MP1 - Week 6 - 2021

     MONDAY    10-11-21      No Classes Due to President's Day   X-Day: XX

     TUESDAY    10-12-21      B-D Day:  The Genius Project    X-DXXX     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1.  Have you checked your Gmail lately?  Have you cleaned it up?

2.  Do you have Grammarly installed on your computer?  Go to Google and type in Install Grammarly Extension for Chrome.  You will love it!

        DO NOW          

Go to Google.com and type in Genius Hour.  

Find any article, video, or website on it, read/view it, and be ready to share one interesting fact about it with the class for a participation grade.

        LEARNING TARGETS          

I can explain what Genius Hour is to someone who has never heard about it by viewing past Genius Hour presentations.

        MINI-LESSON          

What Exactly is Genius Hour?

Check out this presentation about Genius Hour for kids.

Here's one for Parents and Teachers.

Student Models
Watch these three awesome Genius Hour Projects from past students who did a great job!

Hair Care	Original T-Shirts
Photography

What are some things you learned about Genius Hour after viewing these past presentations?

        WORK TIME          

Complete assignment 17.5 in Google Classroom called Brainstorming and Inspiration.

 

List as many things as you can!  Turn it in by the end of class OR by 11:59 PM tonight!

PERIOD 4 ONLY: Complete your Where I'm From poem.

          ASSESSMENT          

1.  Talk about Genius Hour with your parents and ask them what they think you might do for your project.

a. Can support your project financially?

b.  Can you do the project over the winter and how?

c.  Is it something they think you would be interested in?

2.  Don't forget to turn in assignment 17.5 if you did not finish it in class!

     WEDNESDAY    10-13-21      A-C Day: 6-Word Horror Stories     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.

2.  REMINDER: 8th Grade lunch is from 11:40 -12:23 today.

        DO NOW          

Click here and add your thoughts to the WORD CLOUD about horror!

Then, click here to go to Kahoot.it and enter the game code on the screen.

        LEARNING TARGETS          

1. I can discuss mood and tone playing Kahoot!.

2. I can create a six-word story that has a tone and mood of horror. 

        MINI-LESSON          

1. What is a Six Word Story? Click Here for the Lesson?

2.  Check out this Padlet with some great submissions from last year's 8th-grade classes.

        WORK TIME          

1.  Plan the story in your head first.

2.  Sketch it out on paper.

3.  Have your work proofread by at least two other people before using Canva.

4.  Finalize the design in Canva.

5.  Post it on the Padlet for a grade.

          ASSESSMENT          

The final draft should be posted to the Six-word Horror Story Padlet for a grade.

     THURSDAY    10-14-21      B-D Day    Finsih, Edit and Submit 6-Word Horroro Stories on Class Padlet    

     FRIDAY     A-C Day     Review of Words and Quiz on Vocabulary List I    

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.

        DO NOW          

Open Quizlet and play the Matching Game or the Gravity Game to study your words.

        LEARNING TARGETS          

I can demonstrate my understanding of Vocabulary List I through a quiz.

        MINI-LESSON          

1.  Review game with Kahoot!

2.  How to access and take the quiz.

        WORK TIME          

Take the quiz!

          ASSESSMENT          

The quiz itself.

MP1 - Week 5 - 2021

     MONDAY    10-4-21      B|D-Day: NWEA Make Ups     

Announcements

Headgear:  Please do not wear head gear (hoodies, hats, etc... in class or in the hallways.)  Thanks!

Are you done with your NWEA?

Create your Vocabulary List I Flash Cards.  It is assignment 14.0 in Google Classroom!

When you are out sick...

     TUESDAY    10-5-21      A|C-Day: NWEA Make-ups     

Announcements

RCSD Dress Code

     WEDNESDAY    10-6-21      A|C Day: Read and Analyze a Where I'm From Poem     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.

        DO NOW          

1. Do a Google Search for "What is a Where I'm From Poem?"

2. Then, in your digital notebook, complete a Frayer diagram for it in the vocabulary section of your notebook. Here is how to complete it...

        LEARNING TARGETS          

I can analyze a poem for tone, mood and author's identity.

        MINI-LESSON          

REVIEW

What is tone?  Tone is how the author feels about what they wrote.

What is mood?  Mood is how the author is trying to make you feel a certain way about what they wrote.

WATCH THIS LESSON ON MOOD AND TONE!

Authors can reveal their identity (who they are) through mood, tone and language.

Here is a great example...

The Rose that Grew from Concrete

by Tupac Shakur

Did you hear about the rose that grew

from a crack in the concrete?

Proving nature's law is wrong it

learned to walk with out having feet.

Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams,

it learned to breathe fresh air.

Long live the rose that grew from concrete

when no one else ever cared.


Go to THIS PADLET and write down words that indicate the author's tone.

What emotion(s) might the author be trying to get you to feel.  What mood is he trying to create?

        WORK TIME          

1.  Read the poem, Where I'm From by George Ella Lyon.

2.  Class discussion using Accountable Talk: How can an author reveal their identity through tone and mood.

          ASSESSMENT          

Complete Assignment 16.0 in Google Classroom.  This is due end of the day Friday.

     THURSDAY     10-7-21      B|D - Day: Create Your Own WHERE I'M FROM Poem       

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.

        DO NOW          

Using a Google Doc or a page in the vocabulary section of your digital notebook, write a sentence using one of the words in list ten.

Example

If walking into oncoming traffic wasn't a enough, Clara's brazen attempt to cause an accident put her in grave danger.

        LEARNING TARGETS          

I can use mood and tone to convey my identity by writing a Where I'm From poem.

        MINI-LESSON          

Review mood, tone, and identity.

        WORK TIME          

Complete Assignment 17.0 in Google Classroom.  This is due Sunday.

          ASSESSMENT          

Complete Assignment 16.0 in Google Classroom.  Due Friday.