"TRAINING EASY, MISSION HARD. TRAINING HARD, MISSION EASY." - Proverb
E2H 2/26-2/27
1. brainboosters
2. Writing. Review CEC. View a model essay.
3. Write conclusion – TIPS and reminders
4. Interactive view/writing session “Smartphones” prompt
5. EPAT the writing exam.
6. NEXT CLASS: New PROMPT. BRING YOUR ESSAYS - "Smart Phones" Thursday is infrasturcture unfortunately
ALSO Difference between INFO/EXPOSITORY & ARGUMENTATIVE
7. HW: KHAN ACADEMY
H.W. Khan: DUE SATURDAY.
- Commas and adjectives
- Meet the apostrophe
- Apostrophes & plurals
- Complex and Compound complex sentences
- Phrase and clause placement
- Recognizing run-ons and comma splices
- Phrase and clause placement
- Frequently confused words - assorted
KHAN ACADEMY CODES Go to your profile. Click on COACHES. On the left, join class
ACCESS THROUGH SSO Find SSO on Cypress Bay Website The World symbol is SSO
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Period 2 Y7RHHRAX
Period 3 MB22WXDA
Period 5 N5X8BTWQ
Period 6 S5R35DUY
Period 7 9KSTCPEF
Period 8 S5A469PE
VOCABULARY.COM enter the URL each time to make sure you get class assignments
VOCABULARY.COM
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period 2 http://vocab.com/join/4C6FQY8
period 3 http://vocab.com/join/467Z4RO
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NOVEL SCHEDULES ARE POSTED IN NOVEL TAB (SEE ABOVE)
Period 2 (BRIAR ROSE) Period 6 (LORD OF THE FLIES)
Lesson 24: Wednesday 11/29 & Thursday 11/30Lesson 23:: Monday & Tuesday 11/27 & 11/28
HW: No red ink Parts of Speech part 1 Due 111/29 & 11/30
Vocabulary.com BOOK VOCABULARY, part 1 pactice & spelling bee due 11/29 & 11/30
NOVEL PART 1. See schedule (handed out in class & located in book page (see above)
1. Brain Boosters, conundrums, paradoxes and visual main ideas
2. "The Art of Listening" The Woman Who Was Death - a myth from EDGE reader
- listen to the story (replicates an FSA skill) and answer one question based on what heard
3. Second reading - student has 5 performance tasks based on "listening"
4. Student hands in performance tasks. Picks up copy of story. Annotates and answers marginals.
5. Mini-quiz next class using text packet.
6. If time, intro of book with audio (just to get the voices straight).
Coming Up: Main/Central Idea and text structure workshop
Lesson 22: Monday & Tuesday 11/20 & 11/21
HW: No red ink Parts of Speech part 1 Due 11/29
Vocabulary.com BOOK VOCABULARY, part 1 practice & spelling bee due 11/29
NOVEL PART 1. See schedule (handed out in class & located in book page (see above)
1. WARMUP
2. ACHIEVE. Check that you are up-to-date:
A New Dinosaur; Don't Look Down (reading NYPD story), Teen Brains Aren't Adult Brains
3. Are your Newsela's finished? Check.
4. Get a jump on your homework: Do some of the vocabulary & No Red Ink
5. NAVIANCE (see hand-out)
Lesson 20: Tuesday & Wednesday 11/14-11/15 HW Vocab.com "Time Travel" due next class 11/16 & 11/17
HW: NOREDINK.com Appositives, Prepositions, Adv vs Adj (due A-11/9 B-11/13).
1. Parts of Speech Reference Sheet
2. Punctuation formula #4. A, B, conj. C that contains a personification.
Punctuation formula #3. LB, S or S, RB that contains a preposition and hyperbole. SEE POS SHEET:
3. Review semi-colon, comma quiz.
4. PLAN/WRITE your "Art of Listening" Essay using the 3 sources (2 on paper, 1 on line).
5. On Thursday: novel, schedule and guiding interactive notebook. Some background. Achieve and USA Test Prep
Lesson 19: Thursday & Monday 11/9-11/13 HW Vocab.com "Time Travel"
HW: NOREDINK.com Appositives, Prepositions, Adv vs Adj (due A-11/9 B-11/13).
1. Semi-Colons, commas and following auditory directions... pop quiz/sentence fragments (some periods)
2. Newsela Article. Additional source material. List source and support on doodle sheet
3. Start organizing response on double-sided graphic organizer.
NEXT LESSON. Writing the essay. (Tues & Wed.) Thurs and Friday (short story)
Tuesday and Wednesday. Novel packet and book. Schedule.
Lesson 18: Tuesday & Wednesday 11/7-11/8 HW Quotations
HW: NOREDINK.com Appositives, Prepositions, Adv vs Adj (due A-11/9 B-11/13).
1. Semi-Colons, commas and following auditory directions... pop quiz
2. Punctuation formulas, auditory directions and vocabulary words.
3. INTRODUCING EXPOSITORY WRITING. Packets. Graphic Organizer guide. Articles. Prompt
4. Start laying it out. To be continued.
Lesson 17: Thursday, Friday, Monday 11/2, 11/3, 11/6 HW Metaphors by Robert Frost
Making Claims. Quotes and Visuals.
1. SYMBOLS. Post-it and reference sheet.
2. Introducing synthesizing quotes, pictures and designated tasks -
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain."
(SEE PHOTO QUOTE PAGE)
3. Richard Cory & Metaphors by Robert Frost. Rhyme scheme and stanzas.
BINDER CHECK.
ALL PAST DUE... last call
Lesson 16: Monday 10/30 (A day); Thursday 11/2 (B day)
H.W. due Thurs 11/2 (B) and Fri 11/3 (A) Notebook check.
Puzzle.
Edgar A. Poe - 6 word summary of Rap Lyric (Pit and Pendulum). Tone and two themes.
On reverse side, writing a narrative making connections (Genre: Horror) Smooth transitions
Based on 3 pictures and captions (hand-out in class)
1. Visual photo from 19th century of woman sitting at dressing table
(manipulating the reader into seeing what's not there).
2. Halloween Puzzle - using elimination
3. Rap Lyrics to "Pit and the Pendulum" - view the video rap
- Q & A what happened?
- teacher acts out/explains the story
Newsela (see 3, 4, 5, 6 of lesson 15) & Vocabulary.com (Halloween List)
Lesson 15: Friday 0/27 & Monday 10/30
H.W. due Tues (B- 10/31) ALL CLASSES
- Newsela (see 3, 4, 5, 6) & Vocabulary.com (Halloween List)
1. Visuals. Stated Main Idea and Implied Main Idea
2. The Paradox of our Times (this will be done in period 7 & 8 next week)
3. Continue: Go to Presentations/Media Download the powerpoint on Main idea.
View it in slideshow. It is interactive. (Begin with slide 1 icon is at top left).
If powerpoint asks you to do something, skip that step.
3. Finish Newsela (past due)
Metaphor in Rap Lyrics (all classes) and
"Emoji" (pd 7 & 8); Legend of Perseus (pd 5)
4. New: vocabulary.com Halloween list - Hainsworth (practice only)
5. NEWSELA. "Time Machine (1892): The Customs of Halloween" read, quiz, write
6. NEWSELA "Airbnd Velcomes You to Bran Castle" read, quiz, write
Lesson 14: Wed. & Thurs & Tuesday 10/25-10/26
1. Puzzle. Then
2. Go to Presentations/Media Download the powerpoint on Main idea.
View it in slideshow. It is interactive.
If powerpoint asks you to do something, skip the step. IMPORTANT
3. Catching up on anything missing, e.g. NRI, Achieve, Newsela, Vocabulary.com
4. New: vocabulary.com Halloween list - Hainsworth (practice only)
5. NEWSELA. "Time Machine (1892): The Customs of Halloween" read, quiz, write
6. NEWSELA "Airbnd Velcomes You to Bran Castle" read, quiz, write
(due 11/30-11/31)
Lesson 13: CATCH UP
Lesson 12: Monday & Tuesday 10/16-10/17 QUIz on part 3 of novel 10/18 (B) and 10/19 (A)
Packet due next Monday and Tuesday
Directions for project on 10/18 and 10/19 due 10/24 (A) and 10/23 (B)
- Figurative Language meets punctuation formula (poster activity using color) FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE HAND-OUT
- COMPLETE QUIZ
- LAPTOPS: Newsela. MUST GO THROUGH BROWARD SSO. "Finding Metaphors in Hit Songs and Poems" read, quiz and write
- ACHIEVE 3000 (in class only). “Never Give Up” and “The Teen Brain” (search using the magnifying glass) – most of you finished this
- New story: “GIVING THE PUBLIC A VOICE.” (40 minutes)
Lesson 11: Thursday & Friday 10/12-10/13
- Post-it
- Review the difference between stated and implied main idea USING VISUAL ILLUSIONS
- QUIZ on part 2 of the novel
- ACHIEVE 3000 (in class only). “Never Give Up” and “The Teen Brain” (search using the magnifying glass) – most of you finished this
- New story: “GIVING THE PUBLIC A VOICE.” (40 minutes)
Lesson 10: Monday 10/9 (B) Tuesday 10/10 (A)
- Post-it & room assignments
- Global and Science sections - check out the answers (45 minutes) – use your answer sheet
- ACHIEVE 3000 (in class only). “Never Give Up” and “The Teen Brain” (search using the magnifying glass) – most of you finished this
- New story: “GIVING THE PUBLIC A VOICE.” (40 minutes)
LAPTOP. Get your accounts straightened out.
Noredink.com class code: free drawer 67 (pd 2) five pail 11 (pd 6) Always do the lesson before the practice
Past due: sentences and fragments, conjunctions
Due 10/11 (tomorrow): Subject verb, subject verb agreement, parallelism
Vocabulary.com class code: http://vocab.com/join/4C6FQY8 (pd 2) http://vocab.com/join/3ZG3Z72 (pd 6) (you need this to see the assignments)
PAST DUE: PD 2 Lord of the Flies. Practice & spelling bee… some of you have done only 1 of these PD 6 Briar Rose Practice & spelling bee
NEW: . Practice & spelling bee FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Part 1 Due 10/17
On FRIDAY, 10/13 you will finish last week’s
(PD 2) "Lord of the Flies” quiz. There will also be a quiz on Chapter 5-8 (10/13).
The book and packet are to be completed on 10/19 (final test chapter 1-12). A small project will be assigned on 10/17. It will be due 10/23.
(PD 6) "Briar Rose” quiz. There will also be a quiz on Chapter 13-24 (10/12).
The book and packet are to be completed on 10/20 (final test chapter 1-24). A small project will be assigned on 10/18. It will be due 10/24.
PSAT Practice. Hints, str
Lesson 9: Week of 10/3
PSAT Practice. Hints, strategies, section 1 & 2 of the reading - literary & social science
Lesson 8: Thursday 9/28 (A) - Friday 9/28 (B)
Due today: Novel reading and packet, part 1; Sniper packet, 100% Vocabulary.com
Due 10/6 PART 2 of the Novel... plus packet, Noredink CONJUNCTIONS due 10/6
- WARM-UP (VIZ words, HOT) Left side; right side
- Quiz: performance tasks... character, comparisons, cause and effect; citations and inference
Lesson 7: Monday 9/25 (B) - Tuesday 9/26 (A)
NOREDINK due 9/25 DUE THURS 100% vocabulary.com (novel); Part 1 of novel. Quiz.
Quiz will include novel (part 1 - see schedule/tab above) plus a few Sniper ?
Sniper packet due after quiz Noredink CONJUNCTIONS due 10/6
- WARM-UP (brain boosting) - 20 minutes
- Discussion about novel and schedule - 10 minutes
- Short background presentation - 10 minutes
- Listen only - 10 minutes on-spot mini quiz
- Complete packet... short story "The Sniper" - 40 minutes
Lesson 6a: Monday 9/18 (A) - Friday 9/22 (B)
H.W. Noredink (by 9/25) Vocabulary.com (50% by 9/22) (100% by 9/27)
- Do Now
- Do Now
- Finish FAIR
- FIinish ACHIEVE 3000 (SSO) Level Set
- Do another article "Never Give Up" about marathon running
- Create www.noredink.com accounts
CLASS CODES: period 2 free drawer 67
period 6 five pail 11
- set up your preferences
- diagnostic on sentences and fragments (needs to be completed by Friday Morning) - Master Classes (about 60 minutes total) - SIGN UP FOR VOCABULARY.COM You must use the Join code (SEE LAPTOPS ON LINE). Use this on every device. You "novel list" of words is on-line. 50% by end of the week (9/22); 100% by 9/27
- BOOK DISTRIBUTION / PACKETS Schedules on Novel Page (see navigation bar at the top)
Lesson 6: Tuesday 9/5 (A) - Wednesday 9/6 (B)
- Do Now NOREDINK set up and first assignment due next class (9/7 & 9/8)
- Level set (achieve empower) tutorial/film
- FAIR TEST (in class) Complete
- ACHIEVE 3000 (SSO) Level Set
- Create www.noredink.com accounts
CLASS CODES: period 2 free drawer 67
period 6 five pail 11
- set up your preferences
- diagnostic on sentences and fragments (completed by next class) - NEWSELA. Article about ancient Mespotamia (BROWARD SINGLE SIGN-ON) Accounts already set up - can be finished next class.
Lesson 5: Thursday 8/31 (A) - Friday 9/1 (B) No H.W. Enjoy the holiday weekend
- Post-it HW COLLECTION Paint Swatch Haiku due TODAY 8/31 (A) 9/1 (B)
- Brain Boosters
- How to jump start your brain using a pencil
- Broward Single Sign-on
- FAIR TEST (in class) completed
- Create www.noredink.com accounts
CLASS CODES: period 2 free drawer 67
period 6 five pail 11
- set up your preferences
- diagnostic on sentences and fragments (complete in class - Lesson 4 (8/31 & 9/1) - NEWSELA. Do assigned article. If you don't get 100%, go to the next lowest lexile level until you do.
- Notebook Check
- First handout: Punctuation Formulas. Goes in Reference section. It must be in class EVERY DAY!
- NO HOMEWORK. Enjoy the holiday weekend.
Lesson 4: Tuesday 8/29 (A) - Wednesday 8/30 (B)
- Do Now Paint Swatch Haiku due 8/31 (A) 9/1 (B)
- Broward Single Sign-on
- FAIR TEST (in class)
- Create www.noredink.com accounts
CLASS CODES: period 2 free drawer 67
period 6 five pail 11
- set up your preferences
- diagnostic on sentences and fragments (complete in class - Lesson 4 (8/31 & 9/1)