January 2016
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Homework/Important Dates Membean January 31, 2016 180 minutes Book Club Week 1 Monday, January 11, 2016 Warm-up Stay seated, but take some time to catch up with your neighbors AFTER you have updated your agenda!
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Today s Agenda Touchstone Assessment Learning Target Touchstone Assessment
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Touchstone Assessment Record your responses on a blank sheet of paper. You only have to write the letter of the correct answer. When you finish your assessment, please turn your answers into the class tray. Turn the test into the basket beside the class trays.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Homework/Important Dates Membean January 31, 2016 180 minutes Book Club Week 1 Monday, January 11, 2016 Warm-up Stay seated, but take some time to catch up with your neighbors AFTER you have updated your agenda!
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Today s Agenda Touchstone Assessment Book Club Beginnings Book Club Week #1 Learning Target Touchstone Assessment I can make predications about what I am reading based on first impressions using the title and cover of the book.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Touchstone Assessment Record your responses on a blank sheet of paper. You only have to write the letter of the correct answer. When you finish your assessment, please turn your answers into the class tray. Turn the test into the basket beside the class trays. Book Club Beginnings Pick up a copy of the book your group selected from the cart. Sign it out. Complete Making Predictions Begin reading. Use post-it notes to continue the active reading strategies we have learned throughout the year.
Thursday, January 7, 2016 Homework/Important Dates Membean January 31, 2016 180 minutes Book Club Week 1 Monday, January 11, 2016 Warm-up Place your Making Predictions on the corner of your desk. Pick up the irespond remote that cooresponds with the your ELA Number (the number on your desk!). Stay seated, but take some time to catch up with your neighbors AFTER you have updated your agenda!
Thursday, January 7, 2016 Today s Agenda Touchstone Assessment enter in irespond Book Club Predictions & Task Assignment Subject/Predicate Review Learning Target I can define what subjects and predicates are and how they work in sentences.
Touchstone Assessment Enter answers using your irespond remote. Thursday, January 7, 2016
Thursday, January 7, 2016 Discussion Director Capable Connector Word Wizard Artful Artist Literary Luminary
Thursday, January 7, 2016 Book Club Task Assignment Random Assignment Book Club Predictions Discuss your predictions with your group. Come up with three questions you have about your book and record them on the chart paper. (Be sure you write legibly!) Subject and Predicate Foldable Use the example provided to set up your subject and predicate foldable. You are allowed to color the foldable after you finish, but you do not have to!
Monday, January 11, 2016 MOVE INTO YOUR BOOK CLUB GROUPS!!! Homework/Important Dates Membean January 31, 2016 180 minutes Book Club Week 2 Tuesday, January 19, 2016 Warm-up Place your Book Club Week #1 Task on the corner of your desk. Talk quietly with your group. Catch up on your weekend!!!
Monday, January 11, 2016 Today s Agenda Book Club Week #1 Discussions Book Club Week #1 Summary Book Club Week #1 Reflection Meet with Mrs. Burchette Book Club Week #2 Tasks Membean Conferences Learning Target I can analyze how details and evidence within the text supports what the author states directly and what he/she implies.
Monday, January 11, 2016 Book Club Week #1 Discussion 30 minutes Split your discussion up between each of the roles. Discuss and add to each of the assignments each member completed. Book Club Week #1 Summary 20 minutes Complete the summary activity. Each group member should have their own copy. Book Club Week #1 Reflection 10 minutes Reflect on member contributions to the discussions Book Club Week #2 Reading Being reading your week #2 chapters. Book Club Week #2 Tasks during book club meeting Membean Conference during book club meeting
Exit Ticket What questions do you have about your book? What predictions do you have about your book? Monday, January 11, 2016
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Homework/Important Dates Membean January 31, 2016 180 minutes Book Club Week 2 Tuesday, January 19, 2016 Warm-up Staple your Book Club Week #1 materials and turn them into the class tray. Take out your Subject/Predicate Foldable and place it on the corner of your desk. Journal: Choose one of the following journal prompts Make one New Year's resolution. How will you establish a routine to keep it? In the New Year, what school subject will you promise yourself to improve? How will you do that?
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Today s Agenda Journal Subjects and Predicates Foldable Check Notes Review Game Learning Target I can define what subjects and predicates are and explain how they work in sentences.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Subject and Predicate Foldable Subject and Predicate Notes Subject and Predicate Review Game
Exit Ticket Write a sentence. Identify the subject and predicate. Underline the complete subject once. Underline the complete predicate twice. Circle the simple subject. Box the simple predicate. Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Homework/Important Dates Membean January 31, 2016 180 minutes Book Club Week 2 Tuesday, January 19, 2016 Argumentative Writing Notes Review your argumentative writing notes. Finish recording any information you did not get recorded in class using the slides provided. Warm-up Take out a blank sheet of paper. Write your name on it and title it Subject and Predicate Checkpoint.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Today s Agenda Subjects and Predicates Checkpoint Argumentative Writing Notes Learning Target I can identify the elements of argumentative writing.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Argumentative Writing Notes Technique Descriptor
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 What is Argumentative Writing? "...argumentative writing, utilizes logic and reason (and sometimes emotion) to show that one idea is more legitimate than another idea. It attempts to persuade a reader to adopt a certain point of view or to take a particular action. Ideally, the argument should always use sound reasoning and solid evidence by stating facts, giving logical reasons, using examples, and quoting experts. However, more emotional techniques are also used effectively, though sometimes they may border on manipulation! Consciously or not, an author may draw on our emotions by using logical fallacies." http://learn.lexiconic.net/essayspers.htm
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Planning Your Argumentative Essay 1. Choose your position. Which side of the issue or problem are you going to write about, and what solution will you offer? Know the purpose of your essay. 2. Analyze your audience. Decide if your audience agrees with you, is neutral, or disagrees with your position. 3. Research your topic. A persuasive essay must provide specific and convincing evidence. Often it is necessary to go beyond your own knowledge and experience. You might need to go to the library or interview people who are experts on your topic. 4. Structure your essay. Figure out what evidence you will include and in what order you will present the evidence. Remember to consider your purpose, your audience, and you topic. http://learn.lexiconic.net/essayspers.htm
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Producing an Effective Argument 1. Be well informed about your topic. To add to your knowledge of a topic, read thoroughly about it, using legitimate sources. Take notes. 2. Test your thesis. Your thesis, i.e., argument, must have two sides. It must be debatable. If you can write down a thesis statement directly opposing your own, you will ensure that your own argument is debatable. 3. Disprove the opposing argument. Understand the opposite viewpoint of your position and then counter it by providing contrasting evidence or by finding mistakes and inconsistencies in the logic of the opposing argument. 4. Support your position with evidence. Remember that your evidence must appeal to reason. 5. Though the persuasive/argumentative essay is always written from your point of view, you normally do not use "I" or "my" in this type of essay. http://learn.lexiconic.net/essayspers.htm
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Techniques to Support your Argument 1. Examples - Examples enhance your meaning and make your ideas concrete. They are the proof. Often these examples are drawn from shared every-day experience or from history. They can be events, ideas, logical arguments or quotations. They can be anecdotes, which are small stories that have explanatory meaning, or analogies, in which one example is made meaningful because it resembles another example. The order of examples, which is part of logic, can also have a positive effect. Sometimes examples can be emotive (or biased), and are used to elicit sympathy from the reader. As well, some key examples might be missing. Often the biggest problem with examples is not that the examples are wrong, but that they are incomplete and unrepresentative. Watch out for an argument where no examples are offered - just a thesis and a conclusion! http://learn.lexiconic.net/essayspers.htm
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Techniques to Support your Argument 2. Facts - A powerful means of convincing, facts can come from your reading, observation, or personal experience. They are like examples, but are usually singular and observable. As with examples, persuasive writing may suffer from the selective use of facts. Note: Do not confuse facts with truths. A "truth" is an idea believed by many people, but it cannot be proven. 3. Statistics - These are facts based on numerical measurement, and can provide excellent support. Be sure your statistics come from responsible sources, and always cite your sources. 4. Expert Testimony - Direct quotations from leading experts and/or peer-reviewed journals that support your position are invaluable. http://learn.lexiconic.net/essayspers.htm
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Techniques to Support your Argument 5. Emotional Language - Though considered biased and manipulative, emotional loaded words are commonly used to capture the feelings and sympathies of the readers. 6. Poetic Devices - Some writers of persuasive texts will borrow the techniques of poetry, particularly when it comes to the sounds and meanings of words. Common techniques include alliteration, repetition, metaphors, imagery, and rhyme. 7. Powerful Images - In less formal writing, evocative images may be selected to enhance and support an argument. http://learn.lexiconic.net/essayspers.htm