ELA with Mr. DeGrandis: Week 2

MONDAY 2-8-21 A-Day: Visual Synectics Strategy

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Are you checking your email twice a day?

2. Is your camera on for the Cameras-On Extra Credit Opportunity?

3. Next 20% Time Project Update due February 12, 2021 (not Period 4).

4. Regular bell schedule today!

5. Friday's quiz had a glitch. Bonus: One extra point for everyone!

6. Need to finish your NWEA? Get it done today.

7. Participating in the Camera-on Extra Credit offer? Please send me your name in the chat privately to me now. Thanks!f

DO NOW

Go to: www.joinpd.com and enter the PearDeck code from the chat.

LEARNING TARGETS

1. I can explain what the visual synectics strategy is.

2. I can practice using the visual synectics strategy using Pear Deck.

MINI-LESSON

CLICK HERE FOR THE PRESENTATION

1. What is visual synectics?

2. Why is it a valuable skill to learn?

3. How do you complete a visual synectics activity?

WORK TIME

Use the Pear Deck activity to practice completing a visual synectics activity.

ASSESSMENT

TRY IT YOURSELF

1. Create a new Google Doc in your digital notebook called Visual Synectics.

2. Copy the Visual Synectics challenge below into your new doc.

3. Complete the sentence.

4. Add your completed sentence to the chat for class participation.

The TREAT strategy is like a ____ because ___ .

TUESDAY 2-9-21 C-Day: Taking a Stand Part I

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Are you checking your email twice a day?

2. Is your camera on for the Cameras-On Extra Credit Opportunity?

3. Next 20% Time Project Update due February 12, 2021 (not Period 4).

4. Regular bell schedule today!

5. Need to finish your NWEA? Get it done today.

DO NOW

Entry Title: Pictures or Words? Read the two quotes below. Pick the one you feel most strongly about (not both) and explain why you picked it in the chat. Be prepared to share what your thoughts! QUOTE 1 A picture is worth a thousand words. - Fred R. Bernard QUOTE 2 ...your words can cut like a knife. - Proverbs 12:18

LEARNING TARGETS

1. I can get information from photographs and make inferences about those images. RL 8.1

2. I can explain the advantages and disadvantages of gathering information from photographs. RI 8.7

3. I can explain my opinion about what it means to "take a stand." RI 8.7

MINI-LESSON

Create a New Folder in your Google Drive labeled, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Go to Assignment 39.0 in Google Classroom and OPEN the Taking a Stand Notice and Wonder Chart 2021.
Using the Taking a Stand Notice and Wonder Chart 2021, 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?

WORK TIME

Fill in your Notice and Wonder Chart.

IMAGE 1

IMAGE 2

IMAGE 3

IMAGE 4

IMAGE 5
Civil rights march on Washington, D.C.

ASSESSMENT

TURN and TALK

In a breakout group, discuss your thoughts about the following questions with your team. Be ready to share your thoughts with the class!

1. What might all of these photos have in common?

2. Why might all of these people be holding signs?

3. What are some things motivating all these people?

WEDNESDAY 2-10-21 A-Synch: Survey Assignment

Today's A-synch Assignment

A new class survey for your consideration.

THURSDAY 2-11-21 C-Day: Taking a Stand Part II

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Reminder: check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.

2. Is your camera on for the Camera-On Extra Credit Opportunity?

3. 20% Time Project Update due tomorrow (not Period 4)!

4. Regular bell schedule today!

5. Anyone still need to finish their NWEA?

Period 6 - Check out this article about the insurrection. It speaks to our discussion the other day - Was it a protest, a riot, a coup or all of those? This article speaks to our conversation about what it was. What do you think?

DO NOW

DIRECTIONS: Complete this sentence in the chat and copy it into yesterday's Visual Synectics entry.

Taking a stand is like a ____ because ____ .

Example (Can't use this): Taking a stand is like a rock because you must be hard and strong and stay in place.

LEARNING TARGETS

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

MINI-LESSON

Go to this Padlet and discuss your thoughts about the following questions about the pictures from yesterday's assignment. Be ready to share your thoughts with the class! This is a class participation grade.

1. What might all of these photos have in common?

2. Why might all of these people be holding signs?

3. What are some things motivating all these people?

View the photo below. On your Taking a Stand Notice and Wonder Chart 2016 from yesterday (Assignment 39.0), jot down details of what you notice in this photo and things you might wonder about it.