English 8 MP2 - Week 9

     TUESDAY   1-19  C-Day:  Flash Cards                            

     Announcements     

• Check your Gmail!
• Remember, in order for your assignments to count, you must hit the TURN-IN button!
• Periods 6 & 9 Only: We must go to the library today to pick up To Kill a Mockingbird. 

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     DO Now - Register on Flashcard Machine       
     

• Go to http://www.flashcardmahcine.com 
• Click on Create an Account
• Use your school Gmail account for email address.

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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can create study tools for Vocabulary List III.

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     Mini-Lesson     

• Review of TREES essay structure.

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     Work Time       

• Complete Assignment #12

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     Assessment / Homework       

• None

     WEDNESDAY   1-20  D-Day:   Shirley Chisholm Part II         

     Announcements     

• Check your Gmail!
• Need Extra Help?  Tuesdays after school or by appointment.

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     DO Now - Copy     
          Entry Title:  Taking a Stand

• 1.  Give an example of a small way someone might take a stand. (i.e. You defend a friend from a bully.)
• 2.  Give an example of a big way someone might take a stand.  (i.e. You join a protest in Albany to support the legal use of marijuana.)

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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can cite the evidence that Shirley Chisholm uses to support her claims in the speech, "Equal Rights for Women."  RL8.1

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     Mini-Lesson     

• Around the Room and Back/Boys vs. Girls
• The Chisholm Challenge

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     Work Time       

• Complete the circuit.
• If you were absent, Click Here and complete this worksheet.

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     Assessment / Homework       

• None

     THURSDAY   1-21  A-Day:  Digital Vocabulary Flash Card Creation                          

     Announcements     

• Get your Chromebook and composition Book
• Find Vocabulary List III!

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     DO Now - Complete this Crossword Puzzle   
     Entry Title:  Crossword for Vocabulary List III

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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can create digital study tools for Vocabulary List III.

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     Mini-Lesson     

• Review of how to use FlashCard Machine

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     Work Time       

• Create 10 Flashcards for Vocabulary List III

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     Assessment / Homework       

• Finish Flashcards if not done.

     FRIDAY   1-22  B-Day:                                     

• Do Now - Start a DIRT Day Entry
• Entry Title:  DIRT DAY
• Check out the DIRT Day Guidelines for more Information
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English 8 MP2 - Week 8

     MONDAY   1-11  B-day: Complete Final Edits and Turn-in Your Project     

     Announcements     

• You will need your Chromebook
• Check your Gmail!

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     DO Now - NONE   
     Entry Title:  XXXXXXX

• No Do Now for Today

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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can complete final edits on my project.
  
• I can turn in my project via Google Classroom. 

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     Mini-Lesson     

1. Use the feedback (grades) from Peers A & B to make your final edits to your poem(s).
2. Make the edits suggested by your Peer editors.
3. Then, share your poem with Peer C.
4. Peer C should check only for grammar, spelling and punctuation.
5. Make any last minute edits to your poem(s) and Turn it in before the end of the period!

     TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY   1-12/1-13  C-Day/D-day: Intro Lessons for To Kill a Mockingbird     

     Announcements     

• You will need your Chromebook
• Check your Gmail!

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     DO Now - Copy     
     Entry Title:  Pictures or Words?

• Read the two quotes below.  Pick the one you feel most strongly about (not both) and explain why.  Be prepared to share what you wrote.
  
  
  

  QUOTE 1
  A picture is worth a thousand words. - Fred R. Bernard
  
  
  QUOTE 2
  ...your words can cut like a knife. - Proverbs 12:18

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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can get information from photographs and make inferences based on those images.  RL 8.1 
• I can explain the advantages and disadvantages of gathering information from photographs.  RI 8.7 

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     Mini-Lesson     

• Create a New Folder labeled, To Kill a Mockingbird
• Open Notice and Wonder Chart for TKMB
• Using your Notice and Wonder Chart for TKMB, capture specific details you notice in each photo.  You will have one minute to view each photo.
• REMINDER:  Inferencing is noticing clues from a text and using your background knowledge to express logical conclusions about the text.
• What do you notice and wonder about the following images?


IMAGE 1


IMAGE 2



IMAGE 3


IMAGE 4


IMAGE 5




TURN and TALK
Select a partner and discuss your thoughts about the following questions with them.  Be ready to share your thoughts with the class!

1. What do all of these photos have in common?
2. Why might all of these people be holding signs?
3. What might be motivating all these people?

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     Work Time       

• View the photo below.  On your notice and wonder chart, jot down details of what you notice in this photo.
• TURN and TALK: Share what you noticed with a partner.
• Discuss the following questions:
1. Who might be taking a stand in this photo?
2. How might taking a stand be a positive and a negative?
3. Taking a stand is when someone tries to help another person and not hurt them.






Work time:  TAKING A STAND: The Frayer Model
Developing a deeper understanding of what it means to take a stand.
(Note: Leave space!  We will be adding to this document as we read the novel!)


1. Examples:  Turn and Talk:  Brainstorm examples of Taking a Stand with your partner.  Share your Turn and Talk examples.
2. Definition:  Taking a stand means to go out of your way to express your belief in something.  It means to stand up for what you believe in, not just keep quiet about your beliefs.
3. Characteristics:  What are some characteristics or qualities that a person who takes a stand might have?
4. Non-Examples:  What might a person do that is the opposite of taking a strand.

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     Assessment / Homework       

• NONE

     THURSDAY   1-14  A-Day: Who is Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm?             

     Announcements     

• You will need your Chromebook
• Extra Help:  Tuesdays after school! Just tell Mr. D. you're coming!

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     DO Now - CHECK YOUR GMAIL   
     Entry Title:  XXXX

• XXXX
• XXXX

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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can cite the evidence that Shirley Chisholm uses to support her claims in the speech, "Equal Rights for Women."  RL8.1

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     Who is Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm?     

• (November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) Shirley was an American politician, educator, and author.  She was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to Congress.  On January 25, 1972, she became the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination (US Senator Margaret Chase Smith had previously run for the 1964 Republican presidential nomination).  She received 152 first-ballot votes at the 1972 Democratic National Convention.
  
  
  

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     Mini-Lesson: Reading for the GIST     

• Open the the speech, Equal Rights for Women.
• Check out the Reading Closely: Guiding Questions handout.
• Note:  This speech is an example of someone taking a stand!
• We will be using this text over the course of the next few lessons.
• Reading Closely: Guiding Questions
1. TURN and TALK:  What might be some questions you think are important to ask before reading this article?  Why? (Check out the first two boxes on the handout.)
2. You will be reading this text to understand the author's point of view and how the author structures the text to prove her claim!
• Read Aloud / Think Aloud: Actively Reading the Text
• Mark your Text:  Circle any unknown words as you listen!
• Turn and Talk:  What do you think is the gist of the speech?

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     Work Time       

• On a half sheet of paper, using TREES to structure your response, answer the following question based on today's reading...
  
  Periods 1, & 2:  Compare what Shirley's Chisholm says about women's rights in 1969 with your view of women's rights in 2015.  What are some reasons you feel women do or do not have equal rights today.  Use TREES to structure your response.
  
  Periods 6 & 9:  What might be the overall main idea (the gist) of this speech by Shirley Chisholm?  Use TREES to structure your response!

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     Assessment / Homework       

• Hand in your response from Work Time.

     FRIDAY   1-15  B-Day: DIRT Day                                            

• Do Now - Start a DIRT Day Entry
• Entry Title:  DIRT DAY
• Check out the DIRT Day Guidelines for more Information
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English 8 MP2 - Week 5

     MONDAY - THURSDAY   12-14 to 12-17: Inside Out & Back Again Poetry Project   

     Announcements     

• This project is due this coming Monday 12-21-2015 by 3:00 PM!
• NO LATE PROJECTS WILL BE ACCEPTED for ANY REASON!
• This is a major grade for this marking period.  Not completing this assignment can help you pass or help you fail.  

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     DO Now - NONE      
     Just begin working on your project!

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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can write poetry that includes various forms of figurative language.
• I can create a refugee character and communicate their Inside Out & Back again story through verse in the style of Thanhha Lai!

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     Mini-Lesson     

• Mini-lesson will vary this week depending on the needs of the class.

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     Work Time       

• You will be graded on your productivity.
• This means you will be graded each day on how much you accomplish during the period.  This grade will then be entered into the grade book as a Classwork Grade!

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     Assessment / Homework       

• You're completed poem(s).
• Due on Monday 12-21-2015

     FRIDAY   12-18  B-Day:   DIRT Day                                  

     Announcements                             

• Grab your composition notebook.
• No need for a Chromebook today unless you need to make up work.

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     DO Now - Write                            

     Entry Title:  DIRT Day

• Author:  XXX XXXXX
• Title:  XXXX X XXX  XXX
• Start:                   End:      
• Total

Reminder:  Number your thoughts.  10 due by the end of the period!

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     Learning Target(s)                             

• I can use active reading strategies to improve my reading comprehension.

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     Mini-Lesson                                    

Review of DIRT Day expectations.

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     Work Time                                     

1. 10 Thoughts due by the end of the period.
2. Click here to see a sample of how to start a new DIRT Day Entry and expectations along with what to do if you finish a book!.

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     Assessment / Homework               

Composition book check by end of period.