BOOKCOVER PROJECT SEE HANDOUTS
SEE LAPTOPS ON LINE FOR ALL CODESL REMIND, VOCABULARY.com, NOREDINK.COM, Newsela
BINDER TABS: 1. Reference 2. Selections 3. FSA 4. Novels 5. Misc.
WEBSITE www.jhainsworth.educatorpages.com in the LAPTOPS ON LINE PAGE.
IR 2/26/18 & 2/27/18 & 2/28 Hainsworth (h.w. on bottom) KHAN & VOCAB.COM
1. Brainboosters
2. Mini Movie on MAIN IDEA. HIGHLIGHT MAIN IDEA.
3. Writing. Review CEC. APPLES & ORANGES on Wed. How to write an essay. Some Tips
4. LAPTOPS/PAPER:
ACHIEVE: Last Call for “CONSTANT COMMUNICATION”
Common Lit.
#1 “ROUGHING IT. LOST IN THE SNOW.”
#2 If you did not finish AMIGO BROTHERS the score goes in tonight
SHORT RESPONSE must include
Restatement of task (question/prompt); claim,
evidence (from text) and commentary.
MUST BE GRAMATICALLY CORRECT FULL SENTENCES.
5. 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
5. HW: Vocabulary.com
FSA list_4 PRACTICE and SPELLING due by Monday 5 at 7 AM
Wednesday/Thursday: We will review part of FSA practice test; we will write an essay opening; we will start looking at “Roughing it”
2/28 period 5, 7 & 8
IR 2/27/18 Period 5
1. Brain Boosters
2. Writing clues. CEC. Apples & Oranges
3. Lost in the Snow: review on paper. Strategies for answers.
4. Laptops:
Vocabulary.com Complete FSA 2 quiz.
Common Lit – all outstanding (except LOST IN THE SNOW which is complete)
5. H.W. KHAN ACADEMY
DUE SATURDAY 3/3
HW: KHAN ACADEMY WEEK OF 2/26-3/3
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
6. H.W. VOCABULARY FSA_4 Practice and Spelling
DUE MONDAY 3/5
7. ACHIEVE EXTRA CREDIT
Articles for extra credit
February-March:
- One Billion Trees
- Olympic Highlights
- Post WWII: The Elephants Return
- Teen Running for Governor
- A Flag in the Ocean
- Women Who Changed the World
- A Space Pizza Delivery
- Doing What's Right
- Shaking Stops, Twittering Begins
8. ON THURSDAY: we will review the FSA practice test, do main idea highlights and 1 achieve in class.
IR 2/23/18 Hainsworth
PERIOD 8 COMMON LIT CODE IS 5NNRLJ
Other Classes are at the bottom of the calendar
1. brain boosters – jot your answers on the bottom of this sheet.
2. short video on Main Idea
3. Laptops: VERY IMPORTANT
Commonlit.org IN THIS ORDER
1. “Roughing It: Lost in the Snow” by Mark Twain. This must be completed.
WE WILL BE RE-VISITING THIS AS A CLASS AT THE NEXT LESSON.
` WE WILL ALSO REVIEW THE FSA PRACTICE NEXT PERIOD.
SHORT RESPONSE ANSWERS ARE IMPORTANT... YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO DO THIS PROPERLY
The short answer response must include
-CLAIM (make a claim – also restate prompt or question)
-EVIDENCE (details and/or quote from the text)
-COMMENTARY (your opinion and how the evidence proves your claim)
FULL SENTENCES. Grammar, punctuation, word choice all count.
2. IF YOU DIDN’T FINISH “AMIGO BROTHERS” this is the LAST day. I am putting the grades
INTO pinnacle TOMORROW morning.
3. Period 3: "Autism" and "Mummies"
Period 5: “THE WORST BIRTHDAY” must also be finished – it is a month late.
Period 7, 8: "AUTISM" and "JUPITER AND HIS MIGHTY COMPANY"
HOMEWORK: I will post the FSA_4 list and more KHAN (due next Friday).
If you did not do FSA3 (practice and spelling) your grade will be ZERO on Monday morning. – Just sayin’!!!
We are in crunch time now. Next week I will do a few short writing lessons so it’s important you keep up with the reading.
PERIOD 8 COMMON LIT CODE IS 5NNRLJ
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
Period 1 BWHNZH87
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
period 1 http://vocab.com/join/3J6RHPX
period 2 http://vocab.com/join/4C6FQY8
period 3 http://vocab.com/join/467Z4RO
period 5 http://vocab.com/join/3YG8X2H
period 6 http://vocab.com/join/3ZG3Z72
period 7 http://vocab.com/join/25CR1N4
period 8 http://vocab.com/join/4G8QHM
NOVEL SCHEDULES ARE POSTED IN NOVEL TAB (SEE ABOVE)
Period 3 (DIVERGENT) Period 5 (HARRY POTTER) Period 7 & 8 (LIGHTNING THIEF)
Lesson 26: 12/7 and 12/8.
HW due: Novel Part 1 plus packet (click on novel tab above for test and packet requirements).
FACE FACTS vocabulary PAST DUE.
- QUIZ on novel.
- Written response
- Vocabulary.com quiz
- If time: Achieve, Newsela
Lesson 25: 12/5 and 12/6 (Tues. & Wed.)
HW due today Vocabulary.com FACE FACTS Next class: Novel Part 1 (packet/quiz)
- Nouns: Common, Proper, Concrete, Abstract - Identifying Subjects
- Finding the main idea by sorting details first
- Introduction to FACE FACTS: Quotation responses Let's make some faces
- Audio/text interactive reading guide: FACE FACTS (Edge)
- PAST DUE: Vocabulary.com for NOVEL (practice and spelling); NRI Parts of Speech.
Lesson 24: 12/1 and 12/4
- Post it. What’s your best subject in school? Why do you think you’re good at it? Explain.
- HIGHLIGHT YOUR BRAIN using 3 colors. THE GOOD, THE CHALLENGED, THE OK
- Cause and effect graphic organizer
- LAPTOPS: Achieve 3000:
DID WEATHER CHANGE, OLD CITY COMES TO LIFE, WELCOME HOME
NEW: LOOKS GREAT BUT IS IT? MUST USE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER FOR THIS ARTICLE.
HOMEWORK:
- VOCABULARY.COM HW: Face Facts (practice) for next EDGE story. Due 12/5 & 12/6
- Past due NRI Parts of Speech. Novel part 1 vocabulary.
- Part 1 of novel due 12/7 and 12/8 (quiz) SEE SCHEDULE ON WEBSITE (you have paper copy)
Lesson 23:: Monday & Tuesday 11/27 & 11/28
HW: No red ink Parts of Speech part 1 Due 11/29& 11/30
Vocabulary.com BOOK VOCABULARY, part 1 practice & 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. Finish up Test on "My Left Foot" if you needed extended time
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
Lesson 21: Thurs & Friday 11/16-11/17
Test on "My Left Foot" - you will use guiding questions; it will
be attached to your test results & graded
Lesson 20: Tuesday & Wednesday 11/14-11/15
HW: No red ink "appositive" past due
DUE 11/16 Test on "My Left Foot" - you will use guiding questions; it will
be attached to your test results & graded
Due 11/16 Newsela and USA Test Prep so use class time wisely
1. 20 minutes to finish up guiding questions for "My Left Foot" (work alone)
2. If possible, a film clip from the movie
3. LAPTOP
-sign-up for USA TEST PREP. Follow directions on hand-out
_ASSIGNMENT: SENTENCE VS FRAGMENTS
4. NEWSELA. GET THE HAND-OUT.
A. "Mental Stresses Rise Among Students" (set up for Novel)
Read & Fill out hand-out; Quiz and write
B. Make sure you completed "Why it is mindful about what you post on-line."
Lesson 19: Thursday & Monday 11/9-11/13
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)
VISUAL PARADOX.
2. Film Clip of "My Left Foot" 30 minutes working on side 1 of "My Left Foot" 1 side completed.
You may Quietly collaborate but each student must have their own answers.
LAPTOPS
3. ACHIEVE: "Did Weather Change History" including Stretch Activity
4. NEWSELA. Must finish: "Why it's important to be mindful of on-line" and "Metaphors in Song Lyrics"
5. HW. COMPLETE NEWSELA (including WRITE) MUST DO THE 2 ABOVE BY NEXT CLASS.
Next Lesson. Review mini-quiz Semi-colons & commas. Finish "My Left Foot" (quiz on Thurs & Friday)..
Lesson 18: Tuesday & Wednesday 11/7-11/8
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. MY LEFT FOOT. Audio. Can you write an A with your left foot?
4. Guiding Questions for My Left Foot.
Lesson 17: Thursday, Friday, Monday 11/2, 11/3, 11/6
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."
3. Richard Cory & Metaphors by Robert Frost. Rhyme scheme and stanzas.
BINDER CHECK.
ALL PAST DUE... last call
Lesson 16: Tuesday & Wednesday 10/31-11/1
HALLOWEEN.
Vocabulary.com (Halloween List) DUE
1. Puzzle
2. RAP. "The Pit and the Pendulum" respond in 6 words
3. Written Narrative based on 3 photos and captions... natural transitions
Lesson 15: Friday & Monday 10/27-10/30
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 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
HW: 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)
ALSO DUE: Figurative Language on Vocabulary.com (practice & spelling)
Noredink (all outstanding assignments). Click on “previous” and check
RESULTS (top left) to make sure you did it all
IR “My Left Foot" practice and spelling bee
- Figurative Language meets punctuation formula (poster activity using color) FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE HAND-OUT
- COMPLETE QUIZ (a few of you).
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 10/12 (B) - Friday 10/13 (A) SEE NOVEL PAGE FOR REVISED SCHEDULE
Due today: Novel reading and packet, part 2;
NO RED INK WAS DUE 10/10 Subject Verb, Subject Verb Agreement & Parallelism - VOCAB.COM (MY LEFT FOOT)
- QUIZ ON PART 2 OF THE NOVEL
- COMPLETE LAST WEEK'S QUIZ (if unfinished)
- 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)
NEWSELA: each class is assigned a different article relating to novel. READ, DO THE 4 QUESTIONS, DO THE WRITE (graded)
Lesson 10: Tuesday 10/10 (A), Monday 10/9 (B) TO BE CONTINUED IN Next Lesson (see above)
Due today: Novel reading and packet, part 1; Sniper packet, 100% Vocabulary.com
Post-it
- Global and Science sections - check out the answers (45 minutes)
- 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: pd 3 - clear neck 74 pd 5 - silent hands 74 pd 7 - greasy glue 48 pd 8 - low jersey 68 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:
(pd 3) http://vocab.com/join/467Z4R0 (you need this to see the assignments)
(pd 5) http://vocab.com/join/3YG8X2H (you need this to see the assignments)
(pd 7) http://vocab.com/join/467Z4R0 (you need this to see the assignments)
(pd 8) http://vocab.com/join/4G8QHM (you need this to see the assignments)
Your account in your English Class is different from this Reading Class account.
PAST DUE: (pd 3) Z for Zachariah. (pd 5) The Lightning Thief (Pd 7) Divergent (Pd 8) Divergent - Practice & spelling bee…
some of you have done only 1 of these
(All classes): My Left Foot. Practice & spelling bee
On THURSDAY(10/12) & FRIDAY, 10/13 you will finish last week’s quiz. There will also be a quiz on the middle chapters (see web page with book title (Top navigation bar) schedule for chapters and page numbers)
The book and packet, plus the final text will be due on 10/19 for period 3 and 10/18 for period 5, 7 and 8. A small project will be assigned on 10/17 (due 10/23) (pd 3) and 10/18 (pd 5, 7, 8) (due 10/23). NOTHING WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THOSE DATES AS THEY ARE END OF QUARTER ASSESSMENTS.
Lesson 9: Thursday 10/4, 10/5 & 10/6/28 (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)
Vocabulary.com My Left Foot
Due 10/6 No Red Ink CONJUNCTIONS due 10/6
Due 10/10 No Red Ink Subject Verb, Subject Verb Agreement, Parallelism
Vocabulary.com "My Left Foot"
Quiz on Novel (part 2) next Thursday and Friday (adjusting due dates because quarter extended a week BCPS)
- PSAT TIPS
- My Left Foot Bio mindmap introduction (books, index cards)
- LAPTOP/MAKE-UP QUIZZES: No Red Ink 1. Subject Verb 2. Subject Verb Agreement 3. Parallelism
- VOCABULARY.COM "My Left Foot"
- ACHIEVE 3000: "Don't Give Up" and "TEEN BRAIN..." (Main Idea hand-out
Lesson 8: Thursday 9/28 (A) - Friday 9/29 (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
Vocabulary.com "My Left Foot"
- WARM-UP (VIZ words, HOT) Left side; right side
- Quiz: performance tasks... character, comparison
Lesson 7: Monday 9/25 (B) - Tuesday 9/26
50% Vocab.com due
- WARM-UP (brain boosting) - 20 minutes
- Discussion about novel and schedule - 10 minutes
- Short background presentation - 10 minutes
- Listen only - 10 minutes
- 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
- Finish FAIR
- FIinish ACHIEVE 3000 (SSO) Level Set
- Do another article "Never Give Up" about marathon running
- Create www.noredink.com accounts
SEE LAPTOPS ON LINE FOR JOIN CODE
- 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
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 3 clear neck 74
period 5 silent hands 74
period 7 greasy glue 48
period 8 low jersey 68CLASS CODES: period 2 free drawer 67
- 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)
- Post-it Paint Swatch Haiku due TODAY 8/31 (A) 9/1 (B)
- Brain Boosters (intro to paradox)
- First handout: Punctuation Formulas. Goes in Reference section. It must be in class EVERY DAY!
- Broward Single Sign-on
- FAIR TEST (in class) completed
- Create Noredink.com accounts IF YOU DID NOT DO IT DURING LESSON 4
SEE CLASS CODES (ABOVE & on "LAPTOPS ON LINE")
- set up your preferences
- diagnostic on sentences and fragments (complete in class - Lesson 4 (8/31 & 9/1) - NEWSELA (on SSO dashboard). Do assigned article. If you don't get 100%, go to the next lowest lexile level until you do.
- Notebook Check
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 3 clear neck 74
period 5 silent hands 74
period 7 greasy glue 48
period 8 low jersey 68
- set up your preferences
- diagnostic on sentences and fragments (complete in class - Lesson 4 (8/31 & 9/1)