Blending Quotes Day 2

Today's Goal: Practice taking quotes from Homeless bird and "blending them" into your sentences. This is a super important skill. You may also hear it called "integrating" your quotes.

Unit Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details

The Plan:

1. Blending Quotes Stations:
   Task Cards
   Student Guide
   Review Posters
   Video for Station 5: HERE IS THE VIDEO YOU NEED
2. A SURVEY before Break

Blending Quotes:

This is a skill that you'll be practicing FOREVER.

It's also something that I noticed you had a hard time doing on your one-pagers, and is going to be really important for your writing moving forward. 

Hopefully if we stop and just focus on this, it will help you and your writing.

HERE IS THE VIDEO YOU NEED

Reminders/Homework:

• Catch up on work if you need to. Fill out Rescore Requests. REEEEEAAAAAADDDDDDD.

Lit(erature) Thursday #2 (of 6!)

Today's Goal: Share and reflect on your independent reading.

The Plan:

1. Lit Thursday -  IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM fill out this week's progress tracker
2. If and when you finish a book, let me know by filling out this form
3. Find a task to work on.
4. Finish filling out this week's progress tracker - that's your exit ticket.

Keep in mind the following Lit Thursday expectations:

• Two new books finished by May 3!
• Some activities require friends, some don't. Some are simple, some are more complex. You have to decide what you are willing to dedicate yourself to completing, but you also need to think about how to make your content strong regardless.

Reminders/Homework:

• You should plan to have completed one whole book by the time you back from spring break. That will keep you on track for the term!
• Make edits to your one-pager if you need to. I EXPECT that if you didn't reach the "competent" level, that you make revisions.
• IF you revise, you MUST return your original one-pager and rubric to me.
• The work we do today and Friday should help you.

Blending Quotes

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Today's Goal: Practice taking quotes from Homeless bird and "blending them" into your sentences. This is a super important skill. You may also hear it called "integrating" your quotes.

Unit Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details

The Plan:

1. Read
2. Blending Quotes Stations (I have paper copies for this)

Blending Quotes:

This is a skill that you'll be practicing FOREVER.

It's also something that I noticed you had a hard time doing on your one-pagers, and is going to be really important for your writing moving forward. 

Hopefully if we stop and just focus on this, it will help you and your writing.

HERE IS THE VIDEO YOU NEED

Reminders/Homework:

• No Achieve
• Complete the Evidence form from yesterday if didn't do it or if you were absent.
• Read a book! (You should have at least one book complete by the end of spring break!)
• Make edits to your one-pager if you need to. I EXPECT that if you didn't reach the "competent" level, that you make revisions.
• IF you revise, you MUST return your original one-pager and rubric to me.
• The work we do today and Friday should help you.

What's up with all the stickies?!

Today's Goal: Gather evidence of the topics we have been tracking throughout this novel to create a database of useful quotes!

Unit Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

The Plan:

1. Read
2. P5 Finish Homeless Bird
3. Evidence Form

Stickies Explained:

There are SO MANY benefits for you as reader and as a thinking for having tracked these topics as we read. Here are a few:

• It helps give you something to focus on while reading beyond simply "what happened?" This is good for your brain.
• It improves your critical thinking skills. This is also good for your brain.
• It helps you make connections between ideas at the beginning AND end of the book.
• You have marked important ideas already so when you need evidence, you don't have to reread the entire book.
• It helps those of us who are easily distracted stay on task a bit more because it gives us purpose.
• If done carefully, many of your notes should help you with the essay we are going to write when we get back from break. It's not a perfect system, but I guarantee you it will be easier than if I had not made you use sticky notes. If I'm wrong, I will give you a jolly rancher because I can afford those and also I'm not wrong.

Reminders/Homework:

• No Achieve
• Complete the Evidence form if didn't do it or if you were absent.
• Read a book! (You should have at least one book complete by the end of spring break!)
• Make edits to your one-pager if you need to. I EXPECT that if you didn't reach the "competent" level, that you make revisions.
• IF you revise, you MUST return your original one-pager and rubric to me.

Let's Finish Homeless Bird

Thread for embroidery!

Today's Goal: READ HOMELESS BIRD. Let's finish it!

Unit Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Question to think about as we continue this book:

How do each of the characters in Homeless Bird find happiness? Many characters work towards happiness in different ways. How are they similar or different? Can you relate to any of their ways of finding happiness?

The Plan:

1. Read independently
2. Read Homeless Bird 
3. Finish Homeless Bird
4. Discuss thoughts on the book/exit ticket if there is time.

Reading Actively:

You are expected to place at least two stickies for every chapter.
Do not put a sticky on the page unless you label it:
*Home/Family
*Perseverance
*Dreams, Hopes, and Plans
*Gender

*happiness and well-being
*something else super important that you don't want to forget?

Reminders/Homework:

• If you do not have at least TWO sticky notes labeled in EVERY SINGLE CHAPTER of Homeless Bird, you should spend some time tonight doing that.
• No Achieve this week.
• Catch up on late work.
• READ AT HOME.

Chapter 10 (or more?)

Today's Goal: READ HOMELESS BIRD (Seriously. We're going to read a lot today. I know you are anxious to see what happens to Koly. We will finish this book on Monday.)

Important note about Achieve in the HW section below.

Unit Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Question to think about as we continue this book:

How do each of the characters in Homeless Bird find happiness? Many characters work towards happiness in different ways. How are they similar or different? Can you relate to any of their ways of finding happiness?

The Plan:

1. Read independently
2. Fill out the first row of your "Lit Thursday Progress Tracker" that I didn't get to you yesterday.
3. Read Homeless Bird
4. Read more Homeless Bird
5. All the Homeless Birds (plus some discussion, probably)

Reminders/Homework:

• Two Achieve articles due by Friday at midnight
• One Teacher Choice: "Turning Workouts into Watts"
  OR "How Ideas Become Real"
• IMPORTANT NOTE: I am fully aware that all of you are finding this one harder than normal. I will take this into account when I score it. Please don't panic. 
• Another Option: I have given you a second teacher choice if you feel strongly that you want to do another one to replace it. 
• Another important note: Achieve assignments have ALMOST NO IMPACT on your grade at this point in the semester if you are doing them each week. A low score one week IS OKAY. I PROMISE.
• One more: They're going to get harder. If you are not opening the article and looking at it while you answering the questions so that you can go FIND the answers, you are setting yourself up for failure. Use your resources! I believe in you!
• One student choice
• It's taking me a while to get through your One-Pagers because I'm giving lots of feedback. You will get them back on Monday. You will have the opportunity to revise, as always! :D

Lit Thursdays #1 (of 6) (again!)

Today's Goal: Share and reflect on your independent reading.

The Plan:

1. Lit Thursday - NEW EXPECTATIONS (YOU WILL GET THIS IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM)
2. If and when you finish a book, let me know by filling out this form

Keep in mind the following Lit Thursday expectations:

• Two new books finished by May 3!
• Some activities require friends, some don't. Some are easy, some are not. You have to decide what you are willing to dedicate yourself to completing, but you also need to think about how to make your content strong regardless.

Reminders/Homework:

• Complete storyboard if you were absent (You can pick any scene from the post on Tuesday.)
• Finish Monthly Mindfulness on Google Classroom if you didn't finish it in class. You can't get it wrong as long as your honest and thoughtful.
• Two Achieve articles due by Friday at midnight
• One Teacher Choice: "Turning Workouts into Watts"
• One student choice

Finish Storyboard for your scene from Chapter 9

Unit Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Today's Goal: Create a short summary of a scene in Chapter 9 by making a 3-panel storyboard.

The Plan:

1. Finish Storyboard That (If you finish: Monthly Mindfulness, and if that's finished, do an Achieve.)

Storyboard Chapter 9

Made with Storyboard That

Some of you have used this before. Some of you have not. That's okay! You and a partner will make ONE three-panel comic representing one scene in Chapter 9 of Homeless Bird. (this means you only need one computer.)

Scene assignments can be found on yesterday's post. If you were absent, you should pick one and do it on your own.

Here are directions:

1. Go to Storyboard That
2. Click (1) Log On, (2) I'm a New User, and finally (3) Sign in With Google. NOTE: Only one person in your team needs to do this. You only need one computer.
3. Once you get all logged in, You'll create a new storyboard!
4. There are bajillion scenes, characters, shapes, and other things to work with. You and your partner will be assigned to make one of the scenes listed below. 
5. Click "Save" ASAP. Give your storyboard a title.
6. When you're done, click "Download images," then save as a PDF. 
7. Go upload it on Google Classroom. When you submit, leave a note stating who was in your group with you and which scene you were assigned.

Reminders/Homework:

• Complete storyboard if you were absent.
• Finish Monthly Mindfulness on Google Classroom if you didn't finish it in class. You can't get it wrong as long as your honest and thoughtful.
• Two Achieve articles due by Friday at midnight
• One Teacher Choice: "Turning Workouts into Watts"
• One student choice

Chapter 9 and Storyboard That!

Unit Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Today's Goal: Create a short summary of a scene in Chapter 9 by making a 3-panel storyboard.

Question to think about as we continue this book:

How do each of the characters in Homeless Bird find happiness? Many characters work towards happiness in different ways. How are they similar or different? Can you relate to any of their ways of finding happiness?

The Plan:

1. Watch the video I made for you below. It will work this time, I promise.
2. Read the rest of chapter 9 - make sure you have some sticky notes!
3. "Storyboard That" Scene Design
4. If you finish: Monthly Mindfulness, and if that's finished, do an Achieve.

Reading Actively:

You are expected to place at least two stickies for every chapter.
Do not put a sticky on the page unless you label it:
*Home/Family
*Perseverance
*Dreams, Hopes, and Plans
*Gender

*happiness and well-being
*something else super important that you don't want to forget?

Storyboard That

Made with Storyboard That

Some of you have used this before. Some of you have not. That's okay! You and a partner will make ONE three-panel comic representing one scene in Chapter 9 of Homeless Bird. (this means you only need one computer.)

Here are directions:

1. Go to Storyboard That
2. Click (1) Log On, (2) I'm a New User, and finally (3) Sign in With Google. NOTE: Only one person in your team needs to do this. You only need one computer.
3. Once you get all logged in, You'll create a new storyboard!
4. There are bajillion scenes, characters, shapes, and other things to work with. You and your partner will be assigned to make one of the scenes listed below. 
5. Click "Save" ASAP. Give your storyboard a title.
6. When you're done, click "Download images," then save as a PDF. 
7. Go upload it on Google Classroom. When you submit, leave a note stating who was in your group with you and which scene you were assigned.
8. If you don't finish, DO NOT PANIC. Just make sure you save it so you don't lose your work. I don't know how far you will get while I'm gone, so if most of you don't finish, we'll finish tomorrow. It's an experiment. Sorry I'm not here for it, but all the plans were already made.

Scene assignments (Your sub is going to assign them randomly):

1. Koly starting her new job and learning how to do the work (pg. 124-125)
2. Koly solving Mr. Govind's crisis (pg. 126-127)
3. Koly and Tanu making a deal with the bangle maker (pg 126-128)
4. What Koly does with wages and pension (pg 129)
5. Koly's interaction with Raji and the offer she makes him (pg 130)
6. Koly's evening routine (pg. 131)
7. Teaching Raji to read (pg 132)
8. How Raji feels about the city and why (pg. 133)
9. Visiting the hill of Govardhan (pg 134-135)
10. Raji's news (pg 136-137)
11. waiting for Raji's return (pg 137-top of page 138)
12. Visited by a rich lady (pg 138-140)
13. Showing the rich lady their room (pg 141-142)
14. The rich lady's job offer (pg 142-143)

Reminders/Homework:

• Finish Monthly Mindfulness on Google Classroom if you didn't finish it in class. You can't get it wrong as long as your honest and thoughtful.
• Two Achieve articles due by Friday at midnight
• One Teacher Choice: "Turning Workouts into Watts"
• One student choice

Chapter 9

Unit Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Today's Goal: Reflect on what we've learned so far as we continue reading and noting particular thematic ideas and evidence.

Question to think about as we continue this book:

How do each of the characters in Homeless Bird find happiness? Many characters work towards happiness in different ways. How are they similar or different? Can you relate to any of their ways of finding happiness?

The Plan:

1. Read (independent)
2. Quickwrite and Discussion
3. Concepts that might help you for chapter 8 and 9
4. Read Chapter 9 - have sticky notes on hand
5. Monthly Mindfulness (last 10 minutes)

Quickwrite Topic:

How has Koly changed over the course of this book? Why? What has caused those changes?

Reading Actively:

You are expected to place at least two stickies for every chapter.
Do not put a sticky on the page unless you label it:
*Home/Family
*Perseverance
*Dreams, Hopes, and Plans
*Gender

*happiness and well-being
*something else super important that you don't want to forget?

Reminders/Homework:

• Finish Monthly Mindfulness on Google Classroom if you didn't finish it in class. You can't get it wrong as long as your honest and thoughtful.
• Two Achieve articles due by Friday at midnight
• One Teacher Choice: "Turning Workouts into Watts"
• One student choice
• I haven't finished progress report grades (which is lucky for you, because anything you get me today, Monday, will also be included on your progress reports.)
• Make Up Your Radio Recording. We spent two days in class on that and you need to make it happen. (Click on that link to go to the directions)
• Turn in your One-Pager ASAP (because you don't want a zero)

Foreshadowing Practice and Chapter 8

Unit Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Today's Goal: Gather evidence with a partner of foreshadowing in Chapter 7. FINISH Chapter EIGHT. Continue working on looking for moments that relate to the topics we are investigating while we read.

Question to think about as we continue this book:

How do each of the characters in Homeless Bird find happiness? Many characters work towards happiness in different ways. How are they similar or different? Can you relate to any of their ways of finding happiness?

The Plan:

1. Read (independent)
2. Foreshadowing
3. Concepts that might help you for chapter 8 and 9
4. Finish Chapter 8 - have sticky notes on hand

Foreshadowing:

On Wednesday we discussed foreshadowing. If you don't remember, there's a clue in a picture on Wednesday's blog post if you scroll down. 

With a partner, you will use Flipgrid to film a short video (max 2 minutes). 

Find Flipgrid on Google Classroom.

With a partner, find two different "clues" in the chapter and explain why those clues are foreshadowing this event. (This means you need to find QUOTES in the story as proof/evidence of the clue and READ the quotes out loud before sharing why they are examples of foreshadowing.) Make sure you tell your viewer the page #s.

Reading Actively:

You are expected to place at least two stickies for every chapter.
Do not put a sticky on the page unless you label it:
*Home/Family
*Perseverance
*Dreams, Hopes, and Plans
*Gender

*happiness and well-being
*something else super important that you don't want to forget?

Reminders/Homework:

• No Achieve
• The grading period ends TODAY. 
• This means you need to clear your zeros and improve scores on things like your personal narrative.
• I'm leaving at noon. You need to get me any physical work before then.
• Make Up Your Radio Recording. We spent two days in class on that and you need to make it happen. (Click on that link to go to the directions)
• Turn in your One-Pager ASAP (because you don't want a zero)

Lit Thursday #6 (of 6)

Photo used with permission from Pixabay under CC licensing

Today's Goal: Get social with your independent reading

IMPORTANT NOTE: Grading period ends tomorrow. I need to know if you have finished two books ASAP. write the book covers.

The Plan:

1. Lit Thursday (BOOK COVER DIRECTIONS AT BOTTOM OF THIS DOC.
2. Lit Thursday FlipGrid

Keep in mind the following Lit Thursday expectations:

• Engage in Flipgrid once each week with or without a partner (total of at least 4 videos, on four DIFFERENT weeks)
• Read two books (and make a book cover notecard when you FINISH it)

Reminders/Homework:

• Get missing assignments to me ASAP (including one-pager)
• No Achieve
• Keep reading. Two more books will be due in six weeks!

HOMELESS BIRD (Ch. 8)

Unit Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Today's Goal: Read Chapter EIGHT. Continue working on looking for moments that relate to the topics we are investigating while we read.

The Plan:

1. Yesterday we talked about symbols. Fill out this form to tell me what you remember. Then read.
2. Read (independent)
3. Concepts that might help you for chapter 8 and 9
4. Finish Chapter 7 and read Chapter 8 - have sticky notes on hand

Question to think about today:

How do each of the characters in Homeless Bird find happiness? Many characters work towards happiness in different ways. How are they similar or different? Can you relate to any of their ways of finding happiness?

Reminders/Homework:

• I am NOT assigning you ANY Achieve article this week. You only need to complete Achieve if you having missing assignments.
• The grading period ends THIS FRIDAY, March 16.
• This means you need to clear your zeros and improve scores on things like your personal narrative.
• Make Up Your Radio Recording. We spent two days in class on that and you need to make it happen. (Click on that link to go to the directions)
• Turn in your One-Pager ASAP (because you don't want a zero)
• Keep reading. TWO books due by March 15 (that's Thursday)

Student Walk-Out Information.

Today's class post is below, but here is some information that may be pertinent to you or someone in your life. It is important to me that I provide you with information, particularly since I have had students ask me about it. This is meant to be informative, not an endorsement, but I support your decisions, whatever they may be:

There is a National Student Walk-Out tomorrow, March 14, at 10am for 17 minutes.

"The nationwide protest is both a memorial and protest action. Students and teachers across the United States will walk out of their schools and universities to honor the lives of the 17 people killed at Stoneman Douglas and press lawmakers to pass stricter gun control laws, according to EMPOWER, the group organizing the action" (Adone, CNN). <--- Click on the link for full article.

From Aviara Oaks Administration (edited for clarity):

     We will have the lobby of the MPR open for students to gather if they wish.  Administrative staff and campus supervisors will be monitoring behavior and ensuring safety for students out of class. The following are a few interesting pieces regarding student protests historically (Time magazine) and student rights (ACLU link).  In addition, there is a KTSA article that may be interesting to you.

Time Magazine student protest

ACLU Link

KTSA Teacher editorial

Other Notes from Ms. Black:

• READ the links above. They are genuinely good. The editorial has some really important ideas for you to think about. The CNN article talks about the actual walk-out.
• The walk-out color is orange. Posters may help. Document it with pictures or something.
• Ms. Black cannot walk out. Her responsibility is to the students in the room.
• This takes place during advisory. If you go, you will be late to 4th period and marked tardy.
• Walkouts are meant to be peaceful demonstrations, particularly when part of the goal is to honor lives lost. Do not participate if you cannot honor that. Do not participate if you are going to disrupt that in any way. It is the disruptions that will cause you to get in trouble, not the walk-out itself.
• This walk-out is not about training teachers to have guns, but this is an actual piece of legislation that is making its way through the government and being talked about as a solution to gun violence. Ms. Black would like to simply state that she really would not like to be armed with a gun at school. She can't even keep track of her pens, and she would not feel safe with guns in her classroom or in any other classroom on a campus where she works with kids every day. Her responsibility is to students education and their safety when they are with me, and she can't ensure that with guns.
• We have to be citizens who hear each other, so if you think this is the most important issue ever, or if you think all of the protests are stupid, it doesn't matter. Listen, and I encourage you not to silence each others' voices. We can't make fun of each other for using our voices and we can't bully others into doing things our way. It only makes things harder.

Let's focus on reading Homeless Bird.

Unit Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Today's Goal: Read Chapter Seven. Continue working on looking for moments that relate to the topics we are investigating while we read.

The Plan:

1. Read
2. Look over this slideshow to help with some of the Hindi words and other concepts.
3. Read Chapter 7 - have sticky notes on hand
4. Symbols (Koly's earrings and Tagore's Book of Poems)

Question to think about today:

How do each of the characters in Homeless Bird find happiness? Many characters work towards happiness in different ways. How are they similar or different? Can you relate to any of their ways of finding happiness?

Reminders/Homework:

• I am NOT assigning you ANY Achieve article this week. You only need to complete Achieve if you having missing assignments.
• The grading period ends THIS FRIDAY, March 16.
• This means you need to clear your zeros and improve scores on things like your personal narrative.
• Make Up Your Radio Recording. We spent two days in class on that and you need to make it happen. (Click on that link to go to the directions)
• Turn in your One-Pager ASAP (because you don't want a zero)
• Keep reading. TWO books due by March 15 (that's Thursday)

One-Pager Work Time

Today's Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
The Plan:

1. Read Independently
2. One-Pager (See info and and example on Friday's blog post).

Reminders/Homework:

• One-Pager due TOMORROW.
• I am NOT assigning you an Achieve article this week. 
• The grading period ends THIS FRIDAY, March 16.
• This means you need to clear your zeros and improve scores on things like your personal narrative.
• Make Up Your Radio Recording. We spent two days in class on that and you need to make it happen. (Click on that link to go to the directions)
• Continue gathering evidence for your one-pager. The due date has been changed.
• Your One-Pager will be due on TUESDAY, at the beginning of class. 
• Keep reading. TWO books due by March 15 (that's Thursday)

Using quotes in your writing

THIS CHART IS REALLY IMPORTANT. To put quotes in your writing,
you need all five parts (one from each column). And remember: (Whelan 34)

Unit Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Today's Goal: Read Chapter Five (It's pretty short). Begin to create your one-pager. 

The Plan:

1. Read
2. Homeless Bird Chapter 6
3. Quoting texts and writing strong paragraphs
4. One-Pager (on PAPER, using your slides to guide you.)

Reading Chapter SIX

You are expected to place at least two stickies for every chapter.
Do not put a sticky on the page unless you label it:
*Home/Family
*Perseverance
*Dreams, Hopes, and Plans
*Gender
*something else super important that you don't want to forget?

Reminders/Homework:

• Yo. At least HALF of you have lost 20 percent of your grade because you didn't turn in the recording of "This I Believe." What's up with that? We spent two days in class on that and you need to make it happen. (Click on that link to go to the directions)
• OF COURSE I will take it late! Just remember that you still have to try to do things on time!
• Continue gathering evidence for your one-pager. The due date has been changed.
• Your One-Pager will be due on TUESDAY, at the beginning of class. 
• TWO Achieve Activities (due tonight!)
• Teacher Choice: "Are You There, Leo?"
• One student choice
• Keep reading. TWO books due by March 15 (that's next Thursday)

Lit(erature) Thursday #5 (of 6)

Today's Goal: Get social with your independent reading

IMPORTANT NOTE: Remember, you must read and finish two independent reading books before March 15. THAT'S NEXT WEEK.

The Plan:

1. Lit Thursday
2. Lit Thursday FlipGrid

Keep in mind the following Lit Thursday expectations:

• Engage in Flipgrid once each week with or without a partner (total of at least 4 videos, on four DIFFERENT weeks, but probably more)
• Read two books (and make a book cover notecard when you FINISH it)

Reminders/Homework:

• Yo at least HALF of you have lost 20 percent of your grade because you didn't turn in the recording of "This I Believe." What's up with that? We spent two days in class on that and you need to make it happen. (Click on the link to take you to the blog post with directions.
• Continue gathering evidence for your one-pager. The due date has been changed.
• SHOW UP to class on Friday with Slides 5, 6, and 7 completely filled in. (on Google Classroom)
• TWO Achieve Activities due Friday by midnight
• Teacher Choice: "Are You There, Leo?"
• One student choice
• Keep reading. TWO books due by March 15 (that's next Thursday)

Chapter 5

Today's Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

The Plan:

1. Read (Independent)
2. Read Homeless Bird Chapter five
3. Start your first One-Pager - Gather Evidence on Google Classroom

Reading Chapter FIVE

You are expected to place at least two stickies for every chapter.
Do not put a sticky on the page unless you label it:
*Home/Family
*Perseverance
*Dreams, Hopes, and Plans
*Gender
*something else super important that you don't want to forget?

One-Pager

Essentially here's the task:

1. Pick a text-based question and gather evidence to help you answer that question and summarize your findings.

2. Create a visual representation of your findings that includes significant quotes, ideas, and images.

Today, you will gather powerful quotes from the novel to help you answer a text-based question that you chose yesterday. 

Full directions are on a document you can edit in Google Classroom. 

Reminders/Homework:

• Yo at least HALF of you have lost 20 percent of your grade because you didn't turn in the recording of "This I Believe." What's up with that? We spent two days in class on that and you need to make it happen. 
• Continue gathering evidence for your one-pager. The due date has been changed.
• SHOW UP to class on Friday with Slides 5, 6, and 7 completely filled in. (on Google Classroom)
• TWO Achieve Activities
• Teacher Choice: "Are You There, Leo?"
• One student choice
• Keep reading. TWO books due by March 15 (that's next Thursday)