- I can make study tools for the upcoming quiz on Vocabulary List II.
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Mini-Lesson: Creating a Quizlet Account and Creating Your First Set of Vocabulary Cards
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.
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
- Go to www.Quizlet.com
- Log in using your Google sign-in information.
- Create flashcards for Vocabulary List II! Use pictures!
- FRONT OF CARD - The word and sample sentence.
- BACK OF CARD - Definition and Word Family Members
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Assessment / Homework
- Work on your cards. Due Sunday 11:59 PM.
THURSDAY 11-21 A-Day: Vocabulary Quiz Review Day
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 11-22 B-Day: Vocabulary Quiz, Make-up Time and 20% Time Reading
- Take the vocabulary quiz (no need to submit): 26.0
- Submit Who is Ha? essay if you need to: 25.0
- Submit 2nd Blog Post if you need to: 27.0
- Submit Flash Cards for List II: 29.0
- Done with all the above? Read your 20% Time Book!
