Monday, 8/26/13

1. Monday, 8/26/13 Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else. Agenda First Five Vocabulary DOL Grammar Song Share Literary Devices Exit Ticket: KWL Reminders The Giver C. 7-12 due WEDNESDAY. (Please write it on top of your reading guide.) Seven targets are due by this Friday, 8/30. *Bonus points can be earned for turning them in early. Please bring any old magazines to school. *Quiz Corrections!*

2. First Five • Monday

3. Vocabulary • Infer • Ex. From the teacher’s frown, the students inferred that they had not done well on the state test. • Bonus • Sometimes, you get asked to draw inferences from your reading. What does inference mean in this context? • Now use infer in a sentence of your own.

4. DOL • Lisa she don’t loan her skateboard to many people however she will let a friend use it. • Holy cross church must of purchased the twenty nine acres of land for it’s community renewal project.

5. Grammar • Take Action • An action verb tells what the subject of the sentence is doing. • Example: The baby crawled across the room to her mother. • Underline the action verbs. • 1. Jordan raised his hand and asked for help. • 2. Mom popped a bag of popcorn in the microwave. • 3. Josh flew on an airplane to Minneapolis. • 4. Yukiko applied to six different colleges across the country. • 5. The class rode the bus to the museum for a field trip. • 6. Hector ate his dinner and then watched a movie.

6. Literary Devices • EQ: How do writers use literary devices? • Start Up: Begin KWL • Topic: Literary Devices • K: What do you know? • W: What do you want to know? (Questions)

7. Literary Devices • So, what are the literary elements anyway? • Get ready to take some notes! • http://prezi.com/bjxnpx9he4en/the-literary-elements/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copyhttp:// • Hey, those are targets! ;)

8. The Giver • Think, Group, Share • What literary elements are included in The Giver? • How are they used? • *Think about things that you could add to the “L” section of your KWL.* • Finish going over C. 1-6 reading guide, and then….

9. The GiverChapters 1-6 • Literary Elements • http://prezi.com/bjxnpx9he4en/the-literary-elements/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy • Plot Development • http://www.glogster.com/jenesau/plot-structure/g-6nerr9knb82avaci94oq0a0 • What has happened so far in the story? • *Symbolism • http://prezi.com/7whnupiutw9k/symbolism-in-literature/ • What could be symbolic? • Also, think about…. • *Characterization- This is how the personalities of the characters is revealed. • Setting • *Rules • Tone & Mood • *Theme • *Conflict

10. Wrap Up • We are going to be working on a team project for the next two weeks. Please bring in any old magazines that you don’t mind cutting up. • Think about what you topic you would like to address from the ones we have discussed in class today. • Topic Selection (Team) • These will be a poster project due on FRIDAY. • *Poster Project Rubric* • Exit Ticket: Complete “L” of KWL.

11. Tuesday, 8/27/13 Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else. Agenda First Five Vocabulary DOL Grammar Song Share Plot Exit Ticket: Plot Map Reminders The Giver C. 7-12 due WEDNESDAY. (Please write it on top of your reading guide.) Seven targets are due by this Friday, 8/30. *Bonus points can be earned for turning them in early. Please bring any old magazines to school.

12. First Five • Tuesday

13. Vocabulary • Inevitable • Ex. Once the intense marketing campaign was launched, it was inevitable that the product would be a best-seller. • Bonus • Name an antonym for inevitable. • Write one sentence using both inevitable and one of its antonyms.

14. DOL • This here quote appeared on the poster good friends don’t let friends drive drunk. • The sun will of rose over the rocky mountains by 610 AM tomorrow.

15. Grammar • Action or Being? • A verb is a word that expresses action or being. A sentence cannot exist without a verb. • Examples: • Taylor ran to the end of the street and back. (action) • Now Taylor is exhausted. (being) • Write A on the line of the sentence contains an action verb. Write B on the line if it contains a verb that expressed a state of being. • 1. Kwame took his diver’s test last week. _____ • 2. He made a mistake parallel parking. ____ • 3. Kwame was upset that he didn’t pass his test. _____ • 4. He plans on taking his test again next month. _____ • 5. He is excited to try one more time. _____

16. Plot • EQ: How do writers use literary devices? • Plot is a literary element of any story. Writers often follow a certain type of structure for a fiction story. Are there ever exceptions to the rule? Of course! But, this is usually how it’s done. • Start Up • In 10 words or less, define each of the elements of plot structure. • Exposition • Rising Action • Conflict • Climax • Falling Action • Resolution

17. Plot Map: The Giver • Fill out what you can on your plot map for the story so far. • You may work with your team. • Get your work checked by Mrs. B or Ms. Taylor. (This will be your exit ticket later, so make sure to do this!) • When you are finished, you may have some work time to begin your team project regarding your selected topic. • Conflict • Characterization • Include Jonas & his conflict(s) • Symbolism • Themes • The Rules (Society)

18. Wrap Up • Make sure to get your plot map checked today. It is your exit ticket!

19. Wednesday, 8/28/13 Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else. Agenda First Five Vocabulary DOL Grammar Song Share Conflict & Symbolism Novel Study Day: The Giver Exit Ticket: Discussion Responses Reminders The Giver C. 7-12 due TODAY. *Please get it out to be stamped.  Seven targets are due by this Friday, 8/30. *Bonus points can be earned for turning them in early. Please bring any old magazines to school.

20. First Five • Wednesday

21. Vocabulary • Hedonist • Ex. The hedonist did not care about the poverty that surrounded the resort. • Hedonism is the doctrine that happiness of pleasure is the chief good in life. • Bonus • Describe what you imagine the lifestyle of a hedonist to be. • Now use hedonist in a sentence of your own.

22. DOL • That woman who is buying a ticket must like to travel a lot because she has went to south America every winter for the past ten years. • I ran farther than the other forty nine marathon runners I believe.

23. Grammar • Transitive and Intransitive Verbs • A transitive verb is a verb that has an object. • An intransitive verb does not have an object. • To find out if a verb has an object, ask the question what? or whom? after reading the verb. • Examples: • I walked my dog around the block. (Dog is the object, so the verb is transitive.) • I walked around the block. (Walked what? Walked whom? There is no object, so the verb is intransitive.) • Decide if the verb is transitive (T) or intransitive (I). Write the correct letter on the line. • 1. Holly rocked her baby to sleep. _____ • 2. Omar ran down the football field. _____ • 3. He scored a touchdown just in time. _____ • 4. Lindsay raised her hand to ask a question. _____ • 5. John drove to the store to buy milk. _____ • 6. Juanita swam across the lake and back. _____

24. Novel Study Day! • First, we have a few more literary devices to discuss: • Types of Conflict (See Notes) • Symbolism in Literature • http://prezi.com/7whnupiutw9k/symbolism-in-literature/ • Keep our EQ for this week in mind: • How do writers use literary devices? • Think about how this applies to The Giver. • If you are prepared for today’s discussion, you may go to the carpet. • If you are not prepared, please go to the hall of shame and get your work caught up. We need you to come back ASAP so that you can be part of our discussion.

25. The Giver C. 7-12 • Reading Guide • Discussion Points • What is the #1 question you are wondering about this story? • Imagine a world without color. What color would you miss the most and why? • Make an inference about what you think Jonas’ ability is. • *Inferences are based on evidence.* • Make a prediction about what might happen next. Why do you think this might happen?

26. Wrap Up • Complete your responses to our discussion points for today. This is your exit ticket.

27. Thursday, 8/29/13 Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else. Agenda First Five Vocabulary DOL Grammar Finish C. 7-12 Reading Guide Project Work Day Exit Ticket: Turn in your C. 7-12 Reading Guide Song Share Reminders Seven targets are due TOMORROW. *Bonus points can be earned for turning them in early. DOL, Vocabulary & Grammar quiz TOMORROW. Please bring any old magazines to school. ***2nd Block: Giver C. 1-6 reading guide scores didn’t save. Please show me.

28. First Five • Thursday

29. Vocabulary • Abbreviate • Ex. The teacher asked us to abbreviate all the names of states rather than write them out. • Bonus • Select the antonym of abbreviate • Reduce • Lengthen • Truncate • Now use abbreviate in a sentence of your own.

30. DOL • Has Rick took my totebag again asked Jamil angrily. • This rose colored sweater was gave to my mother and I by my Grandmother who lives in Atlanta.

31. Grammar • Verb Phrases • A verb phrase is a group of words that contains a main verb and one or more helping verbs. • Example: • We are going to the supermarket on the way home. (Going is the main verb, and are is the helping verb.) • Helping verbs are often helpful to memorize. List as many helping verbs as you can. Try to think of at least 20. • Helping Verbs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F2JWKY63K0

32. The Giver • Keep our EQ for this week in mind: • How do writers use literary devices? • Think about how this applies to The Giver. • Finish going over C. 7-12 reading guide. • Work Time! • You may work with your group on your project.

33. Wrap Up • Turn in your C. 7-12 reading guide today. • Complete your responses to our discussion questions online. • They’re in the Students’ Corner

34. Friday, 8/30/13 Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else. Agenda First Five- Questions & Answers DOL, Vocabulary & Grammar Quiz Write “Ode to a Cactus” Song Share Share Projects- Gallery Walk Exit Ticket- Evaluation Reminders The Giver

35. First Five • Friday

36. Quiz Time • When you are finished, please place it face-down in the center of your group. • Complete the “Ode to a Cactus”

37. Wrap Up • Complete your responses to our discussion questions about The Giver. Post them online in the Students’ Corner. • Have a good weekend! See you on Tuesday!