MP4 - Week 6

  Monday 6-2   

1. NWEA Testing Make-ups!  If you you did not finish the ELA portion of the test, please let me know.  You must go to Mr. Pittinaro's room to finish up today!
2. Periods 1, 2, 9:  Finish Viewing of TKMB.
3. Periods 4, 6:  Finish Viewing of TKMB.
4. MAKE UP WORK:  If you received a missing work report you must schedule a time to see Mr. DeGrandis to make up your work.  Mr. DeGrandis will be after school on Tuesday if you wan to 

  Tuesday 6-3    

1. Periods 1 (429), 2 (422), 9:  Finish Viewing of TKMB (Some students will be testing) 
2. Periods 4 (421), 6:  Finish Viewing of TKMB

  Wednesday  6-4    

1. Periods 1, 2, 9:  Intro to Sonnets
2. Periods 6 & 9:  Intro to The Hero's Journey Part I

  Thursday 6-5:    

1. Periods 1, 2, 9:  Write your own sonnet
2. Periods 6 & 9:  Intro to The Hero's Journey Part II

  Friday 6-6:    

1. Periods 1, 2, 9:  Write your own sonnet and submit.
2. Periods 6 & 9:  Hero's Journey and Holes
3. 
   

MP4 - Weeks 5 & 6

  Due to NWEA Testing...  

1. Monday and Tuesday we will be taking the NWEA.
2. Wednesday and Thursday we will work on our projects.
3. Next week we will present our projects Tuesday-Thursday (5-26 to 5-28)!

MP3 - Week 4

    MONDAY 5-11:  Project Planning and Proposal Creation      

Reminders:  You will need...

1. Period 2 Only: Take NWEA in room 252
2. Materials you need to work on your project.

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Do Now - Just Do This

Entry Title:  none

Spend five minutes with a partner studying Vocabulary List 7 with your vocabulary flash cards.

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Learning Targets
I can create a project that proves I understand how Harper Lee develops the theme of taking a stand, integrity, or the golden rule over the course of the novel.

I can plan and crate a project proposal to be handed in by the end of the period.

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Mini-Lesson

Mini-lesson will be differentiated depending upon student projects.______________________________________________________


Work Time

1. Read the Final Project for To Kill a Mockingbird document.
2. Complete your Project Proposal and hand in by the end of the period.

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Assessment
Submit your Project Proposal for approval.

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Homework

Ongoing this Week
Complete one important task for your TKMB Project.

    TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY 5-12 & 13:  Review Study Guide Questions for Final Test on TKMB     

Today you will need:  

1. Novel, blue folder, HW: Study Guide Questions and...
2. Pen or sharpened pencil.

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Do Now - Just Do This

Entry Title:  none

Spend five minutes with a partner studying Vocabulary List 7 with your vocabulary flash cards.

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Learning Targets

I can comprehend the sequence of events that occur in chapters 26-31.

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Mini-Lesson

1. Review proper responses for all study guide questions.
2. Review parameters for the final project for the novel.

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Work Time

Take test.

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Assessment
Completed test.

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Ongoing this Week
Complete one important task for your TKMB Project.

    THURSDAY and FRIDAY 5-14 & 15:   Project Work Time     

You will need...

1. All resources needed to work on your project.
2. Your Project Proposal

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Do Now - Just Do This

Entry Title:  none

Spend five minutes with a partner studying Vocabulary List 7 with your vocabulary flash cards.

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Learning Targets

1. I can create my final project rubric needed to evaluate my project.
2. I can be have at least 50% of my project completed by the end of the period.

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Mini-Lesson

1. Discuss project progress as a class.
2. Discuss risk management.

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Work Time

Rubric
Project details
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Assessment

1. Completed rubric.
2. Proof of 50% of project complete.

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Ongoing this Week
Complete your TKMB Project for Monday.

MP4- Week 3

    MONDAY 5-4:  What is Integrity Frayer Chart      

Reminders:  You will need...

1. Homework: 10 Setences
2. Taking a Stand Frayer Model (in blue folder)
3. Composition Notebook
4. Integrity Frayer Model (back table)

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Do Now - Think and Respond

Entry Title:  Vocabulary List 7 Challenges

1. How might someone without an iota of temerity respond to an invitation to go skydiving?
   
2. How might a prosecuting attorney elucidate a jury on how a criminal purloined merchandise from a jewelry store?

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Learning Targets
I can explain what integrity is and identify examples of integrity from the novel and real life.

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Mini-Lesson

1. First, an anecdote about integrity and something found in an airport.
2. TED Talk: Building Integrity (see video below)
3. Meet with your NYC appointment and share a story about either yourself, someone you know or a story you heard that exemplifies integrity.

BUILDING INTEGRITY TED TALK

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Work Time
Complete the Frayer Model for the word INTEGRITY.

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Assessment
Answer the following question on a sheet of loose-leaf paper (no composition book paper please) and turn it in before you leave for the day.

Find one quote from the novel that shows someone having integrity.  Copy down the quote with the chapter and page number.

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Homework

DUE Friday!
Read Chapters 26-31 and complete the corresponding Study Guide Questions (Click this link for a copy of the questions).

    TUESDAY 5-4:  Teacher-Guided Reading Assignment     

Today you will need:  

1. Novel, blue folder, Study Guide Questions and...
2. Pen or sharpened pencil.

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Do Now - Think

Entry Title:  Crossword

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Learning Targets

I can comprehend the sequence of events that occur in chapters 26-31.

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Mini-Lesson

Review proper response structure for study guide questions.

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Work Time

Read and complete SGQs for chapters 26-31.

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Assessment
Completed SGQs for chapter 26 and 27 #s 1-4 by end of the period!

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DUE Monday!
Finish reading the novel and complete the remaining SGQs #s 6-11 due Monday.

    WEDNESDAY 5-6:  Four Corners Activity   

Reminders:  You will need...

1. Key Quotes handout.
2. One piece of scotch tape.
3. Taking a Stand (should be in your blue folder) and Integrity Frayer Charts (this is the one from yesterday)

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Do Now - Think and Respond

Entry Title:  Taking a Stand: Your Connection

With a partner, share a story of a time you, a character, or someone you know took a stand.  be prepared to share a brief version of it with the class.

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Learning Targets
I can analyze the development of the theme of integrity as it relates to the theme of taking a stand!
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Mini-Lesson

1. Review and analyze the four Key Quotes posted around the room.
2. Each of these quotes represents a different reason someone might take a stand.  For example:
3. Quote A is about: Not hurting the innocent, or even protecting the innocent.
   
   TURN and TALK:  Determine what each of the other quotes mean with your partner and be prepared to share your answers.
   
   Quote B is about:
   
   
   Quote C is about:
   
   
   Quote D is about:

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Work Time: Four Corners Activity

1. Get out your Taking a Stand Anchor Chart (blue folder)
2. Get a sentence strip from Mr. DeGrandis.  These were taken from the Taking a Stand anchor chart.
3. Get a piece of scotch tape and tape it to your sentence strip so it is ready to place on one of the Key Quote posters around the room.
4. Read your Sentence Strip.
5. Think about why the character might have taken a stand.
6. Determine which of the 4 quotes around the room best represents why the character might have taken that stand.
7. Class discussion
8. Change your mind?  It's OK.  
9. Tape your Taking a Stand Sentence Strip to your final choice in one of the corners of the room.

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Assessment
Exit Ticket on integrity.

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DUE Monday!
Finish reading the novel and complete the remaining SGQs #s 6-11 due Monday.

    THURSDAY 5-7:   Create Vocabulary Flash Cards for List VII     

You will need...

1. Vocabulary List VII
2. Flashcards
3. Markers

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Do Now - Think

Entry Title:  Word Family Members

Complete the following sentences with a word family member from List 7.

1. My mother said that _____________________ anything is illegal no matter from which store you stole it.
2. My science professor ______________________ my on the mysteries of supernovas and giant dwarfs.
3. Mr. DeGrandis thinks he's the ____________________ teacher in the school, but he really isn't that clever.

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Learning Targets

I can create study tools in order to help me memorize and use all the words in vocabulary list 7.

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Mini-Lesson

review of making vocabulary flash cards.

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Work Time

Make your cards.

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Assessment
Completed cards due tomorrow!

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DUE Monday!
Finish reading the novel and complete the remaining SGQs #s 6-11 due Monday.

    FRIDAY   5-8:  DIRT Day    

• Do Now - Start a DIRT Day Entry
• Entry Title:  DIRT DAY
• Check out the DIRT Day Guidelines for more Information
• 

DUE Tuesday 5-11
Properly use 10 vocabulary words in 10 well- constructed sentences that prove you understand the meaning of the words.

MP4 - Week 2

    MONDAY 4-27:  Review Chapters 8-14      

Reminders:  You will need...

A pen or pencil, your novel and blue folder.

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Do Now - Copy

Entry Title:  Vocabulary List 7

5.  gait  n. - a person's individual way of walking

We had slowed to a cautious gait and were feeling our way forward so as not to bump into the trees.

6.  purloin v. - (purloined, purloins, purloining) - to steal something.

Jeremy must have purloined a copy of the school's master key because that is the only way he could have gotten into the cafeteria without breaking a window. 

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Learning Targets
I can recall major events of chapters 8-14.


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Work Time
Correct homework from chapters 8-14.

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Assessment
Responses from the homework.

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Homework

DUE Wednesday!
Read Chapters 15-25 and complete the corresponding Study Guide Questions (Click this link for a copy of the questions).

    TUESDAY 2-28:   TKMB  Test on Chapters 8-14    

Reminders:  You will need...

A pen or pre-sharpened pencil and a sheet of loose-leaf sheet of paper (nothing torn from a composition notebook please).

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Do Now - Copy

Entry Title:  Vocabulary List 7

7.  capacious adj. - (capacity, capaciously, capaciousness) - containing or capable of containing a large amount of something

That mini-van has a capacious storage area which makes it an ideal choice for larger families.

8.  trepidation n. - (trepid, trepidly, trepidity, trepidant, intrepid) - a feeling of fear that causes you to hesitate because you think something bad or unpleasant is going to happen.

After listening to the teacher describe how important the NYS ELA test was and all the preparation needed to do well on the test, Pam began to feel her trepidation grow about failing the assessment. 

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Learning Targets
I can recall the events of chapters 15-25 of the novel TKMB!
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Mini-Lesson
None

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Work Time

None

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Assessment
Administer the test.

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Homework Due Tomorrow!
Read Chapters 15-25 and complete the corresponding Study Guide Questions (Click this link for a copy of the questions).

    WEDNESDAY 4-29:   TKMB Review of Chapters 15-25     

Reminders:  You may use your...

1. Novel, your HOMEWORK, and blue folder for the test
2. Pen or sharpened pencil

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Do Now - Copy

Entry Title:  Vocabulary List 7

9.  irascible - adj. (irascibility, irascibly, irascibleness)  - becoming angry very easily : having a bad temper.

Unlike his twin brother who never seems to get upset, Colin is irascible and gets angry very quickly.

10.  pithy - adj. (pithier, pithiest) - using few words in a clever and effective way.

William Shakespeare was so skilled in using few words in clever and new ways that he is considered one of the most pithy writers ever. 

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Learning Targets

I can recall events from the novel, identify important themes and show how details from the novel reveal aspects of Atticus' character.

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Mini-Lesson

Correct homework Study Guide Questions

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Work Time

Prepping for the test essays.

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Assessment
Responses to Study Guide Questions

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DUE Tuesday 5-11!
Properly use 10 vocabulary words in 10 well- constructed sentences that prove you understand the meaning of the words.

Test on Chapters 15-25 on tomorrow!

    THURSDAY  5-1:  Test on Chapters 15-25 and DIRT Day   

• Do Now - Start a DIRT Day Entry
• Entry Title:  DIRT DAY
• Check out the DIRT Day Guidelines for more Information
• 

DUE Tuesday 5-11

• Properly use 10 vocabulary words in 10 well- constructed sentences that prove you understand the meaning of the words.