HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🙂

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… SANTA IS TOMORROW!

STAY SERIOUS AND FOCUSED THE WHOLE HOUR.

CW1:

Finish your library book packet (from Monday) then drop it in the box.

CW2:

Check over your composition book and make sure you have all three pages done. THEN, SHOW THE TEACHER!

CW3:

Keep your practice quiz on your table at all times.  Make sure you have at least three of the questions finished.  YOU MUST USE QAR!

CW4 CHOICES:

• Watch poetry slam performances on YouTube. Wear headphones!
• Practice then perform your poetry or rap for the class.
• IXL. Wear headphones!
• Answer more questions on the practice quiz for extra credit.
• Check your grade on StudentConnection.
• Create 5 flash cards for random words from the dictionary.
• Make more word sketch sheets for words from your library book.
• Choose something QUIET and EDUCATIONAL to do. Don’t get busted.
• Write out the words to your favorite song then analyze the rhyme scheme.
• Read your library book.
• Go to the library and check out a new book.
• Make a list of 100 things that really annoy you.
• Create a Google slide presentation to show all the vocabulary words in “Good Enough”.

EXIT TICKET (5 POINTS):

DO NOT START THIS EXIT TICKET UNTIL 2:39 PM.

IF YOU WANT 5 POINTS – Neatly write the homework into your planner.

IF YOU WANT 4 POINTS – Neatly write today’s date, the subject (ELA), and the homework on a piece of loose leaf.

IF YOU WANT 6 POINTS – Neatly write the FULL name of Friday’s celebration into your planner.

I DON’T CARE IF YOU AREN’T BRINGING A GIFT TO SECRET SANTA OR IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABSENT THAT DAY, ETC. I STILL WANT EVERYONE TO WRITE IT, BECAUSE I DON’T WANT ANYONE SAYING HE OR SHE DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT SECRET SANTA. ALSO, YOU  SHOULD BE HAPPY BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY EASY EXIT TICKET!

HOMEWORK:

SECRET SANTA IN TWO DAYS!

PERFORMANCE CHOICES:

       20 points

If you’re happy with a C-

• 10 minutes of IXL – 5th grade J.1
• composition book page 3 – Neatly copy the definition of rhyme from the ELA LIT boooook (page 556). Also copy the full poem : “Faults”
• Go back on IXL for the rest of the class time.

If you’re happy with a B-

• 10 minutes of IXL – 5th grade J.1
• composition book page 3 – Neatly copy the definition of rhyme from the ELA LIT book (page 556). Also copy the full poem : “Faults”.
• Memorize the poem and be ready to perform for the teacher.

If you want to challenge yourself and are willing to work for an A+

• 10 minutes of IXL – 5th grade J.1
• composition book page 3 – Neatly copy the definition of rhyme from the ELA LIT book (page 556). Also copy the full poem : “Faults”. Make sure you color code the poem like the example in the ELA book.
• On a sheet of loose leaf, CREATE an original poem or rap with rhyme scheme: AABBAB CCDDCD
• You may work alone or with a partner or with a small group.
• Practice your rap or poem the whole hour and be ready to perform for the class.

HW:

CHOICE 1: Bring $1 or more to buy food and medicine for the children in Yemen. You must bring the money to Mr. Dobert in ELA class.

CHOICE 2:

Read the Yemen article.

Then write a CER.

QUESTION: What are the two sides that are fighting in the civil war in Yemen?

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yemen.2

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HOMEWORK

• Find a quiet place in your house.
• Read for 15 minutes.
• Write your start and stop time on a piece of loose leaf.
• Write a summary of what you red.

YOUR MOM OR DAD MUST SIGN THIS HOMEWORK!

SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE ON A QUIZ SOMEDAY: The title is an example of ALLITERATION.

I KNOW THE TITLE HAS A MISTAKE, BUT I DID IT ON PURPOSE TO CREATE ALLITERATION.

DIRECTIONS:

• Go shopping and find a gift that a 7th grader would probably like.
• DO NOT SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY!
• NEATLY wrap the gift so that no one can see what the gift is.
• KEEP IT SECRET! Do not tell anyone what the gift is.  Don’t even tell your “cuz” or your best friend. Do NOT write your name anywhere on the gift.
• Bring your gift to ELA class on Friday, December 21, 2018.
• You MAY bring snacks and drinks to class on that day.  EVEN BETTER: Bring something to share with the whole class. The holidays are a time for sharing.

HINT: If you don’t know how to wrap, ask a family member to help you.  There will be a prize for the best gift wrapping.

WARNING: There will be a way that students will be allowed to “steal” gifts from others.  There will be a prize for most popular gift.

OPTIONAL: Wear something to get into the holiday spirit (example – Santa hat). There will be a prize for the best holiday “outfit”.

If you bring a gift, you will receive a gift.

If you bring a gift, you could receive ALL the tickets including the Golden Ticket (one winner per class).

If you don’t bring a gift, you will not receive a gift, and there’s no possible way to get the Golden Ticket.

CW1:

YOU SHOULD WORK ON THIS CW IF YOU CAN’T THINK OF ANYTHING TO WORK ON.

[loose leaf]

Neatly copy the following paragraphs from your Stephen Curry MAX level article:

• 7th paragraph from page 3 (starts with “He”)
• 8th paragraph from page 3
• 11th paragraph from page 3

Then, neatly rewrite the paragraphs using your OWN WORDS. You must also correctly use “there” and “there” and “they’re” somewhere in your answers.

If you want to play reading football or reading dodgeball or reading basketball or reading silent seat ball or reading shoot from behind teacher’s desk to win 10 polar points, drop a mini scrap into the empty, blue, “Scotties” tissue box.  Your name must be on the mini scrap. The mini scrap must be folded one time. Mini scraps are on the stool. You must drop your name BEFORE the celebration commences.

IF YOU ARE NOT TAKING THE TEST TODAY, YOU MUST REMAIN SILENT!

CHOICES FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT TAKING THE TEST TODAY:

(Students who are NOT testing today, may leave their assigned seats.)

CHOICE 1:

Check StudentConnection.

CHOICE 2:

IXL – Language Arts

CHOICE 3:

I do not want to SEE you playing a game or games on a chromebook.

CHOICE 4:

Read a book. Write a summary of what you read.

CHOICE 5:

Visit the LMS library and check out a new chapter book.

CHOICE 6:

Start your HW.

CHOICE 7:

Think of something quiet to work on.

CHOICE 8:

Finish up page 1 in your composition book.

CHOICE 9:

Make 5 or more neat flashcards for 5 random words from the dictionary.

HW:

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DIRECTIONS FOR EXERCISE 81:

Neatly copy #1 and #8 and #11 on loose leaf.

Fill in the blanks with the correct antonym.

Then write new and interesting sentences in your own words that use the bold words and their antonyms.

OR … YOU MAY DO THIS HW IN A DIFFERENT WAY. BE CREATIVE!

STEPHEN CURRY CER CHEAT SHEET:

QUESTION: How did Stephen Curry react after receiving Riley’s letter?

CLAIM: After he received Riley’s handwritten letter, Stephen Curry reacted with positive support.

EVIDENCE 1: In the article, “Stephen Curry’s reply to a young man who wrote to him is a slam dunk”, the author writes, “She was surprised that Curry’s reply _____________________ ” (NEWSELA, 4).

REASONING 1: This shows that Curry supported Riley by taking the time to _____________________.

EVIDENCE 2: Furthermore, the text states, “Curry said he wants to make sure she can _____________________ ” (NEWSELA, 4).

REASONING 2: Wearing shoes proudly means that ____________________________ .

Don’t forget to restate your CLAIM at the end of the paragraph!

INTRODUCTION (for extra pointS): Golden State superstar Stephen Curry recently received a handwritten note from a concerned female fan who was disappointed because _____________________.

EXIT TICKET

[loose leaf]

RESTATE.

What is one SPECIFIC thing that is DIFFERENT from the 840L article and the MAX article? Write one sentence to answer then write another sentence to explain or give an example.

HW:

Finish EVERYTHING for the Stephen Curry packet.

The complete packet is due TOMORROW.

CURRY PACKET

• old Curry article (840L)
• questions 1, 2, (some people also had to finish 3 and 4) – USE QAR!
• Friday’s HW – CER
• new Curry article (MAX level) – completely annotated
• ANNOTATIONS paper

DUE TUESDAY!