Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Monday, May 22, 2017
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Thursday 5-18-17
Week #36
Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure
Warm-Up
Lesson:
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10 Minute Quick Write: Reminders of Home
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Focus Lesson:
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Guiding Questions: Is Memorial Day just about BBQs and family gatherings? Why is this a national holiday? Why is remembrance important to our nation?
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Class Work:
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Arlington (Trace Adkins)
* Use Think-Pair-Share to answer the TBQs.
* Complete the Constructed Response Questions.
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Make sure you have a pencil and your notebook for class tomorrow!
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Homework:
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30 Minutes of independent reading.
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OMG Fact:
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The average American produces 7.1 pounds of trash per day. The average Japanese? 2.5
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Wednesday 5-17-17
Week #36
Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure
Warm-Up
Lesson:
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Read and highlight the text: A Kenyan Teen’s Discovery: Let There Be Lights To Save Lions. Then work with a partner to answer the “Assessment” and “Discussion” questions.
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Focus Lesson:
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Drama and critical reading
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Class Work:
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Choose one of the drama teams. Re-read the drama, choose parts, and rehearse the play. Make sure you’re team is ready to present the drama.
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Homework:
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30 Minutes of independent reading.
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OMG Fact:
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Platypuses don’t have stomachs.
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Tuesday 5-16-17
Week #36
Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure
Warm-Up
Lesson:
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Read and highlight the text: Young Innovators: Detecting Land Mines. Then work with a partner to answer the “Assessment” and “Discussion” questions.
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Focus Lesson:
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Drama and critical reading
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Class Work:
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Choose one of the drama teams. Re-read the drama, choose parts, and rehearse the play. Make sure you’re team is ready to present the drama.
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Homework:
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30 Minutes of independent reading.
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OMG Fact:
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In Britain’s 2001 census, 390,000 people listed “Jedi” as their religious affiliation.
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Monday, May 15, 2017
Monday 5-15-17
Week #36
Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure
Warm-Up
Lesson:
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Read and highlight the text: How an 11-Year-Old Boy Invented the Popsicle. Then work with a partner to answer the “Assessment” and “Discussion” questions.
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Focus Lesson:
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Drama and critical reading
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Class Work:
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Rotate through the three drama-reading stations:
| Click here to go to the digital version of each of these drams. |
Homework:
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30 Minutes of independent reading.
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OMG Fact:
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A way you can tell if you’re whispering or not is to put your hand at your throat. If you feel vibrations, you’re talking. If you don’t, you’re whispering.
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Friday, May 12, 2017
Friday 5-12-17
Week #35
Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure
Bell
Ringer:
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Check lockers for classroom or library books that need to be returned.
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All classroom library books need to be returned.
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Warm-Up
Lesson:
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None
| Click here to go to the digital version of each of these drams. |
Focus Lesson:
| Directions for choosing a drama to perform. | |
Class Work:
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* War of the Worlds TBQs
* Read the three dramas and choose one to perform
When Girls Ruled Baseball (MAR/16)
The Tell-Tale Heart (SEPT/16)
The Curse of King Tut (FEB/17)
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Homework:
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Look for any books that you might have checked out and left at home. Put them in your backpack so that you remember to bring them back to school on Monday.
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OMG Fact:
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The brain uses more than 25% of the oxygen used by the human body.
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Thursday, May 11, 2017
Thursday 5-11-17
Week #35
Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure
Bell
Ringer:
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10 Minutes of independent reading
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All library books need to be returned.
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Warm-Up
Lesson:
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None
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Focus Lesson:
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Determine read-aloud roles for War of the Worlds
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RL.7.7 Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
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Class Work:
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Homework:
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Complete any unfinished work.
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OMG Fact:
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The focusing muscles of the eyes move 100,000 times a day.
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Wednesday 5-10-17
Week #35
Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure
Bell
Ringer:
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10 Minutes of independent reading
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All library books need to be returned.
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Warm-Up
Lesson:
| None | |
Focus Lesson:
| War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast | PBS America War of the Worlds: Original 1938 Radio Broadcast | RL.7.7 Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film). |
Class Work:
| Read the drama: War of the Worlds Scope | |
Homework:
| Complete any unfinished work. | |
OMG Fact:
| The U.S. has the most English speakers of any country. A close second? India. | |
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Tuesday 5-9-17
Week #35
Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure
Bell
Ringer:
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10 Minutes of independent reading
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All library books need to be returned.
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Warm-Up
Lesson:
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Focus Lesson:
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The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Think-Pair-Share: What elements of the text and TV show are similar/different and how does that impact meaning?
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RL.7.7 Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
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Class Work:
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Finish The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer.
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Reading Comprehension Questions | |
Homework:
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Finish The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Reading Comprehension Questions. Due Thursday!
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OMG Fact:
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The world’s largest pyramid is not in Egypt. It’s in Cholula de Rivadabia near Mexico City.
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Monday, May 8, 2017
Monday 5-8-17
Week #35
Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure
Bell
Ringer:
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10 Minutes of independent reading
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All library books need to be returned by Wednesday!
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Warm-Up
Lesson:
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What is Drama in Literature?
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RL.7.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama
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Focus Lesson:
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The Monsters are Due on Maple Street - filmed version attributes
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RL7.2 - Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.
RL7.5 - Analyze how a drama's or a poem's form or structure contributes to its meaning.
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Class Work:
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The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
* Compare/Contrast graphic organizer
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Homework:
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30 Minutes of independent reading
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OMG Fact:
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The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter in the alphabet.
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