Wednesday, May 9: Wake-Up Wednesday & Read Among the Hidden

Click HERE for the Among the Hidden Unit 9 website.

Learning Targets: Form interpretations with “That Statements.” Refer to the text. Elaborate on your responses.  Revise your work.

Announcements:

• Book Talks Schedule
• Calendar Change: Mini-Quiz 2 Tomorrow
• Continue Independent Reading at Home

 

1) #062 Wake-Up Wednesday on Socrative

Open Socrative and login to ENG7RM402. Watch the Wake-Up Wednesday video and write a response using the cognitive strategy ANALYZING AUTHOR’S CRAFT.

 

 

2) Read and #058 Thought Log

Continue reading Among the Hidden. Track your thinking as your read.

Take a few minutes to practice your reading fluency. See the graphic below for tips.

After reading for 25 minutes, open #058 Thought Log in Google Classroom.

Write today’s Thought Log entry. Start with That Statements, which help you form interpretations about a specific passage in the book. Include the page number you are referring to.

 

Work on elaborating your response. Say more than you normally would.  Spend two minutes revising what you wrote.

 

3) Debrief

 

Homework: Read, Charge Your iPad, Continue Reading Your Self-Selected Reading Book, Thought Log Check Tomorrow (May 3 – May 9)

Tuesday, May 8: Form Interpretations with “That Statements”

Click HERE for the Among the Hidden Unit 9 website.

Learning Targets: Form interpretations with “That Statements.” Refer to the text. Elaborate on your responses.  Revise your work.

Announcements:

• Book Talks Schedule
• Mini-quiz 1 Today! 
• Continue Independent Reading at Home

 

1) #061 Starter (Mini Quiz 1)

Go to Google Classroom to open today’s starter. You will be asked to respond to a specific passage from Among the Hidden. Use your book and the “track your thinking” sentence starters and questions to write at least a paragraph.

Read the grading scale below to see how your response will be scored.

 

2) Read and #058 Thought Log

Continue reading Among the Hidden. Track your thinking as your read.

Take a few minutes to practice your reading fluency. See the graphic below for tips.

After reading for 25 minutes, open #058 Thought Log in Google Classroom.

Write today’s Thought Log entry. Start with That Statements, which help you form interpretations about a specific passage in the book. Include the page number you are referring to.

 

Work on elaborating your response. Say more than you normally would.  Spend two minutes revising what you wrote.

 

3) Debrief

 

Homework: Read, Charge Your iPad, Continue Reading Your Self-Selected Reading Book

Thursday, April 26: #ThoughtfulThursday & Poetry Workshop

Goals: Watch a animated video of a poem. Analyze craft and form an evidence-supported interpretation. Revise your visible poem and write two supportive, academic comments to other students.

Announcements:

• Performance Task day 2 tomorrow
• Book talks for tomorrow and next Friday (May 4)

Agenda:

1.#052 Starter #ThoughtfulThursday Video

Open the #052 Starter in Google Classroom.

The #052 Starter has two questions. Watch the video twice and answer one part after each viewing.

1. ANALYZING CRAFT: A golden line for me is…
2. FORMING INTERPRETATIONS: The idea I’m getting is… OR What this means to me is…

Support your interpretation with evidence from the video.

When you finish, press See previous responses to read what your classmates wrote.

3. #022 Poetry Workshop

Open the #o22 Poetry Workshop in Google Classroom.

Reread the directions. Open the Poetry Workshop HyperDoc and reread the Publish section. Revise your poem, add two comments to other students, and MARK AS DONE. If you have time, complete the EXTEND activity.

 

Homework: Read, Charge iPad, Finish Poetry Workshop

Tuesday, December 5: Outsiders Ch. 5 & Forming Interpretations

Goals: Read. Add one or two extended close reading responses.

Announcements:

• Congratulations to those who finished the instruction guide to happiness. Check NEO to see the scoring guide with your grade. Comments are in Google Classroom and NEO. I have not finished grading all of them yet.
• Absent yesterday? Read yesterday’s blog post and catch up on Outsiders Ch. 4.

1) Starter

Click HERE to open the starter in Google Classroom.

Tuesday, December 5: Outsiders Ch. 5 & Forming Interpretations

 

2) Outsiders Ch. 5 &  Close Reading Response

• Click HERE to open the assignment in Google Classroom.

 

• Click HERE to open the audiobook resources in Google Classroom. You may listen and read along OR simply read.
• Check the Find the Chapter chart to locate your place in the audiobook. If you are keeping up with the reading, you should be on Chapter 5 or beyond.
• Use the Cognitive Strategies Booklet (see below) to help you craft high-quality responses.

3) If You Finish Early Choose One of the Following Activities:

• No Red Ink (Capitalizing and Formatting Titles)
• Outsiders Nonfiction Assignments (on Newsela) 

5) EXIT TICKET

HOMEWORK: Read Ch.5, 1 – 2 Close Reading Responses