DOBERT ELA 7

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.

A+

Finish your BW. DROP IT IN THE BIN AT THE END OF CLASS. Make sure your HW is well done. If you made a comic strip, you must color code. Please look at Mr. Dobert’s example on the chalkboard. DROP YOUR HW IN THE BIN AT THE END OF CLASS. Choose 5 roots from WRITE SOURCE page 569. Study them. Create an amazing Google slides presentation for your 5 roots. Mr. Dobert has seen MANY Google slide shows, so your presentation must be very impressive with cool graphics and text if you want an A+. DO NOT SEND THE GOOGLE SLIDE SHOW TO MR. DOBERT. Just be ready to show it on your chromebook. You should work on this the whole hour. You may use headphones. You may have one bathroom break and 10 minutes of free time at the end of class. If you REALLY want to leave your assigned seat and work VERY QUIETLY with a partner, drop your name into the Happy Birthday box.

B

Finish your BW and your HW. Drop them in the bin at the end of class. Work on IXL the whole hour. 6th grade level or higher. You may have one bathroom break. You may use headphones. Do not leave your assigned seat.

C

Finish your BW and your HW. Drop them in the bin at the end of class. Read a book or a Scholastic the whole hour. Do not leave your assigned seat. The teacher will quiz you at the end of class.

*** CHALLENGE ***

YOUR BW AND HW MUST BE HIGH QUALITY!

ROLL THE DICE

(Send a polite e-mail with no mistakes to Mr. Nathan Dobert if you’re interested in this challenge.)

2 or 12 = 10 polar points and free time the whole hour

3, 4, 10, 11 = 5 polar points or a free HW pass

5, 6, 8, 9 = Neatly copy the purple socks poetry.

7 = Write 100 exclamatory sentences.

BW:

NO TALKING!

On a fresh sheet of loose leaf …

who/which/that

WRITE SOURCE BOOK page 684.6

Neatly copy the example sentences then write your own.

READING QUIZ

NO TALKING!

Choose a story or article to read from ACTION magazine or SCOPE magazine. SCOPE magazine is a higher reading level so your score will PROBABLY be higher. You must read the COMPLETE passage from start to finish. Once you are done reading, write your name on a mini scrap then drop the paper into the Happy Birthday box. The teacher will pull names from the box and quiz students. If you pass the quiz, you may have quiet free time while others are being quizzed. While you’re waiting please do some IXL or other quiet ELA activity. You may use headphones if you’re working on IXL.

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EXCEPT FIRST HOUR! First hour did NOT receive a good sub report. First hour students may NOT have any free time today, even if they pass the reading quiz.

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AFTER QUIZ CHOICES:

• Work on your composition book! Page #3 directions have been added to iBlog.
• IXL – 6th grade level or higher.
• Check StudentConnect and work on missing assignments.
• ELA games on www.abcya.com
• READ/WRITE/LISTEN
• Get started on your HW.

HW:

IF YOU’RE OK WITH A B+ … On a fresh sheet of loose leaf paper, neatly copy sentences 1-8 with the correct ending punctuation and label.

If you MUST MUST MUST have an A+ … On a half sheet of computer printer paper, create a comic strip SIMILAR to the one on the top of the “Tree Knowledge” paper.

IF YOUR A+ HW IS SUPER SICK AND IS CHOSEN FOR DISPLAY, YOU MAY CHOOSE 5 POLAR POINTS OR YOU MAY SKIP A FUTURE HOMEWORK!

100 POLAR POINTS!

If you finished ALL your work with the substitute, AND you think your work is PERFECT, drop your name into the Halloween pretzel container.

4th hour and 6th hour ONLY:

If you really, really, really want to leave class and work with a partner in the hallway, drop your name into the hot chips box.

You must “shop” for at least 10 minutes … BUT … you are allowed to shop for the whole hour if you want to.

BEST CYBER MONDAY SITES:

WALMART

https://www.walmart.com/cp/walmart-cyber-monday-deals-2019/546840

TARGET

https://www.target.com/c/cyber-monday/-/N-5q0f1?Nao=0

AMAZON

https://www.amazon.com/ref=nav_logo

You ARE allowed to shop on other sites if you wish – example Nike, 5below, etc.

You are allowed to use headphones.

Please explore each item and READ all the details and facts about the item and the price. You should also take a look at the reviews (the stars) and READ why some people love this item (5 stars) and some people hate this item (1 star).

On a fresh sheet of loose leaf, please WRITE important/interesting facts and details about the items while you shop. You may use bullets. If you are doing this the whole hour, you will not have to write the CER.

You may “go shopping” with a partner and VERY QUIETLY discuss the amazing items and prices you are finding.

Once you are done shopping, choose ONE item and WRITE a CER about it.

Please ask Mr. Dobert for his example if you need help writing your CER.

IF YOU ARE FINISHED WITH CYBER MONDAY SHOPPING AND CER, ASK THE TEACHER FOR NEW WORK TO DO.

*** CHALLENGE *** ONLY FOR 6TH HOUR

Your BW must be done. Find the Cyber Monday item that is about America 120 years ago.