DOBERT ELA 7

4th, 5th and 6th hours did NOT get a good report from the substitute.

We MIGHT do something fun today, but first you need to show some PERFECT behavior to make up for what happened yesterday. Here are your choices:

• Work on the “fun” holiday word search I made for you. You must highlight the words you find. THIS WILL COUNT FOR EXTRA CREDIT POINTS IF YOU ACTUALLY FINISH IT. You must use a variety of colors if you want full points.
• Get started on the winter break IXL assignments. You may use headphones.
• Work on the NWEA CORE LESSON from Thursday.
• 5th HOUR ONLY: If you have a perfect score for Week 14, you may have quiet free time the whole hour. YOU WILL ONLY GET ONE CHANCE.

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WINTER BREAK IXL

Mrs. Sorenson assigned TWENTY IXL’s so please miss me with the fake tears.

These IXL categories WILL HELP with your NWEA score.

This assignment WILL COUNT on this report card.

IXL – ELA – 7th grade – K.5 “supporting details” – Your score must reach 80.

IXL – ELA – 7th grade – H.2 “different genres” – Your score must reach 80.

IXL – ELA – 7th grade – QQ.4 “quotation marks” – Your score must reach 67.

IXL – ELA – 7th grade – V.1 “context clues” – Your score must reach 80.

IF YOUR SCORE REACHES 100 ON ALL FOUR OF THESE BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON DECEMBER 31, 2019, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO COMPLETELY SKIP THE NEXT BIG QUIZ OR TEST (and you will be able to start the new year with all your ELA winter break work finished).

NWEA CORE LESSON: POETRY

1 – Make quick cards (word and definition only) for: form, line, stanza, free verse, rhyme, rhythm, repetition, alliteration, imagery, simile, metaphor, personification. If you don’t have flashcards, you can write the words and definitions on loose leaf.

YOUR DEFINITIONS MUST BE FROM THE ELA LIT BOOK PAGES 554-558.

2 – STUDY THE CARDS!

3 – IXL – 5th grade or higher – POETRY – NOT RHYME SCHEME – Your score must go from zero to 80. If you score 100, you will earn one polar point.

HW:

Please read the iBlog from Tuesday to review what is happening tomorrow.

YOUR NWEA SCORE MUST GO UP!

Let’s try something a little different today.

After you complete the NWEA CORE LESSON, you are free to choose what you want to work on. Your work must be LANGUAGE ARTS!

Your NWEA papers will be collected AFTER BREAK and will count as a test score (summative).

NWEA CORE LESSON: CHARACTERS

“Climbing Skull Mountain”

1 – On a fresh sheet of loose leaf paper, neatly copy at least TWO Jordan quotes and TWO Eddie quotes.

2 – After each quote, explain IN YOUR OWN WORDS (elaboration) what this quote shows about the character.

3 – IXL – 5th grade – ELA – H.1 “actions, dialogue, characters”

YOUR IXL SCORE MUST REACH 80. If your score reaches 100, you will earn one polar point.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR AFTER YOU FINISH THE NWEA LESSON:

• Scrooge restate questions are due TODAY. If you’re finished, drop it in the bin.
• If you finished HW.lost.balloon, drop it in the bin.
• IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO WORK ON … draw and color the horse. If your work is chosen for display, you may choose 5pp or a free HW card.
• COMPOSITION BOOK PAGE #4 HAS BEEN POSTED!

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2019

• GAMER PARTY – bring your Nintendo Switch or other portable video game system. You are responsible to get your parents’ permission and to make sure nothing bad happens to your system.
• NOODLE PARTY – bring a cup of noodles and fork/spoon, the teacher will bring a hot water maker kettle machine thingy.
• CARD SHARK – bring playing cards (or UNO or whatever) and play with your friends in class.
• SPORTS PARTY – play football, basketball, or dodge ball the whole hour.
• You are welcome to bring drinks and snacks.
• THERE WILL BE A NICE PRIZE FOR THE BEST HOLIDAY OUTFIT.

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*** CHALLENGE 1 ***

“Must Pop” challenge is still going. If your score reaches 2,500 points, you may choose 5 pp or a free HW card.

*** CHALLENGE 2 ***

You may skip all work today and have very quiet free time … BUT ONLY IF … your substitute work was PERFECT. Drop your name into the Happy Birthday box if you think that is you.

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BW: directions on chalkboard

CW1:

RESTATE! Write all your answers on a fresh sheet of loose leaf paper.

CW2:

CER

Don’t cry! It’s been two weeks since we’ve done a CER.

QUESTION: Why did Marley’s ghost visit Scrooge?

CW3:

You are welcome to take back your substitute work and look over it to make sure it’s good. If you don’t want to do this, hop on IXL or choose a quiet ELA activity to work on.

HW:

“The Lost Balloon”

FIRST STUDY THE GRAMMAR WORKSHOP!

If you really, really, really want an A+, write ELEVEN sentences IN YOUR OWN words that are SIMILAR to the sentences on the page.

Dear Mr. Dobert …

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT … I decided to do my own thing today.

For bellwork, I made a few flashcards and studied them. That took me about 10 minutes. This is ELA class, so I decided I should try this new invention called reading, so I read an article about this place in California that was destroyed by fire. I didn’t have time to read the whole thing, but after about ten minutes, I wrote a quick summary on loose leaf. I was still curious about fires, so I found a YouTube video about fires in California and watched for a few minutes. I wanted to compare and contrast my reading with my YouTube listening so I whipped out a quick VENN diagram. Now, I know doing IXL for a whole hour is not a good use of my time, so I went on there for just a few minutes to practice commas. And all of a sudden class time was over! At home I’ll read my library book for a few minutes (like 15 to 20 minutes) because I know that students who read every day ALWAYS do better on NWEA testing (which is coming up in 2020). Anyway, hope you have a good weekend.

Sincererly,

Johnny “will definitely get an A+” Smith

P.S. Did you notice I did all that work while staying quiet and with zero laughing?! I stayed on task and was serious about my education the whole time. I can watch funny YouTube videos at home tonight and laugh all I want, but school is a place for work.

P.P.S. We often play reading dodgeball on Fridays, and I’m in the mood to release some energy and earn some polar points, so I dropped my name in the Happy Birthday box just in case.

6TH HOUR:

THE FREE TIME MINUTES ON THE WHITE BOARD DO APPLY TO SIXTH HOUR!

BW:

20 roots sentences on loose leaf OR play “Must Pop” on abcya.com. Keep working on this BW until the teacher tells you to stop. If your score reaches 2,000 points you will earn a free HW card or 5 polar points.

After BW time, please carefully read the options paper and get started.

CW1:

SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY … read all parts of “The Cow’s Horn” (ACTION) or “The Man Who Broke the World” (SCOPE). If you are with a partner, you should take turns reading and STOP and discuss to make sure you understand the text. After you are done reading, write a short summary of the play.

HW: The HW that was on the iBlog yesterday was for ALL HOURS including 6th hour.

BW:

Play “Must Pop” until you have 20 words. Write the words on loose leaf. After that, choose something quiet to work on until your ELA teacher tells you to stop or Dr. Dakroub starts teaching.

CW1:

SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY … read all parts of “The Cow’s Horn” (ACTION) or “The Man Who Broke the World” (SCOPE). If you are with a partner, you should take turns reading and STOP and discuss to make sure you understand the text. After you are done reading, write a short summary of the play.

SCOPE MAGAZINE IS A HIGHER READING LEVEL AND IS WORTH HIGHER POINTS!

HW:

“Waking the Dead”

If you carefully read BOTH pages, you will know what to do.

*** SECRET OPTION 5 ***

OPTION 5 – 25 POINTS! (A+++)

You will earn 5 pp.

ONLY ONE STUDENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO DO THIS.

Drop your name into the m&m container if interested.

Stand and stare out the window for 30 minutes. Do not talk. Do not turn around. After thirty minutes, write a paragraph about everything you saw outside. I WANT LOTS OF DETAILS! If your paragraph is good, you may have quiet free time.

*** CHALLENGE ***

3 polar points

Read “What Should Devin Do?” then drop your name into the hot chips box. YOU WILL BE QUIZZED so read carefully.

CW1:

Neatly copy all this important information on a fresh sheet of loose leaf paper:

PROBATION

You WILL be on probation for many, many, many days if your NWEA score STAYS THE SAME OR goes DOWN.

• Extra HW.
• Assigned seats.
• No bathroom breaks.
• No headphones.
• No buying things with polar points.
• Extra ELA help after school.
• No free time.
• No reading dodgeball, etc.
• No participating in challenges.

Additionally, if your ELA grade on StudentConnect is ever an E, you are automatically on probation.

IF YOUR NWEA SCORE GOES UP, the teacher will give you a lot of FREEDOM and choices and privileges.

CW2:

IXL – Earn at least 21 minutes of IXL (ELA). 6th grade level or higher. You may use headphones.

*** CHALLENGE *** First student to go from zero to 100 in IXL – ELA – 12th grade level may skip all work and have quiet free time for the rest of the hour. This must be started and finished during 5th hour or ELA class.

CW3:

Work on your amazing Google slides presentation then show the teacher.

CW4:

Choose something quiet to work on. If you’re not sure what to work on, read any COMPLETE text from the blue lit books then write a summary on loose leaf.

HW:

IXL – Earn at least 21 minutes of IXL (ELA). 6th grade level or higher.

THAT MEANS YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 42 MINUTES OF IXL BEFORE CLASS TOMORROW!

*** VIP *** If Mrs. Younes presented a VIP Honor Roll pencil to you today in first hour, you do NOT have to do this HW, but you will be required to show your pencil in class tomorrow as proof.

NO HW THIS WEEKEND!

Relax and enjoy your Saturday and Sunday but be ready to work on Monday. 🙂

FIRST HOUR:

First hour had the WORST substitute report out of all my classes. First hour has a quiz today.

A+ QUIZ: Read “How Emojis Are Made?” Then complete questions 1-4. YOU MUST USE QAR. Then write a CER. You may use the CER that is on page 27 or you may answer #5 using CER. #5 is worth MORE points.

B+ QUIZ: Read “Is Your Phone Spying On You?” Then copy the WHO, WHAT, WHY, HOW and WHERE questions. Then answer them. You must RESTATE and use complete sentences for all of your answers.

AFTER YOU FINISH THE QUIZ … work quietly on ELA things. PLEASE CHECK YOUR GRADE ON STUDENTCONNECT! You may use headphones.

THIRD HOUR:

THIRD HOUR HAD THE BEST REPORT FROM THE SUBSTITUTE!

1 – Show me your grade on StudentConnect.

2 – Ask for the Educational Celebration directions paper.

If you want to play reading dodgeball … neatly write your name on the chalkboard.

FOURTH HOUR AND SIXTH HOUR:

Do not eat or drink until the teacher gives you permission!

AFTER BELLWORK … please check your grade on StudentConnect then TAKE ACTION to improve your grades! If you really, really, really don’t know what to work on, please ask for the purple socks poetry packet.

If you want to play reading dodgeball … drop your high quality BW from today into the hot chips box.

*** CHALLENGE ***

10 POLAR POINTS

There will be a dance off competition next week on Thursday in the gym between the 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade.

THE WHOLE SCHOOL WILL BE WATCHING.

Only the top ten 7th grade dancers will get to compete. Be ready to show your best dance moves on MONDAY in ELA class.