Category: October 2019

Period 8-1

• Review annotation instructions

• Review scoresheets for each poem task “I Ask My Mother to Sing” and “Peaches”

• Continue working on poem tasks (see score-sheets in this link)

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Period 8-4

• Listen to poems:  “Peaches” and “I Ask My Mother to Sing“

• Review instructions and begin working on poem tasks (see score-sheets in this link)    

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Period 8-5

• Begin Quickwrite 2, Cycle 3; we will finish on Thursday.

• Read, Halloween Figurative Language Puzzle, or http://www.noredink.com work if you finish early.

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Period 8-6

• Listen to poem “I Ask My Mother to Sing

• Review instructions and begin working on poem tasks (see score-sheets in this link)    

Period 8-1

• Distribute materials for our new paired texts:  poems “Peaches” and “I Ask My Mother to Sing”

• Listen to poems:  “Peaches” and “I Ask My Mother to Sing“

• Complete Quickwrite from yesterday if needed

• Begin working on poem tasks (see score-sheets in this link)

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Period 8-4

• Distribute materials for our new paired texts:  poems “Peaches” and “I Ask My Mother to Sing”

• Complete Quickwrite from yesterday if needed; if you are satisfied with your final draft from yesterday, you may read your library book.

• Listen to poems:  “Peaches” and “I Ask My Mother to Sing“

• Begin working on poem tasks (see score-sheets in this link)    

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Period 8-5

• Finish Round 2 of “Pop Up” Discussion on “Fish Cheeks”

• Complete self-assessment of work in the pop-up discussion in the top announcement in Canvas or click here.

• Begin Quickwrite 2, Cycle 3; we will finish on Thursday.

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Period 8-6

• Complete Quickwrite from yesterday if needed using new drafting template to help you write your very best work.

Periods 8-1, 8-4, 8-6

1.  Warm-up with Sticky Note thinking activity
2.  Review procedures for “Pop Up” discussions about “Fish Cheeks” and how you will be graded/ how the grade counts
3.  Round 1, Pop Up Discussion
4.  Midpoint Reflection
5.  Round 2–Pop Up Discussion (Periods 1 and 6 will finish Round 2 tomorrow)

All classes will begin with a quick reflection on the pop up discussion tomorrow.

 

Period 8-5

1. Finish the “Fish Cheeks” Question Trail if you did not do so last week.
2.  Finish last week’s Quickwrite if you did not do so and turn in to Ms. Hamilton.
3.  10-15 Minutes of http://www.noredink.com practice module on Commonly Confused Words
4.  Read your library book

Please continue reading your library books at home–work toward your blue bookmark goals.