MONDAY 3-14-22 C-Day: Group Presentations
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
2. Genius Project Update #3 Due this coming Sunday!
3. Get ready to present to your classmates!
4. Principal Nicastro Reminders...
• no ordering food during school hours
• dress code from the BOE -must cover buttocks, stomach/midriff, and chest and be void of abusive, profane, or suggestive language
• be on time for class and if late - ask the teacher who kept you for a pass to the next class.
DO NOW 1. Open your group's presentation on your Chromebook.
2. Go over your presentation in your head to warm up.
LEARNING TARGETS
I can teach my classmates about an important topic that will help prepare them for reading the screenplay for To Kill a Mockingbird!
MINI-LESSON
WORK TIME Presenting Procedures...
1. Get into your new group assigned by Mr. DeGrandis. Appoint a group leader.
2. Start with Topic 1.
3. Present the topic.
4. Using the rubric, grade the presenter.
5. Group Leader inputs the final grade in Google Classroom Form, Assignment 50.0, TO Kill a Mockingbird Group Presentation Grades.
NEW GROUPS
Period 2
Period 4
Period 6
ASSESSMENT
Turn in a grade for each member of your group.
TUESDAY 3-15-22 D-Day: Taking a Stand Part I
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
2. Genius Project Update #3 Due this coming Sunday!
3. Quiz Friday on To Kill a Mockingbird WebQuest.
4. Middle School Reading Challenge 2022.
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 on this JamBoard. 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 49.0 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
Use these pictures to complete your taking a Stand Notice and Wonder Chart 2022
IMAGE 1
ASSESSMENT TURN and TALK
With a partner, discuss your thoughts about the following questions. 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 3-16-22 A-Day: Taking a Stand Part II
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
2. Genius Project Update #3 Due this coming Sunday!
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 tough, 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 Notice and Wonder 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?
WORK TIME
Share your thoughts on this Padlet...
1. Who might be taking a stand in the photo?
2. How could taking a stand be a positive and a negative?
3. Share a story of a time you or someone you know took a stand!
ASSESSMENT THURSDAY 3-17-22 B-Day: Begin Reading Chapter 1 of Graphic Novel
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
2. Genius Project Update #3 Due this coming Sunday!
DO NOW 
LEARNING TARGETS 1. I can explain the deadlines and expectations for reading the novel, filling out the Study Guide Questions, and filling out the Theme Tracker.
2. I know where to find resources in Google Classroom that will support my learning during the reading of the novel.
3. I can explain what framing a story is and identify the frame in To Kill a Mockingbird.
MINI-LESSON
1. Study Guide Questions See the posted material titled (Click the link to view it.)
The SGQs are questions designed to help you focus your attention on the most important sections of the novel as you read it. The reading assignments are divided into chunks of 2-4 chapters, each with a related deadline. The deadlines are only a guideline and may change depending on class progress, breaks, and testing - like the Spring NWEA.
2. Theme Tracker See Assignment 42.0 (Click the link to view it.)
The Theme Tracker will help you keep track of ONE theme of your choice throughout the novel: Taking a Stand, Compassion, or Prejudice. You will then use this document to create a final presentation which will be done once we finish reading the book.
3. Resources
In Google Classroom I have posted materials for you to use as you read the book. You will find the full-length original text, a graphic novel version of the book up to chapter 12 only, and links to the online audio version of the novel parts I and II. You may use any of these versions of the book on your own. We will mostly be using the screenplay in class.
FRAMING A STORY
Also known as The Story within a Story technique.
Example #1: The Princess Bride
A grandfather, in an attempt to get his grandson interested in anything but video games and television, tells him the story of The Princess Bride.
Example #2: Inception (by Christopher Nolan)
In the film, Inception, Leonardo DiCaprio enters into the dream of Cillian Murphy to embed an idea into his subconscious. Leonardo puts him to sleep in a dream, following him to a second layer of dream that soon gives way to another dream. In the innermost dream, Leonardo is blown out and enters into an endless dream – “limbo” – which could last for eternity, but only a few seconds pass in the real world. Leonardo, eventually wakes up through layers of dreams, feeling as though years have passed away, returning to his waking life.
Example #3: Titanic
In the movie, Titanic, an elderly woman, Rose, begins the movie by telling a story of her voyage in the Atlantic Ocean. When the reader gets into her narrative, he finds himself in the year 1912, where the story begins. Only a few times do readers return to the elderly Rose to get in touch with her experience; however, the movie ends as it begins. This is the story within a story.
EXAMPLE #4 To Kill a Mockingbird
The narrator, Jean Louise (Scout) Finch, and her brother, Jem, are having a disagreement about how Jem broke his elbow when they were younger. The main story then unfolds within a flashback.
WORK TIME
Read the first chapter of the graphic novel using the graphic version.
ASSESSMENT To Kill a Mockingbird Intro Kahoot!
FRIDAY 3-18-22 C-Day: ReadWorks
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Don't forget to turn in your third Genius Project Update by Sunday night.
2. Check your Gmail every morning.
3. Find a book you would like to read outside of class. We will be starting literature circles soon.
DO NOW None for today.
LEARNING TARGETS I can demonstrate my knowledge of the topics we studied in class in order to prepare for reading To Kill a Mockingbird.
MINI-LESSON
How to access the quiz.
WORK TIME
1. Take the quiz. See Assignment 53.0 in Google Classroom.
2. Periods 1, 2, 6: Work on your Genius Project Update #3.
3. Period 4: Complete the new ReadWorks assignment 54.0 in Google Classroom. Due Sunday.
See the tips in blue for responding to the questions...
5. What is one advantage the Hyperloop would have over other types of transportation?
For this question be sure to use TREAT. You must quote the text and explain why it answers the question.
No Answer Provided
6. Contrast the Hyperloop with the changes in transportation that Golden expects.
Contrast means to point out the differences between two things: for this question use examples from both passages that show the differences.
No Answer Provided
7. What might Golden think of the Hyperloop? Use evidence from both texts to support your answer.
For this question be sure to use TR EA EA T. You must have a quote from each text and explain why it answers the question. So again, you'll need a quote from each passage.
ASSESSMENT Your completed quiz, update (Periods 1, 2, 6), or ReadWorks assignemnt (Period 4).
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