Friday, September 16, 2016

Items Due Today: SPURIOUS vocabulary page, or "anim-", depending on what students submitted last time.

Future Due Dates:

• Monday, 09/19: GREGARIOUS vocab page; Basic outline (bullets are fine) of Children's Story Essay (see requirements in previous post)--handwritten, on regular (NOT COMP BOOK) paper.
• Thursday, 09/22: "AQUA" and "HYDR" vocabulary pages.
• Tuesday, 09/27: Group Children's Story presentation, during 8th, in Cardinal Theatre
• Thursday, 09/29: Children's Story Individual Essay, via Edmodo (more info to come) by MIDNIGHT.

Coming Up: Vocab Quiz (25 words, see Quizlet link to the right), Thursday, 09/22; Storyteller guest presenter, Monday, 09/26 during COHORT;  Computer Lab 211, Tuesday, 09/27 to type Children's Story Essay.

What we did today: Discussed ONEROUS; reminders about connotation vs. denotation (meaning vs. intent), creating context, punctuating sentences properly; reviewed Essay Rubric for Children's Story; discussed appropriate internet sources and formal style of writing; examined MLA style formatting.

Today's Bellringer: none today

Summary what we did this past week: video prompt response from So You Think You Can Dance 2011, "Fix You" by Coldplay; finished Epic of Gilagmesh group projects; began Children's Story group projects (during 8th, only); vocabulary review; "How to Write Great Paragraphs".

Skills: Context, punctuation, MLA style, creativity, collaboration, decision-making, summary

ELA Common Core Standards covered:

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.4.a: Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.4.d: Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.5.b: Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.1.d: Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.3.a: Write and edit work so that it conforms to the guidelines in a style manual (e.g., MLA Handbook, Turabian's Manual for Writers) appropriate for the discipline and writing type.