January 10 2019

Thursday 1/10/19 – Language Arts

Good Morning, Class!

Please come in quietly and take out:

  • Chromebook

Per. 3 (9:33-10:47) – Speech and Debate
Image result for commercial time

Learning Target copy

Learning Target: Students will be able to create an advertisement campaign for a newly designed product or cause utilizing one or more persuasive technique: logos, ethos, pathos.

Open Commercial Requirements doc on Classroom

  • Choose groups
  • Brainstorm product/service/cause
  • Start planning advertisement

Per. 2 (11:36-12:50) – Language Arts

Please come in quietly and take out:

  • Our Heroes (white book) from bin
  • Chromebook

Learning Target copy

Learning Target:  Students will be able to answer comprehension questions about a text by re-reading closely and thinking and inferring from textual details.

Open Close Read: Freedom Walkers assignment on StudySync

  • Comp:
    • Read the question carefully at least once.
    • Refer to the text and read to gain context and understanding
    • Examine every answer choice and rule out the “bad” ones
    • Re-read the question and pick the best answer choice
  • Write:
    • Open Google doc from within SS
    • Brainstorm: Make a list (t-chart, Venn Diagram) of details about Claudette and Rosa using evidence from both texts
    • Form your idea
    • Begin writing
    • Proofread (whisper read text out loud to yourself) and fix any mistakes
  • Peer Reviews:
    • Read the essay carefully all the way through
    • Stop and think about each question/rubric item
    • Write helpful feedback (as many things they did well as you want to mention, 1 thing to work on next time)

Group 1: Skill: Connecting Ideas & Close Read essay

Group 2: Read Freedom Walkers Ch. 3: Rosa Parks and complete doc on Classroom

 

Homework:

  1. Read 25+ pages and log (on Biblionasium/Destiny):
    1. Title/author
    2. p. ____ to p. ____
    3. BTH (1-2 sentences: Who? What? When? Where?) + 1 visualization, thick question, use of context clues, or inference
  2. Complete Close Read: Freedom Walkers (including peer reviews) and turn in on StudySync.
  3. Academic Vocabulary L6 on StudySync (due Fri. 1/18).


Posted January 10, 2019 by missnichols in category Language Arts, Miss Nichols' posts

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I am a teacher of 6th grade honors language arts and math at Jane Addams Middle School in Lawndale, CA.

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