Week 7

Monday | September 30, 2019

Warm Up:

  • Create "Week Seven Warm Ups" Heading; list today's date
  • In 5+ sentences explain:
    1. What are your favorite things about the fall season?

Agenda:

  • Warm Up (8)
  • Community Circle (10)
  • Intro. Unit 2 | Reading Fiction (2)
  • Entry 14 | Plot Structure (20)
    • Character
    • Setting
    • Conflict
    • Climax
    • Resolution
    • Moral
  • Notetaking: Disney Shorts (50)
    • First Entry: Teacher Models
    • Second Entry: Whole Class
    • Third & Fourth Entry: Small Group

HW: none

Tuesday | October 1, 2019

Warm Up:

  • Under yesterday's Warm Up entry, write today's date.
  • In 5+ sentences explain:
    1. What is the best story you ever read? (It can be a book, a website, a newspaper or magazine…)
    2. Why was it the best thing? Describe it!!!

Agenda:

  • Warm Up (8)
  • Complete Notetaking: Disney Shorts (22)
  • Reading Survey (10)
  • Entry 15 | How to Choose a Just Right Book (10)
  • Choosing your Book (30)
  • Table Talk: Check in about the Book you chose! (10)

HW: none

Wednesday | October 2, 2019

Warm Up:

  • Under yesterday's Warm Up entry, write today's date.
  • In 5+ sentences explain:
    1. If you have picked a book - what interests you about it?
    2. If you have not picked a book - would you consider reading a book that other people in class are reading, so that it’s more like a Book Club? Why or why not?

Agenda:

  • Warm Up (10)
  • Login: Google Classroom | What is title and author of your book?
  • Senior Assembly | Free time

HW: none

Thursday | October 3, 2019

Warm Up:

  • Under yesterday's Warm Up entry, write today's date.
  • In 5+ sentences explain:
    • If you could throw a surprise party for someone, who would it be and why??

Agenda:

  • Warm Up (8)
  • Flipgrid: Introductions!! (1 h 22)
    • Introduce yourself in 90 seconds or less
    • Share the title and author of the book you are reading
    • Once you finish, reply back to at least five other students

HW: none

Friday | October 4, 2019

Warm up:

  • Under yesterday's Notebook entry, write today's date.
  • In 5+ sentences:
    1. What do you of think Flipgrid? Use interesting vocabulary to describe what you think about Flipgrid.
    2. How do you think you did on your Flipgrid Introduction yesterday? What did you learn about Flipgrid as you recorded your Introduction?

Agenda:

  • Warm Up (10)
  • Creating Reading Schedule (20)
    • 10 Minute SSR
    • Calculate Weekly Reading Schedule, based on SSR
  • Flipgrid: Whiteboard Practice | Image of Book (1 h)
    • Brainstorm image and description first, on scrap piece of paper.
    • Create image in Flipgrid, using Drawing Tool.
    • Using Text Tool, add title of book and the author to your image
    • Once Steps 1-3 are complete, record your voice, speaking over the image and include:
      • A greeting and your name: "Good morning! Ms. Elahi here."
      • Description of image: use interesting vocabulary: "Blue waves symbolize the water and yellow lines represent the earth."
      • A closing: "Thank you! Hope you enjoy it!"

HW: none