MP 1 - Week 10 - 2021

     MONDAY    11-8-21     AC Day:  1975 Year of the Cat      

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.

2.  Be sure you know your topic for your Genius Project.  You will need it to complete tomorrow's assignment.

3.  Gradebook closes today at 11:59 PM.  

4.  No school Thursday in recognition of Veteran's Day.

        DO NOW          

Add these words 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.

LEARNING TARGETS    

1.  I can make inferences to deepen my understanding of Inside Out & Back Again. (Inferencing)

2.  I can record (cite) evidence from the novel to explain how incidents reveal aspects of Ha's character (personality).

        MINI-LESSON          

First, we will all go to the library to pick up the novel.  Be sure to get a sticky note from Mr. DeGrandis and write the following on it...

First and Last Name

Period

Mr. DeGrandis

Room 176

LINK TO THE NOVEL INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN

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

Some  Pre-reading Questions for you...

2.  When is Tet, and what two events are celebrated on Tet?

3.  How does Ha's family celebrate Tet?

4.  How might this special day affect the other days?

5.  What does the narrator, Ha, do that might bring bad luck to the family?

6.  Ha says, "No one would believe me, but at times I would prefer wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama."

7.  Based on the gallery walk, and class discussions so far, 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? 

        WORK TIME          

Read up to page 37 as a class.  Highlight literary elements as you go using Kami.

          ASSESSMENT          

None

     TUESDAY    11-9-21      BD Day: Create Your Genius Project Blog     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.

2.  Do you know your topic for your Genius Project for today?

        DO NOW          

Did you add these words 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.

LEARNING TARGETS    

I can communicate with a global audience by creating a blog for my Genius Project.

        MINI-LESSON          

What is a blog?
A blog is a frequently updated, online, personal journal or diary. For our purposes, we’ll say that a blog is your own website that you are going to update on an ongoing basis with blog posts.

1.  What is a blog?  (3:40) Watch this video on Blog Basics.

2.  Smart tips for kids who blog... (1:03)

3.  How to create (9:25) your blog using Google Sites...  


4.  Check out this example:  Playing the Ukulele with John 

Your blog title should communicate the purpose of your blog in a fun or interesting way!

        WORK TIME          

Open Assignment 25.0 in Google Classroom.

You should create your Home, About, and Update Pages by the end of the week.

          ASSESSMENT          

Turn in Assignment 25.0 with the correct link to your live site, not your dashboard.  Due this Sunday.

     WEDNESDAY    11-10-21      AC Day: Genius Project Blog Work     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.

        DO NOW          

Copy these new words into Vocabulary List II

5.  sagacious adj. (sagaciously) - good judgment; shrewd

Samuel Westing Jr. III had always been a sagacious businessman 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 like the bubonic plague.

        WORK TIME          

Work on your blog.  Be sure to have at least two people look it over for ease and clarity of navigation and grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.

     THURSDAY     No Classes - Veteran's Day     

     FRIDAY     11-12-21      AC Day: Genius Project Blog Peer Review and Active Reading