Finishing the novel

Big Ideas: How does technology change us?

Reading: Today we will read for 20 minutes.


Agenda:

1. End of the Year reflection
2. Turn in your Medium is the Message notes
3. Final exam review document in Google Classroom.
4. Book Chat food activity in Google Classroom.

Homework:

1. Read your choice book. Choose food to bring for our book chat.

Burning Bright Day 3

Big Ideas: How does technology change us?

Reading: Today we will read for 20 minutes.


Agenda:

1. End of the Year reflection
2. Turn in your Medium is the Message notes
3. Final exam review document in Google Classroom.
4. Book Chat food activity in Google Classroom.

Homework:

1. Read your choice book. Choose food to bring for our book chat.

Burning Bright Day 2

Big Ideas: How does technology change us?

Reading: Today we will read for 15 minutes.

WE WILL RETURN TEXTBOOKS ON THURSDAY!

Agenda:

1. BARR program survey in Google Classroom.
2. End of the Year reflection
3. Turn in your Medium is the Message notes
4. Flipgrid discussion about how technology changes us.

Homework:

1. Read your choice book. Choose food to bring for our book chat.

Burning Bright Day 1

Big Ideas: How does technology change us?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your book review is due on Monday.

WE WILL RETURN TEXTBOOKS ON THURSDAY!

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form.
2. Quiz for the first part of section 3.
3. Flipgrid discussion about how technology changes us.

Homework:

1. Read your choice book. Choose food to bring for our book chat.

Faber's Speech Discussion

Big Ideas: Is Odysseus a hero or villain?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your book review is on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form. If you didn't bring your book today, but still want to receive credit, fill it out at home.
2. Post your best TQEs below:
1. Period 1
2. Period 6
3. You must complete one activity each week. The activity should cover the entire section we read that week.
1. Second, you will choose one of the activities listed below and complete it by Sunday evening of this week.
1. Booksnaps You can also check out this blogpost.
2. Adobe Spark video
3. AVID One-pager
4. Comic strip (online or on paper)
5. Retelling the events from a minor character's point of view.
6. Fake Facebook page for a character.
7. Use Canva to create something for the chapter.
8. Blackout or Colored UP poetry
9. Fortunately/Unfortunately
10. Literary Fanzine
11. What would you like to create?

Homework:

1. Finish taking notes on both videos.
2. You will need to read pages 52-59 of the PDF of the book OR listen to the audiobook. You will have a quiz on the reading. Read pages
3. Make sure you are reading your choice book at home each night. No vocabulary.

Sieve and the Sand Day 4

Big Ideas: How does technology change us?

Reading: You will read F451 for 15 minutes. You will then have 7 minutes to discuss it with your partner.

Agenda:

1. Today I will give you the text for tomorrow's discussion. Don't forget to bring your choice book tomorrow.
2. Each week you work with a partner. This week I will randomly choose a partner for you.
1. You and your partner will work together to read and understand F451.
2. You and your partner must watch these two videos and create Cornell notes.
1. The Medium is the Message video 1
2. The Medium is the Message video 2
3. You must complete one activity each week. You may not choose the same activity as last week. The activity should cover the entire section we read that week.
1. Second, you will choose one of the activities listed below and complete it by Sunday evening of this week.
1. Booksnaps You can also check out this blogpost.
2. Adobe Spark video
3. AVID One-pager
4. Comic strip (online or on paper)
5. Retelling the events from a minor character's point of view.
6. Fake Facebook page for a character.
7. Use Canva to create something for the chapter.
8. Blackout or Colored UP poetry
9. Fortunately/Unfortunately
10. Literary Fanzine
11. What would you like to create?
4. On Friday we will have a class discussion. I will give you a text to annotate on Thursday night.

Homework:

1. Finish taking notes on both videos.
2. You will need to read pages 52-59 of the PDF of the book OR listen to the audiobook. You will have a quiz on the reading. Read pages
3. Make sure you are reading your choice book at home each night. No vocabulary.

Sieve and the Sand Day 3

Big Ideas: How does technology change us?

Reading: You will read F451 for 15 minutes. You will then have 7 minutes to discuss it with your partner.

Agenda:

1. Each week you work with a partner. This week I will randomly choose a partner for you.
1. You and your partner will work together to read and understand F451.
2. You and your partner must watch these two videos and create Cornell notes.
1. The Medium is the Message video 1
2. The Medium is the Message video 2
2. You must complete one activity each week. You may not choose the same activity as last week. The activity should cover the entire section we read that week.
1. Second, you will choose one of the activities listed below and complete it by Sunday evening of this week.
1. Booksnaps You can also check out this blogpost.
2. Adobe Spark video
3. AVID One-pager
4. Comic strip (online or on paper)
5. Retelling the events from a minor character's point of view.
6. Fake Facebook page for a character.
7. Use Canva to create something for the chapter.
8. Blackout or Colored UP poetry
9. Fortunately/Unfortunately
10. Literary Fanzine
11. What would you like to create?
3. On Friday we will have a class discussion. I will give you a text to annotate on Thursday night.

Homework:

1. Make sure you are reading your choice book at home each night. No vocabulary.

Sieve and the Sand Day 2

Big Ideas: How does technology change us?

Reading: You will read F451 for 15 minutes. You will then have 7 minutes to discuss it with your partner.

Agenda:

1. Each week you work with a partner. This week I will randomly choose a partner for you.
1. You and your partner will work together to read and understand F451.
2. You and your partner must watch these two videos and create Cornell notes.
1. The Medium is the Message video 1
2. The Medium is the Message video 2
2. You must complete one activity each week. You may not choose the same activity as last week. The activity should cover the entire section we read that week.
1. Second, you will choose one of the activities listed below and complete it by Sunday evening of this week.
1. Booksnaps You can also check out this blogpost.
2. Adobe Spark video
3. AVID One-pager
4. Comic strip (online or on paper)
5. Retelling the events from a minor character's point of view.
6. Fake Facebook page for a character.
7. Use Canva to create something for the chapter.
8. Blackout or Colored UP poetry
9. Fortunately/Unfortunately
10. Literary Fanzine
11. What would you like to create?
3. On Friday we will have a class discussion. I will give you a text to annotate on Thursday night.

Homework:

1. Make sure you are reading your choice book at home each night. No vocabulary.

Sieve and the Sand Day 1

Big Ideas: How does technology change us?

Reading: You will read F451 for 10 minutes. You will then have 5 minutes to discuss it with your partner.

Agenda:

1. Each week you work with a partner. This week you may choose your partner.
1. The first partner is one that you choose. The second is a randomly assigned partner.
2. You and your partner will work together to read and understand F451.
3. You and your partner must watch these two videos and create partner Cornell notes. Kinda like a partner paragraph. Make sure you use two different colors.
1. The Medium is the Message video 1
2. The Medium is the Message video 2
2. You must complete one activity each week. You may not choose the same activity as last week. The activity should cover the entire section we read that week.
1. Second, you will choose one of the activities listed below and complete it by Sunday evening of this week.
1. Booksnaps You can also check out this blogpost.
2. Adobe Spark video
3. AVID One-pager
4. Comic strip (online or on paper)
5. Retelling the events from a minor character's point of view.
6. Fake Facebook page for a character.
7. Use Canva to create something for the chapter.
8. Blackout or Colored UP poetry
9. Fortunately/Unfortunately
10. Literary Fanzine
11. What would you like to create?
3. On Friday we will have a class discussion. I will give you a text to annotate on Thursday night.

Homework:

1. Make sure you are reading your choice book at home each night. No vocabulary.

Beatty's speech discussion

Big Ideas: Is Odysseus a hero or villain?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your book review is on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form. If you didn't bring your book today, but still want to receive credit, fill it out at home.
2. Post your best TQEs below:
1. Period 1
2. Period 6
3. You must complete one activity each week. The activity should cover the entire section we read that week.
1. Second, you will choose one of the activities listed below and complete it by Sunday evening of this week.
1. Booksnaps You can also check out this blogpost.
2. Adobe Spark video
3. AVID One-pager
4. Comic strip (online or on paper)
5. Retelling the events from a minor character's point of view.
6. Fake Facebook page for a character.
7. Use Canva to create something for the chapter.
8. Blackout or Colored UP poetry
9. Fortunately/Unfortunately
10. Literary Fanzine
11. What would you like to create?

Homework:

1. No vocabulary. Finish your project for this week.

Close Reading of Beatty's Speech

Big Ideas: How does technology change us?

Reading: You will read F451 for 15 minutes. You will then have 7 minutes to discuss it with your partner.

Agenda:

1. Each week you work with a partner. This week you may choose your partner.
1. The first partner is one that you choose. The second is a randomly assigned partner.
2. You and your partner will work together to read and understand F451.
3. NOTE: We will do this next week. You and your partner must watch these two videos and create partner Cornell notes. Kinda like a partner paragraph. Make sure you use two different colors.
1. The Medium is the Message video 1
2. The Medium is the Message video 2
2. You must complete one activity each week. The activity should cover the entire section we read that week.
1. Second, you will choose one of the activities listed below and complete it by Sunday evening of this week.
1. Booksnaps You can also check out this blogpost.
2. Adobe Spark video
3. AVID One-pager
4. Comic strip (online or on paper)
5. Retelling the events from a minor character's point of view.
6. Fake Facebook page for a character.
7. Use Canva to create something for the chapter.
8. Blackout or Colored UP poetry
9. Fortunately/Unfortunately
10. Literary Fanzine
11. What would you like to create?
3. On Friday we will have a class discussion. I handed out the text for discussion in class today. Make sure you annotate it and prepare for the discussion tomorrow.

Homework:

1. Make sure you are reading your choice book at home each night. No vocabulary.

Reading Part 1 of F451 Day 2

Big Ideas: How does technology change us?

Reading: You will read F451 for 15 minutes. You will then have 7 minutes to discuss it with your partner.

Agenda:

1. Each week you work with a partner. This week you may choose your partner.
1. The first partner is one that you choose. The second is a randomly assigned partner.
2. You and your partner will work together to read and understand F451.
3. You and your partner must watch these two videos and create partner Cornell notes. Kinda like a partner paragraph. Make sure you use two different colors.
1. The Medium is the Message video 1
2. The Medium is the Message video 2
2. You must complete one activity each week. The activity should cover the entire section we read that week.
1. Second, you will choose one of the activities listed below and complete it by Sunday evening of this week.
1. Booksnaps You can also check out this blogpost.
2. Adobe Spark video
3. AVID One-pager
4. Comic strip (online or on paper)
5. Retelling the events from a minor character's point of view.
6. Fake Facebook page for a character.
7. Use Canva to create something for the chapter.
8. Blackout or Colored UP poetry
9. Fortunately/Unfortunately
10. Literary Fanzine
11. What would you like to create?
3. On Friday we will have a class discussion. I will give you a text to annotate on Thursday night.

Homework:

1. Make sure you are reading your choice book at home each night. No vocabulary.

Reading Part 1 of F451

Big Ideas: How does technology change us?

Reading: We will use our reading time differently over the next three weeks. You will only bring your independent reading book on Fridays. Our final book activity will be on the day of the final exam.

Agenda:

1. Each week you work with a partner. This week you may choose your partner.
1. The first partner is one that you choose. The second is a randomly assigned partner.
2. You and your partner will work together to read and understand F451.
3. You and your partner must watch these two videos and create partner Cornell notes. Kinda like a partner paragraph. Make sure you use two different colors.
1. The Medium is the Message video 1
2. The Medium is the Message video 2
2. You will have activities to complete each week.
1. Second, you will choose one of the activities listed below and complete it by Sunday evening of this week.
1. Booksnaps
2. Adobe Spark video
3. AVID One-pager
4. Comic strip (online or on paper)
5. Retelling the events from a minor character's point of view.
6. Fake Facebook page for a character.
7. Use Canva to create something for the chapter.
8. Blackout or Colored UP poetry
9. Fortunately/Unfortunately
10. Literary Fanzine
11. What would you like to create?
3. On Friday we will have a class discussion. I will give you a text to annotate on Thursday night.

Homework:

1. Make sure you are reading your choice book at home each night. No vocabulary.

Final Odyssey Discussion

Big Ideas: Is Odysseus a hero or villain?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your book review is on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form.
2. Final discussion for the Odyssey.
3. Tomorrow is your test.

Homework:

1. Make sure you start your new vocabulary unit.

Preparing for the final test

Big Ideas: Is Odysseus a hero or a villain?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your book review is on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. I gave you an essay topic in class. Choose quotes for your essay on Friday.
1. Period 1 quotes
2. Period 6 quotes
2. Last day to create your final two-column notes for the Odyssey. By now you should be able to make connections beyond the basics of the plot.
1. Where do you see wisdom, justice, courage, or self-control?
2. How is Odysseus polytrophos or polymetis?
3. How does Odysseus restore order to his kingdom as the returning king?
4. Is Odysseus bringing divine justice or human revenge?

Homework:

1. Make sure you start your new vocabulary unit.

Final Section of the Odyssey Day 2

Big Ideas: Is Odysseus a hero or a villain?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your book review is on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. We will continue collecting quotes for the in-class essay on Friday.
1. Period 1 quotes
2. Period 6 quotes
2. Start a new English Journal: Essay Practice
3. You will create your final two-column notes for the Odyssey. By now you should be able to make connections beyond the basics of the plot.
1. Where do you see wisdom, justice, courage, or self-control?
2. How is Odysseus polytrophos or polymetis?
3. How does Odysseus restore order to his kingdom as the returning king?
4. Is Odysseus bringing divine justice or human revenge?

Homework:

1. Make sure you start your new vocabulary unit.

Final section of the Odyssey

Big Ideas: Is Odysseus a hero or a villain?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your book review is on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Tear out the next section of the Odyssey. Our final Odyssey discussion will be on Thursday.
2. You will create your final two-column notes for the Odyssey. By now you should be able to make connections beyond the basics of the plot.
1. Where do you see wisdom, justice, courage, or self-control?
2. How is Odysseus polytrophos or polymetis?
3. How does Odysseus restore order to his kingdom as the returning king?
4. Is Odysseus bringing divine justice or human revenge?
3. We will start to collect quotes for the in-class essay on Friday.
1. Period 1 quotes
2. Period 6 quotes

Homework:

1. Make sure you start your new vocabulary unit.

Odyssey Reader's Theater Presentations

Big Ideas: Is Oddyseus a hero or a villain?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your book review is May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form.
2. Share your video with me. I will assign each of you a video to watch.
3. Links to the Odyssey videos
1. Group 1: Angelyna, Adrianna, Kendell, Brianna, Anthony
2. Group 2: Aadam, Rocco, Ethan, Titus, James, Yahel
3. Group 3: Skylar and Jazzy
4. Group 4: Zachary, Julia, Ameryss, Camilah, Rylie
5. Group 5: Emely, Angelyna, Alana, Jonathan, Mady Martinez, Hannah
1. For this group also click on these slides.
6. Group 6: Amaya, Santino, M. Trinidad
4. Fill out this Google Form and evaluate one of your classmate's videos.
5. Tear out the next section of the Odyssey.

Homework:

1. The next discussion will be on Thursday. We will discuss the rest of the Odyssey. You will have an in-class essay next Friday.