Hi all,

What a beautiful morning! I miss you all and I hope you have been enjoying the nice weather.

You made it! This is our last week of assignments, and next week will be a make-up week. So if you are missing some work, you can still complete it and submit it by June 11, 10 am.

For this week, we will follow the same routine we have established on April 20.

LA2 students:

Look at your weekly assignment in iLearn under “Assignments-Week of June 1”

For this week you need to send me a professional email in which you reflect on your online learning experience. All materials you need to complete this week’s assignment are in iLearn.

Make sure you watch the videos and read the instruction/tips sheets before your compose your email.

ELL2 students:

You have a new passage in RoadWorks. Read it and work on the question set.

I will post the directions video by Tuesday morning in iLearn.

Reminder: All students need to complete their mandatory check-in in iLearn by Tuesday 11:59 pm.

Hi all,

I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. Eid Mubarak for those of you who were fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. I hope you all could celebrate the Eid and Memorial Day with your loved ones.

We still have three weeks to the end of this school year. This week as well as next week we will continue with our online learning plan , and you will have new assignments to complete. The last week of school, Week of June 8 will be a make up week. Those of you who have missed some assignments can use this week to complete and submit all late work before June 11, the last day I can accept any late/missing work.

For this week, LA2 students need to:

• complete “The Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” Part II Assignment in iLearn and submit it by Friday 11 am
• Complete the Mandatory check-in in iLearn by Tuesday 11:59 pm

ELL2 Students need to:

• read the assigned passage and respond to the question set in ReadWorks by Friday 11 am
• Complete the Mandatory Check-in in iLearn by Tuesday 11: 59 pm

Keep up the good work and stay safe.

Mrs. Awada

Hi all,

I know the weather was not as we would wish for a weekend, but I hope you had great time with your loved ones.

This week’s assignments are as follows:

LA2 Students:

We are reading “The Contents of a Dead Man’s pocket”. We will be working on this suspenseful short story this week as well as next week. All materials you need to complete this week’s assignment are available in iLearn under “Assignments-Week of May 18”.

Remember…

You need to complete the mandatory check-in in iLearn by Tuesday 11:59 p.m.

ELL2 Students

You need to read this week’s passage “Forgetting the Words” and respond to the question set in ReadWorks by Friday 11:00 a.m.

You also need to complete the mandatory check-in in iLearn by Tuesday 11:59 p.m.

I will upload the Assignment Direction Video to iLearn before the end of the day today.

*Remember, you need to try hard on the assignment and get a score of 75% or more to earn the assignment points. If you score less than 75%, you will have to redo the assignment.

If you have any questions, you can type them in your mandatory check-in response box, you can email me, or you can text me via Remind.

Hi all,

The weather was not as expected of May, but I hope you still had a great weekend. For this week, we will continue with our online learning and will follow the same routines as the past three weeks.

LA2 students:

We are reading “The Open Window” this week. All materials you need to complete this week’s assignment are in iLearn under “Assignments-Week of May 11”.

I uploaded two versions of the short story: The original version and a modified (simpler) one. If you want to challenge yourself, I recommend reading the original version. Still, if you struggle with it, you can read the modified one.

I also uploaded an audio and a short video of the story for you to enjoy and achieve better understanding of the plot and characters.

To complete this week’s assignment, click on “The Open Window” Assignment, open the attached document, make a copy, and then type in your responses. Read the assignment directions carefully before you type in your answers.

Remember to complete your mandatory check-in by Tuesday midnight. You need to type your questions in the response box provided. You cannot submit your questions after Tuesday midnight. If I do not hear from you by then, you will lose your participation points for this week.

If you need more help or one-on-one support from me, email me and we can arrange for an over-the-phone conference or a google meet at a time that works for you and me.

ELL 2 Students:

Read the passage and question set assigned to you in ReadWorks. If you have any questions you can type them in the response box under the Mandatory check-in in iLearn.

Remember, you need to complete your mandatory check-in no later than Tuesday midnight or you will not earn your participation points for this week.

If you need more help or one-on-one support from me, email me and we can arrange for an over-the-phone conference or a google meet at a time that works for you and me.

Good luck for all of you and stay safe.

Hello all,

For this week we will continue to implement our new online learning plan. Just like the past two weeks, students will need to complete their online assignment and the mandatory check-ins to earn credit for the week.

For LA2 students, your weekly assignment and mandatory check-in form are available in iLearn under “Assignments-Week of May 4”.

For ELL2 students, you need to read the assigned passage and question sets in ReadWorks and complete the mandatory check-in form in iLearn.

Remember all, the mandatory check-in form needs to be completed by Tuesday midnight to earn your participation points for the week.

If you have any questions, you can type them in the Mandatory Check-in form, email me, or text me via Remind.

Good luck everyone. Work hard and stay safe.

Hi all,

Ramadan Mubarak for those of you who are fasting. I hope you had a great weekend and are ready for week 2 of our new online learning plan.

For this week, you will have to complete your online assignments as follows:

LA 2 students : This week we are reading a new short story , “They’re Made Out of Meat”. Read the short story, complete your weekly assignment, and submit it in iLearn. You can find all materials needed for this assignment under Assignments-Week of April 27.

ELL 2 students have a new assignment in ReadWorks. This week’s passage is “Li Bing and the Flooding”. Read the passage carefully then complete the assigned activities.

All work is due on Friday by 11 a.m.

We will not be holding any Google Meet meetings this week. Instead, you will have to fill in a google form to earn your participation points. You can access the form by clicking on the link below:

Week of April 27 Mandatory Check-in

You need to complete the form by Thursday 11 a.m.

If you have any questions, you can type them in the above form, email me, or text me on Remind.

Good luck and remember to stay safe.

Starting tomorrow April 20, students will have one assignment per week. The assignment will be posted on Sunday by noon and will be due on Friday by 11:00 a.m.

LA2 students will complete their assignment in iLearn.

ELL2 students will complete their assignment in ReadWorks.

In addition to completing their weekly assignments, students have to join our weekly Hangout meetings and office hours as designated in the table below. Students will receive two grades every week; one for their completed assignment and one for participation. Check your school email for more information about your grades.

To join our online meeting, click on the following link:

https://meet.google.com/uor-tkcy-eaa

Make sure you follow the following schedule when joining our meetings.

Good luck and stay safe.

Hi all,

I hope you had a great spring break and are safe. Let’s get back to work. For this week, you have two reading passages in roadworks.org and one writing assignment in iLearn. Your assignments are the following:

Surprise Message (roadworks)- due on April 15

The First Greenmarket in New York City (roadworks) due on April 18

Writing-Compound Sentences (iLearn)- due on April 19

If you have any questions, text or email me. Good luck.

Hi,

Happy Easter everyone. I missed you all. I hope you had a restful, stress-free spring break and are all safe. For this week, you need to check for your daily assignments in iLearn under Assignments-Week of April 13. You have one assignment due every day. If you have any questions, text or email me.

Hi all,

No work is assigned for this week. Enjoy your spring break and stay safe.

Your assignments for the week of March 30 are available in iLearn. Click on each assignment for a detailed description and the due date. Remember to stay safe.

LA 2: Online Learning- Change in Plan

Per the district request and based on recommendations from the department of education, we will be changing our weekly assignments and focus on the standards and skill we have already discussed in class.

Students will continue to read their literature circle books during their leisure time, but will have other assignments to complete every day, Monday-Friday, in iLearn.

A letter will be emailed to all students and parents later this week to explain the new shift in online learning and the purpose behind it.

The table below is a summary of the assignments students need to complete in the following two weeks and their due dates.

All assignments will be completed in our iLearn classroom. For a detailed description of each of the assignments, login to iLearn, click on the assignment title, and read directions. Good luck.

Mrs. Awada

LA 2: Discussion Question Due today, March 21 by Midnight

Do not forget to respond to this week discussion question in iLearn. Read the assignment description then type in your response in the response box.

ELL2: Writing Assignment Due today

Remember to complete your writing assignment in iLearn. Click on the assignment then type your response in the response box. Make sure you look at the attached rubric before you submit your response for grading.

Stay safe.

Hi all,

Just a reminder that your first lit circle role sheet is due tomorrow, March 20 by 11:59 p.m. If you received an email from me asking you to resubmit your assignment, this means that your submission was not successful. You need to edit your submission and resubmit your assignment. Also, keep checking your school email and remind app for reminders and/or updates about your assignments, grades/feedback from me, and other important information. Remember to stay safe.

Good morning all,

Just a reminder that your lit circle role sheets are due tomorrow. You need to submit them as an attachment to our iLearn classroom. Make sure you submit your role sheet under the book you are reading. If you have any questions, email me or text me on remind. For those who need our class remind code, I have included all codes in a previous post earlier this week. Good luck everyone and stay safe.

Good morning all,

I hope you are all home safe and healthy. Just a reminder that your role sheets are due on Friday and they need to be submitted to our iLearn classroom.

Remember, the goal of your role sheets completion is to demonstrate comprehension of the book (plot, characters, theme…), so whatever your role or response is, you need to support it with textual evidence.

Keep up the good work. I miss you all.

Below are the links for our Literature Circle Role Sheets. Follow the link then make a copy to yourself before you fill in the sheet.

Fearless leader

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NQTR3U3hNtUpvDWt4g4GJgKiJgsJRE4xLkL5r3siYkQ/edit?usp=sharing

Connection Captain

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jL6q_r45jtmZ6fsoD-rUSPbJ07cBoSEvbLvENV_SLLk/edit?usp=sharing

Question Commander

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10aLXJn4cTz8s1z3HktsEDL44A8Qu8xqLWj0i7rRyTWQ/edit?usp=sharing

Insightful Identifier

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gc0IoxW9_mrze3NKU0H2LmNEbT1RY6RNtgdw0YPVlLU/edit?usp=sharing

For the new students who haven’t joined my remind class, the following are my class codes per hour;

2nd Hour: @ela122ndp

3rd Hour: @ela123rd

4th Hour: @ela124thp

ELL2 Block: @8dkec8

From now until May, we will be conducting a unit in which students will read a shared book with a small group of their peers called a “Literature Circle.”  The goal of this unit is to help students grow into independent workers and learners, develop stronger reading and discussion skills, and collaborate with peers.

In order to do this, students have been assigned one of the following books:

• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
• The Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The original plan was to have all students  work in groups, but to have all their work, both written and spoken,  graded on an individual basis.  Due to the unexpected closure of schools, students will be completing their assigned reading and their individual role sheets before they submit them to our iLearn classroom. Every week students will have two assignments to complete. These assignments will be due on Fridays and Saturdays. For more information on these assignments, students need to login  to our iLearn classroom and check the assignments requirements and due dates .

I have uploaded links for a digital copy of the Literature Circle books to our iLearn Classroom. I have also shared a copy of all the individual role sheets that students can download and fill in to complete their weekly assignments.

You can also have access to our Literature Circle books by following the links below:

Animal Farm

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MlulGP_CFhPGwL6kvRAJ_L1YdCyesp8Y/view?usp=sharing

Fahrenheit 451

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c0jPNQ6VVzjXwZaTXdzp7rQFgzKHffZq/view?usp=sharing

Lord of the Flies

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KjMU03FKYTpqp23om1HIK7W9ASTnxvn5/view?usp=sharing

Uglies

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14_Lti9ikOm4cYc8lzPhHo-AkmwrZPz4R/view?usp=sharing

Students can check what book they are reading and their individual role for each week on the Literature circle Reading Assignment Sheet:

For 2nd Hour:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u9AL_DXpxPhDJU1h8SZ1nSH8z9SIWOU0CSYKFZOxAVY/edit?usp=sharing

For 3rd Hour:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11cudZVJ_YperK1w_lltt1w75v0W_iyZk2l96_S7Fh7I/edit?usp=sharing

For 4th Hour:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1diTYaMm8BIH69x0DWg8tiHLTie0f1WIDsG7DBXqVG_w/edit?usp=sharing

It is important that students check their school email daily as well as their iLearn classrooms to keep track of all assignments, due dates, and grades. I will update my grade book every Monday to add new grades.

The 11 skills that they will be assessed for mastery are the ones in the table below. All work will be completed and submitted digitally to our iLearn classroom except for circle conferences which will be postponed till we go back to school.

Literature Circle Unit Skills Assessed for Mastery

Every week students will be responsible for participating in the following:

• Writing individual role sheets – each week, students will be responsible for a different role within their literature circle group.  These roles focus on assessing different skills for mastery (check table above). Each individual role is due on Friday of each week. 
• Discussion Question- This question will be relevant to the weekly reading, will be posted in our iLearn classroom, and is due on Saturday of each week.

It is important that students submit their individual roles in the proper section in our iLearn classroom (check the week and the title of the book you are working on).

Reading:

During the past two weeks all ELA 1 students practiced using roadblock strategies to read and comprehend a variety of fiction and nonfiction passages including article of the week (AoW), poems, and other texts.

Students took their first common formative assessment (CFA) who was addressing the skill of summarizing.

Students who scored partially proficient (PP) or not proficient (NP) were allowed extra practice and those who scored proficient (P) or advanced (A) were given extension (honor level) work.

This week students will be reassessed on the same skill on Thursday.

We will continue to practice roadblock strategies with special focus on Words in Context using this week’s readings.

Language:

Last week all ELA1 students took their mastery assessment for using Participial phrases in writing.

This week we will start practicing adding appositive phrases to our sentences so as to have a variety of sentence structures in our writing pieces.