Month: March 2020

I have missed you all so much and I can’t wait to get “back” to school! I have put together some information for you about online learning, what it will look like, and my expectations.  Please click on the “Remote Learning” tab above for more information!

Your assignments and this blog will be updated by 8:00am on Wednesday, April 1, 2020! “See” you then!

Warm-Up:

• Enter Quietly 
• Independent Reading 📖

Classwork:

• Write body paragraph 3 (LESSON) and conclusion (LESSON) for literary analysis
  • EXAMPLE ESSAY
  • IMPORTANT: Literary Analysis requirements, timeline, and resources

Absent? Finish your essay by 3/18! Grades are due!

Homework:

• Have a great spring break!

Learning Intention:

Warm-Up:

• Enter Quietly 
• Independent Reading 📖

Classwork:

• Write body paragraphs 1 & 2 for literary analysis (EXAMPLE ESSAY)
  • Writing Body Paragraphs (Slides) 
  • IMPORTANT: Literary Analysis requirements, timeline, and resources

Absent? Continue working on your literary analysis by using the slides (above) to write your first and second body paragraphs.

Homework:

• Read 20-30 minutes
• AOW – Due Friday!

Learning Intention:

Warm-Up:

• Enter Quietly 
• Classbuilder 

Classwork:

• Identify the parts of a literary analysis
• Review a proficient literary analysis (EXAMPLE ESSAY)
• Write the introduction of my own literary analysis
  • IMPORTANT: Literary Analysis requirements, timeline, and resources

Absent? Review the literary analysis resources given in the slides linked (above) and write your introduction.

Homework:

• Read 20-30 minutes
• AOW – Due Friday!

Learning Intention:

Warm-Up:

• Enter Quietly 
• Independent Reading 📖

Classwork:

• Read a short story “The Dreamer” (Google Classroom)
• Identify and annotate characterization, theme, and plot 
• Complete the compare/contrast chart (Google Classroom) comparing and contrasting the stories from yesterday and today
  • EXAMPLE COMPARE/CONTRAST CHART

Absent? Read the story “The Dreamer” (in Google Classroom) and use the second slide for directions on what to highlight/annotate.Complete the compare/contrast chart in Google Classroom to compare/contrast yesterday and today’s stories

Homework:

• Read 20-30 minutes
• AOW – Due Friday!

Learning Intention:

Warm-Up:

• Enter Quietly 
• Independent Reading 📖

Classwork:

• Read a short story “Roberto Ignacio Torres Bakes” (Google Classroom)
• Identify and annotate characterization, theme, and plot

Absent? Read the story “Roberto Ignacio Torres Bakes” in Google Classroom and use the first slide for directions on what to highlight/annotate

Homework:

• Read 20-30 minutes
• AOW – Due Friday!

Learning Intention:

Warm-Up:

• Enter Quietly 
• Independent Reading 📖

Classwork:

• “The Line” Compare and Contrast Constructed Response (Google Classroom)
  • What’s Your Story (The Line)
  • What’s Your Story Video
  • Rubric

Absent? Complete “The Line” assignment on Google Classroom.  Read the text first and then watch the video.  Annotate the text and jot down your thinking about how your ideas change between the text and video.  

Homework:

• Have a wonderful weekend!

Learning Intention:

Warm-Up:

• Enter Quietly 
• Independent Reading 📖

Classwork:

• “The Line” Compare and Contrast (Google Classroom)
  • What’s Your Story (The Line)
  • What’s Your Story Video

Absent? Complete “The Line” assignment on Google Classroom.  Read the text first and then watch the video.  Annotate the text and jot down your thinking about how your ideas change between the text and video.  We will complete the CR in class tomorrow.

Homework:

• Read 20-30 minutes
• AOW – Due Friday!

Learning Intention:

Warm-Up:

• Enter Quietly 
• Library

Classwork:

• • Compare and Contrast Lesson
  • Deconstruct Compare Contrast Paragraph (Google Classroom)

Absent? Complete the compare and contrast assignment on Google Classroom.

Homework:

• Read 20-30 minutes
• AOW – Due Friday!

Learning Intention:

Warm-Up:

• Enter Quietly 
• Independent Reading 📖

Classwork:

• • Narrative (Google Classroom) – DUE TODAY!
    • Revisions and Editing Checklist
    • RUBRIC

Absent? Finish your narrative.  We will revise and edit narratives tomorrow.

Homework:

• Read 20-30 minutes
• AOW – Due Friday!

Learning Intention: