Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Thursday/Friday, May 7/8, 2015



To avoid fines [and drooled-on shoes], return any classroom books you may have by May 15.]
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May 4: Composition Book Check -- If yours has not been checked, it will be soon.
War and Water, Water, Vocabulary (5 words), Success, 2 Column I Notice I Think/Wonder (For the classes B6 and B7. add "Alone" and the other vocabulary words you have been given.)
If your book has been graded, and you have not done any of these, write them on a separate sheet of paper, hand them in to be graded, then when you receive them back, tape them into your composition book where they belong.
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Today's Activities:
Pick up your composition books. 
Your finished Book Assignments -- handed in flat -- are due on Friday the 8th.


1. Work on your Book of the Month Assignment which is due Friday the 8th. The final, quality draft is due on Friday, but you must have me check off your rough draft first!
Finish reading your book if needed.
Create the rough draft of your cube and check it off with Ms. Dorsey.
Receive the cardstock cube and create your quality copy.






Examples of Themes in A Long Walk to Water

  • We need to persevere.
  • Never lose hope.
  • Always continue to work towards your goals and attain them.
  • Often we can reach a large goal by addressing one small goal at a time. 
  •  Individuals can survive in challenging environments.
  • In the end, the family bond survives despite  problems.
  • A tragedy or a tough situation can be turned into a triumph. 
  • Sacrifices and hard work pay off in the end.
  • Hardship brings understanding of the hardships of others.
  • People need to help each other. 

2. Read: A Long Walk to Water

Reading for Gist and doing close reading.

I can successfully read for the gist.

I can successfully do a close reading (rereading).


Compare and Contrast:
How do culture, time, and
place influence Nya’s
character in ways that are
different from Salva?

How do culture, time, and
place influence Salva’s
character in ways that are
different from Nya?
How do culture, time, and
place influence Salva’s and Nya's lives and character
character in ways that are similar?


Add to your "I Notice, I Wonder, I Think" chart.

What is the author telling us?
How is she telling us through text structure?  through the words and phrases she chooses?
A1 from beginning of chapter 4 to page 42
B5 page 15 Page Break to page 39
B6 page 11 A soldier approached Salva and raised his gun.
B7 page 9 page break



A barn in Sudan might look like this. 

Building a Barn 

gourd, hollowed out for use
Women in Sudan, carrying water

Sorghum 
The terrain of part of South Sudan
Lesser Honeyguide


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Monday, May 4, 2015

Article of the Week


9-11
http://vms.vale.k12.or.us/sites/vms.vale.k12.or.us/files/u13/what%20happened%20on%209.11.pdf



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Tuesday/Wednesday, May 5/6, 2015

Cinco de Mayo this year is extra cool because it is 5-5-15!


To avoid fines [and drooled-on shoes], return any classroom books you may have by May 15.]
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May 4: Composition Book Check -- If yours has not been checked, it will be soon.
War and Water, Water, Vocabulary (5 words), Success, 2 Column I Notice I Think/Wonder
If your book has been graded, and you have not done any of these, write them on a separate sheet of paper, hand them in to be graded, then when you receive them back, tape them into your composition book where they belong.
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Do you know who Nellie Bly is? She is the subject of the May 5 Google Doodle:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/world/peopleevents/pande01.html
Extra credit if you can tell me a few things about her.
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Today's Activities:
Pick up your composition books. 
Send a few students to Lab 211 to finish SAGE Testing.
1. Work on your Book of the Month Assignment which is due Friday. The final, quality draft is due on Friday, but you must have me check off your rough draft first!
Finish reading your book if needed.
Create the rough draft of your cube and check it off with Ms. Dorsey.
Receive the cardstock cube and create your quality copy.


Examples of Themes in A Long Walk to Water
  • We need to persevere.
  • Never lose hope.
  • Always continue to work towards your goals and attain them.
  • Often we can reach a large goal by addressing one small goal at a time. 
  •  Individuals can survive in challenging environments.
  • In the end, the family bond survives despite  problems.
  • A tragedy or a tough situation can be turned into a triumph. 
  • Sacrifices and hard work pay off in the end.
  • Hardship brings understanding of the hardships of others.
  • People need to help each other. 


Poetry and commas! 

 Today: Poetry quiz -- a chance for a few points of extra credit



QuickWrite     (Under Notes and QuickWrites)

 Label:  "Alone"   with today's date
Have you ever been left alone, perhaps separated from your family?  
Tell about a time you were left on your own, had to find your own way, had to take care of a responsibility alone, or perhaps just felt alone. 
Write about a half page, single spaced.



 Vocabulary:
  

sorghum: a widely cultivated cereal grass somewhat similar to corn.

 terrain: a stretch of land, especially with regard to its physical features.

"they were delayed by rough terrain"


Read: A Long Walk to Water

 Add to your "I Notice, I Wonder, I Think" chart.

What is the author telling us?
How is she telling us through text structure?  through the words and phrases she chooses?
Chapter 2

What do we call this type of figurative language?


 "Overhead, a jet veered away like a sleek, evil bird."  page 8


A barn in Sudan might look like this. 

Building a Barn 

gourd, hollowed out for use

Women in Sudan, carrying water


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Thursday, April 30, 2015

Friday/Monday, May 1/4, 2015


Announcements and Reminders:

 If you have not finished SAGE testing, you will be called out of class when spaces are available.

The last day for retakes for the word parts test was last Friday during Cavetime.

 A few items about the last week of school: 
Students need to have all Media items, (ie. books, iPods, overdue fines, etc) turned in by Monday, May 15th.  Media fines need to be paid to the Library.  All Media fines will round up to the dollar once they are turned in to the Financial Office on May 20th.   After the 20th, the clearance slips need to be obtained from the Media Center.  The clearance slips are then turned into the Financial Office to be removed from the student’s record.
[Also return any classroom books you may have by May 15.]
We will do a locker clean out during Cavetime on Wednesday May 27th.  We will have cleaning supplies available for those who need them.  

 On Thursday, May 28th, all students will receive their yearbooks during their A1 period.(Students should attend all periods and should NOT be allowed out of their classrooms and should NOT be in the halls during class time. They should NOT be in a different classroom during class time.  Write your name in your yearbook when you receive it.
All fines will need to be cleared before students receive their yearbooks.

LAST DAY Friday - 5/29
The outside doors will be locked and all students will enter from the west doors at 8:15am.  Students report to the theater. Students will stay in the auditorium until 10:00 am, at which time they will be dismissed from school.  
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May 4: Composition Book Check
War and Water, Water, Vocabulary (5 words), Success, 2 Column I Notice I Think/Wonder -- If you have not done any of these, write them on a separate sheet of paper, hand them in to be graded, then when you receive them back, tape them into your composition book where they belong.
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Today's Activities:

1. Work on your Book of the Month Assignment which is due May 8. (The quality draft is due then.)
Finish reading your book if needed.
Create the rough draft of your cube and check it off with Ms. Dorsey.
Receive the cardstock cube and create your quality copy.


Examples of Themes in A Long Walk to Water
  • We need to persevere.
  • Never lose hope.
  • Always continue to work towards your goals and attain them.
  • Often we can reach a large goal by addressing one small goal at a time. 
  •  Individuals can survive in challenging environments.
  • In the end, the family bond survives despite  problems.
  • A tragedy or a tough situation can be turned into a triumph. 
  • Sacrifices and hard work pay off in the end.
  • Hardship brings understanding of the hardships of others.
  • People need to help each other. 
QuickWrite     (Under Notes and QuickWrites)

Label this entry "Success"  and add today's day.
Answer all of the questions in this column: 

  1. What does the word "success" mean generally?
  2. What makes an adult "successful"?
    •  In A Long Walk to Water, what makes Salva's father successful?  page 2
    • In our community, what makes an adult successful?
  3. What makes someone your age successful?
  Hints: 
  To define a word,  you could use any or all of these:

  •      synonyms
  •      antonyms 
  •      examples
  •      its part of speech
  •      a sentence that includes the word
  •     the category it belongs in 
  •     its word parts or history 



Vocabulary!
Add these highlighted words to the vocabulary section in your composition book: (page 25)

You should already have these words and their definitions:
determine
representation
gist

Today: 
drone on = to speak in a monotonous tone.

 bush = undeveloped, wild area




Read from A Long Walk to Water 

What is the difference between reading for the gist and doing a Close Reading? 



Where Each Class Is 
A1 Close Reading
B5 Begin close reading
B6 Begin close reading
B7 Finish reading for the gist.
http://soundbible.com/tags-machine-gun.html
Chapter 1

 What is the gist of this chapter?

 On a page in your composition book, divide it into two columns labeled "I Notice" and "I Wonder."
Write in those columns the things your teacher asks you to write, and other items that you notice and wonder.

   I Notice
  I Wonder







Under "I Notice" write notes that answer these questions  --

 What do we know so far about Nya?

 What do we know so far about Salva? 


What  does it mean to ‘effectively participate in a discussion'?  

          Partners. 

A1 -- not yet
to ‘effectively participate in a discussion'











B5 -- Not yet
to ‘effectively participate in a discussion'











to ‘effectively participate in a discussion'










to ‘effectively participate in a discussion'






Chapter 2

 What do we call this type of figurative language?

 "Overhead, a jet veered away like a sleek, evil bird."  page 8  

A1 check!







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Alex Boye' posted this on his Facebook page yesterday -- April 30. 

I wrote this song on the flight home from Kenya last year, after witnessing a community of women who walk for miles with yellow buckets on they're heads to draw water from a poisonous and disease ridden lake so that their children would not die of thirst. I was encouraged when I met with Dean Curtis, the owner of a Non-profit organization called "Interweave solutions" who are actively working to help improve the lives of impoverished families, helping them to become self-sufficient.
Im so excited to announce I have accepted Deans invitation to be on the board of directors. If you would like to know more about this awesome organization,
Go to: http://www.interweavesolutions.org  [You can see Alex's video there.]
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