Thursday, October 13, 2016
Post date: Oct 13, 2016 11:59:38 AM
Objective: Students read Bonne Annee yesterday, but they could not determine the theme. They mostly said it was a story about a man who wanted to return to Haiti. WRONG! They said there was this evil ruler and his son keeping the writer from returning. YES, but that is not the theme.
The goal for today is to have students analyze HOW the personal narrative is written. What facts, opinions, and anecdotes did the writer include. What details from his life did he include?
Students should be able to chunk the parts of the story and then see the whole.
From those chunks, they should see the theme.
Warm-up:
Tell Me Something Good
#20 Inferencing Sections 2 & 3 enter vocabulary homework
Lesson:
1. Review what students should have for paragraphs 1-6. Here is what I highlighted.
We will be using highlighters to identify these qualities of the personal narrative.
Red = Opinion/The way the writer feels
Blue= Facts
Yellow= Short, important sentences which might reveal the theme
Green= Identify the two anecdotes.
2. Reread the story in your group section by section. Summarize each paragraph.
Today, you should really be looking for the short, yellow sentences.
There are many times where the narrator states something he realized.
There are many sentences where he states an observation.
3. What do you think the theme is now?
4. Then go to Clever.com , login, then go to vocabulary.com.
I want you to do the My Favorite Chaperone set. I am looking for mastery.
Bonne Annee storyBonne Annee guiding questions
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.