HALF DAYS next week for Conferences.
Periods will be
4. "Harrison Bergeron" is NOT homework.
1. Students in orange and yellow classes took quiz on Wk 7 terms.
2. In Green Class I reviewed FCAs and directions for "Harrison Bergeron" Ending assignment.
TUES all other classes.
4. "Harrison Bergeron" is NOT homework.
3. "Harrison Bergeron" is NOT homework.
1. Reviewed need to have completed wk 7 log and reading done ON TIME for tomorrow's group discussion. Your answers will help you think of ideas to use on the Wk 7 quiz next week.
2. Students read "Harrison Bergeron" and marked sections that they have questions about with a "?" and circled unfamiliar vocabulary.
3. I circulated to identify questions from markings to discuss in class.
4. Students began answering questions on "Harrison Bergeron" in Short Stories Section of One-Note. If students missed the class, a copy of the story is BELOW the questions so students can read the story to catch up with classmates.
5. I reviewed vocabulary and class discussed sections of the story students had indicated they needed some help with. Since visuals help to understand some of the vocabulary, I shared some visuals via a PowerPoint posted below.
6. Students will finish the questions and begin a writing assignment in CLASS for the next few classes after we complete our novel discussions and Wk 7 quiz next week.
2. BOOK FAIR! I forgot to mention in class that people who want to visit the book fair can join me after lunch in the Library. Everyone in my per 5 class MUST go with me tomorrow, but those in other classes can come down if they want to shop for books. If you do not have money tomorrow, you can pay Monday or Tues morning before 10:45.
3. MEMORIZE definitions for FALLING ACTION and RESOLUTION underlined in the Wk 7 log and in the PPT. Be able to recognize all three ways to define THEME. QUIZ MON or TUES depending on when your class meets next week.
4. FINISH ANY FINAL EDITS to the Dialogue from Pictures writing assignment if you did not finish revising in class! I am grading them tomorrow.
1. Reviewed upcoming deadlines.
2. Invited students to come to me during class or after school with questions about falling action or resolution of their novels to help complete this week's work. Several groups saw me for help.
3. Introduced the story "Harrison Bergeron." See me if you missed the background info and I will get you caught up tomorrow in class.
4. Went to computer lab to review Dialogue from Pictures writing assignments in the Writing Folder section of the notebook. I gave students info on the MOST common errors to correct BEFORE I do final grading. I checked in with students who needed help.
5. Students satisfied with their writing read the "Harrison Bergeron" story and began answer questions.
1. By FRIDAY: complete reading your novel and complete all of Wk 7 Reading Log.
2. WK 7 terms quiz on FALLING ACTION; RESOLUTION: THEME
I will be available for after school quiz prep, help and/or a quiet place to work Wed. NO after school help THURS.
Handed back BLUE class Wk 5/6 logs and gave students a day to correct them to add back credit.
LOG 7 with terms AND PPT with lesson to study for quiz can be opened below or in NOVEL section of One-Note.
1. Reviewed upcoming deadlines: Finish reading novel and Wk 7 log by FRIDAY and QUIZ dates next week
2. Reviewed PowerPoint attached above with information about how to apply this week's terms and examples of quotations that help show the terms.
By FRIDAY: complete reading your novel and complete all of Wk 7 Reading Log.
I will be available for after school help and/or a quiet place to work Mon-Tues-and Wed.
1. HANDED OUT: Week 7 Reading log (printable file attached to HW above).
2. Reviewed upcoming deadlines: Finish reading novel and Wk 7 log by FRIDAY.
NEXT Monday/Tues Quiz on this week's terms (Falling Action, Resolution, Theme) The day you take the quiz on the half days next week:
Orange class (per 1) and yellow (per 3 odd) will take quiz MON
Blue (per 5 odd, 7 even), green (per 2 odd) and red (per 6 odd/2 even) will take the quiz TUES.
3. Students circled terms and underlined definitions on first page of wk 7 logs to learn for quiz.
5. Students THEN worked in novel groups to develop questions like those above to enter onto #3 and #4 on the log. Students will focus on and sticky-note scenes in the FALLING ACTION and RESOLUTION of their novels this week that help ANSWER any of the questions they recorded for #3 and #4.
6. I checked in with MOST groups to see if they had developed focus questions that make sense.
7. SOME groups had time to finish any unfinished questions from last Friday's quiz. All classes except the blue class (per 7 today) were given the 20 minutes after lunch to finish if they did not do so in class. Blue class will get time tomorrow at the START of class.
NO ELA HOMEWORK--Just bring some healthy food donations for the Foxborough Food Pantry.
2. There was not time to hand back graded Wk 5/6 logs to Orange and Blue classes. Any student who wants to revise that homework may do so on Monday after I hand it back. Revision will be due Tues.
NO NEW HANDOUTS
1. I reviewed what will be on quiz tomorrow and showed where to find info in Homework Hub.
2. In YELLOW, GREEN, and RED classes I HANDED BACK Wk 5/6 logs. There were lots of errors. Students in these classes have until TOMORROW to correct errors and return to me for full credit.
Students in ORANGE and BLUE classes will get logs back tomorrow and have time to redo if they want credit back.
3. Reviewed PPT on basic dialogue punctuation rules. This is posted in the WRITING FOLDER section of One-Note.
4. Students corrected each other's HW on dialogue punctuation. Students took back copies so they know what to study tonight.
5. In lab, students started the Dialogue from Pictures page in the Writing Folder in One-Note. This MUST be finished for tomorrow. Read all directions CAREFULLY and follow the model example I put on the page.
NO NEW HANDOUTS
A. Definitions and use of literary terms Foreshadow, Infer, and Climax (You copied these onto flashcards AND they are posted with Nov 5 HW and in Novel section of One-Note)
B. spelling words tried, definition, writing/writer, knowledge.
1. If word ends in Y, change Y>I and add ES or ED. (Try>tried, family>Families).
2. If the final (or only ) syllable of a word has a SHORT vowel followed by a single consonant, double the consonant to add an ending. (beginning, hopping, starring, napping) If the final syllable of a word has a LONG vowel followed by a consonant, do NOT double the consonant before adding the ending. (Writing, biting, staring, making).
C. Know how to punctuate and capitalize dialogue correctly.
HANDOUTS: (Reprintable before)
1. I reviewed that Quiz is postponed until FRIDAY so we can learn more about dialogue punctuation.
2. Students had small group discussions of "If Cornered, Scream."
THIS STORY, like "The Elevator" shows how VERY TALENTED WRITERS can create tension in stories in which NOTHING much happens! The tension is all in the READER--who feels that tension of the main character and shares the character's "what if" thoughts.
1. I reviewed that Quiz is postponed until FRIDAY so we can learn more about dialogue punctuation. After school help moved to WED this week.
2. We modeled HOW to follow directions at top of "If Cornered, Scream" page in Short Stories section of One-Note.
3. Open the "If Cornered, Scream" questions and answer them carefully.
No new handouts.
1. Next WED Nov 13: short QUIZ on the literary terms Foreshadow, Infer, and Climax and the spelling words tried, definition, writing/writer, knowledge. We will NOT test dialogue until later in the week since we have not had lesson yet.
2. We discussed survey of cultural diversity in Grade 7 and noted the many different countries that students, parents, and grandparents came from. We noted how a nation's literature is influenced and changes and the English language itself continues to change and evolve. Language is not just a set of words and rules, it is shaped by the people who use the language and tell their stories.
2. Students "graded" their logs to mark where and whether they had included the literary terms and key words from quesitons in their Reading logs.
3. Small novel group discussions of moments of high tension and what they may foreshadow about the climax of each novel.
4. STUDENTS PASSED IN WEEK 5/6 logs. TURN IN ON TUESDAY if you did not turn a log in today. Students KEPT flashcards to practice with.
5. A few classes read a bit more of "If Cornered, Scream but most had very little time. We will finish the story on Tuesday.
No new handouts.
WRITE the rule for knowing how to spell words like tries: When a word ends in Y change the Y to I and add the ending. This can be on a separate card OR on the card with clues for you to remember how to spell WRITING/WRITER.
No new handouts.
1. I modeled how to make a spelling word flash card. You can use MY model OR come up with your OWN 2-3 ways to remember how each of this week's commonly misspelled words SHOULD be spelled. NO DEFINITIONS on spelling cards.
2. Students took 10 minute on-line dialogue punctuation pretest. This will not count as a grade, but will help me know what you already know and what I need to teach about dialogue punctuation and capitalization.
2. Students had rest of period to read week 5-6 pages in novel or work on literary term or spelling flashcards.
3. NO NEW HANDOUTS
WRITE the rule for knowing how to spell words like tries: When a word ends in Y change the Y to I and add the ending.
No new handouts.
1. I finished reviewing the PowerPoint on Climax, Foreshadowing, and Infer and how to apply the terms to know what to sticky-note from this week's reading.
2. COMPLETING WRITING ASSIGNMENTS in Writing Folder section of One-Note: POV and Elevator Ending
3. NO NEW HANDOUTS
2. COMPLETING WRITING ASSIGNMENTS in Writing Folder section of One-Note
3. NO NEW HANDOUTS
2. I reviewed dates for quiz and content to study. Reminded students that on MONDAY I said that students MUST develop a metaphor to compare the 5 sections of plot to 5 steps or stages in something in their own life. This will be a quiz questions and you WILL not have time to think of the example on the spot.
4. I sat in with as many groups as possible to correct misunderstandings of the terms for the week or issues with novel comprehension. I also marked up items to revise on most Wk 7 logs. I heard some great discussions and insights.