June 12, 2018
Welcome to Final Exam Day!! All the prep work has been done!
Here are the expectations:
Do your best work! Finish the year stronger than when you started! You got this!
Here are the expectations:
- All items are to be cleared from your space.
- You may use the Figurative Language Practice Sheets we worked on as supports.
- Cell Phones put away, as in out of sight.
- No eating or drinking!
- You need a PEN or a PENCIL!
- No disruptive, distracting or disrespectful behaviors. This includes but is not limited to:
Do your best work! Finish the year stronger than when you started! You got this!
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June 6, 2018
It's hard to believe the end of the school year is next week!! Finish stronger than you started!
- Continue to read Brown Girl Dreaming and complete your questions. You NEED to be done with Part IV and V ASAP!
- Complete the “Think About It…”character sheet on Jacqueline.
- You MUST finish reading the book by FRIDAY!
- We are going to practice Figurative Language to get ready for your FINAL!
- FINAL EXAM next week on Brown Girl Dreaming
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May 31, 2018
Mrs. Himmelstein was kind enough to acquire the audiobook version of Brown Girl Dreaming. Three Cheers to her!!
Here are the links:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19J5DYm5KXSlDXiOm0sfQ3hT_rRGj1afn?usp=sharing
https://tinyurl.com/yd7n8bzj
Here are the links:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19J5DYm5KXSlDXiOm0sfQ3hT_rRGj1afn?usp=sharing
https://tinyurl.com/yd7n8bzj
May 29, 2018
I hope you all had a restful weekend honoring our family of veterans.
Here is your TO DO LIST:
Here is your TO DO LIST:
- Finish Reading Part III (pgs. 143-278) of Brown Girl Dreaming.
- Complete the Reading Log for Part III
- Answer the Questions for Part III in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper.
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May 24, 2018
By Friday students need to have read pages 1-138, completed the reading log for both Part I & Part II and finish answering the questions for Part I & Part II.
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May 21, 2018
We are now in our last unit for the year! This is a MEMOIR unit and we will be reading "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson. If at all possible, please get your own copy so you have it to take notes and read at home. I did find a link to an online PDF of the book so I will post it. I am also posting the calendar and the lessons for this book.
This is our last push towards the end of the year so put the most effort into your time!!
This is our last push towards the end of the year so put the most effort into your time!!
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May 18, 2018
Today we ended our mini-argument unit on Zoos and Zoo Animals. If you missed the final writing task I have attached it here.
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May 15, 2018
In this mini-unit, we are practicing ways that writers use sources to develop their arguments. These are called argument moves.
Illustrating | Using specific examples from the text to support the claim
Authorizing | Referring to an “expert” to support the claim
Countering | “Pushing back” against the text in some way (e.g., disagree with it, challenge something it says, or interpret it differently)
Illustrating | Using specific examples from the text to support the claim
Authorizing | Referring to an “expert” to support the claim
Countering | “Pushing back” against the text in some way (e.g., disagree with it, challenge something it says, or interpret it differently)
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May 14, 2018
This week we are wrapping up our zoos mini-argument unit. I saw this on 60 minutes last night and thought it would fit in nicely with the texts we have already read.
www.cbsnews.com/video/matchmaking-for-zoo-animals/
www.cbsnews.com/video/matchmaking-for-zoo-animals/
May 11, 2018
We are starting to wind down this mini-argument unit on Zoos. Today we completed a Tug of War thinking strategy on the topic of zoos and zoo animals. We have had two notebook checks on the Quick Writes we have done on the readings. Please be sure to stay on top of your work and own your learning. Next week we will be writing an argument essay as our final task for this unit.
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May 8, 2018
I am posting the list of claims we came up with yesterday during the reading. By the way, be mindful of Notebook Checks, you never know when they may happen!!
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May 7, 2018
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I meant to update on Friday, but we lost power!! We are now embarking on our last Argument Writing mini-unit. The topic for this one is ZOOs. Friday we started the thinking work involved to join the conversation. Students will need their Writer's Notebook for the remainder of this unit. I have posted the articles below that we will be using.
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April 30, 2018
We are wrapping up our mini-unit: Writing and Revising Claims and the topic is Video Games. Tomorrow and Wednesday students will be working on their final writing task for this unit.
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April 23, 2018
We are in our next mini-unit: Writing and Revising Claims and the topic is Video Games.
Please do a better job of bringing pens, pencils and your notebooks to class. This is High School.
I have posted the lesson sequence below.
Please do a better job of bringing pens, pencils and your notebooks to class. This is High School.
I have posted the lesson sequence below.
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April 18, 2018
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES ARE TOMORROW FROM 4:00p.m.-8:00p.m.
I have begun the process of checking Notebooks every day. Each day there is a task to do associated with our Argument Reading/Writing mini-unit called "Unplugged". You can refer to the previous post for the lesson sequence and text set.
Please do a better job of bringing pens, pencils and your notebooks to class. This is High School.
Final Task for Technology Mini-Unit is posted below.
I have begun the process of checking Notebooks every day. Each day there is a task to do associated with our Argument Reading/Writing mini-unit called "Unplugged". You can refer to the previous post for the lesson sequence and text set.
Please do a better job of bringing pens, pencils and your notebooks to class. This is High School.
Final Task for Technology Mini-Unit is posted below.
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April 13, 2018
It is the end of the 3rd Card Marking!! This year is flying by fast!
Parent Teacher Conferences are April 19 from 4:00-8:00 I look forward to seeing you and your student there!
We are continuing with our Argument Reading/Writing study with the next mini-unit called "Writing Into the Day". We are using the texts that I have attached below. Students will need to be present as this is an in class study and it will be hard to put it all together without being here for the discussions.
Students will need a notebook daily as all activities will be conducted in their notebooks. Remember, these have always been a requirement in my class.
Parent Teacher Conferences are April 19 from 4:00-8:00 I look forward to seeing you and your student there!
We are continuing with our Argument Reading/Writing study with the next mini-unit called "Writing Into the Day". We are using the texts that I have attached below. Students will need to be present as this is an in class study and it will be hard to put it all together without being here for the discussions.
Students will need a notebook daily as all activities will be conducted in their notebooks. Remember, these have always been a requirement in my class.
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April 9, 2018
I hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break. This week is the last week of the 3rd Card Marking. PSAT testing is Wednesday and Friday is a half day for Records Day. Prior to Break we worked on Making Inferences. Today and tomorrow we are analyzing PAIRED TEXT to put all our Informational knowledge together using the SCOPE magazine.
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March 26, 2018
Wow! Did we have a crazy week last week. As we move forward and push towards Spring Break, we will continue learning about Informational Reading and Argument Writing. Today we are looking at Text Structures on Flocabulary.
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March 20, 2018
Today we focused on the purposes of reading nonfiction/informational text.
YOU NEED YOUR WRITER'S NOTEBOOK DAILY |
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March 16, 2018
Whew! What a week! We have completed our two-day pretest for Informational Reading/Argument. Then, we just spent the last two days completing the Spring NWEA test. We are finally able to begin our unit in earnest.
●Arguments are everywhere
●Students can engage in civil discourse
●Students are claim-makers
YOU WILL BE USING YOUR WRITER'S NOTEBOOK EVERYDAY! If you need to refresh your supplies, do so ASAP!!
●Arguments are everywhere
●Students can engage in civil discourse
●Students are claim-makers
YOU WILL BE USING YOUR WRITER'S NOTEBOOK EVERYDAY! If you need to refresh your supplies, do so ASAP!!
March 6, 2018
We are now starting our new unit of Informational Reading/Argument. We will be exploring the notion that everything is an argument as well as, how to read and respond to Informational text. Our Pretest is over the next two days!
March 5, 2018
We have been busy creating our T-Shirt Book Talks! The students have done an amazing job and have worked really hard this last week. Presentations are key so if you did not get to present you need to make arrangements! Please enjoy the photos from this fun project!
February 27, 2018
T-shirt Book Talks are here! Students are to create a T-shirt that symbolizes their Independent Reading Novel.
It will be worked on in class and due Friday!
Here are some examples I found from elementary and middle school classes.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ce/1c/00/ce1c00f08d0318609bf52bdd031aa2d5.jpg
http://teachingmyfriends.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/book-talk-with-little-bit-of-pi-on-side.html
It will be worked on in class and due Friday!
Here are some examples I found from elementary and middle school classes.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ce/1c/00/ce1c00f08d0318609bf52bdd031aa2d5.jpg
http://teachingmyfriends.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/book-talk-with-little-bit-of-pi-on-side.html
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February 16, 2018
DO NOWs for your novel were due this week. You should also be done with your independent reading novel. If you are not, then you will need to go to your library or local bookstore to acquire your book. I have a few copies of things that you can check out over the break. We will be embarking on a Summative Final Project that you will need to have completed your reading and all the associated tasks in order to be successful.
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February 13, 2018
You must be done with your independent reading novel by THIS FRIDAY!!
DO NOW Check Valentine's Day and Thursday!! I have attached what you need. Today's focus was Character's Internal and External Stories.
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February 7, 2018
Wasn't Monday's Snow Day heavenly?! We are still moving forward reading our independent novels. We need to be done by the end of next week so we can complete our summative assessment.
DO NOW Notebook Check on Valentine's Day!!
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February 2, 2018
Reading Logs and Exit Tickets were due today!!
We reviewed the active reading strategy of Questioning, coming up with questions to the characters and the authors.
Keep reading!
We reviewed the active reading strategy of Questioning, coming up with questions to the characters and the authors.
Keep reading!
January 31, 2018
So far, we have discussed two reading strategies that readers use: PREDICTING and VISUALIZING. I am working off a PowerPoint that is too large to load here, so you will need to confer with a classmate or take pictures of the slides with your phone. That you have permission to use your phone for!! You can also request for me to email you the presentation.
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January 30, 2018
Our Independent Reading Unit is under way!
We are going to be done with this unit by Mid-Winter Break so we need to keep it moving! No distractions! Here is the daily set up for the next three weeks:
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January 29, 2018
Happy Second Semester of your 9th Grade Year!!
You are halfway through your first year of high school.
You are halfway through your first year of high school.
- Refresh
- Renew your supplies
- Readjust your attitude
- Reset your goals
- Own your education
- Take responsibility
- Be Proactive
January 22, 2018
This is the last week of the 1st Semester!!! Your Mid-Term will be over the parts of speech and subject-predicate work we have been doing. We will be reviewing the next two days and then Mid-Terms are Thursday and Friday.
Starting Monday, January 29, we will begin our next unit, which will be Independent Reading.
Starting Monday, January 29, we will begin our next unit, which will be Independent Reading.
January 16, 2018
I hope that you had a beautiful MLK, Jr. Day of Service. Always keep others in mind like our great Dr. King.
Here is what is happening in the next two weeks:
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January 9, 2018
Happy New Year!!! Welcome to 2018 We have two weeks-ish until the end of the card marking and SEMESTER 1. We are doing a mini-unit on Grammar and Language to help with NWEA and PSAT. Today we did Parts of Speech and yesterday we set our vision for the year.
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December 22, 2017
FINAL NOVEL PROJECT DUE TODAY!!!
Have a wonderful break, be safe, read some books and we'll see you in 2018!!
Have a wonderful break, be safe, read some books and we'll see you in 2018!!
December 15, 2017
We have had quite a week! I hope y'all had a great snow day! We are finally done with our novels! Students need to write a letter to their author. I have included the information below.
Also, students have been assigned the FINAL NOVEL PROJECT. It is due Friday, December 22, 2017. This is the day before break. We will have some in class work days, but students will need to budget their time and do work at home.
Here is an elementary student example of the project: www.teachingwithamountainview.com/2014/09/an-amazon-listing-cumulative-novel.html
Also, students have been assigned the FINAL NOVEL PROJECT. It is due Friday, December 22, 2017. This is the day before break. We will have some in class work days, but students will need to budget their time and do work at home.
Here is an elementary student example of the project: www.teachingwithamountainview.com/2014/09/an-amazon-listing-cumulative-novel.html
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December 7, 2017
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We are making our way through our novels! Today we completed a group Literature Circle activity learning about characters, plot and setting in our book.
Flocabulary #3 is due tomorrow! Progress Reports this weekend! |
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December 1, 2017
Today we completed a Step Inside for our Books. Notebooks were checked as well, and there were many students who did not have theirs completed. I am definitely disappointed. Please keep up with everything. It takes more effort to avoid the work than it does to just simply complete it. Also, please understand the difference between COPYING and WORKING TOGETHER.
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November 28, 2017
We are moving forward in our reading. With four weeks until Winter Break, we have a lot to cover!
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November 21, 2017
We made it to Thanksgiving Break!! Here is what it coming up:
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November 17, 2017
Flocabury is back in business so students will need to REJOIN the class. I have attached the CLASS CODES below, as well as, the packet.
It is DUE TUESDAY!!
www.flocabulary.com
It is DUE TUESDAY!!
www.flocabulary.com
November 15, 2017
Today students completed the PSAT. Results will be available in a few weeks. We are continuing with our novel. We used a Visible Thinking Strategy called Circle of Viewpoints to examine a scene in the novel.
Also, Flocabury is back in business so students will need to REJOIN the class. I have attached the CLASS CODES here.
It will be DUE TUESDAY!!
www.flocabulary.com
Also, Flocabury is back in business so students will need to REJOIN the class. I have attached the CLASS CODES here.
It will be DUE TUESDAY!!
www.flocabulary.com
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November 10, 2017
- This is what is due TODAY.
- 1st Reading Summary
- Chapter Questions #2 due end of hour
November 8, 2017
November 6, 2017
Welcome to 2nd Card Marking!!! Parent Teacher Conferences are TODAY from 4p.m.-8p.m. in the OPFI Gym.
- Students will be responsible for three reading tools, in addition to any other activities, during the reading of our novel, Girl Stolen by April Henry.
- GATH students will be responsible for three tools as well for Orbiting Jupiter by Gary Schmidt.
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November 1, 2017
Card Marking 1 is just about over so we are 25% of the way through the school year!! Parent/Teacher Conferences are Monday, November, 6 from 4p.m.-8p.m. I look forward to seeing you there!!
We have started our novel for the second half of our Reading Fiction Unit. We are reading Girl Stolen by April Henry. The GATH students are reading Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt. We will be using a reading summary sheet and double entry notes in our notebooks to keep track of our reading. I am not sure if this link works, but try it for a download of Girl Stolen by April Henry.
https://sites.google.com/view/kasirunac/download-girl-stolen-a-novel-ebook-pdf
We have started our novel for the second half of our Reading Fiction Unit. We are reading Girl Stolen by April Henry. The GATH students are reading Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt. We will be using a reading summary sheet and double entry notes in our notebooks to keep track of our reading. I am not sure if this link works, but try it for a download of Girl Stolen by April Henry.
https://sites.google.com/view/kasirunac/download-girl-stolen-a-novel-ebook-pdf
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October 30, 2017
Here is a look at the Short Story review that we completed on Friday.
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October 24, 2017
This week we are wrapping up the short story portion of our narrative reading unit. We read, "Mookie In Love" by Sharon Flake. We will be reading "The Ugly One" by Sharon Flake and "First French Kiss" by Adam Bagdasarian. We are still working on Plot Elements and Characterization. I would like to give the POST test on this portion of our unit Friday or Monday.
Flocabulary #7/8 has been assigned and will be due MONDAY. It is the last one for the 1st Card Marking. Do not let FLOCABULARY be the thing that brings your grade down! The card marking ends next week!!!
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October 18-20, 2017
FLOCABULARY #6 has been assigned and will be due MONDAY, October 23.
Today we are reviewing PLOT ELEMENTS in stories. We are using FLOCABULARY to do so.
I have assigned the video so students will be able to watch it again.
Today we are reviewing PLOT ELEMENTS in stories. We are using FLOCABULARY to do so.
I have assigned the video so students will be able to watch it again.
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October 17, 2017
Greetings!! We are still working with "Don't Be Disrespecting Me" by Sharon G. Flake to understand CHARACTERIZATION. I have attached the activities below.
In addition, FLOCABULARY #6 has been assigned.
In addition, FLOCABULARY #6 has been assigned.
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October 12, 2017
Happy Homecoming Week!!
The story we used today was "Don't Be Disrespecting Me" by Sharon G. Flake. We used the Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then strategy to summarize and analyze the story. We also talked about how to annotate fiction and I gave the students a bookmark to keep with them when they read.
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October 9, 2017
Thank goodness we are done with NWEA testing!! This week we will be catching those that need to make up the test or finish their test.
We are now on to our second unit of the year, "Reading Fiction Strategically."
We took our pretest today and we will be starting with short stories. The first one will be "So I Ain't No Good Girl" by Sharon G. Flake. Since this is a copyrighted story, I am not able to put a file of it here, but I did find a website that has it excerpted from the anthology it comes from.
https://www.teenreads.com/reviews/who-am-i-without-him-short-stories-about-girls-and-the-boys-in-their-lives/excerpt
By next week we should be onto our class novel. I want to make sure they have arrived before I announce what we will be reading, so stay tuned!
Flocabulary #5 has also been assigned, due FRIDAY.
We are now on to our second unit of the year, "Reading Fiction Strategically."
We took our pretest today and we will be starting with short stories. The first one will be "So I Ain't No Good Girl" by Sharon G. Flake. Since this is a copyrighted story, I am not able to put a file of it here, but I did find a website that has it excerpted from the anthology it comes from.
https://www.teenreads.com/reviews/who-am-i-without-him-short-stories-about-girls-and-the-boys-in-their-lives/excerpt
By next week we should be onto our class novel. I want to make sure they have arrived before I announce what we will be reading, so stay tuned!
Flocabulary #5 has also been assigned, due FRIDAY.
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October 3, 2017
This week we are NWEA testing. Hopefully, it will only take us two days, but we shall see!
For more information on the how's and why's please visit:
www.michigan.gov/mde/
https://www.nwea.org/
In addition, Flocabulary #4 has been assigned.
For more information on the how's and why's please visit:
www.michigan.gov/mde/
https://www.nwea.org/
In addition, Flocabulary #4 has been assigned.
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September 27, 2017
Because of the heat we are postponing NWEA testing until next week.
We are in the FINAL stage of our PERSONAL NARRATIVE. Students are typing and EMAILING their FINAL DRAFTS to me. [email protected] There are a couple of ways to do this:
Students' FINAL PERSONAL NARRATIVES MUST be in my INBOX by the end of the day FRIDAY, September 29. If they do not turn a paper in, they must complete a MISSING WORK LOG. Lastly, FLOCABULARY #3 has been assigned and is due FRIDAY as well. |
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September 25, 2017
This is an important week! We are scheduled to NWEA test https://www.nwea.org/ AND....our FINAL PERSONAL NARRATIVES will be completed by FRIDAY!
Today and tomorrow we are working on our ROUGH DRAFTS and then students will be typing and EMAILING their FINAL DRAFTS to me. [email protected] We went over the structure of a narrative today, so the students have all the tools they need to complete this final task. Progress reports come out next week! Hard to believe we are halfway through the first card marking. Lastly, FLOCABULARY #3 has been assigned and is due FRIDAY. |
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September 21, 2017
Today we focused on a character's inner thoughts. First we used the Stephen King piece from our mentor packet, then we turned to our own narrative pieces.
FLOCABULARY #2 IS DUE TOMORROW!
FLOCABULARY #2 IS DUE TOMORROW!
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September 19, 2017
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We are still working our way to understanding the Personal Narrative. We have read the short story, "The Bike", by Gary Soto. We then broke the story down by descriptions, behaviors and dialogue. We then turned on our own writing to do the same thing.
Students were also given the next Flocabulary Unit. It will be due Friday the 22nd. There is also a Character Traits video on Flocabulary that we watched. https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/characters/ |
September 15, 2017
It's Fri-Yay!! We made it through our first full week of school. I have updated grades as our Flocabulary Unit #1 was due today, as well as Writer's Notebook Check #1. I have included the supplementals for Sessions 3 & 4 of our narrative writing unit. We are narrowing the scope of our pieces to focus on the significant moments. Here are some mentor texts to look at as well.
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September 13, 2017
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Today we practiced our writing stamina by focusing on an extreme emotional experience that happened to us. Everyone got a Feelings Wheel to paste in their notebooks and a list of Dead Words we are going to try not to use in our writing anymore.
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September 12, 2017
Starting Today we are using FLOCABULARY to enhance our SAT vocabulary skills. Students will be assigned a unit each week along with a packet to complete by FRIDAY of that week. The first one is due FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
I have included the link so that you make have it and join your hour's class. I have included the instructions and codes to join the classes. Most students will have already done this during class.
https://www.flocabulary.com
I have included the link so that you make have it and join your hour's class. I have included the instructions and codes to join the classes. Most students will have already done this during class.
https://www.flocabulary.com
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September 8, 2017
We've had a great second week of school. We set up our notebooks and have taken a Reading Placement Test. Next week, we will begin in earnest our first full unit; Launching: The Personal Narrative. Here is an example of what we did over these last couple days.
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September 5, 2017
Back to School!!
This week we will be taking a 9th ELA reading diagnostic test and a pretest for our first unit. We are also receiving our writer's notebooks and starting our first unit of study, which is Launching the Writer's Notebook: Personal Narrative.
Students are expected to bring their notebooks with them everyday, no question.
This week we will be taking a 9th ELA reading diagnostic test and a pretest for our first unit. We are also receiving our writer's notebooks and starting our first unit of study, which is Launching the Writer's Notebook: Personal Narrative.
Students are expected to bring their notebooks with them everyday, no question.
A Great First Day of School!!
We spent today building our classroom community and getting to know each other. I am looking forward to meeting the rest of you over the next few days!
First Day of School August 29, 2017 |
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