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Quarter 1. Mrs. Hughes. Room 712. Welcome to your Alpha Room! Please take a seat and wait for further instructions. . Monday , August 26, 2013. DAILY ACTIVITIES REGISTRATION ACTIVITY Video 10 - 3 - 1 notes 10 Facts 3 Things I find interesting 1 Test question – with answer

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  1. Quarter 1

  2. Mrs. Hughes Room 712 Welcome to your Alpha Room! Please take a seat and wait for further instructions.

  3. Monday , August 26, 2013 DAILY ACTIVITIES • REGISTRATION ACTIVITY • Video • 10 - 3 - 1 notes • 10 Facts • 3 Things I find interesting • 1 Test question – with answer • Class supplies – These will be left in the room • 2” binder • Comp book • Reading book – The Lightning Thief • Pens, Pencils, Highlighters • In another folder: • Notebook paper • Pocket for the occasional homework assignment • IPAD, IPOD, SMART PHONE – If available, please bring tomorrow. • Turn in notes DAILY TEST QUESTION None UP COMING DUE DATES HOMEWORK IPAD, IPOD, SMART PHONE – If available, please bring tomorrow. Class supplies – Due Tuesday, Sept. 3

  4. Monday , August 26, 2013 • Mimic Sentence

  5. UP COMING DUE DATES Class supplies – Due Tuesday, Sept. 3 HOMEWORK Me in a Nutshell – due Friday, Aug 30 Class supplies – Due Tuesday, Sept. 3 Student Data Sheet - due Friday, Aug 30 Course Expectations (from the Leavitt website) – Due Tuesday, Sept. 3 Tuesday, August 27, 2013 DAILY ACTIVITIES • SSR – “The Children of Lir” • How to set up your work • DTQ • Mimic Sentence • “Me” in a Nutshell - Activity • Class letter • Course Expectations • Equipment • Edmodo – Log in • Preposition Macarena • “In the News” Board • Answer DTQ • HLD

  6. SSR Daily Test Question • English/Language arts is all about reading and writing. How can technology change or enhance the ELA classroom? • How does the conflict shape the resolution?

  7. Tuesday, August 27, 2013 • The cats and dogs played outside the building.

  8. Me in a Nutshell HOME School PICTURE OF YOU Hobby graphics

  9. HIGHER LEVEL DISCUSSION QUESTION • What personal strengths do you bring to the class that can help us all be successful? • *Post it

  10. UP COMING DUE DATES Class supplies – Due Tuesday, Sept. 3 HOMEWORK Me in a Nutshell – due Friday, Aug 30 Class supplies – Due Tuesday, Sept. 3 Student Data Sheet - due Friday, Aug 30 Course Expectations (from the Leavitt website) – Due Tuesday, Sept. 3 Wednesday, August 28, 2013 DAILY ACTIVITIES • SSR – “Tell ‘Em What You Think” • How to set up your work • DTQ • Mimic Sentence • Unpacking EA 1 • Text on Text – Collaborative Annotation • Everyone needs a different color to write with • Answer DTQ

  11. SSR Daily Test Question • Our year will revolve around the concept of choice. Define and demonstrate what that word means to you. • Your opinion matters. After reading the article, put into words, that convince an adult, some argument where you believe your opinion should be valued.

  12. Wednesday, August 28, 2013 • The burglar walked toward the famous painting.

  13. HIGHER LEVEL DISCUSSION QUESTION • We communicate regularly with others during school. How can this communication be use educationally? What ways can we keep our discussions focused? • *Share

  14. UP COMING DUE DATES Class supplies – Due Tuesday, Sept. 3 HOMEWORK Quotes – due Friday, Aug 30 Me in a Nutshell – due Friday, Aug 30 Class supplies – Due Tuesday, Sept. 3 Student Data Sheet - due Friday, Aug 30 Course Expectations (from the Leavitt website) – Due Tuesday, Sept. 3 Thursday, August 29, 2013 DAILY ACTIVITIES • SSR – Michaela, Triumphant • How to set up your work • DTQ • Mimic Sentence • 1.1 Previewing – • Narrative Elements Posters • Character • Setting • Plot • Theme • Point of View • Tone/mood • Symbolism • 1.2 pt 1 • Answer DTQ

  15. SSR Daily Test Question • Argue this point. Knowing the story elements makes the story more enjoyable. Choose to agree or disagree and be VERY specific with your examples and supports. • What is the theme of this story? Use textual evidence to prove your assumption.

  16. Thursday, August 29, 2013 • The swimmers were competing for ribbons.

  17. HIGHER LEVEL DISCUSSION QUESTION • How can point of view completely change a plot? • *Share

  18. Friday, August 30, 2013 UP COMING DUE DATES Class supplies – Due Tuesday, Sept. 3 HOMEWORK Quotes – due Friday, Aug 30 Me in a Nutshell – due Friday, Aug 30 Class supplies – Due Tuesday, Sept. 3 Student Data Sheet - due Friday, Aug 30 Course Expectations (from the Leavitt website) – Due Tuesday, Sept. 3 DAILY ACTIVITIES • Collect all homework assignments • Check all assignments for completion and correctness • DTQ • Mimic Sentence • SSR • Perfect paragraph • 1.3 Choices • Your own • Foisted upon you by others • HLD

  19. HIGHER LEVEL DISCUSSION QUESTION • What is different about this class? What are you going to love? What do you think you are going to hate? • *Full class Share • Post it

  20. UP COMING DUE DATES Class supplies – Due TODAY HOMEWORK Course Expectations (from the Leavitt website) – Due Tuesday, Sept. 3 Tuesday, September 3, 2013 DAILY ACTIVITIES • SSR – 1-43 (This week) • DTQ • Mimic Sentence • In the News • Denotation/connotation exer • 1.5 The Road Not Taken • Rhyme scheme • Diction • Connotation • Symbolism • Synonyms and word replacement • Table Rewrites - Turn in • Vocab intro • Answer DTQ • HLD

  21. Tuesday, September 3, 2013 SSR Daily Test Question Create a situation where Denotation/ connotation could cause confusion. Explain completely. • Characters – who have you met. Keep a running character list with descriptions for each new character through the whole book. Set that up today.

  22. Tuesday, September 3, 2013 Max is working hard on his first mystery novel.

  23. Tuesday, September 3, 2013 HIGHER LEVEL DISCUSSION QUESTION • How does vocabulary and word choice affect the way others think of you? • *Table share then class share

  24. UP COMING DUE DATES HOMEWORK Complete 14 and15 Wednesday, September 4, 2013 DAILY ACTIVITIES • SSR – 1-43 (This week) • DTQ • Mimic Sentence • 1.6 Close Reading on “Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes” • 1.7 • pg. 13 small group • Pg. 14 alone • Pg. 15 alone • Answer DTQ

  25. Wednesday, September 4, 2013 SSR Daily Test Question • Sarah chooses to stay of the team even though she now feels like an outsider. Explain her decision. • Answer the question asked. • How does the author make Mrs. Dodds seem scary?

  26. Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 • Max and his brother, Tony, like Sherlock Holmes.

  27. Wednesday, September 4, 2013 HIGHER LEVEL DISCUSSION QUESTION • Compare Cindy and her feelings with Percy from the 2 separate readings from today. • *Table Share

  28. UP COMING DUE DATES HOMEWORK Finish story Finish DTQ SSR Mimic Sentence Thursday, September 5, 2013 DAILY ACTIVITIES • SSR – 1-43 (This week) • DTQ • Mimic Sentence • Complete an outline from pg 15 • Free write the outline of your story. Due tomorrow • 1.8 Replaced story • Verbs • review 219-220 • Do 221 1-5 • Review 224-225 • Do 224-225 1 – 5 • 1.9 Quick write pg. 18 • Review 225-226 • Do 227 1-5 • Review 230-232 • Do 232 1 – 5 • Turn in review • Answer DTQ

  29. Thursday, September 5, 2013 SSR Daily Test Question • Verbs are exceptionally important to good writing. Why? Give examples. • Writers do not usually tell us everything about the characters. What can you infer about Percy from the scenes you have read so far? Use textual support.

  30. Thursday, September 5, 2013 • Tony encourages Max with his novel.

  31. Thursday, September 5, 2013 HIGHER LEVEL DISCUSSION QUESTION • Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. Bruce Lee • *Discuss

  32. Friday, September 6, 2013 UP COMING DUE DATES HOMEWORK DAILY ACTIVITIES • Vocabulary assessment • Check all assignments for completion and correctness • Collect all homework assignments • DTQ • Mimic Sentence • SSR • 1.9 A Hundred Bucks of Happy – reading • Choices • Transitions • Highlighted text • HLD • LIBRARY

  33. Friday, September 6, 2013 HIGHER LEVEL DISCUSSION QUESTION • Choose one choice that you have made that shows your character. Explain. • *1 PP ½ sheet of paper

  34. UP COMING DUE DATES HOMEWORK MONDAY , September 9, 2013 DAILY ACTIVITIES • SSR – 44-92 (This week) • DTQ • Mimic Sentence • Review the story you took home. • 1.9 A Hundred Bucks of Happy – reading • Choices • Transitions • Highlighted text • Review your rough draft and your use of choice to make a story. • Answer DTQ

  35. MONDAY , September 9, 2013 SSR Daily Test Question • Choice. Define the word. • Write one sentence telling of a little choice you made today. • Write one or two sentences about a really big choice you have made. • Look up and define the following creatures in Greek Mythology. • Satyr • Furies • Fates • Minotaur

  36. Monday, September 9, 2013 • Max usually writes a page every day.

  37. Monday, September 9, 2013 HIGHER LEVEL DISCUSSION QUESTION • Discuss at your table how choices are covered and used to make a story.

  38. UP COMING DUE DATES PERSONAL NARRATIVE DUE FRIDAY HOMEWORK Complete DTQ Complete SSR TUESDAY, September 10, 2013 DAILY ACTIVITIES • SSR – 44-92 (This week) • DTQ • Mimic Sentence • Review 1.9 “A Hundred Bucks of Happy” • Ditching • Preread – Table • Read – Popcorn • RAFT – Personal Narrative • Review Dialoge • Review turned in narratives • Answer DTQ

  39. TUESDAY, September 10, 2013 SSR Daily Test Question • How do authors use Narrative elements to create a story? • Look up and define the following creatures in Greek Mythology. • Chiron • Dionysus • Argos

  40. Tuesday, September 10, 2013 • Sophie gave Max a suggestion on his plot.

  41. TUESDAY, September 10, 2013 HIGHER LEVEL DISCUSSION QUESTION • Discuss how the author has taken Greek Mythology and created a modern story. What did the author have to be careful of when he moved the information from ancient times to modern. • Post it

  42. UP COMING DUE DATES HOMEWORK FINAL DRAFT OF STORY TO BE SUBMITTED FRIDAY AT THE END OF CLASS. FINAL DRAFTS NEED TO BE IN PEN OR TYPED Wednesday, September 11, 2013 DAILY ACTIVITIES • SSR – 44-92 (This week) • DTQ • Mimic Sentence • Review grading rubric • Review Revision • SB – 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15 • Work on story • Review Editing • Work on story • Answer DTQ

  43. Wednesday, September 11, 2013 SSR Daily Test Question • What is the difference between Revision and Editing? • How does the author use things you are very familiar with to help you understand things you might not know about?

  44. Wednesday, September 11, 2013 • Jordan offered cookies for help with his homework.

  45. Wednesday, September 11, 2013 HIGHER LEVEL DISCUSSION QUESTION • Do a comparison contrast between Camp Half Blood and a normal summer camp.

  46. REVISION

  47. Step 1 • Complete SB 1.12; page 31 • Use complete sentences • Turn in • REVIEW GRADING RUBRIC PG 40-41 • Mark your own story in 3 sections • Beginning • Middle • End

  48. Step 2 – Beginning • First student reader • Does the student introduce the topic? • Is there some suggestion of what the choice might be? • Do you meet the characters?

  49. Step 3 – the Middle • Second student reader • On a separate sheet of paper, complete a plot map • Is the choice findable? Write what the choice is. • Description, Description, Description. In at least 2 places, give suggestions for more description.

  50. Step 3 – The Ending • Third student reader • Is the lesson easy to find without sounding like a moral? • Are all characters accounted for?

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