Accelerated Language Arts 8

Edit paragraph 1 using the Success Criteria Work on paragraph 2 Print, if necessary Peer Editing on both paragraphs using the Success Criteria Revisit Open Mind Diagrams: Add words, symbols, quotations, pictures, phrases        How has your character grown or changed? Have you seen certain character traits developed? Homework: Finish final draft of your constructed response and PRINT IT prior to 8:30 am on Tuesday for up to full credit. Bring your copy of Inside Out & Back Again on Tuesday or see me today or Tuesday before class to rent one from me.

Period 1 Agenda: Please ask students to do these in order:  Go to the Library page on the Aptos Junior High website. Ask students to take the STARR test. The password for the test is FALLSTAR (all capitalized and all one word) When students finish, they should write ONLY the first paragraph of their constructed response.  They may do this on the ChromeBook or on binder paper. They should have a rough draft of the FIRST paragraph completed by tomorrow. At the end of the period, please ask students to copy their homework into their planners. Homework: Constructed Response:  Complete RD of ONLY paragraph #1  Read and annotate Ch. 12 of The Outsiders . Add to comp book notes. AR is now up and running.  Read a book, get signatures, and take tests within 3 days of finishing a book. d. We will start Inside Out & Back Again on Monday. Bring your copy or see Ms. EL to rent one.

Read today's handout Discuss different types of quotation insertion strategies. Complete the last page using the three articles on reading & empathy. Homework: Complete today's handout, if necessary Read and annotate Chapters 10 & 11 by Thursday Add to your character notes in your comp book AR has started! Take tests before school, at break, at lunch, and after school

Discuss Ch. 8 Discuss prompt and all 3 articles Constructed Response: Please use the new, revised writing prompt from today rather than the one in your packet. Homework: Read Ch. 9 and annotate + add to your comp book notes Finish mapping out your constructed response (you do not have to write it tonight)--including author's names and correct titles Read a good book Pack snacks and bring a good book to read for MAP testing TOMORROW and WEDNESDAY.  (Please note: You get out at 1:05 both days.)

Pass back work Finish: Understanding Trauma  Presentation In your Comp Book Character Notes--- Apply this knowledge to your character in  The Outsiders. - When have they potentially experienced trauma? - What might the trauma result in? (e.g., what might be going on in their nervous system? what coping mechanisms have they developed?) -If you were this person's peer counselor, what coping mechanisms might you recommend to help them experience post-traumatic growth (think: Salva) rather than another outcome. --If you have extra time, apply this information to another character in The Outsiders . Strategies for calming the central nervous system-- Discuss Ch. 7 Begin reading and annotating Ch. 8 Homework: Read Ch. 8 in The Outsiders, annotate it, & add to your comp book notes on the characters Read a good book Do something nice for someone else and something nice for yourself this weekend

Pick Up: Handout on Sympathetic/Parasympathetic Nervous System Take out your Composition Book and, with your partner, add a "Bob" page. Describe Bob using words, phrases, symbols, and quotations. What was Bob like as a person? How do we know? Leave room to add to this page as you read. When you are finished, discuss Ch. 6 and the annotation strategies you are using.  Do you make notes in the margins? What do they say? How are they useful are they to you? After that, discuss the third article.  What was the gist? Juxtapose this article with the other two. Homework: Read Ch. 7 and annotate it. Continue to add to your character notes in your Comp book.

Pick Up: Open Mind Diagram Rubric Pass Up: Signed "Interwebs" Handout Copy homework: --Read the third article in the article packet and annotate it. --Read Ch. 6 and annotate it. --Add to your comp book notes as you read. --If you'd like to purchase your books for this class, it's not too late.  Live links are on the first blog post. Learning Intention: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.8.4 I can present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well-chosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation Success Criteria: I can explain aspects of my character's personality using words, images, and carefully-selected quotations. I can use appropriate eye contact, volume so everyone can hear, and pronounce words clearly and correctly. Group Presentations! Take notes in your composition book as you listen--one page per character--so you can kee

Pick Up: Annotation Bookmark & "Interwebs" Worksheet ALSO take your assigned ChromeBook Turn in: PBIS--Academics Worksheet Go to our class blog at xla8.blogspot.com and view this Slides presentation Check your grades/review homework (10 minutes) Homework: Use  this link  to check out your grades on Synergy or use the link on the AJHS website. Help a  parent log in to Synergy  and return the signed form tomorrow. Ask your family to consider donating to our school library  here . Read and annotate Ch. 5--consider trying a new strategy from the bookmark. Discuss the second article with your partner.  Juxtapose it with the first article. (5 min.) Discuss the events of Ch. 4 with your group of 4. (10 min.) Finish creating Open Mind Diagrams (10 min.) Rehearse presentations so that everyone gets to present equitably. (10 min.)

                                                             Who is who in this photo? Meet in the library to get your copy of The Outsiders if you need it . On your way in to class, pick up: "PBIS: Academics" and copy homework: Read and annotate Ch. 4 tonight.  Read for your assigned character in particular.  Pick a new strategy to help you track that character's development (if appropriate). Read ONLY the second article in the "Does Reading Make You a Better Person?" packet.  Annotate it. Complete the "PBIS: Academics" worksheet tonight. Learning Intention: I can trace the development of characters in a literary work. Success Criteria: I can effectively annotate the text to identify my character's qualities. I can produce a Open Mind Diagram with my team that uses quotations, words, symbols, and pictures to exemplify my character. I can present my team's thinking to the class. Agenda: Review Class Expectations Dis

On your way in to class, pick up: "Academic Integrity Policy" and copy your homework: Read and annotate Ch. 3 tonight.  Read for your assigned character in particular.  Pick a new strategy to help you track that character's development (if appropriate). Read ONLY the first article in the "Does Reading Make You a Better Person?" packet.  Annotate it. Review the section labeled "Academics" in your binder reminder. and read and sign the "Academic Integrity Policy" Learning Intention: I can trace the development of characters in a literary work. Success Criteria: I can effectively annotate the text to identify my character's qualities. I can produce a Open Mind Diagram with my team that uses quotations, words, symbols, and pictures to exemplify my character. I can present my team's thinking to the class. Agenda: Review Class Expectations This or That: Learn at least three new names. Take out Ch. 1 & 2 of

Want to donate? THANK YOU SO MUCH ! Any   Extra Required school  Supplies  for students  who need them  would  be Great ! Also, consider these options for supporting Accelerated Core: Donors  Choose:  www.donorschoose.org/Accelerated ---If you donate by Sunday and use the code LIFTOFF, we will get a matching donation from the Gates Foundation! Amazon Wish List:  https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1O3TB5B6KYF8M?ref_= wl_share Pick up these: "Does Reading Fiction Make You a Better Person?" and related articles Class Expectations Annotation Handout AND YOUR ASSIGNED CHROMEBOOK Learning Intention: I can understand class expectations. I can understand annotation strategies. I understand the course syllabus. Success Criteria: I will be able to explain actions I can take to demonstrate respect in each of 6 domains. I can show proficiency with course expectations on our syllabus Kahoot. I can identify a new annotation strategy I'd like to try ton

Want to donate? THANK YOU SO MUCH ! Any   Extra Required school  Supplies  for students  who need them  would  be Great ! Also, consider these options for supporting Accelerated Core: Donors  Choose:  www.donorschoose.org/Accelerated ---If you donate by Sunday and use the code LIFTOFF, we will get a matching donation from the Gates Foundation! Amazon Wish List:  https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1O3TB5B6KYF8M?ref_= wl_share Pick up these handouts: Course Syllabus Student Inventory Chapters 1-3 of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Learning Intention: I will understand why we read literature. Success Criteria: I will be able to explain two benefits of reading and apply them to my life. Agenda: Lines and Blobs John Green's Video: How and Why We Read Explain two of the benefits of reading in a card to a seventh grade student and share some of your favorite books from last year with them. Get a bonus point if you can explain how one of those books helped yo