MONDAY 4-12-21 A-Day: Updates and Catch-Up
ANNOUNCEMENTS
No more late work or assignments accepted for Marking Period 3. Gradebook is closed!
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
2. Get out your Study Guide Questions, Theme Tracker and Novel!
3. Did you submit your last 20% Time Project Update that was due Friday?
4. How we are handling the rest of the novel?
The novel is divided into two parts. We will finish Part I this week and then use the movie version of the novel to complete the second half of the novel. The final project will be extra credit for those who choose to complete it.
DO NOW
1. I can update my SGQs and Theme Tracker.
2. I can complete Assignment 53.0 in Google Classroom.
MINI-LESSON
Review the documents needed for class today.
WORK TIME A-synch Work for Today
Complete STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
All questions for chapters 1-10 should be completed. You will be turning these in tomorrow for a progress check.
Complete THEME TRACKER
First column for your chosen theme should be completed. You should have at least three examples showing/illustrating your theme with quotes and pages numbers included.
Finish and Submit ASSIGNMENT 53.0 in Google Classroom
Make sure you have copied your post from THIS PADLET into assignment 53.0 and submitted it. Password = disney.
ASSESSMENT
You will be turning in your Study Guide Questions tomorrow for a progress check.
TUESDAY 4-13-21 B-Day: Review 10, Start 12
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
DO NOW Entry Title: Vocabulary List VI
LEARNING TARGETS
- I can explain how the author's portrayal of the black community in Maycomb might set the stage for the upcoming trial in the novel?
- I can provide at least one example of the cultural divide in Maycomb between the white and black communities.
MINI-LESSON
- Setting for this Chapter: Calpurnia's Church
- Characters: Jem, Scout, Cal, Rev Sykes and various church ladies
- Focus Question: How are the children treated at Cal's church by the congregation?
- BEFORE YOU READ...
- What is Hymn Lining?
“Lining out” is the practice of singing or stating the upcoming lines of a hymn for the congregation by a song leader or preacher. Typically, the words are stated quickly, and then sung in a drawn-out, slowly rhythmic moan. - Check it out here...
WORK TIME Actively listen to Chapter 12. Have your Theme Tracker out.
ASSESSMENT
- Finish reading Chapter 12 on your own.
- How might the author's portrayal of the black community in Maycomb set the stage for the upcoming trial in the novel? Answer in the chat.
- Study Vocabulary List VI. There will be a quiz on Friday.
(Model Student Tip: You might want to create flash cards on Quizlet, but it's not required.)
WEDNESDAY 4-14-21 A-Synch: Student Survey
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Don't forget to study for Vocabulary List VI happening Friday!
Today's A-synch Assignment CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THIS WEEK'S SURVEY FOR ATTENDANCE PURPOSES!
THURSDAY 4-15-21 C-Day: Review 12 and What Makes a Great TED Talk? Part I
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
DO NOW NEW ENTRY TITLE: TWO WORDS ONE SENTENCE
Write one sentence in the chat to EVERYONE that correctly uses two of the vocabulary words in List VI.
Example: I get so tired of being accosted by the media every time I strike a pose adjacent to the marble statue of myself in the backyard.
LEARNING TARGETS
MINI-LESSON
PERIODS 1, 2, 6
An overview of your TED Talk Project
- Watch this TedTalk...
- What are some reasons you liked (or didn't like) this TedTalk?
- Now watch this TedTalk...
- Compare this TedTalk with the one you just saw on ocean life.
What are some reasons these two TedTalks capture people's attention AND inform them?
PERIOD 4
WORK TIME
ASSESSMENT
1. In the chat answer this question:
What might be one reason TED Talks are such an appealing way to present information to an audience?
2. Submit assignment 54.0 by Thursday night.
FRIDAY 4-16-21 D-Day: Quiz on List VI and Finish TED Talk Analysis Assignment
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
DO NOW 1.
LEARNING TARGETS
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MINI-LESSON
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WORK TIME
ASSESSMENT
