Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Announcements and Reminders: 

If you did not finish the Edmodo assignment -- answering two questions about The Outsiders -- in class, finish it outside of class as soon as possible.

• Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held September 19 --this Thursday from 3:30 to 7:30.
• Scholastic book orders are due by September 25.   Class Activation Code: GKLJW  https://clubs2.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/LogonForm 
• Consider entering the PTSA Reflections contest.   Extra Credit Opportunity!
• You should have your Book of the Month Basic 8 book read by this Thursday, September 19, so you will have time to write your assignment.  You may hand in a hard copy, or complete it on Edmodo, either before or on September 23 -- next Monday. 

2. iRead:   Individual reading time: Read quietly and individually.  You could find books on the shelves, but it's best if you are reading your book for your assignment. 



3. for B8 -- Capitalization Lesson with Ian. http://www.sanchezclass.com/capitalization-punctuation.htm

B8 did this instead of the exercise below.


3.  What do you notice?   In your composition book, list two or three (or more) things you notice as you read this passage.  Your noticings can be about what it says or how it says it.  They can be about ideas or about grammar. Does anything surprise you?  Label this "Constitution"  and add today's date.  

     The Constitution is the highest law in the United States. All other laws come from the Constitution in some way. The Constitution also provides the framework for the government of the United States. It creates things like the Presidency, the Congress, and the Supreme Court. Each state has its own constitution that is the highest law for the state, but even then, the United States Constitution is higher.
     The Constitution is a document written by a group of men in 1787.  From May to September of 1787,  those  men, known as the Framers, met in Philadelphia and discussed what should be in the Constitution.  We actually have old copies of the document they created. The master copies are stored at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.  In 2003, the Rotunda, where the Constitution is displayed, was rebuilt, and anyone can go and see the actual Constitution. 

adapted from  http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids.html

4. Constitution Day!  Fact or Opinion? 
Take notes on the video, jotting down IMPORTANT IDEAS AND FACTS.

5.  Play Fact or Opinion
We are not looking for whether something is true or not.
We are looking at whether something is provable or if it is just an opinion or feeling. 

Fact or Opinion? What Makes Either?

Constitution Day Materials:
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/key-constitutional-concepts

Annenburg  0 - 1:01:48,  skip ,  4:10 or 4:12 

http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/the-story-of-the-bill-of-rights

http://www.jackmillercenter.org/educational-resources/other-programs/?gclid=CISH85_gzrkCFctAMgodrkIAHA
http://www.constitutionday.com/index.html
http://www.history.org/media/videoplayer/?cat=vodcast&file=ConstitutionDay
http://edsitement.neh.gov/constitution-day



6.   The Outsiders    

Our First Class Novel: The Outsiders

Watch for an inciting incident = what really starts the conflict -- the problem(s). 
What complications come up?

Plot Map
In a novel there may be more than one climax.

B5  to p. 59 top of page, iTunes page 45, track 1     23:05   
B6 to   page 71   iTunes page 45, track 2,  14:42
B7 to page 53,  iTunes page 45, track 1,  12:56  end of chapter 
B8 to page 61, iTunes page 45, track 1,  26:48

   Capitalization

Possible Activity for Taking Notes/Viewing/Constitution Day:

1. In a group of two or three, pick your best idea or fact from the segment you watched. 
2. Your group joins another group to pick the best of your two chosen ideas or facts.  
3. Bring it to Ms. Dorsey. 
4. She will call out the ideas or facts that have been chosen.  If yours has already been taken, your group will select another.  Bring it to Ms. Dorsey.
5. If it is approved, have your group member with the best handwriting write it on the provided sheet.