STEM Language Arts – Ms. Fryzel

Alpena meeting is TONIGHT. 6PM in the lecture hall. Hope to see you there.

8th Grade

Would You Rather – – Would you rather live in a house shaped like a circle or a house shaped like a triangle?

1.  Finished presentations

HOMEWORK:  No homework.

6th Grade

Story Starter  – – “The boy tumbled out of bed, looked in the mirror, and saw…”  Finish the story .

1.Finish discussing the conflicts in “The Crane Maiden”

2. Five types of Conflict foldable

HOMEWORK:  Quiz on MONDAY or Tuesday (will let students know tomorrow) about the plot diagram and conflict. 

Alpena Trip meeting TOMORROW 6 PM in the lecture hall.

8th Grade

JOURNAL: Posters – – Of the three ads that you created for your project, in your opinion, which one was the strongest, which one was the weakest?  Explain.

1.Start and finish presentations

HOMEWORK:  No homework.

6th Grade

JOURNAL: Curiosity – – There is a saying that goes, “Curiosity killed the cat”.  Tell me about a time that your curiosity caused a problem for you or someone else.

1. Read “The Crane Maiden” page 784

  – Conflict focus (the man, the woman, the young girl, the crane)

  – Who had the biggest conflict and why?

HOMEWORK:  No homework.

The Alpena overnight trip meeting is THIS Wednesday at 6PM in the auditorium.

8th Grade

Reflection – – What has been going well/not so well in team projects?  Explain.

1.  Finish ad posters – 20 minutes!

2.Check and confirm rubric aspects

3.Rehearse who will present which ad and in which order.

HOMEWORK: No homework.

6th Grade

Promise – – Have you ever made a promise you couldn’t keep.  Explain why it is so hard to keep your promises.

1. Set up Reader’s Notebook

2.  Read “The Crane Maiden”

HOMEWORK: First book project is due October 24, 2019. Directions and the rubric for the project are on Google Classroom.

HOMEWORK:  None J

Michigan takes on Wisconsin… I don’t know…I am a little nervous!

GO BLUE!

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  Your Choice – –

Groups continued to work on their print ad projects today. I would think that we wrap those up on Monday and then move to presentations. I also collected journals from the week.

HOMEWORK:  No homework   

6th Grade – 3rd Hour ONLY

In class today students finished their plot diagrams with their partners and then we discussed them as a full class. I also collected the journals from the week.

HOMEWORK: Have your second ELA notebook in class on Monday.     

Just a reminder that tomorrow is a half a day. We will be running hours 1, 2, and 3. There will be NO electives and Monday will be an “A” day.

8th Grade

Journal:  Ad – – Explain an ad that you have seen that is an excellent example of Ethos.

Groups continued to work on their ad projects. The struggle today was creating a slogan that not only was catch/memorable, but also tied their visual to the slogan.

HOMEWORK:  No homework.

6th Grade

3rd Hour:

JOURNAL:  Would You Rather – – hit your funny bone 5 times until it isn’t funny anymore or listen to fingernails scraping a chalkboard for 20 minutes?  Explain.

1.Read “Aunt Misery” page 754

2.Create a plot diagram with a partner.

HOMEWORK:  Bring your 2^nd notebook to class on MONDAY.

6th Hour

JOURNAL:  Story Dice – – Have a seat, take your journal paper out, and wait for me to roll the dice.

1.Finish and discuss the plot diagram for “Aunt Misery”

2.Start to read “The Crane Maiden”

HOMEWORK:  Bring 2^nd notebook to class on Monday.

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  Story Dice – – Come in, have a seat, take your journal paper out, and wait for me to roll the dice for today’s journal.

Students worked with their ad teams to to a final critical critique of their 3 proposed ads. In particular, they looked at whether their ads spoke to the target audience and to that audiences wants, needs, and emotions.

HOMEWORK: IXLs are due FRIDAY.

6th Grade

3rd Hour: JOURNAL:  Miserable – – Explain what makes you miserable.

We worked together as a class to create a plot diagram using “The Two Brothers” as our example.

6th Hour: JOURNAL:  Problem– – Explain the three problems that happen because death is stuck in the tree.

Students worked with their partner to create a plot diagram for “Aunt Misery”.

HOMEWORK: No homework for both classes. UNLESS, you are missing any of your 4 IXLs (A.1, B.1, B.2, and F.1). Remember to email me when you have completed them!

The STEM overnight trip informational meeting will be WEDNESDAY, September 25th at 6:00 PM in the MBCC Auditorium. Please come and here about our exciting trip to Alpena!

8th Grade

Due to testing, I did not see my 8th grade classes today. The last day for summer IXLs is FRIDAY, September 20th.

6th Grade

3rd Hour – I did not see today due to testing.

6th Hour ONLY:

JOURNAL:  Would You Rather – – hit your funny bone 5 times until it isn’t funny anymore or listen to fingernails scraping a chalkboard for 20 minutes?  Explain.

Students read with a partner the short story “Aunt Misery” and they started to create a plot diagram for the story with the help of their partner.

HOMEWORK: No homework.

NWEA testing tomorrow – Language. This is the last day of testing!

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  Logos – – Using the strategy of LOGOS, convince your parents you should be allowed to start driver’s ed as an 8^th grader (pretend this is possible).

Today students worked with their groups the “finalize” the rough drafts of their Pathos and Logos ad ideas and they then started working on their Ethos idea.

HOMEWORK: Summer IXLs are due Friday. I called students who were missing any IXLs up to my desk to remind them.

6th Grade

3rd hour ONLY

JOURNAL:  Your Choice – – Write about whatever you would like for 5 minutes and at least half a page.

Today we discussed the “Two Brothers” and took notes on the plot diagram in our notebooks.

6th hour ONLY

JOURNAL:  Miserable – – Explain what makes you miserable.

Today in class we used the story “The Two Brothers” and dissected it into the individual parts of the plot diagram. We will practice this more and students will be expected to do this with a short story given to them un a quiz in the next few weeks.

HOMEWORK (3rd and 6th hours): I checked in the 4 IXLs that were due today (A.1, B.1, B.2, and F.1). Many students need to complete these. When a student has finished one of these IXLs, they need to email that they have finished it and include the letter and number of the one they have completed.

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  Pathos – – Using the strategy of PATHOS, convince your parents you should be allowed to start driver’s ed as an 8^th grader (pretend this is possible).

Today in class students worked on creating a mock-up of their pathos and logos print ads for their products. They also, received critical feedback for their mock-ups in order to make possible adjustments.

HOMEWORK: NWEA testing will continue Tuesday with the language section.

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  Weekend – – Explain what your PERFECT weekend is.

In 3rd hour today we finished presenting our Summer Postcards.

In 6th hour we finished our discussion of “The Two Brothers” and then took notes in our interactive notebooks about the plot diagram.

HOMEWORK: BOTH classes have IXLs A.1, B.1, B.2, and F.1 due Monday. The links are in Google Classroom.

8th Grade

Journal:  Ethos – – Using the strategy of ETHOS, convince your parents you should be allowed to start driver’s ed as an 8^th grader (pretend this is possible).

Today we finished postcard presentations and then were introduced to our first project: The Ad Campaign.

HOMEWORK: Summer IXLs are due next Friday.

6th Grade

Journal:  Story – – Tell me a story that includes the following:  a snowman, an energetic squirrel, an acorn.

3rd Hour presented their postcards. We will finish these tomorrow.

6th Hour worked on their IXLs

HOMEWORK:  Finish IXLs A.1. B.1, B.2, and F.1 (95%) by MONDAY.