MONDAY 12-12-22 C-Day: Blog Update #1 Workshop
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Remember to check your Gmail at least once a day.
2. When sending an email to Mr. D., please include your period and assignment number in the subject line.
3. Update #1 for the Genius project is due Wednesday night.
DO NOW 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 I can learn how to attract an audience for my Genius Project by creating a blog using Google Sites to document my progress.
MINI-LESSON
Refresher on criteria for Update #1.
Period 2: The Gift of the Magi
WORK TIME
Work on Update #1.
Period 2: Read the story.
ASSESSMENT None
TUESDAY 12-13-22 D-Day: Blog Update #1 Workshop
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Remember to check your Gmail at least once a day.
2. When sending an email to Mr. D., please include your period and assignment number in the subject line.
3. Periods 1, 6 & 9: Update #1 for the Genius project is due Wednesday night.
4. Did you take the student survey in Edulastic? If not, please complete it now! Thanks!
DO NOW 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 learn how to attract an audience for my Genius Project by creating a blog post using the TREAT format and Google Sites to document my progress.
MINI-LESSON
None
WORK TIME
Use your time wisely today to complete your first update.
ASSESSMENT Your completed update.
WEDNESDAY 12-14-22 A-Day: Peer Review and Submit Update #1
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Remember to check your Gmail at least once a day.
2. When sending an email to Mr. D., please include your period and assignment number in the subject line.
3. Did you take the student survey in Edulastic? If not, please complete it now! Thanks!
DO NOW Can you solve this crossword puzzle based on Vocabulary List III?
Click here to give it a try!
LEARNING TARGETS I can practice my peer editing skills using several online tools.
MINI-LESSONS
Use these awesome inline editing tools to help you check your own work as well as peer review the work of your classmates!
Before using the tools below you should...
a. Read the text to yourself.
b. Open the rubric associated with the assignment. This is the best tool to use to be sure you are maximizing the points you will receive.
Some Helpful Online Tools for Peer Review
1. TITLES: Write catchy titles for your blog, essays and updates. Check out this article from Grammarly for tips on writing great titles. Also, try this cool title generator for ideas. And double check that your titles are capitalized correctly using the Capitalize My Title website.
2. FLUENCY: How does the text sound when read? Does it flow? Read the copy you are reviewing out loud to yourself. Want to have it read to you? Cut and paste the text into Natural Reader and will read it to you. You can even pick the voice you like best! This will help you catch a lot more problems.
3. MECHANICS: Use the Grammarly Website. Cut and paste the text there and Grammarly will catch most of your spelling errors and a lot of other grammar-related typos. Did you know all SOTA students have a free Grammarly account?
WORK TIME
Use the online tools above to help you check your own writing and to help you peer reveiw the work of your classmates.
When you finish, be sure to give your peers feedback on their work so they can make the changes you suggest.
ASSESSMENT Turn in your blog update and be sure you have turned in your Who is Ha? essay. Period 9 Only: Remember to turn in the extra essay!
THURSDAY 12-16-22 C-Day: Read Inside Out & Back Again
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Remember to check your Gmail at least once a day.
2. When sending an email to Mr. D., please include your period and assignment number in the subject line.
3. All assignments will be graded by the end of the holiday break and grades in the school system will be updated as well.
4. Did you turn in your Who is Ha? essay? Periods 1, 6 & 9: blog update?
DO NOW Sign in to Quizlet.com to play a game to review the vocabulary you will see in the story, Gift of the Magi.
LEARNING TARGETS I can analyze text for the author's purpose and theme by reading a short story about gift giving.
MINI-LESSON
Open ReadWorks.org and open the assignment, Gift of the Magi.
WORK TIME
Read the story in class for a class discussion.
ASSESSMENT ReadWorks.org question set.
FRIDAY 12-16-22 C-Day: iReady
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
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