Friday, June 10th

The Outsiders movie

Thursday, June 9th

The Outsiders movie

Wednesday, June 8th

Letter to Self

Lexia

Tuesday, June 7th

Lexia

Monday, June 6th

Periods 2/3- Finish Chapter 12 and Speaking with the Author

Work on Frost-Mirrored Poem

Lexia

Friday, June 3rd

• Finish reading Chapter 12 (Start at 9:33/page 174 in book - page 148 in PDF of The Outsiders) Complete reading the story.

• Work on Open Mind, Frost-Mirrored Poem, or Lexia

• Today is the last day to hand in Open Mind in Canvas or on paper.

• ALL late work is due by midnight tonight!

Thursday, June 2nd

• Complete the FAST- WORTH 40 points

Score Equivalency:

548 or higher- Exceeds Standards

533-547- Meets Standards

514-532-Approaching Standards

513 or lower-Progress Towards Standards

When finished-Open Mind, Lexia, Frost-Mirrored Poem, or late work-

Wednesday, June 1st

• Chapter 11 EdPuzzle (together-not in Canvas) and begin Chapter 12

• Introduction/Directions/Example of Frost-Mirrored Poem (Rubric in Canvas). Complete the poem on the doc in your English folder.

Thursday, April 21st

"Nothing Gold Can Stay" Analysis with Group and Video (45 minutes) Slide and directions are in your English folder.

Submit a public link to THIS FORM.

Lexia

HW: Be ready to present with your group on Friday (submit the link on the form) and to take a quiz on the poem

Wednesday, April 20th

Lexia

Chapter 5 EdPuzzle

Tuesday, April 19th

Finish Chapter 4 EdPuzzle Live

Monday, April 18th

Lexia

Chapter 4 EdPuzzle Live

Friday, April 15th

Finish Conflict Discussion in Canvas (All of your posts need to be completed during your class period.) No late posts will be graded.

Lexia- Your levels will be updated next Wednesday

Make up work for P4 (Last day to hand in work)

Thursday, April 14th

Chapter 3 Sources of Conflict Discussion

Wednesday, April 13th

• Chapter 3 EdPuzzle in Canvas

• Lexia

Tuesday, April 12th

• Chapter 2 as a class

• Mr. Robert’s Ch 3 Read Aloud

Monday, April 11th

• Canvas Quiz Chapter 1

• Question the Herd: Brain Games Video EdPuzzle

• Lexia

• Chapter 2 as a class

Friday, April 8th

Lexia

• Review of Sizing Up Data

• Chapter 1 Questions

• Review of character slides

Thursday, April 7th

Chapter 1 Character Slides and Slide assignments

Before reading the poem, watch this video on idioms.

This video will remind you what lines, stanzas, and rhyme schemes are.

"In Praise of Dreams"

• Steer

• Picasso artwork

• Dali artwork

Gary Soto's "In Praise of Dreams" in Canvas

If time, Idiom Pictionary

• Limerick Poems Info Video
• Examples of Limericks
• Students will complete steps 1-4 on paper (Prewriting work). Be sure not to have your name in your limerick! Your limerick will be shared with the class, and they will guess whose poem it is.
• Then, a final draft will be written on the doc pushed out into student digital folders.
• Submit a link to your limerick here.

• Finish School Start Time Debate in Canvas
• Sleep EdPuzzle

• • Lexia

  • School Start Time Debate in Canvas

HW: Have a conversation with your family-should school start later in the day? How would it affect your family? Think about parent work times, transportation, and extracurricular activities.

Review of Sleep Survey Results

• Continue reading Scope (Dec/Jan issue)- Log in as Student. Password: Innovation

  • The Story of Sleep Infographic

  • Sleep Disasters Slides

• Complete the Scope Sleep doc with partners

Sleep Survey (Use your iMiddle account)

“Why Are We Soooooo Tired?” - Dec/Jan 20-21 issue of Scope

• • Sign in as Student

  • Password: Innovation

Padlet- Perfect Storm - Consider this line from the article: “Mary Carskadon, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University, calls the factors that affect sleep in teenagers a ‘perfect storm’ for a sleep deficit.” What does Carskadon mean? (Think of the factors that affect sleep in teens.) After you respond, add a link to a credible source that adds information about the factors that contribute to sleep deprivation in teens or the effects of sleep deprivation on teens.

Monday, February 28th

• Work on writing your BODY PARAGRAPHS

• How to write the conclusion- Essay Guidance

HW: Finish your body paragraphs

Friday, February 25th

• Lexia

• Finish Introduction

• Complete 1st body paragraph

• Essay Guidance

Thursday, February 24th

• Water Essay-Step 2, Thesis Development, and Review of Parallel Structure
• PASTE YOUR THESIS IN THIS FORM.

• Introduction Example

Thursday, February 17th

Review of theme "rules", chronological order, repetition, and what is expected for the poem.

Complete your Salva Dut acrostic poem. Be sure to look at the rubric in Canvas. USE THE BLANK DOCUMENT IN YOUR ENGLISH FOLDER.

Wednesday, February 16th

Lexia

"Salva's Story" (4 minutes) in Canvas with EdPuzzle

Complete your Salva Dut acrostic poem. Be sure to look at the rubric in Canvas. USE THE BLANK DOCUMENT IN YOUR ENGLISH FOLDER.

HW: Complete "Salva's Story" EdPuzzle in Canvas and work on poem. Poem is due tomorrow.

Tuesday, February 15th

A Message from Salva Dut audio (2 min)

Author's Note audio (3 min)

Theme in A Long Walk to Water (Understanding Theme Support Video #1 or Theme Support Video #2)

Begin to create Salva Dut acrostic poem. Be sure to look at the rubric in Canvas. USE THE BLANK DOCUMENT IN YOUR ENGLISH FOLDER.

"I Kept Walking" Salva Dut TEDx (13 minutes)

HW: Complete Linda Sue Park's EdPuzzle in Canvas

Monday, February 14th

Lexia

Watch "Can a Children's Book Change the World?" Linda Sue Park TEDx (13 minutes) in Canvas.

Chapter 17 audio (9 min)

Chapter 18 audio (6.5 min)

HW: If you did not finish your Sabina's Shoes assignment in Canvas, complete it.

Friday, February 11th

Lexia

Continue Culture Shock partner work

Chapter 16 audio (8 minutes)

After Ch. 16 PearDeck Slide

HW: Canvas: "Walking in Sabina's Shoes" video and media response

Thursday, February 10th

• Continue with PearDeck Culture Shock

• Chapter 15 audio (9 min)

• Culture Shock Reflection

HW: Begin "Walking in Sabina's Shoes" videos (20 min total viewing). Complete watching the two videos.

Wednesday, February 9th

• Finish Chapter 14, begin chapter 15 until Salva's narrative

• Gallery

• Culture Shock Pear Deck

  • Period 2

  • Period 3

  • Period 4

  • Period 6

Tuesday, February 8th

• Review of Leadership paragraphs

• Finish Padlet

• Lexia

• Chapter 14 audio (9 min)

Monday, February 7th

• Online Sources movie in BrainPop

• Ch. 13: How did the people who were in Salva's life help him become a good leader? Choose one (or more) of those people and describe how their memory helped Salva become a good leader. You may want to reference pages 80-82. Your response should be a minimum of four sentences-Claim, Explanation, Evidence, and Conclusion. Use this FORM to type your response.

• Research credible sources about the water crisis in South Sudan and surrounding areas. DO NOT USE waterforsouthsudan.org. Add your research link to your Padlet response. Then, read the information and add paraphrased or quoted, specific, relevant facts to your Padlet.

Lexia

HW: If you did not finish your constructed response in the form, finish it for homework. Work on your levels for Lexia.

Friday, February 4th

Poetry Workshop

Thursday, February 3rd

• Refugee Camp video

• Chapter 13 audio (9 min)

• Kahoot Ch. 12 and 13

• Lexia

Wednesday, February 2nd

• Chapter 12 audio (6.5 min)

• Lexia

Tuesday, February 1st

• Central Idea Review

• "Diary of a Teenage Refugee" in CommonLit.org. Sign in using Google. Most of you started accounts with your imiddlesd email.

  • How is the refugee camp portrayed?

  • How are people changed by war?

  • How is Amira similar to young girls in your country? How is she different?

Guided Questions will be done together. Assessment questions will be done independently. The open-ended response question merits a constructed response. It should include a MINIMUM of four sentences. Claim, Explanation, Evidence, and Conclusion are the components you should include. A sentence starter for the claim could be: The quote contributes to the reader's understanding that Amira _________.

HW: Complete the assessment questions in CommonLit (including the constructed response).

Monday, January 31st

• Lexia

• Chapter 8-11 Quiz

• Padlet Water Impacts- sign in to padlet.com using Google/imiddle account

HW: Finish Padlet if you did not in class. Be sure you have five units of Lexia complete.

Friday, January 28th

• Lexia

• Submit juxtapostition slide in this form.

• Chapter 11 audio (7 min)

• What is a REFUGEE? Click HERE for a definition.

• RESULTS OF FORM: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SmWIXddTKpfgTQUyETpTTzxsOVNPxzB2q6L_kJDsWaU/edit?usp=sharing

HW: Review for your Chapter 8-11 Quiz on Monday. Complete your Lexia units by Sunday night.

Thursday, January 27th

• Lexia

• Chapter 10 audio (8 min)

• Juxtaposition Explanatory Video (watch to :53)

• Examples of Juxtaposition in photography

• Nya/Salva Juxtaposition in partner talk

• Create your own juxtaposition slide. (pushed into your English folder)

HW: Be sure you have ten units of Lexia complete and your juxtaposition photos are ready on your slide.

Wednesday, January 26th

• Tire shoe video

• ALWW Ch. 8 or 9 Journal of Nya or Salva

• Lexia

Tuesday, January 25th

• Lexia Standards-based Grading

• Watch this video: Are we running out of water? (5 min)

• Chapter 8 audio (8 min)

• Chapter 9 audio (7 min)

Period 2 notes

Period 3 notes

Period 4 notes

Period 6 notes

Monday, January 24th

Chapter 4-7 Quiz

Reread Chapter 7 Nya's narrative and review pics from image gallery

Akeer Decision Chapter 7 in Canvas

Lexia

Friday, January 21st

Review of Gallery

Ch.7 audio (8 min)

Padlet- sign in using your imiddlesd account

HW: Reread to prepare for your Ch 4-7 Quiz on Monday

Thursday, January 20th

• Chapter 5 EdPuzzle in Canvas (continued)

• Chapter 6 audio (7 min)

• Sign Up for Padlet using your imiddlesd.com Google account. This is a good place for us to brainstorm and share together. Padlet.com (Here is a video of directions to sign up for Padlet.) Use your imiddlesd email to sign up. Be sure to CHANGE your profile name to your first and last name. Here is a video to show you how to do this.

Wednesday, January 19th

• Lexia and Missing assignments/conferencing

• Review Image Gallery

• Ch. 5 audio (8 min)

• Ch. 5 EdPuzzle in Canvas

Tuesday, January 18th

• Ch. 2-4 ALWW Slides Submit them in Canvas HERE.

HW: Complete any outstanding assignments for this progress period or extra credit units of Lexia.

Period 2

Friday, January 14th

Lexia

Chapter 3 EdPuzzle

Chapter 4 EdPuzzle

Ch. 2-4 ALWW Slides Slides are assigned on slides 20-23- Check your English folder in your drive for your copy. If you were/are absent, email Ms. Little for instructions.

HW: All late work or late Lexia units must be completed and turned in by Wednesday, January 19th

Assigned slide is due on Tuesday during class

Thursday, January 13th

• Ch. 1 Quiz in Canvas (If you finish early, go into PowerSchool and see if you have something missing.)

• Chapter 2 audio (7 min) Focusing on figurative language, text structures, style, internal conflict,

• ALWW Image Gallery

• Comprehension and Analysis quiz on Ch. 2 in Canvas

Wednesday, January 12th

Lexia

Read Chapter 1 ONLINE PDF

• ALWW Image Gallery

What do you notice NOW about the map and route?

EdPuzzle Chapter 1 in Canvas

HW: Be sure your Lexia units and EdPuzzle are complete

Tuesday, January 11th

Continue with map analysis

Scenario writing or media response

HW: Scenario writing or media response in Canvas

Monday, January 10th

• Lexia

• Watch this Water for Africa Introduction VIDEO and take this Key Ideas Survey (sign in with your stu.sandi.net account)

• Check out A Long Walk to Water in the library

• Map of Sudan 1985 Analysis

Friday, January 7th

Thirst Text Evidence in Canvas (This must be done under the supervision of a teacher. If you are absent, please make it up upon your return.)

Lexia

PearDeck - watch the video and complete the last slides to slide 28

HW: Bring in any overdue library books. Finish your PearDeck. Complete your Lexia units for the week.

Thursday, January 6th

Selam EdPuzzle in Canvas

Be sure you are using the same account when you sign in as you did yesterday. You should see your answers from yesterday.

"Thirst" article

Period 2: https://app.peardeck.com/student/tjijjkuer Finish to slide 23

Period 3: https://app.peardeck.com/student/thiiliamt Finish to slide 23

Period 4: https://app.peardeck.com/student/tcvqzvbpw Finish to slide 23

Period 6: https://app.peardeck.com/student/tkcgqyoqx Finish to slide 23

HW: Finish EdPuzzle, slides to 23, and be sure to work on Lexia

Wednesday, January 5th

Lexia

"Thirst" Tone and Text Structure in Canvas (must take under the supervision of a teacher)

Be sure you are using the same account when you sign in as you did yesterday. You should see your answers from yesterday.

"Thirst" article

Period 2: https://app.peardeck.com/student/tjijjkuer Finish to slide 18

Period 3: https://app.peardeck.com/student/thiiliamt Finish to slide 18

Period 4: https://app.peardeck.com/student/tcvqzvbpw Finish to slide 18

Period 6: https://app.peardeck.com/student/tkcgqyoqx Finish to slide 18

HW: Finish all slides up to and including slide 18 AND be sure your Lexia units are up to date

Tuesday, January 4th

Be sure you are using the same account when you sign in as you did yesterday. You should see your answers from yesterday.

Period 2: https://app.peardeck.com/student/tjijjkuer Finish to slide 15

Period 3: https://app.peardeck.com/student/thiiliamt Finish to slide 15

Period 4: https://app.peardeck.com/student/tcvqzvbpw Finish to slide 15

Period 6: https://app.peardeck.com/student/tkcgqyoqx Finish to slide 15

HW: Finish all slides up to and including slide 15

Monday, January 3rd

I Wish You

Lexia

Pre-reading slides in PearDeck

Period 2: https://app.peardeck.com/student/tjijjkuer Finish to slide 7

Period 3: https://app.peardeck.com/student/thiiliamt Finish to slide 7

Period 4: https://app.peardeck.com/student/tcvqzvbpw Finish to slide 7

Period 6: https://app.peardeck.com/student/tkcgqyoqx Finish to slide 7

HW: Finish slides 1-7

Call for Poetry https://youtu.be/AjQBgBcbOyQ

SDUSD non-profit partner Write Out Loud, in partnership with SDCOE and David's Harp, is calling for original poems from students in grades K-12 that address the theme Resiliency Through and Emerging From the Pandemic.

• A great way for all students of all ages to express their experience of the pandemic.

• Poems can be based on real experiences or fictional imaginings.

Information is available here: https://writeoutloudsd.com/pandemic-poetry/

Thursday and Friday, December 16th-17th

A Christmas Carol movie (compare with play adaptation)

HW: 195 Lexia units should be complete by 1/3/22. 52 extra units are available for extra credit.

Wednesday, December 15th

A Christmas Carol Act I Quiz

Lexia

HW: Retakes of the quiz will be on Thursday, December 16th. Reread the Christmas Carol Script, practice the Blooket, and listen to the audio to prepare yourself for the retake.

Tuesday, December 14th

Lexia

Winter Reading Challenge! https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/kidsandteens/winterreading

Continue Reading A Christmas Carol Act II (scenes 1, 2, and part of 3)

HW: Tomorrow, you will take a test on Act I of A Christmas Carol. Reread the script: A Christmas Carol Script

If you need support in comprehension, HERE IS A BLOOKET to support your understanding of the story.

Monday, December 13th

Lexia

Finish Scene 5

Begin Lessons Learned with Text Evidence

Roles for Act II (scenes 1, 2, and 3)

A Christmas Carol Script

Friday, December 10th

Lexia

Read scenes 4 and part of 5

Thursday, December 9th

Stage Directions

Finish Scene 2

Scrooge Character Study

Read Scene 3

HW: Practice your part in the play. A Christmas Carol Script

Wednesday, December 8th

Share internet hunt answers

Read Scenes 1 and 2 to top of page 604

Tuesday, December 7th

Lexia

Look through roles and assign/ Characters and Roles by Scene / practice- starts on page 600

Continue hunt with an assigned question and share out

HW: Practice your part in the play. A Christmas Carol Script

Monday, December 6th

• Finish FAST

• Complete Self-Assessment of Narrative writing

• Lexia (30 minutes)

• Begin A Christmas Carol and Elizabethan England Internet Hunt (in your English folder)

1. Complete the FAST

2. Be sure you have submitted your narrative. IF you have, go see Ms. Little for a paper rubric to self-assess. (MUST be highlighted- add the name of to whom you read it and a CREATIVE title)

3. Work on Lexia

• ERASE THE RED DIRECTIONS and add a creative title

• Use a thesaurus to help you choose vivid, expressive words.

• Use Grammarly to fix any errors. Here is a tutorial video to add it as an extension to your Chrome browser.

• Read your essay to a peer (age 10 or older) or an adult. Type that person's name at the top of your document (Read to ....). Receive feedback and edit as necessary.

• Submit in Canvas HERE

• Lexia
• Review of prompt, highlighting, and rubric for narrative (Don't forget a creative title)

• Narrative Feedback-Purposeful Writing (Slide 6)
• Think about how Abigail will return to the 1770s near the end of your story. Once she is there, will she change her habits and beliefs and live differently based on what she has learned? Write the falling action, resolution, and revelation/theme.
• Review of prompt, highlighting, and rubric for narrative

• Lexia
• Narrative Feedback (Verb Tense and Show Don't Tell-slides 4 and 5)
• Continue writing narrative. Write to the climax of your story. This could be when Abigail decides whether or not to accept the new notions/scientific knowledge of soap and hygiene, depending upon your story.

• Lexia
• Continue writing narrative. At some point in ALL of your stories, someone or something must educate Abigail to help her understand that soap is beneficial and hygiene has changed. Who or what will the agent of change be?
• Dialogue(SLIDE 2 and 3)

• Review of prompt and rubric for narrative and another student sample (Student 3)

• Share your work and ideas from slide 11 with your partner

• Narrative Writing Tips

Soap Narrative writing-Write the exposition (including characters & setting) and up to the inciting incident (the beginning of the conflict). USE THE SOAP NARRATIVE DOC IN YOUR ENGLISH FOLDER!

HW: Soap Narrative writing-Write the exposition (including characters & setting) and up to the inciting incident (the beginning of the conflict).

Wednesday, November 17th

• Lexia

• Review of prompt, slide 11, and review of student sample 1

HW: Complete slide 11

Tuesday, November 16th

Kahoot Review of Friday's article

A glance at the past

Soap Paired Texts (9 & 10 to support narrative writing)

Student Sample (number 2)

HW: Complete slides 9 and 10

Monday, November 15th

Lexia

Student Soap Slideshow pushed into students' English folders (slides 5, 6, and 7) teacher example slideshow

HW: Slide 9- left side only

Friday, November 12th

Lexia and Missing Work

Community Building

Wednesday, November 10th

LexiaSoap Slideshow pushed into students' English folders (journal and close read of articles-slides 2, 4, and 5)

HW: Complete slides 2 and 4

Tuesday, November 9th

"Papa's Parrot" Quiz in Canvas Part One

"Papa's Parrot" Quiz in Canvas Part Two Constructed Response

Read Soap Paired Texts- both articles. You may click the link to listen to each article.

HW: Be sure you have read both articles in Scope

Monday, November 8th

• Lexia

• Review of Papa's Parrot" Questions

• "To a Daughter Leaving Home" by Linda Pastan PearDeck (link four different periods)

• Period 2

• Period 3

• Period 4

• Period 6

HW: Prepare for your Papa's Parrot Quiz for completing Study Questions Blooket and Vocab Blooket

Friday, November 5th

Lexia

Finish "Papa's Parrot" Questions (pushed into students’ folders) and submit in Canvas here

Blooket Study Questions Review

HW: Relisten to "Papa's Parrot" by Cynthia Rylant through this AUDIO. Be sure your questions are submitted in Canvas by Monday morning. Be sure your 15 units of Lexia are complete by Sunday.

Thursday, November 4th

• Finish a review of "Stages of Adolescence Cornell Notes"

• Papa's Parrot Pre-Reading Vocabulary and Focus

• "Papa's Parrot" by Cynthia Rylant AUDIO

• Papa's Parrot Study and Review Questions (Blooket)

• Begin "Papa's Parrot" questions (in English folder)

HW: Papa’s Parrot Vocab Review in Blooket

Wednesday, November 3rd

Lexia

Student review of personal feedback for Lemon Brown CommonLit constructed response

Finish Cornell Notes of Stages of Adolescence

HW: Be sure you have 10 units of Lexia complete. Also, check PowerSchool. Complete missing assignments. Complete paragraph 11 and the summary in your Cornell Notes.

Tuesday, November 2nd

• Seat change

• Calling All Poets!!!

• Lemon Brown Constructed Response Reflection

• First reading of Stages of Adolescence

• Stages of Adolescence in NUMBERED paragraphs with Cornell Note-taking (These docs are pushed into your iMiddle drive English folder)

HW: Take notes and add questions for paragraphs 6 and 7 on your Cornell Notes

Monday, November 1st

Lexia

Change of Plot Submission in Canvas

"Papa's Parrot" discussion in Canvas

HW: Complete your discussion responses and replies to classmates

Friday, October 29th

• Symbolism Video

• "Oranges" interpretation video (end at 2:20)

• Continue work on "Oranges" Change of Plot. Due in Canvas HERE. Students should submit by Monday morning at 8AM. Example 1 and Example 2

• Lexia PowerUp or missing assignments

Thursday, October 28th

Yesterday we read “Oranges”

• "Oranges" Change of Plot The instructions are pushed into student English folders

• Lexia PowerUp- 15 minutes Students will work on this independently at their desks

Wednesday

• Read "Oranges" by Gary Soto

• Paraphrasing and Inferencing of "Oranges" (pushed in your English folders)

HW: Review and finish your "Oranges" Paraphrasing and Inferencing if you did not complete the notes during our review.

Tuesday, October 26th

Pick Up Grades Day

Review of Theme Test

How could you prepare for a retake?

Retake is available TOMORROW during lunch at 12:45.

Look at PowerSchool. Are you missing any of the following:

Theme test, BrainPOP Theme quiz, CommonLit Lemon Brown, or Hero's Journey? LET MS. LITTLE KNOW if you complete BRAINPOP or COMMONLIT late! All grades were up to date as of 2 pm today.

Monday, October 25th

• Theme Quiz in Canvas (all students need to be on their school computers and signed into their imiddlesd accounts)

• "Knock Knock video" with written form of "Knock Knock". Consider the following question in your assigned group:
  1. How does the action of knocking evolve throughout the poem? Does it represent the same thing in the ending as it did in the beginning?
  2. How is the speaker impacted by the absence of his father?
  3. What text evidence shows the prejudice of the speaker’s father’s imprisonment? In what ways does the speaker anticipate encountering prejudice himself?
  4. Does the speaker believe he can control his fate?
  5. How are "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" and "Knock Knock" suitable to be juxtaposed?
• Kahoot Knock Knock

Friday, October 22nd

• Lexia
• Review of Theme and Main Idea
• Compare and Contrast the themes in "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" and E. E. Cumming's poem "[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]"
  • Listen to the poem read aloud in this video

• • Here is another read aloud by E. E. Cummings

• 1. FOCUS: Think about the books and movies you've recently read and seen. Can you categorize each story into one of these seven basic plots? Can you think of other stories with very similar plots? (Put the titles on sticky notes to post on poster paper.)

• 1. Overcoming the monster (Example: A Bug's Life)
  2. Rags to riches (Example: Cinderella)
  3. The quest (Example: Percy Jackson)
  4. Voyage and return (Example: Wizard of Oz)
  5. Rebirth (Example: A Christmas Carol)
  6. Comedy (Example: )
  7. Tragedy (Example: Marley and Me)

Thursday, October 21st

• Theme Notes

• Sign into Commonlit.org.

• Click assignments. Complete the guided reading and assessment questions of the short story "The Treasure of Lemon Brown," by Walter Dean Myers.

  • Remember to R.A.C.E when writing the constructed response: How does Greg's attitude change over the course of the story? (Here is a frame to help you structure your answer.)

    • RESTATE the question as a statement for your topic sentence

    • ANSWER all parts of the question

    • CITE EVIDENCE from the text

    • EXPLAIN how the evidence supports your answer

HW: Sign in to BrainPOP through Clever. Complete Theme Movie and Quiz in BrainPOP (You have two attempts for the quiz. I will take your highest score.)

Wednesday, October 20th

• Retake of "Amigo Brothers" test
• Lexia

Tuesday, October 19th

• Listen to blues video. What instruments do you hear?

• Describe something you cherish and why it is important to you. (Partner chat)

• Audio with Reflecting Questions OR Audio of "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" OR PDF of "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"

• Audio Reflective Questions (These are in your English folder.)

Monday, October 18th

• Lexia

• "Eleven" Constructed Response in Canvas (complete)

• Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Be Yourself Big Think (Does aspiring to be like others keep people from embracing their own individualities?)

• THE ART OF BEING YOURSELF | CAROLINE MCHUGH (Do you agree with McHugh’s ideas regarding originality? Why do you think it’s difficult for people to accept and embrace their unique qualities? ) Start at 3 min. End at 5.30 min.

• Complete a response to this discussion prompt in Canvas and reply to two classmates' posts

Friday, October 15th

Watch Sandra Cisneros read "Eleven" (2:40-11:30)

• Sign Up for CommonLit:

  • Sign-up at www.commonlit.org (Each period has its OWN code. Please see below for your code for your class.) USE YOUR IMIDDLESD EMAIL TO SIGN UP. If you have ever made an account with Commonlit with that email and don't remember your password, click "Forgot Password" and an email will be sent to your imiddle email . Here is a video showing you how to sign up for an account. IF you receive a message after trying to sign up that the email (imiddlesd email) already is assigned to a CommonLit account, please follow the directions in this video.

  • Submit "Eleven" Constructed Response in Canvas (Use the"Eleven" doc in your English folder.)

PERIOD 2: R9W654

PERIOD 3: WVL65B

PERIOD 4: L8BJVV

PERIOD 6: 8PY39R

HW: Be sure to be ready to submit your "Eleven" Constructed Response in Canvas on Monday

• Complete the Amigo Brothers test in Canvas
• Lexia

• Period 2

• Period 3

• Period 4

• Period 6

"Amigo Brothers" test will be tomorrow

HW: Listen to this Amigo Brothers audio and review your PearDeck slides to prepare for this week's test.

Review literary terms we have been identifying and analyzing: idiom, simile, metaphor, personification, tone, situational irony, theme, exposition, internal and external conflict, and juxtaposition. If you still don't know what any of these are, research examples and definitions.

• Lexia

• Blooket for test review

HW: Listen to this Amigo Brothers audio and review your PearDeck slides to prepare for this week's test.

Review literary terms we have been identifying and analyzing: idiom, simile, metaphor, personification, tone, situational irony, theme, exposition, internal and external conflict, and juxtaposition. If you still don't know what any of these are, research examples and definitions.

• Lexia
• Continue PearDeck (slides 13-19)

• Period 2

• Period 3

• Period 4

• Period 6

HW: Be sure all slides to slide 19 are complete. Be sure you have 5 units of Lexia complete.

• Lexia
• Review of some boxing terms (watch until 3:30)
• Finish guided reading of "Amigo Brothers"
• Continue PearDeck (slides 11-12)

• Period 2

• Period 3

• Period 4

• Period 6

HW: Reread "Amigo Brothers". Your test will be next week. Review slides 1-18. Be sure you have 15 units complete of Lexia by Sunday.

Period 2

Period 3

Period 4

Period 6

Continue Guided Reading-"Amigo Brothers" (Read lines 160- 355 and complete slides 9 and 10)

HW: Be sure slides 2-10 are complete. Make sure you have at least 10 units of Lexia complete this week. Check the trophy on the homescreen to see how many units you have completed.

Period 2

Period 3

Period 4

Period 6

Continue Guided Reading-"Amigo Brothers" (complete slides 7 and 8)

HW: Be sure slides 2-8 are complete. Make sure you have at least 10 units of Lexia complete this week. Check the trophy on the homescreen to see how many units you have completed.

Tuesday, October 5th

Tone review (Success Criteria: I will be able to identify an author's tone in a piece of literature.)

Begin "Amigo Brothers PearDeck" (Complete slides 2-6) I will be able to identify transitional words that show juxtaposition or contrast.

Period 2

Period 3

Period 4

Period 6

Continue Guided Reading-"Amigo Brothers" (up to line 120 or end of page 292 in lit book)

HW: Be sure you have completed slides 2-6 on PearDeck

Monday, October 4th

• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSepWLZWyEnvPRzs9aTILYul2J_gr108-2_9zYaqnZpn7csCUF13PMzlAwi8FxulpbBcTzVj93JhISK/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.p

• You may access Amplify (in Clever) for free digital books. Search the library by genre or Lexile level. Use this video for more directions. If you need another resource to find a good book, try: https://openlibrary.org/

• Students can sign into NoRedInk (in Clever). This website offers exercises to improve grammar and writing skills. Students can independently search topics that they would like to target for improvement.

• Lexia

• Sportsmanship Responses

• Situational irony: The opposite of what you think - Christopher Warner

• Guided Reading-"Amigo Brothers"

• HW: Complete your five units of Lexia and check PowerSchool

Friday, October 1st

• Optional Retake of Narrative Elements Test

• Sportsmanship Slide Submit your slide in THIS FORM

• Lexia

• HW: Be sure you have completed a minimum of 15 units of Lexia

Thursday, September 30th

• Library

• Restart and sign in with imiddlesd account. Clear browsers

• Review of Freytag's Pyramid and dynamic/static characters (Elements of a Narrative Notes)

• How do you calculate your score?

• Quiz retake TOMORROW

• Runner Helps Fallen Opponent Across Finish Line at Track Meet

• Sportsmanship Slide (due by end of day on Friday) THIS IS IN YOUR ENGLISH FOLDER.

HW: Work on Lexia units, Sportsmanship Slide, and STUDY for your retake of Elements of Narrative test

• Elements of a Narrative Assessment in Canvas

• Lexia

• HW: Be sure you have completed a minimum of 10 units of Lexia this week.

Tuesday, September 28th

• Second period- review point of view Elements of a Narrative Notes

• Here is a video about a Conflict with Society

• Finish PearDeck slides

• Period 2

• Period 3

• Period 4

• Period 6

• Blooket Review

HW: Study for Elements of Narrative Test

Monday, September 27th

Conflicts: Internal v External PearDeck

• Here is a video about a Conflict with Society

• Period 2

• Period 3

• Period 4

• Period 6

• HW: Be sure your PearDeck slides 1-7 are complete. You should have 5 units of Lexia complete for this week so far.

Friday, September 24th

• Lexia-Word Study strand

• Elements of a Narrative Notes

• BrainPOP movie quiz together as a class

• Blooket Review of Elements of a Narrative

• HW: Be sure your 15 units of Lexia are completed by Sunday night.

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Thursday, September 23rd

• Application of yesterday's review

• "The Old Man and His Grandson" application

• Five Elements of a Story

• Elements of a Narrative Notes

HW: Watch the BrainPOP video "Plot" using your access through Clever. Write five notes about what you learned.

Wednesday, September 22nd

• Lexia (Grammar strand)

• Plot Elements and Elements of a Narrative Song (video and quiz)

HW: Be sure you have 10 units of Lexia complete.

Tuesday, September 21st

• FAST/PowerUp Reflection (This doc is in your English folder.) Complete paragraph two today. Submit in Canvas HERE.

HW: Be sure to submit both paragraphs of your reading reflection in Canvas. Look at PowerSchool.

Monday, September 20th

• Lexia PowerUp (Comprehension)

• FAST/PowerUp Reflection (This doc will be pushed out through Hapara into your English folder.) Complete paragraph one today

HW: Be sure paragraph one is complete of the reflection and have 5 units complete by tomorrow.

Friday, September 17th

• Raffle

• Contest: Patriot's Pen Entry Form and Patriot Pen Rules

• Lexia: Word Study Strand

• FAST/PowerUp Reflection (This doc will be pushed out through Hapara into your English folder.) Complete paragraph one today.

• HW: Begin researching for your FAST/PowerUp reflection and 15 units of Lexia are due by Sunday night

HW: Be sure 15 units of Lexia are complete by Sunday. Make sure y our

Thursday, September 16th

• Raffle tomorrow- bring in your red tickets!

• Directions of a Mirrored Name Poem

• Your document to type your poem is in your English folder

• Submit your FINAL draft of your Mirrored Name Poem HERE in Canvas. Be sure to look at the rubric and reflect on your work.

HW: Submit your final draft of the Mirrored Poem in Canvas

Wednesday, September 15th

• Lexia unit expectations: Lexia-15 units per week is expected...Please access it through Clever. Use this video for more directions as to how to access Lexia PowerUp. Please keep track of how many units you complete each week in each strand in your planner. Work on one strand per day (Word Study, Grammar, or Comprehension). Here is a video that shows you how you can check the units that you completed by the day or week.

• Understanding Lexia

• Using an online thesaurus

• Name Graphic Organizer

HW: Complete the Name Graphic Organizer and be sure you have completed at least 10 units of Lexia for the week as of today

Tuesday, September 14th

• Continue- group analysis and Name Graphic Organizer

HW: Be sure at least 7 boxes are filled on your name graphic organizer.

Monday, September 13th

• Check out independent reading books

• Continue "What My Name Means" Group Analysis

• Share iMiddle English folder with klittle2@sandi.net and jrice1@sandi.net

HW: Begin working on Lexia. Be sure you have completed 5 units today.

Friday, September 10th

• Getting to Know You Survey

• What is identity? Watch the video and reflect in one paragraph.

• "What My Name Means" Group Analysis-Read the poem together as a class. Then read it silently independently. After reading the poem a second time, answer the questions assigned to your group of two to three people. At the end of the allotted time, your group will present to the class.

Thursday, September 9th

4. Complete the FAST

5. Glue your writing to your index card. On the blank side, write your quote and author.

6. Hop onto Lexia's PowerUp through Clever.

HW: Think about what authors/books you have enjoyed in the past. Research other books those authors have written or books that may be similar.

Wednesday, September 8th

FAST

When/If you finish:

1. Be sure your final draft of symbol paragraph is submitted.

2. If you have not had your picture taken with Ms. Little, create your Play-Doh, and ask her to take your picture.

3. Find a quote that represents you or motivates you. Write it down with quotation marks and also write down the author, if stated. (Look at the last slide of Play-Doh Symbol.)

4. Hop onto Lexia through Clever.

HW: Write an inspirational quote or a quote that reflects your personality and its author in your planner.

Tuesday, September 7th

After writing your rough draft, mold your Play-Doh into your symbol. BE SURE TO GET YOUR PICTURE WITH YOUR PLAY-DOH SYMBOL!!

Go into your English folder to find the Symbol Final Draft template. Type your final draft. Submit your work in Canvas HERE.

HW: Submit your FINAL draft of your paragraph in Canvas by Wednesday @ 8am. Bring in EARBUDS EVERY DAY!!

Friday, September 3rd

• Finish presentations and Bingo

Learning Intention: We are learning how a symbol can represent a character's values, personality, etc.

Success Criteria: I can communicate how a symbol represents my identity.

• Play-Doh Symbol

HW: Your rough draft of your symbol explanation will be due by the end of the class on Tuesday.

Thursday, September 2nd

Learning Intention: We are learning how we will be evaluated in this class and how to effectively present a well-organized, written paragraph.

Success Criteria: I can determine why I receive a certain grade. I can use knowledge of language (vocabulary, structure, etc.) and grammar when writing, speaking, and listening.

Review your presentation with your partner

• How are we scored in this class?

• Begin presentations

• Begin People Bingo

HW: Check PowerSchool grades

Wednesday, September 1st

• Review and improve your paragraph

• Read your paragraph once to yourself and twice to your partner

• Bookmark our website and Remind sign up (Click here to learn different ways to join)

  • Text the message: @katelit

  • To the number: 81010

HW: Show your parents your English class website. Sign up for Remind. Practice presenting your paragraph.

Tuesday, August 31st

• Seating

• Create questions for interviews

• Interview partners

• Write paragraphs

HW: Finish your partner paragraph. Underline your topic and concluding sentences.

Monday, August 30th

• Seating

• Student Planner Review

• First Day Presentation

  • Name Cards

  • Truth/Lies

  • Interviews

Thursday, September 2nd

Learning Intention: We are learning how we will be evaluated in this class and how to effectively present a well-organized, written paragraph.

Success Criteria: I can determine why I receive a certain grade. I can use knowledge of language (vocabulary, structure, etc.) and grammar when writing, speaking, and listening.

Review your presentation with your partner

• How are we scored in this class?

• Begin presentations

• Begin Person Bingo

HW: Check PowerSchool grades

Wednesday, September 1st

• Review and improve your paragraph

• Read your paragraph once to yourself and twice to your partner

• Bookmark our website and Remind sign up (Click here to learn different ways to join)

  • Text the message: @katelit

  • To the number: 81010

HW: Show your parents your English class website. Sign up for Remind. Practice presenting your paragraph.

Tuesday, August 31st

• Seating

• Create questions for interviews

• Interview partners

• Write paragraphs

HW: Finish your partner paragraph. Underline your topic and concluding sentences.

Monday, August 30th

• Seating

• Student Planner Review

• First Day Presentation

  • Name Cards

  • Truth/Lies

  • Interviews