MP2 - Week 1

   MONDAY  11-7    B-Day:  Quiz Review and Who is Ha? Essay Intro     

     Announcements     

• CHECK YOUR GMAIL EVERYDAY PLEASE!
• Grab your Chromebook
• Start the Do Now!

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     DO Now - Copy & Respond               

Entry Title: The Writing Process

Copy the following graphic into a new page in your composition notebook (right click --> copy image) then answer the question below.

How might you use the writing process above to help you make your next essay the best essay you ever wrote?

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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can recall the important events in the novel Inside Out & Back Again.
• I can use a writing process to help make my next TREES essay the best one ever!

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     Mini-Lesson:  The Writing Process     

 
• Review format of the test for tomorrow on Inside Out & Back Again.
• Click here to play Kahoot!  
• Watch this video on the steps of the writing process...

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     Work Time - Prewriting         

 

• Plan your essay using TREES.
• Remember, for this essay you will need 3 pieces of evidence and 3 explanations - one for each piece of evidence.
• T
• R
• E1
• Ex1
• E2
• Ex2
• E3
• Ex3
• S

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Show your completed pre-writing your teacher.
  • Study your vocabulary words!

   TUESDAY  11-8    C-Day:  Quiz on Pages 1-122     

     Announcements     

• CHECK YOUR GMAIL EVERYDAY PLEASE!
• Grab your Chromebook
• Start the Do Now!

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     DO Now - Copy & Try It Yourself    
      
Entry Title:  T A G

• T = Title (if handwriting underline; if typing use italics)
• A = Author (Capitalize First and Last Name)
• G = Genre (short story, novel, article, etc...)
  
  Always use TAG in the topic sentence of your literary essays!
  
  Example:  In the novel Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, the main character, Ha, is kind, rebellious and loves snacks.  

You Try It...

Use the following information to write your own topic sentence for a literary essay...

Title: The Cask of Amontillado

Author:  Edgar Allen Poe

Genre:  Short Story

Topic:  Who is Montressor?

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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can recall how to include TAG in the topic sentence of a literary essay.
• I can recall the major events in the first part of the novel, Inside Out and Back Again.

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     Mini-Lesson:  Accessing the Quiz Online        

 
• How to take the online quiz.

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     Work Time       

 

• Click here to take the quiz on Inside Out and Back Again!

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Study Vocabulary List II Words

   WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY  11-9 & 10    D & A-Days:  Writing Workshop     

     Announcements     

• CHECK YOUR GMAIL EVERYDAY PLEASE!
• Grab your Chromebook
• Start the Do Now!

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     DO Now - NONE        



     Learning Target(s)     

• I can complete a first draft of my Who is Ha? essay.

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     Mini-Lesson:  Pre-writing Tips and Essay Format       

 
• Plan your essay first!
• Use the best evidence from your Who is Ha? Graphic Organizer.

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     Work Time       

 

• Write your first draft!
• Show it to your teacher.

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Work on your essay!  It will be due next week!

   FRIDAY  Veteran's DAY  No Classes     

MP1 - Weeks 9 & 10

   MONDAY  10-31    A-Day:  Make-up Day      

     Announcements     

• Check Parent Connect for latest grades!
• Grab your Chromebook!
• CHECK YOUR GMAIL!  You are responsible for checking you Gmail every period.  
• Start the Do Now...

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     DO Now - Copy    

Copy these two new words into Vocabulary List II

 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.
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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can use the opportunity to improve my grade today by submitting any missing assignments and/or improving  upon assignments with which I am unsatisfied.

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     Mini-Lesson:  Make-up Day Expectations     

 
• What can you do today?  Do class work, Add to your Who is Ha Graphic Organizer, DIRT Day, Vocabulary Flashcards, listen to music quietly.
• What can't you do today?  Play video games, disrupt the room.
• REMEMBER:  When you resubmit assignments to add a Private Comment saying, "Mr. DeGrandis, please regrade this assignment.  Thanks!"

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     Work Time       

 

• Complete any make-up work first!
• Review your Who is Ha? graphic organizer.  Add one new piece of evidence that reflects what Ha believes, values or believes.
• Using FlashCardMachine start creating your flashcards for Vocabulary List II.

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Study your vocabulary words.

   TUESDAY  11-1    B-Day:  Read Inside Out and Back Again     



     Announcements     

Grab your Chromebook!

CHECK YOUR GMAIL!  You are responsible for checking you Gmail every period.  

Start the Do Now...

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     DO Now - Copy    

Copy these two new words into 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.  

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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can identify personality traits, interests, beliefs or values of Ha, the main character of the novel, Inside Out and Back Again by Thannha Lai using a graphic organizer.

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     Mini-Lesson:  Review       

 
• Evaluating your evidence:  Does your evidence help prove a personality trait, belief, value or the character of Ha? 
• Evaluating your evidence:  Do you clearly state who Ha is? (Ha is _____ .) This is the inference about her.
• Explanation:  Can you explain how your inference proves something about Ha?

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     Work Time       

 

• Add two new pieces of evidence to your Who is Ha? graphic organizer.

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Have your teacher check your work!

   WEDNESDAY   11-2    C-Day:  Read Aloud       

     Announcements     

Grab your Chromebook!

CHECK YOUR GMAIL!  You are responsible for checking you Gmail every period.  

Start the Do Now...

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     DO Now - Think and Do         

Entry Title:  Antonyms
Match each vocabulary word with its antonym.  Hint: Use an online thesaurus!

• dissolution                        healthy
• writhe                               to anger
• pacify                               straighten
• pestilence                         construction 

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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can identify personality traits, interests, beliefs or values of Ha, the main character of the novel, Inside Out and Back Again by Thannha Lai using a graphic organizer.

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     Mini-Lesson:  Review       

 
• Evaluating your evidence:  Does your evidence help prove a personality trait, belief, value or the character of Ha? 
• Evaluating your evidence:  Do you clearly state who Ha is? (Ha is _____ .) This is the inference about her.
• Explanation:  Can you explain how your inference proves something about Ha?

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     Work Time       

 

• Add two new pieces of evidence to your Who is Ha? graphic organizer.

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Have your teacher check your work!

   THURSDAY  11-3    D-Day:  Reading     

     Announcements     
Check Parent Connect for latest grades!

Grab your Chromebook!

CHECK YOUR GMAIL!  You are responsible for checking you Gmail every period.  

Start the Do Now...

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     DO Now - Copy                

Entry Title:  Two Words, One Sentence

Directions: Write one sentence using two vocabulary words that proves you understand their meaning by the way you used them. Be prepared to share for a ticket!

Example:  In order to engender a feeling of pacifism in my mother after telling her I was leaving home to join the circus, I gave her a hug and promised I would text her everyday. 
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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can identify personality traits, interests, beliefs or values of Ha, the main character of the novel, Inside Out and Back Again by Thannha Lai using a graphic organizer.

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     Mini-Lesson:  Review       

 
• Evaluating your evidence:  Does your evidence help prove a personality trait, belief, value or the character of Ha? 
• Evaluating your evidence:  Do you clearly state who Ha is? (Ha is _____ .) This is the inference about her.
• Explanation:  Can you explain how your inference proves something about Ha?

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     Work Time       

 

• Add two new pieces of evidence to your Who is Ha? graphic organizer.

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Have your teacher check your work!

   FRIDAY  11-4    A-Day:  DIRT Day       


What to do today...

1. Begin your Vocabulary List II Flashcards using www.flashcardmachine.com
2. If you finish, move on to DIRT Day.  No thoughts needed today.

Here is what each side should look like...

DIRT Day Expectations

1. Do the following BEFORE the bell rings…
1. Open your DIRT Day Assignment in Google Classroom.
2. Be in your seat reading.
2. Focus on your reading the entire period.
3. Do not sub-vocalize during DIRT.
4. Complete 10 thoughts using the Active Reading Model by the end of the period. Do more for extra credit.

If You Finish a Book…

In an email to Mr. DeGrandis, write a review about your book in 3-paragraph essay format.

Guidelines for the Essay:

• ¶ 1 - title, author and genre of the novel and your opinion of the book (controlling idea).
• ¶ 2 - short summary of the book and include at least two text-based examples from the book
         that support your controlling idea in ¶
• ¶ 3 - explain why you would or would not recommend this book to a friend and where they might be able to find it or purchase it.

If You Forgot Your Book…

• Choose a book from the class library or Mr. DeGrandis will give you one.
• Be sure to bring your book next week.

If You Want to Switch Books…

In an email to Mr. DeGrandis, write an Abandon Book Essay.

Guidelines:

• ¶ 1 – title, author and genre of the novel you are abandoning and
          three reasons you don’t like the book (controlling idea).
• ¶ 2 through 4 - Develop each reason using text-based details from the book.
• ¶ 5 - Offer your suggestions for other novels you have read that another student might enjoy.

MP1 - Week 8

   MONDAY  10-24    D-Day:  Picture Day     


   TUESDAY  10-25    A-Day:  Who is Ha?     

     Announcements     

• Grab your Chromebook
• Check your Gmail!
• Start the Do Now Below
• IT'S PICTURE DAY!
• Period 1: 7:45
• Period 2: 8:45
• Period 4: 10:15
• Period 6: 11:35

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     DO Now - Copy               

Entry Title: Vocabulary List II

1.  engender v. (engenders, engendered, engendering) - to bring a feeling into existence     When the principal announced that students could no longer wear sneakers to school, it engendered anger in the student body.

2.  pacify v. (pacified, pacifying, pacifies, pacifist) - to ease someone's anger; calm someone down
     After dropping her cell phone in the muddy puddle, I tried to pacify my friend by offering her a big, warm hug.
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     Learning Target(s)     

• 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. (Proving what you think the novel is saying by quoting accurately with words, phrases and details from the novel.)

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     Warm-up:  Numbered Heads Together       

• Your teacher will assign each of you a number from 1-5.
• Meet with your group.
• Your teacher will give the class a unique question.  Each of you will answer the question on your own first.
• Share your response with your group.
• As a team, decide on the best response and be ready to share out.
• Your teacher will call on a specific number (1-5) to share the thinking of your group for participation points.
  
  
• Question:  What are some characteristics that make a house a home?

     Mini-Lesson:  1975: Year of the Cat       

• You have looked at images and read some details about the topic of this novel.
• 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.
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• Focus Question
• Ha says, "No one would believe me, but at times I would prefer wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama."
• Based on the gallery walk and the sentence strips we read, what do you think might have happened to a little girl to make her say she would prefer war at home (Saigon) to peace in Alabama (The United States)?

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. 

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?

     Work Time: Numbered Heads Together                                               

 

• What are some things you notice about the language the author is using?
  
• What are some details that strike you and why?
  
• Read it Again to Yourself: What have you already learned about Ha in this very first poem?
  
• Use the Who is Ha? Anchor Chart Assignment XX to capture your thoughts!

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • None

  
  

   WEDNESDAY   10-26    B-Day:  Anchor Chart     

     Announcements     

• Grab your Chromebook
• Check your Gmail!
• Start the Do Now Below

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     DO Now - Copy      

Add these word to Vocabulary List II

 3.  ardent adj. (ardently) - enthusiastic support
     Being an ardent Bills fan, Mark painted his face half red and half blue to show his love for the team.

4.  exacerbate v. (exacerbates, exacerbating, exacerbated, exacerbating) - to make something bad even worse
    The singer's terrible voice was exacerbated by the awful pianist who didn't know how to accompany her.
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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can identify personality traits, interests, beliefs or values of Ha, the main character of the novel, Inside Out and Back Again by Thannha Lai.
• I can use the Think-Pair-Share strategy to answer questions based on the novel.

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     Mini-Lesson:  Refresh     

 
• New Entry: Tet is a Special Day
• Tet is a special day. When is Tet, and what two events are celebrated on Tet?
• How does Ha's family celebrate Tet?
• How might this special day affect the other days?
• What does the narrator, Ha, do that might bring bad luck?

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     Work Time: Think-Pair-Share       

How It Works...

1. You will be assigned a question(s).
2. THINK: 10-15 seconds to think about an answer and write it down.
3. PAIR: Share your answer with a partner. Then, listen while they share their answer with you.
4. SHARE: Share your thoughts with the class when called on by your teacher.  You might earn a ticket for the raffle!

     Practice                                    

New Entry Titled:  Think-Pair-Share

Answer the questions below in your composition book using the THINK:PAIR:SHARE strategy with a partner.  You don't have to re-write the questions.

Questions

1. How might the events in this poem connect to the first poem we read, 1975: Year of the Cat and the poem, Inside Out?
2. What does the fortune-teller foretell about the family's future?
3. Ha lives in a war-torn country. How does she hope her life will be turned inside out?
4. Ha knows that inside out means something different.  What might happen?

     Read-Aloud     

Inside Out and Kim Ha.

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Think-Pair-Share questions.

   THURSDAY  10-27    C-Day:  Read Aloud       


     Announcements     

• Grab your Chromebook
• Check your Gmail!
• Start the Do Now Below

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     DO Now - Copy              

Add to Vocabulary List II

 5.  sagacious adj. (sagaciously) - good judgement; shrewd
     Samuel Westing Jr. III had always been a sagacious business man known for his shrewd negotiating style.

6.  dissolution n. (dissolutions) - the disintegration or decomposition of something
     The Alka-seltzer tablet's dissolution was instant once it fell into the glass of water and virtually disappeared.
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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can identify personality traits, interests, beliefs or values of Ha, the main character of the novel, Inside Out and Back Again by Thannha Lai using a graphic organizer.

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     Mini-Lesson:  The Who is Ha? Graphic Organizer     

 
• Go to Google Classroom and find the Who is Ha? Graphic Organizer and open it.
• Modeling of how to fill in the graphic organizer with text-based evidence.

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     Work Time       

 

• Alone or with a partner, find three pieces of textual evidence (details about Ha) in the first three poems and explain what you can infer from each one.

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Add one more piece of evidence to the graphic organizer for class on Friday.  This is a homework grade worth 20 points.

   FRIDAY  10-28    D-Day:  DIRT Day        


What you should do today...

1. Open Assignment 12.0 in Google Classroom.
2. Then...
1. If you have make-up work to do, write a note on the DIRT Day assignment explaining what you will be doing.
2. If you have no make-up work to complete, begin Actively Reading.

DIRT Day Expectations

1. Do the following BEFORE the bell rings…
1. Open your DIRT Day Assignment in Google Classroom.
2. Be in your seat reading.
2. Focus on your reading the entire period.
3. Do not sub-vocalize during DIRT.
4. Complete 10 thoughts using the Active Reading Model by the end of the period. Do more for extra credit.

If You Finish a Book…

In an email to Mr. DeGrandis, write a review about your book in 3-paragraph essay format.

Guidelines for the Essay:

• ¶ 1 - title, author and genre of the novel and your opinion of the book (controlling idea).
• ¶ 2 - short summary of the book and include at least two text-based examples from the book
         that support your controlling idea in ¶
• ¶ 3 - explain why you would or would not recommend this book to a friend and where they might be able to find it or purchase it.

If You Forgot Your Book…

• Choose a book from the class library or Mr. DeGrandis will give you one.
• Be sure to bring your book next week.

If You Want to Switch Books…

In an email to Mr. DeGrandis, write an Abandon Book Essay.

Guidelines:

• ¶ 1 – title, author and genre of the novel you are abandoning and
          three reasons you don’t like the book (controlling idea).
• ¶ 2 through 4 - Develop each reason using text-based details from the book.
• ¶ 5 - Offer your suggestions for other novels you have read that another student might enjoy.

   MONDAY  10-31    A-Day:  Read Aloud       

     Announcements     

• Grab your Chromebook
• Check your Gmail!
• Start the Do Now Below

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     DO Now - Copy                    

Add these new words to Vocabulary List II

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.
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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can identify personality traits, interests, beliefs or values of Ha, the main character of the novel, Inside Out and Back Again by Thannha Lai using a graphic organizer.

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     Mini-Lesson:  Review of Read-aloud Protocol       

 
• How to follow during a Read-Aloud...
• Eyes on the words being read.
• Proper posture.
• Focus Question:  What are some ways the author uses the papaya tree as a symbol throughout part 1 of the novel?

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     Work Time       

 

• Read Aloud:  Read pages 1-122.

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • None