September 25, 2017 - September 29, 2017
Post date: Sep 25, 2017 11:05:21 AM
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It's time to get down to business!
Current Assignment: Stations
Literature: The goal for this week is for the students to read "My Favorite Chaperone."
They will read the story in groups to practice reading aloud.
The groups will also provide them with support as they answer the guiding questions on Schoology.
Students will apply the vocabulary the practiced last week: plot, exposition, rising action, climax,
resolution, conflict, internal and external conflict, dynamic and static characters,
and point of view (1st, 2nd, 3rd limited, and 3rd omniscient).
Reading: By the end of the week, students should be 1/3 of the way through their novel
They should have completed the first reading journal on Schoology
Do not submit the reading journal until you have bolded the literary vocabulary
we have been discussing this week!
Monday 9/25 (Day: A)
Warm-up
30th Count Exercise- Drawing inferences 26
First Name/Last Name/ Today's Date
Point out why you think your choice is the right answer. Cite evidence.
Lessons
You are responsible for reading My Favorite Chaperone.
1. Have you read the whole story?
2. Have you completed the Similes and Imagery sheet on Schoology?
3. Have you completed the guiding questions for MFC on Schoology?
4. Start taking note for the performance task: What are some challenges immigrants face and
how do the adapt/overcome those challenges? Schoology
Vocabulary
plot, exposition, rising action, climax, resolution, conflict, internal and
external conflict, dynamic and static characters, and point of view (1st, 2nd, 3rd limited, and
3rd omniscient).
Stations
Reading- You are to be working on your independent novel journal entries. due Wednesday
Vocabulary- All sections have mastery words due by Friday on Vocabulary.com
Writing- You are practicing claim/cite/clarify while you do your independent reading.
Tuesday 9/26 (Day: B)
Warm-up
30th Count Exercise- Drawing inferences 27
First Name/Last Name/ Today's Date
Point out why you think your choice is the right answer. Cite evidence.
Lessons
You are responsible for reading My Favorite Chaperone.
1. Have you read the whole story?
Are you a slow reader?
If you have headphones, use the audio on the online book.
2. Have you completed the Similes and Imagery sheet on Schoology? TURN IN TODAY
3. Have you completed the guiding questions for MFC on Schoology?
4. Start taking note for the performance task: What are some challenges immigrants face and
how do the adapt/overcome those challenges? Schoology
Vocabulary
plot, exposition, rising action, climax, resolution, conflict, internal and
external conflict, dynamic and static characters, and point of view (1st, 2nd, 3rd limited, and
3rd omniscient).
Stations
Reading- You are to be working on your independent novel journal entries. due Wednesday
Vocabulary- All sections have mastery words due by Friday on Vocabulary.com
Writing- You are practicing claim/cite/clarify while you do your independent reading.
Wednesday 9/27 (Day: C)
Warm-up
30th Count Exercise- Drawing inferences 28
First Name/Last Name/ Today's Date
Point out why you think your choice is the right answer. Cite evidence.
Lessons
Examples of Independent Novel Journal Entries:
Vocabulary
Word wall coming.
Stations
Reading- You are to be working on your independent novel journal entries. due Wednesday
Vocabulary- All sections have mastery words due by Friday on Vocabulary.com
Writing- You are practicing claim/cite/clarify while you do your independent reading.
Thursday 9/28 (Day: E )
Warm-up
30th Count Exercise- Drawing inferences: 29
First Name/Last Name/ Today's Date
Point out why you think your choice is the right answer. Cite evidence.
Lessons
Go to your Schoology and look at your grades.
Section 1 & 3
Literary Vocabulary:
Resolution - We will listen to the end of the story to see which conflicts have been resolved
Reading
Read over the example of Independent Novel Study Journal.
Work time to complete the journal entry which is due today!
Independent
Practice for tomorrow's test on imagery in My Favorite Chaperone using Quizlet.
Vocabulary.com list that I wanted you to work on.
Section 2
Independent
Enter the synonyms and antonyms
Practice for tomorrow's test on imagery in My Favorite Chaperone using Quizlet.
Vocabulary.com list that I wanted you to work on.
Group work:
Answer the Guiding Questions on Schoology
Vocabulary
All classes have Vocabulary.com work due by the end of Friday.
Stations
Reading- You are to be working on your independent novel journal entries. due Wednesday
Vocabulary- All sections have mastery words due by Friday on Vocabulary.com
Writing- You are practicing claim/cite/clarify while you do your independent reading.
Friday 9/29 (Day: A )
Warm-up
30th Count Exercise- Drawing Inferences 30
First Name/Last Name/ Today's Date
Point out why you think your choice is the right answer. Cite evidence.
Lessons
We need to wrap up the work that is due this week:
1. Take the imagery quiz from My Favorite Chaperone.
2. Take the level set test for Achieve3000- Go to Clever.
3. Have you finished your first Independent Novel Study journal entry?
4. Have you mastered the Vocabulary.com list I assigned you for this week?
If you have completed all the work due for this week, you may get in a quiet pair and work on the guiding questions for My Favorite Chaperone. The assignment is on Schoology.
Vocabulary
Stations
Reading- You are to be working on your independent novel journal entries. due Wednesday
Vocabulary- All sections have mastery words due by Friday on Vocabulary.com
Writing- You are practicing claim/cite/clarify while you do your independent reading.
Requirements for Lesson Planning
Small Groups: I am slowly going to introduce students to the stations routines. During stations, I will be pulling students for small group instruction. We are not there yet.
Vocabulary: It is early in the school year. Right now, I would like to start establishing routines and expectations.
Standards:
CC.8.L.4.a Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
CC.8.L.4.d Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
CC.8.L.6 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
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Literature
CC.8.R.L.1 Key Ideas and Details: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CC.8.R.L.2 Key Ideas and Details: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
CC.8.R.L.3 Key Ideas and Details: Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.