First rule of book club, we don't talk about book club. Hehee, wrong! But the rules per yesterday's discussion:
Book Talks | Young Adult Literature What is young adult literature? Literature is like a mode of transportation that drives us through life. When we meet new characters and encounter different worlds along the drive, we not only learn more about others, but we also learn a little more about ourselves: who we are as humans, our place in society, and how we understand the world around us. This exploration of self is especially important during middle and high school when the journey into adulthood truly begins. That is what young literature is and what makes it so beautiful. While it certainly can be read by anyone, it is written for and about young adults. It is meant to reflect you.
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Note | vignettes due Monday! Goal Setting
Do Now | Pick out your favorite vignette that you wrote. Create a symbol that represents some aspect of the vignette. Do Next | Open your vignette Make it take up the majority of the page. Print your vignette. Creativity Workshop | Start creating designs over top of your vignette. Do Now | Create a list of students that need to print their vignettes. They can then go down one at a time to the office to print their vignettes.
Workshop | Symbols, Metaphors, Hyperboles, oh my! This unit we have talked about and analyzed symbols, metaphors, and hyperboles in The House on Mango Street. During workshop, students need to use a pencil to create a series of symbols, metaphors, and hyperboles that enhance the meaning of their vignette.
Exit Slip | Rough draft of visual essay Do Now | Pot of the Leprechaun
Draw an image of what you would like to find at the base of a rainbow. What would be your pot of gold? Give One, Get One: Share your collection ideas.
Grab your House on Mango Street Reading Log Read aloud. Draw a name to read one page aloud, at the end of the page draw a new name. At the end of each chapter, stop and allow students to add the chapter to their Reading Log
Do Now | House on Mango Street
Read two more chapters and complete reading log. Goal Setting | Complete the first two boxes of your goal setting form: Grade Check Grades have been updated in Skyward. Please log into your Skyward and look for assignments with a zero or one as a grade. Zero means I do not have the assignment at all. One means you need to finish or revise the assignment to receive passing credit.
Assignment Notebook:
Exit Slip | Complete your goal setting form and turn in for review:
Do Now | Birthday Continuum
Do Now | Personal Opposites! Draw opposites that represent you. For example, I might draw the state of Wisconsin and the state of Florida. I was born, raised and still live in Wisconsin, which is a huge part of who I am. However, I love Florida. I want to live in Florida. Florida is the place I always daydream about, because of the beaches, the palm trees, Disney. Prepare to share out with the class. Writing Workshop | Final Vignette! Today you will begin writing your final vignette that will expose opposites about yourself. You may write about the opposites you drew today or you can may choose to create something new.
Conference | When you have completed your three paragraphs, conference with Ms. Degenhardt for revisions and edits. Note | you will be transferring your four vignettes into a final book created by you. Do Now | Statues
Pick one person at your pod to partner with. Today, you are going to each become a statue that represents opposites. You can pick what you want your statues to be as long as they are school appropriate and opposites. Some examples:
Thinking Routine | 3, 2, 1 Bridge Listen to "A Family of Little Feet." As I read it aloud to you, complete the boxes on the left side of the thinking routine. Mix n' Mingle: Share out the symbol you created that represents Esperanza's experiences in the chapter. When you mingle, explain what the symbol represents and what it helps you understand about Esperanza. Listen to "Hips." As I read it aloud to you, complete the boxes on the right side of the thinking routine. Analysis + Synthesis | Opposites
Exit Slip | How has Esperanza changed in these chapters? How has she grown up? Do Now | Grade Check
Grades have been updated in Skyward. Please log into your Skyward and look for assignments with a zero or one as a grade. Zero means I do not have the assignment at all. One means you need to finish or revise the assignment to receive passing credit. Goal Setting | Complete the first two boxes of your goal setting form:
Assignment Notebook:
Exit Slip | Complete your goal setting form and turn in for review:
Do Now | Last week we read a lot about the people in Esperanza's neighborhood. Create either a metaphor or a hyperbole about the people in your "neighborhood". Some of us may not actually know the people in our neighborhood so you can determine what your neighborhood is—family, friends, social media network, team, etc.
Prepare to share out as well as identify which literary element you used, metaphor or hyperbole. Writing Workshop | Open Google Classroom. Submit your completed vignettes in Google Classroom. Finish your "There Was This One Time" in Google Classroom Do Now | Share out your hyperbole
Do Now | Grab your House on Mango Street Reading Log Read aloud. Draw a name to read one page aloud, at the end of the page draw a new name. At the end of each chapter, stop and allow students to add the chapter to their Reading Log
Exit Slip | What is one hyperbolic details you picked up on in the reading? Turn in your Reading Log |
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