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Academic Literacy Week 8 Name 10-2-17 Period 2 Warmup #1 Describe something important that is going on in the world right now, and how you feel about it. 35-100 words

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Academic Literacy Week 8

Name 10-2-17 Period 2

Warmup#1

Describe something important that is going on in the world right now, and how you feel about it.

35-100 words

Classwork#2

Go to mrrichert.wordpress.com, “Hurricane Maria.” Cite evidence

1. Under "Fleeing Puerto Ricans May Move To New York City,” which sentence shows why it would be a problem if many Puerto Ricans come to New York?

2. Which sentence shows what the New York City must do to prepare for Puerto Ricans coming there?

3. Why was Hurricane Maria important?

“Hurricane Maria was a (adjective) storm that ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________”

Classwork

#3Write a sentence for each conjunction:

1. and2. but3. because4. so5. or

Exit Ticket

#4Describe how and why you will persist, or not give up, and learn to write complete sentences.

17-35 words

Homework

#5

Read your book for 30 minutes. Write a paragraph on who the characters are, what happens, and where, when, and why it happens. Use complete sentences.

Name 10-3-17 Period 2

Warmup#6

Explain why it is important to put commas after “cooking,” “family,” and “pets.

3 sentences.

Classwork#7

Rewrite this sentence and add whatever punctuation is necessary.

“Persistence is important not to give up because no matter how many times you fail you can try again and again until you complete your task at hand and overcome all your challenges in your way and conquer life.”

Classwork

#8

The mayor of Puerto Rico, Carmen Yulín Cruz, criticized the Trump administration about hurricane relief.

Next, Trump said the people of Puerto Rico “want

everything to be done for them. ”

How would you answer that?

One sentence

Exit Ticket#9

Write the most interesting answer given by a classmate today. Why was it interesting?3 sentences

Homework#10

Ask someone outside this classroom what they think of the way our President communicates.

5 sentences

Name 10-4-17 Period 2

Warmup#11

Write five sentences about a place in your community.

Classwork

#12

Nouns are people, places, or things. Arrange these into three columns:

People Places Things

act cab cat fat mat tabbat cast fact mast scabant craft hat man plan stampcap fan jam map plant strapcamp flap lab pact raft tractclam flat lamp pan sap trapbag band traffi

cdig lip mint

flag gas dad land rib sandpicnic clip hand rabbit vanstand gift trip valve film

Classwork#13

Write the nouns from the paragraph on bats in columns:

People Animals Places Things

Bats fly. Bats have an extra skin. This skin connects their hands, arms, and ankles. Why do they have it? The skin forms wings. Bats use their wings to fly They fly at night to find food. They need their wings to eat.

People sit and stand. Bats hang upside down, even when they sleep. Some bats live in trees. Some live in buildings. Others live in caves.

Exit Ticket#16

Write two complete sentences about your classwork today.

Homework#17

Make a three column list (person, places, things) of ten to twenty nouns in the book you’re reading.