MONDAY 9-13-21 C-day: Let the Games Begin!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Now Hiring: Attendance Helpers! If interested, ask Mr. D. about it! Earn extra credit!
2. Begin the Do Now below.
3. Have you checked your Gmail lately?
DO NOW
1. Practice memorizing everyone's name. Can you remember everyone?
2. Grab a Crouse Criteria Sheet from the front table.
LEARNING TARGETS
1. I know who my teacher and classmates are by name!
2. I can discover interesting facts about my classmates through interactive games.
3. I can explain how to receive an A+ in ELA by using the Course Criteria.
4. I know who my school counselors are.
MINI-LESSON
What should you know about me?
COURSE CRIETIA SHEETS
1. Read the Course Criteria (Honors 8, ELA 8, AIS)
2. With a partner(s), discuss the course criteria. Come up with one way you can earn an A+.
3. Have the Course Criteria Acknowledgement Form signed by a parent/guardian and bring it back on Wednesday.
What should we know about you?
Present your Personal Quote Poster.
Cross the Line Game
Getting to know your classmates and your teachers is an important aspect of a healthy classroom environment. This game will help us all get to know each other a bit better and start building a stronger rapport with each other.
Ground Rules - Creating a Safe Space
- You do not have to participate. Playing this game is totally optional. This game may bring up strong feelings in some people and no one should feel uncomfortable.
- The game is played in total silence so people have space to process what they are experiencing.
- Laughing or mocking anyone will not be tolerated.
How to Play I will call out specific categories/labels/descriptions, and ask that all of those to whom this applies, cross the line.
For example, I might request that anyone with glasses please cross the line. If this describes you and you feel comfortable acknowledging it, you would cross the line and turn and face the other people who did not cross the line.
Once you have crossed the line, look around to see who else has crossed the line.
Get in touch with your feelings and think about those people who did and did not cross the line.
After a few seconds, reset and explore another a new question. Remember, there is no pressure to cross the line if you don’t feel comfortable doing so. You will need to make that decision.
At the conclusion of the activity, we will discuss what we felt and what we learned.
WORK TIME
Present Posters
Play the Name Us Game
Play Cross the Line Game
ASSESSMENT
None
TUESDAY 9-14-2021 D-Day: Digital Notebook and a Perfect Paragraph
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Are you an Attendance Helper? Please take attendance now and remind Mr. DeGrandis to take attendance too!
- Course Criteria sheets will be handed out today. Please have the acknowledgment form filled out and return it by Wednesday! Thanks!
- Did you know you can go mobile for ELA? Just download Google Classroom, Google Drive and Google Docs to your phone and get your assignments done whenever and wherever you are!
DO NOW Think about the following question and be prepared to share your response!
If you were going to teach an elementary student how to write a perfect paragraph, what might you say?
LEARNING TARGETS
- I can sign in to Google Classroom, open an assignment and complete it.
- I can present my prior knowledge of a perfect paragraph.
- I can create my digital notebook for class!
MINI-LESSON
- Do you need a class code to join our Google Classroom?
- Assignments
- Numberd vs. Non-numberd
- Organized in the stream in reverse chronological order.
- How to bookmark the class blog for easy access.
WORK TIME
1. Create your digital notebook by completing and turning in assignment 10.5.
2. Ask yourself this question... What are some reasons you might feel pride?
3. Complete Assignment 10.0 in Google classroom and turn it in.
ASSESSMENT
1. Complete Assignment 10.0 in google classroom.
2. This assignment is due by the end of the period Friday. You can finish at home if you didn't finish today.
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY 9-15/16-2021 A/B-Day: Active Reading Strategy Part I
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Get Chromebook, Check your Gmail, Start Do Now
- Start checking Gmail everyday!
DO NOW
Entry Title: Vocabulary List I
COPY these vocabulary words into a new page in your Digital Composition Book in the vocabulary section! Click here for an example of how it might look...
1. brazen adj. – (brazenly) exaggerated fearlessness or boldness
Example: James made several brazen attempts to cross the busy street on his tricycle, but he chickened out every time.
2. deftly adv. – (deft) to move in a quick and skillful manner
Example: The crowd roared with applause when Alisha finished her deftly executed routine.
3. fetish n. – abnormal attention or attachment
Example: Jeremy had an abnormal, childish fetish for sucking his thumb, even though he was fourteen years old.
LEARNING TARGETS
1. I understand how to use the active reading strategy for independent reading.
2. I can use Whole Brain Learning to understand the active reading strategy.
MINI-LESSON: Active Reading a Metacognitive Thing
1. What is Active Reading and How Do I Do It?
2. Watch this presentation to understand how to use active reading to improve your reading comprehension.
WORK TIME
1. Open this short story, Checkouts by Cynthia Rylant.
2. Mr. DeGrandis will model how to actively read using Assignment 11.0: Practice Active Reading in Google Classroom.
ASSESSMENT
Work on Assignment 11.0. You will have until the end of the period FRIDAY to complete this assignment.
Bring in your favorite book to read for MONDAY. If you don't have one, Mr. DeGrandis will give you a book to read from the class library. Let's hope you like it!
FRIDAY 9-17-201 C-Day: Practice Active Reading Strategy
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
2. Next week we will be completing the Fall 2021 NWEA!
3. Bring in a book to read on Monday!
DO NOW
Go to the REFLECTIONS section of your notebook and answer this question using a fully developed response.
QUESTION
What are some of your thoughts about this class so far?
SAMPLE RESPONSE
I am learning a lot in my English 8 class. This is because I feel like I am actually learning something. For example, one thing I have learned is ____ . This proves I am learning a lot because ____ . Overall, I feel as though I am learning a lot and enjoy coming to school each day.
LEARNING TARGETS
I can practice using the Active Reading method using an Active Reading worksheet and the short story, Checkouts by Cynthia Rylant.
MINI-LESSON
None
If you need to review how to Actively Read, CLICK HERE for a demonstration video.
WORK TIME
Complete Assignment 11.0 in Google Classroom.
There will be a quiz on the story on Monday.
ASSESSMENT
Completion of Assignment 11.0 in Google Classroom.
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