Friday, June 16th

HAPPY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!  It's been a pleasure being your teacher.


Please take some time to add a slide to THIS slide show and write a note to an incoming seventh-grader giving them advice.

Wednesday, June 14th

Happy Wednesday!

AGENDA

Today you will complete an evaluation of this class.  To access the evaluation, please click HERE. Make sure to show me the screen after you submit your evaluation. Otherwise, you will not receive credit!

Here is a link to ratemyteacher.com

When finished, we will work a goodbye activity.

TO DO

Bring stamp and envelope if you forgot!
Tomorrow we will watch Tom Sawyer. You may bring a snack.

Tuesday, June 13th

Agenda

Vocabulary Test
Letter to Self

Work on our Learning Map!  Add four things :)

Monday, June 12th

It's our last Monday together.  As much as I am looking forward to summer, I am a little sad too!

AGENDA


SRI TEST

Learning Map

You will work with a group and reflect on all that we have learned, studied, and practiced this year.  Consider these categories:

Reading
Writing
Listening/Speaking
Other

You will create a poster mapping all that you have learned this year.  I suggest looking through Aeries (both semesters) as a reminder of the assignments you've completed, looking through your English notebook. and revisiting Turnitin.com to see your assignments, rubrics, and comments. 

TO DO

If you haven't brought your stamp and envelope. please bring it!

Friday, June 9th

Agenda

Discuss chapters 33, 34, 35
Read chapter  36-FINISH
Presentations
Playlist for Tom Sawyer

TO DO

Stamp and envelope
Test Tuesday on vocabulary 

Thursday, June 8th

AGENDA

Review chapters 30 and 31
Read chapter 32
Presentations



TO DO

Stamped envelope by Monday]
Vocab Test on Tuesday
POST TO KIDBLOG

Read 33, 34, 35

Wednesday, June 7th

Good Morning!

Collect vocabulary homework.

Discuss chapters 26 and 27

Read 28 and 29

Begin Presentations-Share the link HERE

TO DO

Stamp and envelope on Monday

Read   30 and 31

Study vocabulary for test
Make sure ALL of the work I told you to post to KIDBLOG is posted.  

Tuesday , June 6th

GOOD MORNING

Review chapters 21, 22, 23, 24
Read 25
Work on presentations
Begin presenting

TO DO 

Read 26 and 27 Do vocab for chapters 21-26 .  The words you need to do are highlighted.   Use the word map.  Study all vocab for test next week. Bring an envelope and a stamp by Monday. 

Friday, June 2nd

AGENDA

Review chapters 18, 19, 20
Review project requirements
Work on Project


The book takes place in the 1840's in Missouri

Presentation Topics-I am giving you a good link as a starting point. Try to find at least one other source.  Take a THEN and NOW approach.


Games and Pastimes during Tom Sawyer- Research and explain at least four popular games that Tom and his friends may have played. Explain how the games were played, what was needed to play them, and anything you can find about how they originated. Compare to TODAY's games and pastimes.

 Education Then and Now- Reasearch  the typical classroom, teacher, and ways students were taught during this time.  Compare and contrast school today to school in the mid 1800s.  What would a typical day be like in school for Tom?  What was discipline like?

Women’s Fashion     Men and Women’s Fashion-What were some of the typical fashions worn by men and women?  Describe them?  Shoes? Roundabouts? Compare them to today's fashions.

Lives of Women during this TIme-What did women have to do on a typical day?  Describe a typical day and some of the tasks.  Laundry?  Cooking?  HOW was it done. Compare it to today.

Patent Medicine  another Patent Medicine-What were some of the patent medicines used during Tom's time?  Describe them and what they claimed to cure?  Were any of them dangerous?  Compare them to a few of the medicines we have today.

Superstitions-What were some of the superstitions in the book?  Describe them. What are some modern day superstitions? Describe them and find how they originated.

Your last slide MUST have a works cited page. Use easybib.

TO DO

Read 21, 22, 23, 24 by TUESDAY

Thursday, June 1st

Agenda

Post the following to Kidblog:

argumentative essay
Memory Transfer (narrative)
Your three BEST article of the week responses

Discuss chapters 13, 14, 15

Read 16 and 17

Research activities

The book takes place in the 1840's in Missouri 

Presentation Topics-I am giving you a good link as a starting point. Try to find at least one other source.  Take a THEN and NOW approach.

Games and Pastimes during Tom Sawyer- Research and explain at least four popular games that Tom and his friends may have played. Explain how the games were played, what was needed to play them, and anything you can find about how they originated. Compare to TODAY's games and pastimes.

Education Then and Now- Reasearch the typical classroom, teacher, and ways students were taught during this time. Compare and contrast school today to school in the mid 1800s. What would a typical day be like in school for Tom? What was discipline like?

Women’s Fashion     Men and Women’s Fashion-What were some of the typical fashions worn by men and women? Describe them? Shoes? Roundabouts? Compare them to today's fashions.

Lives of Women during this TIme-What did women have to do on a typical day? Describe a typical day and some of the tasks. Laundry? Cooking? HOW was it done. Compare it to today.

Patent Medicine  another Patent Medicine-What were some of the patent medicines used during Tom's time? Describe them and what they claimed to cure? Were any of them dangerous? Compare them to a few of the medicines we have today.

Superstitions-What were some of the superstitions in the book?  Describe them. What are some modern day superstitions? Describe them and find how they originated.

Your last slide MUST have a works cited page. Use easybib.

TO DO

Read 18, 19, and 20 by tomorrow

Wednesday, May 31st

AGENDA

Tom Sawyer reading quiz
Finish point of view writing activity
Submit it to turnitin by 10PM tonight
Read chapter 12

TO DO

Read 13, 14, and 15

Tuesday, May 30th

Agenda

Return Vocabulary 

Discuss 6, 7, and 8

Huckleberry Finn-Imitating Twain's style
Make a copy of THIS and write your own description of Huck from a DIFFERENT point of view. . You must maintain the same number of sentences, sentence patterns, and style as much as possible. 


To DO

Read 9, 10, and 11.  Quiz tomorrow!  Keep vocabulary from 1-2.  Do not lose it.  

Friday, May 26th

Yay!

It's Friday!

Agenda

Please fill in this Google Form for your Newsela AOW

Work on THIS padlet with your table

Turn in vocabulary for 1-4. 

Discuss chapter 5.

Read 6

TO DO

Read 7 

Thursday, May 25th

Agenda


Warm up for vocabulary

Tom's maturity-Three scenes

Discuss 3 and 4 

Compare Tom and Aunt Polly

TO DO
I have posted the text of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the vocabulary, and the word map in the SIDE bar of this blog.  Read 5 and 6 Vocabulary for 1-4 will be due tomorrow.

Wednesday, May 24th

Agenda

Warm up for vocabulary
Click HERE for the Padlet Activity

Skits-Illustrate the theme from chapter 2 in a creative way

Read 3

TO DO

Read 4 and do vocabulary for 3 and 4. I will collect the vocab for 1-4 TOMORROW

Newsela quiz

Tuesday, May 23rd

Tom Sawyer
Growing Up/Maturity
Idioms/Slang
Vocabulary-Here is the Word Map
Vocabulary List for the Book-Complete Word Maps for HIGHLIGHTED words but study all words

TO DO

Read Newsela article by Friday and take a quiz
Finish vocabulary word maps for chapters 1 and 2 by TOMORROW

Monday, May 22nd

Goals: To gain background knowledge before reading Tom Sawyer. This will help us enjoy and appreciate the novel.

Video about Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer Days from PBS This is a slideshow with excerpts from Twain’s autobiography, as well as photos, and interesting tidbits about growing up during this time

Predictions about Novel-Slideshow

Mark Twain Quotes- More MT quotes

Friday, May 20th

Thank Ms. Smith for teaching you!

Agenda

Finish book
Grudgeball

Wednesday, May 17th and Thursday, May 18th

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

Memory Transfer Feedback

First thing! Share your Memory Transfer writing with me even if you are not finished. I will not be accepting late work, so share your work now so that you receive at least partial credit.

smith482@cougars.csusm.edu

Make sure you click the "can comment" option

Feedback/ Revise

Step 1- Find a partner

Step 2- Read your own writing aloud to your partner while your partner writes down questions that they have about your writing.

Step 3- Discuss the questions that your partner wrote down.

Step 4-6- Repeat the steps above for the partner who has not yet read his/her own writing.

Step 7- Revise your writing based on the feedback you received from your partner.

Giver Chapter 21

From Chapter 21, choose a quote that explains why Jonas does not want to live in the community anymore.

THURSDAY

Read Chapter 22

Utopian Society

What is a utopia?

It is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens.

Examples: The Giver, WALL-E on the Axiom,

What is a dystopia?

A society characterized by oppression, disease, and misery; a community that is undesirable.

Examples: Brave New World, Hunger Games, The Giver

What do you think The Giver is? Utopian or dystopian?

Your turn:

Follow the link and choose a utopia as a group. (Here is another link that you mind find useful for utopian societies.

Be able to explain to the class what your society is, if it is utopian or dystopian, and what the rules of the society are (you may have to do more research on it).


TO DO

AOW due Friday-Read Newsela article and take quiz. Then write a personal response.

Tuesday, May16th

Agenda

Read Chapter 20
Memory Transfer Directions/Rubric
Possible peer review if time

HW 

AOW due Friday. You must write a personal response and take a Newsela quiz
Revise Memory Transfer