April 18th - April 22nd, 2016

Monday, April 18th, 2016

HAPPY MONDAY!!!!! TODAY WE GO TO THE LIBRARY! REMEMBER TO BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR!!!

Tuesday, April 19th, 2016

Quote of the Day: 

"Man himself has become our greatest hazard and our only hope." 

Do Now: ” Write a response to this quote. What do you think the writer is saying here? How is this statement true or relevant to our world today? 

This is a quote from John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize Acceptance speech. But before they read this speech, they’re going to see a short biography of him. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3irviknt-fg

GROUP ACTIVITY/WORK PERIOD: JIGSAW 
PRESENTATIONS DAY 2 OF JIGSAW ACTIVITY!!!

Directions: 

1. Read the portion of the article your group was given independently.
   
2. Highlight or underline the 5 most important ideas that you think the class should know.
   
3. Meet together with your group and discuss what you underlined.
   
4. Decide as a group which ideas are the most important – pick the top 5 and write them in
   your own words on the poster paper.
   
5. Put the title of the article and your group’s top 5 ideas onto the poster.
   
6. Present your information to the class as a group
   
1. Face the audience.
   
2. Stop between points to give the class a chance to take notes and process the
   information you are sharing with them. 

CLOSING: PROCESS CHECK OF JIGSAW ACTIVITY

SHOUT OUTS AND CALL-OUTS

HOMEWORK: JIGSAW GROUP WORK EVALUATION ON CLASSROOM

INDEPENDENT READING LOGS

Thursday/Friday April 21st-22nd 2016

Do Now: Independent Reading Logs and Log Check!!

Work Period:

Today you will be working with your writing coaches to evaluate how you did on the district assessment. Please follow these steps when working with your coaches. 

1. Read your essay aloud with your coach. 
2. Go through the assessment rubric and review the grade that you got with your coach. 
3. Make a list of three things you did well on your paper and three things you need to focus on. 
4. Choose at least one paragraph from your paper to re-write and submit for today's classwork grade.
5. Students who received a 2 or below my re-submit their paper by NEXT FRIDAY for an increased report card grade. You may work on this in class today.


Closing: Shout outs and Call outs!!!