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September 18 - Story Elements CFA

9/18/2019

Today you are being assessed on how well you can analyze story elements. Read the short story, "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan and complete the 3 questions to the best of your ability. Use the success criteria to monitor your own work. You may use the writing frame anchor charts at your table as well as your "Elevator" and "X Files" practice to guide you. All work should be done independently.

When you finish your test:
1. staple your purple sheet to your responses and turn them in on the back table
2. Complete Wednesday's vocabulary warm up
3. Work on a vocabulary 9 Square puzzle

November 29-30 Analyzing Point of View

9/10/2019

Learning Goal: Analyze how different points of view create effects such as humor or suspense.
Success Criteria:
1. Contrast character view points on an event.
2. Explain how the differences in P.O.V. create suspense OR humor
3. Reference specific examples in your explanation (provide evidence)

Notes to Record on Your Worksheet

Contrast the points of view shown here.

How do differences in point of view create humor?

1. What information or insights do we get form Agent Scully's perspective?

2. What questions do we have? What information is missing?

3. What information or insights do we get form Agent Mulder's perspective?

Group discussion questions:

Where do the characters contradict one another?
Which version seemed more realistic?
Which narrator seems to be more honest regarding what happened?
Which version was more entrtaining?

Written Response (address your Success Criteria for each answer):
How do the differences in point of view create suspense?
How do the differences in point of view create humor?

Warm Up Routine - And Team Challenge

9/9/2019

Routine:

Grab your hanging folder
Have a pencil ready
Sit in your assigned seat

Warm UP
1.Read the passage from "The Wind in the Willows" silently to yourself.

2. On line (a) write down what you think is the meaning of the word.

Team Challenge - "River Crossing"

In your table groups, you must work together as a team to complete the following challenge:

Group Reflection
1. What is the difference between a group and a team?
2. What makes a team effective? What makes a good team?
3. Rate your team today: 1 = great team work, 2 = some elements of teamwork were great, others were missing, 3 = we didn't really work together as a team. Explain your rating.

Fall Map Testing

9/3/2019

Warm Up: 9/03/2019 5,4,3,2,1

In your notebook write the date and “5,4,3,2,1”
5. List 5 foods you love
4. List 4 things you have to do every day (part of your routine)
3. List 3 wishes you’d make if you found a magic lamp
2. List 2 things that would make the world a better place
1. List 1 thing you really love about your life

Map Testing

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Session Name:

Session Password:

Select: Growth Reading 6+

When you finish:
1. Raise your hand so we can record your score.
2. Close your laptop lie.
2. Quietly read a book from the shelf, draw, color or put your head down and relax.

August 30 - Computer Cart Expectations

8/30/2019

Expectations

Power Point Slide

From your email account, click on the waffle in the upper left hand corner and select Power Point. This will ensure that your work is saved in your OneDrive.

Task: Design a single Power Point slide that is all about you. Fill your slide with words or pictures that represent you and your interests.

about_me_power_point.pptx
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Sept. 7 - Analyzing Story Elements: The Elevator

8/28/2019

Agenda:
2. Writing Warm Up
3. Wrap up Duffy's Jacket
4. Model - Story Elements Analysis - "Duffy's Jacket"
5. Read "The Elevator" page 27

Writing Warm Up - in your notebook:

Topic: Many people have something they are were afraid of when they were a kid. Describe your childhood fears. What were you afraid of? What caused your fears? How did your fears affect you? Do you still have the same fears today? Do you have new fears today?
Write in complete sentences.
Write for 3 minutes.

Analyzing Story Elements

Learning Target: Analyzing Story Elements
A. Analyze how dialogue moves the story forward and provokes characters to make decisions.
B. Analyze how events move the story forward and provoke characters to make decisions.

Success Criteria:

Identify significant dialogue or events
Summarize the dialogue or events
"Cite" or paraphrase text evidence
Explain how dialogue or events move the story forward and provoke characters to make decisions.

The Elevator, page 27

The Elevator from Coyote Lion on Vimeo.

Task - Analysis Practice: "The Elevator"

Prompt: Identify significant dialogue or a significant event. Analyze how that dialogue or event moved the story forward or provoked characters to make decisions.

Success Criteria:

Identify significant dialogue or events
Summarize the dialogue or events
"Cite" or paraphrase text evidence
Explain how dialogue or events move the story forward and provoke characters to make decisions.

Acrostic Poem

acrostic_poem.pptx
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August 28 - The Stages of Plot

8/26/2019

Agenda:
1. All About Me Posters (5 minutes)
2. Short Story - Duffy's Jacket
3. Writing a Story Resolution
4. What I want my teacher to know about me

How does it end?

How do you think the story should end? Write a conclusion
to the story that includes the falling action and resolution.
Explain how the conflicts are resolved and what the characters learn.
Your ending should be realistic to the story and should include dialogue (conversation) between characters. Your ending should be at least 6-10 lines long.

Evaluating Story Endings:

Each table group member will read his or her ending out loud.
As a group, determine which ending you feel provided the strongest conclusion.
How did you determine which ending was the strongest?

Stages of Plot - What moves a story forward?

1. exposition: introduces the characters and setting; reveals possible conflict
2. rising action: develops the conflict or struggle
3. climax: the stage of greatest interest
4. falling action: shows how the conflict is resolved
5. resolution: reveals the story's final outcome; ties up loose ends

Timed Writing

What I want my teacher to know about me is...
(you can tell me about your family, your interests, your strengths/weaknesses as a student, your dislikes, or anything else.)

duffysjacket-text.pdf
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Happy New (School) Year! 2019-2020

8/23/2019

Welcome to 8th Grade Grade Language Arts with
Miss Lewis and Mrs. Blanchard!

www.misslewisreading.weebly.com

Supplies Needed:

Supplies you will need every day:
Loose-leaf paper
Pencils, pencils, and pencils
A mind reading for learning
Supplies provided for you:
1 composition notebook
1 Hanging Folder

Today's to do list:

1. Classroom Introductions
2. Classroom Layout & Expectations
3. Getting Organized Folders
4. "All About Me" posters

2020_expectation.pptx
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Analyzing Text Structure - All About Piazza

4/30/2019

3A Analyze how the differing text structure of two or more texts contributes to the meaning of each text.
3B Analyze in detail how specific sentences and paragraphs develop and refine key concepts in a text.
Success Criteria:
identify text structures
explain how structure helps clarify information
explain how specific sentences clarify information

Outsiders Bloom Ball Project

Complete Circle 5: Analyzing Story Elements
Complete a Circle of your choice - see back of green instruction sheet.

Analyzing Text Structure A & B

4/22/2019

We All Scream for Ice Cream!

identify text structures
explain how structure helps clarify information
explain how specific sentences clarify information

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Notes to Record on Your Worksheet

Team Challenge - "River Crossing"

Warm Up: 9/03/2019 5,4,3,2,1

Map Testing

Expectations

Power Point Slide

Writing Warm Up - in your notebook:

Analyzing Story Elements

The Elevator, page 27

Task - Analysis Practice: "The Elevator"

Acrostic Poem

How does it end?

Evaluating Story Endings:

Stages of Plot - What moves a story forward?

Timed Writing

Supplies Needed:

Today's to do list:

Outsiders Bloom Ball Project

We All Scream for Ice Cream!

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