Thursday/Friday, January 18/19, 2018

Announcements and Reminders:                           Don't forget to be reading your historical fiction book, and finding out the nonfiction behind the fictional book.   You should have already signed up. Share your Google Doc with me as soon as you've finished it. Due Jan. 24/25 Look at a sample:  Jan Feb BookoftheMonth 2017 Sample.docx or February Book of the Month,Sample 2 For the rubric and other information, look under the Required Reading/Book Assessment Tab above.  Your slide show is due by the end of the period today.  We will present next time. Share your slideshow with me by the end of the period.  I will provide comments to help you prepare to present.  You need fifteen (15) facts altogether:  5 important dates on the timeline, 5 or more facts from your outside source, 5 or more facts from the book.   When you present, you may want to show your questions first, so the students know to be looking for the answers.   You could make a duplicate slide, and place it at the beginning of your show.  How They Croaked Teaching Project Rubric.docx  Link to the Sample Slideshow:   https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oSWW8nZtqYtPpTyOqjjbghkZiHUBw9VU3gZIvPP1IhM/edit?usp=sharing Creating Citations.docx   Posted on Skyward: The How They Croaked Slideshow Assignment was due yesterday and today.  Each student will present (teach their classmates about their famous person) on Monday and Tuesday.  Slideshows should have been shared with me, but can still be finished and edited prior to presentations.  See the rubric attached to the assignment on Skyward. I'm seeing a lot of capitalization errors.  Here is some help:   Capitalization

Targets for Today: ✣  I can read, research, and present. (How They Croaked Project) ✣   I can read historical fiction and nonfiction, report on what I learn, and compare reading about the same subject these two different ways.  ✣  I can recognize several types of phrases.  ✣  I can correctly spell commonly confused words.

Today’s  Agenda: I.  Conventions in Sentences Investigations Phrases    Copy each sentence, underlining the phrase, and label it with the type of phrase that is. Label it with today's date and CSI #16.   1. Joe is living near a busy urban airport.   (Since "is living" is a verb phrase, what type of phrase is "near a busy urban airport"?  There are two correct answers.) 2.  The sound of the wind frightened us.   (Since "sound" is a noun, what type of phrase is "of the wind"?  There are two correct answers.) 3.  He very quickly ran out of the room after he broke the lamp.  (Since "ran" is a verb, what type of phrases are "very quickly" and "out of the room"? ) For "very quickly" there is one answer.  For "out of the room" there are two correct answers.   Practice Phrases and Clauses here:  https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/syntax-sentences-and-clauses/phrases-and-clauses/v/phrases-and-clauses-syntax-khan-academy then -- https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/syntax-sentences-and-clauses/phrases-and-clauses/e/introduction-to-phrases-and-clauses II. What you need to know for the Book of the Month Project   Finding reliable sources -  Finding Reliable and Useful Sources  -- Use The CRAAP Test. With a partner, look up the site you are assigned and fill out a form for the CRAAP Test for that site.  You will do the CRAAP test only on the site you are assigned.  You can find these links on our Google Classroom.   __________________________________________________ Sites related to  the novel Johnny Tremain http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/johnnytremain/summary.html http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/john-hancock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tremain_(film) https://www.paulreverehouse.org/biography/ hhttp://historyofmassachusetts.org/paul-revere/ See also http://historyofmassachusetts.org/about/ You can also find these links on our Google Classroom.   __________________________________________________ Paraphrasing    PARAphrase  It Put it into your own words, Avoid copying the text.  Read and --  Cover or look away. Think about what you read.  Write it in your own words. Ask yourself if you included all the important points and got the information right.  Citing Your Sources:  Use the URL for your Book-or-the-Month project.  ______________________________________________ III.  What you need to know for the How They Croaked Project You will have about twenty minutes to work on your project.  They are due to be turned in/ shared with Ms. Dorsey by the end of the period.   I will help by commenting on your slideshow. You will then prepare them to be presented next time.  How They Croaked Teaching Project Rubric.docx  Creating Citations.docx            Place these on an extra slide at the end.  Link to the Sample Slideshow:   https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oSWW8nZtqYtPpTyOqjjbghkZiHUBw9VU3gZIvPP1IhM/edit?usp=sharing

If You Were Absent: See above. If you missed the convention tests, arrange a time to come in to take them.  You could do that during Cavetime. You can practice phrases and clauses here: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/syntax-sentences-and-clauses/phrases-and-clauses/v/phrases-and-clauses-syntax-khan-academy then -- https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/syntax-sentences-and-clauses/phrases-and-clauses/e/introduction-to-phrases-and-clauses

Vocabulary:

Capitalization 

Utah State Core Standard 2, Objective 3b.  Correct capitalization of sentence beginnings and proper nouns.

Jeff Anderson (in Everyday Editing) suggests that students need to know about these reasons to capitalize: 

•    Proper nouns
     - - specific names of people
          - - specific places such as cities, states, countries, stores, restaurants
               - - Brand names
•   Proper adjectives
      -- Proper nouns used as adjectives   (Adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns.)
•   Titles  
     -- books
     -- songs
     -- TV shows and movies
     -- poems
•   first word of a direct quotation
     -- dialogue
     -- quotes from other works when it's the entire sentence
•   titles used before a person's name
     -- professional titles
     -- government titles
     -- personal titles

initialisms (DVD)

And, of course, the beginning of a sentence. 

Anderson also shares misunderstandings you may need to clarify:
•    Confusion about what makes things specific enough for capitalization (wanting to capitalize oak because it's a specific type of tree)
•   Students who write in all capital letters (all caps) -- Don't do it.
•   The height ratio between a capital letter and a lowercase letter -- The capital letter is about twice as high as the lower case letter. 

Recognize a proper noun when you see one.  Nouns name people, places, and things. Every noun can further be classified as common or proper. A proper noun has two distinctive features: 1) it will name a specific [usually a one-of-a-kind] item, and 2) it will begin with a capital letter no matter where it occurs in a sentence. 

This shows differences between capitalization in English and capitalization in español:  http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com/grammar/capitalization.html

This names some of the times you capitalize. 

Tell Your Math Teachers This Joke!

Teacher: “If I gave you three dogs and another three dogs and another two, how many would you have?”

Dustin: “Nine.”

Teacher: “No, listen carefully… If I gave you three dogs, and another three dogs and another two, how many would you have?”

Dustin: “Nine.”

Teacher: “Let me put it to you differently. If I gave you three bananas, and another three bananas and another two, how many would you have?”

Dustin: “Eight.”

Teacher: “Good. Now if I gave you three dogs, and another three dogs and another two, how many would you have?”

Dustin: “Nine!”

Teacher: “Dustin, where in the world do you get nine from?!”

Dustin: “Because I’ve already got a dog!”

Another Sample for the Book Project: Hitler's Secret

Hitler’s Secret by

William Osborne

(333 pages)

Madison Bills A1

Hitler’s Secret is about the two teenagers, Leni and Otto, who are recruited from the British to become spies. Their mission is to retrieve a young girl by the name Angelika who is being held by nuns, and bring her back to headquarters. But why this little girl? What makes her so special? Through this action-packed adventure, Leni and Otto have to be careful because the Germans won’t be far behind. What is Hitler’s secret about this little girl?

True Facts: Some of the German soldiers and generals that the author used in this book, actually existed. Like Reinhard Heydrich, who was Lieutenant General of the SS (Schutzstaffel). Historians regard him as the darkest figure during the Nazi time. Even Hitler himself had called him “The Man with the Iron Heart” (Osborne).

The British had recruited teenage soldiers and spies. As a teenager Sonya Butt aka Agent Blanche, parachuted into German occupied France. While there, she used her young nineteen year old beauty to woo over German soldiers into telling Nazi plans. She would also use her expertise in explosives to sabotage enemy lines. The main character spies, Leni and Otto, had also parachuted into Nazi territory and had used explosives, just like Agent Blanche (DailyMail.com).

There was a border between Austria and Switzerland. Austria was invaded by Germans, but beyond the border to Switzerland, that was considered a “safe place” because they were not part of the war. In the book, Leni and Otto were trying to cross the border in order to be safe and complete their mission Pehofer, Hansjörg, and Martina Kinzl. “Universität Innsbruck.” Universität Innsbruck, 31 May 2017, www.uibk.ac.at/..

When Leni and Otto first arrive in Nazi territory after parachuting, Leni changes into a Bund Deutscher Mädel uniform so she would blend in with other girls her age. Bund Deutscher Mädel is a female Nazi party youth movement. The title of this group was the “League of German Girls in the Hitler Youth” and it consisted of three sections; each for different ages of girls. It was founded in 1930 and it did not grow popular until Nazis came to power (Jewish Virtual Library).

Leni had stolen a BMW R75 motorcycle with a sidecar attached to the side. Motorcycles were used in WW2 to make transportation quicker. The motorcycles could carry at least three people at a quicker pace. They were also used to get around easier because of their size compared to the cars back then. (Warfare History Network)

Fictional: Leni, Otto, and Angelika are made-up characters. There were real kids and people that they were based on, but these main characters in the book did not exist in this war.

Compare and Contrast: I liked reading the nonfiction article about the Nazi parties and Adolf Hitler. I learned things I didn’t know before but, I did enjoy the book better because it had a storyline and it was following an adventure. I also learned a lot in this book about spies and Nazi soldiers. I liked how it was telling a first person point of view from the main characters and how they felt about each situation and how it also told a first point of view from the German soldiers. History.com Staff. “Nazi Party.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nazi-party.

I really enjoyed reading this book and how it had so much to it. I liked how it shared the enemy's point of view and the main character's’ point of view.   

Also include the URL's for webpages used. 

Still Another Example of the Historical Fiction Assignment

Pearl Harbor

Merynn Anholt, B3

A Boy at War, Book of the Month Project

Non-Fictional Facts:

1. The attack happened on a Sunday morning, on December 7, 1941. Everyone at Honolulu was very surprised by this attack. People were heading to church, spending time with family, or sleeping.

                  Cite: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor

         

2.              The Japanese planes had red circles on them. In the book, Adam says he sees a plane coming in with red circles with white surrounding the circles. He thought it was fake, but then realized it was real.

               Cite: https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/102529

https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/102529

3.              Japan and the United states had been edging towards war for quite a while. It was a surprise, but everyone realized that this is what they were preparing for. Japan finally took initiative and started the bombing.

Cite: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor  

4.              The attack on Pearl Harbor only lasted about a day. According to the website cited, the attacking planes came in two waves. The first hit was at 7:53, and the second at 8:55. It was over by 9:55.

                  Cite: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pearl.htm

5.              The ship the Arizona, was the first ship to sink. One of the bombs hit the powder magazine in the ship. This caused the ship to violently explode, and then sink. This ship alone caused a death toll of 1,177 people.

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Cite: http://tucson.com/news/retrotucson/rarely-seen-photos-of-the-uss-arizona-sunk-dec-in/collection_da38c166-ac2b-11e6-8ff3-674350ff0b87.html#1

Why it is fictional: The reason the book was fictional was because of the characters. The main character Adam, was a made up boy. Another reason it was fictional was because during the bombing, Adam and his friends were fishing. One more fact was that he got into a jeep, and started driving home. None of these facts actually happened, because none of them have evidence and sources saying it’s true.

Why reading fiction is different than nonfiction: If you were reading a nonfiction book about Pearl Harbor,  it would not feel as if you could relate to the story. If it was a fiction book, it makes you feel as if you were in those persons shoes. Fiction stories help you feel closer to the characters than in a nonfiction book about Pearl Harbor.  
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Tuesday/Wednesday, January 16/17, 2018

Announcements and Reminders: You will not need your composition books today.   Be prepared with a pencil to take your Conventions Test on sentences, clauses, and these spelling words:   its/it's and to/too/two.    Don't forget to be reading your historical fiction book, and finding out the nonfiction behind the fictional book.   You should have already signed up. Share your Google Doc with me as soon as you've finished it. For those of you are reporting on her, see this information about Queen Elizabeth I:   Queen Elizabeth I    Yesterday was a special anniversary for her!

Targets for Today: ✣  I can read, research, and present. (How They Croaked Project) ✣  I can recognize and write complete, correct sentences. (sentences and clauses) ✣  I can correctly spell commonly confused words.   (it's/its, and to/too/two)

Today’s  Agenda: Tests on Conventions and Spelling Set #1 Conventions of the Week #1A.docx Receive Conventions and Spelling Set #2. Conventions of the Week #2.docx If you have signed up for a book from our classroom, make sure you have checked it out using the check-out binder.  Today:  Finish your slideshow for How They Croaked, and share it with Ms. Dorsey.    How They Croaked Teaching Project Rubric.docx  Important points:   ⇒ Your facts should be stated in complete sentences.   ⇒ You need at least ten different facts.    The facts on slide 3 come from an outside source -- either history.com or biography.com or both.  The facts on slide 4 may come from How They Croaked.  (The other students aren't studying your chapter, and they will want to know how your person croaked!) ⇒ Slides 3 and 5 can actually each be more than one slide if you need more room to present your information!   ⇒ The best presentations tell MORE than what is on the slide.   Today:  Add citations using Citation Machine Creating Citations Search for Citation Machine. Click on the link.                                       Select MLA. Select  “Website.“ Copy the URL  from your outside source (the article itself), and paste it into  “Find a website by url or keyword.” Click on Search Websites. When it shows your URL below that, click on “Select.” Scroll down and click on “Final Step.” Click on Create Citation Click on “Copy & Paste,” and paste it onto an extra slide at the end of your slideshow. To create a citation for the book,  I selected "book" instead of "website" at the beginning and searched using the title of the book.  Add 2011 to your search because that is the edition we use.  Here it the citation:    Bragg, Georgia, and Kevin O'Malley. How they croaked: the awful ends of the awfully famous. Walker & Co., 2011. Directions:  Creating Citations.docx

If You Were Absent:  See above.  Finish your slideshow at home and share it with Ms. Dorsey. How They Croaked Teaching Project Rubric.docx  To sign up for our Google Classroom.    Go to your own school gmail account. Find the nine-box at the top right.    Find the icon for Google Classroom. Click on the plus sign.                                                       ↡ Type in your class code.   (Ask Ms. Dorsey or a classmate.)

Vocabulary: