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English 8 8/19/13. Homework: Character Sketch due Friday, Writing Prompt due Wednesday. Goal: Practice defining our ideas in writing Bell Work: The Word of the week is audi . It means to hear or of hearing. List three words you know that have audi in them. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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English 8 8/19/13
Goal: Practice defining our ideas in writing
Bell Work: 1. The Word of the week is audi.
It means to hear or of hearing. List three words you know that have audi in them.
2. How do you come up with ideas for your papers?
• Complete Reading/Writing Survey
• Seedfolks• 6+1 Traits: Ideas– Foldable– Notes– Activity
• Work on Character Sketch
Homework: Character Sketch due Friday, Writing Prompt due Wednesday
2
English Eight 8/13/13
Bell Work• Goal: Get Pre-test Data• On your Bell Work paper,
write down all of the words you know that contain ‘act.’ For example: action, contract
• Write down what you need in order to construct your Science Notebook tomorrow
Agenda• Reading and writing
survey• Lunch Count- Friday• Seedfolks• Science Unit 1: Pre-
Assessment• Assess Unit 1 Pre-
Assessment and record on data sheet
3
English Eight 8/14/13
Bell Work• Goal: Complete first
writing prompt• What is a synonym? What
is an antonym? What are some of each for the root ‘act’? Remember ‘act’ means to set in motion or do.
Agenda• Seedfolks• Writing Prompt #1• Silent reading time
3
Reminder: Signed Class Contract due TOMORROW!
4
English Eight 8/15/13
Bell Work• Goal: Create a Character
Sketch Answer the following:• What keeps neighbors from
getting along? • Do you know all of your
neighbors? Which ones do you get along with best?
Agenda• Seedfolks• Character Sketch- a
character from Seedfolks
4
5
English Eight 8/15/13
Bell Work Camp Yale
AgendaCamp Yale
5
6
Bell WorkPlease SILENTLY • Take your seat• Complete the survey
that was handed out to you
• When complete, begin reading through the document titled ‘Mrs. Gutierrez’s Class’
Agenda• Student Survey• Getting to know me• Course Overview• Where is Everything!?• Materials• First Journal Prompt• Seedfolks
English Eight 8/12/13
English 8 8/20/13
Goal: Understand what it means for a story to be organized
Bell Work: How do you organize your writing?
• Seedfolks• 6+1 Traits: Ideas– Activity (Broad to
Narrow)• 6+1 Traits: Organization– Foldable– Notes– Story Strip
• MapQuest from your house to school
Homework: Character Sketch due Friday, Writing Prompt due Wednesday
English 8 8/21/13
Goal: Understand what it means for a story to be organized
Bell Work: What is the format for a five paragraph essay?
• Seedfolks• Check homework-
Writing Prompt• 6+1 Traits: Organization– Story Strip
• MapQuest from your house to school
• Time to work on your character sketches
Homework: Character Sketch due Friday
English 8 8/22/13
Goal: Be able to recognize voice
Bell Work: The Word of the week is audi. Draw a picture that contains three audi words in the same image.
• Seedfolks• 6+1 Traits: Voice– Foldable– Notes– Activity- author’s voice
• Begin Conventions Log• WE NEED TO DO A
NEWSLETTER FOR EC
Homework: Character Sketch due Tomorrow
THURSDAY
English 8 8/23/13
Goal: Record the conventions we know and understand how they affect our writing
Bell Work: 1. Identify one character from
Seedfolks that you can relate to. Why?
• Seedfolks• 6+1 Traits: Conventions– Foldable– Notes
• Edit own writing with the REVISE YOUR WRITING CHECKLIST
• Voice Writing Prompt
Homework: A list of three words you like and why
FRIDAY
English 8 8/26/13
Goal: Show what we know on our Acuity Test
Bell Work: The word of the week is auto. It means self, same, or one. Use a dictionary to define the following words: autonomy, autograph, and autobiography.
Acuity Test• Take your first writing
prompt with you so you can finish the highlighting activity.
• Also, take your silent reading book
MONDAY
English 8 8/27/13
Goal: Identify powerful words for my writing
Bell Work: 1. List your three words and
define them.
• Seedfolks• Journal Prompt• 6+1 Traits: Word Choice– Foldable– Notes
• Newsletter People
Homework: Sentence Fluency Worksheet
TUESDAY
English 8 8/28/13
Goal: Show my Lexile level on my SRI test
Bell Work: 1. The word of the week is auto.
Draw a picture of these auto words: automobile, autoimmune, autocracy
• Go over/collect Sentence Fluency Worksheet
• Seedfolks• SRI Testing (Take data
folders!)• “I Have a Dream”
Speech
Homework: Word Collage due Friday
WEDNESDAY
English 8 8/29/13
Goal: Understand and practice sentence fluency
Bell Work: Choose which word from your selection from the “I Have a Dream” speech is the most powerful. Why? Respond in 3 sentences.
• Go over/collect Sentence Fluency worksheet
• Seedfolks• 6+1 Traits: Sentence
Fluency– Foldable– Notes– Sentence Fluency
worksheet • “I Have a Dream” Project
Homework: Word Collage due Monday
THURSDAY
English 8 8/30/13
Goal: Understand and practice sentence fluency
Bell Work: The word of the week has been auto. Create a sentence using two auto words. Label each of the parts of speech (noun, verb, etc.)
• Seedfolks• 6+1 Traits: Sentence
Fluency– Foldable– Notes– Sentence Fluency
worksheet • 6+1 Traits: Presentation• Editing Checklist
Homework: Word Collage due TuesdayMidterms sent out next week; any late work (THIS GP ONLY!) Will be given ½ credit
FRIDAY
English 8 9/3/13
Goal: • Understand what my
first writing assignment is
Bell Work: 1. The word of the week is
bio/biotic. Make a list of every bio/biotic word you know. Then, draw a picture of bio.
• Gallery Walk- “I Have a Dream”
• Turn in Editing Checklist• Seedfolks• 6+1 Traits: Presentation• Intro first writing
assignment: Personal Narrative (Memoir)
• Intro first novel: Wine to Water
Homework: 6+1 Quiz Friday
TUESDAYMidterm late work due by the end of TODAY!
English 8 9/4/13
Goal: Understand how to mark our thinking in our books
Bell Work: How do you connect with a book? Are you allowed to write in books? Respond in three sentences.
• Intro. Thinkmarks (selection from Seedfolks)• Reading assignment:
Read through pg. 46
Homework: Idea Generation Practice Sheet
WEDNESDAY
English 8 9/5/13
Goal: Understand how to prewrite
Bell Work: Create a dictionary term for the following words:Comma, colon, semi-colon, apostrophe
• Idea Generation Practice Sheet
• Prewriting mini-lesson/practice
• Brainstorming our topics- large to narrow
• Reading Wine to Water• Once to pg. 46, please
draft your paper
Homework: Outline
THURSDAY
English 8 9/6/13
Goal: Show what we know on our 6 Traits Quiz
Bell Work: The word of the week has been bio. Compare and contrast the words biotic and abiotic using a Venn Diagram.
• Place in the middle of your table the following: – Completed Bell Work Paper– Any late work you are turning in
• I will collect your outlines to look over during your quiz
• 6+1 Traits Quiz• Reading Wine to Water up to pg.
46• If you get up to pg. 46, please
begin drafting your paper
Homework: If you are not up to 46 in Wine to Water, take a book home! See me after lunch.
FRIDAY
English 8 9/9/13
Goal: Have a successful discussion with my group
Bell Work: The word of the week is cap/capt. Some examples of this word are anticipate, capable, captor, capture, and captive. Define each word in your own words. Infer what cap/capt means.
• Mini-lesson- dialogue• Retesting- 6+1 Traits• Drafting your papers
during testing if you are not testing
• Discussion group (through pg. 46)
Homework: Draft of your first paper due tomorrow
MONDAY
English 8 9/10/13
Goal: Have a successful discussion with my reading groupBell Work: Edit the following sentences:
1. mrs gibbs gaves us the morning anouncement on powerpoint said tom
2. the things i need from the store are peaches pears and toilet paper
• Discussion groups- Part One of Wine to Water
• Reading through pg. 86
Homework: Read through pg. 86
TUESDAY
Discussion Agenda• Each of you discuss two of
your Thinkmarks• Each person creates a
question after drawing a yellow card (Think Candy Land!)
• Have a discussion about Doc’s character. Create a running list of events that happened to him in the book.
English 8 9/11/13
Goal: Have a successful work session
Bell Work: Describe the taste, smell, and appearance of the most unusual food you’ve ever eaten. Use excellent word choice and circle the three words that show this to me.
• Journal- September 11th compare/contrast Current time (two videos)
• Drafting / Reading Wine to Water
• Update data folders
Homework: Read through pg. 86
WEDNESDAY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDI-m6mW0_ghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tl__04Xoi0
English 8 9/12/13
Goal: Have a successful peer edit of our papers
Bell Work: Word choice. Brainstorm at least five of your favorite smells. Review your list and decide which of the smells is most unusual. Describe it in detail.
• Response to Reading• Peer Edit- Short Story
Autobiography• When complete-
continue reading Wine to Water
Homework: Finish your peer edit if it is not complete
THURSDAY
English 8 9/13/13
Goal: Understand what is expected from my book project Bell Work: Think of an example for each of the different types of conflict:1. Man vs. Man2. Man vs. Nature/Community3. Man vs. Self
• Introduction of book projects
• Completion of peer edit and discussion
• Continue reading/writing – Read up to pg. 134– We are typing final drafts
on Tues/Wed
Homework:
FRIDAY
**If you want me to edit your paper for ideas/organization, please put in the tray!!**
English 8 9/16/13
Goal: Understand the various types of punctuation
Bell Work: The stem of the week is cease/ced. In your own words, define the words deceased, recede, and cessation. Infer what the SOW means.
• Mini-lesson (types of punctuation)
• Reading/Writing (up to pg. 134.
• We are in the lab tomorrow and Wednesday to type our final papers
Homework: One paragraph using all forms of punctuation
MONDAY
English 8 9/17/13
Goal: Type my final paper
Bell Work: Define the word concede. Use it in a sentence about Kim Jong Un.
• Reading Quiz• We are in the lab today
and Wednesday to type our final papers
Homework: Read through pg. 175
TUESDAY
English 8 9/18/13
Goal: Type my final paper
Bell Work: Edit the following sentences.1. “wonders never cease’
exclaimed Mr. Pitcher.2. the treaty of paris in 1763
ceded all french territories in the northeast america to the british
• We are in the lab today to type our final papers
• When complete- – www.freerice.org – Punctuation practice
Homework: Punctuation practice sheet
WEDNESDAY
English 8 9/19/13
Goal: Understand how to analyze literature for the author
Bell Work: What are some synonyms for cease/ced? What are some antonyms?
• Home groups- punctuation types
• Continue reading (hint hint.. Reading quiz tomorrow!)
Homework: Read through pg. 224
THURSDAY
English 8 9/20/13
Goal: Understand how to analyze literature for the author
Bell Work: Draw one picture using the following three words: recede, deceased, and precede
Cease/ced: go away, give up, or yield
• Reading Quiz• Journal • Punctuation Groups• Continue reading
Homework: Punctuation WS due Monday
FRIDAY
English 8 9/23/13
Goal: Understand and identify various types of punctuation
Bell Work: The SOW is chron. In your words, what do chronic, chronology, and synchronize mean?
Infer what chron means.
• Turn in punctuation worksheet
• Punctuation foldable • Reading Wine to Water• Begin working on
projects- Due next Friday
Homework: Read to pg. 224
MONDAY
English 8 9/24/13
Goal: Have a successful presentation about “The Gift” Bell Work: Fix the following sentences: 1. ms middleton axed for the
states listed in chronological order by the date they joined the union
2. the chronicles of narnia is my favorite book by cs lewis stated maria
The Gift Speaker- Mr. Adetokunbo Adeshile
Homework: Complete Gift Identification Questions
TUESDAY
English 8 9/25/13
Goal: Understand how an author’s heritage, customs, beliefs, and attitudes affect their writing
Bell Work: Where in a text would you find information about the author?
• Group Scavenger Hunt- Wine to Water
• Project selection• Continue reading/work
on projects
Homework: Finish reading the book
WEDNESDAY
English 8 9/25/13
Goal: Have a successful book discussion
Bell Work: When J.K. Rowling was writing the first Harry Potter, her mother died. What traces of this relationship can you see in the book?
• Group Discussion- Wine to Water
• Work on Projects
Homework: Work on Projects
THURSDAY
English 8 8/27/13
Goal:Bell Work:
Homework:
WEDNESDAY