MP3 - Week 1 - 2022

     MONDAY & TUESDAY   1-31-22 & 2-1-22      B-Day: Poetry Project Work Time    

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

TODAY is the start of the Lunar New Year - 2022 The Year of the Tiger!

1. Did you check your Gmail today?

2.  Quiz on Vocabulary List III on Friday!

3.  Did you turn in Update #2 for your Genius Project?

        DO NOW          

FIRST

Copy the excerpt below from the poem, Inside Out into a new entry in your composition book.  Then, highlight the end-stopped lines in red.  Highlight enjambed lines in green.  

Raise your hand and show your finished work to Mr. D. 

Maybe soldiers will no longer patrol

our neighborhood,

maybe I can jump rope

after dark,

maybe the whistles

that tell Mother

to push us under the bed

will stop screeching.

SECOND

Two Words, One Sentence

Select two words from Vocabulary List III and use them in one sentence.  Be prepared to share your sentence with the class for class participation.

EXAMPLE

Hazel had to endure the shame of alienation by her peers because she told the teacher, Mrs. Jacuruso, who shot spitballs at Zacari during recess.

LEARNING TARGETS    

1.  I can make progress on my Inside Out & Back Again poetry project.

2.  I can use literary elements in my own original poetry.

        MINI-LESSON          

1.  Open assignment 40.0.

2.  Review the rubric for the assignment.

        WORK TIME          

Work on your project.

          ASSESSMENT          

EXIT TICKET

Directions:  Copy the excerpt below from the poem, Inside Out into a new entry in your composition book.  Then, highlight the end-stopped lines in red.  Highlight enjambed lines in green.  Raise your hand and show your finished work to Mr. D. 

Maybe soldiers will no longer patrol

our neighborhood,

maybe I can jump rope

after dark,

maybe the whistles

that tell Mother

to push us under the bed

will stop screeching.

     WEDNESDAY    2-2-22      D-Day: Vocabulary List III Review Day     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

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

2.  Quiz Friday on Vocabulary List III

3.  Counselor visit tomorrow.

        DO NOW          

None

LEARNING TARGETS    

I can review for the upcoming vocabulary quiz by playing Around the Room and Back.

        MINI-LESSON          

  Review the stations and rules of engagement.

        WORK TIME          

Play the game.

          ASSESSMENT          

Friday's Quiz

     THURSDAY     2-3-22      A-Day: Counselors Push-in     

     FRIDAY     2-4-22      B-Day: Quiz on Vocabulary List III     

        WORK TIME          

          ASSESSMENT          

MP2 - Week 10 - 2022

     MONDAY    1-24-22      A-Day: Identifying Literary Elements in Context     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1. Go to the class blog at www.johndegrandis1.blogspot.com

2.  New Chromebook Repair Process! See Google Classroom for details.

3.  Open your digital version of Inside Out & Back Again with Kami!

4. Blog Update #2 will not be due until this weekend! (Periods 1, 2, 6 only)

        DO NOW          

Copy the following new vocabulary words into Vocabulary List III

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.

     It is unbelievable that a child can endure such horrible living conditions and still manage to smile.

LEARNING TARGETS    

1.  I can explain what the protagonists and antagonists are in a work of fiction.

2.  I can identify the protagonist and antagonist in the novel Inside Out & Back Again.

        MINI-LESSON          

1.  Watch this video about protagonists and antagonists.

2.  THINK-Pair-SHARE:  With a partner, create a definition of antagonist and protagonist and share it with the class for Class DoJo points.

 

        WORK TIME          

1.  While we read... try to identify the main antagonist in Part II of the novel.

2.  Challenge:  Can you identify the antagonist in Part I of the novel?

          ASSESSMENT          

Who is the antagonist in your Inside Out & Back Again poem?

     TUESDAY    1-25-22      B-Day: Identifying Literary Elements in Context     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1. Go to the class blog at www.johndegrandis1.blogspot.com

2.  Check your Gmail!

3.  Open your digital version of Inside Out & Back Again with Kami!

        DO NOW          

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.

LEARNING TARGETS    

1.  I can identify and explain how Thanna Lai creates dialogue in the novel.

2.  I can tell the difference between punctuating dialogue in regular fiction and in the novel Inside Out & Back Again.

        MINI-LESSON          

Open your digital notebook and under the Do Now sections, create a new page and copy the following under the title, Writing Dialogue.

 

Traditionally, dialogue is written like this...

For Inside Out & Back Again, dialogue is written using italics like this... (This is only done in this novel.)

        WORK TIME          

1.  Find at least one example of dialogue as we read today.

2.  Can you identify the conflict (issue) between Ha and Pink Boy?

          ASSESSMENT          

Copy one properly punctuated quote and then punctuate it the traditional way.

Example of Non-traditional Way to Punctuate Dialogue

The commander says,
Thailand is much farther
on one engine.

Example of Traditional Way to Punctuate Dialogue

The commander says, "Thailand is much farther on one engine."

     WEDNESDAY  & THURSDAY   1-26,27-22      C- Day: Identifying Literary Elements in Context     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

Take Edulastic Student Survey!

1. Go to the class blog at www.johndegrandis1.blogspot.com

2.  Check your Gmail!

3.  Open your digital version of Inside Out & Back Again with Kami!

4.  Make some progress on your Genius Project this week!

5.  Quiz Friday on the first half of the novel.  Read up to and including Part II.

        DO NOW          

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 in Bolivia for most of his life.

LEARNING TARGETS    

I can identify literary elements in the novel.

        MINI-LESSON          

None

        WORK TIME          

Use Kami to annotate the text as we read in order to identify examples of literary elements, character traits and dialogue.

          ASSESSMENT     

Final Project for Inside Out & Back Again.  Deadline coming soon.

     FRIDAY     1-28-22      A-Day: Novel Quiz and Edulastic! Survey     

MP2 - Week 9 - 2022

     MONDAY    School Holiday - Martin Luther King Jr.    

     TUESDAY    1-18-22      A-Day: Identifying Literary Elements     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

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

2.  Are you making progress on your Genius Project?  Set aside some time this week to make some progress on it.  Your next update is due this Sunday!

3.  Thursday: NYS CBT Practice Test.  Wednesday will be prep time for it to make sure Chromebooks are all set for it.

        DO NOW          

DIRECTIONS
Go to the vocabulary section of your notebook and start a new page titled, Vocabulary List III and add the first two words below.

1.  accentuate v. (-d, -s, -ing) to make more noticeable

The girl accentuated her bright orange hair with a giant yellow bow which seemed to make it even more orange!

2.  aspire v. (-d, -s, -ing, aspiration) to strive for an ambitious goal

When I was younger, I aspired to become a famous stage actor even though I felt it was an unattainable goal.

LEARNING TARGETS    

1.  I can summarize what I am expected to do for the final project based on the novel Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai.|

2.  I can create an overview of the refugee character who will be the main character for my Inside Out & Back Again project.

        MINI-LESSON:  Final Project for Inside Out & Back Again     

Your Task Will Be
Create a narrative poem (a poem that tells a story) about a unique refugee character you create in the same style as Thanhha Lai's narrative poem, Inside Out & Back Again.

The First Step...Create Your Refugee Character!

How to create an interesting refugee character.

1. Complete Assignment 39.0 in Google Classroom.  This will help get you started.
   
   
2. Model Student Tip:  Become your character for a day!  You should like your character.  Become your character for a day and see what it feels like to be that person!

        WORK TIME          

• Open Assignment 39.0 in Google Classroom: Creating Your Refugee Character.
• Complete this classwork assignment for a grade by Thursday.

          ASSESSMENT          

Turn in assignment 39.0 by Thursday.

     WEDNESDAY    1-19-22      B-Day: Prep for NYS CBT Test     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1.  OPEN THE CLASS BLOG:  www.johndegrandis1.blogspot.com

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

2.  Don't forget to complete assignment 39.0 for your refugee character.  It is due tomorrow.

        DO NOW          

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.

     It took all the decorum Frankie had to walk past the group of boys with class and not look at them while they screamed for her phone number.

LEARNING TARGETS    

I can identify the following literary elements in the novel, Inside Out and Back Again: personification, repetition, imagery, and similes/metaphors.

        MINI-LESSON          

Watch these quick review videos.

• Personification
• Repetition
• Metaphor/Simile
• Imagery

        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 we read.

          ASSESSMENT          

None

     THURSDAY     1-20-22      C-Day: Take the NYS CBT Practice Test     

     FRIDAY     1-21-22      D-Day: Grammar Time!     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

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

2.  Next week's preview.

        DO NOW          

Copy the following new vocabulary words into Vocabulary List III

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.

     It is unbelievable that a child can endure such horrible living conditions and still manage to smile.

LEARNING TARGETS    

I can take a diagnostic grammar assessment that will design a personalized grammar program just for me using www.quill.org.

      MINI-LESSON          

Demonstration of how to log into Quill.org.

        WORK TIME          

Complete the diagnostic activity in Quill.org.

          ASSESSMENT          

This diagnostic will generate a final report for you.