805/806 ELA (Remote Only)-Ms. Harris Assignments
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- 2020-2021 School Year
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- English Language Arts
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Ms. Harris
Upcoming Assignments
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Past Assignments
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Identity Project
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IDENTITY PROJECT TEMPLATE
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06.02.21 Identity Project
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Who named you? Why did they select this name for you?
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Is it important for you to have a teacher you can relate to? Why or why not? Explain your rationale in full complete sentences.
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06.04.21 Warm up: Who do you believe you relate to the most? Why? Explain your answer using full sentences.
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Warm up: Based on prior knowledge write the definition for the following words; Bias- Identity-
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06.01.21 Warm Up: Do you believe who you are as a person makes you unique? Should this be showcased in your academics?
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06.01.21 Exit Slip: What do you believe are you strengths in ELA? Explain using full sentences.
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Did you complete your Commonlit assessment? Did you complete your ELA Diagnostic? Did you complete the Unit 3 Essay?
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05.27.21 : Did you complete your Commonlit Post Assessment?
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05.27.21 Warm up: Based on the video posted yesterday, do you believe your education should connect to your identity? Explain using full sentences.
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CommonLit: Why is it fun to be frightened?
This assignment is due 05/24/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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05.24.21: If you had to choose a fun-scary experience to take part in, what would you choose and why?
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05.24.21 Warm up: What is one thing you can't live without? Why?
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05.27.21 Unit 3 Final Essay
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05.21.21 Friday Refresh Standard 8.2
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05.18.21 Warm up: Do you believe your identity is connected to how you are raised? Why or why not?
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05.17.21 Warm up: Why do you believe writing an essay may be difficult?
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WRITING WORKSHOP
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05.14.21 Friday Refresh
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05.14.21 Warm up: Why do you believe Jacqueline Woodson decided to place her poems in a particular order? Does this impact us as the reader?
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05.12.21 Classwork: Literary Analysis Essay
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05.12.21 Warm up: What is the most difficult part of writing an essay for you? Explain using full sentences.
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05.11.21 Classwork Introductory Paragraph
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05.11.21 Warm up: Warm Up:How do you believe Jacqueline’s poem’s reflected her identity? Sentence starter: I believe Jacqueline’s poem reflected her identity by____________
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05.11.21 Classwork Introductory Paragraph
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05.10.21 FTGM -WARM UP: HOW DO YOU DETERMINE A THEME?
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05.07.21 Friday Refresh
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05.07.21 Warm up: If "Brown Girl Dreaming" was written during present day, what do you believe might have changed with the book? your response should be in full sentences.
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05.05.21 2-Point Short Response
Use your packet to complete the 2-point short response.
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05.06.21 Warm up: Based on Ch. 13, what did Jacqueline want to identify with most? Why?
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05.05.21 Warm up: Based on the classwork yesterday, who is Angela Davis?
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05.05.21 Classwork
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CommonLit: Life Isn't Fair — Deal With It
This assignment is due 05/03/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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Warm Up: Stories of her own family’s past have always been important to Jacqueline. How does her understanding of history begin to include more than just the story of her own family? Sentence Starter: Jacqueline’s understanding of history begins by
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05.04.21 BGD Ch. 13
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05.04.21 Independent Classwork
Complete questions 1-4. All responses need to be written directly into the document.
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05.03.21 Warm up: Do you believe everything in our lives should be fair? Why or why not? Explain your thoughts in full sentences.
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4.30.21 2-Point Short Response
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04.30.21 Friday Refresh
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04.29.21 2-Point Short Response
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04.29.21 Warm up: How is Jacqueline’s attitude toward her life in New York changing? Use evidence from the text to support your claim.
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04.29.21 CFU:Stories of her own family’s past have always been important to Jacqueline. How does her understanding of history begin to include more than just the story of her own family?
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04.28.21 Brown Girl Dreaming : Ch. 12
ALL RESPONSES NEED TO BE RECORDED DIRECTLY INTO YOUR DOCUMENT. WE ARE WORKING ON QUESTIONS 4-7 TODAY.
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04.28.21 WARM UP: In “after daddy dies,” Jacqueline begins the first four stanzas with the same phrase and then describes her grandmother’s move to New York and scenes from her own life. What does the repetition of “after daddy dies” emphasize about this period in Jacqueline’s life? [RL.8.5]
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CommonLit: For Teens, A Good Mood Depends on Good Sleep
This assignment is due 04/26/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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04.27.21 Classwork
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04.27.21 Classwork
Complete questions 1-3.
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04.27.21 Warm up: When is a time you lost someone? How did it make you feel? What is a good memory you have of this person? Sentence Starter: A time I lost someone is.../ A good memory i have of this person is...
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04.26.21 WARM UP: HOW ARE YOU FEELING TODAY?
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CommonLit: For Teens, A Good Mood Depends on Good Sleep
This assignment is due 04/26/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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04.23.21 Classwork/Homework
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04.23.21 Warm up: Do you believe a friendship can help you become a better person? Why or why not?
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04.23.21 Friday Refresh R.L.8.3
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04.22.21 Warm up: Why was writing/language so important to Jacquline Woodson?
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04.22.21 Ch.11 BGD Classwork
We have been working on CH.11 all week. Now, you need to finish questions 9-12. We will work on the short response tomorrow.
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04.21.21 BGD CH.11
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04.21.21 WARM UP: In “graffiti,” Jacqueline says, “Your tag is your name written with spray paint / however you want it wherever you want it to be” (260). What does this suggest about why Jacqueline is drawn to graffiti? [RL.8.3]
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CommonLit: The Value of Being Confused
This assignment is due 04/19/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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04.20.21 EXIT SLIP: WHAT IS A POTENTIAL THEME OF "pasteles & pernil” ?
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04.20.21 WARM UP: HOW DOES JACQUELINE WOODSON CONNECT HER IDENTITY TO THE THEME OF THE BOOK "BROWN GIRL DREAMING"?
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04.20.21 CH.11 "BROWN GIRL DREAMING".
COMPLETE QUESTIONS 1-3 IN YOUR HANDOUT.
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04.19.21 Warm up :Think back to a time where you were confused, how did you feel? Would it have made you feel better if others were also confused? Why?
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04.09.21 Friday Refresh
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04.09.21 Warm up: Which family member do you relate the most to? Why?
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04.09.21 Ch.9 Exit Slip
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04.09.21 Ch.9 Wrap up
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04.08.21 Warm up: If there is a fight between two friends and they asked you who was right, and you refused to take sides, you would be considered neutral. What does that mean to you?
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04.08.21 Classwork Ch. 9
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04.07.21 WARM UP: In “maria,” Jacqueline describes “the Spanish [Maria] speaks” as “like a song / [she] is learning to sing” (209). What does this suggest about Jacqueline’s attitude toward this new friendship? [RL.8.4]
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04.07.21 CLASSWORK
ALL RESPONSES SHOULD BE WRITTEN DIRECTLY INTO ALL GOOGLE DOCUMENTS.
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CommonLit: The power of ‘like’
This assignment is due 04/05/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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04.06.21 Warm up: Write a sentence with the word temptation:
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04.06.21 Chapter 9: "Brown Girl Dreaming"
Complete questions 1-3 today. All responses should be in complete sentences and written directly into the google doc.
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04.06.21 Grammar Practice Packet
Complete questions 1-3 in your Grammar Packet
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04.05.21 Warm up: Do you believe "Likes" should be removed from social media platforms? How do you think this would impact how much we use these platforms?
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04.05.21 EXIT SLIP:In the text, the author explores the powerful, and at times dangerous, influence of posting and liking content on social media. Do you think there are benefits to posting and liking content on social media? If so, what are they?
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03.26.21 FRIDAY REFRESH
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03.25.21 Classwork "Brown Girl Dreaming"
Today we are finishing 5-7.
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03.25.21 Warm up: In “home again, to hall street,” what is Jacqueline’s definition of home? [RL.8.3]
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03.25.21 Exit Slip: In “mrs. hughes’s house,” Jacqueline says that “our feet are beginning to belong / in two different worlds” (194). What does this suggest about Jacqueline’s identity? [RL.8.2, RL.8.4]
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03.24.21 Warm up: Consider Jacqueline’s descriptions of what she experiences when she goes “home again to hall street.” What do these descriptions suggest about how she and her siblings feel there? [RL.8.4]
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03.24.21 "Brown Girl Dreaming"
Complete questions 4-6 in complete sentences.
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03.23.21 Chapter 8 "Brown Girl Dreaming".
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03.23.21 Exit Slip
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03.22.21 FTGM Tier's 1&2
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CommonLit: The Race Factor in Trying Juveniles as Adults
This assignment is due 03/22/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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FGTM 03.22.21
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Classwork: What do the authors believe? A. Race plays a role in how juveniles are sentenced. B. Law enforcement uses race to profile people. C. The courts don’t consider race when sentencing. D. Judges sentence offenders fairly, regardless of race.
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03.19.21 WEEKEND WRITING TASK
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03.19.21 Friday Refresh
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Friday Refresh Review
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03.18.21 CLASSWORK BASED ON CH. 7
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03.18.21 Warm up: Why do you believe Jacquline doesn't tell people the truth about her father?
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03.18.21 Classwork Question: What evidence do you see in this chapter that memories can be both powerful and painful?
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03.18.21 Chapter 7
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03.17.21 Warm up: How does your personality impact your future?
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03.17.21 Chapter 7
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In “uncle Robert,” Jacqueline says: “In my own head, / it’s as real as anything. // In my head / all kinds of people are doing all kinds of things. / I want to tell him this, that / the world we’re living in right here in Brownsville isn’t / the only place” (171). What idea do these lines develop about Jacqueline’s storytelling? [RL.8.3]
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03.16.21 Independent Work! Let's be creative! Remember, this is an informational text. Be prepared to discuss at least three details from the text.
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CommonLit: They're Made Out of Meat
This assignment is due 03/15/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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03.08.21 HW
Finish chapter 6 of "Brown Girl Dreaming".
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03.15.21 FGTM Check For Understanding : Throughout the story, the aliens constantly refer to “meat” with a negative view. What does meat represent in this story? Why do you think the author chose “meat” for this representation?
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03.12.21 Classwork
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03.12.21 Friday Refresh
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03.11.21 Classwork
Finish Chapter 6 in "Brown Girl Dreaming".
Submit the finished worksheet based on the reading.
Submit the finished worksheet based on the reading.
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03.10.21 Exit Slip : Use "recite" in a sentence.
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03.10.21 Warm up: The teacher asked her students to stand up and say the vocabulary words aloud to practice pronunciation. The teacher asked the students to ___________________ the words because _____________________________________ .
Select the correct vocabulary word to fill in the sentence.
cascade immature tempting recite
cascade immature tempting recite
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03.10.21 Chapter 6 Review /Vocabulary Review
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03.09.21 Vocabulary Classwork
Review the slides then complete activities 1-3 in your vocabulary packet.
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03.09.21 Warm up: If someone told you NOT to do something that you REALLY wanted to do, what would you do? Do it anyways? Listen to the person who told you no?
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CommonLit: The Tell-Tale Heart
This assignment is due 03/08/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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03.08.21 Warm up: Can your decisions now impact your future? Why or not?
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03.05. 21 Homework: Questions 5-8 in your Chapter 6 handout based on "Brown Girl Dreaming".
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03.05.21 Snapshot Assessment
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03.04.21 Chapter 6 "Brown Girl Dreaming" Classwork Extension/Homework
Complete questions 1-3. You have been provided with a copy.
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03.05.21 Exit Slip: In “on paper,” what does Jacqueline believe after writing her name for the first time? [RL.8.3]
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03.04.21 Chapter 5 Classwork
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03.04.21 Chapter 5 Review
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Exit Slip: Why do you believe assessments are important? Explain using full sentences.
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03.03.21 Classwork Ch. 5
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03.03.21 HW
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In “the other infinity,” Jacqueline explains that her grandmother’s faith promises “eternity” — or endless life after death — to those who do God’s work well (130). In “sometimes, no words are needed,” as Jacqueline sits with her grandfather, she feels “the silent promise / that the world as we know it / will always be there” (131). Which promise does Jacqueline seem to find more comfort in? [RL.8.3]
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03.03.21 Warm up: if you had to move to a new city, how would you deal with having to make new friends?
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03.03.21 Classwork
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Exit Slip: Reread the final stanza of the poem “the letter.” What does Dell’s gesture suggest about how she and her siblings feel in response to their mother’s letter? [RL.8.3]
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03.02.21
Complete questions 1-4 .
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03.02.01 Chapter 5
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03.02.21 Warm up: What is one major difference between a simile and a metaphor? Provide your own example of each.
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CommonLit: The Harlem Renaissance
This assignment is due 03/01/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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What was the Harlem Renaissance?
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03.01.21 How does the setting of "Brown Girl Dreaming" impact the plot?
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03.01.21 Monday Madness R.I.8.1
Please use this graphic organizer to complete today's assignment.
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02.26.21 Final Submission of Writing Assignments
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02.26.21 Vocabulary Quiz 1-Weekend Homework
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02.26.21 Snapshot Assessment
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02.25.21 Chapter 3 Written response
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02.25.21
Submit your final draft here.
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02.23.21 Warm up: Based on the video, what was "The Great Migration?"
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02.24.21 Brown Girl Dreaming Chapter 4
Today, we will be working on the writing component of chapter 3. Be prepared to gather evidence to support your claim.
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02.24.21 Written Response
Submit your final draft here.
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02.23.21 Ch. 3 Brown Girl Dreaming
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02.23.21 Chapter 3 Classwork
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02.22.21 Warm up: How has your family impacted who you are today?
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In “gunnar’s children,” what does Jacqueline’s grandfather mean when he tells his grandchildren to “just keep remembering” that “y’all are Gunnar’s children”? (51) [RL.8.3]
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Brown Girl Dreaming Ch. 3 02.22.21
You will be answering all questions into the google document.
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What does this suggest about how the Woodson children might feel in the presence of their grandparents? [RL.8.3]
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02.22.21 Exit Slip: Woodson chose to place the poem “end of the day” immediately following “gunnar’s children.” How does the placement of these poems show the difference between how Gunnar Irby was treated at work and how he was treated in Nicholtown? [RL.8.5]
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02.11.21 Warm up: Who do the “ghosts” refer to in the poem “The Ghosts of the Nelsonville House”? [RL.8.4]
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How do the poems “It’ll be Scary Sometimes” and “Football Dreams” develop similar ideas about Jacqueline’s family? [RL.8.3] A.They suggest that Jacqueline’s father was devoted to his own family. B.They suggest that Jacqueline’s family was admired in their community. C.They illustrate a history of hard work and achievement in Jacqueline’s family. D.They illustrate a history of Jacqueline’s family supporting each other through hard times.
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02.11.21 Snapshot
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Winter Break Project Week of 02.08.21
Use this template to compose your personalized poem.
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02.10.21 2-point Short Response
USE RACE to complete your written response.
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02.10.21 Brown Girl Dreaming
http://lgnavigators.weebly.com/uploads/5/8/5/2/58521739/brown_girl_dreaming.pdf
Here is the link to the PDF version of the book.
Here is the link to the PDF version of the book.
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02.10.21 Warm up: What is the theme of "second daughter’s second day on earth"?
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02.09.21
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02.09.21 Lesson 4 Unit 3
Homework is your student copy. Answer all assignments there.
Question #4
Question #4
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02.09.21 HW: What is theme of the assigned poem? How do you know?
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What does this suggest about the time of Jacqueline’s birth? [RL.8.3]
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What impact do you think growing up in your neighborhood had on you as a person? Why? Sentence Starter: I think it impacted me because...
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02.08.21 Exit Slip
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Based on the video what is one way you think a setting might impact the main character of a story?
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02.08.21 Chapter 1 Brown Girl Dreaming
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02.25.21 Vocabulary Review
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02.05.21 Friday Refresh R.L.8.1
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02.05.21 Warm up
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02.04.21 Vocabulary Packet Unit 3
Finish the packet. You have been given a copy.
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02.04.21 Warm up: Who were the freedom riders? What was their role during Civil Rights Movement?
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02.03.21 Exit Slip
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02.03.21 Vocabulary HW
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02.03.21 Unit 3 Brown Girl Dreaming Assignment 3
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02.03.21 Warm up: How did the author feel about Daisy Hampton? Cite evidence to support your claim.
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02.02.21 Warm up : Do you know how to write a summary? What should be included? What should never be included?
Answer your warm up here.
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02.02.21 Brown Girl Dreaming Unit 3 Day 2
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02.01.21 Unit 3 Day 1 Brown Girl Dreaming
Attendance equals classwork credit.
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02.01.21 Warm up: analyze the quote. How does it make you fee? Why? “The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking.” Jacqueline Woodson
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02.01.21
Log into NEWSELA to submit your work.
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01.29.21 WA
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01.27.21 SUBMIT YOUR FINAL DRAFT HERE. THIS IS DUE TODAY. NO EXCEPTIONS.
I have added resources to help you.
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Did you finish your Final Draft of your essay? Did you submit your work in NEWSELA?
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01.25.21
Submit your essay here.
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01.25.21 Classwork/Class Discussion Topic
Log into NEWSELA to read and complete the assigned passage.
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What makes you unique? What is your favorite meal? Why?
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01.22.21 Final Paper
Submit your final draft here.
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01.21.21 Writing Workshop
You are taking this time to work on your final draft of your essay. If this is essay is not submitted, it will result in a failing grade for the marking period. We are not meeting for class, today is Thursday.
I have attached the outline we created in class and have reviewed for weeks.
Please attach your work here, do not share it with me using my email.
Also, if you did not finish your ELA diagnostic, do so during this time and office hours today at 2pm.
I have attached the outline we created in class and have reviewed for weeks.
Please attach your work here, do not share it with me using my email.
Also, if you did not finish your ELA diagnostic, do so during this time and office hours today at 2pm.
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Writing task: Identify a theme that can be supported and/or connected to both "Monkey man" and "I look at the world". Then, select textual evidence to support the theme that you have selected. You will be using RACE for all body paragraphs of this essay.
Upload your writing task here.
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01.20.21 Did you finish this assignment due on 01.14.21?
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Warm up: If you were forced between doing the right thing or looking the other way, which one would you choose? Why? Explain your thoughts in complete sentences.
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01.13.21 Assignment Log into NEWSELA and complete the assigned reading.
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Which of the "Big Ideas "can be connected to "Monkey man"? Why BIG IDEAS IN LITERATURE Freedom Growing up Identity Family Hopes & Dreams Greed & Selfishness Love Justice / Injustice Community Survival Equality / Inequality Parent-Child Relationships Prejudice / Racism Grief & Loss Responsibility Challenges & Obstacles Home Courage Idealism Vengeance / Forgiveness
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01.15.21 WA R.L.8.4
Please submit your weekly assessment based on our reading this week.
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Which of these "Big Ideas" can be connected to "I Look at the world"? Why? BIG IDEAS IN LITERATURE Freedom Growing up Identity Family Hopes & Dreams Greed & Selfishness Love Justice / Injustice Community Survival Equality / Inequality Parent-Child Relationships Prejudice / Racism Grief & Loss Responsibility Challenges & Obstacles Home Courage Idealism Vengeance / Forgiveness
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01.15.21
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Warm up: Do you believe Black and Brown people have the same access to resources as other racial groups in the United States?
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01.14.21
Please download your own copies.
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CommonLit: FYC: I look at the world
This assignment is due 01/12/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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01.13.21
We will be reviewing the reading together.
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01.11.21 2-point short response
Submit your short response here.
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01.08.21 Weekly Assessment
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01.08.21 2-point short response
Please submit your 2-point short response here if you have not done so already.
CROSS-TEXTUAL: In what ways were both the narrator of “The Terror” and Monkeyman courageous? Explain your answer.
CROSS-TEXTUAL: In what ways were both the narrator of “The Terror” and Monkeyman courageous? Explain your answer.
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Did you submit both of your short responses based on "Monkeyman"?
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01.06.21 Classwork
CROSS-TEXTUAL: In what ways were both the narrator of “The Terror” and Monkeyman courageous? Explain your answer. You must use RACE. One quote from each passage.
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Would you consider Monkeyman an activist? Why or why not?
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01.04.21 Unit 3: Day 1
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01.04.21 Unit 3 Vocabulary Packet
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12.18.20 Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz
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CommonLit: FYC: Monkeyman
Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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12.23.20 Weekly Assessment R.L.8.2
Please submit your weekly assessment.
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12.23.20
Today, we will be working on our short response question based on "The Monkey Man". This passage is located in Commonlit.
Your vocabulary packet is due when we return from break (This is my gift to you! LOL!)
Submit your Weekly assessment.
Please enjoy your break! See you all when we return.
Your vocabulary packet is due when we return from break (This is my gift to you! LOL!)
Submit your Weekly assessment.
Please enjoy your break! See you all when we return.
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12.22.20
Please begin reading the passage "The Monkey Man"
Continue working on your vocabulary packets.
Do not submit the short response in Commonlit today.
Homework: Multiple choice in Commonlit
Vocabulary Packet
Continue working on your vocabulary packets.
Do not submit the short response in Commonlit today.
Homework: Multiple choice in Commonlit
Vocabulary Packet
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12.21.20 The Monkey Man Grammar Packet
We will be introduced to the unit then completing pages 1-7 in your vocabulary packet.
Your homework for tonight is to complete page 8
Please submit your copy here.
Your homework for tonight is to complete page 8
Please submit your copy here.
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12.17.20 Vocabulary Packet for Unit 2
Please make sure this is completed. We have been working on this for a week now. This packet is due to me tomorrow. You will have a vocabulary quiz tomorrow.
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12.18.20 R.I.8.2 WA
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12.17.20 Classwork
Please be sure to download your own copy of the google doc.
The complete packet will be due tomorrow.
Please be sure to submit your reading in Commonlit.org
There will be a vocabulary quiz tomorrow. There will be a weekly assessment.
The complete packet will be due tomorrow.
Please be sure to submit your reading in Commonlit.org
There will be a vocabulary quiz tomorrow. There will be a weekly assessment.
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CommonLit: FYC: Transcript of Full Joseph McNeil Interview
This assignment is due 12/15/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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12.16.20 Week 14
Please submit your own copy of the google doc.
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Did you complete your vocabulary packet? Did you submit your short response based on "Sonnet"?
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12.14.20
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12.11.20 Homework:
Please submit this writing response by Sunday night. Please make sure you download your own copy.
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CommonLit: FYC: Sonnet
This assignment is due 12/10/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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12.11.20 Weekly Assessment
Please submit your weekly assessment here.
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12.10.20 Warm up
Complete ACTIVITY #3 IN YOUR VOCABULARY PACKET. COME PREPARED TO CLASS WITH YOUR ANSWERS.
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12.09.20
Please make your own copy of the vocabulary packet. Your warm up is activity 1.
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12.08.20 Quoting Poetry
Please review the lesson then complete the handout. You must download your own copy. Submit the final copy here.
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12.07.20 LESSON 1: INTRO TO POETRY
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12.07.20 HW
Please be sure to make a copy and submit your work here.
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12.04.20 Narrative Writing Piece
Please be sure to make your own copy.
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CommonLit: FYC: The Friday Everything Changed
This assignment is due 12/04/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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12.04.20 Weekly Assessment / Vocabulary Quiz
Please submit both assessments. You must read "The Friday Everything Changed" before submitting your quiz.
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12.03.20
PLEASE ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN YOUR OWN COPY. ALL WORK MUST BE SUBMITTED HERE. DO NOT SHARE THE DOCUMENT WITH ME.
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Homework Question: Where does the exposition end in "The Friday That Everything Changed"? Who are the main characters?The setting? The conflict? Answer below:
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11.30.20 Week 12
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CommonLit: The Rush of Immigrants
This assignment is due 11/27/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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11.25.20 Weekly Quiz
Please submit your Weekly Assessment
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11.25.25 Quiz
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11.24.20 "The Terror"
Please download your own copy of the vocabulary packet and complete the first two sections.
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11.23.20 Week 11
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CommonLit: Lamb to the Slaughter
This assignment is due 10/23/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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CommonLit: Hollywood Dreams of Wealth, Youth, and Beauty
Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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CommonLit: FYC: The Terror
This assignment is due 11/20/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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11.20.20 Weekly Quiz
Please submit your weekly quiz here.
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Why does the speaker decide to stand up to the brothers? B. Find Evidence: Underline the best piece of evidence that supports your answer.
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11.18.20 Terror
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11.17.20 Week 10
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Week 9 Unit 2 Vocabulary Packet
The attached Vocabulary Packet will be used throughout this unit. Please keep your own copy.
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What motivates a person to stand up for what’s right?
We are now starting UNIT 2. THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION is above.
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Final Paper for unit 1
Did yo submit your essay?
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Iready Assessment
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Partner Exploration
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CommonLit: FYC: Lather and Nothing Else
This assignment is due 11/07/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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2-Point SR Week 8
CROSS-TEXTUAL: Norma in “Button, Button” and the barber in “Lather and Nothing Else” are both faced with a moral problem. Imagine that Norma and the barber have a conversation before they make their final decisions. What advice do you think each character would give to the other? Why?
PLEASE DOWNLOAD YOUR OWN COPY OF THE GOOGLE DOC.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD YOUR OWN COPY OF THE GOOGLE DOC.
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Did you complete your IReady diagnostic? Did you read the story in Commonlit? Did you submit your final essay?
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End of Unit 1 Final Essay
Please submit your final draft here. Your essay should be submitted as a Google doc. Please reach out if you need help.
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How does the narrator's belief "that he is a barber of integrity" affect the way he treats captain Torres?
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Final Essay Outline
Please continue working on your essay. Tomorrow, we will be working on writing a conclusion.
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Did you complete your "Lamb to the Slaughter" short response?
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2-point Short Response
Please complete your 2-point short response using the attached google doc. This needs to be submitted to me.
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Did you complete your I-ready Diagnostic?
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HW 10.19.20
In your opinion, what is another way Mary Maloney could have resolved her conflict with her husband? Please answer the question in the attached google doc.
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What type of relationship do the Maloney's have in the beginning of the story? Prove it.
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10.19.20
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10.15.20 Classwork
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CommonLit: FYC: Button, Button
This assignment is due 10/15/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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CROSS TEXTUAL: Compare the morals of the main characters in “Ruthless” to the main characters in “Button, Button.” Which character from “Ruthless” is most morally similar to Norma? Which character from “Ruthless” is most morally similar to Arthur? Explain your answers.
Please answer the question above.
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10.13.20
Hello everyone! Please download your own copy of the google doc I've attached. Over the weekend, I assigned "Button,Button". Today's assignment is based on this passage.
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CommonLit: FYC: Ruthless
This assignment is due 10/12/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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CommonLit: FYC: How Do We Tell Right From Wrong?
This assignment is due 10/09/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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How does Arthur feel towards Mr. Steward? How does Norma feel towards Mr. Steward? How do you know?
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Do you think Norma is really "fine" with not discussing the button or the money anymore? Why or why not? Explain using full sentences.
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2-Point Short Response based on "Ruthless"
Directions: Respond to the Short Response prompt below.
How does Judson Webb cause his own death in “Ruthless”? Be sure to identify the most important lines of dialogue or events in the story and explain how they cause an important decision or action to take place. [RL.3]
How does Judson Webb cause his own death in “Ruthless”? Be sure to identify the most important lines of dialogue or events in the story and explain how they cause an important decision or action to take place. [RL.3]
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Assignment 7 10.08.20
Please use this presentation to complete today's lesson. We will also be using Commonlit.org and Nearpod. Be prepared to share out.
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10.06.20
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CommonLit: How Do We Tell Right from Wrong?
This assignment is due 10/05/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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10.05.20
Happy Monday! Please see the attached lesson and log into Commonlit.org for your assignment today.
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Lesson 3 10.02.20
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Lesson 3 10.01.20
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CommonLit: Ruthless
This assignment is due 10/01/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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In the context of the text, do you think Judson was right to take justice into his own hands? Why or why not? Are there other ways that Judson could’ve possibly held the thief accountable without harming anyone?
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09.30.20
See you all today at 12:36 pm!
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09.29.20
Please complete pages 1-2 of your vocabulary packet. Also, read "Ruthless" for homework tonight.
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Day 5 09.25.20
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Day 3 Materials
These are the materials we will all be using today.
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Commonlit Pre-Assessment
Hi everyone! Today, we 'll be completing the final section of our Commonlit Pre-Assessment. See you all today at 12:36 pm. Be well! The link will be posted later on today to join our class. Group B, you are with me today.
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Day 2 09.22.20
Hello everyone! Welcome to day 2! Today, you will be completing your baseline assessment. You will join our meet, then begin your assessment. The link to the assessment will posted during class.
1. Click the link
2. Enter your information
3.Begin the assessment on Commonlit
4. Submit the assessment.
1. Click the link
2. Enter your information
3.Begin the assessment on Commonlit
4. Submit the assessment.
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CommonLit: Why Do People Follow The Crowd?
This assignment is due 09/21/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
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Warm up:
Warm up: What is one thing you are looking forward to learning about this year in ELA? Why? Write your response in our class stream.
Think-Pair-Share: respond to a classmate in our class stream.
Think-Pair-Share: respond to a classmate in our class stream.
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Day 1 09.21.20
Welcome! See you all soon!