Hard work pays off. English is hard work. You can do it! I will not give up on you.
Announcements:
- Remember that it's your job to ask questions if you don't understand something.
- Skills Assessment #8 / Common Assessment #2 is Friday, February 17, 2012!
1. Complete the Do Now.
2. Today, you will be completing a series of different stations to refresh your memory on the skills you will need to master SA #8 / CA #2! Ready? Let's do this.
- Station #1: Context Clues (RW 1.3)
- Step 1: Review the presentation called Using Context Clues.
- Step 2: Use the graphic organizer to complete the activity. Use context clues. DO NOT use a dictionary.
- Step 3: AFTER you finish, check your answers. No cheating! For the question(s) you got wrong, explain how your thinking led you to the incorrect response.
- Station #2: Proposition and Support (RC 2.2)
- Step 1: Review the presentation called Proposition and Support.
- Step 2: Use the graphic organizer to complete the activity.
- Step 3: AFTER you finish, check your answers. No cheating! For the question(s) you got wrong, explain how your thinking led you to the incorrect response.
- Station #3: Technical Directions (RC 2.5)
- Step 1: Take a look at the presentation called Technical Directions.
- Step 2: Use the graphic organizer to complete the activity.
- Step 3: AFTER you finish, check your answers. No cheating! For the question(s) you got wrong, explain how your thinking led you to the incorrect response.
- Station #4: Solving Problems Using Public Documents (RC 2.6)
- Step 1: Take a look at the presentation called Solving Problems Using Public Documents.
- Step 2: Use the graphic organizer to complete the activity.
- Step 3: AFTER you finish, check your answers. No cheating! For the question(s) you got wrong, explain how your thinking led you to the incorrect response.
- Station #5: Structural Features of Text (RC 2.7)
- Step 1: Take a look at the presentation called Structural Features of Text.
- Step 2: Use the graphic organizer to complete the activity. Then, submit your responses.
- Step 3: AFTER you finish, check your answers. No cheating! For the question(s) you got wrong, explain how your thinking led you to the incorrect response.
Early Finishers Tasks:
- Read about Maya Angelou.
- Label books in the class library using the Easy Labeling Directions! We NEED our library to be labeled completely! Please help!
- If you haven't already done so, make 2 Book Recommendations for the KIPP LA Prep Library using Scholastic Book Search and AR Book Find. Remember to choose 2 books that are interesting and on your level.
- Check to make sure ALL tests, quizzes, Socratic Seminars, and CFQ's are inside your portfolio.
- Update your table of contents in your Brain. Paste any missing pages into your Brain.
- Find another piece of exemplary work dated after January 23rd and give it to Mr. Herrera to post onto the Student Work Wall.
- Use the Parent Letter for SA #7 and update the Class Tracker using stickers. Then place SA #7 into your portfolio.
- Enjoy some silent reading time to catch up on a great book! Remember, daily reading will help you build those reading muscles!
Options for Academic Free Time:
1. Check out the class website for things to do if you are finished early!
Homework:
- Personal Reading (20 minutes)
- Complete the AR Book Response (must be neat and organized to receive credit)
- Study today's presentations and activities in preparation for tomorrow!
