STEM Language Arts – Ms. Fryzel

Friday is a HALF DAY of school. Dismissal is at 10:30.

8th Grade

JOURNAL: Race – – J. Frank Duryea, who was born on this day in 1869, with his brother Charles, built and operated the first automobile in the US. He also won America’s first automobile race.  If you could participate in any type of race what would it be and why?  Would it be on land, in the water, in the air?

Today students worked further on their group speeches with the goals of:

1. Outline their strategy/approach to the speech

2.Begin to write the speech – each person MUST contribute to the writing.

HOMEWORK: None 🙂

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  One Word Prompt- – Spirited

Students had 25 minutes to finish boards and practice presentations. We did it! Presentations will start tomorrow!

HOMEWORK:  Book projects are due in 15 days!

8th Grade

JOURNAL: Would You Rather?- – be a talented engineer or a talented coder?  Explain.

Today students started to work on their team speech in earnest. They had three goals to achieve:

1. Choose Topic

2. A LITTLE research

3. Outline strategy

HOMEWORK: No homework 🙂

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  Would You Rather – – live in a circular house or a triangular house?  Explain.

The goal today was to finish the story pitch boards, that didn’t quite happen 🙂 They are doing a GREAT job with these! The communication between group members and how every group member has a job means that I am happy to extend, hopefully, one more day and then we will start presentations.

HOMEWORK:  Book projects are due in 16 days 🙂

Don’t forget… we have a 1/2 day Friday. Dismissal is at 10:30 AM.

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  College Essay – – What historical moment/even do you wish you could have witnessed?                       – Stanford University

1.  Team speech to present

  a.  Must be broken into 3 parts

  b.  Must use a variety of techniques

  c.  Cannot be longer than 2 minutes.

  d.  must have speech in a Google Doc – highlight and   label the different arguments:               

  i. pink – pathos

  ii. blue – ethos

  iii. yellow – logos

2.  Be sure to look at the rubric

HOMEWORK:  No homework 🙂

6th Grade

JOURNAL: Theme – – Write a short story that teaches the theme of ACCEPTANCE.

Students worked on creating their final story pitch boards.

HOMEWORK:  Book projects are due in 17 days 🙂

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  Your Choice – –

Today we full class discussed the primary source speeches of Patrick Henry (1775) and Samuel Adams (1776).

HOMEWORK:  No homework.

6th Grade

Journal:  Your Choice- –

Group challenge – Pitch Board Construction

1.Must be neat and readable from a distance

2.Must have good grammar, sentence fluency, and conventions

3.Be sure to include 4 relevant pictures

4.Do a rough draft first!!!!

5.Everyone in the group must be working on a section/part.

HOMEWORK:  Make sure that you are reading your books.  Your first book project is due in 20 days.

8th Grade

Would You Rather? – – Be the first person to explore a planet or discover an island?  Explain.

1. Small group read two speeches (Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams) – box and summarize

2.After you box and summarize, highlight and label the different arguments:

  a.  Blue – pathos

  b.  Red – ethos

  c.  Green – logos

Students did an EXCELLENT job working on these and translating them. It took a little longer than expected, but the critical thinking and collaboration was worth the time spent.

HOMEWORK:  IXLs C.1 and L.1 (95% – by Friday)

6th Grade

JOURNAL: Conflict – – Write 3 scenarios – one that has a person v. person conflict, one with a person v. self conflict, and one with a person v. nature conflict.

1.Group challenge – specifically, students worked with their team to make sure that the climax of their story made sense and was a good mid-way point between their conflict and their resolution.

2. I handed back the quiz that students took on Monday. I will meet with students who did not do well to talk with them about a retake opportunity next week after school.

HOMEWORK:  IXLs E.2 and F.2 (90% – by Friday)

8th Grade

JOURNAL: Story Starter – – Even the worst hair day can have a happy ending…

1.Small group read two speeches (Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams) – box and summarize

2.After you box and summarize, highlight and label the different arguments:

  a.  Blue – pathos

  b.  Red – ethos

  c.  Green – logos

HOMEWORK:  IXLs C.1 and L.1 (95% – by Friday)

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  One Word Prompt- – Bounce

1.Continue to work on the challenge. 

Today our focus is:

1.The conflict

2.Resolution

3.Main rising action events

4. We had two critical critique rotations.

HOMEWORK:  IXLs E.2 and F.2 (90% – by Friday)

Tomorrow is the LAST day for hoodie/t-shirt orders.

8th Grade

JOURNAL: Would You Rather?- – Be completely invisible for one day or be able to fly for one day?  Explain.

1.Small group read two speeches (Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams) – box and summarize

2.After you box and summarize, highlight and label the different arguments:

  a.  Blue – pathos

  b.  Red – ethos

  c.  Green – logos

HOMEWORK:  IXLs C.1 and L.1 (95% – by Friday)

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  Story Ending – – …the students looked at each other slyly, looked back at Ms. Fryzel, and said all together, “Nothing!”

1.New groups

2.Introduce project challenge: Your team works for the Fryzel Publishing Company and she is looking for the next bestselling children’s book.  Your team has been asked to “pitch” a story idea to the publishing executives before they give the go ahead to write the story.  They are asking for the team to construct a story board of the idea.  (a plot structure, a developed conflict, and a clear theme)

3.  Start brainstorming

HOMEWORK:  IXLs E.2 and F.2 (90% – by Friday)

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  Speaker – – Explain someone who is a powerful and a believable speaker.  Explain what makes that person a believable speaker.

1.Small group read two speeches (Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams) – box and summarize

2.After you box and summarize, highlight and label the different arguments:

  a.  Blue – pathos

  b.  Red – ethos

  c.  Green – logos

HOMEWORK:  No homework.

6th Grade

Students took their quiz today on plot diagram, conflict, and theme. There was no journal today.

HOMEWORK: Just a reminder that your book project is due in 24 days. Make sure that you are reading at home!

8th Grade

Journal:  Ads – – Of the ad presentations that you saw, which one was NOT so successful?  Explain.  (You don’t have to be mean about it; be professional).

1. Reflection questions – SUMMATIVE – these were in Google Classroom

HOMEWORK:  No homework. Have a great weekend!

6th Grade

Journal:  Your Choice- –

1.Review for the quiz on MONDAY

A.Plot Diagram

B.Five different types of conflict

C.Identification of theme

HOMEWORK:  Quiz on Monday.

8th Grade

Journal:  Ads – – Of the ad presentations that you saw, which one was the MOST successful.  Explain.

Student worked with their small groups to sort and discussion all of the critical feedback they received from their presentations and then wrote a CER for each gear of critique.

Tomorrow, students will individually reflect on the project and the learning for a summative grade.

HOMEWORK:  No homework.

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  Freedom- – In “The Crane Maiden”, the old couple set the girl/crane free.  Do you agree or disagree with their decision?  Why? 

1.Finish 5 conflicts foldable.

2.Glue in Universal Theme “cheat sheet”

3.Theme practice activity.

HOMEWORK:  Quiz MONDAY – plot diagram, conflicts, theme – all necessary information is in their interactive notebook.