Monday, April 23
Warm up: Copy poetry vocabulary.
Warm up: Copy poetry vocabulary.
Friday, April 20
Warm up: Copy poetry vocabulary from the board.
Complete a worksheet while watching two TED talk videos (links below). Discuss in class. See Ms. Genova or Ms. K for the worksheet.
How to Speak So That People Will Want to Listen
What Are Animals Thinking and Feeling?
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 17-19
MAP testing. Scholars receive a test conduct score (informal grade) for both days of testing, starting at 100 and having 10 points docked for every incident of misbehavior.
Monday, April 16
Warm up: Soon, we will start our poetry unit. Describe your feelings on poetry. Do you like it? What kind of poems or poets do you enjoy? Do you like rhymed poetry or poetry without rhyme? (Write at least 5 sentences).
Due today: T chart on Lindbergh kidnapping. One side for evidence that Hauptmann was guilty, the other side for evidence that he was not guilty. Find 8 bullet points for each side.
Friday, April 13
Warm up: What are you reading or planning to read for your April literary analysis? Tell me a bit about the plot and why you want to read it. If you don’t have a book chosen, tell me about what books you are considering or what kind of book you will be looking for.
Thursday, April 12
Warm up: Do you think the man accused of kidnapping and killing baby Lindbergh, Bruno Hauptmann, is guilty or innocent? What parts of the text make you believe that? Write at least 5 sentences
Monday, April 9
Warm up: Write 5 sentences on what you did over spring break.
Common Lit: A Quick Note on Getting Better at Difficult Things.
Warm up: Copy poetry vocabulary from the board.
Complete a worksheet while watching two TED talk videos (links below). Discuss in class. See Ms. Genova or Ms. K for the worksheet.
How to Speak So That People Will Want to Listen
What Are Animals Thinking and Feeling?
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 17-19
MAP testing. Scholars receive a test conduct score (informal grade) for both days of testing, starting at 100 and having 10 points docked for every incident of misbehavior.
Monday, April 16
Warm up: Soon, we will start our poetry unit. Describe your feelings on poetry. Do you like it? What kind of poems or poets do you enjoy? Do you like rhymed poetry or poetry without rhyme? (Write at least 5 sentences).
Due today: T chart on Lindbergh kidnapping. One side for evidence that Hauptmann was guilty, the other side for evidence that he was not guilty. Find 8 bullet points for each side.
Friday, April 13
Warm up: What are you reading or planning to read for your April literary analysis? Tell me a bit about the plot and why you want to read it. If you don’t have a book chosen, tell me about what books you are considering or what kind of book you will be looking for.
Thursday, April 12
Warm up: Do you think the man accused of kidnapping and killing baby Lindbergh, Bruno Hauptmann, is guilty or innocent? What parts of the text make you believe that? Write at least 5 sentences
Monday, April 9
Warm up: Write 5 sentences on what you did over spring break.
Common Lit: A Quick Note on Getting Better at Difficult Things.