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Tuesday, August 20 2019

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.)
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Friday, August 30, 2019

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.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

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...
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