WEDNESDAY
Oral Histories | Boatlife, An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience
Thinking Routine | Circle of Viewpoints
Step 1: Brainstorm a list of difference perspectives based on the video.
THURSDAY Step 2: Choose one perspective to explore, using these sentence-starters:
Poetry Workshop Today, we will be writing a short poem from the perspective of an inanimate object that was present during the attacks of 9/11. Choose one of the objects from the list we generated from the Circle of Viewpoints or find a new one! (Imagine the different poems that would sprout from the perspective of the sidewalk beneath the Towers vs. the Hudson river surrounding Manhattan)
STUDENT EXAMPLE 9/11 Ashes I am a dewdrop of water hanging from a leaf Fragile and waiting to fall Birds of fire are born again and again from me I am death and life A raging beast slows and dies, I am what remains I am fluffy snow of the summer People gather and once they leave I am all that’s left I fill the once clear sky of a robins egg Leaving a black snail trail wherever I go I’m breathed in but spat back out Swirling and lifting like a ballerina I am a hot air balloon rising higher and higher with no way of getting down As if a giant black snow globe broke over the earth I fall and dance in the air I settle, leaving puddles of dark piles I set fear into those who run on this day I come after the fire Silent Reading | Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story
pages 19-57 Reading Log
Character Bookmark Do Now | Check Skyward
What are you missing for Social Perspectives? What do you need to complete during this class period to be all set for Presentations of Learning? Nine, Ten (these may not be in Skyward yet, but you know)
The Giver
Do Next | Team Clean The classroom is a hot mess. Some of this is due to Ms. Degenhardt and Mr. Jordi BUT the larger portion is on you, the students that do not pick up after yourself. Please contribute to the team clean needed to send us into the Thanksgiving break and into December:
Do Now | Check your Reading Portfolio
Do Next | Academic Artifacts Create a new section on your Academics Artifacts page for three paragraphs. Paragraph 1: Create a paragraph explaining what happened on 9/11 based on the Newsela article we read and the annotate notes you took:
Paragraph 2: Create a paragraph explaining what you learned from your interview this weekend:
Paragraph 3: Create a paragraph explaining your personal response to what you learned:
Do Now | Silent Reading
Nine, Ten pages 1-19 Character Bookmark | What feels like the most important information about the characters? We will work together to fill out this first bookmark:
Exit Slip | Bookmarks due by end of class, details must be pre-approved by the teacher! Additional Time | finish 9/11 Newsela annotated notes, clean Ms. Degenhardt living histories interview, submit any missing Giver work Do Now | Skyward Check
General To-Do List
Perspectives Journal
Silent Reading | Hand out Nine, Ten books Character Bookmarks
Do Now: Send your English teacher a direct link to your final project on your Academic Artifacts page of your Reading Portfolio. This should be a link to the published site, not the editable dashboa Do Next: What did we learn about 9/11 terrorist attacks yesterday? Thinking Routine | There Then, Here Now Step 1: Open Google Classroom. Click on the assignment Nine, Ten | There Then, Here Now. Next open the Newsela article from yesterday. Answer the first row of questions based on information from the article. Step 2: Choose to be a Scribe or an Interviewer. Interviewers will ask their teacher questions from the There Then, Here Now thinking routine. The Scribes will record their answers in the group document. The document will be presented to the group as whole to see. Step 3: Ask the person you would like to interview if they would be willing to participate in this interview. Remember that 9/11 is a fairly recent event and there is still a lot of hurt and pain associated with it. As the interviewers ask the questions, the scribes should be documenting the responses.
Exit Slip | What is one thing you noticed or learned about the interview process?
Do Now | KWL Parking Lot
Research | Newsela + Annotated Notes
Annotated Notes After you have read the article, grab a copy of the Annotated Notes thinking routine. Read the article a second time, responding to each box set of questions. SUMMARY
Exit Slip: What did we LEARN about the 9/11 terrorist attacks? Today is our last official day with The Giver! Time to share your thoughts about the novel with a combination of your thoughts and details from the book.
Do Now | Reading Portfolio
Critical Review Paragraph 1 | Summary
Paragraph 2 | Characterization
Paragraph 3 | Conflict
Paragraph 4 | Theme
Professional Publication The book review should be published on the Reading Log page of your digital Reading Portfolio.
Do Now | Elevator Pitches
Tell the class one component of your utopia and why you think it might include an unintentional consequence. General To-Do List
Studio Time | Goal Setting If you are done with your reading log, continue your Utopian Project Rough Draft rough draft. Please show Ms. Degenhardt your studio time goal before beginning work on your project.
Strong Goal: Today I will create the forrest that represents the northern boundaries of my utopia and add tree symbols to the key. Not a Strong Goal: Today I will work on my Utopia project. Exit Slip | Academic Artifacts + Reflection
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