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Feb 8th
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Language Arts: Entry task: SSR book points
Target-understanding figurative/abstract language
Note taking- figurative language..
Poetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another.
Symbol is when an object, person, situation or action which stands for something else more abstract:
Imagery is a word or phrase that includes a description of something that remind of the audience of an image, sound, taste, smell or feeling to mind.
Which of these did you use in your poem? Personification, Paradox, Symbolism, Imagery, Metonymy, others?
Groups for parts of speech- relearn tags- adverb.. verb..
Late work-Turn in the Parts of Speech poem and your writing process- brainstorm, rough draft, edits, filled out rubric...
Recap Assignment-
Research 5 types of poetry- use the Brown Lit books, the Write Source book or Online Resources Take notes on the Name of the Poem, type, format- does it rhyme, syllable count, imagery, stanzas.. what rules does it have? (yellow form)
Follow directions on the white form..Brainstorm your way...inter, intra, kinesthetic, linguistic, scientific, visual,..... Use the rules of one of your researched poems or research another type..
Present Poems on Thursday- visually- linguistically-interpersonal-kinesthetically- musically
Conferences- Please have your yellow form- highlighted form, problem, solution from your portfolio! conference on the writing assessment you took last week.
Social Studies: Entry task: Grab a SS Book page 790 or Write Source page 873
Today’s focus- amendments
Groups for amendments- review jobs, expectations, groups…due dates
Divide jobs- do- Thursday Present Amendment- Jingle and court case/history
Plan- individual- group-
Work-
Present Thursday!
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Article posted February 7, 2010 at 06:59 PM GMT0 •
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Feb. 4 There is BLUE SKY out there
Article posted February 4, 2010 at 04:40 PM GMT0 •
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Language Arts: Entry task: SSR double book points
Turn in the Parts of Speech poem and your writing process- brainstorm, rough draft, edits, filled out rubric...
Research 5 types of poetry- use the Brown Lit books, the Write Source book or Online ResourcesTake notes on the Name of the Poem, type, format- does it rhyme, syllable count, imagery, stanzas.. what rules does it have? (yellow form)
Follow directions on the white form..Brainstorm your way...inter, intra, kinesthetic, linguistic, scientific, visual,..... Use the rules of one of your researched poems or research another type..
Conferences- Please have your yellow form- highlighted form, problem, solution from your portfolio! conference on the writing assessment you took last week.
Social Studies: Entry task – grad comp book and sit down for Quiz- Students come in and take the quiz- silently, by self…
Today’s focus- Vocabulary and the constitution...
The students study the vocabulary study chart for 9 minutes, then they quiz each other for another 9 minutes, then they try the "I have>>>>> Who has >>>> game. Try the game twice- the second time, time them to see how fast they can do it!
Have the students open the old Social Studies book to page 213-- (Yes, they are old, written in books, tell the kids not to look, get over the writing and focus..) Students and you read out loud the sections on : Amending the constitution and The Bill of Bights
In their comp books... have them put an entry into their table of contents.. Articles 4,5,6 14 B ( or what ever page)
Then turn to page 787-788 and take notes.. Article 4,5,6- note taking-
You be the judge: 3 cases- how would you decide- for or against and why! Legally why?
IF there is time- view section 4,5,6 of Obama's speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A8AYa5JqmU
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Article posted February 4, 2010 at 04:40 PM GMT0 •
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Feb 3
Article posted February 2, 2010 at 11:51 PM GMT0 •
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Entry task: Finish all reading test, SSR, writing assessments 15minutes
Read The absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian- Hope against Hope
Finish Gum Poem- rough draft, final draft, rubric filled out, brainstorm, edits... labeling all parts of speech
introduce new Poetry Unit
Start new Poetry Unit-
It is your job to look, analyze and understand 5 types of poetry-
Then choose you new style, that you have researched, and use the writing process to write your poem.
Brainstorm your way- you should be cognizant about your best way- Intrapersonal- by your self, interpersonal- go around and survey friends, family and others, linguistic-research- go into books, newspapers, and internet and find list of words. Historian?- research the history of your subject? Visual- draw – copy- find images and sketches… Logical/mathematical- make lists and categories Scientific- how is the species or genetics work?
Apply that brainstorming into the rough draft using the extreme quality of the words- not quantity-
Do you have rhythm or meter? (The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables). Cadence? (a pattern of sounds of the words) Alliteration? Imagery? Metaphor? Onomatopoeia? Personification? Rhyme scheme? (The sequence in which the rhyme occurs), Simile?, Stanza? - a grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme.
Social Studies: Entry task: Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Hand back 3 branches of government- please use as a formative assessment- test Wednesday!
Let’s look at the Current Event topic- see which is debatable!
This semester, I want to prepare you for high school. You have 2 grades in the grade book- 1 rigid due date grade for current events and one for volunteering
Let’s look at Obama speech-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A8AYa5JqmU
Study Vocabulary- intra personal first!
Test at end of period...
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Article posted February 2, 2010 at 11:51 PM GMT0 •
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Jan 29 Friday
Article posted January 29, 2010 at 04:54 PM GMT0 •
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Sorry about missing a couple days. The classroom overhead projection device doesn’t work and that was my motivation and ritual to do the blog. So when my kiddos walked through the door, they saw what we were working on that day...
Language Arts: Entry task: Finish all reading test, SSR, writing assessments 15minutes
Read The absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian- chapter 3-5
Finish Gum Poem
Start new Poetry Unit- It is your job to look, analyze and understand 5 types of poetry- Then choose you new style, that you have researched, and use the writing process to write your poem. Brainstorm your way- you should be cognizant about your best way- Intrapersonal- by your self, interpersonal- go around and survey friends, family and others, linguistic-research- go into books, newspapers, and internet and find list of words. Historian?- research the history of your subject? Visual- draw – copy- find images and sketches… Logical/mathematical- make lists and categories Scientific- how is the species or genetics work?
Apply that brainstorming into the rough draft using the extreme quality of the words- not quantity- Do you have rhythm or meter? (The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables). Cadence? (a pattern of sounds of the words) Alliteration? Imagery? Metaphor? Onomatopoeia? Personification? Rhyme scheme? (The sequence in which the rhyme occurs), Simile?, Stanza? - a grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme.
Turn in Gum Poem Process
Social Studies: Entry task: Correct yesterdays quiz!
High school- I asked you on Monday to do a current event. We had scored my current event, we had reviewed expectations, I handed out a paper copy and placed a electronic copy on the “S drive”. I asked you to write due Friday on the top of the paper. Did you finish and turn in your current event? We had a formative assessment day before yesterday on the 3 branches of government- You knew if and what you needed to study for the summative assessment on Thursday- Did you?
This semester, I want to prepare you for high school. I will be placing rigid due date grades in to the grade book.
Using the old Social Studies books-
Individual notes on Article 3 of the Constitution-
Checks and Balances of 3 branches of Government
Obama speech
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Article posted January 29, 2010 at 04:54 PM GMT0 •
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Jan 27- It
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Language arts: Entry Task:15 minutes..SSR, Finish writing assessment, reading test 3 test for one minute
Read Outloud- Sherman Alexie- Chapter one..While I read, you react/comment about his voice, syntax, plot, character...respond to text..
"this is my gum fool"
Palindrone- Limits- inside cove of "The absolutely true Diary of a Part-time Indian"
Gum Poem- finish...
Social Studies-get comp books- label pages.. Article two b 14?
Article 2
Finish big book connections 208-214
quiz 3s
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Article posted January 27, 2010 at 05:28 PM GMT0 •
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Monday 24th
Article posted January 24, 2010 at 06:28 PM GMT0 •
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Language Arts: Entry Task- 15 minutes SSR- or Finish Writing Assessment or Selected students are also reading 3 passages to Stockwell for 1 minute each
Gum Form-Stockwell will present his gum poem verbally and doc camera-.
A “Parts of Speech” Poem.
You can use the template on the “S drive” or create your own and label the main parts of speech: noun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, interjection, article, conjunction and pronoun…
Work period- look in at formats of poems…effort + energy + new learning = growth
- Tomorrow- changes in attitude and latitude- Headed to room 101 w/ laptop cart…writing assessment….”paradigm shift”
Social Studies: Entry Task- Engaging questions
Thank you for handing in your Composition books! There should be check marks by each entry..and a final number of entries at end- Check Zangle for your grades
Flow chart- Star the event you think was most important in the USA history-
Write it on the left side of your paper, draw a box around it… The draw arrows to the right and start writing/drawing all the impacts…bullet form
Take this “outline” and turn it into a great paragraph..
New current event headed to debate form - Let's assess and score Stockwell....
ARTICLE 2 Constitution- notetaking-
Have a great week
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Article posted January 24, 2010 at 06:28 PM GMT0 •
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January 22- Friday
Article posted January 24, 2010 at 06:18 PM GMT0 •
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Language Arts: Entry Task- discussion- I was thinking on the walk to school. What if our society wasn't linguistically based?- What if we were kinesthetically based? Those people that had the "hands on" ability or learn by doing were valued more? Those who have better attention to action not reading? Would ADD be a strength (I’ve seen AD student have amazing focus when they were involved and hands on working, drawing, painting..)? As a culture what do we view as weaknesses?
Gum Form- Interpersonal- as a class, group… buddies fill out sights, sounds, smells, memories, touch, taste about gum or a favorite item.
Either taking gum or something else you feel passionate for or against create a poem:
A “Parts of Speech” Poem.
You can use the template on the “S drive” or create your own and label the main parts of speech: noun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, interjection, article, conjunction and pronoun…
Social Studies: Entry Task- Engaging questions
5th period- Finish all decades….
6th period- video on Saving the National Treasures..
Be sure to hand in your Composition books! Graded on note taking-
Star the event you think was most important in the USA history-
Monday we will be working on a cause and effect flow chart- You will have to write, draw, symbolize all the impacts of one event…
Have a great weekend…
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Article posted January 24, 2010 at 06:18 PM GMT0 •
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Great Quote
Article posted September 21, 2009 at 02:35 PM GMT0 •
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From Lauren Groff author of The Monsters of Templeton:
"In the end, fiction is the craft of telling truth through lies..."
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Article posted September 21, 2009 at 02:35 PM GMT0 •
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