Ms. Oing English 3

1. Ms. Oing English 3 Unit 1: Beginnings to 1750

2. Before the music ends… • Turn in your Reading Journals to your class’ black HW tray • No late work accepted on this one! • Get out your interactive notebooks and open to page 7 & title it “Daily Oral Language Warmups” • Get out your textbooks

3. DOL Warm-Up • Put today’s date in the left margin • Copy the following two sentences into your notebooks & do your best to correct the errors • no one is sure when or how the first people arrived in what is not called the United States • They may have arrived as recently as 12000 years ago or as long ago as 70000 years. • Do not waste room; you will need to fit another 4 of these on this page (8 sentences)

4. DOL Warm-Up • Did you get them right? • No one is sure when or how the first people arrived in what is now called the United States. • They may have arrived as recently as 12,000 years ago or as long ago as 70,000 years. • If not, fix them now!

5. Agenda: 8/27/12 • Warmup • Unit 1 Introduction • Interactive Notebook Setup

6. Reminders • today • Reading Journal 1 (if you are trying for an A) • this week • AoW 2 Reflection Friday • Reading Journal Friday

7. Unit 1: Beginnings-1750 • Open textbook to pages 2-3 • Using the time line displayed, answer the critical questions on the handout, on page 95 of your Interactive Notebooks • I expect E3 students to answer only in complete sentences • Don’t write SHORT sentences, but all 10 need to fit on p95, so don’t waste space. • If you run out of room, you may continue on the back of the ½-sheet (it will be stapled in) or on another piece of paper to staple over • Questions 1-5 have two parts to each question • Part 2 tends to be “under the surface”

8. When you have finished… • Staple the half-sheet with the questions to the top of your p95 • On p94 in your IN, write a reflection of what you know of your birth. Topics to include: • Where & when • Earliest memories • Do you feel like you were born into the right family, and the right time? • Ask your parents how you were as a birth and as a baby. • 1p = A, 3/4p = B, 1/2p = C, 1/4p = D

9. Ms. Oing English 3 Unit 1: Beginnings to 1750

10. DOL Warm-Up • Put today’s date in the left margin • Copy the following two sentences into your notebooks (same page as yesterday: #7) & do your best to correct the errors • Native Americans have been in North America thirty times longer then europeans have been on the continent. • Actually colonists did not arrive in North America until the late 1500’s. • Do not waste room; you will need to fit another 3 of these on this page (6 sentences)

11. DOL Warm-Up • Did you get them right? • Native Americans have been in North America thirty times longer than Europeans have been on the continent. • Actually, colonists did not arrive in North America until the late 1500’s. • If not, fix them now!

12. Agenda: 8/28/12 • DOL Warmup • Grammar Review • Timeline Review • Historical Context Clues

13. Reminders • this week • AoW 2 Reflection Friday • Reading Journal Friday

14. Grammar: Parts of Speech • Open your IN to p17 and title “Grammar: Parts of Speech” • Copy the following, and skip lines between: • noun: • pronoun: • adjective: • verb: • adverb: • preposition: • conjunction: • interjection: • Write what you think each is (even if it’s a guess)

15. Grammar: Parts of Speech Independent Practice • On p17 (underneath your notes/guesses from the review), rate how confident you feel on each part of speech (1=I ROCK THIS, 8=huh?) • Choose your BOTTOM 3 (6, 7, & 8) and do 6 grammar exercises posted on SchoolLoop for each of those parts on p16 of your IN (titled “Grammar: Parts of Speech Independent Practice”) • All of the worksheets have more than 6; you choose which 6 to do.

16. America’s Timeline: 1492-1750 • Open your INs to p95 • Looking over the answers to your questions from yesterday, come up with 5 words (with your elbow partner) to describe this period in America’s history. • What do you think the “theme” of this time period is?

17. Historical Context • From where do we get clues about a piece’s historical period? • On your own: • Read & annotate the passage from “The History of the Dividing Line” as directed on the worksheet. • When finished, staple the worksheet to p97 of your IN

18. Homework • On p96 of your IN, list words, phrases, and references that you think could appear in writings that would give the students of the future the historical context of this period. • Title it “Today’s Historical Context” • 1p = A, 3/4p = B, 1/2p = C, 1/4p = D

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20. DOL Warm-Up • Grab your textbooks on the way in • Put today’s date in the left margin • Copy the following two sentences into your notebooks & do your best to correct the errors • In 1620, a small group of Puritans sailed to America and landed in what is now Plymouth Massachusetts. • By following the advise of the Native Americans. Many Puritans survived the hardships of the New World. • Do not waste room; you will need to fit another 2 of these on this page (4 sentences)

21. DOL Warm-Up • Did you get them right? • In 1620, a small group of Puritans sailed to America and landed in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. • By following the advice of the Native Americans, many Puritans survived the hardships of the New World. • If not, fix them now!

22. Agenda: 8/29/12 • DOL Warmup • Writing: Word Choice • from The Journal of the First Voyage to America

23. Reminders • this week • AoW 2 Reflection Friday • Reading Journal Friday • next week • Grammar: Parts of Speech Ind. Practice Tuesday

24. Word Choice • (Take notes on p57) • How many words are there in the English language? • Current estimates: 250,000-1,072,000 • How do you choose the right one? • Audience • Relationship • Purpose • History/Context • Denotation • Connotation

25. Triggering Words • On p56, draw the following table: • Throughout the grading period, you are to come up with words that might be negatively “triggering” for certain people. Record the word, who it triggers, and why. I will check it on 9/21 for credit. • A=20 words; B=15 words; C=10 words; D=5 words

26. from Journal of the First Voyage to America • Open textbooks to p15 • Follow along in your books • On p99, answer the following question in a reframed sentence • If you had sponsored Columbus’s voyage, how would you feel upon reading this account of his experience? • Complete “Literary Focus: Journals” worksheet with your elbow partner and staple on top of p99

27. Processing Work • (Homework if not finished in class) • On p98, copy & answer the following prompt: • How would you have sold the idea of traveling around the globe to people who believed it would not be worth the expense? What sort of reasons would you include? Write a convincing argument. • Title it “If I were Columbus…” • 1p = A, 3/4p = B, 1/2p = C, 1/4p = D

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29. DOL Warm-Up • Grab your textbooks on the way in • Put today’s date in the left margin (p7) • Copy the following two sentences into your notebooks & do your best to correct the errors • Many husbands and wifes died that first harsh winter in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, many children were orphaned. • Everyone had his fears during that bitter time, as a result; many people thought about returning to Europe. • Do not waste room; you will need to fit another 1 of these on this page (2 sentences)

30. DOL Warm-Up • Did you get them right? • Many husbands and wives died that first harsh winter in the Massachusetts Bay Colony; many children were orphaned. • Everyone had his or her fears during that bitter time; as a result, many people thought about returning to Europe. • If not, fix them now!

31. Agenda: 8/30/12 • DOL Warmup • Grammar: Sentences • Cultural American Origin Myths

32. Reminders • tomorrow • AoW 2 Reflection • Reading Journal • next week • Grammar: Parts of Speech Ind. Practice Tuesday

33. Grammar: Sentences • open INs to p19 and take notes • What is required to make a sentence? • subject (who/what is doing ___) • predicate • verb (what is s/he/it doing or being) • complete thought

34. Grammar: Sentences • Clauses • independent (aka ordinate) • stands alone • dependent (aka subordinate) • contains subject & verb but do not express complete thought

35. Grammar: Sentences • How do you fix what’s broken? • Attach it to something else compatible • Add something to it

36. Grammar: Sentences • phrase • NOT the same as a dependent clause • A group of words that functions as a part of speech, such as an adjective or noun • if on its own, is fragment: no subject, no verb, no complete thought • Examples (do not need to copy) • However, there are plenty of opportunities for students to create their own jobs. • Maybe you are an outgoing person with good computer skills. • Having worked with children, you will have an advantage over less-experienced sitters.

37. Grammar: Sentences • S or F: Although traditional after-school jobs are still popular. • Fragment! • S or F: I was tired. • Sentence! • My mother went to the store. Although she had many errands to run. • My mother went to the store, although she had many errands to run. • In the pool. • My little sister almost drowned in the pool.

38. Grammar: Sentences Reflection • HW: on p18 draw or find a picture to illustrate each of the 4 concepts: • sentence • fragment • dependent/subordinate clause • phrase

39. Cultural American Origin Myths • Open your INs to p101 • In your group of 4, determine who is A, B, C, & D (you have 30 seconds to decide and write the letter at the top of p101)

40. Cultural American Origin Myths • Read your assigned origin myth to yourself, then write a 1-3 sentence summary what the myth was about • When all 4 have finished reading, report to your group in 1 minute or less • “The Earth on Turtle’s Back” p22 • “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” p24 • from “The Navajo Origin Legend” p26 • from “The Iroquois Constitution” p28 • Take notes when your group members give their summaries (1 sentence for each letter)

41. Cultural Details • As a group, complete the 4 questions on the gold worksheet and staple to the top of p101 • On p100, write an origin myth that is either • From your own culture • Something that interests you • 1p = A, 3/4p = B, 1/2p = C, 1/4p = D

42. Ms. Oing English 3 Unit 1: Beginnings to 1750

43. DOL Warm-Up • Put today’s date in the left margin • Copy the following two sentences into your notebooks & do your best to correct the errors • In his book Of Plymouth Plantation William Bradford described what the Puritans believed and experienced. • The Puritans wrote the mayflower compact to settle disagreements among members of the colony.

44. DOL Warm-Up • Did you get them right? • In his book Of Plymouth Plantation, William Bradford described what the Puritans believed and experienced. • The Puritans wrote the Mayflower Compact to settle disagreements among members of the colony. • If not, fix them now!

45. Agenda: 8/31/12 • DOL Warmup • ABC Review • Color-Coding Paragraphs

46. Reminders • today • AoW 2 Reflection • Reading Journal

47. Interactive Notebooks • INs will be assessed/due on 9/28 • Part of the grade will be following specific directions (right pages on right page numbers) • I will stamp assignments when it matters to me that they are on time, but you can include them later for reduction in points (as long as they are in by 9/28) • All pages must be firmly attached, not falling out • If you are ever absent, check the class master copy to see what you have missed or you will lose points.

48. Interactive Notebooks • If you have put something on the wrong page, you may paste binder paper over it and re-do (if it cannot be erased or unglued. • Assignments may be typed up/printed and attached to assigned page

49. Interactive Notebooks • Table of Contents: • p1: Main • p5: Grammar & Vocabulary • p41: Writing • p91: Literature • (Self Inventory & Unit Overview we will get to next week)

50. Interactive Notebooks • Parent Checkins • 2-3 times per grading period you will show your INs to your parents and THEY will answer questions that I will give you, and they will sign. • Graded assignment