Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Post date: Oct 18, 2016 10:48:42 AM
Homework:
Sections 2 & 3 should be done Completing and Vocab in Context tomorrow
Objective: The main goal for today is to help students understand the requirements of the essay they will be writing this week. By the end of today, they should understand what a 5 paragraph essay on the theme of a story looks like. We will practice outlining an essay by looking at a short film. From there, the students will be on their own to use the highlighting we created last week.
Warm-up:
2. Tell me the theme of Nuggets
Lesson:
Group Presentations:
Your group is responsible for your section of the video.
(Group 1 does the first time the bird tries the nugget, etc.)
Be ready to present how the writer used plot, color, and sound IN YOUR SEGMENT
Outline an essay:
In your Google Classroom, open the assignment "Outline of Essay on Nuggets."
Use phrases or sentences to show me examples from the video
Demonstrate that you COULD write an essay on how the artist uses plot, color, and sound to convey a message.
Due by the end of class Wednesday.
HWK:
Vocabulary Workshop (Sections 2 & 3)
10/10 Monday- Pictionaries Unit 3
10/11 Tuesday- Choosing the Right Word Unit 3
10/12 Wednesday- Synonyms and Antonyms Unit 3
10/13 Thursday- Be sure to complete at least one Quizlet
10/17 Monday- Completing the Sentence Unit 2
10/18 Tuesday- Finish Unit 3
10/19 Wednesday- Be sure you have done on Quizlet
10/20 Thursday- Quiz Unit 3
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Small Group: Students are seated in groups this week so I can sit down with them as they work together.
CC.8.R.I.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.I.2 Key Ideas and Details: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
Personal Narrative
CC.8.R.I.5 Craft and Structure: Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.
Upcoming Dates for my class
The end of the marking period is October 28.
Vocabulary Practice All Classes Each student now has a Vocabulary.com account. Over the next few weeks, I will be using this site more. I can set up lists from the literature we study, or the site can lead them through a series of increasingly more difficult words.