MONDAY 12-16-19 C-Day: Read Novel Pages 123-191
Announcements
- Check Your Gmail!
- Make some progress this week on your 20% Time Project.
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DO Now - Copy
Copy into your Vocabulary List III Entry
3. boisterous adj. (boisterously) noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.
The students in the gym were really boisterous yelling and cheering-on their Bubble Ball teammates.
4. decorum n. behavior in keeping with good taste; etiquette.
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Learning Target(s)
- I can explain what the protagonists and antagonists are in a work of fiction.
- I can identify the protagonist and antagonist in the novel Inside Out and Back Again.
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Mini-Lesson: Protagonists and Antagonists
- Watch this video about protagonists and antagonists.
- THINK-Pair-SHARE: With a partner, create a definition of antagonist and protagonist and share it with the class for a ticket.
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Work Time
- While we read... try to identify the main antagonist in Part II of the novel.
- Challenge: Can you identify the antagonist in Part I of the novel?
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Assessment / Homework
- None
TUESDAY 12-17-19 D-Day: Read Novel Pages 192-260
Announcements
- Check Your Gmail!
- Make some progress this week on your 20% Time Project.
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5. refugee n. (refugees) a person forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster.
Many child refugees experience the horrors of war before they leave their home countries in order to find a safe place to live.
6. endure v. (-d, -s, -ing, endurance) to patiently suffer something painful or difficult; to remain in existence or last a long time.
6. endure v. (-d, -s, -ing, endurance) to patiently suffer something painful or difficult; to remain in existence or last a long time.
It is unbelievable that a child can endure such horrible living conditions and still manage to smile.
Learning Target(s)
- I can identify and explain how Thanna Lai creates dialogue in the novel.
- I can identify and punctuate dialogue in fiction.
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Mini-Lesson: Punctuating Dialogue in Fiction
- Usually, dialogue is written like this....
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Entry Title: Writing Dialogue for Poetry Project
For Inside Out & Back Again, dialogue is written like this...
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Work Time
- Read the remainder of the novel.
- FOCUS: How do Ha and Pink Boy resolve their conflict?
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Assessment / Homework
- None
WEDNESDAY 12-18-19 A-Day: Peer Review of Blog Post #3
Announcements
- Check Your Gmail!
- Make some progress this week on your 20% Time Project.
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DO Now - Copy
Copy the following new vocabulary words 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 perfect Blog Post #3 by having it peer reviewed.
- I can submit Blog Post #3 correctly for full credit.
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Mini-Lesson: Peer Reviewing - A Blog post Checklist
- Proofread First: Use the Proofreading checklist.
- Editing: Use the Blog Post Rubric in Assignment 35.0
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Work Time
- Find two people to proofread and edit your Blog Post #3!
- If you need someone to do it and can't find anyone, let Mr. DeGrandis know immediately!
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Assessment / Homework
- Complete the proofreading and editing of Blog Post #3!
THURSDAY 12-19-19 B-Day: Poetry Project Time
Announcements
- Check Your Gmail!
- Make some progress this week on your 20% Time Project.
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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 will make progress on the rough draft of my Inside Out and Back Again Poetry Project.
- I can punctuate dialogue in fiction.
- I can punctuate dialogue in the same style as Thanhha Lai.
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Mini-Lesson: None
Entry Title: Writing Dialogue for Poetry Project
Usually, dialogue is written like this....
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2nd Entry Title: Writing Dialogue for Poetry Project
For Inside Out & Back Again, dialogue is written like this...
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Work Time
- Read the novel.
- Identify examples of dialogue in Thanhha Lai's style.
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Assessment / Homework
- Include dialogue in your poetry project.
FRIDAY 12-20-19 C-Day: Poetry Project Work Time and Raffle
