February 1-5

Monday:  Bell Work:  Discuss these statements and which ones might persuade an audience to feel a certain way?

• Yesterday, I went to school.
• Yesterday, my mother made me go to school.
• Yesterday, I finally got to go back to school.

• How to write a claim -  Students go through on chromes
• Write a claim in Today's Meet  -discuss claim, reason, evidence
• HONORS:  Brainstorm and search for company's to write to that use sweatshops, or to find out if they use sweatshops and persuade them to never do that. Must link their source to their blog
• Tomorrow assignment will be to have a company they can write to if they choose.
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Tuesday: Journalism here first 10 min
Bell Work:  Claim examples

• Read articles or Search for an article on the Chromebooks.  Must have an article to show me at the beginning of the hour tomorrow.  They will also not be able to work in a group tomorrow.
• HONORS:  Must find a company to write to.  
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Wednesday

• Persuasive Ppt
• practice claims ppt
• As a Group  (I will need to help those that found their own article)
• Write a claim
• 2 supporting details
• explanations or details

Thursday: 

• Show Notebook example of persuasive letter with poor support and good support.
• Discuss emotional and powerful language.
• In Google Docs write the letter

Friday

• Go over letter format.
• highlight claim in YELLOW
• highlight supporting details in PINK
• Link letter to their blog

January 25-29

Monday:

• Finish the DRC test
• Library

Tuesday: Math has Chromebooks

• Youtube video on 1911 Triangle Fire
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Wednesday:  Math has Chromebooks

• Watch Mood and Tone video
• Read, stop, annotate
• mood
• tone
• summarize
• text features:  headline, subheading
• Text structure
• Using Paraphrase Plus, ask "Close Reading" questions

Thursday: Math has Chromebooks  Band is gon

• Use Activelylearn
• Discuss Mood using questions from Scope

Friday:

• Go over Central Theme, mood 
• Quiz over Article 
• Read library book

Jan 18-22

Monday:  No School

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Tuesday:

• TEST

Wednesday:

• TEST

Thursday:  Bell Work:  Read library book

• Students read " Why are your clothes so cheap"
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Friday:  Math needs Chromebooks

• Socratic Seminar

January 11-15

Monday: Bellwork:  

• Quiz over Tragedy Revealed
• Library all hour
• in text citation

Tuesday:  Bellwork:  Read library book

• Honors:  Flex room for Socratic Seminar  (pick up papers to grade)
• Go over Tragedy Revealed quiz question 1, 5, 10
• Introduce how to highlight facts with Haiti article
• Pass back graded Haiti article graded
• Highlight facts in Haiti article

Wednesday:  Bellwork: Grammar Ppt

• Go over Tragedy Revealed quiz question 1, 5, 10
• Go over Anne Frank test
• MLA Example
• Honors:  Highlight facts first
• Label 3 sources as (A,B, C)
• Do in text citation

Thursday:  Bell Work:  Read library book

• A Boy with his Hands Up
• students read poem silently
• Teacher read poem as students think about: figurative language, structure, mood, connotation
• Use Perusall to annotate poem

Friday:  Read library book

• No HOT sheet:  5th will leave early and 7th will come in late.
• Go over Perusall Annotations
• Go over 6 Word Memoir
• A Boy with his Hand up
• Today's Meet 6 word memoir   Examples:

January 4-8

Monday
No School - teacher work day

Tuesday:

• seating chart
• TText Structure Ppt -- practice taking notes

Wednesday:  Bell Work:  Grammar Ppt:  Slide 2-3.  Practice Slide 4

• Go over bell work.
• Give each group 2 text structures from end of ppt and go over in class
• Honors:  Read "Memories of Dating"

Thursday:  Subject Verb review

Pick up bellwork and notes to put in gradebook

Listen to Tragedy Revealed and discuss text structure

Honors:  Group annotate "Memories of Dating"

Friday:

Honors:  Socrative Seminar on Memories of Dating"

Finish listening to Tragedy Revealed

pass back notes and bell work