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Friday, September 23, 2016

Friday-TKAM Final Test

Objectives:
-Demonstrate knowledge of TKAM story, characters and plot via a multiple choice test

Agenda:
-Turn in TKAM Study Guides
-TKAM TEST

HW:
Honors

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Thursday-Essay writing

Objectives:
-Dissect writing prompt, identifying writing tasks in a “do/what” chart
-Generate possible text evidence to be used in essay via a brainstorming activity

-Select best evidence and develop appropriate analysis on teacher-provided evidence collector

Agenda:
-Collect best evidence for Scout/Scout paragraph
-Generate Scout paragraph as a class
-Collect best evidence for second body paragraph

Homework:
-Honors: Finish "America Saya Thank You" & "Freedom Riders" and fill out the Evidence collector worksheet for those two articles. Due Monday.

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Wednesday-Essay writing

Objectives:
-Dissect writing prompt, identifying writing tasks in a “do/what” chart
-Generate possible text evidence to be used in essay via a brainstorming activity
-Select best evidence and develop appropriate analysis on teacher-provided evidence collector

Agenda:
Turn in week 5 TKAM packets
-CP Prompt Packet

HW:  
-Select second character from TKAM and the moment of focus for essay
-TKAM Study Guide due Friday
-Final exam for TKAM is Friday
-Honors: Last two Significant Text Excerpts due Friday via Google classroom

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Tuesday-Socratic Seminar

Objectives:
-Discuss open-ended, teacher-created discussion questions in a Socratic Seminar, utilizing text evidence and academic discourse

Agenda:
Socratic Seminar Entry Ticket
Powerpoint and Socratic Seminar Discussion/Quiz


Hand out TKAM Study Guide and begin working on it, due Friday

Homework:

Honors: Significant text excerpts 5 & 6 Due Friday


All: TKAM Study Guide due Friday. TKAM Final exam on Friday.

Monday, September 19, 2016

Monday-Finish TKAM movie

Objectives:  Assess my knowledge of vocabulary terms by taking the Ch. 15-30 Vocab Quiz

Agenda:
Turn in Vocab packets
BELLWORK: Vocab Quiz 15-30
Watch TKAM movie
Finish the baseline test for Empower 3000 (if you didn't finish) or Socratic Seminar  Entry Ticket

HW:

Socratic Seminar  Entry Ticket due tomorrow.

Friday, September 16, 2016

Friday-Finish writing practice/Finish TKAM

Objectives:
Analyze textual evidence and make connections to previous chapters in TKAM.
Make observations about characters based on textual evidence.

Agenda:
Finish writing practice
Read Chapter 31 in class
review for ch. 29-31

Homework:
Socratic Seminar Entry Ticket

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Thursday-Essay writing practice continued

Objectives:
Students will analyze textual evidence in order to respond in writing to various critical thinking questions. Specifically, they will evaluate, compare and contrast and make predictions regarding the characters and themes relevant to the last chapters of TKAM.

Agenda:
-Writing Instruction: Perspective prompt continued

HW:
Read Ch. 29 & 30

H: work on Sig Text Excerpt 3 & 4 due Fri

Assignments for the week of April 13-April 17-Distance Learning

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