January 14 2019

Monday 1/14/19 – Language Arts

Good Morning, Class!

Please come in quietly and take out:

  • Group 2: Freedom Walkers book
  • headphones / earbuds
  • Chromebook

Per. 1 (8:15-9:05) – Language Arts

Learning Target copy

Learning Target:  Students will be able to:

  1. Perform an initial reading of a text and demonstrate comprehension by responding to short analysis and inference questions with textual evidence.
  2. Practice defining vocabulary words using context.
  3. Participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations to express ideas and build upon the ideas of others.

Open Sunrise Over Fallujah on StudySync

  • Intro: Read together (refer to Introduction Glossary if you have it in Scaffolds)
  • (Skip Vocab for now)
  • Read / Build Background:
    • Each pair will be assigned a topic number to research
    • Open the link provided
    • Go back to Intro tab and open Scaffolds. Find the same number as your topic and research answers to those questions.
    • Present to class (pairs who did the same topic can add more info)
  • Read: Read with or without audio. Annotate using the Annotation Guide in Scaffolds bar.
  • Think: ACE the three Think questions
  • (HW) Vocab: Definitions and Sample Sentences

Per. 2 (9:08-9:56)

Group 1: (on SS) First Read: A Great American Hero & Re-read 1: A Great American Hero

Group 2: FW Ch. 4: Martin Luther King, Jr. (complete doc on Classroom)

 

Homework:

  1. Read 25+ pages and log on Biblionasium:
    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. Finish First Read: Sunrise Over Fallujah on StudySync.
  3. Academic Vocab Lesson 6 (due Fri.)

Per. 3 (10:01-10:49) – Speech & Debate

Image result for wevideo academy

What is WeVideo?

  • Complete Commercial Requirements and Commercial Script
  • When (and only when) your script is ready, study WeVideo tutorials in this order:
    • Quick WeVideo Basics: What is WeVideo?
    • Get to Know the Dashboard: Projects
    • Dashboard
    • Media
    • Quick WeVideo Basics: Upload Clips
    • Storyboard
    • Timeline
    • Publish Your Video
    • Lessons & Master Classes: Record Better Video
  • Tomorrow we will work on getting WeVideo accounts and start taking video footage/gathering clips


Posted January 14, 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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