Monday, September 19th

Happy Monday!  It's our FOURTH week of school already.  

Goals: Write an argumentative essay which will be scored holistically. We will compare this essay to what you write at the end of the year. It will be exciting to see how much you grow!

Agenda:

1) Collect six-word memoirs
2) Pass out packet and review directions/brainstorm strategies to tackle the reading  and writing components of the assessment
3) Work on assessment
Here us a link to the video about pennies
Pennies Video

To Do:  We will finish the assessment tomorrow.  If you were absent today, you can come in at CAT.

Friday September 16th

Happy Friday!

Goals:  To write several six-word memoirs and revise one to perfection.  


Agenda:

Watch a short clip of six-word memoirs.

Follow step-by step instructions on how to write your own.

Write a minimum of three memoirs.

Peer feedback

Select your best to put on our class slideshow.

Homework:

1)  PRINT your slide or, if you don't have access to printer, write it by hand and decorate it.  It must be colorful, neat, We will do the Direct Writing Assessment on Monday and Tuesday. Bring your favorite writing took AND paper (not the kind you rip out of a spiral, please).

Thursday, September 15th

Good Morning!

Goals:  Learn three terms:  connotation, denotation, and diction.  Become better at choosing the perfect words in our writing.

AGENDA:

1)  Finish yesterday's presentation on word choice.

You can see it here

2)Video Clip-Word Choice

3)Group activities-You will complete this with your table

Look at a these lists of words and identify the overall denotation

Sorting words in order of positive to negative connotation.  I will give you the words to sort. You will put them in order from positive to  negative with your table partner

Wednesday, September 14th

Happy Wednesday!


Goals:  Learn to pick the most effective, powerful words to communicate a thought or feeling. 

Agenda:    

1) Finish introductions if not finished on Tuesday
2) Notes on diction, connotation, denotation


SlideShare I created for notes and practice- In your notebook, you should have the definitions for diction, connotation, and denotation.  You should also complete the practice we do in class.

Tuesday, September 13th

Happy Tuesday! Hope you enjoyed your late start yesterday.

Goals: Become familiar with locating comments and rubric score on turnitin. Practice our speaking skills and learn about each other.

Agenda:

1) Log in to Chromebook. I will show you how to access your rubric scores, as well as the various comments I made on your work.

2) Practice  presentations.  You will also need to share your slide with me so that I can project it onto the screen during your presentation.  

To share a google doc, click on the blue button in the upper-right hand corner that says SHARE.  Type in my last name karney.  You will see my email pop up (jacquelyn.karney@sduhsd.net). Click on it. Click done. 

3) Presentations -I will use this rubric to grade you

To Do

Have a great night!

Friday, September 9th

Happy Friday!

Goals: Access students knowledge and understanding of the two-chunk paragraph.  Become familiar with Google slides and creating an effective presentation.


Agenda:

1) Go Formative Quiz on the two-chunk paragraph. If you are absent, you have one week from today to schedule a time to make up the quiz/ I am available at lunch, at 7AM, and on Wednesdays and Fridays during CAT

To Sign up for GoFormative:

goformative.com/#signup.   Our class code is WUCE426

2) Learn how to use Google Slides and create a slide about your partner to share with the class.  You may only use ONE slide.  It must have the following :

First and last name of person you interviewed
Five interesting facts/things you learned-BULLET these-NO SENTENCES on your slide
A (or two) picture or visual to complement your slide
Easy to read font (no crazy fonts and make sure font is big enough to be seen from far away)
Be visually appealing

3) Share rubric for  presentation and begin if time

TO DO

Paragraphs are due TONIGHT by 10PM. Anything after that is considered late. Remember NO ZERO period on Monday. It is a late start day.

Friday, September 9th

Happy Friday!

Goals: Access students knowledge and understanding of the two-chunk paragraph.  Become familiar with Google slides and creating an effective presentation.


Agenda:

1) Go Formative Quiz on the two-chunk paragraph. If you are absent, you have one week from today to schedule a time to make up the quiz/ I am available at lunch, at 7AM, and on Wednesdays and Fridays during CAT

2) Learn how to use Google Slides and create a slide about your partner to share with the class.  You may only use ONE slide.  It must have the following :

First and last name of person you interviewed
Five interesting facts/things you learned-BULLET these-NO SENTENCES on your slide
A (or two) picture or visual to complement your slide
Easy to read font (no crazy fonts and make sure font is big enough to be seen from far away)
Be visually appealing

3) Share rubric for  presentation and begin if time

TO DO

Paragraphs are due TONIGHT by 10PM. Anything after that is considered late. Remember NO ZERO period on Monday. It is a late start day.