Category Archives: Class News

Oct12

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  • SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #2, read and annotate for Subject and Tone.
    • Reference your AoW rubric/requirements and your copy of the SOAPSTone reading strategy guide.
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/conferencing.
    • Be sure to read an additional 10-20 minutes each night!
  • MDG-Review
    • Honors-Triple Journal pgs. 31-36 due
      • Review story and complete Elements of SS tree map
    • LA 1-finish triple journal for pages 31-36 (due Friday)
Oct11

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  • SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #2, read and annotate for Audience and Purpose.
    • Reference your AoW rubric/requirements and your copy of the SOAPSTone reading guide.
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/conferencing
    • Be sure to read at home each night for an additional 10-20 minutes!
  • MDG-Read and complete a Triple Entry Journal for pages 31-36. Journal due tomorrow.
Oct9

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  • SLOT-Article of the Week #2
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Conferencing
    • CM #1 Quickwrite (see Mrs. Lichocki if you were absent)
    • Be sure to read for an additional 10-20 minutes each night!
  • MDG-Triple entry journal for pages 25-30 due.
    • Honors-Share group visual. Review pages 25-30 and add to Elements of SS tree map.
    • LA 1-Review pages 25-30 and add to Elements of SS tree map.
Oct6

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  • BW-Writer’s Notebook.
    • If you could have any magical powers, what would they be? Describe.
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Conferencing
    • Be sure to read your novel for an additional 10-20 minutes each day!
  • MDG-Visual Representation (group assignment) See Mrs. Lichocki if you were absent.
    • Triple Entry Journal pgs. 25-30 due Monday!
Oct4

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  • BW-Writer’s Notebook
    • Write an ad to sell something like your house, bike, clothes, little brother/sister, etc. Describe the “product.”
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Conferencing
    • Be sure to read at home each night for an additional 10-20 minutes! The only way to become a better reader is to read 🙂
  • MDG-Triple Journal pgs. 19-24 due.
Oct3

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  • BW-Writer’s Notebook
    • Freewrite for 5 minutes
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Conferencing begins today
    • Be sure to read your novel for an additional 10-20 minutes each night!
  • MDG-Finish reading pages 19-24 and complete the triple entry journal for this chunk of text. Whatever you do not finish in class is considered homework.
    • Triple Entry Journal
    • The Most Dangerous Game Complete SS
      • General Zaroff bubble map
        • Beginning at pg. 23, do the following:
          • Create a BUBBLE Map for the following:
          • Guiding Question: How would I describe General Zaroff?
          • F.O.R. Question: Where did I get my information from?
            • Number each of the bubbles, minimum 6
            • Inside the frame of the map, for each of the bubbles, write and cite(last name, page #)the lines from the text that support your description.
            • Things to Consider…◦Does the text explicitly state that General Zaroff possesses these qualities?◦

              ◦What makes you describe General Zaroff this way?

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              ◦What impression are you getting from his language, his behavior, and/or his ideas?

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              ◦If you were Rainsford, what would it be like to have a conversation with this man?

Sep29

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  • SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #1 and your AoW rubric/requirements, use the following claim statement to complete your 12-minute draft. Completed AoW and 12-minute draft due today!
    • Girls can play football.
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
    • Be sure to read an additional 10-20 minutes each night. Your goal is the projected pages per week that we established when calculating your reading rate.
  • The Most Dangerous Game-Pre-reading Prediction