Dear Students,

Well, I never thought this day would come. But here we are. So we are going to make the best of it, and as Queen Elizabeth famously said, we will “Keep Calm and Carry On”.

Your Civil Rights Research Project will be posted on Google Classroom. I will post your topics, and you will start your research. Please continue to work on your project and complete the Slides according to the directions on the rubric. All of the resources and examples will be posted for you.

I will be available via email/remind to answer any questions that you may have about your project. I have full confidence that you will be able to complete this assignment and learn all of the fascinating information about your civil rights topic. 

Additionally, I would like you to continue to do SSR. I will be posting links in a different blog post for e reading options, as well as electronic resources for you project.

If you have any questions at all, please message/email me and I will respond as soon as I can. 

Please check your email periodically as the district may send communications throughout our time off. I will do my best to update my blog two or three times a week, so please check back here as well.

Take care of yourselves, and please spend some time with your SSR books over the next 4 weeks.

Ms. Abdelsalam

Monday, March 2: last day for redos

Thursday, March 5: literary letter, reading rates

Friday, March 6: dialectical journals, book talks, participation

Last day of the Cardmarking: Friday, March 6

Civil Rights Movement Unit

TPCASTT poem

Caged Bird

CO: Students will demonstrate analysis of figurative language, paraphrasing, connotations, attitude and themes while using TPCASTT.

LO: Students will read and record annotations based on the poem.

Modeled a nice/need to know list

Seldom, Narrow, Clip, Stalks, Trill

Chunk 1. 2 and 3

For each of the words: 

A. Quote the sentence from the article. 

B.Infer or write what you think the definition is based on context. This is a guess, you can’t be wrong. 

C.Write the context clues that help you determine the definition of the word. 

D. Find multiple synonyms

Synonyms: A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy.

(Be specific as possible)

Continue AoW #1; 

Civil Rights Movement

1.       CO:     Students will demonstrate understanding and application of academic and content vocabulary in a close read by annotating with T2T (talking to text). 

LO:         Students will read and record annotations using T2T (talking to text), SoapsTone and the vocabulary routine.

Supplemental material 

Freedom Writers 

Oprah Freedom Writers

SSR

SOAPStone only S/O

    The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Unit Exam Study Guide 1/10/2020

-Multiple choice

Skills assessed:

Making inferences from the text about characters, theme, and plot

·       Determining vocabulary through context clues

·       Using evidence to support a claim

·       Analyzing and identifying figurative language, such as: metaphors, similes 

·      Understanding and identifying of rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, and logos) 

Content assessed (review these sections of the play):

–    Cassius and Brutus’ conversation (Act 1, Scene 2)

–    Brutus’s internal conflict (Soliloquy Act 2, Scene 1)

–    Antony’s funeral speech 

–    Brutus’ funeral speech 

–    Cold read of informational text

Be able to answer the following Questions: 

    What type of person is Brutus? What is his nature? 

    What are the main purposes of the funeral speeches? 

  What are the various tones of the funeral speeches? How do you know/ what are some examples?

  How do Brutus and Antony use rhetorical appeals in their funeral speeches to convince their audience? 

    What is Cassius’ main goal in his conversation with Brutus in Act 1, Scene 2? Which rhetorical appeals does he use to make his point?

How are the themes of friendship and loyalty illustrated in Julius Caesar. Be familiar with examples and how these themes develop throughout the text. 

Enjoy!