Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 9/29/15

Objective: To review and comprehend the four components of a Perfect Paragraph and to see and understand the open response grading rubric.

Agenda:
1) SRI Test

2) Journal (20 minutes) Either last nights homework prompt OR the given prompt on the board today.

3) Perfect Paragraph Review

4) Open Response Grading Rubric Review

5) Open Response Questions - read all 3 prompts and decide which one you want to answer.

Homework:
1) Choose the Open Response question you would like to answer.  You need to put the question in your own words to show your understanding and mastery of what it's asking you to do.

2)Word Word DUE tomorrow!

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 9/27/2015

Objective: To demonstrate understanding of "The Landlady" by: Roald Dahl by participating in an accountable talk discussion as well as teaching peers about a particular element of the story.

Agenda:
1) Warm-Up: Brainstory 1-3 questions or comments to bring up in our whole class discussion
2) Accountable Talk discussion about "The Landlady" by: Roald Dahl
3) Jigsaw into expert groups to discuss your specific role and make a visual for your group.
4)Jigsaw into home groups to teach your table about your story element.

Homework:

1) Go outside and do something worth writing about for tomorrow's journal.
                                     OR
2)Scene Picture - Draw a fully detailed picture of a scene in the story that sticks out the most to you.  Your picture MUST be accompanied by a quote from the story. (Use the quoting info below!)



In the Important Links to the write you will find a wonderful resource for you, a citing guide!!  For the sake of tonight's homework please follow the rules below.

"Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah," (Dahl 173).

STEPS:
1.) Put the borrowed words in quotation marks
2.) Replace the end period with a comma (if the end mark is a question mark or an exclamation point, leave it there and do not make it a comma).
3.) End your quotation marks
4.) Add parentheses and put the author's name and the page number from the textbook
5.) Put a period after the parentheses.

OR

If you are taking dialogue for your quote, you need to write your quote differently.
"'Blah blah blah blah blah,' said Billy Weaver," (Dahl 173).

STEPS:
1.) Start with your opening quotation mark.
2.) Then add an apostrophe (one mark of the quotation mark) to show that someone is speaking.
3.) Write the quote.  Where they end their quotation marks add an apostrophe and continue copying the words from the text.
4.)  Replace the end period with a comma (if the end mark is a question mark or an exclamation point, leave it there and do not make it a comma).
5.) End your quotation marks
6.) Add parentheses and put the author's name and the page number from the textbook
7.) Put a period after the parentheses.

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 9/24/15

Agenda:
1) Independent Reading (20 minutes)
2) Complete Literary Elements Notes
3)Activity Prep for tomorrow's activity

Homework:  Read over your literary element notes packet.

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 9/21/15

Objective: To use appropriate defense to support your viewpoint in a debate.

Agenda:
1) Last minute debate prep work.

2) DEBATE!  What came out of the door?  The Lady? or the Tiger?

3) Word Work/Journaling

4) Agenda Books


Homework: Word Work Word representation is due tomorrow! (Choose your favorite word of the week, create/find a visual representation of the word's meaning and the word itself.)

**Reminder** Open House Thursday, September, 24 6:30-8

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 9/18/15

Objective: Students will prepare a debate for who came out of the door - the Lady or the Tiger - and defend their point of view with textual evidence.

Agenda:
1) Warm-Up: Review your points from homework last night and make sure you can pinpoint exactly where in the text backs up your point of view.
2) Prep for Debate: work with team to put together the most convincing argument for your case.  We're debating on MONDAY!

3) Agenda Books

Homework:
1) Type or write your role in the debate for practice at the start of class on Monday
2) Word Work due TUESDAY!

ABSENT??
Please write a 1 paragraph Open Response to the following question.  Make sure you include 3 text points to defend your stance!

Who came out of the door - the Lady or the Tiger?


**Reminders**
OPEN HOUSE - Thursday, September 25 6:30-8

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 9/17/15

Agenda:
1) Warm-up: On the brown table paper, write your Showing sentence from last nights homework and share with your table.

2) Finish Dialoging with "The Lady Or The Tiger" by: Frank Stockton (needs to be done for class tomorrow!)

3) Independent Reading (20 min)


Homework: On a piece of paper in your Notes section, write if you think the Lady or the Tiger came out of the door.  You also need to include 3 bullets, each one with a solid, textual reason why you think what you think.

Today's Class and Tonight's Homeword 9/16/15

Agenda:
1) Warm-up: 5 Word Work Words on your desk along with the Word Work instruction sheet.
2) Today you will be given time in class to create your first word representation.  Choose one word from your group of 5 to work with and create a visual representation for it (Step 3 on the instruction sheet)  This work is to be done on a piece of computer paper and handed in before the end of class.
3) If your Word Work is completed you may continue dialoging with your short story "The Lady Or The Tiger" by: Frank Stockton
4) Mini-Lesson! Showing vs. Telling sentences: In order to work on our writing and to improve the impact it has on our reader, we need to address the difference between a telling sentence ( not as exciting) and a showing sentence (where a reader can experience something). A handout was given in class and can be found here for the homework tonight.


Homework: Complete Telling worksheet (do not do the illustration, simply write your showing sentence on the bottom of the paper.)
                    Dialogue the next two pages of "The Lady Or The Tiger" for class tomorrow.

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 9/15/15

Agenda: 1) Warm-Up - Please write a response in your JOURNAL to the prompt below: You’re walking through the woods and you’re stopped by a little leprechaun. He tells you that it’s your lucky day because since you found him in the woods you’re entitled to his entire pot of gold worth one million dollars. You’re ecstatic; you’re jumping all around;you can’t help bu think how awesome you truly are. And then it happens – the leprechaun tells you you can either have it but you are to give it awat to family and friends and cannot reap any benefits from it OR you can burn the money so no one can have it but everyone will know you chose not to share the money with them. What would you do? 2) Conflict Notes 3) Short Story - "The Lady or the Tiger" by: Frank Stockton. Today we will begin our first short story together. As a class, we will read it once through and then it is your responsibility to go back and dialogue with the text. The dialoging will take a few days with an accountable talk activity at the end of it! Enjoy the story...it's one of my favorites!! Homework: Reminder! Word work words due tomorrow (5 words and original definitions written in the WW section of your binder) The one word representation (Step 3 on the direction sheet) will be done in class tomorrow! Also, Finish Dialoging the front of the first page of "The Lady Or The Tiger" for class tomorrow

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 9/14/15

Objective: To familiarize ourselves with the comprehension strategy "Dialoging With the Text" and attempt to start trying it out on our own. Agenda: 1) Journal (10 min) Good Deed/Discuss 2) "Thoughts While Reading" Video (Dead Poets Society) 3) Accountable Talk: "The Open Window" by:Saki Homework: REMINDER! Word Work! 5 words due by Wednesday, time will be given in class to create your one word representation!

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 9/11/15

Objective: To familiarize ourselves with the comprehension strategy known as "Dialoging With The Text" and attempt to start trying it on our own. Agenda: 1.) Take One - Apostrophe WS 2.) Dialoging With The Text Activity - Over the course of the school year Mrs. Leahy and I will be co-teaching specific learning concepts. We will teach the dialoging concept using the short story "The Open Window" by: Saki Homework: Finish dialoging with "The Open Window" by: Saki Do ONE GOOD DEED over the weekend, be prepared to journal about it on Monday!!

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 9/10/15

AGENDA: OBJECTIVE: To master the two uses of an apostrophe 1.) Take One! Accountable Talk Reflection 2.) Plot Review/Notes 3.) Apostrophe rules (put this sheet in the grammar section of your binder!) 3.) Let's practice together Apostrophe Worksheet's 4.) Independent Reading HOMEWORK: 1.) Apostrophe worksheet (only do the odds) 2.) Journal Notebook and Post-it notes due on Friday, September 11

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 9/9/15

AGENDA: OBJECTIVE: To understand the purpose of conversation in the classroom, how talk can be used as a tool! 1.) reflect on Superhero prompt from yesterday 2.) Accountable Talk yarn activity 3.) Word Work Instructions (Handout) 4.) "ABC'S" of Me Journal Entry HOMEWORK: 1.) Finish ABC's 2.) Independent Reading book for class tomorrow 3.) Journal NB/Post-It Notes due by Friday

Labor Day Activity

The "Symbol of Me" Activity was given at the end of class today. Please complete this and have it with you on Tuesday in class. Reminders** Please have your binder, a notebook to be used for journal writing (will be kept in the classroom) and sticky notes with you next week!!

First week of school 2015!!

Welcome back! This week students will be introduced to class expectations and the syllabus. The second page of the syllabus needs to be signed and returned to ELA class by Thursday. On Wednesday and Thursday students will be working on a summer reading open response. The rough draft will be written in class on Wednesday with the final draft being written and handed in by the end of class Thursday. Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!