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December 20, 2018-January 2, 2019

12/20/2018

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Winter Break!

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December 19, 2018

12/19/2018

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Objective: I can use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual writing products in response to ongoing feedback in order to create a final “About Me” project that incorporates both required components as well as personally selected items (W11-12.6).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Pick up a file folder and your selected color of paper as well as any other art supplies you usually like to use as well as About Me Portfolio directions. You will also need your Chromebook for later in the class.
Fold your construction paper in ½ horizontally (hot dog) and place your open file folder inside of it
- Gently close the file folder, making sure to crease the fold on the construction paper, so it lines up along the outer edges of your folder
- Staple your construction paper as close to the edge as possible on both sides
This is where your finalized pieces will be included. To begin, put your Biographical Interview in the inside, right pocket.
Now, log in to Google Classroom and open your returned personal narrative. Before printing, make any edits suggested. Print your personal narrative and put it in the inside, right pocket of your folder, behind the Biography Interview.
Type your “Where I’m From” poem and turn in to Google Classroom for feedback--do not print yet, but remember you can submit it to iamfromproject@gmail.com if you are particularly proud of it!
Exit Task: If you have extra time, you may begin to decorate your folder--it should reflect you and your style, so add any details you like! There will be more required components as we continue through the unit.

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December 18, 2018

12/18/2018

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Objective: I can analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a poem (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end, the choice of how to provide a resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact (RL11-12.5).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Look back at your Biography Interview in particular your favorite childhood memory and generate more ideas about it in your notebook; if you didn’t share your favorite, write it down now in your notebook.
- Turn and share your favorite childhood memory with a neighbor
Copy the definition of a Bio Poem in your notebook
Follow along to "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyon on our first read
- On your second read, annotate for how the poem begins and ends as well as its overall structure
  - What do you notice?
  - What is aesthetic?
- Share out our findings
Utilize the I Am From template to write your own version of the poem.
Watch the I Am From video to see how eight-year-old Sage made the poem her own
- Write your own by filling in the template

Exit Task: Check out the I Am From Project! Submit your poem to iamfromproject@gmail.com to see if yours gets published.

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December 17, 2018

12/17/2018

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Objective: I can initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners, building on questions and expressing my own clearly and thoughtfully.(SL11-12.1).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your notebook and turn to a new page and label Single Story: About Me
Copy the quote from the prezi and take notes on
- Autobiography
- Biography
- Personal Narrative
- Vignette
Review the directions for Biography Interview
- Select the 3 questions you do not want to answer
- Work with your partner to answer questions, back and forth
- Make sure to jot down the most interesting aspects of their responses for them
Exit Task: Complete the speaking and listening rubric and turn in. Your responses will be returned to you tomorrow.

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December 14, 2018

12/14/2018

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Objective: I can analyze how an author's choices contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact by reviewing one of my favorite author’s books (RL11-12.5).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Get out your favorite read selected and Favorite Author Brochure as well as your Chromebook.
Open your returned Letter About Literature and review the comments and feedback
- Make all appropriate changes in order to submit your best letter to the contest
Follow the directions for How to Submit your letter

Exit Task: Finish Favorite Author Brochure and turn in. Good luck!

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December 13, 2018

12/13/2018

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Entry Task: Get out your Favorite Author Brochure as well as your Chromebook and the Conjuctive Adverb handout.
Conjunctive Adverb mini-lesson and handout
Complete two sections of Favorite Author Brochure like reviews, meaningful moments, and theme.
Log in to Google Classroom and open the Letters About Literature template
Exit Task: Make any additions or edits in order to be reading to turn in your letter tomorrow! Try to use a compound sentence with a conjunctive adverb in each paragraph.

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December 12, 2018

12/12/2018

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Entry Task: Get out your Favorite Author Brochure ; get your Chromebook
- Complete two sections of Favorite Author Brochure like meaningful moments, characters, and/or big ideas
Get out directions for Letters About Literature
- Watch video about Correspond, Don’t Compliment
- Take notes on how to format your letter and jot down ideas about what you will include in your notebook.
Log in to Google Classroom and open the Letters About Literature template and complete to the best of your ability.
Exit Task: If you want feedback before you submit to the contest, either conference with me during class today or Turn In by end of period.

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December 11, 2018

12/11/2018

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Entry Task: Get out your Favorite Author Brochure and the comma handout
Complete the notes on the comma mini-lesson in order to be able to write your best letter for the competition. We will also retake the Grammar Test throughout the next few weeks when we get back from break.
20 min. Complete two sections of Favorite Author Brochure like meaningful moments, characters, and/or big ideas
- Watch video about letter format
- Take notes on how to format your letter and jot down ideas about what you will include in your notebook.
Exit Task: Take notes on how to format your letter and jot down ideas about what you will include in your notebook.

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December 10, 2018

12/10/2018

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Entry Task: If included in your file folder, reread your reading journey you wrote in previous years at Cheney High School and add the underlined; if not included, answer in your notebook, what is a book that you read that you enjoyed? This can go all the way back to when you were read to as a child--try to think of something that you remember well.
Share out favorite authors or books and write on board
Review directions for Letters About Literature
- Watch video
- Consider which authors on our board would work for you now knowing the requirements
Begin to complete the Favorite Author Brochure with what you remember. You will have the opportunity to research/read throughout the week if you have forgotten some of the details.

Exit Task: Review the changes for next year’s juniors and seniors, go the Skyward to see who your teacher is next semester then complete the survey linked in Google Classroom.

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December 7, 2018

12/7/2018

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Objective: I can develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience (W11-12.5) while demonstrating command of conventions (L11-12.2).
Agenda:

Entry Task: Pick up your Chromebook and open the Station Eleven assignment and Google Doc you created
Get out directions for Parallel Structure and make sure to utilize this tool while you finish your writing
- Use the period to complete your essay
Exit Task: “Turn in” your essay to Google Classroom.

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