Thursday, March 5, 2020

**** Side note- Students, trimester 2 ends on Friday. I will not accept late/missing work after tomorrow. There are no excuses. Be sure to see me if you need help or have a grade issue.

Agenda-

1. Turn in your Goodreads comments from the month of February with the rubric stapled to the top.
2. Take out your writer’s notebook, a pen, and your iPad/Chromebook
3. Begin generating ideas for our persuasive writing assignment. We will also go over your persuasive prompt. Click here for the slideshow: Persuasive Letter Idea generating and PATS
4. Work on P-A-T-S in your writer’s notebook (this is in the slideshow), If you don’t finish in class, you may work on it tomorrow after you take the Vocabulary Quiz.
5. If time permits, begin the student sample activity.

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 6 Quiz tomorrow.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

**** Side note- Students, trimester 2 ends on Friday. I will not accept late/missing work after Friday. There are no excuses! Be sure to see me if you need help or have a grade issue.

Agenda-

1. Take out your writer’s notebook, a pen, and your iPad/Chromebook
2. Quick discussion/recap on the persuasive scenario presentations and Quickly go over the grammar worksheet from yesterday.
3. Begin generating ideas for our persuasive writing assignment. We will also go over your persuasive prompt. Click here for the slideshow: Persuasive Letter Idea generating and PATS
4. Work on P-A-T-S in your writer’s notebook (this is in the slideshow), If you don’t finish in class, you may work on it tomorrow.

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 6 Quiz on Friday

Print out your Goodreads comments from the month of February (3) due tomorrow.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

**** UPDATE_ Hi Kiddos,

I am still out today for jury duty. I’m not sure if I’ll be back tomorrow or not. But, as I said yesterday, I will be communicating with you on this website to give you instructions, slideshows, due dates, etc. I expect you to follow all of the instructions.

If you have questions, you may email me and I will try to get back to you as soon as I can.  Be good, be respectful, be kind.

-Ms. Gonzalez

Agenda-

1. Take out your writer’s notebook, a pen, your conjunctions handout from last week.
2. Grammar Tuesday- Conjunctions drill 2 (look back at the drill from last week to help you)
3. Present your group Persuasive Scenarios with two other groups. You may choose any group in class, but you must take notes on their presentation in your writer’s notebook. Make sure you listen to understand each group and write down what methods of persuasion they used and why it was that method. I will be checking this for credit in your writer’s notebook. Yes, you need to write in complete sentences. And, yes, you need to separate the two different group scenarios. It’s okay if you are listening to a group who has the same scenario as you, but find one other group who has a different scenario with you.
4. Read for independent reading if time permits or study for the Vocabulary Quiz

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 6 Quiz on Friday

Print out your Goodreads comments from the month of February (3) due Thursday.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading

Monday, March 2, 2020

**** Hi Kiddos,

I am out today for jury duty. I am hoping I will be back tomorrow. However, if not, I will be communicating with you on this website to give you instructions, slideshows, due dates, etc.

If you have questions, you may email me and I will try to get back to you as soon as I can. Please be prepared to present your persuasive scenario tomorrow (to the best of your ability). Be good, be respectful, be kind.

-Ms. Gonzalez

Agenda-

1. Take out your iPad/Chromebook and a pen
2. Goodreads comment. Click here for the Goodreads prompt: Goodreads Prompts 2019-2020
3. Correct Vocabulary Unit 6
4. Read for independent reading if time permits or study for the Vocabulary Quiz

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 6 Quiz on Friday

Print out your Goodreads comments from the month of February (3) due Thursday.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading

Friday, February 28, 2020

Agenda-

1. Take out a pen, your writer’s notebook, and your iPad/Chromebook
2. Work with a partner or a group of three to create a persuasive argument using all the methods of persuasion. Follow the instructions on the handout given to you.
3. If you need to reference any of the notes, click here for the slideshow: Methods of persuasion (1)

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 6- annotate for main ideas- due Monday.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Agenda-

1. Take out a pen, your writer’s notebook, and your iPad/Chromebook
2. Finish taking notes on the  the Methods of Persuasion with your partner. Follow the instructions on the slideshow. Click here for the slideshow: Methods of persuasion (1)
3. We will discuss the methods of persuasion as a class and go over some examples (commercials I have for you) to differentiate between the types of methods being used.
4. If time permits, we will try writing out a persuasive argument with a persuasive scenario together as a class.

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 6- annotate for main ideas- due Monday.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Agenda-

1. Take out a pen, your writer’s notebook, and your iPad/Chromebook
2. I’ll give you 10 minutes to wrap up anything you need to Complete Gratitude Project. Post your finished project to google classroom. If you’re still not finished, you have until tomorrow to turn in your project.
3. We are starting our Persuasion Unit. With your elbow partner, or you may work alone, take notes on the Methods of Persuasion. Follow the instructions on the slideshow. Click here for the slideshow: Methods of persuasion (1)

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 6- annotate for main ideas- due Monday.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Agenda-t

1. Take out a pen and your iPad/Chromebook and a pen
2. Grammar Tuesday- Conjunctions drill 1 with definition click here for the handout: 20 Conj – Drill 1 and def
3. Complete Gratitude Project. Post your finished project to google classroom. You must have this project completed by tomorrow, if you do not finish in class today.
4. Read for independent reading if time permits

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 6- annotate for main ideas- due Monday.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading

Monday, February 24, 2020

Agenda-

1. Take out your iPad/Chromebook and a pen
2. Goodreads comment. Click here for the Goodreads prompt: Goodreads Prompts 2019-2020
3. Vocabulary Unit 6- annotate for main ideas
4. Read for independent reading if time permits

**We will continue to work on our Gratitude Project, for those of you who need a bit more time, tomorrow after grammar.

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 6- annotate for main ideas- due Monday.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading

Friday, February 14, 2020

Agenda-

1. Take out your iPad/Chromebook
2.  Click here for choices and instructions: Culminating Activities
3. Continue to work on your Gratitude Project. Do not worry about a due date. We will work on this  when we return from break if necessary.

Homework-

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading