Announcements and Reminders:
As you come in, please get out
1) your composition notebook 2) a copy of How They Croaked
 On Wednesdays, Mock Trial Meets in our classroom during Cavetime, so there is no intervention Cavetime. This Friday there will be no intervention schoolwide during Cavetime. If you have not already completed these assignments, finish and hand them in as soon as possible:
You should have finished typing your argument essay on MyAccess.
You were to have finished it and submitted it by Friday evening, January 11.
You may still do this.
You are able to also work on your essay at home.
You were to hand in your packet by Monday or Tuesday, January 14 or 15.
You may still do this. Please make sure you have completed these assignments.
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Targets for Today:
ELA-RI 7.2:
I can determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course ofthe text; provide an objective summary of the text. ELA-L 7.1a: I can explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. |
Today’s Agenda:
1. Hand in the signed waiver.
2. Take the Student Survey: Go to Canvas for the link to fill out a teacher survey.
It is about Ms. Dorsey. 3.  4. · Read “Little Mouth of Horrors” (page 83 of How They Croaked) silently to yourself. 5. Main idea/Central Idea  Notes: “Another way to find the main idea”
1. Figure out the topic (engine)
2. Identify the most important details and detail patterns (boxcars)
3. Put the topic and supporting details into a single sentence that reflects the main idea (steam)—
a. What is the author saying about the topic?
4. Check the sentence—does it have all the important parts?
______________________________________________________ Most of the classes did not get to this section: 6. In the notes portion of your notebook, write the following words:
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Prepositional Phrase
They gave him tartar emetic, a chemical to make him throw up. “He loved everything about the military: the camping, the training, and the killing” (12). |
If You Were Absent:
See above.
Do the Writer's Notebook assignment in your composition book. Pick up the train main idea worksheet. Read the above-assigned chapters in How They Croaked.
Hand in your waiver.
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Vocabulary:
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Help and Enrichment
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