MP2 - Week 6 - 2022

     MONDAY    1-3-22      C-Day: Finish Peer Review and Submit Who is Ha? Essay     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

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

2. Your Who is Ha? essay should be all done and ready for peer review and polishing.

3.  Quiz Friday on Vocabulary List II.

4.  Open the class blog and start your Do Now.

5.  Your next blog update must include the results of your first meeting with your mentor and include a goal you determine together.

        DO NOW        

Create One Vocabulary Flash Card in Quizlet for List 2.  

Here's How...

1.  Open Vocabulary List 2

2. Go to www.quizlet.com

3. Login using your Google Credentials.

4.  Click CREATE > Study Set and name it Vocabulary List 2

5.  Enter all necessary information for the first word.  Here is an example...

LEARNING TARGETS    

1. I can submit my Who is Ha? essay correctly.

2.  I can peer review my Who is Ha? 

        WORK TIME          

Use This Check List to Make Sure Your Essay is Perfecto!

• Did you give your essay a fun title?  The title font size should be 30.
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• No line spaces between paragraphs.
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• Each paragraph is indented five spaces.
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• The essay is aligned left.   
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•  Essay is double spaced and 14 size font, Ariel or New Times Roman.
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• Do a Grammarly Check. Don't have it?  Click here to install it.
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• Are all your citations in this format:  (Lai 20)?
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• Going for the Outline Extra Credit?  Make sure it is attached to the assignment! 
  
  
  
  

SAMPLE ESSAY

Finding Yourself from Experience

A famous quote from Kelly Oram states, “Our experiences shape who we are.'' Every single person has different experiences in their life that build their character. A statement like this is true for a young girl named Ha, the main character in the novel Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, whose whole world is in jeopardy from a quickly approaching war. Especially as a young girl, this war plays a large role in shaping Ha’s traits, such as her personality, beliefs, and physical appearance.      Ha has many personality traits, like being mischievous, playful, and even optimistic, depending on her environment and mood. Maybe this is resulting from her family not being able to provide everything Ha needs, so her mood is constantly changing trying to deal with those emotions. On page 20, after she disobeys her mother's orders in order to treat herself, Ha shares that “No one knows/ and I feel smart.” This showcases how Ha can be sneaky in order to get what she wants, instead of thinking about her family. Ha describes how hard it is to have three older brothers on page 5, and tells us “But I can/ hide their sandals.” By saying this, we know that Ha is not very kind to her brothers and often plays vengeful tricks on them. “I’m glad we’ve become poor/ so we can stay,” says Ha on page 11 after her richer friend leaves town, fleeing from the war. Here she proves that even though she does not get everything that she wants, she still can be optimistic at times. Although Ha has ever-changing personality traits, Ha has a firm set of beliefs and values.

    Although Ha is a young girl, she has strong opinions on several topics that occur in her life. I think that she has these because her father is no longer around, and her mother is often busy, so Ha has developed opinions on her own. On pages 6 through 7, Ha talks about how much she loves her mother, “She’s wrong/ but I still love/ being near her, even more than I love/ my papaya tree./ I will offer her/ its first fruit.” This shows that Ha really cares about her papaya tree if it even measures up to her love for her mother. Ha shares her ways of how she secretly treats herself using her mother's money on page 20. “I still buy less pork,/ allowing myself just the fried dough.” This shows that Ha isn’t very good at valuing her mother’s wishes, and values her own wants more than her family’s needs. “An old, angry knot/ expanded in my throat.” This is what Ha describes happening to her on page 2 after she found out about the traditions of Tet. This shows that Ha is a feminist because she as a girl not being able to bless her house angered her. As you can see, Ha has various sets of strong opinions set on subjects in her life, as well as her physical appearance.

Ha is often very quick to be hard on herself about her physical appearance. This is most likely because she has never had the extra money to treat herself to anything beauty-wise, and she feels self-conscious about this. On page 30, Ha shares how she wishes that she “Could lose my chubby cheeks.” This shows that Ha feels like because she has a younger face, she is marked as weak and vulnerable. As Ha wishes her friend Titi goodbye, she reveals her jealousy of Titi’s hair, on page 10. “Her tears mix with long strands of hair,/ long hair I wish I had.” This shows that Ha has short hair that she doesn’t like very much, as she compares it admiringly to her friend's long hair. On page 30 Ha states how “The tree has grown/ twice as tall/ as I stand/ on tippy toes.” This shows Ha isn’t very tall, and this might cause a disadvantage to her with her older brothers constantly picking on her. As you can see there are both things that Ha admires about others, and is critical about herself.

          ASSESSMENT          

1.  Create vocabulary flashcards for List II.  Due Thursday!

2.  Turn in your essay in Google Classroom

     TUESDAY    1-4-22      D-Day: Is Ha a Refugee?      

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

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

2.  Did you turn in your Who is Ha? Essay?  

3.  Complete your vocabulary flashcards by Thursday!

4.  Open Vocabulary List 2 and study the words then start your Do now!

        DO NOW          

Login to www.kahoot.it

How well do you know the words for Vocabulary List II?

LEARNING TARGETS    

1.  I can explain what a refugee is.

2.  I can draw inferences from a text about the experiences of refugees.

3.  I can record details of the refugee experience to use later in my final project. 

        MINI-LESSON          

• ref·u·gee
  ˌrefyo͝oˈjē/

  noun

  1. a person or character who has been forced to leave their home in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. 

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• Listen again to the poem Saigon is Gone. (page 67)  Ha is now a refugee.  She has left her country to escape a war.
  
  
• Think-Pair-Share
  What are some textual details you noticed about the conditions Ha must endure?  Be prepared to share a response with the class!
  
  
• What's it's Like to Be a Refugee?
• DIRECTIONS:  As you watch the videos below, record at least one detail from each video in the Notice and Wonder Chart in Assignment 33.0  in Google Classroom for your Inside Out and Back Again poems!
  
  

  SET 1:  These videos are actual refugee accounts narrated by child refugees.  Their stories have been animated for clarity and maximum impact on the audience.

  
  

  Refugee Stories

  
  
  SET 2:  These videos are true stories (factual accounts) from child refugees from around the world...

  
  

  1. Video #1:  To Be A Refugee (UNHCR)  (8:03 min)
     
     
  2. Video #2:  Syria's child refugees: 'You feel that they have lost their hearts'  (3:41 min)
     
     
  3. Video #3:  DRC's child refugees and victims of war speak out (4:36 min)

  

        WORK TIME          

With a partner...


1. Read your notice and wonder chart to your partner.
   
   
2. Listen while your partner reads their chart to you.
   
   
3. Compare charts.
   
   
4. Add at least one new detail to each set of videos from your partner's chart.
   
   
5. Share at least one new detail from each set of videos for your partner's chart.

          ASSESSMENT          

1.  Complete the Refugee Notice and Wonder Chart for homework and turn in by tonight.

2.  Don't forget about the Vocabulary Quiz on List 2 Friday!

     WEDNESDAY    1-5-22      A-Day: Reading IO & BA     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

Please be seated, quiet, and working on your Do Now before the bell rings.

Open www.johndegrandis1.blogspot.com and start the Do Now!

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

2.  Quiz on Vocabulary List II on Friday!

3.  Complete your vocabulary flashcards for tomorrow!

        DO NOW          

One Word One Sentence

Select a word from Vocabulary List II and use it correctly in a complete sentence. Underline the word and use part of the definition in your example.

Example:  Samuel Westing Jr. III had always been a sagacious businessman known for his shrewd negotiating style.

 

LEARNING TARGETS    

1. I can read from pages 66-144 of the novel.

2.  I can explain how Ha copes with the beginning of her journey to America.

        MINI-LESSON          

Focus Questions

1.  Compare how Ha feels about leaving home with her brothers.  Should We

2.  How does each family member cope in the tent city?

3.  What might mother's amethyst ring symbolize (stand for)?

        WORK TIME          

Read the novel popcorn style.

          ASSESSMENT/Homework          

1.  Read up to and include the poem, Out the Too-High Window.

2.  Study for the Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow.

     THURSDAY     1-6-22      B-Day: Vocabulary Review Day     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

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

2.  Don't forget to study tonight for Vocabulary List II Quiz tomorrow!

        DO NOW          

Two Words One Sentence

Select TWO words from Vocabulary List II and use them correctly in a complete sentence. Underline the words and use part of their definitions in your example.

Example:  Instead of pacifying the crying toddler, a "funny" face only engendered fear making the child feel even worse.

LEARNING TARGETS    

I can review for a vocabulary test by playing Around the Room and Back!

        MINI-LESSON          

Review the stations and rules of the game.

        WORK TIME          

Play around the room and back.

          ASSESSMENT          

1.  Quiz on Vocabulary List II tomorrow!

2.  Don't forget to turn in your Vocabulary FLashcards for List II!

     FRIDAY     1-7-22      C-Day: Active Reading (DIRT Day)     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

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

2.  Vocabulary List II Quiz will be postponed until Tuesday of next week.

3.  You must turn on your camera for attendance each day of remote learning at the beginning of class.  This is mandatory.

        DO NOW          

In the chat, write three words that describe how you are feeling today as we pivot to remote learning again.

Here are mine:  safe, ready, positive

 

        WORK TIME          

Complete the Active Reading assignment for Assignment 36.0 in Google Classroom.

NOTE:  You only have to complete the first ten thoughts based on pages 115-170 in the electronic version of the novel.

          ASSESSMENT          

Turn in your assignment before 11:59 PM Sunday.