Week 9

Monday | October 14, 2019

Warm Up:

  • Create "Week NINE Warm Ups" Heading; list today's date
  • In 5+ sentences explain:
    1. What are your personal goals for this quarter, in terms of grades and learning?
    2. How do you feel now that the quarter is ending?

Agenda:

  • Warm Up (8)
  • Community Circle (10)
  • Collect Grade Checks (2)
  • SSR (30)
  • Soundtrap Worktime, Day 1 (40)
    • Students who have completed voice recording
      • login to Soundtrap
      • upload voice recording file
      • begin adding sound effects, using Loop Library
    • Students who have NOT completed voice recording
      • finish annotating Autobiographical Narrative
      • record voice, using Voice Recorder and headphones with built-in microphone
      • follow the steps above, for students who completed voice recording

HW (due 10/15): read at least five more pages of your book; you should have read at least 40 pages by tomorrow

Tuesday | October 15, 2019

Warm Up:

  • Under yesterday's Warm Up entry, write today's date.
  • In 5+ sentences explain:
    1. What is the greatest problem facing the world today?

Agenda:

  • Warm Up (8)
  • SSR (22)
    • Mindfulness Guests
  • Soundtrap Worktime, Day 2 (1 h)
    • Project deadline: Friday, 10/25 (after today, we will have only four more class days to finish our Radio Essay!)
    • Students who have completed voice recording
      • login to Soundtrap
      • upload voice recording file
      • begin/continue adding sound effects, using Loop Library
    • Students who have NOT completed voice recording
      • record voice, using Voice Recorder and headphones with built-in microphone
      • follow the steps above, for students who completed voice recording

HW (due 10/17): complete voice recording - hard deadline to complete; collect additional sound effect recordings for your Radio Essay

Wednesday | October 16, 2019


PSAT/SAT/College Day


Thursday | October 17, 2019

Warm Up:

  • Under yesterday's Warm Up entry, write today's date.
  • In 5+ sentences explain:
    • How was your day at school yesterday?
      • what was easy about the day?
      • what was challenging about the day?

Agenda:

  • Warm Up (8)
  • SSR (15)
  • Reading Log (15)
  • Table Talk | Independent Reading (15)
  • Pass out Character Handout (5)
  • Model Completing Character Handout (30)
  • If time, introduce Character "Mask" Project

HW (due 10/18): read at least five more pages of your book; you should have read at least 50 pages by tomorrow

Friday | October 18, 2019

Warm up:

  • Under yesterday's Notebook entry, write today's date.
  • In 5+ sentences:
    1. What do you like most about the main character of your Book?
    2. What do you like least about the main character of your Book?

Agenda:

  • Warm Up (8)
  • SSR (22)
  • Worktime | Character "Mask" Project (50)

HW (due 10/21): read at least ten more pages of your book; you should close to half-way through