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Friday, Sept 30

9/30/2022

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Vocab practice quiz
Vocab Bracket Submission (round 2! Pick words from chapters 4, 5, 6, or 7)

Daily Learning Objectives

I can determine the meanings of words and evaluate their contribution to a passage of a text.

Agenda

Friday Paragraphs (week 4)
Finish reading chapter 7 (link to audio book and ebook)
- Look for vocab for Gatsby Vocabulary Journal project.

Thursday, Sept 29

9/29/2022

I'll be gone in the afternoon. Sorry folks! Got a doctor appointment.

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Retrieval Practice

Agenda

Begin chapter 7 (link to audio book and ebook). It's a long one, so buckle up, no pun intended... you'll get this joke in about 35 pages. Our goal today is to make it through page 129.
If you/we finish reading, check google classroom to complete any missing assignments.
If you're done with all of that, start studying our 4 vocab words from the first half of the book (listed below) and prepare 2 more words to submit to our next vocabulary bracket on Friday.
- Homogeneity
- Fractiousness
- Bungalow
- Ectoplasm

Wednesday, Sept 28

9/28/2022

Movie Day!
We'll watch the film of Great Gatsby through chapter 6

Tuesday, Sept 27

9/27/2022

DO NOW

Daily Check-in

Daily Learning Objectives

Edit/Revise a CER Paragraph
Review chapter 6
Examine theme in Gatsby characters

Agenda

Practice revising a CER paragraph in partners: The linked paragraph is on it's way to being a level 3 CER paragraph. With a partner, review and revise the following parts of the paragraph.
Review chapter 6
- Make a chorology of Gatsby so far
- Ask any review questions
#1.3 Analyze theme and character: How are the following characters trying to live a good life? How are they pursuing happiness? How do we know? Reference the text.
- Nick
- Tom
- Daisy
- Gatsby

Monday, Sept 26

9/26/2022

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Retrieval practice

Daily Learning Objectives

I can make an insightful inference
I can identify and use relevant evidence

Agenda

Finish 1.2 Identifying Evidence #2 paragraph in Google Classroom.
- Independently read chapter 6 (link to audio book and ebook) ~14 pages.
- Take notes using the chapter note chart
- Look for vocab for Gatsby Vocabulary Journal project.
Class vocab words from our vocabulary bracket
- Homogeneity
- Fractiousness
- Bungalow
- Ectoplasm

Friday, Sept 23

9/23/2022

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Vocabulary Bracket Quarterfinal

Daily Learning Objectives

I can make an insightful inference
I can identify and use relevant evidence

Agenda

Discuss adding context to CER paragraphs.
- 1.2 Identifying Evidence #2 paragraph in Google Classroom.
Catch up on any missing assignments.
IF YOU NEED TO, Study Retake for Mindsets and Verbs Quiz: MUST SHOW MR. RESTAD YOU HAVE STUDIED.
- Make flashcards
- Do two rounds of cold recall
- Make a one-sheet
- Summarize notes
- Create and take your own quiz

Thursday, Sept 22

9/22/2022

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Complete the Vocab bracket round of 16.
Vote for homecoming royalty if that's your thing: bit.ly/BSHRoyal22

Daily Learning Objectives

I can make an insightful inference
I can identify and use relevant evidence

Agenda

Read chapter 5 (link to audio book and ebook)
IF YOU NEED TO, Study Retake for Mindsets and Verbs Quiz: MUST SHOW MR. RESTAD YOU HAVE STUDIED.
- Make flashcards
- Do two rounds of cold recall
- Make a one-sheet
- Summarize notes
- Create and take your own quiz

Wednesday, Sept 21

9/21/2022

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Submit 2 words to Vocab Bracket (Round of 32)

Daily Learning Objectives

I can analyze a text
I can take notes on a novel to help improve comprehension and insight

Agenda

Grade check-ins. (Grade conversion chart, Proficiency Scales) (see below)
Finish Chapter 4 (link to audio book and ebook) Goals for chapter 4 reading:
- What do we learn about Gatsby's past and his character?
- What's the deal with Nick?
- Look for vocab for Gatsby Vocabulary Journal project.

Tuesday, Sept 20

9/20/2022

Hey kids,
I'm out today. My wife and kids are sick, so I get to play dad from home today. Be good for the sub. We're just watching the movie today so you can.

WATCH THE MOVIE. Seriously, if we're going to take time in class to assist our understanding with a film adaptation, do it. Watch. Take notes. Look for those beginning elements of theme (e.g What it takes to live a good life? How do wealth, love, and dreams affect our pursuit of happiness?)
THAT'S IT! That's all you have to do today. Notice how texting, sleeping, headphones, tiktok are all strangely absent from this list? Don't do them please.

Daily Learning Objectives

I can take notes on a novel to help improve comprehension and insight and to track thematic elements and details.

Agenda

Watch through chapter 4 of the film.

Monday, Sept 19

9/19/2022

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Post best 2 vocabulary words for vocab bracket.

Daily Learning Objectives

I can determine the meanings of words and evaluate their contribution to a passage of a text.

Agenda

1.4 Vocabulary #1 (in Google Classroom)
Begin Reading chapter 4 (link to audio book and ebook)
- Focus for chapter: What do we learn about Gatsby in this chapter? What do we learn about Nick?
- Work on Gatsby Vocabulary Journal project

Friday, Sept 16

9/16/2022

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Retrieval Practice

Daily Learning Objectives

I can provide valid reasoning to explain connections between evidence and inference.

Agenda

I'll be inputting grades today for 0.1, 1.1, 1.2 so make sure you have those completed in Google Classroom. See the unit goals chart.
Identifying Evidence (Slides, Video)
Independent work today
- Required: 1.2 Identifying Evidence #1 (in Google Classroom)
- Required if you haven't scored a 15/19 yet: Study and retake "Mindsets and Academic Verbs" Quiz (004C - in Google Classroom) if you need.
- Review my feedback on previous 1.1 Inference skills, Then (Optional) if you need to raise your score: 1.1 Inference #3 (in Google Classroom)
- Work on Gatsby Vocabulary Journal project (you should be up to 9 words so far)

Thursday, Sept 15

9/15/2022

DO NOW

Daily Check-in

Daily Learning Objectives

I can take notes on a novel to help improve comprehension and insight and to track thematic elements and details.

Agenda

Discuss Analysis of literature (Slides, video)
Taking notes on novels (chapter note chart)
- Goals for reading this novel
  1. OVERACHING THEME: What is Fitzgerald’s commentary on the pursuit of happiness and its connection wealth, an individuals past, and relationships?
  2. Make inferences about the characters
  3. Identify unfamiliarly vocabulary and identify it's use in a passage
  4. Identify interesting evidence, details, or observations to help determine complexity of characters or theme.
  5. Provide a summary of chapters, characters, and the novel as a whole
Read Chapter 3 of the Great Gatsby (link to audio book and ebook)
- Chapter 3 (Gatsby's) is written obviously as a comparison to Tom's party. As we read, keep track of how these two chapters might indicate similarities and differences between the two men.

Wednesday, Sept 14

9/14/2022

No English today. Junior orientation in the library.

Tuesday, Sept 13

9/13/2022

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Review self-management goal (002 in Google Classroom) and write on the note card how it's going or what you can do to help start achieving this goal.

Daily Learning Objectives

I can analyze, break down and examine, a text
I can make an insightful inference

Agenda

Review chapter 2
- Skim the chapter to identify 3 things you have questions about or observations you found interesting from chapter 2.
- Complete 1.1 Basic Inference #2 (in Google Classroom)
Begin to read Chapter 3 of the Great Gatsby (link to audio book and ebook)
- Chapter 3 (Gatsby's) is written obviously as a comparison to Tom's party. As we read, keep track of how these two chapters might indicate similarities and differences between the two men.

No computers today!

Yay! ACT pretest. All I ask is that you do your best. This just gives me an honest baseline of your basic language skills.

NO CELLPHONES during the entire 45 minutes of the pretest. Yes, you may use your cellphones AFTER all tests have been turned in.

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