We will only be seeing each other on Wednesday the 15th and Friday the 17th this week.
Here are our Learning Targets for the week:
from Activity 1.6 - Generate an objective summary, selecting key textual details; and Analyze the use of definition strategies in order to apply those strategies to new writing.
from Activity 1.7 - Support the analysis of a text with appropriate evidence; Paraphrase a text, expressing the writer’s ideas with new language; and Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure of an expository text.
Specific activities:
SAT Question of the Day, every day
start and finish 1.6: Defining an American. (annotations, in class, as well as answering Questions 1 - 5. Writing prompt may be started in class, but students should finish it at home - share via GDocs to ahernhuish@rsu73.com with the format: period_name_act1.6_wp)
start 1.7: A Hyphenated American (group annotations, in class, as well as answering Questions 1, 2, and 3. Writing prompt may be started in class, but students should finish it at home - share via GDocs to ahernhuish@rsu73.com with the format: period_name_act1.7_wp)
view the video associated with Quack List #2 on Wednesday, quiz on Friday. Study for Quack List #2 HERE.
Goals for the week, in addition to the Springboard work:
make sure all work is passed in (I will be responsible for reminding, collecting, organizing, etc.)
Quack List #2 video on October 15 and quiz on October 17
finish the "working your weaknesses: Apostrophes" assignment and quiz in NoRedInk before class on Wednesday October 15
In-class work due dates:
Due end of class on Friday October 17: writing prompts for Activities 1.6 & 1.7
Homework / Independent Work:
Due at the beginning of class on Tuesday October 21: Activity 1.6, Questions #3 (make a Venn diagram), #4, and #5 (fill out the chart).
Due at the beginning of class on Tuesday October 21: Write to the prompt on page 31, regarding Activity 1.6.
Share via GDocs to ahernhuish@rsu73.com with the format: period_name_act1.6_wp
OVERDUE:
Due beginning of class on Wednesday October 15: finish the "working your weaknesses: Apostrophes" assignment in NoRedInk
Writing Prompts: 1.3, warm-up for 1.5 ("What does it mean to be an American?"), and 1.5