October 6, 2015

Today:

1. Ted Talks

2. Grammar Review Blitz!

3. NoRedInk

a. Nouns

b. Adj

c. Verbs

4. Fact Finding Operation

Grammar Review Blitz!Nouns - person, place, thing, idea

• Common v. Proper

Pronouns - rename nouns (he, she, they, we, us, it, I, etc…)

Adjectives - describe nouns; answers the following questions

• Which one?

• What kind?

• How many?

Verbs - represents actions or states of being

NoRedInk

1.When you’re set up with a Chromebook… go to NoRedInk.com

2.Sign up for free as a student

a. Include your class code

b. First and last name

c. Use your school username for this username

d. Use your school password for this password

3.Take a moment to set your preferences

4.We will begin by testing your adjective and verb savvy

What respecting technology in class

looks like…

What respecting technology in class doesn’t look like…

Using it for the assigned task

Using it to look up silly cat videos, movie

trailers, etc.

Replacing and recharging after use Leaving technology to

starve…

Saving your work!

Fact Finding TKAM: Part I (1933-1935)

Objectives: Research and report on a topic related to To Kill a Mockingbird.

Requirements:

• Take notes on your topic(s). Write these notes on the next RIGHT side in your notebook

• For each source, Include the title of the article (and a note about URL) If URL is long, copy the URL onto a google document

• Minimum of two reliable sources (not including picture sources). When you search, specify 1930s. Best sources will have these endings – start there: edu, net, gov, or org

• Find 2-4 relevant pictures: Save pictures and URL of sources on a Word document/Google doc

• Title document: “Period________ Topic__________”

• Due in class or finish for homework – 1 stamp

Things to know1. Hoover carts2. Automobiles3. 1 room schools4. Jim Crow Laws5. Men’s clothing (dressy, casual, work)6. Women’s clothing (dressy, casual, work)7. Children’s clothing (infant to teens)8. Radio shows9. Afternoon Tea10. Aunt Alexandra’s group11. Southern foods for lower and middle classes12. School games13. Small southern town architecture – court house, town square14. Tenant farmers15. Birds: mockingbirds, finches

16. Scottsboro Boys17. Harper Lee18. Unemployment/Scrip Stamps19. Roles of men20. Roles of women21. Southern native plants – smilax, scuppernongs, kudzu, azaleas, camellias, nutgrass22. Farming in Alabama23. Monroeville, Alabama24. Truman Capote25. Dewey Decimal System/Duncecaps26. African-American churches/Foot-washing Baptists27. Franklin Stove/spittoons28. Black servants29. FDR30. Works Progress Administration31. Mad dogs/rabies32. Cooties/head lice/ringworm

Homework:

Make sure you bring your stamp sheet to our next class, 10/8

Finish “mini reasearch,” due 10/8

Grammar Test, 10/13

Will cover: identifying, listing, diagramming

Nouns – Proper v. Common

Pronouns

Adjectives

Verbs