Week of August 31st - Sept 4th

ELA Objectives this week:

Students will write their first narrative for this year.

Last week, we reviewed and discussed our story from a week ago through a powerpoint, All Summer In A Day, by Ray Bradbury.

Students and parents will find daily directions and further information and activities in each day folders for the week of August 31st-Sept. 4th.

• Students were asked to imagine they were writing the next chapter to the story right after the ending we read.
• Margot has to forgive her bullies when the bullies ask to be forgiven for putting her in a closet and missing the sun.
• Students were asked to brainstorm their own ideas in their ELA journals last week about what would happen first, next, and finally, as they write their story in 3rd person narrative voice...as if a narrator was watching from above and telling the story.
• Students were asked to think in terms of creating a story...that they are narrating...think about the setting....where are the children? Think about dialogue...the children's conversation.
• Beginning of their story......6-10 sentences....(upcoming schoology practice quiz)
• Middle of their story.....6-10 sentences.(upcoming schoology practice quiz)
• Ending of their story.....6-10 sentences. (upcoming schoology practice quiz)
• Students were advised to write and type their rough draft in a Microsoft Word Document.
• Students will eventually copy and paste their Microsoft Word Document final draft in their schoology quiz assignment later when it appears.
• Each of your section...Beginning, Middle, and End of your narrative, will need to be in three separate paragraphs...6-10 sentences per each paragraph.
• This assignment must be reviewed by parents/guardians and will be due in a future posted schoology assignment by Friday Sept 4th, 2020.

Weeks of August 17th-August 24th

 

MAP Assessment ELA test will be on-line Wed. August 26th. More info coming.

Our objectives this week in SEL are:

•  to continue our discussion and lesson on creating a positive identity.
•  to learn how to create a healthy and positive school identity.

Our objectives in ELA are:

• Students will read, A Summer In A Day, by Ray Bradbury, with teacher and independent of teacher
• Students will analyze and summarize elements of plot development and setting
• Students will make inferences from the story
• Students will use context clues to understand the meaning of unfamiliar words and terms
• Students will write short answer responses
• Students will write a TN READY type narrative from a provided prompt
• Students will complete a TN READY type test

I CAN.....READ, REFLECT, AND ANALYZE  A TEXT IN ORDER TO GAIN DEEPER UNDERSTANDING

****NO RED INK WEBSITE....MORE CONFUSING WORDS WEEKLY ACTIVITIES

Reminders:

• Go to your personal schoology page ELA.
• Click on the colored folder for that specific week to open.
• Click on the colored folder for that specific day to open.
• Click on the posted virtual meeting to begin synchronis learning time.
• Click on the assignment page(s) for your asynchronis schoolwork after class.
• Click on powerpoints, documents, and videos from that lesson.
• Click on the LESSON REVIEW page if you need to review that morning's lesson.
• If you need my personal assistance, send me an email through schoology or MNPS:
• thomas.occhipinti@mnps.org

Week of August 10th

 Greetings!

Our objectives this week in SEL are:

•  to continue our discussion and lesson on creating a positive identity.
•  to learn how to create a healthy and positive school identity.

Our objectives in ELA are:

• to focus on the concept of digging deeper to gain understanding through reflection and critical thinking. 
• to review OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS that will encourage deeper thought and explanations.
• to review CLOSED QUESTIONS result in simple answers like....yes or no. 
• to review that if you are curious about something and desire details(I love alliteration), practice asking an OPEN QUESTION, that begins with "WHAT..or HOW...????

I CAN.....THINK CRITICALLY IN ORDER TO GAIN DEEPER UNDERSTANDING

Reminders:

• Go to your personal schoology page ELA.
• Click on the colored folder for that specific week to open.
• Click on the colored folder for that specific day to open.
• Click on the posted virtual meeting to begin synchronis learning time.
• Click on the assignment page(s) for your asynchronis schoolwork after class.
• Click on powerpoints, documents, and videos from that lesson.
• Click on the LESSON REVIEW page if you need to review that morning's lesson.
• If you need my personal assistance, send me an email through schoology or MNPS:
• thomas.occhipinti@mnps.org