Seating: Normal seating chart

Warmup: What’s the difference between techniques used by writers, and those used by directors, musicians, etc.

Learning Target: I can evaluate the use of craft techniques by an author.

MS4SS4

ELA 1.4

TO DO:

1. Read Fish Cheeks

2. Complete MS4SS4 Assessment

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Seating: Normal seating chart.

Warmup: Which craft technique is your favorite? Why?

Learning Target: I can compare craft techniques and their usage across different stories.

MS4SS3

ELA 1.4

TO DO:

1. Review jigsaw

2. Reread any ALM section (except the one you did yesterday)

3. Complete top left box of jigsaw note catcher

4. Compare answers and update anchor charts.

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Seating: Make sure you are in a group of 3 or 4. If you are more comfortable with yesterday’s work, sit towards the whiteboard. If you need more help, find a group towards the window.

Warmup: How does author’s purpose relate to author’s craft?

Learning Target: I can explain how authors use craft techniques to accomplish their purpose.

MS4SS2

ELA 1.4

TO DO:

1. Read ALM Kal (235) or Anjelah (241)

2. Do the Notecatcher with your group.

3. Trade answers with another group.

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Seating: Regular seats for the start of our new milestone.

Warmup: What is something an author, director, etc. can use to make their story more interesting?

Learning Target: I can identify techniques used by creators to make their work more interesting.

MS4SS1

ELA 1.4

To Do:

1. Craft mini-lesson

2. La United Fruit Co. make anchor Jam Board

3. Read Laurie Hernandez (pg 225). We’ll do a think-pair-share at the end.

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Seating: Please sit towards the windows if you’re still working on the worksheet from Monday. Please sit towards the white board if you’re done. If you’re in the middle, sit in the middle.

Warmup: How might different people write about the same event?

Learning Target: I can identify context, point of view, and purpose, and use it to better understand a text.

MS3SS4

ELA 1.3

To Dos:

Begin MS3 SS4 Assessment Here

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Seating: Please sit towards the windows if you’re still working on the worksheet from Monday. Please sit towards the white board if you’re done. If you’re in the middle, sit in the middle.

Warmup: What is one word you know that has changed meanings over time?

Learning Target: I can identify context, point of view, and purpose, and use it to better understand a text.

MS3SS4

ELA 1.3

To Dos:

1. Finish C,PoV,P sheet for Lin-Maneul Miranda

2. Begin MS3 SS4 Assessment Here

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Warmup: Why is it important to know when and why something was written?

Learning Target: I can identify context, point of view, and purpose.

MS3SS3

To Dos:

1. Read Lin-Manuel Miranda section of American Like Me (pg 195, the Hamilton guy!)

2. Complete C,PoV,P worksheet

Example if you need it

3. HAND IT IN! MS3SS3

Warmup: Why do people write stories?

Learning Target: Identify context, point of view, and purpose.

MS3 SS1

To Do:

1. Watch Diverse Storytelling Ted Talk

2. Whole group CPP worksheet. YOU DON’T NEED TO FILL THIS

3. Read When I Was Puerto Rican

4. Start notecatcher

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Warmup: What would the main idea and/or theme of the most important story of your life be?

Objective: To demonstrate your ability to identify and critique main idea and theme.

MS2SS3

To Do:

1. Go here

2. Read one of the linked stores (paper students do Just Walk on By.) Use our previewing strategies if you’re not sure which to read.

3. Complete ALL activities on the work sheet.

4. Turn it in!

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Warmup: What’s the main idea or theme of American Like Me?

Learning Target: I can identify the main idea and theme of a story, and critique them.

MS2SS2

1. Theme/Main Idea review

2. Main Idea and Theme worksheet demo

3. Main Idea and Theme worksheet Use Al Madrigal again (pg 13.)

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