Daily Agenda Qtr. 1

8/31/23 - DO NOW! - None

• Finish “Assessment Practice” p. 49

• “Analyze the Text” p. 50 #1-4 & 6

• Quill

8/30/23 - DO NOW! - What is a goal that you hope to accomplish before you are 30?

• “Assessment Practice” p. 49

• “Analyze the Text” p. 50 #1-4 & 6

• Quill

8/29/23 - DO NOW! - What is a goal that you hope to accomplish before you graduate?

• Read “A Desperate Trek Across America.” (pp. 43-48)

• “Annotate” and “Infer” p. 44

• “Foreign Words” and “Analyze” p. 45

• “Annotate” and “Evaluate” p. 46

• “Notice and Note” and “Infer” p. 47

• “Annotate” and “Analyze” p. 48

• Quill

8/28/23 - DO NOW! - Write about a time when you or someone you know failed at something.

• Vocab (on blue vocab sheet): straits, harrowing, conquistador, interminable, croswsbows, breastplates, brigantine, jury-rigged, unimpeded, flagellants, posse,  slaver, chattels, Andalusia

• Quill

8/24/23 - DO NOW! - What is something about your personality that you would like to change? Why?

• “Assessment Practice” (p. 35)

• “Analyze the Text” (p. 36)

• Quill

8/23/23 - DO NOW! - What is one of your personality traits that you are not necessarily proud of?

• “Engage Your Brain” (p. 24)

• Read “Balboa” (pp. 27-34)

• “Annotate” and “Infer” (p. 27)

• “Annotate” and “Analyze” (p. 28)

• “Use Context Clues” and “Analyze” (p. 30)

• “Notice and Note” and “Analyze” (p. 32)

• “Annotate” and “Analyze” (p. 33)

• Quill

8/22/23 - DO NOW! - How would you describe yourself to others? Go beyond physical appearance.

• Vocab (on blue vocab sheet) from “Balboa”: mantle, parasol, pristine, Hispaniola, flint, protrude, caravels, malevolently, genuflecting, provision, discord, distinction, apace, epileptic, cede

• Quill

8/21/23 - Go over classroom policies and procedures

• Introduce Quill

• Hand out books

• Work on Quill

8/17/23 - NWEA testing

8/16/23 - NWEA testing

8/15/23 - Go over syllabus - signature page due 8/21

8/14/23 - Orientation