MP3 - Week 5 - 2022

 

     MONDAY    3-7-22      C-Day: Complete Individual/Group Work     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1. Check your Gmail!

2.  Group slide presentations due Friday.

3. Citation quiz on Friday!

4.  Wear your mask if you ride RTS.

5.  Work on your Genius Project this week.  Update #3 will be due in two weeks!

        DO NOW          

1.  According to the inline citation, how many authors is the writer referencing?

2.  The referenced authors write what kind of source? (blog post, vlog post, novel, magazine)

3.  Which reference is most recent?

 

LEARNING TARGETS    

I can learn about a topic that will prepare me for reading the screenplay for Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

 

        MINI-LESSON          

None

        WORK TIME          

Finish up your individual research on your topic.

1.   Answer your assigned questions completely.

2.  Share your answers with your group.

3.  Make sure you have answers to all the questions. 

          ASSESSMENT          

Submit your assignment in Google Classroom.

     TUESDAY    3-8-22      D-Day: Begin Creating Group Slide Presentation     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1. Check your Gmail!

2.  Group slide presentations due Friday.

3. Citation quiz on Friday!

4.  The JUST LAW Program...

5.  Work on your Genius Project this week.  Update #3 will be due in two weeks!

6.  Progress report - get them signed and returned.

 

        DO NOW          

Read the following information on using the ellipsis when quoting information from a text.

Copy this into your notebook.

LEARNING TARGETS    

I can work well with my group to create an amazing presentation about our assigned topic that will be used to teach other students about our topic.

        MINI-LESSON          

Sample Presentation

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16t027WzHKmQQdCY84kcygZwppXLZRM-ee683F-OFHa4/edit#slide=id.g7e4da705f2_2_1

        WORK TIME          

1.  Have your answers to assignment 44.5 ready to go.

2.  Meet with your group.

3.  Open assignment 47.0 and assign roles.

4.  Decide on a presentation style (Prezi, Adobe Spark, or Google Slides).

5.  Read over the Group Norms slide together.  The Facilitator should be monitoring the use of group norms.

6.  Break up the work.  Create your slides.

7.  Go over your presentation with Mr. DeGrandis for feedback.

8.  Start rehearsing if you finish early.

9.  Reporter send email to Mr. DeGrandis on Group Progress. 

          ASSESSMENT          

Your final presentation.

     WEDNESDAY    3-9-22      A-Day: Group Slide Presentation Work Time     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1. Check your Gmail!

2.  Group slide presentations due Friday.

3. Citation quiz on Friday!

4.  The JUST LAW Program...

5.  Work on your Genius Project this week.  Update #3 will be due in two weeks!

6.  Progress report - get them signed and returned.

        DO NOW          

Play the Kahoot on Citations in Google Classroom (assignment 46.0) about citations ON YOUR OWN.  Be sure to remember your score!

 

        WORK TIME          

YOUR GOAL AS A TEAM IS TO HAVE A ROUGH DRAFT OF YOUR SLIDES DONE TODAY!

1.  Have your answers to assignment 44.5 ready to go.

2.  Meet with your group.

3.  Open assignment 47.0 and assign roles.

4.  Decide on a presentation style (Prezi, Adobe Spark, or Google Slides).

5.  Read over the Group Norms slide together.  The Facilitator should be monitoring the use of group norms.

6.  Break up the work.  Create your slides.

7.  Go over your presentation with Mr. DeGrandis for feedback.

8.  Start rehearsing if you finish early.

9.  Reporter send an email to Mr. DeGrandis on Group Progress. 

          ASSESSMENT          

Submit a copy of your group's slide presentation using assignment number 47.0 in Google Classroom.

     THURSDAY     3-10-22      B-Day: Comeplete Slide Presentation and Rehearse Final Presentation     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1. Check your Gmail!

2.  Group slide presentations due Friday for rehearsal.

3. Citation quiz TOMORROW!

4.  The JUST LAW Program...

5.  Work on your Genius Project this week.  Update #3 will be due in two weeks!

6.  Principal Nicastro:  No food orders allowed and no food in classrooms.

 

        DO NOW          

None today.

 

        WORK TIME          

Have Mr. DeGrandis check over your completed presentation and then begin rehearsing.

          ASSESSMENT          

Presentation check by your teacher.

     FRIDAY     3-11-22      C-Day: Rehearse Final Presentation for Monday    

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

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

 

        DO NOW          

 Take the citation quiz!

      MINI-LESSON          

Some advice on rehearsing your presentation.

        WORK TIME          

Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse!

          ASSESSMENT          

Turn in your presentation in GC on assignment 47.0.

MP3 - Week 4 - 2022

     MONDAY    2-28-22      A-Day: TREAT Review Part I     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1.  Reminder: Please be seated, quiet, and working before the bell rings for class to begin.  Thanks!   

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

3.  Periods 1, 2, and 6:  What day this week will you make some progress on your Genius Proejct?

        DO NOW          

Go to www.kahoot.it enter the game pin and get ready to review the parts of a TREAT paragraph.

LEARNING TARGETS    

I can review how to write a well developed paragrpah using TREAT.

        MINI-LESSON          

Review of how to write a TREAT essay. Click on the link to open the presentation.

        WORK TIME          

1.  Open Assignment 44.0 in Google Classroom.

2.  This is due tomorrwo by the end of the period.

          ASSESSMENT          

Your completed essay!

     TUESDAY    3-1-22      B-Day: TREAT Review Part II     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

1.  Reminder: Please be seated, quiet and working before the bell rings for class to begin.  Thanks!   

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

3.  Periods 1, 2, and 4:  What day this week will you make some progress on your Genius Project?

4.  Room Changes for Tomorrow (Write it down please!)

    Period 1: M225

    Period 2:  A350

    Period 4:  A339

    Period 5AC:  A339

    Period 6:  A176

        DO NOW          

Copy these two new words into Vobculary List IV

7.  melancholy adj. (melancholic)  gloomy or depressed  

The one act play was so melancholy that I felt depressed even after I left the theater! 

8.  aloof  adj. (aloofly) not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.

After meeting Jenine for the third time, Michael realized she wasn't shy, just aloof, because she hardly spoke and acted bored every time they went out. 

LEARNING TARGETS    

I can write a well-develpoed paragraph using TR EA EA T to analyze my own paragraph writing.

        MINI-LESSON          

Review assignment 44.0.

        WORK TIME          

Work on assignment 44.0 in Google CLassroom and submit before the end of the period.

          ASSESSMENT          

Your completed assignment.

     WEDNESDAY    3-2-22      C-Day: Intro to Web Quest Group Project for To Kill a Mockingbird     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

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

2.  Reminder: Please be seated, quiet and working before the bell rings for class to begin.  Thanks! 

        DO NOW          

Copy the following twonew words into Vocabulary List IV...

 9.  benign adj. (benignly)  showing or expressing kindness or gentleness  

 Until Jem and Dill excluded me from their plans, she was only another lady in the neighborhood, but a relatively benign presence.

10.  acquiesce v. (acquiesced, acquiescing) submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent. 

We were accustomed to prompt, if not always cheerfully acquiescing to Atticus's instructions, but from the way he stood Jem was not thinking of budging.

LEARNING TARGETS    

1.  I can explain what I need to do for the Group Research Project in order to prepare for reading the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

2.  I can begin my individual research on my group's assigned topic using Assignment 44.0 in GC.

        MINI-LESSON          

1.  What is the project?

    You and your assigned group will create a presentation based on a topic given to you by your teacher.  You will then be assigned a new group and you will present your topic to your new group for an individual grade. You will use the To Kill a Mockingbird Group Project website for your research.

2.  What is a research-based project?

    It is a project that requires you to find specific information about a topic you are given and present what you learned to the class and create a bibliography.

3.  What do I have to do?

    You will do the research part with your first group.  Then, you will present what you learned to a second, new group.

4.  How will I be graded?

    You will receive two grades - a group grade for your research and an individual grade for presenting to your second group.

        WORK TIME          

Work on Assignment 44.0 in Google Classroom in your assigned group.  

What to do...

a.  Get together with your assigned group.

b.  Divide up the work!

c.  Complete Assignment 44.0 in Google Classroom.

          ASSESSMENT          

Submission of Assignment 44.0 in Google Classroom.

     THURSDAY     3-3-22      D-Day: Plagiarism and Citations     

        ANNOUNCEMENTS          

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

2.  Reminder: Please be seated, quiet, and working before the bell rings for class to begin.  Thanks! 

        DO NOW          

None for today.

LEARNING TARGETS    

I can explain what plagiarism is.

I can explain what citations are.

I can explain why we use citations.

I can explain the difference between a citation and works cited page. 

        MINI-LESSON          

New Entry Title: Citations and Works Cited Page (aka a Bibliography)

CITATIONS
a quote (evidence) from or reference to a book, paper, or author.  Think of it as a mailing address.  Citations help you find the source an author used.  They also help you avoid plagiarism.

There are two types... 1) In-line Citations and 2) Works Cited Entries

Inline Citations
Ha believes she is smart because "no one knows" (Lai, 2).

WORKS CITED ENTRY

...on a WORKS CITED PAGE - A works cited page is a list of stuff you used (books, websites, etc..) during your research for the body of an essay or presentation.

Works Cited Page (example)

"Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund.
               Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.

Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. "Clinton on Climate Change." New York Times.
              New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.

Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times. New York
             Times, 22 May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.

Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis
            Guggenheim. Rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group, 2 June 2006.
            Web. 24 May 2009.

• Watch Beginners Guide to Citations
  
  
• Check out this slide show on Citations
  
  
• EasyBib is a website that formats the address of your citation.  Use it to create citations for your works cited page.
  
  
• You can also use CitationMachine
  
  
• HERE IS A SAMPLE RESEARCH PAPER WITH WORKS CITED PAGE

        WORK TIME          

Complete Assignment 45.0 in Google Classroom.

          ASSESSMENT          

Submit assignment 45.0 for a classwork grade worth 20 Points.

     FRIDAY     3-4-22      A-Day: Complete Individual Work Time for Web Quest     

Complete Assignments 44.0 and 45.0 and submit by the end of the period.