Thursday 10/17/19 – Language Arts
Good Morning, Class!
Please come in quietly, sit, and take out:
- Chromebook
- earbuds / headphones
Per. 3 (9:33-10:47) – Digital Information Literacy
Learning Target: Students will be able to improve their preparedness for responding to an earthquake.
Expectations for Great California Shakeout at 10:17
Learning Target: Students will be able to choose suitable topics for research.
On Classroom, open Choosing a Suitable Research Topic assignment.
- Engage: Discuss
- Explore: Parts of a Research Project
- Explain: How to Develop a Good Research Topic
- Apply: Explore topics (do not pick one yet)
Per. 1 (11:36-12:50) – Language Arts
Please come in quietly, sit, and take out:
- agenda
- Chromebook
- earbuds / headphones
Write Homework in Agenda:
- Read 20+ pages and log on Biblionasium:
- Title/author
- p. ____ to p. ____
- Big Thing that Happened (2-3 sentences: Who? What? When/Where? How? Why?) + 1 prior knowledge, question, prediction, inference, connection, or word you figured out using syntax/etymology/context clues
- Finish Figurative Language sheet (similes and metaphors).
- Charge Chromebook!
On Classroom, open ReadWorks and do Article-a-Day.
- Follow directions and be prepared to share in 6 minutes.
Learning Target: Students will be able to acquire and use academic words and phrases.
On StudySync, open Academic Vocab Lesson 2
- Do Your Turn #3, first 5 sentences (split screen with Model)
Learning Target: Students will be able to define figurative language and different figures of speech and practice using concrete strategies for identifying and interpreting figures of speech.
On Classroom, open Figurative Language – Unit 1 assignment. Have Turning Points book ready.
- Similes: Watch video (click on image), define underneath, study example, analyze. Find second example and analyze
- Metaphor: Watch video (click on image), define underneath, study example, analyze. Find second example and analyze
Learning Target: Students will be able to understand what it means to participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations to express ideas and build upon the ideas of others.
On StudySync, open The Road Not Taken assignment
- SyncTV / Discussion
- ACE Think questions 6-8