English 8 Agenda
English testing begins May 6th. We have been preparing in class. However, if you would continue to look at practice tests to become familiar with the format and structure of a summative assessment the following is a resource: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ca/documents/qrgstartpracticetest.pdf
State Testing- Get good sleep and eat well.
Wednesday, 5/1
Continue Test Items Review
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YmJLl_ReTRN0V4U_jivwXchdIdgUSBhd7BQ463rEMvo/edit?usp=sharing
Tuesday, 4/30
Falling Action and Resolution Directions of Long Way Down
Please use this document from Canvas to complete your writing.
Monday, 4/29
Compare and Contrast Analysis Quiz in Canvas
3 Test Items Review
Friday 4/26
Text Evidence Constructed Response Quiz
Monday-Wednesday, 4/22-24
Read-Should Teens Be Allowed to Buy Energy Drinks Article (Sign in as a student. Password is Innovation.)
Complete “Both Sides” on paper
Paired Articles: YOU WILL HAVE A QUIZ ON THIS CONTENT
Games Paired Texts Prereading, During Reading, After Reading Slides (pushed out in Canvas HERE).
Finding and Using Text Evidence: ON PAPER You may want to use the article links. You can find them through the slide show.)
Compare and Contrast Power of Play Slides (pushed out in Canvas HERE)
Thursday- Friday 4/18-4/19
Fast scores and Benchmarks
Check PowerSchool grades
page 250-278
After page 280- As this poem comes near the end of the third-floor section, the ghost of Frick appears. What might it suggest about his character? In what way is Frick a poser? How might all of the ghosts be thought of as posers? How does this concept of posing relate to and convey a central theme of the text as a whole?
Tuesday-Wednesday, 4/16-17
Identifying components of argument in writing
Monday, 4/15
Phone Article Vocabulary (As a class)
Phone Article SlideDeck Go through these slides as a class. (Log in as Student. Password is Innovation.)
Read the article as a class.
Review terms on slide 3.
Complete the Scavenger Hunt on paper.
Lit Circle moderators- your questions will be due tomorrow. Be sure to bring the paper with you.
Friday, 4/12
How does the relationship between Uncle Mark and Will’s father parallel the relationship between Will and Shawn?
Social Norms: The customary rules that govern behavior in groups and societies. These rules are unwritten and often tacitly understood. They are among the forces that shape identity and society. Social Norm Video
Identify a social norm that you believe is valuable either to yourself, your family, or your community. Describe it and explain why the norm is important.
Thursday, 4/11
Read pages 193-234
Character Analysis of Indirect Characterization
Tuesday-Wednesday, 4/9-4/10
Fast Testing
Complete and submit symbolism HERE
Monday, 4/8
Friday, 3/29
Monday-Friday, 3/25-29
Lit Circle Presentation
Add characterization of Uncle Mark to the Character Crosswalk
Symbolism Slides (a copy is being given to you through Canvas HERE)
Friday, 3/22
Read: The Power of Failure article in Scope (Log in as Student. Password is Innovation.) You can click Text-to-Speech on the left-side menu if you want the article read to you.
Complete: Quiz in Canvas (You can use the article. It is linked in the quiz.)
Read independently when you have finished the quiz.
Thursday, 3/21
Lit Circle Presentations
Wednesday, 3/20
Lexia Group: 10-15 minutes of independent reading, then 20 minutes of Lexia
Lit Circle: complete your group's questions and be ready to present with your presentation on Thursday (3/21)
Tuesday, 3/19
Carousel Question sharing with unlike groups
Read pages 161-192
Monday, 3/18
Complete carousel question (from the article) and share with like-group
Wednesday-Friday, 3/13-15
Terms of article slides with partner
Turn in your slide HERE
Begin Reading "Revenge: Will You Feel Better?" from Psychology Today
Tuesday, 3/12
Present No Crying Advertisements
Read pages 149-160
Thursday-Monday, 3/7-3/11
No Crying Advertisement in Canvas
Further directions for advertisement/video commercial
Wednesday, 3/6
Finish Quick Write
Add characterization of Dani and Buck to the Character Crosswalk
Tuesday, 3/5
Monday, 3/4
Common Lit article: "It's For You to Know That You Forgive, Says Holocaust Survivor" with guiding and assessment questions
Nazi experiment survivor video
Thursday-Friday, 2/29-3/1
Pages 109-146 (Floor 6)
Groups 1 and 2 Will is wondering if the girl who came on the elevator can see the ghost (Buck) as well. Do you think Will is genuinely seeing a ghost or is it a function of his self-awareness? (If you don't know what self-awareness is, research it.)
Groups 3 and 4 Why doesn’t Will recognize Dani at first? What questions does she have for Will? What message do you think she is trying to share with him?
Groups 5 and 6 After the loss of Dani, Will’s brother Shawn taught him rule number one: no crying. Why do you think this would be one of the rules to live by passed down by an older brother? Do you think that this is good or bad advice? Explain.
Monday-Wednesday, 2/26-28 (Floor 7)
Read pages 71-106
Friday, 2/23
Finish presentations of character analysis
Tuesday-Thursday, 2/13-2/22
Character Analysis of Indirect Characterization and Crosswalk Presentation (Wednesday, 2/21-22)
Monday, 2/12
After page 70- My Name lesson with “STEAL” indirect characterization- Character Analysis graphic organizer and crosswalk.
Reynolds’s poem “My Name Is” on page two functions:
as an introduction not only to the central voice and character of the novel
the core conflict and theme of the work as a whole.
What do we learn about Will personally?
What do we learn about his motivation for telling this story?
What details or motives does Reynolds include that help us understand Will’s character?
What does a person’s name reveal about him, his family, his past, his future?
STEAL method of direct/indirect characterization: https://www.readwritethink.org/sites/default/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/Characterization.pdf
Wednesday and Friday, 2/7-9
Finish sharing out-Joseph
Symbols and Abstract Nouns: this short Khan Academy
Figurative and connotative meanings of words: cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone
Sadness and Noise From Hallway Questions (up to Andrew)
Tuesday, 2/6
Page 37. Will enjoys finding anagrams, especially when the anagram illuminates or comments on the meaning of the original word. On page 36, he shared his first anagram. What do you think the significance is?
Page 6 was the first reference to a tooth, and now on page 38 is another. Keep looking for this symbol. What may it represent so far?
Page 39-What do you think he suggests with the transition of how his mother uses her hands?
Page 40-When Shawn turned 18, what did his mother worry about? What do you think she meant in saying that when Shawn walked in the nighttime, he needed to make sure that the nighttime wasn’t walking in him?
Page 41- What does this poem imply? If Will had an honest conversation with his brother at this point, how do you think it would go?
Page 44- How does this poem reflect Will’s values?
Page 45- What does Shawn’s response imply about how he feels about Will?
Page 48-What are the examples of personification and idiom? Notice the verbs that are used. What are the connotations? How do they establish a mood?
Page 49- Will includes a list of nicknames for a gun. What are the different connotations of each name?
Page 53-What does the author emphasize in this poem? How is it shown?
Page 54-How does the metaphor of being a prince explain Will’s relationship with Shawn?
Page 55-58 What were the reasons Will thought Riggs killed Shawn? Where is the alliteration?
Monday, 2/5
Continue reading from page 20-page 60
Analysis questions
Friday:
Jason Reynolds with Trevor Noah
Reynolds outlines three approaches that may help students to connect with literature. What are they?
Reynolds concludes with a powerful claim: “Your life is dependent upon your relationship with words.” Explain what you think he means by this assertion.
How does the cover art for A Long Way Down illustrate a central idea of either The Washington Post article or the Trevor Noah interview or both. Be sure to describe specifically the detail or details from the cover that connect with details from the newspaper article of the interview in your response.
Dedication
Tuesday-Thursday, January 30th through February 1st
Share with a partner: Can you think of any real-world examples where people have done bad things for what they believed to be a greater good? Cite examples from the text, your own experience, and other literature, or history.
“Understanding ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson” by Professor Rebecca Balcarcel
Monday, January 29th
Lit Circle- Planning Doc Due
Three Choices:
Redo "First They Came" CommonLit for a second time
Redo "The Lottery" for a second time
Complete "First They Came" Quick Write in Canvas
Friday, January 26th
"The Lottery"- Assigned in CommonLIt
Complete the reading with Guiding Questions
Complete the Assessment Questions after the reading
If you finish early, you can complete your Quick Write from "First They Came" in Canvas
Thursday, January 25th
"First They Came" in Common Lit- Sign in using Google. Code: YX9YELT7
Reading with Guiding Question
Assessment Multiple Choice
"First They Came" Quick Write in Canvas
Wednesday, January 24th
Quick Write Part ONE (on a blank doc):
How does a person’s concept of what is “fair” or “acceptable” change depending on the position they are in?
Tuesday, January 23rd
Monday, January 22nd
https://padlet.com/LittleiMiddle/period-2-sentence-summaries-argument-and-hashtag-hdk9jgsxdisku75o
What, Me Care?_ Young Are Less Empathetic _ Scientific American.pdf
Sign into Padlet and following instructions
Friday, January 19th
The Long, Steady Decline of Literary Reading - The Washington Post.pdf
What, Me Care?_ Young Are Less Empathetic _ Scientific American.pdf
Thursday, January 18th
Assigned questions
Wednesday, January 17th
Work on your assigned group's questions
BONUS LEXIA TIME!!!! I am giving you until the end of the day on THURSDAY to complete units/improve your strand zones!!!
Tuesday, January 16th:
Answer assigned questions
Friday, January 12th
Answer questions
Lit Circle Presentations
Thursday, January 11th
Groups' rankings of questions
Tuesday-Wednesday, January 9th-10th
Reread the article as a class.
Main points/key details
Monday, January 8th
Does Reading Fiction Make You a Better Person?_ - The Washington Post.pdf
For each article, record 4 main points with key details and 2 questions.
Wednesday, January 3rd-Friday, January 5th
FAST testing (GRADED)
Work on Lexia/Book Projects
Ms. O'Donnell's Lesson: qrco.de/REACH-LEARN
Tuesday-Friday, 12/13-12/17
Work on Argument Essay: YOUR THOMS ARGUMENT ESSAY
Please use this TEMPLATE to copy and paste your FINAL draft.
Monday, 12/12
Continue Lit Circle presentations
Finish YOUR THOMS ARGUMENT ESSAY-Your essay will be due on 12/15
Friday, 12/8
Continue analysis
Begin Lit Circle Presentations
Thursday, 12/7
The Three Sisters:
1. What kind of future do the three sisters predict for Esperanza? Provide two pieces of evidence from pages 103-105 to support your answer.
2. How were the “Three Sisters” described?
3. How were supersitions and mysticism elements presented in this vignette?
Alicia & I Talking on Edna’s Steps:
4. On page 105, one of the three sisters says to Esperanza, “you will always be Mango Street,” and on page 107 Alicia says, “Like it or not, you are Mango Street.” What do you think they mean by this? Carefully explain your thinking.
5. In this vignette, what was Esperanza’s opinion of the mayor? Why do you infer this?
6. The sister and Alicia both tell Esperanza that she must come back to Mango Street. Why do they believe that she must come back? Provide evidence from the text, and carefully explain your thinking.
A House of My Own:
7. What words did Esperanza use to describe her house? Why was it significant that she started by describing what it would not be?
8. How did Cisnero’s writing style of repetition in this vignette create an effective technique for the reader?
Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes:
9. What do you think it would mean for Esperanza to “return” to Mango Street? Do you think she has to move back to “come back”?
10. What does Esperanza hope for her future?
11. What do other people hope for Esperanza?
12.
Wednesday, 12/6
Spelling Bee
Finish Society Changes
Tuesday, 12/5
Lexia/Lit Circle
Review "then" answers from EdPuzzle
Monday, 12/4
Independent Reading
EdPuzzle pages 86-91 in Canvas
When done, please complete any English missing work, Lexia, or Lit Circle work. PLEASE CHECK IF YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE PERCEPTION VIGNETTE IN CANVAS.
Friday, 12/1
Four Skinny Trees:
How does the vignette "Four Skinny Trees" develop the reader’s understanding of how Esperanza sees herself? Provide at least two pieces of specific evidence from the text to support your answer.
Explain the significance of this quote from “Four Skinny Trees”. “Their strength is secret. They send ferocious roots beneath the ground. They grow up and grow down and grab the earth between their hairy toes and bite the sky with violent teeth and never quit their anger. This is how they keep.”
The theme of finding beauty in everyday things was continued in “Four Skinny Trees”. What beauty did Esperanza find in the trees? What did the trees teach her?
What was the irony in how she juxtaposed the “skinny trees” and the tulips?
No Speak English:
How does Mamacita’s point of view of America differ from her husband’s? How does Cisnero develop the reader’s understanding of their different perspectives? Support your answer with two pieces of evidence from the vignette "No Speak English."
How was Mamacita’s heart broken?
This vignette continued the theme of home. Mamacita seems to be physically tied to her home in Mexico. She was not happy in the apartment in America. How is this the opposite of the American Dream?
Thursday, 11/30
Read "Four Skinny Trees" and "No Speak English" (Start on page 42 of PDF)
Perceptions: Do you think that people can escape their childhoods? Do you think that people can escape the perceptions people have of them? Write a vignette about perceptions and how easily they can be escaped or changed. IN CANVAS
Wednesday, 11/29
Finish groups 2-5 answers
"Since When Have Trees Only Existed for Rich Americans?"- NYT article
Tuesday, 11/28
Geraldo No Last Name:
How is Marin’s perspective of Geraldo different from how others see him? How does Cisneros develop this difference in perspective? Select at least two pieces of evidence from the vignette, “Geraldo No Last Name” and explain how this evidence supports your thinking.
How did you feel while reading the story “Geraldo No Last Name”? What is Cisneros suggesting about the experience of some undocumented immigrants in this country?
What actions and lines in this vignette support Marin’s belief that Geraldo could have been saved?
The repetition of the questions reinforced the idea that Geraldo didn’t matter to the society in which he lived. What were the questions? How did the questioning of the police imply that Geraldo brought the accident on himself?
Edna’s Ruthie:
What lesson should have Ruthie learned from Edna’s choices?
Explain the allusion of “The Walrus and the Carpenter”: The poem tells the story of a walrus and a carpenter who meet on a beach and decide to go for a walk. They come across a group of oysters, and the walrus persuades them to come with them. The oysters follow the walrus and the carpenter, and they are eventually all eaten.
Look at the start of the paragraph from the bottom of page 68 to the top of page 69. What dreams were “left hanging”? Why?
UPDATE YOUR ARGUMENT THOMS FOR ESSAY-Your essay will be due on 12/15
Monday, 11/27
Complete Found Poem
Thursday and Friday, 11/16-17
Found Poem Directions and Rubric
Wednesday, 11/15
Read: PDF of House on Mango Street
Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water: (pages 62-64 of the book)
Who was Elenita? Why does Esperanza go see her?
What did Elenita tell Esperanza? How did Esperanza describe Elenita’s home?
On page 64, Elenita tells Esperanza that she will have “a home in the heart.” (p. 64) What do you think she means by this figurative language? What idea is she trying to communicate to Esperanza? Carefully explain your thinking.
Start Found Poem - follow the steps listed. This will be due on Friday.
Tuesday, 11/14
Lexia
Present answers
Themes so far...Found Poem
Monday, 11/13
Have you ever done something that you thought was funny in the moment but later regretted?
Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark:(pages 56-57)
Explain the significance of the following quote from this vignette:
“My Papa, his thick hands and thick shoes, who wakes up tired in the dark, who combs his hair with water, drinks his coffee, and is gone before we wake, today is sitting on my bed. And I think if my own Papa died what would I do. I hold my Papa in my arms. I hold and hold and hold him.”
Why does Papa come into Esperanza’s room early one morning? How does Cisneros use figurative language and repetition to develop the reader’s understanding of Esperanza’s emotions in the vignette, "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark"? Provide at least two examples from this vignette, and carefully explain your thinking.
Born Bad:(pages 58-61)
Who is Aunt Lupe? What happened to her? Do you think that Esperanza should be ashamed of the game she and her friends played?
What is Esperanza’s tone as she tells the story of her Aunt Lupe in the vignette, "Born Bad"? What does this reveal about her feelings about her Aunt and what Esperanza "did" to her? Find at least three different words and phrases that help develop her tone, and carefully explain your thinking.
What is the mood inside Aunt Lupe’s apartment? What literary devices does Cisneros use to develop the mood and the reader’s understanding of this setting more generally? Provide at least two details from this vignette to support your answer.
In this vignette, what words did Esperanza use to describe her aunt and her illness? How did the following words create a sense of the responsibility the narrator felt towards her aunt’s death?
How did the description of her aunt’s body wasting away show Esperanza’s awareness of her aunt’s suffering? Provide an example of a metaphor she used to describe it.
Thursday, 11/9
EdPuzzle trial
Alicia/Marin-highlighting/label/word count
UPDATE YOUR ARGUMENT THOMS FOR ESSAY
Lexia
Wednesday, 11/8
UPDATE YOUR ARGUMENT THOMS FOR ESSAY
Tuesday, 11/7
A Rice Sandwich: (pages 43-45)
What does Esperanza want to do during lunch? Why? How did staying for lunch work out for Esperanza?
Once again in this vignette, Esperanza endured a humiliating experience. How was the experience with the nun like a similar experience in chapter one? Why did Esperanza lie about her home?
Chanclas: (pages 46-48)
What does Mama forget to buy Esperanza before the baptism? How does Esperanza feel about this?
Why did Esperanza turn down the boy who asked her to dance?
How and why does Esperanza’s perspective change over the course of the vignette, “Chanclas”? (pp. 46-48) How does Cisneros use figurative language to develop her perspective? Provide at least two pieces of evidence from this vignette, and use the word “preoccupied” in your answer.
Monday, 11/6
Read page 40 carefully. What elements does Cisneros include that remind the reader of a fairy tale? Provide at least two different examples from the text.
Explain the last sentence in “The Family of Little Feet”.
What lines in this vignette created the sense of impending violence and potential violation that the narrator feels? Explain.
Friday, 11/3
Finish Marin/Alicia Journal in Canvas
The Family of Little Feet: (pages 39-42)
Read page 40 carefully. What elements does Cisneros include that remind the reader of a fairy tale? Provide at least two different examples from the text.
Explain the last sentence in “The Family of Little Feet”.
What lines in this vignette created the sense of impending violence and potential violation that the narrator feels? Explain.
Thursday, 11/2
Review of how Lexia is graded (slide 9)
PDF of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Lexia
Discussion:
Some people argue that fairy tales like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White give young people unrealistic ideas about romance. Do you agree?
Wednesday, 11/1
Lexia
Finish Marin/Alicia Journal in Canvas
Tuesday, 10/31
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Monday, October 30th
Independent Reading
Finish Question Share Outs from Friday
Marin or Alicia Journal in Canvas
Friday, 10/27
Independent Book
“There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”
Those Who Don’t to Do: (page 28)
How does Esperanza’s perspective of her own neighborhood differ from that of people who do not live there? Provide specific evidence that demonstrates how Cisneros develops this difference in perspective. What is Cisneros suggesting about race and community in the vignette, “Those who don’t”?
Why did outsiders feel afraid on Mango Street? What was their reasoning?
There Was an Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn’t Know What to Do: (pages 29-30)
How is the vignette, "There was an Old Woman She Had so Many Children She Didn’t Know What to Do" similar and different from the nursery rhyme, "There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe"? Provide specific evidence from both texts to support your answer.
What was Rosa Vargas’s fate? How did people in the neighborhood feel about Vargas’s children? What did Esperanza think the Vargas children were lacking?
Alicia Who Sees Mice (pages 31-32)
How are gender role expectations revealed in this vignette?
Describe Alicia’s dreams and goals for herself.
Thursday, 10/26
Lexia
Group Discusssions/Present
Discussion
Read pages 28-32
Wednesday, 10/25
Independent Reading
Continue Group Questions/Present
Discussion:
What stereotypes do people have about where you live? How do you feel about those stereotypes?
Is there anyone you have ever given up on?
Do you believe that you are subject to gender role expectations in our society? What are the risks of living in a society with rigid gender roles?
Tuesday, 10/24
Lexia
Meme Ortiz: (pages 21-22)
What is Esperanza’s perspective of Meme Ortiz’s house? What specific literary devices does Cisnero use to develop Esperanza’s perspective? Provide at least two examples from the chapter "Meme Ortiz," to support your answer.
How did the description of his house compare to the description of her house in chapter one?
Louie, His Cousin & His Other Cousin: (pages 23-25)
Does Esperanza’s perspective of Louie’s male cousin change? What words and phrases does Cisneros use to develop Esperanza’s perspective? In your opinion, why didn’t Esperanza focus on the theft as she told the story about Louie?
Why did she focus more on the car and the ride than on the fact that the cousin committed a crime?
Marin: (pages 26-27)
What is Esperanza’s perspective of Marin? What words and phrases does Cisneros use to develop Esperanza’s perspective? Provide evidence from the chapters "Louie, His Cousin, & His Other Cousin," and "Marin" to support your answer.
Explain this phrase from “Marin”, “Is waiting for a car to stop, a star to fall, someone to change her life.” What did this tell you about the author?
Monday, 10/23
Independent Reading
Lit Circle Presentation
Perspective Drawing
Friday, 10/20
Independent Reading
Lit Circle Presentations
Thursday, 10/19
Lexia
Response in Canvas- Section Review
Wednesday, 10/18
Perspective Illustration
Tuesday, 10/17
Lexia
Present questions from yesterday
Pair Share one of the two:
Think of a place that “transports” you to another. What is it about that place?
How can a person's perspective of “trash” be viewed as a “treasure”? Give an example.
Laughter: (pages 17-18)
Gil’s Furniture Bought & Sold: (pages 19-20)
What literary devices does Cisneros use in the chapter, "Gil’s Furniture Bought and Sold" to develop Esperanza’s perspective of the music box? Provide at least two different examples to support your answer.
Monday, 10/16
Read pages 12-16
"Cathy Queen of Cats" (pages 12-13)
What does Cathy mean when she says, on page 13, "the neighborhood is getting bad"? How does Esperanza respond to this statement? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
Our Good Day: (pages 14-16)
What was distinctive about Cathy? What did you sense about the author’s tone about who Cathy was?
What is Esperanza’s perspective of Lucy and Rachel when she first meets them? How does Cisneros use word choice to develop Esperanza’s perspective? Provide at least two words and/or phrases from the chapter and what they reveal about Esperanza’s perspective.
Friday, 10/13
Lexia
Finish presentation questions
p. 12-16 Quick Write in Canvas
Thursday, 10/12
Picture Yourself at Madison
Wednesday, 10/11
Independent Reading
Present Questions
Tuesday, 10/10
Lexia
Read pages 6-11 in THOMS
Hairs: (pages 6-7) Groups 1 and 4
How would you describe Esperanza’s relationship with her mother? How does Cisneros use imagery to develop the reader’s understanding of their relationship? Provide at least two pieces of evidence from the story, "Hairs" to support your answer.
Boys & Girls: (pages 8-9) Groups 2 and 5
How would you describe Esperanza’s relationship with her siblings? How does Cisneros use figurative language to develop the reader’s understanding of their relationship? Provide at least two pieces of evidence from the story, "Boys and Girls" to support your answer.
My Name: (pages 10-11) Groups 3 and 6
What is Esperanza’s perspective of her great grandmother, and of the fact that she is named after her? How does Cisneros use word choice to develop Esperanza’s perspective and attitude? Provide at least three words and/or phrases from the chapter, "My Name", and explain how they develop Esperanza’s perspective.
Monday, 10/9
Independent Reading
Finish Questions from Thur.
Describe your hair using figurative and descriptive language.
How does your birth order or number of siblings affect who you are? Explain.
If you had to rename yourself, what would you change your name to? Why?
Thursday, 10/5
Lexia
PDF of House on Mango Street book pages 3-5
The House on Mango Street:
What did you learn about her housing and identity?
How does Esperanza feel about where she lives? How does Esperanza’s interaction with the nun on page 4-5 impact the way she feels about herself? Select two pieces of evidence from these pages to support your answer.
How is the house on Mango Street different from the apartments Esperanza and her family lived in previously? In what ways is it better? Provide two pieces of evidence from the text to support your answer.
How is the house on Mango Street different from the "real house" Esperanza imagines for her family? Identify at least three differences and provide evidence from page 4 to support your answer.
Tuesday and Wednesday, October 3rd-4th
Independent Reading/Lexia
Be sure you complete your checklist on slide 7
Monday, October 2nd
Independent Reading
Thursday and Friday, September 28th-29th
Grab your doc from Canvas HERE
Wednesday, September 27th
Finish House Activity
Fast/Lexia/CAASPP Reflection data
Tuesday, September 26th
Lexia/Lit Circles
Students will receive the drawings of another and speculate. They will describe the family that lives in the house.
How does setting develop characters?
Begin Fast Reflection
Monday, September 25th
Independent Reading
House Activity
On a blank paper:
Draw in as much detail as possible what the exterior of your home looks like. Be as detailed as possible. What would someone see from the sidewalk/street? It is important you do not share it with others.
On a lined, blank doc:
Write a description of the outside of your house. Use a full paragraph.
Then, describe who lives there- the size of the family, the “noise” or activity, etc. How is the house “used”? What sounds, smells, sights, etc. would someone experience if they walked inside?
Friday, September 22nd
Finish Vignette in Canvas
Independent Reading/Lexia
Thursday, September 21st
Lexia
Finish Reinvention PearDeck
How can a person’s environment shape their identity?
How can gender expectations define a person’s experience of the world and dreams for the future?
Vignettes-Favorite gift On-Demand Writing
Wednesday, September 19th
Independent Reading
Tuesday, September 19th
Lexia/Lit Circles
Audio Introduction of The House on Mango Street- About the Author PearDeck
Monday, September 18th
Friday, September 15th
Heading Hashtags (on paper) Scholastic's September issue (Log in as a STUDENT. Password: Innovation)- Ticket article
Use this as a study guide and review for the quiz on Monday. You will be able to use the article.
20 Lexia units are due on Sunday and Lit Circles begin next week...be prepared!
Thursday, September 14th
Lexia PowerUp/Lit Circles
San Diego Public Library Resources
Finish reading the article- Scholastic's September issue (Log in as a STUDENT. Password: Innovation) with
Graph out- Causes/Effect and Problem/Solutions
Fact Vs. Opinion
Wednesday, September 13th
Read the article- Scholastic's September issue (Log in as a STUDENT. Password: Innovation) with Cause/Effect focus
Graph Questions
Close Reading Questions:
What are some of the causes of high ticket prices?
What are some possible solutions to the ticket problems fans face?
Tuesday, September 12th
Fake News Quiz in Canvas
How can competition, or lack of competition, in an industry affect consumers? How do supply and demand affect markets?
Monday, September 11th
Independent Reading Book Expectations/Lit Circles
Concert Tickets Article: Scholastic's September issue (Log in as a STUDENT. Password: Innovation)
Prereading Quiz
Words to Know
Friday, September 8th
Independent Reading Book Expectations
Complete article reading and Take Note
Thursday, September 7th
Text Feature Quiz in Canvas
"Can You Spot the Fakes?" article and video
Wednesday, September 6th
"Issue Scavenger Hunt" in Scholastic's September issue (Log in as a STUDENT. Password: Innovation)
Tuesday, September 5th
Please realize this test is to help ME teach you better. So, please do your best so I can see what we need to work towards.
Another benefit of doing well on this test that it is a way to reclassify yourself if you are a student who takes ALD.
If we see that you struggled with certain sections of the test, we may have you work with a reading specialist to help get you closer to where you need to be.
Please have a pair of headphones for your test. You may borrow a pair from the buckets by the windows. Please return them neatly at the end of the period.
Unfortunately, adults cannot help you or read anything on the test. This is completely independent.
Please take your time. I would expect this test to take the majority of the class time.
If you finish early, log into BrainPOP through Clever. Watch the movie "R.J. Palacio" and take the quiz OR complete your point of view writing for "Charles".
Begin "Issue Scavenger Hunt" in Scholastic's September issue (Log in as a STUDENT. Password: Innovation)
Friday, September 1st
Finish Point of View in Canvas
Thursday, August 31st
Point of View in Canvas and Assessment Questions in Commonlit- "Charles"
Wednesday, August 30th
Why do we act differently in various situations or around other different groups of people? Is this a good skill to have or is it dishonest?
"Charles" annotating for foreshadowing
Tuesday, August 29th
First Week Overview (Little)
Remind
Worst Day Ever
Sign up CommonLIt E5YVL7J www.commonlit.org/enroll
Monday, August 28th
First Week Whole School Overview (Planner Pages)-Thur, Fri, and Mon
Index Cards
Bio Poem review/share - UPLOAD HERE to be graded
Friday, August 25th
Using the Bio Poem directions, example, rubric, and template from Canvas, complete the document. This will be due next week. I will place a link in Canvas next week to submit.
Thursday, August 24th
Wednesday, August 23rd
Index card
Tuesday, August 22nd
Welcome, Seating, and Attendance
Share one thing your partner did this summer (movie, vacation, new pet, new restaurant, etc. )
Guessing Game Index Cards-
Summer or Winter
Scary or Funny
One fact about you
Picture Index Cards-
Quote on one side
8th-grade goal
Post-high school goal
Fifteen-year goal