Monday, January 14, 2019

Tuesday/Wednesday, January 15/16, 2019


Announcements and Reminders for Tuesday/Wednesday, January 15/16, 2019:

A-Day -- Receive your letter and Waiver from Ms. Hilton.                          
B-Day -- Hand in your Waiver. 

 If you haven't handed in your argument essay packet yet, do it right away!  

All -- Take out your finished Mini-Bio of yourself.  Hang onto it and listen for instructions.  
    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.  

Targets for Today:

I can recognize facts and opinions.
I can determine the central idea of a chapter.  State Core -- Informational Text 7.2




Today’s  Agenda for Tuesday/Wednesday, January 15/16, 2019:

Do you know who this person is?  Do you know how the person died?

 Cleopatra?

 Galileo?

 George Washington?


Go to page 19 in How They Croaked. 
With the person next to you, read “#1 Across.” Whenever you get to the bottom of the page, turn to the person next to you and Say Something about:
·      A fact you learned,
·      Something that surprised you, OR
     What you expect will happen next


Fact vs. Opinion
A fact is something you can prove true or not true; ex: something that happened, like “I took care of my neighbor’s cat this weekend.” 
An opinion is something someone thinks about, believes, or feels; ex: value judgment, like “Cats are better than dogs.”



 Turn back to page 19. With your partner, find one fact and one opinion on this page. 

Receive a graphic organizer, then   
on the back of this handout, 

  • Use the T-Chart and 
  • list 5 different facts and 3 different opinions from the chapter 
  •      -- not the ones already brought up from page 19.




What is the whole point of the story? To determine this, 
I’m going to look at a few clues:

·      The title
·      Repetition of ideas
·      Moments of change, decision, or surprise

I’m going to follow these 4 steps:
1.     Identify the topic
2.     Ask: What does the writer want me to learn about the topic?
3.     Look for patterns in the details
4.  Guess what your main idea is.
5.     Check—Is this supported by almost all the details?


Practice:


Practice with the chapter in How They Croaked.


If You Were Absent:

See above. 
Read the assigned portions of How They Croaked.
Ask Mrs. Hilton about facts and opinions, and about central ideas.
Make sure you have received and taken to your parents the letter from Mrs. Hilton. 
Return the signed waiver.  

Vocabulary:
A fact is something you can prove true or not true; ex: something that happened, like “I took care of my neighbor’s cat this weekend.” 

An opinion is something someone thinks about, believes, or feels; ex: value judgment, like “Cats are better than dogs.”


 Help and Enrichment 

Excerpt:  Ludwig van Beethoven


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