Category: November 2019

Periods 8-1 and 8-4

Complete Speed Dating Discussions Round 2 for the poem “Peaches”

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Period 8-5

1.  Task Card Walk:  Figurative Language with Similes, Metaphors, and Personification
2.  15 Minutes practice with Membean
3.  You may read your library book or finish Commonly Confused Words in http://www.noredink.om
4. Tomorrow we will complete our “Speed Dating” discussions over “I Ask My Mother to Sing”

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Period 8-6

1.  Partner Work to wrap up yesterday’s speed dating discussions with “See, Think, Wonder”
2.  15 Minute segment of Membean

 

Periods 1, 4, and 6

Today we engaged in “speed dating” conversations about our poetry analysis work with “I Ask My Mother to Sing” that students completed in class week.  Students were able to complete 5-7 rounds of conversation with a variety of discussion prompts.  Students turned in their speed dating tickets and completed a self-assessment in Canvas.

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Period 8-5

Today we completed the poetry work for “I Ask My Mother to Sing.”  Students who were not finished after having all of class Friday and today are required to complete the packet tonight.  Parents/family members have been contacted for those who are missing work.   Tomorrow all 5th period students should bring their library books.

Period 8-1

1. Complete your work for “Peaches”
2. Complete your work for “I Ask My Mother to Sing”
3. Complete the SWIFT chart for ONE of the two poems.
4. Turn in the work.
5. Early Finisher Options:
   A. Complete the NoRedInk module on Commonly Confused Words
   B. Membean–it is back up and running!
   C. Read your library book
   D. Figurative language practice/Halloween coloring learning activity

Anyone not finished with items 1-3 will finish at War Time today.

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Period 8-4

1. Complete your work for “Peaches”
2. Complete your work for “I Ask My Mother to Sing”
3. Turn in the work.
4. Early Finisher Options:
   A. Complete the NoRedInk module on Commonly Confused Words
   B. Membean–it is back up and running!
   C. Read your library book
   D. Figurative language practice/Halloween coloring learning activity

Anyone not finished with items 1-2 will finish at War Time today.

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Period 8-5

1.  Introduce the poem “I Ask My Mother to Sing”
2.  Review annotation strategies (purple handout in a slide protector in our notes).
3.  Annotate poem (3 annotations).
4.  Review and work on poetry analysis packet and sketchnotes.

We will work on these learning activities today and Monday in class.

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Period 8-6

1.  Finish poem analysis work from Thursday.
2.  Complete sketchnotes for “I Ask My Mother to Sing”
3. Turn in the work.
4. Early Finisher Options:
   A. Complete the NoRedInk module on Commonly Confused Words
   B. Membean–it is back up and running!
   C. Read your library book
   D. Figurative language practice/Halloween coloring learning activity

If you are not finished, take your work home and complete by the beginning of class on Monday.