MP1 - Week 7 - 2022

     MONDAY        10-17-22       D-Day: Class Discussion and Quill Diagnostic     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1.  Did you check your Gmail this morning?

2.  Behavior expectations for tomorrow.  Good report = micro-party.  Bad report = class consequence.

        DO NOW                      

Copy the following two new vocabulary words into your notebook.  Add them to your existing list.

7.  contagion n. (contagions) - 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 as the bubonic plague.

LEARNING TARGETS                 

1.  I can figure out how an author creates a mood of suspense using language and characterization.

2.  I can find out what grammar skills I need to learn by taking a grammar survey.

        MINI-LESSON                  

Watch this 3:48 minutes video on mood.

        WORK TIME          

1.  Complete THIS PADLET with your team on the mood of the short story, The Elevator by William Sleator.  Write the names of each member of your team in the subject line or you may receive a zero.  This is a participation grade worth 25 points.

2.  Go to www.quill.org and take the 21-question grammar survey.  This must be completed by the end of the period.

          ASSESSMENT          

1.  Your group completed the PadLet together.

2.  You completed your grammar survey on your own.

     TUESDAY       10-19-22      A-Day: Quill Activities     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1.  Check your Gmail.

2.  Be model students today.   You represent the best of SOTA! 

        DO NOW          

None for today.

LEARNING TARGETS    

I can improve my grammar skills by completing three activities using the Quill website.

        MINI-LESSON          

Go to the Quill website at www.quill.org.

        WORK TIME          

Complete the three activities assigned.

          ASSESSMENT          

Be sure to submit your work when you are done!

     WEDNESDAY       10-20-22      B-Day: Mood Vs. Tone     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1.  Check your Gmail.

2.  How did yesterday go?  Did your class earn a micro party?

        DO NOW                            

Copy these last two words into your notebook for Vocabulary List II. 

9.  writhe v. (writhes, writhing, writhed) - to make continual twisting movements of the body.

The majestic lion writhed in pain, its body twisting in strange patterns, after being shot with a tranquilizer gun at close range.

10.  pivotal adj. (pivot, pivoting, pivots, pivoted) - of crucial importance in relation to the success of something else.

Graduating from high school was a huge achievement in Hank's life and a pivotal moment in the life of his mother as well. 

LEARNING TARGETS                      

1. I can explain the difference between mood and tone.

2. I can identify examples of mood and tone by playing Kahoot!

        MINI-LESSON          

1.   Mood vs. Tone Presentation

2. Analyze the Mood and Tone of this Movie Trailer

        WORK TIME          

Directions

Create a new notebook entry and title it "Analyzing Mood and Tone"

Use this list for reference when analyzing mood and tone in the passages below.

Passage 1 

     "I felt this weird mix of disappointment and anger welling up inside of me. I don’t even know what the feeling was, really, just that there was a lot of it, and I wanted to smack Augustus Waters and also replace my lungs with lungs that didn’t suck at being lungs. I was standing with my Chuck Taylors on the very edge of the curb, the oxygen tank ball-and-chaining in the cart by my side, and right as my mom pulled up, I felt a hand grab mine."

- The Fault in Our Stars

Passage 2  

     "Instinct says don't move, but everything else says check on Khalil. I jump out the Impala and rush around to the other side. Khalil stares at the sky as if he hopes to see God. His mouth is open like he wants to scream. I scream loud enough for the both of us."

- The Hate U Give

          ASSESSMENT          

Show off your Mastery of Mood and Tone by Playing Kahoot!

     THURSDAY       10-21-22      C-Day: Writing Workshop for 6-Word Horror Stories     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

        DO NOW                   

Go to this Word Cloud and make three entries!

LEARNING TARGETS                           

1. I can discuss mood and tone with a review activity.

2. I can identify the mood and tone of a six-word short story. 

        MINI-LESSON          

1. Analyzing the mood and tone of  Ernest Hemingway's Baby Shoes

2. Introducing the Six Word Horror Story Project.

        WORK TIME          

Begin crafting your six-word horror story using Canva.

Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization all count heavily for this assignment.  Be sure it is perfect!  Ask if you are not sure!

          ASSESSMENT          

Post your finished product on THIS PADLET AND in Assignment 25.0. 

     FRIDAY       10-22-22      D-Day: Peer Review and Post Final Drafts