If you are absent today, please read Chapter 15.
You must go to Santa Monica! And, Percy, do not trust the gifts...
(first half) to "...typical centaur" top of page 156 in the hard copy; and page 162 in the online text.
Please complete the yearbook Survey and the EpPuzzle for Chapter 9 if you did not complete it yesterday.
Chapter 10 I Ruin a Perfectly Good Bus (first half)
If you are absent today, please read the second half of Chapter 8.
You will do an initial character study for some of the characters that appear in the next two chapters.
Read to, "Sir," I repeated..." If you are home Ctrl f: gladiator fighting in the online text.
Add to 3-25 Stranger Things - ch. 5 and submit.
Greek mythology: How did Theseus kill the minotaur?
How did Percy kill Minotaur? How did Theseus kill Minotaur?
Please take out your planner and independent reading book.
Prompt is already on your copy of 3-25 Stranger Things: Describe Percy's Dream. Based on Greek mythology, what do you think it means? (open The Lightning Thief (click on the title to open the pdf and do the shortcut - control +f to search “dream”).
3-25 NRI
If you are absent, please complete the EdPuzzle at home so you do not fall behind.
Add to 3-25 Stranger Things - Ch. 2 (in Canvas).
Google: Ancient Greek Mythology Fates
3-24 Titans, Demigods, and Mythological Creatures
What story from Greek mythology is told on this stele (grave marker)?
After reading Chapter 1, identify the "strange thing" that happened and how it relates to Greek mythology.
You can use the website linked on the assignment or you can google: Ancient Greek mythology (and the name).
NoRedInk 3-17 and 3-18
3-19 The Olympians
BrainPop: Greek Gods
Complete FAST Reading Assessment, 3-12 SBAC Performance Task, or independent reading.
Please take out your planner and NoRedInk 3-10 or 3-11 (if you haven't not completed slides 5,6, and 7)
All of your writing will be done in class. A passcode is required.
Please take your planner and independent reading class.
NoRedInk 3-10 Recognizing Fragments
Edit, Color-Code, Revise, and Submit 3-5 Explanatory Essay
Source 1: The Problem of Plastic by Mackensie Carro
Source 2: Can We Save Our Planet From Plastic? by Mackensie Carro
Source 3: EdPuzzle - We're Drowning in Plastic Pollution. Can We Actually Fix It?
Introduction
Body Paragraph 1: The problems of plastic trash
Body Paragraph 2: The solutions
conclusion
Although there are many problems associated with our throw away culture, there are things we can do to reduce plastic pollution.
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Body Paragraph 1: The problems of plastic trash
Body Paragraph 2: The solutions
You can start body paragraph two like this:
Although there are many problems associated with plastic trash, there are things we can do to reduce plastic pollution. One thing we can do is
Underline problems with plastic trash (label them "p")
select three problems that you think are the worst
Underline possible solutions (label them "s")
Select three solutions that you think are the best.
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6th Grade Student standouts for the yearbook.
Have you completed and submitted the following assignments:
2-25 NoRedIndk: Dependent and Independent Clauses
Please take out your planner and NoRedInk.
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Preview and read the article (first read)
2-24 Drowning in Plastic - Close Reading (yellow)
Please take out your planner and independent reading book. If you have not completed 2-20 Write an Objective Summary
or NoRedInk: Identifying subjects and Verbs, do that now.
Solve the riddle: What is snarfblatt?
Preview and review the article's vocabulary
Quizlet: vocabulary Paste your 100% score to your 2-14 Drowning in Plastic HyperDoc
Complete the vocabulary section (blue) on 2-24 Drowning in Plastic
Use 2-19 Discuss the Article, and the article, "Last Days of the Dinosaurs" to write the objective summary. When writing the summary, the only two tabs that should be open are 2-19 and 2-20.
NoRedInk: Identifying Subjects and Verbs
Once you have completed and submitted these three assignments, you are free.
Try to include these words in your summary:
Walter Alvarez
Layer of clay/iridium
Crater
fossils
layers
asteroid
ash
extinct/extinction
survival
2-18 EdPuzzle: Last Days of Dinosaurs
Video: Beyond the Story: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs
Vocabulary
Once you have finished your I Am poem, I will print it out for you and you will illustrate it. You can do one big illustration or illustrate details from your poem.
What do you think the Giver meant when he said, "I'm glad you're a good swimmer, Jonas. But stay away from the river."?
2-4 Make a prediction: This event is the main inciting incident that will set the action rising quickly to climax. What do you think will happen next in the plot of the story? Explain. Be prepared to discuss.
If you are absent today, please read and follow along with Chs. 18 and 19.
Please take out your planner and do the EdPuzzle for Chapter 16. When you're finished, work on 1-31 The Importance of Being Unique. If you complete and submit 1-31 you can do PowerUp or read indendently.
Elephants grieve their dead.
Figurative Language:
Simile: Compares two unlike things using like or as. She was as fast as a cheetah.
Metaphor: Compares two unlike things (not using like or as). She was a cheetah running down the track.
Personification: Gives human qualities to non-human things. The leaves danced in the wind.
hyperbole: an extreme exaggeration - I've told you a million times to clean your room.
onomatopoeia: sound words like, "bang, boom, click"
Read Chapter 12 if you are at home today.
Read Chapter 10
What is Sameness and how does it benefit Jonas's community?
If you're absent today, please read Chapter 10 and do the EdPuzzle for Chapter 11.
Figurative Language:
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
hyperbole
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In what ways does Jonas begin to experience loneliness in Chapter 9?
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Please take out your planner and open PowerUp.
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Please take out your planner and begin the EdPuzzle for Chapter 5
Please take out your planner and independent reading book.
If you are absent today, please listen and follow along to Chapter 4.
Recreation - Re/cre/a/tion
Rehabilitation -Re/ha/bi/li/ta/tion
Ceremony - ce/re/mo/ny
Please take out your planner and open PowerUp.
Use what we learned from chapters 1-3. What rules do the community members have to follow? What ceremonies did we learn about in Chapter 2? What was family life like? What do we know about release?
When you're finished charting, write a paragraph describing Jonas's community.
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What feelings do you have about Jonas's community so far?
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“We can forget pain... And it is comfortable to do so. But I also wonder...is it safe to do that, to forget?” - Lois Lowry
Edit and revise constructed response 1-7 Pre-Reading thinking. Read for punctuation and grammar (tools - check grammar and spelling).
In order to receive credit for your responses, they need to be at least two sentences long. Make sure you use appropriate accountable talk. (I agree with you when you said...because....; I can see where you are coming from, but...)
Please take your planner and open PowerUp. If you need to renew or check out a book, you can do that now :)
Respond to the value statements in the bar below. Be prepared to share your thinking.
“We can forget pain... And it is comfortable to do so. But I also wonder...is it safe to do that, to forget?” - Lois Lowry
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Once you have edited, revised, and color-coded your narrative, you will create an illustrated plot line.
Please submit your completed, edited, and color-coded narrative.
Please take out your planner and open PowerUp.
Once you have edited, revised, and color-coded your narrative, you will create an illustrated plot line.
Please take out your planner and PowerUp.
2 pages 1.5 space (minimum) -indent paragraphs don't skip lines
Once you have finished writing your narrative, you will begin the editing process. Read your story to yourself. If you have earbuds, you can have Read Write read it to you.
Does everything make sense? Can you add or change anything? Go to “tools” and check spelling and punctuation.
Color-Code your narrative:
Write a sufficient introduction (blue)
Identify the inciting incident (the conflict is introduced) - one event (gold) FIND THIS FIRST.
Several events in the rising action (orange)
Identify the climax of the story - one event (red) FIND THIS SECOND.
Falling action (purple)
Resolution (green) - Does it conclude effectively?
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Please take out your planner and independent reading book.
Open 12-4 Protagonist Interview. You should have identified a specific conflict that will drive your short story.
Begin drafting your narrative. Will your story be in first person or third person? Once you decide, stick with that perspective.
Think about your opening sentence(s). As you write make sure to balance narration with dialogue. Use, "Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes as a guide to help you punctuate dialogue.
The old, abandoned house sat alone at the top of the hill. Its windows looked out blankly at the bare trees.
or
Issac looked out the window and knew it would be one of those days.
Please take out your planner and PowerUp.
Explore possible story ideas and begin planning your narrative. Think about what type of story you will write (genre), where it will take place (setting), and who the protagonist (main character) of your story will be. Most importantly, what will the main conflict be?
You will interview the main character of the story you will be writing. This will allow you to interact with and get to know the main character, setting, and potential problem of your narrative.
Possible genres and settings:
What type of story will you write: fantasy, science fiction, scary, dystopian, realistic, etc?
Where will your story take place: at school, in a forbidden forest, in a castle, at home, in a haunted house, etc.?
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Log in through Clever
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The message the reader can learn from what happened to _______ is
Please take out your planner and independent reading book.
The message the reader can learn from what happened to _______ is
Please take out your planner and complete the EdPuzzle for Chapter 21. If you've completed the EdPuzzle work on 11-12.
Chs. 19 and 20
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If you are absent today, listen to and follow along with chapters 19 and 20. Do the EdPuzzle for Chapter 21.
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Please take out your planner and open PowerUp
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Please take out your planner and independent reading book.
Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina
Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine
Father and Mother
Charlie
Please take out your planner and PowerUp.
Please take out your planner and PowerUp.
Please take out your planner and independent reading book.
Please take out your planner and PowerUp Word Study.
You will write a letter to the main character of the book you are reading. You'll have time on Monday to finish and then you can design an envelope to go with it.
Draft your letter on 10-21 Letter to a Character
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Please take out your planner and PowerUp Grammar.
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Please take out your planner and open PowerUp.
Please take out your planner and independent reading book.
Open the article in Scope. Log in as a student. Password: ladebyB21
Thank you for being respectful to our visiting teachers.
Scientists are working to clone endangered species like black-footed ferrets. Is that a good idea?
Find the pros and cons of cloning an endangered species (first part of the chart)
Endangered Species: Black-Footed Ferret (bff)
Please take out your planner and open PowerUp: Grammar.
As you read the article take note of the pros and cons of cloning extinct species; do the guided reading questions; and take the assessment.
Period 1 Enter this code to log in to CommonLit - 867PABZN
Period 2 Enter this code to log in to CommonLit - DAC4RRQL
Period 3 Enter this code to log in to CommonLit - CLQPK2FS
Period 5 Enter this code to log in to CommonLit - 7LSLAX6C
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Essential questions: What does it mean to be a responsible scientist? What limits, if any, should we put on technological advancement?
Watch the movie. Take the graded quiz. Do the challenge activity. Use the movie transcript to help you with the quiz and challenge activity.
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Readers' Theatre: Frankenstein (in Scope). Log in as a student. classroom password ladebyB21
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Essential questions: Why is it important to be loved? What does it mean to be a responsible scientist? What limits, if any, should we put on technological advancement?
Play in Scope: Frankenstein log in as a student password: ladebyB21
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Have you completed:
BrainPop activities for Frankenstein
Anticipatory Guide
Essential questions: Why is it important to be loved? What does it mean to be a responsible scientist? What limits, if any, should we put on technological advancement?
Readers' Theatre: Frankenstein (in Scope). Log in as a student. classroom password ladebyB21
Watch the movie
Take the quiz
Do the challenge activity
In Greek mythology, Prometheus is one of the Titans, the supreme trickster, and a god of fire. In common belief, he developed into a master craftsman, and in this connection, he was associated with fire and the creation of mortals. His intellectual side was emphasized by the apparent meaning of his name, Forethinker.
Please take out your planner and independent reading book.
Essential questions: Why is it important to be loved? What does it mean to be a responsible scientist? What limits, if any, should we put on technological advancement?
Review 9-30 Frankenstein Vocabulary
Preview the play in Scope. Log in as a student. classroom password ladebyB21
Essential questions: Why is it important to be loved? What does it mean to be a responsible scientist? What limits, if any, should we put on technological advancement?
9-26 Anticipatory Guide: Respond to each statement whether you agree or disagree be prepared to discuss
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Print and illustrate 9-18 Final Thoughts
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Print and illustrate 9-18 Final Thoughts
Independent Reading (10 minutes)
Open 9-18 Final Thoughts (even if you have already submitted it). Use the checklist to the right to make sure you have included reasons (3), text evidence (3) (examples from the story), and commentary (3) (One to two sentences explaining how the text evidence relates?)
If your name is the list, no free time. Take out an independent reading book or do PowerUp.
10 Units of PowerUp for this week.
Does your claim turn the prompt question into a statement?
Did you include arguments/reasons to support your claim?
Did you include text evidence (examples from the story)?
Did you include reasoning/commentary explaining how the text evidence relates to the claim?
Did you include a concluding sentence (restate claim)?
Was the end of the novel, Boy of the Painted Cave by Justin Denzel what you expected?
If you finish early, edit and color-code your constructed response.
Claim (topic sentence)
One reason is
Text evidence (examples from the story)
Explanation (how the text evidence relates to your reason/argument.
Another reason is
Text evidence (examples from the story)
Explanation (how the text evidence relates to your reason/argument.
A final reason is
Text evidence (examples from the story)
Explanation (how the text evidence relates to your reason/argument.
Concluding sentence.
Does your claim turn the prompt question into a statement?
Did you include arguments/reasons to support your claim?
Did you include text evidence (examples from the story)?
Did you include reasoning/commentary explaining how the text evidence relates to the claim?
Did you include a concluding sentence (restate claim)?
Was the end of the novel, Boy of the Painted Cave by Justin Denzel what you expected?
If you finish early, edit and color-code your constructed response.
Claim (topic sentence)
One reason is
Text evidence (examples from the story)
Explanation (how the text evidence relates to your reason/argument.
Another reason is
Text evidence (examples from the story)
Explanation (how the text evidence relates to your reason/argument.
A final reason is
Text evidence (examples from the story)
Explanation (how the text evidence relates to your reason/argument.
Concluding sentence.
Does your claim turn the prompt question into a statement?
Did you include arguments/reasons to support your claim?
Did you include text evidence (examples from the story)?
Did you include reasoning/commentary explaining how the text evidence relates to the claim?
Did you include a concluding sentence (restate claim)?
Add at least three images
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Add your questions and quotes to the digital mini-poster.
Did you complete the following assignments?
PowerUp 10 units for the week. (You have until Sunday before it resets)
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Please submit 9-5 Tao's Open Mind if you haven't already done so.
The species is named for the appearance of its long thick coat of fur. Woolly mammoths stood about 3 to 3.7 metres (about 10 to 12 feet) tall and weighed between 5,500 and 7,300 kg (between about 6 and 8 tons).
https://www.britannica.com/animal/woolly-mammoth
What "magic" did Graybeard show Tao?
Add the following prompt to the bottom of 9-5 Tao's Open Mind :
Graybeard visited Tao's cave. He told him it was okay to make drawings but to erase them each time. He also showed Tao some of his "magic." Based on what now know, make a prediction about what you think will happen in the future of the novel (100 word-minimum).
10 Units of PowerUp
9-5 Tao's Open Mind
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Tao does not want to lie but does not want to endanger Ram, so he says, “I hunt with no man,” which allows him to tell the truth without revealing his secret (62).
PowerUp: at least two units.
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Edit, color-code, and submit constructed response
If you are absent or did not complete the following assignments
Make the claim blue (topic sentence)
Make any text evidence (examples from the story) green. One reason____________. An example is when
Make the commentary (explanation of how the text evidence relates to the claim) purple. This shows
Make any text evidence (examples from the story) green. Another reason _____________. In the story,
Make the commentary (explanation of how the text evidence relates to the claim) purple. This is why
Make your concluding sentence blue. For these reasons
If you did not complete the EdPuzzle for Ch. 3 do that now.
AL—Explain how a character develops in response to a conflict in a narrative text
Based on what we learned from Kala (in chapter 4), who do you think is Tao's father?
Reply to two in the discussion?
8-28 Chapter 2 Response Journal (in Canvas)
AL—Explain how a character develops in response to a conflict in a narrative text
Complete Chapter 3 EdPuzzle
PowerUp
AL—Explain how a character develops in response to a conflict in a narrative text
8-28 Chapter 2 Response Journal (in Canvas)
Lexia PowerUp: 3 units (working toward 10 units for the week)
If you are absent today or want to refer to Chapter 2 for text evidence, you can listen to the chapter or read the chapter.
taboo
banished
clan
Go to Destiny Discover and see which books you have ♥️ed. You will look for the book you want to check out by the author's last name.
If you have completed the placement test, begin working on one of the units.
Make sure you have made your initial post and replied to two.
Reply to two
Edit and revise the constructed response you wrote
Participate in the online discussion
Look over slides 5 and 6 - edit and add details
Slides 7, 9, 10 - small group to whole group
If you did not complete the FAST, you will do that at the start of the period 🙂
What do you know?
Whole group share
Discover books that you can check out at our school library.
❤️ the books you may want to check out. We will be going to the library on Friday, August 23.
Include the title - Reading Journal
Draw pictures that represent books you like to read or books you have enjoyed reading. You can include titles of books you have read.
Help me help you! Please fill out this survey with as much detail as possible so I can get to know your reading habits (what you like and what you don’t like) better.
Bring your enrollment Packet Signed.
Cell phone policy
Enrollment form ...with signature on the back
-Health Information
-Universal form
Charged Computers/EarBuds