Week 6

Read 180

Taco Tuesday ☺

• Grab a new “do now” sheet from the front stool.

• Complete the following in your “Day 1 Do Now” box:

A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. Rewrite the

following sentences to make them a complete sentence:

1. Driving in Atlanta when traffic is bad.

2. Scoring the soccer goal at the game.

Correct Examples

1. Driving in Atlanta when traffic is bad.

I hate driving in Atlanta when traffic is bad.

1. Scoring the soccer goal at the game.

I enjoyed scoring the soccer goal at the game.

Announcements

• Make sure your reading log and do now sheet from last week

get turned in!

• We took the capitalization quiz and vocabulary quiz last week.

If you did not take these, you need to make these up

before/after school/during lunch.

Mindfulness Time

• 5 minutes

• silence, phones

away

Independent

Reading

• 20 minutes

• Silent, phones away

• Reading Log:

• Date

• Page Numbers

• 1-sentence

summary

Agenda

• Vocabulary practice: synonyms

• 3rd & 4th blocks: finish debate

article

• Native American history review

• Watch and respond to Sherman

Alexie video

• Read Alexie interview

Who are Native Americans?

• Descendants of the first people to live in North America

• Separated into various tribes (Cherokee, Navajo, Timucua, etc.)

• Thousands murdered during American colonization

• American land was taken from them

• Currently live on reservations today

Reservations Today

AKA “The Rez”

• Separate government from the U.S.

• Tribal government

• Still located in the U.S.

• Largely poor/underfunded

• Polluted

• Celebration of traditional culture

Video 1

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM8WZ0ztMuc&list=P

LlcS-v5MGVlDt9eYwOjD5y0XbstO834Jq&index=16&t=0s

• What issues do Native Americans face?

• How have Native Americans been treated unfairly by the

U.S.?

Video 2

• HMH Video: “Leaving the Rez”

• View 1: Context clue sheet

• View 2: Response to media/discuss media

• Think, Pair, Share

• Reflect

Wacky Wednesday ☺

• Complete the following in your “Day 2 Do Now” box:

• A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. Rewrite the

following sentences to make them a complete sentence:

1. Taking a camping trip in California.

2. Talking about plans for the afternoon.

Correction Examples

1. Taking a camping trip in California.

David and I are taking a camping trip to California.

1. Talking about plans for the afternoon.

They were talking about plans for the afternoon.

Mindfulness Time

• 5 minutes

• Silent,

phones away

Independent Reading

• 20 minutes

• Silent, phones away

• Reading Log:

• Date

• Page numbers

• 1-sentence summary

Agenda

• Computers:

• Continue working through each Read 180

segment

• Small Group:

• Vocabulary Practice: Antonyms (together)

• Agenda: finish Sherman Alexie interview

• Literary elements notes

Plot Elements Review: Setting

• Where and when a story takes place

• EX) for “FindingNemo”: Under the sea, Australia, modern day

Plot Elements Review: Plot

• The order of events in a story that

makes up the beginning, middle, and

end.

• Revolves around a conflict or

problem.

• EX) Scar wants to take the kingdom

from Mufasa and Simba.

Plot Elements Review: Characters

• The people in the

novel.

• Their words, thoughts,

and actions move the

events in the story

forward.

Plot Elements Review: Theme vs. Topic

• Theme = an important message about life/life lesson the author

wants the reader to know.

• Topic = what the story is LITERALLY about

• EX) Lion King

• Topic = two lions battle for kingship of the animal kingdom

• Theme = dishonestly, disloyalty, and jealously will never overshadow

honesty, kindness, and loyalty

Happy Friday Eve ☺

• Complete the following in your “Day 3 Do Now” box:

• A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. Rewrite the

following sentences to make them a complete sentence:

1. Deciding whether we should go to Main Event or not.

2. Hoping for the role of Spiderman in the movie?

Correction Examples

1. Deciding whether we should go to Main Event or not.

Omar and I are deciding whether we should go to

Main Event or not.

1. Hoping for the role of Spiderman in the movie?

Are you hoping for the role of Spiderman in the movie?

Mindfulness

Time

• 5 minutes

• Silence, phones

away

Independent Reading

• 20 minutes

• Silence, phones away

• Reading Log:

• Date

• Page numbers

• 1-sentence summary

Agenda

• Computers:

• Continue working through Read 180 software segments

• Small Group:

• Vocabulary Practice: Sentences

• Start reading excerpt from “Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”

by Sherman Alexie

Happy Friday ☺

• Complete the following in your “Day 4 Do Now” box:

• Free write day! Write about anything you would like in THREE

COMPLETE SENTENCES. It must be school appropriate.

• **Keep in mind: Any discussion of self harm or harm ofothers will immediately be reported to counseling.

Announcements

• Turn in capitalization practice to improve quiz grade: DUE

TODAY!

• Check your grades…many of your grades dropped due to the

essay. Get this turned in ASAP if you have not already.

• Informative paragraph essay: make corrections and turn back

in by Wednesday next week (9/11) to improve your grade.

Mindfulness Time

• 5 minutes

• Silence, phones

away

Independent Reading

• 20 minutes

• Silence, phones away

• Reading Log:

• Date

• Page numbers

• 1-sentence summary

Trashketball Review!

• Everyone must play to review for

your vocabulary quiz on Monday!

• No cussing/foul

language/making fun of others

• No phones out

• No blocking/distracting

ADTPTI Excerpt Continued

• Oral cloze reading

together

• Continuation of

filling out reading

analysis questions.