Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Plan for Thursday, December 1


Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review


Objectives
To learn how to delineate, evaluate, and assess text
Standards Addressed
Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities
Get your portfolios!

Kahoot!

1. Finish Questions: The Homework Debate

2. Brain Break

3. School Wide SLO Constructed Response on Down With Homework!

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Plan for Wednesday, November 30


Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Mini Lesson and Mini Practice: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

Define:  sound, sufficient, relevant, and convincing

Objectives
To learn how to delineate, evaluate, and assess text
Standards Addressed
Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities
Get your portfolios!

1. PowerPoint Presentation/Mini Practice on delineating, evaluating, and assessing arguments in text.

2. RI8.8 Model-
The Homework Debate: How Homework Benefits Students
(Make a copy from Classroom.)

Monday, November 28, 2016

Plan for Tuesday, November 29


Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Mini Lesson and Mini Practice: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

Objectives
To learn how to delineate, evaluate, and assess text
Standards Addressed
Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities
Get your portfolios!

1. Finish up on any last touches on pre-assessment.

2. PowerPoint Presentation/Mini Practice on delineating, evaluating, and assessing arguments in text.

Plan for Monday, November 28


Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Pre-Assessment

Objectives
To assess what students know about finding claims and evidence in text.
Standards Addressed
Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities
Pre-Assessment

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Plan for Friday, November 18


Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Transition Between Unit 2 and Unit 3

Objectives
Review Basic Grammar Skills
Standards Addressed
Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities
Get your portfolio.

1. Finish Your Turkey Essay! 

2. Get into Google Classroom and put a copy of your essay in the Shared Folder.

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Plan for Thursday, November 17


Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Transition Between Unit 2 and Unit 3

DLR- Number Rules
Objectives
Review Basic Grammar Skills
Standards Addressed
Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities
Get your portfolio.

1. Brain Break

2. Number Rules

3. Turkey Essay! Gobble, Gobble!

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Plan for Wednesday, November 16


Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Transition Between Unit 2 and Unit 3

DLR-  Capitalization, Run Ons, Verb Agreement, Number Rules
Objectives
Review Basic Grammar Skills
Standards Addressed
Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities
Get your portfolio.

1. Brain Break

2. Kahoot- Capitalization, Run Ons, Verb Agreement

3. Number Rules

4. Get your novel- read. If you want to check out a book for Thanksgiving, let me know.

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Plan for Monday, November 14


Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Final Lesson for Unit 2 Non-Fiction/Historical Fiction; Theme- Oppression
Objectives
To assess reading, making metacognitive connections, and finding text evidence.
Standards Addressed
RI.8.2
RI.8.3
RI.8.5
W.8.2
W.8.7
W.8.8
Activities
Get your portfolio and writer's notebook.

1. Take out your Capitalization Rules handout and complete; shakey cup/popsicle stick participation.

2. Brain Break

3. Mini Lesson: The Four C's of Technical Writing

4. Review of Objective Summaries/Examples-- Looking at the Four C's

5. Survey/Debrief

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Plan for Thursday, November 10


Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Unit 2 Non-Fiction/Historical Fiction; Theme- Oppression
Objectives
To assess reading, making metacognitive connections, and finding text evidence.
Standards Addressed
RI.8.2
RI.8.3
RI.8.5
W.8.2
W.8.7
W.8.8
Activities
Get your portfolio


1. Capitalization Rules

2. Reading of Historical Fiction Book

3. Write an objective summary of what you have read so far. The Google Doc for this is in Classroom. You will need to upload your doc into Schoology.

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Plan for Wednesday, November 9


Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Unit 2 Non-Fiction/Historical Fiction; Theme- Oppression
Objectives
To assess reading, making metacognitive connections, and finding text evidence.
Standards Addressed
RI.8.2
RI.8.3
RI.8.5
W.8.2
W.8.7
W.8.8
Activities
Get your portfolio


1. Capitalization Rules

2. Reading of Historical Fiction Book
(Be prepared to write an objective summary of what you have read so far...)

Monday, November 7, 2016

Plan for Tuesday, November 8


Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Unit 2 Non-Fiction/Historical Fiction; Theme- Oppression
Objectives
To assess reading, making metacognitive connections, and finding text evidence.
Standards Addressed
RI.8.2
RI.8.3
RI.8.5
W.8.2
W.8.7
W.8.8
Activities

2's on in the inner circle 1's on outer circle

1. Seminar Norms

2. End of Movie

3. Brainstorm on Back of Note Page

4. Mini Seminar

Plan for Monday, November 7


Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Unit 2 Non-Fiction/Historical Fiction; Theme- Oppression
Objectives
To assess reading, making metacognitive connections, and finding text evidence.
Standards Addressed
RI.8.2
RI.8.3
RI.8.5
W.8.2
W.8.7
W.8.8
Activities
Get your portfolio

1. DLR- Capitalization Rules

2. Finish Movie with Notes


Thursday, November 3, 2016

Plan for Friday, November 4


Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Unit 2 Non-Fiction/Historical Fiction; Theme- Oppression
Objectives
To assess reading, making metacognitive connections, and finding text evidence.
Standards Addressed
RI.8.2
RI.8.3
RI.8.5
W.8.2
W.8.7
W.8.8
Activities
1. Load into your Revolutionary Digital Poster in PosterMyWall.

2. Gallery Walk

3. Vote

4. Surprise!


Plan for Thursday, November 3


Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Unit 2 Non-Fiction/Historical Fiction; Theme- Oppression
Objectives
To assess reading, making metacognitive connections, and finding text evidence.
Standards Addressed
RI.8.2
RI.8.3
RI.8.5
W.8.2
W.8.7
W.8.8
Activities
Get your portfolio!
Brain Break

*4th Period- Permission Slip for Career Expo (Due by next Wednesday November 9)

Finish Poster- Come see me when you are done; bring your signed rubric; I will show you how to post