Week 10
Week 10 October
10/30/2023-11/03/2023
Applicable Common Core College and Career Readiness Standards
Conventions of Standard English:
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] green shirt).
Spell correctly.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.*
Spell correctly.
Knowledge of Language:
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.*
Maintain consistency in style and tone.*
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use:
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
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.
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
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).
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.
Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each of the words.
Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).
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.
Key Ideas and Details:
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
Craft and Structure:
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
Monday:
Start Entry Task
Study the following idioms. You will be tested on them this Friday.
Idiom - a form of expression natural to a language, person, or group of people.
Idioms Words of the Week -
Drag your feet - Reluctant to do something.
Draw a blank - To fail to remember something.
Ear to the ground - To be well informed.
Academic Vocabulary Words of the Week -
explain – to make plain or understandable
identify – establish the essential characteristics of
infer – to derive as a conclusion from facts or premise
Gold Group -Kylie, Yamilette, Brooklyn, and Brailyn.
Red Group - All others
Gold Group
Continue reading the book Al Capone Does My Shirts. See Google Classroom.
There is no study guide or vocabulary words. You have until this Friday to finish.
Red Group - Most others
You will continue reading Crash. Do not forget to check your prereading guide in Google Classroom.
Study the 20 vocabulary words in the prereading guide; you will be tested when we complete the book reading.
Remember, every 5 chapters, handwrite a 5 chapter review before reading on--see details in Google Classroom.
You have until next Friday (Nov. 10th) to finish your book.
Yellow Group - Lucas, Edelmiro, Domanik, Jake, Zoya, and Brycen.
You have Readworks handout (Orca Woman and Her Son), which is also in Google Classroom if you are absent.
Read the story and answer the questions. This assignment is due at the end of the period today. If not done, consider it homework and turn it in tomorrow with 10% off your grade because it is a day late.
Tuesday:
Start Entry Task
Red and Gold Groups
Gold Group
Continue reading the book Al Capone Does My Shirts. See Google Classroom. Finish by this Friday.
Red Group - Most others
You will continue reading Crash. Do not forget to check your prereading guide in Google Classroom.
Study the 20 vocabulary words in the prereading guide; you will be tested when we complete the book reading.
Remember, every 5 chapters, handwrite a 5 chapter review before reading on--see details in Google Classroom. Finish by next Friday.
Yellow Group - Lucas, Edelmiro, Domanik, Jake, Zoya, and Brycen.
You have Readworks handout (Trying to Understand), which is also in Google Classroom if you are absent.
Read the story and answer the questions. This assignment is due at the end of the period today. If not done, consider it homework and turn it in tomorrow with 10% off your grade because it is a day late.
Wednesday:
Start Entry Task
Red and Gold Groups
Gold Group
Continue reading the book Al Capone Does My Shirts. See Google Classroom. Finish by this Friday.
Red Group - Most others
You will continue reading Crash. Do not forget to check your prereading guide in Google Classroom.
Study the 20 vocabulary words in the prereading guide; you will be tested when we complete the book reading.
Remember, every 5 chapters, handwrite a 5 chapter review before reading on--see details in Google Classroom. Finish by next Friday.
Yellow Group - Lucas, Edelmiro, Domanik, Jake, Zoya and Brycen.
You have Readworks handout (Game Face), which is also in Google Classroom if you are absent.
Read the story and answer the questions. This assignment is due at the end of the period today. If not done, consider it homework and turn it in tomorrow with 10% off your grade because it is a day late.
Thursday:
To the HS lip-sync.
Friday:
Start Part 1 Entry Task
idioms/academic nouns and verbs/sentence type test
Gold Group
Continue reading the book Al Capone Does My Shirts. See Google Classroom. Finish by the end of class, also take your comprehension test for the book.
Red Group - Most others
You will continue reading Crash. Afterwards, take your comprehension and vocabulary test for the book. You have until the end of the week, next week to finish.
Yellow Group - Lucas, Edelmiro, Domanik, Jake, Zoya and Brycen.
You have Readworks handout (A Sudden Slice of Summer) you will be working on and it is due at the end of the period.