Happy holidays!
Thank you for the thoughtful poems today that made fabulous connections to our studies! If you weren't able to share your poem, you will be "in the spotlight" the first day after break. Don't worry about getting "caught up" during break, just enjoy your time off. I would suggest, though, if you need to finish Ties that Bind or Red Glass, please do that over break.
See you in January!
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Thursday!
Poem + Hot Chocolate = An awesome LA class...remember everything you need for our poetry share tomorrow! Hot chocolate packet, poem, and how your poem relates to our novel (p. 1,4) or POM (p.2,5,6)
P. 1,4: Today we got the mobile lab going and started typing the conclusions to the argument paper. Students were reminded that they need to slow down and take their time because conclusions are the most difficult, but most important part of the paper.
P. 5: Students finished up group responses to "Annabelle Lee," and then began a 3D project related to Red Glass. They were assigned a symbol from the novel, and they are constructing the symbol as a 3D model. Then, they are writing the significance of the symbol from a character's perspective, written in the voice of that particular character. Let the creativity flow!
P. 2,6: Today students took their cultural response questions and rewrote them in a style that would be helpful for Socratic Seminar. That involved picking out the most important part of their responses which addressed the question and marking their evidence in Ties that Bind... it is sometimes difficult to know exactly what are the most important pieces to be presented in Socratic.
See you tomorrow!
Poem + Hot Chocolate = An awesome LA class...remember everything you need for our poetry share tomorrow! Hot chocolate packet, poem, and how your poem relates to our novel (p. 1,4) or POM (p.2,5,6)
P. 1,4: Today we got the mobile lab going and started typing the conclusions to the argument paper. Students were reminded that they need to slow down and take their time because conclusions are the most difficult, but most important part of the paper.
P. 5: Students finished up group responses to "Annabelle Lee," and then began a 3D project related to Red Glass. They were assigned a symbol from the novel, and they are constructing the symbol as a 3D model. Then, they are writing the significance of the symbol from a character's perspective, written in the voice of that particular character. Let the creativity flow!
P. 2,6: Today students took their cultural response questions and rewrote them in a style that would be helpful for Socratic Seminar. That involved picking out the most important part of their responses which addressed the question and marking their evidence in Ties that Bind... it is sometimes difficult to know exactly what are the most important pieces to be presented in Socratic.
See you tomorrow!
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Winter -white Wednesday!
**Please remember our "Poets' Coffee Shop" on Friday! Bring a packet of hot chocolate and your poem :)
P. 1,4: Students worked on the conclusion of their argument paper today. I reminded them that this is the a critical part of the writing because it is the last words the reader will process about their argument. They have learned the terms ethos, logos, and pathos and used them in their writing.
H/W: Finish the prewrite for your conclusion. Take another look at your body paragraph and see if it needs fine-tuning. Do you have three reasons that are followed by evidence and explanation?
P. 2,5,6: Periods 2 and 6 (already done in p.5) shared the group results of their plot line points for "Tell- Tale Heart." A few different ideas about the climax of the story because there are so many suspenseful points! We then took a look at the softer side of Poe, in one of his poems, of course. We analyzed as a group and then tomorrow students will do an artistic rendering of the analysis.
H/W: Period 5 - Red Glass chpt 20
H/W: P. 2,6: Novel questions tomorrow.
See you later!
**Please remember our "Poets' Coffee Shop" on Friday! Bring a packet of hot chocolate and your poem :)
P. 1,4: Students worked on the conclusion of their argument paper today. I reminded them that this is the a critical part of the writing because it is the last words the reader will process about their argument. They have learned the terms ethos, logos, and pathos and used them in their writing.
H/W: Finish the prewrite for your conclusion. Take another look at your body paragraph and see if it needs fine-tuning. Do you have three reasons that are followed by evidence and explanation?
P. 2,5,6: Periods 2 and 6 (already done in p.5) shared the group results of their plot line points for "Tell- Tale Heart." A few different ideas about the climax of the story because there are so many suspenseful points! We then took a look at the softer side of Poe, in one of his poems, of course. We analyzed as a group and then tomorrow students will do an artistic rendering of the analysis.
H/W: Period 5 - Red Glass chpt 20
H/W: P. 2,6: Novel questions tomorrow.
See you later!
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Happy Tuesday!
**Don't forget hot chocolate packet and poems for Friday!
I had hard-working students today! Thank you for your attention and focus.
P. 1,4: We went to the computer lab to type the body paragraph of the argument paper. Students need to consistently remember that "evidence" means a direct quote and citation (in parentheses). In this paragraph, each reason was followed by evidence and then an explanation. This was done three times, right?
H/W: Take a look at your body paragraph, and then get out your transition list and see where they can be inserted. This will keep your paper from sounding like a robot wrote it! Transitions connect ideas and help your writing flow.
P. 2,6: Today students created a plot line for "Tell Tale Heart" in groups on the big boards (until we ran out of them!) They will present these tomorrow. Then they went to the computer lab to work on their novel study "culture" questions, which are due Thurs. This will lead to a Socratic.
H/W: Novel questions Thurs.
P. 5 Today students created a plot line for "Tell Tale Heart" in groups on the big boards (until we ran out of them!) They will present these tomorrow. After that we had a quick write and discussion about the ways cultures perceive each other, using Red Glass as support.
H/W: Chpt 20 Red Glass
See you tomorrow!
**Don't forget hot chocolate packet and poems for Friday!
I had hard-working students today! Thank you for your attention and focus.
P. 1,4: We went to the computer lab to type the body paragraph of the argument paper. Students need to consistently remember that "evidence" means a direct quote and citation (in parentheses). In this paragraph, each reason was followed by evidence and then an explanation. This was done three times, right?
H/W: Take a look at your body paragraph, and then get out your transition list and see where they can be inserted. This will keep your paper from sounding like a robot wrote it! Transitions connect ideas and help your writing flow.
P. 2,6: Today students created a plot line for "Tell Tale Heart" in groups on the big boards (until we ran out of them!) They will present these tomorrow. Then they went to the computer lab to work on their novel study "culture" questions, which are due Thurs. This will lead to a Socratic.
H/W: Novel questions Thurs.
P. 5 Today students created a plot line for "Tell Tale Heart" in groups on the big boards (until we ran out of them!) They will present these tomorrow. After that we had a quick write and discussion about the ways cultures perceive each other, using Red Glass as support.
H/W: Chpt 20 Red Glass
See you tomorrow!
Monday, December 16, 2013
Hello!
This Friday students will be participating in an "Coffee Shop/Open Mike" activity in language arts. They will be sharing poetry related to recent classroom topics, and we will have hot chocolate. I have asked them to bring in their own packet of hot chocolate, and I will provide the hot water. If they don't like hot chocolate, they may bring juice, chocolate milk, water or tea. They will be in the spotlight!
P. 1,4: Today students continued with their Argument Paper, specifically the body paragraph. Please remember to check and make sure your evidence and explanation support your claim. We will go to the computer lab tomorrow to start typing.
H/W: Find a poem related to a topic from Rules or FTM. It can be from the internet or a book. Please print it out and bring it in! Some ideas would be poems about disabilities, siblings, family, friends...
P. 5: Students went to computer lab to research Poe's life and find connections to "Tell Tale Heart." We also reviewed the novel study questions to Ties that Bind which have students explore how the cultural changes in China are relevant to our society today.
H/W: Novel questions about culture (green paper) due Thurs. Please do on googledocs if possible.
P. 2, 6 We reviewed Poe's life story to Tell Tale Heart to figure out his purpose in writing the short suspense! In groups students worked together to determine the specific word choice and symbols used to create the feeling they give the reader. This was shared large group.
P. 2: H/W: Novel questions about culture (green paper) due Thurs. Please do on googledocs if possible.
This Friday students will be participating in an "Coffee Shop/Open Mike" activity in language arts. They will be sharing poetry related to recent classroom topics, and we will have hot chocolate. I have asked them to bring in their own packet of hot chocolate, and I will provide the hot water. If they don't like hot chocolate, they may bring juice, chocolate milk, water or tea. They will be in the spotlight!
P. 1,4: Today students continued with their Argument Paper, specifically the body paragraph. Please remember to check and make sure your evidence and explanation support your claim. We will go to the computer lab tomorrow to start typing.
H/W: Find a poem related to a topic from Rules or FTM. It can be from the internet or a book. Please print it out and bring it in! Some ideas would be poems about disabilities, siblings, family, friends...
P. 5: Students went to computer lab to research Poe's life and find connections to "Tell Tale Heart." We also reviewed the novel study questions to Ties that Bind which have students explore how the cultural changes in China are relevant to our society today.
H/W: Novel questions about culture (green paper) due Thurs. Please do on googledocs if possible.
P. 2, 6 We reviewed Poe's life story to Tell Tale Heart to figure out his purpose in writing the short suspense! In groups students worked together to determine the specific word choice and symbols used to create the feeling they give the reader. This was shared large group.
P. 2: H/W: Novel questions about culture (green paper) due Thurs. Please do on googledocs if possible.
P. 5: Red Glass chpts. 18,19
See you tomorrow!
Friday, December 13, 2013
TGIF!
P. 1,4: Please read the introductory paragraph of your argument paper on googledocs and see if there is anything you need to fix. Have someone read it aloud to you. Check spelling and sentence structure. If you need to fix your T-chart for the second paragraph, please have that ready for Monday.
P. 2,5,6: POE! Love him! Sweet dreams everyone...the eye... :) Ties that Bind due Monday!
See you next week!
P. 1,4: Please read the introductory paragraph of your argument paper on googledocs and see if there is anything you need to fix. Have someone read it aloud to you. Check spelling and sentence structure. If you need to fix your T-chart for the second paragraph, please have that ready for Monday.
P. 2,5,6: POE! Love him! Sweet dreams everyone...the eye... :) Ties that Bind due Monday!
See you next week!
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Short day Thursday!
Remember the dance tomorrow! Fun, fun!
P. 1,4: Students started their argument papers today in the computer lab after reading two nonfiction articles for support.
H/W: Tonight you are to fill out your t-chart with your claim, reason, and evidence. Above your t-chart state your claim (we did this in class), then on the left write 3 reasons why you believe or do not believe intellectually disabled students should be placed in traditional classrooms. On the right of the chart, write evidence for each reason. Two pieces of evidence have to be from the articles, and one has to be from your novel.
P. 2,5,6 : We finished up determining theme and vocab. connections with "Through the Tunnel." I loved our symbol discussion! If you need to finish reading about Poe's life, here is the link:http://www.poemuseum.org/life.php
H/W: P. 5: chpts. 17 and 18 for Monday - Red Glass
See you tomorrow!
Remember the dance tomorrow! Fun, fun!
P. 1,4: Students started their argument papers today in the computer lab after reading two nonfiction articles for support.
H/W: Tonight you are to fill out your t-chart with your claim, reason, and evidence. Above your t-chart state your claim (we did this in class), then on the left write 3 reasons why you believe or do not believe intellectually disabled students should be placed in traditional classrooms. On the right of the chart, write evidence for each reason. Two pieces of evidence have to be from the articles, and one has to be from your novel.
P. 2,5,6 : We finished up determining theme and vocab. connections with "Through the Tunnel." I loved our symbol discussion! If you need to finish reading about Poe's life, here is the link:http://www.poemuseum.org/life.php
H/W: P. 5: chpts. 17 and 18 for Monday - Red Glass
See you tomorrow!
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