February 7
2018
Wednesday 2/8/18 – Language Arts
Good Morning, Class!
Please take out:
- Freedom Walkers book
- Chromebook
- earbuds / headphones
Per. 2 (8:15-9:29)
Finish Gandhi/MLK Graphic Organizer and turn in on Classroom.
Write comparison paragraph on StudySync and submit.
Learning Target: Students will be able to demonstrate comprehension on an initial reading of a poem.
Open I, Too, Sing America assignment on StudySync
- Intro: Read paragraph, view video, preview vocabulary
- Read: As you read the poem, annotate any questions that come to mind
- Think: ACE Think questions
Learning Target: Students will be use concrete strategies for identifying the author’s tone in a poem and other texts.
Open Tone notetaking doc on Classroom and assignment on StudySync
- Define: View video and review vocab in chart
- Answer questions on doc
- Model: Study the Identification and Application section
- Teacher Model: “I Hear America Singing”
- Partner Practice: “I, Too”
- Your Turn: Independent practice
- Apply: Go back to the I, Too, Sing America assignment and use your new knowledge of tone to complete the Write prompt
Homework:
- Read 25+ pages and log on Biblionasium:
- Title
- p. ____ to p. ____
- Big Thing that Happened (1-2 sentences: Who? What? When? Where?) + 1 question, prediction, inference, connection, visualization, or new word and how you guessed its meaning
- Finish all work on Classroom and StudySync and turn in!
Advisory (9:33-10:21)
- Bengal News
- Disney clothing Spirit Count
- Self-Discipline: What is it?
- Which aspect of self-discipline could you develop more of?
- Read the examples of a lack of self-discipline and having self-discipline.
- What are some possible consequences of having or not having self-discipline?
- Go to one of the links in the article to find out more about how to develop self-discipline in a certain area.
- What tips did you learn?
- Share out findings with the class.