Friday, March 22, 2019

 

Warm Up/Bell Work:

  • Enter quietly and put your phone in the cell phone zone
  • Friday Funday

Classwork:

Homework:

  • Have an amazing Spring Break!

Learning Intention:

Today I will… find songs, poems/stories, and pictures that have a similar themes

To help me… match different formats of literature to a theme

I’ll know I’ve got it when… I have played Theme Bingo and achieved at least one BINGO.

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Warm Up/Bell Work:

  • Enter quietly and put your phone in the cell phone zone
  • Read Independently

Classwork:

  • Theme Bingo (Google Classroom)

Homework:

  • Read 30+ Minutes

Learning Intention:

Today I will… find songs, poems/stories, and pictures that have a similar themes

To help me… match different formats of literature to a theme

I’ll know I’ve got it when… I have played Theme Bingo and achieved at least one BINGO.

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Warm Up/Bell Work:

  • Enter quietly and put your phone in the cell phone zone
  • Classbuilder

Classwork:

  • Compare/Contrast FIOS Chapter 18 and Film Scene
  • Practice Compare/Contrast Constructed Response (Google Classroom)

Homework:

  • Read 30+ Minutes

Learning Intention:

Today I will… view a clip of a movie

To help me… make connections between two pieces of literature

I’ll know I’ve got it when… I have compared/contrasted the experience of reading to the experience of viewing.

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Warm Up/Bell Work:

  • Enter quietly and put your phone in the cell phone zone
  • Line Up – We are going to the Library!

Classwork:

  • Compare/Contrast FIOS Chapter 18 and Film Scene
  • Venn Diagram of Similarities Differences (Notebooks)
  • Practice Compare/Contrast Constructed Response (Google Classroom)

Homework:

  • Read 30+ Minutes

Learning Intention:

Today I will… viewing a clip of a movie

To help me… make connections between two pieces of literature

I’ll know I’ve got it when… I have compared/contrasted the experience of reading to the experience of viewing.

Monday, March 18, 2019

Warm Up/Bell Work:

  • Enter quietly and put your phone in the cell phone zone
  • BEGIN READING CHAPTER 18 OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM

Classwork:

  • Read Ch. 18 of The Fault In Our Stars – “The Red Wheelbarrow” (Google Classroom)
  • Annotate and discuss
  • Watch “Red Wheelbarrow” movie scene
  • Finish Hyperdoc

Homework:

  • Read 30+ Minutes

Learning Intention:

Today I will… read a chapter of The Fault In Our Stars

To help me… identify the author’s intention of presentation and mood and tone

I’ll know I’ve got it when… I have close read and annotated the text.

Friday, March 15, 2019

Warm Up/Bell Work:

  • Enter quietly and put your phone in the cell phone zone
  • Friday Funday: Making a Meme

Make a meme, using a meme generator.  Make a meme that I can use for my blogs next year.

Post the meme on a slide (put on your own slide) for your class period:

**DO NOT MESS WITH ANYONE’S MEME (DO NOT DELETE, WRITE ANYTHING, ETC – I CAN SEE EDITS THAT YOU MAKE!)

PERIOD 1
PERIOD 2
PERIOD 4
PERIOD 5

RULES: THEY MUST BE APPROPRIATE and everyone has to be able to understand them.  No inside jokes or memory that you KNOW I won’t use!

EXAMPLE IDEAS: Rocky Top, being a student, CO weather, middle school, living in Thornton, etc.

       

Classwork:

  • Books vs. Movies Hyperdoc (Google Classroom)

Homework:

  • Have a great weekend!

Learning Intention:

Today I will… analyze literature in different mediums

To help me… compare and contrast the experience of reading a novel and watching a film

I’ll know I’ve got it when… I have completed a books vs. movies Hyperdoc, showing my analysis of several examples.

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Warm Up/Bell Work:

  • Enter quietly and put your phone in the cell phone zone
  • Get your spiral notebook and independently journal. You may free write, or answer this prompt: Write a story about someone famous. What are the good parts of life and what is more difficult for them?

Classwork:

  • Close reading & viewing “The Line” (Google Classroom)
  • Compare/contrast “The Line” text/video
  • Exit Ticket

Homework:

  • Read 30+ Minutes

Learning Intention:

Today I will… read a poem and watch it being performed

To help me… make connections between two pieces of literature

I’ll know I’ve got it when… I have compared/contrasted the experience of reading to the experience of viewing.

Monday, March 11, 2019

Warm Up/Bell Work:

  • Enter quietly and put your phone in the cell phone zone
  • Get your spiral notebook and independently journal. You may free write, or answer this promptSunday was Daylight Saving time and we moved our clocks forward an hour. Write a story in which you have the power to get an extra hour of time a day, EVERY DAY.

Classwork:

  • Enter School-Wide SLO Scores (Google Classroom)
  • Comparing/Contrasting (Lesson)
  • Comparing/Contrasting Practice (Google Classroom)

Homework:

  • Read 30+ Minutes

Learning Intention:

Today I will… identify ways to compare and contrast

To help me… determine the most effective way to compare and contrast literature

I’ll know I’ve got it when… I have completed the compare/contrast practice using apples and oranges.

Friday, March 8, 2019

Warm Up/Bell Work:

  • Enter quietly and put your phone in the cell phone zone
  • Open Google Classroom and take your LAST Comprehension Quiz! No talking during the quiz!

    (It IS Friday Funday, but you are watching a movie and then doing a Kahoot! So we’re just doing it in a different order!)

Classwork:

  • Comprehension Quiz
  • Movie Clip
  • Kahoot

Homework:

  • Read 30+ Minutes

Learning Intention:

Today I will… take a comprehension quiz

To help me… show my comprehension of the novel’s main storyline

I’ll know I’ve got it when… I have completed my quiz with at least 5 correct to show proficiency.