Monday, March 5, 2018

3/5

Objectives	RL.6.7 Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they "see" and "hear" when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.
Activities	March 5, 2018 Periods 1,2,5 Bell work: Students read the article on fiction in google classroom and respond to the question in their journals. Introduce Unit 5. Watch "A Cry in the Wild" and fill out Venn Diagram while watching the movie comparing the movie with Hatchet. With their partner the students will discuss what they see that is different and similar so far and how it changed their understanding of the story. Exit ticket: What do you see/hear when reading Hatchet? Was it the same or different when you watched “A Cry in the Wild?” Explain your answer Period 4: Bellwork: Students read the article on fiction in google classroom and respond to the question in their journals. When do we use R.A.C.E.? Students continue get onto their narrative documents and continue working on their Resolutions. Work time: Students will respond to the prompt on the story. Exit ticket: Self evaluation on their participation while writing.
Homework	Periods 1,2,5: No Homework  Period 4: Complete Narratives
	The end of unit four is Friday 3/2: The students' survival narrative writing assessment for unit 4 is due by Monday 3/5. Remember period 1 to sign and turn in the Home Energy Action form if you want to support Rocky Top and save energy in your home. Do not forget to purchase a copy of Hatchet so your student can have a copy at home since the classroom copies stay in the classroom.

Friday, March 2, 2018

3/2

Objectives	W.6.3 a-e Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Activities	March 2, 2018 Periods 1,2,5 Bell work: Students answer reading question: How does Brian feel about the regarding the .22 gauge rifle and use of the butane lighter? When do we use R.A.C.E.? on google classroom. Students get onto narrative document and continue working on narratives and/or editing their narratives. Review responding to a constructed response, then Read "Up From Slavery" Work time: students will respond the to the prompt about the story. Exit ticket: What is the structure acronym we use to help us respond to a constructed response? Period 4: Bellwork: Students answer reading question: How does Brian feel regarding the .22 gauge rifle and use of the butane lighter? When do we use R.A.C.E.? Students continue get onto their narrative documents and continue working on their falling action scenes. Review R.A.C.E. then read "Up From Slavery" Work time: Students will respond to the prompt on the story. Exit ticket: What are does each letter of R.A.C.E. represent? When do we use it?
Homework	Periods 1,2,5: Complete and Edit Survival Narratives over the weekend. Completed Draft due Monday 3/5 by class time.  Period 4: Complete scenes up to Falling Action and edit over the weekend. Due Monday 3/5 by class time.
	The end of unit four is Friday 3/2: The students' survival narrative writing assessment for unit 4 is due by Monday 3/5. Remember period 1 to sign and turn in the Home Energy Action form if you want to support Rocky Top and save energy in your home. Do not forget to purchase a copy of Hatchet so your student can have a copy at home since the classroom copies stay in the classroom.

Thursday, March 1, 2018

3/1

Objectives	W.6.3 a-e Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Activities	March 1, 2018 Periods 1,2,5 Bell work: Students answer reading question: "What was the reason for Brian keeping the Aluminum triangles he cut from the plane?" on google classroom. Students get onto narrative document and continue working on narratives. Resolution and Paulsen style: review Resolution and review Paulsen's style. Work time: students will work on their resolutions or any scene they have not completed yet. Editing: Students switch Chromebooks with their editors and editors give feedback on the falling action and resolution. Exit ticket: How my gets character gets rescued is _____. It is tied to my character's growth because_______. Period 4: Bellwork: Students answer reading question: "What was the reason for Brian keeping the aluminum triangles he cut he cut from the plane? Students continue get onto their narrative documents and continue working on their climaxes. Falling Action: Introduce Falling action. Work time: students will write their falling action. Exit ticket:
Homework	Periods 1,2,5: READ CHAPTER 18: It will be on google classroom.  Finish any part of their narrative that we have worked on so far that is not complete: Hook/intro, Setting, and Inventory scene.  Due by class time Thursday 3/1. Period 4: READ CHAPTER 18: It will be on google classroom.  Finish any part of their narrative that we have worked on so far that is not complete: Hook/intro, Setting, and Inventory scene, Rising Action 1 and 2. .  Due by class time Friday, 3/2.
	The end of unit four is Friday 3/2: The students' survival narrative writing assessment for unit 4 is due by 3/2. Remember period 1 to sign and turn in the Home Energy Action form if you want to support Rocky Top and save energy in your home. Do not forget to purchase a copy of Hatchet so your student can have a copy at home since the classroom copies stay in the classroom.

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

2/28

Objectives	W.6.3 a-e Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Activities	February 28, 2018 Periods 1,2,5 Bell work: Students answer reading question: What did Brian make to get to the plane? on google classroom. Students get onto narrative document and continue working on narratives. Resolution: Introduce Resolution Work time: students will work on their resolutions or any scene they have not completed yet. Editing: Students switch chromebooks with their editors and editors look give feedback on the falling action. Exit ticket: How my gets rescued is _____. It is tied to my character's growth because_______. Period 4: Bellwork: Students answer reading question: What did Brian make to get to the plane? on google classroom. Students continue get onto their narrative documents and continue working on their narratives Climax: Introduce Climax. Work time: students will write their climax. Exit ticket: My character shows their change by doing _________, which shows their change because ________.
Homework	Periods 1,2,5: READ CHAPTER 18: It will be on google classroom.  Finish any part of their narrative that we have worked on so far that is not complete: Hook/intro, Setting, and Inventory scene.  Due by class time Thursday 3/1. Period 4: READ CHAPTER 18: It will be on google classroom.  Finish any part of their narrative that we have worked on so far that is not complete: Hook/intro, Setting, and Inventory scene, Rising Action 1 and 2. .  Due by class time Friday, 3/2.
	The end of unit four is Friday 3/2: The students' survival narrative writing assessment for unit 4 is due by 3/2. Remember period 1 to sign and turn in the Home Energy Action form if you want to support Rocky Top and save energy in your home. Do not forget to purchase a copy of Hatchet so your student can have a copy at home since the classroom copies stay in the classroom.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

2/27

Objectives	W.6.3 a-e Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Activities	February 27, 2018 Periods 1,2,5 Bell work: Continue working on their climax. group work: Students will share their climax with their editors. Falling action: Introduce falling action Work time: students will work on their falling action or any scene they have not completed yet. Exit ticket: The way my character shows that they are new in the falling action is ________ and _____. Period 4: Bellwork: Continue working on their two rising action scenes. Group work: Students will share their rising action with their editors Mini-lesson: Introduce Climax. Work time: students will write their climax. Exit ticket: The two problems my character faces are ______ and _____. In scene how they grows is ______. in scene two how they grow is _____.
Homework	Periods 1,2,5: READ CHAPTER 17: It will be on google classroom.  Finish any part of their narrative that we have worked on so far that is not complete: Hook/intro, Setting, and Inventory scene.  Due by class time Thursday 3/1. Period 4: READ CHAPTER 17: It will be on google classroom.  Finish any part of their narrative that we have worked on so far that is not complete: Hook/intro, Setting, and Inventory scene, Rising Action 1 and 2. .  Due by class time Friday, 3/2.
	The end of unit four is Friday 3/2: The students' survival narrative writing assessment for unit 4 is due by 3/2. Remember period 1 to sign and turn in the Home Energy Action form if you want to support Rocky Top and save energy in your home. Do not forget to purchase a copy of Hatchet so your student can have a copy at home since the classroom copies stay in the classroom.

Monday, February 26, 2018

2/26

Objectives	W.6.3 a-e Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Activities	February 26, 2018 Periods 1,2,5 Read Ch. 16: Annotating for question: Reading like a writer, what are some ways that Paulsen shows Brian's change from old Brian into new Brian in this chapter? Climax: students will write their climax scene making sure that it builds on their rising action and culminates the lesson their character learns from their struggles with nature. Group work: partners will highlight their partner's rising action scenes/lessons and make sure that they are uniform with their climax. Exit ticket: The symbolism for my character’s growth in my climax is _________ and it connects with my rising action/theme because________.   Period 4: Read Ch. 16: Reading like a writer, what are some ways that Paulsen shows Brian's change from old Brian into new Brian in this chapter? Review Scenes: inventory and shelter scene from Hatchet Students will continue writing their inventory/ shelter scene. Exit ticket: My characters start out their story with _______, they found shelter made of ______ and found ______ for food.
Homework	Periods 1,2,5: Finish any part of their narrative that we have worked on so far that is not complete: Hook/intro, Setting, and Inventory scene.  Due by class time Thursday 3/1. Period 4: Finish any part of their narrative that we have worked on so far that is not complete: Hook/intro, Setting, and Inventory scene.  Due by class time Friday, 3/2.
	The end of unit four is Friday 3/2: The students' survival narrative writing assessment for unit 4 is due by 3/2. Remember period 1 to sign and turn in the Home Energy Action form if you want to support Rocky Top and save energy in your home. Do not forget to purchase a copy of Hatchet so your student can have a copy at home since the classroom copies stay in the classroom.

Friday, February 23, 2018

2/23

Objectives	W.6.3 a-e Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Activities	February 23, 2018 Periods 1,2,5 Transpose Hook/Intro and Setting into narrative document on google classroom. Rising Action scenes: Write rising action scenes that build to the climax of their story Students write their two rising action scenes. Exit ticket: Self-Evaluation: On a scale of 1-5, 1 being I did not use my time to write to 5 being I used the whole time write, How would you rate your use of the time given to you for writing? Explain your score. Period 4: Finish working on their Hook/Introductions Model Scenes: inventory and shelter scene from Hatchet Students will write their inventory/ shelter scene Exit ticket: The first problem that my character faces is ______ and they experience______, which teaches them_______.
Homework	Periods 1,2,5: Finish any part of their narrative that we have worked on so far that is not complete: Hook/intro, Setting, and Inventory scene.  Due by class time Monday 2/26. Period 4: Finish any part of their narrative that we have worked on so far that is not complete: Hook/intro, Setting, and Inventory scene.  Due by class time Monday 2/26.
	The end of unit four is Friday 3/2: The students' survival narrative writing assessment for unit 4 is due by 3/2. Remember period 1 to sign and turn in the Home Energy Action form if you want to support Rocky Top and save energy in your home. Do not forget to purchase a copy of Hatchet so your student can have a copy at home since the classroom copies stay in the classroom.