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Sunday, October 30, 2022

MP1 - Week 9 - 2022

     MONDAY    10-31-22      B-Day: Gallery Walk     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          


1.  Check your Gmail!
2.  What is up for Halloween?
3.  Sign Language Mentees: We will meet Wednesday and Friday this week, period 7.  Please note you may miss lunch if you choose to join us.
4.  Inferencing quiz Wednesday. 
5.  Desks will be in rows starting tomorrow until Friday.


        DO NOW                      

One Sentence, Two Words

Using one of the word pairs below, write one sentence that uses both of them.


ardent/sagacious        dissolution/contagion     writhe/pivotal


EXAMPLE
The sagacious businessman was an ardent supporter of lower taxes for the wealthy.


LEARNING TARGETS                 

  • I can draw inferences from graphic textual evidence.
  • I can support my inferences with textual evidence from a photo.
  • I can participate in discussions about a text with a partner, a small group, and the whole class.

        MINI-LESSON                  


What is a Gallery walk and how does it work?

      A gallery walk is a chance for you to view a text.

How it works...
You have the chance to view a collection of photos as text and write down details you notice and wonder about each one.

Demonstration:  How to analyze pictures as text.


        WORK TIME          

1.  Open assignment 27.0 in Google Classroom.

2.  Go into the hallway and view each picture.  Analyze each one as you were taught to in class.

3.  Write down your notices and wonders.



          ASSESSMENT                  

Submit assignment 27.0 when you are done for a classwork grade worth 20 points.





     TUESDAY    11-01-22      A-Day: Gallery Walk Part II     


        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1. Check your Gmail. Your 6-Word Horror stories have been returned.

2.  How was Halloween night?

3.  Quiz tomorrow on inferencing.


        DO NOW                    

Copy this definition into the Do Now Section of your notebook...


Inferencing
coming up with a logical conclusion based on 1) Textual evidence (something you see) and 2) personal experience.

LEARNING TARGETS    

1.  I can explain what inferencing is.

2.  I can use inferencing to determine the purpose of a character in a dramatic scene.


        MINI-LESSON          

  • What are your thoughts on yesterday's gallery walk?

  • Watch this video on Inferencing...

  • Inference:  a thought process a reader makes to understand the meaning of a text, or even an image; a logical conclusion.

    • When you infer, you pay attention to the details in front of you, and you use other information (from the text, or your background knowledge) to mentally fill in the gaps between the details that are actually said or shown, and what the author expects the reader to understand. 


            WORK TIME          

    1.  Watch your teacher model a skit that requires the audience to draw an inference to determine the purpose of a character in a scene.  Then...

    2.  Create a skit that requires the audience to draw an inference about the purpose of a character in your scene.  No words allowed!

    3.  Perform it for the class.  Be sure everyone has a role to play.


    You will be graded on how well the audience can identify the purpose of the main character of your skit.


    Need Some Ideas?  Ask Mr. DeGrandis!


              ASSESSMENT          

    How will you be graded? A Rubric...

    A - The audience could easily infer the purpose of the main character of your skit.

    B - Some of the class could easily infer the purpose of the main character of your skit.

    C - Only a few people could infer the purpose of the main character.

    D - The audience must guess what the purpose of the main character is.

    F - There was no purpose or the actors did not take their roles seriously and laughed throughout the performance.




         WEDNESDAY    11-02-22      B-Day: 1975 Year of the Cat     

            ANNOUNCEMENTS          


    1.  Check Your Gmail!
    2.  Are you saving your raffle tickets?
    3.  Did you set up your first mentor meeting yet? (Periods 1, 6, and 9 only) Still need a mentor?  YOU MUST COME TO SEE ME!
    5.  Students doing sign language meet here today period 7.  
    6.  Get a Post-it Note from Mr. DeGrandis.
    7.  You have a short homework assignment tonight!


            DO NOW                             

    Write the following info on your Post-it.  Use your own name and period.


    LEARNING TARGETS                       

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

    • I can cite evidence from the novel to explain how incidents reveal aspects of Ha's character (personality) as she is shaped by war. 


            MINI-LESSON          

    You have looked at images and read some details about the topic of this novel - the fall of Saigon.

    Today, we will begin our study of the novel Inside Out & Back Again reading closely the first poem of the novel, 1975: Year of the Cat.


    Focus Questions

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

    1.  Based on the gallery walk, what do you think could have happened to a little girl to make her say she preferred war at home (Saigon) to peace in Alabama (The United States)?

    2.  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. 

    3.  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 - the gist?



              ASSESSMENT          


    HOMEWORK

    Take this inferencing quiz for a classwork grade worth 33 points.  It is due tomorrow.



         THURSDAY     11-02-22      C-Day: Genus Project Blogs     

            ANNOUNCEMENTS          

    1.  Check Your Gmail!

    2.  Are you saving your raffle tickets for next week?

    3.  Periods 1, 6, and 9:  Did you set up your first mentor meeting yet? (Periods 1, 6, and 9 only) And fill out Mentor Data Sheet (Assignment 30.0) in Google Classroom by Sunday for a project grade worth 20 points.

    4.  Students doing sign language meet here today period 7. 

    5.  Study for the Vocabulary List II Quiz happening tomorrow.



            DO NOW                      

    Copy the following definition in the Do Now section of your notebook.


    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 proof of progress blog posts.


    LEARNING TARGETS    

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


            MINI-LESSON          


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


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


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

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



            WORK TIME          

    Open Assignment 29.0 in Google Classroom.

    You should create your Home, About, and at least 3 Update Pages by Sunday.



              ASSESSMENT                     

    Turn in Assignment 29.0 with the correct link to your live site, not your dashboard. or you will receive a zero for this assignment.  Due this Sunday.

    Also, turn in Assignment 30.0, the Mentor Data Sheet.




         FRIDAY     11-02-22   D-Day: Vocabulary List II Quiz and iReady      

            ANNOUNCEMENTS          

    1.  Check Your Gmail!

    2.  Are you saving your raffle tickets?

    3.  Students doing sign language meet in room A336 Monday period 7.

    4.  Period 2 Only:  Take the student survey.

    NOTE:  Azarya, please see Mr. DeGrandis immediately.  Thanks!


            DO NOW                                  

    1. Start your quiz - Assignment 28.0 in Google Classroom.

    2.  When done, begin iReady until the period ends.


            WORK TIME          

    1.  Complete at least 30 minutes of iReady lessons.

    2.  If you have a message that reads, “You have no work assigned or your assessment may be hidden due to your school’s schedule.  Please check back later.”  Please come see me for further instructions!


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