Daily Agenda
Monday, February 6th | THE GIVER TEST
Bell Ringer: Log onto a computer. Begin your Skyward Test on The Giver. Turn in your Puzzle Assignment.
Tuesday, February 7th | BEGIN UNIT 4- Heroism, Resilience, and Social Action.
Bell Ringer: Read for 5 minutes. What is a Hero survey & discussion.
Instruction: Lesson #1- What are barriers? Who is Jackie Robinson?
Interactive Lesson- http://www.scholastic.com/breakingbarriers/teachers/interactive1.htm
Homework document- https://docs.google.com/document/d/19krSDeFvDPg3by9gF0qvBf5w44zmGycaUI5fqELCAL0/edit?usp=sharing
Wednesday, February 8th | Jackie Robinson's 9 Core Values
Bell Ringer: Read for 5 minutes. Check homework.
Instruction:
1. Whole-class Discussion- Go over Jackie Robinson questions from reading.
2. Lesson #2: Values and Barriers- Video (Whole-Class)
3. Interactive Quiz on the 9 Values: http://www.scholastic.com/breakingbarriers/teachers/interactive2.htm
4.Class Notes (Group Activity)
Thursday, February 9th | CLEMENS CTR. PERFORMANCE- NO SCHOOL- FIELD TRIP CANCELLED
Friday, February 9th | Introduction of Essay & Outline
Bell Ringer: Read for 5 minutes.
Video: Breaking Barriers- https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=jackie+robinson+videos&&view=detail&mid=73C47930B52937AFA5D473C47930B52937AFA5D4&FORM=VRDGAR
Outline: http://www.scholastic.com/breakingbarriers/teachers/interactive2.htm
Contest: http://www.scholastic.com/breakingbarriers/pdfs/bb_essay_organizer.pdf
Essay Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MW58d86lWYfKVsMRiu7W-DaPlfREhuod9ogj2KH-vkg/edit?usp=sharing
Monday, February 12th | How did Jackie Robinson Change Baseball?
Bell Ringer: Create Bell Ringer Journals. Complete Monday's BR Journal.
Instruction: Read CommonLit Text: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/how-jackie-robinson-changed-baseball
Answer the Guided Reading Questions on the right side of the digital text.
HW- Work on Outline
Tuesday, February 13th | Reviewing the legacy of Jackie Robinson.
Bell Ringer: Complete Tuesday's BR Journals.
Instruction: Make the flipbook. Referring to "How Jackie Robinson Changed Baseball" and Video #1 answer the questions & complete the t-shirt activity,
Video- https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=jackie+robinson+videos&view=detail&mid=34661841B4C5F79EC64034661841B4C5F79EC640&FORM=VIRE
HW- Flipbook
Wednesday, February 14th | Jackie Robinson Skyward Quiz- Turn in Outline- Due Thursday (Mrs. Powers returns)
Bell Ringer: Complete Wednesday's BR Journal.
Instruction: Review flipbook questions and answers. Students can then log onto Skyward to take the Jackie Robinson Quiz.
When finished, they can work on their outlines/rough drafts. Collect outlines at the end of the period.
Thursday, February 15th | How do I write an engaging Hook? How do I write Body Paragraph #1?
Bell Ringer: Complete Thursday's BR Journal.
Instruction: Review the Ppt. about "hooking" your audience with engaging, emotionally- driven opening lines.
Assignment- Work on BP #1- Due Friday
Friday, February 16th | Controversial Topic & GAME DAY
Bell Ringer: Complete Friday's BR Journal.
Tuesday, February 21st | EQ: When is it right to take a stand? An Introduction to Barrington Irving
Bell Ringer: Create this week's BR journals. Complete Monday's BR Journal- Create a superhero. Describe his or her appearance, personality, and superpowers. Then, sketch your superhero below.
Instruction: Vocabulary preview- https://quizlet.com/_356vh4
Whole-class read: Barrington Irving, Pilot and Educator; National Geographic.
HW: Comprehension questions #1-5
Wednesday, February 22nd | EQ: When is it right to take a stand?- Barrington Irving Continued
Bell Ringer: Complete Wednesday's Bell Ringer Journal. If you could meet one superhero, who would you choose and why?
Instruction: Review the Comprehension Questions from yesterday.
Whole-class: Watch the 13-minute TED Video about Barrington Irving. Receive class time to work on writing assignments.
HW: Complete TDA questions #1-3
Thursday, February 23rd | Review Text-Dependent Analysis Questions
Bell Ringer: Complete Thursday's Bell Ringer.
Review TDA questions
HW extended to tomorrow
Monday, March 6th | Controversial Issues Friday on Monday
Bell Ringer: Create this week's BR journals. Complete last Friday's Journal about GMO's.
Video: GMO Video *Apple Demonstration
Tuesday, March 7th | An Introduction to Malala; Courage & Bravery
Bell Ringer: Complete Tuesday's Bell Ringer.
Instruction: Handout the article about "Malala". Annotate the text. Circle vocabulary words. Watch and follow along with Malala's speech.
Vocab: https://quizlet.com/_37ikm1
Whole-class read: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/malala-yousafzai-s-address-to-the-united-nations-july-2013
HW: Complete TDA questions- ALL
Monday, March 20th | Beauty & the Beast Introduction
Bell Ringer: Make BR journals. Complete Monday's Bell Ringer Jounral.
Instruction: A Brief History of Beauty & the Beast; Fairy Tales; 18th Century French culture & society
Vocab:https://quizlet.com/_399uxw
Whole-class read: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/beauty.html
Audiobook on SafeTube
Tuesday, March 21st | Beauty & the Beast- Day 2
Bell Ringer: Career Day Sign-up sheet
Instruction: Vocabulary Review via Quizlet LIVE; Notes about Exposition/Inciting Incident of Beauty & the Beast (Pg. 1-4); Read aloud pg. 5-6
HW: Finish reading Beauty & the Beast; Complete Graphic Organizer.