Today:
Practice vocabulary for testing
Practice Citing Sources
Building a Prompt and Citing Sources to Argue for A.F. Skate Park Repair
Creating your own graphic organizer
Computer Lab to find answers for your questions about your historical fiction book.
Mark your calendars:
SAGE Testing for A-Day: February 9 and 11 -- Informative and Argument Writing
SAGE Testing for b-Day: February 4 and 6 -- Informative and Argument Writing
Come well-rested, well-nourished, and well-hydrated.
If you haven't signed up for your January/February Book-of-the-Month, do it right away! You have a zero on your grade for that. Book Assessments Due February 11/12
Another example for the book assessment:
I read Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark.
As you read, look for possible facts about the real time, place, or events in your book.
For at least five of them, look them up in reliable sources and record what you find. Also record where you found your information. Remember -- no Wikipedia or ask-a-question sites.
Page(s) found
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Fact as found
in the book:
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What I found out when I looked it up:
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I used this source:
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1
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55
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The main characters travel to the salt ponds to harvest salt.
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About 40 kilometers from Cusco there is a place where salty springs flow out of the mountains. Farmers create ponds where the water gathers and evaporates. Anyone can harvest salt there.
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http://www.happinessplunge.com/2012/06/maras-peru-harvesting-salt-for-the-incan-empire-and-modern-day-peru/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q6B35rApR0 This is a video by a family who visited the salt ponds. |
2
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89
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The main character (Indian descendent of the Incans) walks to Cusco, a city ruled by the Spanish.
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Cusco is a city in southeastern Peru near the Valley of the Andes mountain range. It was built by the Incas, but after the Spanish conquered it, they built Christian churches and Spanish palaces all over the city.
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http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/273
This is the World Heritage Center of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. |
Book Assessments Due February 11/12
We will be in the computer lab on January 30/February 2 for you to use nonfiction sources to look up the answers to your questions about your fictional books.
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Today's Activities:
1. Practice the test vocabulary with your elbow partner, using your flash cards.
Quiz
Words to Know for Testing (Flash Card Words)
2. PowerPoint about Argument and Informational Writing: Argument VS Informative.pptx
Look over the rubric for argument?
3. Creating your own Graphic Organize when you're taking a test
RAFTS, DRAFTING, ARMS, SMILES
4. Building a prompt -- RAFTS
5. Practice Citing Sources
6. Computer Lab to find answers for your questions about your historical fiction book.
or -- I you aren't ready to do research, reading your book.
The projects are due February 11/12.
