First Book Review

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: Fill out the reading progress form.

Agenda:

1. Begin working on your first book review. Use the sentence frames on the blog. Click on the Independent Reading link on the right-hand side of the blog.
2. I will come around and grade your vocabulary.
3. Go to the library and check out your textbooks.
4. Continue working on your book review.
5. Read Stargirl so that you have less homework. You will have a quiz on Monday. You need to read to page 96.
1. Listen to the audio up to 2:16:00
2. Read the the PDF up to page 69

Success Criteria:

1. I finished my first book review.
2. I finished my 50% of my vocabulary.
3. I started reading the next section of Stargirl.

Homework:

1. Finish reading Stargirl.
2. Work on your vocabulary.
3. Choose your second book.

No one likes Stargirl

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: Today we will read for five minutes. What trouble has been brewing in your book?

Agenda:

1. More participle practice. Today you will write a description of people watching fireworks. You will then go back and add a participle to each sentence.
2. Add to Conversational Roundtable. What other groups are we a part of?
1. One group that shapes our behavior is...For example,...The novel Stargirl also provides examples. For instance,...I think this type of influence has a ___ effect on people. When people...
2. Now choose another group that shapes our behavior.
3. Fill out graph for Hot Seat. How did this event affect Stargirl's popularity? How does the Valentine affect Leo?
4. Read Stargirl for 17 minutes. Start at 1:42:00 and end at 1:59:00 minutes(p85).        Read the the PDF up to page 60

Success Criteria:

1. I can write sentences that use a participle at the beginning.
2. I can explain how groups shape us in life and in the novel.
3. I can analyze how popular Stargirl is at this point in the novel.
4. I understand what is happening in the novel.

Homework:

1. Work on your new vocabulary. You will have two weeks to complete it since Monday is a holiday.
2. Read for 10 minutes.

Tracking the plot in Stargirl

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: Fill out the reading progress form.

Agenda:

1. Work on Stargirl Plot Analysis in GOOGLE CLASSROOM. We will focus on the second column "Rising Action"
1. Stargirl as a cheerleader.
2. The conflict between Hillari and Stargirl (birthday, Cinnamon, etc.)
3. Where should we put Archie Brubaker from chapter 7? How does he fit into the novel?
4. Stargirl becomes really popular in chapter 8
5. Stargirl does things that make her unpopular (funeral, pledge, etc.)
6. The Hot Seat
2. Vocabulary Jam
3. Read Stargirl for 17 minutes. Start at 1:25:00 and end at 1:42:00 minutes(p73).        Read the the PDF up to page 52

Success Criteria:

1. I understand what is happening in Stargirl.
2. I am working on my vocabulary at home.

Homework:

1. Work on your new vocabulary.
2. Bring your school ID. We will check out textbooks.

The Hot Seat

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: Today we will read for five minutes.

Agenda:

1. Class discussion: Who has more influence: Stargirl or Hilari?
1. Not all individuals are equal. Some individuals have more influence than others. So what do you think?
2. I think...because...For example,
3. I also think...And I would add,... Do you remember the part...
2. English Journal #5 Participle Practice
1. , the heavily armed soldiers looked dangerous.
3. Make a claim using the roundtable and add it to English Journal #4
1. In the book, who is doing the shaping? What is being shaped? How is it happening?
4. Read Stargirl for 17 minutes. Start at (p. 49) 1:08:00 and end at 1:25:00 minutes (p61).        Read the the PDF up to page 42
5. Chart Stargirl's popularity after today's reading. What changed?
   

Success Criteria:

1.  I can make a claim about a character in the novel and provide evidence.
2. I know what a participle usually looks like and how to add it to the beginning of a sentence.
3.  I am deepening my knowledge about how individuals and groups shape me.
4. I understand how popular Stargirl is in the novel and why.
5. I am making progress on my vocabulary.

Homework:

1. Work on your new vocabulary.

Flipgrid Fun

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: Today you will read for ten minutes, while I check your vocabulary assignment.

Agenda:

1. Grade your vocabulary.
2. English Journal #4 Making a claim about the conflict in Stargirl
1. Make a claim about the book using our graph and Padlet wall.
1. Check Friday's blog for the Padlet wall for your period.
2. At this point in the book, the main problem is...When Stargirl first arrived at Micah High School,...However, after the two football games...
3. Make sure your paragraph describes how she is different, why she causes problems at Mica High, and how her popularity fluctuates.
4. Finally, make a claim about Archie Brubaker. Why does the author include him in the book? What evidence can you give? page 30.
3. Create a practice Flipgrid
1. Sign-up for Flipgrid using your Google account.
2. Show the cover of your book and tell what is currently happening.
3. Code: 894502
4. Read Stargirl for 17 minutes. Start at 51:00 and end at 1:08:00 minutes(p49).        Read the the PDF up to page 34
5. Start your new vocabulary. I will check 50% on Friday since Monday is a holiday.
6. Play Vocabulary Jam

Success Criteria:

1. I can make a claim about Stargirl and provide evidence.
2. I know how to use Flipgrid.
3. I finished last week's vocabulary and I started my new vocabulary.

Homework:

1. Read for 10 minutes.
2. Work on your new vocabulary.

Stargirl?!

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: Enjoy your book today. You should be done by next week.

Agenda:

1. Review Success Criteria from yesterday.
2. Sign up for Remind.
3. Padlet with what makes Stargirl strange.
1. Padlet for Period 1
2. Padlet for Period 6
4. Start on the graph of how popular Stargirl is at the moment
1. Fold a piece of paper into 8 squares (3 folds)
2. In the first square make a graph. The Y-axis should say "Popularity". The X-axis should have two values "Leo" "Mica High"
3. Using the numbers 1-10 graph how popular Stargirl is with Leo and Mica High.
   
5. Read Stargirl for 17 minutes. Start at 34 end at 51 minutes. (p37) Read the the PDF up to page 26
6. Finish your posters from Wednesday.

Success Criteria:

1. I can explain what makes Stargirl different.
2. I am able to analyze how popular Stargirl is with Leo and the rest of the high school.
3. I can explain what is happening in Stargirl.

Homework:

1. Read your book.
2. Finish your vocabulary. 

Moving Forward

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: We will read for five minutes.

Agenda:

1. English Journal #3: Music for My Mother
1. Write a one paragraph summary.
2. Describe how individuals and groups shape the narrator of the nonfiction narrative. Make a list.
2. Finish your Rainbow in the Clouds poster.
3. Read Stargirl from 17 to 34 minutes (pg. 25)  Read the the PDF up to page 19

Success Criteria:

1. I can summarize Music for My Mother and describe who is being shaped in the narrative.
2. I can categorize words that describe people who are a rainbow in another person's clouds.
3. I can identify the conflict at the beginning of Stargirl.

Homework:

1. Stargirl vocabulary list 1
2. Your first book should be read by September 14th

Our First iTime

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes.

Agenda:

1. iTime: A Rainbow in the Clouds
1. Take a moment and think of someone who has shown you kindness. How did they make you feel cared for or noticed?
2. What are the qualities people have who show us kindness and make us feel supported?
1. Period 1
2. Period 6
3. Watch video about being a Rainbow in Someone's Cloud.
4. Should other words be added?
5. Everyone in life will experience clouds. We want to make sure we also think of the rainbows.
6. You will work in pairs and try to group the words from our word cloud into categories. No more than 7 categories.
7. Think of a way you can be a rainbow for someone else.
1. Period 1
2. Period 6
8. These will form our "House Rules"
2. What do we need to finish from this week?

Success Criteria:

1. I can explain what it means to be a rainbow for someone else.

Homework:

1. Your vocabulary is due on Monday.
2. Your book should be finished on September 14th.

Stargirl

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: Fill out the reading progress form.

Agenda:

1. Finish work from yesterday. We need to explain who is being shaped in the narrative.
2. Review the syllabus. It's on the website/blog.
3. Write a practice email to Mr. Brubaker.
   
4. Read Stargirl for 17 minutes.
5. Fill out the plot sheet for the first part of Stargirl.

Success Criteria:

1. I updated Mr. Brubaker on where I am at in my book.
2. I wrote a formal email to Mr. Brubaker.
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Homework:

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Individuals and Groups

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: How are the characters in your book connected?

Agenda:

1. Grade your Sweltering Words of Summer vocabulary
2. Roundtable discussion: Individuals and groups
   
3. Hand out textbooks. Put your names on the spine.
4. Read Music for My Mother.
1. The text of the nonfiction narrative.
2. The audio of the nonfiction narrative.
3. Look for Contrasts and Contradictions. Who shapes the main character?
5. English Journal #3: Music for My Mother
1. Write a one-sentence summary.
2. Describe how individuals and groups shape the narrator of the nonfiction narrative. Make a list.
6. 100 Words every middle schooler should know.

Success Criteria:

1. I finished my vocabulary from last week.
2. I am starting to understand how individuals and groups shape me.
3. I understand what I should look for in a fictional narrative.
4. I am working on getting my list to 100%

Homework:

1. Work on 100 words every middle schooler should know.
2. You should have your first book read 

i-Ready Day 2

Big Idea: What is this class all about?

Reading: If you finish your i-Ready test, read for 10 minutes

Agenda:

Homework:

Read for 10 minutes at home. You should finish your first book by August 31st.
Work on your vocabulary. Due on Friday!

i-Ready Day 1

Big Idea: What is this class all about?

Reading: If you finish your i-Ready test, read for 10 minutes

Agenda:

Homework:

Read for 10 minutes at home. You should finish your first book by August 31st.
Work on your vocabulary. Due on Friday!

Catch Up Day

Big Idea: What is this class all about?

Reading:

1. Read for 10 minutes. You should finish your book by August 31st.

Agenda:

1. These are assignments that you should have completed?
1. Rare Birds paper
2. Student Survey
3. English Journal #1
   
4. English Journal #2
   
5. Google Site "Beginning of the Year Introduction"
   
6. Google Site "Capacities"
   
7. Work on your vocabulary unit which is due this Friday

Success Criteria:

1. I am done with everything on the Catch Up list
2. I understand that there are three parts to a quote sandwich.

Homework:

1. Read for 10 minutes at home. You should finish your first book by August 31st.
2. Work on your vocabulary. Due on Friday!

Being surprised!

Big Idea: What is this class all about?

Reading:

1. Read for 10 minutes. You should finish your book by August 31st.

Agenda:

1. Read the article about the California fires. I gave this to you on paper.
2. Today we will practice the skill of looking for NEW information or information that SURPRISES us.

On the same English Journal we have been using today, press enter and tab and write down the following quote:

We will practice writing a quote sandwich, an important skill for this class.

1. Many people assume that...X agrees/disagrees when he/she writes, "achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit," (AUTHOR 5). In other words, X believes...

Work on Sweltering Words of Summer List

Success Criteria:

1. I read my book for 10 minutes today.
2. I can know what to look for in a nonfiction article.
3. I understand that a quote sandwich has three parts.

Homework:

1. Read for 10 minutes at home. You should finish your first book by August 31st.
2. Work on your vocabulary. Due on Friday!

Building Capacities

Big Idea: What is this class all about?

Reading:

1. Fill out the reading progress form.

Agenda:

1. What are the capacities of a literate individual?
1. Today we will cover the first capacity: Independence.
1. Open your English Journal. Start a new entry. Title it “Independence and Quote Sandwich”
2. Share your English Journal with your random partner for today. 
3. In a separate color, each of you must write a sentence that explains what independence means using the definition below. 
4. Your sentences must have the number of words I assigned you in class. 
5. Next, create a new page on your Google Site called “My Capacities”
6. Add the two sentences you came up with. 
2. On the same English Journal we have been using today, press enter and tab and write down the following quote:
   
3. We will practice writing a quote sandwich, an important skill for this class.
1. Many people assume that...
2. X agrees/disagrees when he/she writes, "QUOTE," (AUTHOR 5).
3. In other words, X believes...
4. Now it is your turn. Find another quote on Google Images and create another quote sandwich. Use the pattern above.
4. Work on Sweltering Words of Summer List

Success Criteria:

1. I read my book for 10 minutes today.
2. I can explain what it means to be independent.
3. I understand that a quote sandwich has three parts.

Homework:

1. Read for 10 minutes at home. You should finish your first book by August 31st.
2. Work on your vocabulary. Due on Friday!

Week One and Done

Big Idea: What is this class all about?

Success Criteria:

1. I read my book for 10 minutes today.
2. I started my Google Sites portfolio.
3. I worked on vocabulary.

Agenda:

1. Read silently for 10 minutes.
2. Create a book log in GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
3. Create a Google Site for your year-long portfolio.
4. Work on 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know list on Vocabulary.com

Getting Started Reading

Big Idea: What is this class all about?

Success Criteria:

1. I know how to write in my English Journal.
2. I know how to study vocabulary.
3. I can choose a book to read for the first four weeks.

Agenda:

1.  Write your first entry in your English Journal.
2. Vocabulary List from Vocabulary.com
3. Explain the syllabus and how your grade is calculated.
4. Go to the library and check out your first book.

Welcome Back to School

Hello and Welcome to Beaumont High School!

We're going to have a fantastic year of learning together, and that means we have a lot to do today. The first thing to know is that this blog will be where we start each day, and it will link you to everything else you will need for our class. We're very excited to get to know all of you, so let's get started!