Welcome to ESL, December 8 th

1. Welcome to ESL, December 8th • Warm Up: • No ESL notebooks • Get out silent reading book • Turn and talk: “What is something you’ve learned about reading this year?”

2. I can statement/agenda • Today, 12/8, I can… • Know: Show my development as a reader from the beginning of the year. • Do: Complete the Gates reading assessment. Agenda: • Warm up (5 minutes) • Introduce Gates Reading Assessment (5 minutes) • Reading assessment (35 minutes)

3. What is the Gates’ Assessment? • a multiple choice reading test used to help determine reading level • Gates test will help determine student growth since the beginning of the year • students may move down a level in ELL, stay in the same class or exit ELL based on results

4. How to take the Gates Reading assessment • Only complete the comprehension section (pages 7-21) • Do not write on test booklet, do write on answer sheets • when students finish: • they should place their test inside their test booklet, • put the booklet in the HW tray • and silent read

5. Welcome to Study Hall • 7th grade, sit by the computers • 8th grade, sit by the door • Important! • Last day for Penny Harvest • Last day for dance wrist bands • Next Friday, 1 hour early release

6. Thursday, December 8 Dear Students, Thank you in advance for being responsible, respectful students today. I’ll miss you! -Ms. Anna • Materials Managers: • Please grab SS notebooks • Warm-up: • Open up to Perspective debate note page • Review your perspective

7. I can statement/agenda • Today, 12/8, I can… • Know: identify arguments in a primary source. • Do: Annotate a primary source from the 1830s. Agenda: • Warm up/ introduce guest (5 minutes) • Review perspectives debate (5 minute) • Group annotation of primary sources (35 minutes)

8. Project overview • Read primary sources • What is your position on Indian removal? • What are your main (important arguments)? • 2-5 minute speech prepared for debate • 3x5 cards with at least one main argument per person

9. Your job today • Remember the three steps of annotation • Get a goal/purpose • Read through once • Re read and annotate • Work with your team to read and annotate your primary source • Write down the arguments made by your perspective for/against the Indian Removal Act in your SS notebook

10. Language Arts Transition • Materials managers: Please return SS notebooks pick up writers & readers • Please put your SS reading somewhere safe (in your binder or notebook) • Warm-up: • TURN AND TALK: “What is a simile?” “What is a metaphor?”

11. Planner • Prepare for MAP testing; eat well, sleep and review! • Writing HW • Read and log (1 simile quick note, 1 metaphor quick note) • Spelling and Vocabulary test tomorrow – STUDY! • Words: theme, perspective, antonym, synonym, conclusion

12. I can statement/agenda • Today, 12/9, I can… • Know:identify similes and metaphors in my silent reading • Do: create two quick notes documenting simile and metaphor Agenda: • Planner (5 minutes) • Review simile and metaphor (5 minutes) • Silent reading task (3 minutes) • Silent reading & quick note practice (remaining time)

13. Similes & Metaphors • Simile: • A comparison using like or as • Example in poetry: Willow and Ginkgo Eve Merriam The willow is like an etching, Fine-lined against the sky. The ginkgo is like a crude sketch, Hardly worthy to be signed. The willow’s music is like a soprano, Delicate and thin. The ginkgo’s tune is like a chorus With everyone joining in. • Metaphor: • It is a comparison, but it does NOTuse like or as to make the comparison. • Example in poetry: I AM LAS VEGAS I am Las Vegas growing by the infiniteawake morning by night,or day.I am Las VegasMy hand is the sand.

14. Directions • Silent read in your silent reading books • Identify 1 metaphor used by the author • Write the metaphor on a quick note • Leave in your book (this is due tomorrow) • Identify 1 simile used by the author • Write the simile on a quick note • Leave in your book (this is due tomorrow)