Monday, 9/30/13Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.

Agenda

First Five

Vocabulary

DOL

Grammar

Are you ready for something completely crazy!? Let’s do ALL of them for the week!

BM Practice Questions

Register a “clicker” to your group.

MUST DO: Gathering Blue Lit. Study Groups

Reminders

Benchmark Tomorrow

Do you have any questions about your grade? See me today!

Vocabulary

Restrained Ex. The angry young man’s behavior became restrained after several weeks

of attending private school.

Bonus: Complete the following analogy. restrained : regulated :: intrepid : _________________

Use restrained in a sentence of your own.

DOL

She aren’t to concerned about reading the short story a rose for Emily she’ll see it on television next Wednesday.

She aren’t to concerned about reading the short story a rose for Emily she’ll see it on television next Wednesday.

Grammar Adverbs in Action

Remember that an adverb is a word that modifies a verb, and adjective, or another adverb.

Adverbs tell how, when, where, how much, and why.

Many adverbs end with the letters –ly.

Underline the adverbs in the following sentences.

1. You’re finished already! You completed the test too quickly.

2. The children quietly watched the movie and then went outside.

3. Sometimes I walk to school, but I usually take the bus.

4. Don’t ever speak to me like that again!

5. Yesterday we took a field trip, and today we’ll write a paper about it.

6. The students eagerly gathered near the gym.

7. I think I’ll write more in my journal later.

8. You did rather well on your exam.

Vocabulary

Hackneyed Ex. Although the images and metaphors used in the holiday poem are hackneyed, the

rhyme is still fun to recite.

Bonus Is stereotyped a synonym or antonym of hackneyed?

Is uncommon a synonym or antonym of hackneyed?

Use hackneyed in a sentence of your own.

DOL

The young kitten who was six months old was trapped inside of the empty closet which had nothing in it.

Ms. Santini told us to do the following read the assignment take notes and to write a Report.

Grammar Writing with Adverbs

Use the following adverbs in sentences of your own. Underline any additional adverbs in your sentences.

1. Brightly, so

_________________________________________________

2. too, well

_________________________________________________

3. extremely, still

_________________________________________________

4. hard, today

_________________________________________________

5. sometimes, never

_________________________________________________

Vocabulary

Emaciated Ex. The emaciated abandoned cat begged for food and milk.

Bonus:

Unscramble the synonyms for emaciated.

1. S W A C R Y N _____________________________________________

2. T A N U G _____________________________________________

Unscramble the antonyms for emaciated.

3. B U R T O S

4. T H R E A Y

DOL

She don’t want to let we to kids attend the softball game we’ve been gone to much recently.

Leave the book dragonwings lay on the shelf until your ready to read it said Mr. Arnold.

Grammar

Adjectives and Adverbs Read each of the sentences.

Underline the adjectives.

Circle the adverbs.

1. We awoke to a blanket of fluffy white snow on the ground.

2. We patiently waited to see if we had a snow day.

3. When we got the news, I breathed a sigh of relief. I had an extra day to finish my ten-minute presentation.

4. I eagerly crawled back into my warm, cozy bed.

5. Fortunately, I could sleep for another three hours. I had stayed awake much too late the previous night.

Benchmark Practice

This is a group activity for team points. This is your last week together, so make it count!

Directions:

Read the question(s).

Read the passage.

Discuss the questions to determine the BEST answer. Remember, there can sometimes be more than one answer that could work, but one of them will be the BEST.

Cast your vote and see how you do!

Literature Study Groups After much careful thought and consideration, I have decided to allow you to select

your own literature study groups. Each group will need 4-5 members. No, you may not have more than 5 members under any circumstance.

When you have a group, each member should select a DIFFERENT job for every reading assignment. You will receive an individual grade for your assignment each week, so do a good job!

Here’s how this is going to work…

Reading guides will be due by Wednesday and reviewed as a class, as usual.

Lit. study group members will have the opportunity to work with other classmates who have the same assignment on Wednesday to prepare their presentation to their group for Thursday.

On Thursday, lit. study group members will meet. Each group member will present their information to the group.

Following the lit. study group meeting, each member will complete their own reading response (writing assignment) from the reading for the week.

Be prepared to begin this process this week. Make sure those reading guides are complete and you pull your weight with your group!

Tuesday, 10/1/13Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.

Agenda

First Five

Benchmark Assessment

Read Gathering Blue

Reminders

GB Reading Guide C. 1-5 is due tomorrow

Benchmark

You will need 2 pencils. (It’s always good to have back-up. )

Do your best! Just think the questions through and select the BEST answer.

Wednesday, 10/3/13Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.

Agenda

First Five

GB Reading Guide C. 1-5

Meet with your assignment group to prepare for your presentation tomorrow.

Reminders

Prepare your part for the lit. study group tomorrow.

GB C. 1-5

Review the answers to the reading guide as a whole class.

Meet with your assignment group so that you may work together to prepare your part for the lit. study group tomorrow.

See the information and samples provided for your assigned task.

If you have any extra time, you may work on your next reading assignment.

Thursday, 8/29/13Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.

Agenda

First Five

Lit. Study Groups Meet

Reminders

Your reading response activity should be completed by tomorrow.

Lit. Study Groups

Meet with your lit. study group today. Each person should present their information to the group.

After each person presents, begin working on your reading response. You may discuss the prompt with your group, but complete your own work. This is an individual activity that will be due by tomorrow.

What Makes a Good Dicussion (p. 27) Empathetic Listening: Give your complete attention to the speakers, showing the students in your group that

you value their contributions. Use positive body language

Make eye contact

Responding to Group Members: Expand on other group members’ ideas by sharing your thoughts and feelings about what they contributed to the conversations.

Clarifying: Ask questions to understand each other’s ideas better. Tell me more about. . .

What do you mean. . .?

Why do you think. . .?

Sharing ideas and justifying opinions: Share parts of the book that demonstrate the core content that you are addressing and explain why they are important. Justify your opinions.

I think . . . is a good example of a metaphor because. . .

I wonder if the relationship between these two characters would have changed if they had . . .

I was surprised that the plot changed course because I was expecting . . .

This part reminds me of . . . because . . .

I don’t understand why the author keeps on repeating this word . . .

I like this section of writing because . . .

I noticed. . . because . . .

I wish . . . because . . .

I think this story is really about . . . because . . .

Self-reflection: Consider what has been done well, and make decisions about what needs to be improved. Set goals for the future.

Participation Rating Expert Participant

Brings reading material with passages clearly identified

Brings thoughtful written comments

Contributes significantly to discussion

Keeps the discussion going

Listens and responds thoughtfully

Builds on others’ comments

Makes insightful connections to other readings and/or experiences

Discusses author’s style/literary elements, when appropriate

Active Participant Brings reading material with passages identified

Brings written comments

Contributes appropriately to discussions

Listens actively and responds adequately

Makes connections to other readings and/or experiences

Discusses author’s style/literary elements (when

appropriate)

Willing Learner Brings reading material

Understands purpose of reading circle

Brings some written notes

Contributes to discussions occasionally or when prompted

Sometimes listens and responds appropriately

Occasionally asks questions

Shares ideas when asked

Reluctant Reader Not prepared for discussion

Forgets written comments or reading material

Conversation off-task

Seldom listens q Rarely responds to group

Reluctant to ask relevant questions

Unwilling to share ideas

Friday, 8/30/13Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.

Agenda

First Five

DOL, Vocabulary & Grammar Quiz

GB Reading Response

Read GB

Have a wonderful Fall Break!

DOL, Vocab. & Grammar Quiz

Do your best!

These will be graded over Fall Break. They will go onto your grade for the next 9-weeks so that you will have the opportunity to make corrections.

GB Reading Response C. 1-5

What character and/or situation in Gathering Blue remind you of someone and/or situations in your own life? How are they similar and how do they differ?

Literature Response Rating Beginner

Response shows a minimal understanding of the response prompt

Response uses no information from class discussions and/or text as support

Errors in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization that interfere with communication

Learner

Response shows a basic understanding of the response prompt

Response uses limited information from class discussions and/or text as support

Some errors in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization that do not interfere with communication

Skillful

Response shows an understanding of the response prompt

Response uses information from class discussions and/or text as support

Few errors in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization

Expert

Response shows an in-depth understanding of the response prompt

Response is insightful, well developed and includes information from class discussions and/or text as support

Control of spelling, punctuation, and capitalization