Quarter 4, Week 6 of 10

EA 2 group needs to be chosen THIS WEEK! Going alone is NOT an option. 
Independent Learning Log will be accepted late until May 6 @ 2:15!

Monday, April 29
 or 
Tuesday, April 30

Due Today: Independent Learning Log due TODAY in class

Learning Target: RL.11-12.4 Determine the meanings of words or phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative or connotative meanings. W.11-12.2 Produce informative/explanatory pieces to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Your  EA 2 instruction sheet should be attached to the LEFT page in your INB. Title the RIGHT page What's my Favorite Way to Learn? Choose ONE of these four: listen, read, watch, play. Think about the last fun thing you learned. In the time you're given, write about how you learned it. Be specific! Use as much SENSORY detail as possible.
2. After: Share your "learning story" with your group. As you listen to the others, consider which one is your favorite. If not yours, write a short summary of the story beneath your own.
3. Then: Example Lesson Idea:Using Comic Strips to Tell a Story!
• Title the next LEFT page: Could I use this lesson idea to teach my topic? 
• Write Using Comic Strips to Tell a Story! underneath the page title. Write a three sentence response to the question at the top if the page. 
4. During: Independent Learning Log Check
5. Next: Begin working with a group to brainstorm ideas for your EA 2: Teaching a Lesson!
• Write your ideas in space provided on your EA 2 instruction sheet
• Determine which group member is going to MAKE A COPY of the lesson plan on Google Classroom. This person MUST share the document with the group AND is responsible for submitting for the group by the due date.

Target Practice: I know who is in my group for EA 2: Teach a Lesson! and we have brainstormed some fun ideas to teach our lesson. Fist-5?

Homework

• Begin working on the lesson plan with your group. If you need ideas, look in the back of your Springboard Workbook OR search The Teaching Channel online.
•  Independent Reading Log will be accepted until Monday, May 6 @ 2:15
• Continue adding to your INB Vocabulary list.

Tuesday, April 30
 or 
Wednesday, May 1

Due Today: Groups created a copy of the Lesson Plan Template

Learning Target: RL.11-12.4 Determine the meanings of words or phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative or connotative meanings. W.11-12.2 Produce informative/explanatory pieces to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Read In the Field (click here to listen to the audio performance)
• Add to any of the four columns of your foldable. If needed, attach another paper at this point.
2. After: Title the next LEFT and RIGHT pages Socratic Seminar: Themes of the Book
• Divide the left page into four sections. Label each section with one of the following:
• Morality 
• Truth 
• Justice 
• Pressure
• Write at least two SPECIFIC themes you found in the book for each category. Include either page #s or explanation for each.
3. Then: Read Good Form
• Add to any of the four columns of your foldable. If needed, attach another paper at this point.
4. Next: Divide the RIGHT page into four sections. Give the page a subtitle: Socratic Seminar. Label the sections with the following titles:
• Responding to Social Pressure 
• Having a Personal Moral Code 
• Assigning Emotions to Objects 
• Personal Reactions to the Book

Target Practice: I understand the themes Tim O'Brien is trying to communicate to the audience in The Things They Carried. Fist-5?

Homework

• Begin working on your lesson plan with your group. If you need ideas, look in the back of your Springboard Workbook OR search The Teaching Channel online.
•  Independent Reading Log will be accepted until Monday, May 6 @ 2:15
• Continue adding to your INB Vocabulary list.

Thursday, May 2
 or 
Friday, May 3

Due Today: You should be started with your EA 2 lesson plan

Learning Target: RI.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. SL.11-12.1.C Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Read The Lives of the Dead
• Add to any of the four columns of your foldable. If needed, attach another paper at this point.
2. After: Finish notes on the graphic organizer from last class
   

   • These will be the notes for your Socratic Seminar on Monday/Tuesday
3. Then: Discuss the format for Socratic Seminar on Monday/Tuesday
• Inner-circle verbal discussion (rely on INB notes, foldable, and TTTC)
• Outer-circle electronic discussion (use Google Classroom based on inner-circle)
• Scoring (ABCDF based on Google Classroom criteria)
• foldable is due AFTER the Socratic Seminar
4. Next (time-permitting): Work with my group on the EA 2 lesson

Target Practice: I understand the themes Tim O'Brien is trying to communicate to the audience in The Things They Carried. Fist-5?

Homework

• Begin working on your lesson plan with your group. If you need ideas, look in the back of your Springboard Workbook OR search The Teaching Channel online.
•  Independent Reading Log will be accepted until Monday, May 6 @ 2:15
• Continue adding to your INB Vocabulary list.

Looking Ahead...

Socratic Seminar on Monday/Tuesday ends our time with The Things They Carried! Arrive prepared for a good finish!

Quarter 4, Week 5 of 10...Half-Way!

Mid-Quarter Grades will appear THIS WEEK! Check your Infinite Campus to make sure you have turned-in and earned a grade for all of your hard work! 
Read your IL book at home and complete the 6-page log by Monday, April 29!

Monday, April 22
 or 
Tuesday, April 23

Due Today: You should be at least 3/4 through your IL book (about 5 pages of the log)

Learning Target: RL.11-12.4 Determine the meanings of words or phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative or connotative meanings. W.11-12.2 Produce informative/explanatory pieces to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Finish reading or review that last few pages of  Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong. As you finish, write down at least four examples of imagery on your graphic organizer from the text that help you understand the topic you were asked to look for. Include page #s AND the exact words.
2. After: Read Stockings together as a whole group
• Add to any of the four columns of your foldable. If needed, attach another paper at this point.
3. Then: Group-read: Church, The Man I Killed, Ambush, and Style
• Divide the next RIGHT page of your INB into four columns. Title each section with one of the chapter titles above.
• Summarize the chapter after you finish reading (at least three sentences).
• MAKE SURE to include at least one example of imagery from the text in your summary, and an explanation of what it means.
4. Next: Share your summary with people from each of the other groups
• Copy the summary from each of the other groups in the section you created.

Target Practice: I understand how Tim O'Brien uses imagery to communicate feeling and tone in The Things They Carried. Fist-5?

Homework

• If you did NOT earn your INB Check #9, make sure to get it graded by Friday!
•  Independent Reading Log MUST be completed in your INB by Monday, April 29!

Tuesday, April 23
 or 
Wednesday, April 24

Due Today: You should be nearly complete with your IL book (on page 6 of the log)

Learning Target: RL.11-12.4 Determine the meanings of words or phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative or connotative meanings. W.11-12.2 Produce informative/explanatory pieces to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Begin Reading Speaking of Courage and Notes
• Add to any of the four columns of your foldable. If needed, attach another paper at this point.
2. After: Title the next LEFT and RIGHT pages Who is Norman Bowker? 
• With your group, us the LEFT page to write discussion notes on these four topics about Norman Bowker:
• What does he carry physically? Do these things change?
• What does he carry emotionally? Do these things change?
• How do his war buddies view him?
• How does he view himself? Does this change?
• Does learning about his hometown life change your view? Why or why not?
• Is he a hero? Are there any in this book? Why or why not?
3. Then: Use the RIGHT page to write a multi-paragraph analysis of Norman Bowker based on your notes. It should be at least four paragraphs:
• Describe the person
• Describe his struggle
• Describe how he has changed or not throughout the book
• Make a judgment about the man. Some options are: 
• hero or not
• good or bad
• pitiable or not
• likeable or not
• or something else...
4. Next: Reminder about EA 2 and the rest of the quarter...
• Only two more classes on The Things They Carried
• EA 2 is a group lesson based on your Independent Learning book. You may (1) be in a group of people who all read the same book OR (2) you may be in a group who read different books. If you choose #2, there must be something that your lesson does to prepare a reader for ANY of the books.
• INB Check #9 MUST happen by Friday @ 2:15.
• Mid-quarter grades will be arriving home soon.

Target Practice: I understand how Tim O'Brien uses imagery to descibe characters, places, and to tell his stories in The Things They Carried. Fist-5?

Homework

• If you did NOT earn your INB Check #9, make sure to get it graded by Friday!
•  Independent Reading Log MUST be completed in your INB by Monday, April 29!

Thursday, April 25
 or 
Friday, April 26

Due Today: You should be almost finished with your Independent Learning Log; Last day for INB Check #8

Learning Target: RI.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. SL.11-12.1.C Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Attach the EA 2 instruction sheet to the next LEFT page of your INB. Use the 3-read method to annotate it in the time provided.
2. After: Example Lesson Idea: Expert Groups!
• Write the following title at the top of the RIGHT page: Could I use this lesson idea to teach my topic? Write Expert Groups underneath the title. Write a three sentence response to the question at the top if the page. Whether you answer yes or no, explain why you answered that way and how it relates to your book.
3. Then: Example Lesson Idea:Using Comic Strips to Tell a Story!
• Draw a line under your last response.
• Write the following title under the line: Could I use this lesson idea to teach my topic? Write Using Comic Strips to Tell a Story! underneath the title. Write a three sentence response to the question at the top if the page. Whether you answer yes or no, explain why you answered that way and how it relates to your book.
4. Next: Begin working with a group to brainstorm ideas for your EA 2: Teaching a Lesson!
• Write your ideas in space provided on your EA 2 instruction sheet
• Determine which group member is going to MAKE A COPY of the lesson plan on Google Classroom. This person MUST share the document with the group AND is responsible for submitting for the group by the due date.

Target Practice: I know who is in my group for EA 2: Teach a Lesson! and we have brainstormed some fun ideas to teach our lesson. Fist-5?

Homework

• If you did NOT earn your INB Check #9, make sure to get it graded by today (Friday)!
•  Independent Reading Log MUST be completed in your INB by Monday, April 29!
• Begin planning for EA 2 with your group. Feel free to search The Teaching Channel for more fun ideas!
• Continue adding to your INB Vocabulary list.

Looking Ahead...
Begin collaborating with your group about how you can work together to teach a lesson related to your Independent Learning book for EA 2!

Quarter 4, Week 4 of 10 (Math SBA)

Check the schedule in your INB to make sure you are going to the correct class! 
Read your IL book at home and complete the 6-page log as you go along!

Monday, April 15
 or 
Tuesday, April 16

Due Today: Bring INB to class

Learning Target: RL.11-12.4 Determine the meanings of words or phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative or connotative meanings. W.11-12.2 Produce informative/explanatory pieces to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Continue listening to How to Tell a True War Story from The Things They Carried 
• Add at least one more What the firetruck? line to your foldable. Be sure to write at least the first five words of the line, along with the page #.
2. After: Think about a story that is important to you. It may be your own, or one that has been told to you by a parent or grandparent. Write the story in your INB during the time provided. 
• Story should be written on the next RIGHT page of the INB. Title the page My Story.
• After writing the story, respond to the following questions on the previous LEFT page of your INB: 
• Does writing the story down change your perspective? 
• Did you notice details that you hadn't before? 
• Were there details you left out?
3. Then: Group-read: Friends, Enemies, or The Dentist
• Take notes on the next LEFT page of your INB as you read.
• Discuss the chapter with your group after finishing.
• Write a one-paragraph group summary of the chapter on the next RIGHT page of your INB.
4. Next: Share your summary with people from each of the other groups
• Copy the summary from each of the other groups on the same RIGHT page of your INB. Make sure to label each summary Friends, Enemies, The Dentist.

Target Practice: I understand how Tim O'Brien develops his characters through 1st and 3rd person narrative style. Fist-5?

Homework

• Continue the Independent Reading Log as you read your book.
• Continue adding to your INB Vocabulary list.

Wednesday, April 17
 or 
Thursday, April 18

Due Today: You should be at least halfway through your IL book (3 pages of the log)

Learning Target: RL.11-12.4 Determine the meanings of words or phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative or connotative meanings. W.11-12.2 Produce informative/explanatory pieces to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Begin Reading Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong 
• Add to all of your foldable columns
2. After: Title the next LEFT page of your INB Searching for Imagery. Create a graphic organizer that divides the page into three segments: Topography of Vietnam, Green Berets, Mary Anne's Transformation.
• As you finish reading the section, write down at least four examples of imagery from the text that help you understand the topic you were asked to look for.
3. Then: Share examples with others who were looking for something different, and write down examples for the two sections that you DID NOT read for.
4. Next: INB Check #8 (End Date is Today)
• You should have at least 8 left/right entries in your INB from the date the last check ended to today.

Target Practice: I understand how Tim O'Brien uses imagery to descibe characters, places, and to tell his stories in The Things They Carried. Fist-5?

Homework

• Continue the Independent Reading Log as you read your book.
• Continue adding to your INB Vocabulary list.
• If you did not finish INB Check #11 today, make sure to get it graded by next Friday!

Looking Ahead...
Whew! Smarter Balanced testing is D-O-N-E! Onward to EA 2!

Quarter 4, Week 3 of 10 (SBA continued...)

Report directly to the Library on your assigned testing day! Check the schedule in your INB to make sure you report to the right place on the right day!

SBA Testing Day

Due Today: Open Mind

Learning Target: All CCSS tested by the Smarter Balanced Assessment: Computer Adaptive Test.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Report to the Library
2. After: Follow your proctor's instructions for the testing environment. Make sure your phone is OFF AND IN YOUR BAG.
3. Then: Perform admirably on the Smarter Balanced Assessment: CAT
4. Next: Review your answers before ending the test.
• If you do not finish during the first testing block, pause the test and let your proctor know that you need to return to finish.

Target Practice: I performed at a proficient level or better on the Smarter Balanced Assessment, Computer Adaptive Test. Fist-5?

Homework

• Look at Independent Reading for Quarter 4 on Google Classroom. This will be part of a collaborative Embedded Assessment 2 that you will be doing later in the quarter. So, ask your classmates which books they will be reading from the list, too!

Regular Class Meeting Day

Due Today: Open Mind

Learning Target: RL.11-12.4 Determine the meanings of words or phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative or connotative meanings. W.11-12.2 Produce informative/explanatory pieces to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Finish reading Chapter 1 from The Things They Carried.
• Draw a scene from the reading today (include page #s and 1-sentence explanation)
• Begin describing the characters (words or drawings in the characters column)
2. After: What do you carry? writing activity
• Title the next page of the INB What I Carry
• Think of an object you have that is important to you. Maybe you carry it, or maybe it is something that has a special place at home.
• Describe the object in detail. Use descriptive language. Click here for words that can help spark your writing.
• Then, use your notes to write 3 short paragraphs about the object:
1. Physical description
2. How it makes you feel
3. Reason for importance
3. Then: Share stories
4. Next: Begin reading Chapter 7 from The Things They Carried.
• Add at least one more "What the firetruck?" line from the book so far. Write the page # and the line. If it is more than 10 words, write the first 10 and end with an ellipsis (...)

Target Practice: I understand how Tim O'Brien uses various 'things' as a metaphor for the psychological impact that war has on those who fight, die, or who a caught in the cross-fire. Fist-5?

Homework

• Continue the Independent Reading Log as you read your book.
• Continue adding to your INB Vocabulary list.

Looking Ahead...
Be ready for the Smarter Balanced Assessment for one more Week by practicing your test-taking skills!