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Friday, Oct 2

9/30/2020

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Six Week Self-Assessment

Objectives

Catch up/review

Agenda

Catch up!
Watch Movie!
Review Act 2 Assessment for those who are done.

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Watch Act 3 and 4 of the Crucible 2
- (Act 3 movie link password = mrrestad)
- (Act 4 movie link password = mrrestad)
- and a little something for after you finish watching.
Take notes on the following as you watch: Example below
1. Important Plot Points
2. Impactful Camera Movements or Framed Shots
3. Questions!
Study!

Thursday, Oct 1

9/29/2020

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Retrieval Practice: Act 2

Objectives

Continue developing our skills in analyzing structure of something and supporting how that structure helps contribute to overall meaning.

Agenda

Assignment Review/Questions
Camera Movement Analysis Examples
Act 2/Camera Movement Assessment

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

112 - Act 2 Assessment - Camera Movement

Tuesday, Sept 29

9/21/2020

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Retrieval Practice: Camera Movement

Objectives

Understand Film structure - how something is created, structural elements and why those choices were made

Agenda

Assignment Review/Questions
Camera Movement Review: (Needle Scene, sample analysis)
Watch Act 2

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Watch Act 2 of the Crucible (Act 2 movie link password = mrrestad)
110 - Act 2 Cause and Effect
111 - Act 2 Movement Analysis

Monday, Sept 28

9/18/2020

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Retrieval Practice: Act 1

Objectives

Understand structure - how something is created, structural elements and why those choices were made. Film Study #2 - Camera Movements

Agenda

Grading update
Assignment check in - Act 1 Assessment
Film Study #2 Camera Movements (Video Lecture + Slides) (more resources are posted in Google Classroom)

Independent Learning
Complete these three assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Watch "Grading Practice Video"
109 - Camera Movement Practice
007 - How to study

Friday, Sept 18

9/16/2020

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Redo the "104 - Framing practice" if you got a 2 or lower

Objectives

Practice putting things together for our main learning goal: I can analyze, with support, how structural choices contribute to a text’s overall meaning.

Agenda

Assignment check in - Act 1 character chart, look at Act 1 screenshots.
Act 1 assessment and independent learning! Good luck, Holler with questions.

Independent Learning
Complete these three assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Finish Assignments 100-108
108 - Act 1 Assessment (Your first test test thingy)

Thursday, Sept 17

9/15/2020

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Retrieval Practice: Framing

Objectives

Support - identify and use relevant evidence in writing

Agenda

Assignment check in
Writing with Support
Review Framing/Blocking Screenshots - Screenshot show and tell
Begin watching the Crucible! Yay movie time.

Independent Learning
Complete these three assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Watch Act 1 of the Crucible (Act 1 movie link password = mrrestad)
106 Character Chart
107 Crucible Act 1 Framing Screenshot Analysis

Tuesday, Sept 15

9/14/2020

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Retrieval Practice: Meaning and Context

Objectives

Understand Film structure - how something is created, structural elements and why those choices were made

Agenda

Assignment Review/Questions
Film Structure #1 (Video Lecture, and Example #1 and Example #2)

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

104 - Framing practice
105 - Framing Screenshot

Monday, Sept 14

9/11/2020

DO NOW

Objectives

Examine Note-Taking Methods
Determine Main Ideas: explicit summary and inferential understanding

Agenda

Assignment Review/Questions
The right way to take notes. Review the following resources and identify 1-2 strategies that you can use to improve your note taking/memory.
- Video #1 - Mr. Restad's 6 note-taking tips
- Video #2 - Crash Course note-taking
Context and Meaning: Historical and Thematic (Video Lecture)

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

102 - Salem Witch Trials Background
103 - Thematic Response

Friday, Sept 4

9/3/2020

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Retrieval Practice: Automatic Thoughts and Goals

Objectives

Responding in writing to academic verbs
analyze, with support, how a person’s structural choices contribute to a text’s overall meaning

Agenda

Assignment Review
Discuss Unit 1 - Textual Development
Academic Verbs - Quizlet
Poem: Half Hanged Mary

Independence Learning
Complete these three assignments posted in Google Classroom.

100 Academic Verbs
101 Half-Hanged Mary

Thursday, Sept 3

9/2/2020

DO NOW

Objectives

Learn about regulating automatic thoughts
Differentiate between process and product goals; set goals

Agenda

Schedule and resource review
Class expectations review
Breakout - in small groups, make a list of your expectations of teachers, other students, and yourself.
- Choose a group leader by introducing yourself and figuring out whose birthday is closest to today. That group leader is responsible for typing in this Padlet.
Syllabus and Grading Policies

Independence Learning
Complete these three assignments posted in Google Classroom.

005 Responding to Automatic Thoughts
006 Setting Process and Product Goals in Education

Wednesday, Sept 2

9/1/2020

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