had a five-minute free write (remember: hold on to these, as I will be collecting them at unannounced intervals for a combined Academic Initiative / Formative Assessments score)
checked the homework (most of Activity 1.1, especially the two Essential Questions, and whether all supplies had been purchased and organized)
had a quiz on the five Academic Vocabulary terms for Unit 1: The American Dream (Quizlet HERE)
reviewed answers to quizzes, as a class
finished Activity 1.1 by making an outline, a Venn diagram, or a web organizer (hint: What knowledge and skills will students need to have and use to complete Unit 1's Embedded Assessment?
Homework:
read pages 5-7 in your Springboard books
Q-H-T the reading (Question, Heard, Teach - the strategy that we used with the assignment...)
annotate the reading (highlight aspects of the text - words and/or phrases - and notate whether they are literary devices, if they make you ask questions, if you make a connection to another aspect of life, etc.)