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Wednesday 3.16

3/16/2016

 

Concept Worksheet (Defining Chart)

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Tuesday 1.26

1/28/2016

 
Today we: 
  • completed a 10 minute warm-up (see slide)
  • Continued watching "The Great Debaters" using the Viewing Guide

HOMEWORK
Due TODAY
Print "Saturday's Child" by Countee Cullen.

​Due THURSDAY January 28
"Great Debaters" PEAL paragraph
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Friday 1.22

1/22/2016

 
Today we: 
  • completed a 10 minute warm-up (see slide)
  • Continued watching "The Great Debaters" using the Viewing Guide

HOMEWORK
Due Tuesday, January 26
Print "Saturday's Child" by Countee Cullen.

​Due Thursday, January 28
"Great Debaters" PEAL paragraph
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Wednesday, 1.20

1/20/2016

 
Today we: 
  • completed a 10 minute warm-up (see slide)
  • discussed Sharecropping and Labor Unions
  • Began watching "The Great Debaters" using the Viewing Guide

HOMEWORK
Due Friday, January 22

​Revise and edit your Word Obituary. You will turn this in with your rubric and rough draft. 
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Wednesday 1.13

1/13/2016

 
Today we: 
  • completed a 10 minute, line-count warm-up (see slide)
  • shared our warm-ups
  • checked for 3 late assignments
  • reviewed homework ("The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow")
  • Perspectives
    • blindfolded volunteers; object recognition 
    • listened to the story "Elephant and the Blind Men"
  • Language Shapes Perspective
    • "Iconoclasts" debrief
    • Poison and Bavarian Crystal word discussion

HOMEWORK
DUE FRIDAY 1.15
"The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow" 

Also make sure you have completed the following:


Parent Acknowledgement of Syllabus
Community Supplies (tissues; 24-ct pencils; paper towels or cleaning wipes.
Iconoclasts Release Form
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Writer's Notebook Definition Cover
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Thursday 1.7

1/7/2016

 
Today we: 
  • turned in our warm-up (see slide below) for a grade
  • discussed the idea of "concept" vs. "topic" and analyzed images to decide what concepts they were suggesting
  • received Writer's Notebook assignment
  • compared "I Hear America Singing" to "I Too"
    • purpose of each author
    • patterns in each poem
    • concepts in each poem and any concepts that are shared
  • Began vocabulary building with Grammar Review

HOMEWORK

DUE Monday 1.11
Parent Acknowledgement of Syllabus
Class Supplies
Iconoclasts Release Form
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Writer's Notebook Definition Cover
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