MONDAY

October 10A day

Warm-up

Complete the values paper as your warm-up.

Rank the values listed from 1-10 on the paper.

Write the numbers of the most difficult to rank and the easiest to rank.

Then create your top ten values list. When you finish, write why your #1

and #2 values were most important to you. Give at least 2 reasons.

Choose your top 10

1. Being happy with who I am2. Having a family of my own3. Having lots of money4. Having freedom to do what

I want5. Being good at my job6. Having at least one close

friend7. Becoming famous8. Going to college9. Being able to reach goals I

set10. Being able to continue

despite difficulties

1. Being a leader2. Having lots of friends3. Being happy with my job

or career4. Knowing others believe in

me5. Being good at sports6. Having my own phone7. Being able to make a

difference8. Believing in myself9. Having good health10. Being popular and well-

liked

Rankings

Which numbers were easiest to choose?

Which numbers were hardest to choose?

Write your top ten values (make them up or use these).

Why are values important? Why did you pick your number one value? If you could pick a value for the class to focus on, what would it be and why?

Line Leaders

1. Jaryn2. Shaniah3. Chrisvie4. Evan5. Daniel6. Spencer7. Alex8. Adrian9. Nadya

Georman James Kirk

Directions

Underline or highlight where you found the answer.

Underline or highlight the question word (who, what, when, where, why, which, or how).

Before

1. What do you think cyber-bullying is?2. Is face-to-face bullying worse than

cyber?3. Where does cyber-bullying affect

you?4. What are consequences of cyber-

bullying?

Video Questions

1. Why do people cyber-bully instead of at school or the neighborhood?

2. What can happen to the people being bullied?

3. What are similarities and differences between bullying in person and cyber?

After

1. What is cyber-bullying?2. Is face-to-face bullying worse than

cyber?3. Where does cyber-bullying affect

you?4. What are consequences of cyber-

bullying?5. Why do people do it?

Compare and contrast

Video

Wolf3 Little Pigs

TUESDAY

October 11, 2011A day

Book Report Warm-up

Directions Fill in the book report midway checkpoint

paper with the following: Your name Book title How much you’ve read of the book What you have left to do for the project

Once you are finished, write down the number option for the book report you have chosen.

1. Write a book review as it would be written for a newspaper.

2. Construct a diorama (three-dimensional scene which includes models of people, buildings, plants, and animals) of one of the main events of the book.

3. Write a feature article (with a headline) that tells the story of the book

4. Write a letter (10-sentence minimum) to the main character of your book

5. Read the same book as one of your friends. The two of you make a video or do a live performance of MASTERPIECE BOOK REVIEW, a program which reviews books and interviews authors. (You can even have audience participation!)

6. If your novel takes place in another country, prepare a travel brochure using pictures you have found or drawn.

7. Write a FULL (physical, emotional, relational) description of three of the characters in the book (up to a half page for each character). Draw a portrait to accompany each description.

8. Create a sculpture of a character. Use any combination of soap, wood, clay, sticks, wire, stones, old toy pieces, or any other object and a description

9. “Interview” a character from your book. Write at least ten questions and answers

10. Write a diary that one of the story's main characters might have kept before, during, or after the book's events. Write at least five entries

11. SUMMARIZE THE BOOK IN POEM FORM WITH RHYME (minimum 20 lines/8 words per line).

12. WRITE YOUR OWN TEST- a combination of 20-25 matching, multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay.

13. Make a comic book – at least 10 panels

Class work

Finish Cyber bullying “3 Little Pigs” Triple Venn Diagram

Media Center

Reminders

Turn in reading log if you forgot to yesterday

2nd and 3rd block: turn in triple venn diagram if you did not during class yesterday

1st and 4th block: take out your cyber-bullying questions to complete today

Return books to media center today Book report is due October 21st –

next Friday!!!

October 12, 2011

A day

Wednesday

Warm-up

DEAR!!! Drop everything and read – 20

minutes

Writing

What is good writing? Descriptive Interesting Different structures (sentences) Explains itself and answers questions

What is bad writing? Doesn’t have many details Doesn’t make sense Boring

Writing

SportsAs a topic = boringAs a writing piece the written parts can still be interesting.

Thinking Thesaurus

Directions: Each group will receive a thesaurus and

an RIP verb or adjective. A thesaurus provides synonyms and

antonyms for words. Each group must come up with multiple

synonyms and antonyms for each RIP verb or adjective.

Thinking Thesaurus

Directions: Using a thesaurus

The words are in alphabetical order. Let’s look up the word “mean” together.

1. Find the M section2. Find the top of the page that starts with

“ME”3. Look through the columns until you find

the word “mean”4. Raise your hand to share synonyms5. Raise your hand to share antonyms

Mean syn 1 see IGNOBLE

Thinking Thesaurus

Group 1: Pretty Group 2: Big Group 3: Bad Group 4: Happy Group 5: Run Group 6: Walk Group 7: Eat Group 8: Take Group 9: Say Teacher: Looked/saw

PUMPED UP Adjectives and verbs

Pretty : Synonyms - beautiful, attractive, fair, good-looking, handsome, gorgeous // ANT - Ugly

Big: Synonyms – Large, heavy, major, sizeable, swollen, large scale // ANT - little

Bad: Synonyms – Bum, Poor, amiss, dissatisfactory, punk, rotten// ANT - good

Happy: Synonyms - Glad, satisfied, contented // ANT - unhappy Run: Synonyms – dash, scamper, scoot, sprint, scurry, shin// ANT – Walk, crawl, drag, inch, mosey Walked: Synonyms – step, traipse, stroll, constitutional // ANT - run Ate: Synonyms – chew, digested, swallow // ANT - starve Took : Synonyms – remove, decry, grab, // ANT – keep Said : Synonyms – express, bring out, chime in, deliver, uttered //

ANT - silence Looked/saw: Synonyms – explore, sight, view, watched, investigate ,

nose around , behold // ANT -

Crank that sentence!

1. She walked from her kitchen to her patio.

1. She quickly crept from her quiet kitchen to her courtyard.

What parts of speech were improved? How does the descriptive language help

improve visual imagery?

2. They sat in their seats and ate the sweets.

3. Brent gladly gazed through the glistening glass.

Story Time!!!!

One sunny day a handsome man named Mr. Newberry was walking down a charming, pleasant street. He liked the sunshine, the ugly and hideous flowers along the sidewalk, and the strawberry ice cream that tasted so nasty, glorious, and outstanding and scrumptious.

Walking up to him from the other direction came Mrs. Tate, a mean, stupid, crazy, weird, ignorant, ugly, bloody, crusty, dumb little old lady who lived in the ugly, crappy, splendid brown house. She was walking her dirty, fat, bald, clumsy, crispy, creepy, stupid, chubby, ugly, greedy, shy, and tasty English sheepdog.

“Good morning,” said Mr. Newberry, tipping his tiny, chipped, old fashioned, gleaming, filthy top hat. “What a dull, ill-fitting, bloody, flakey, musty, old-fashioned, nasty, raggedy, bbq-stained, greasy, wretched, swishy, annoying, garbage dress you are wearing today Mrs. Tate.”

What we learned

What does syn mean? What does ant mean? What does rel mean? What does con mean? What happens when it says to see

another word? What happens when you are looking

up a verb that is past or present tense?

10-14-11

Friday

Word Bank – Copy onto your papers

author’s purpose textual evidence Support point of view Texts Topic Media main idea

Number your papers 1-8

1. Writing to express thoughts or feelings, inform or explain, or entertain.

2. Information used to support an idea for writing  

3. Focus of a reading 4. the main organizing idea for writing5. Written, videoed, or pictured information 6. To provide evidence for your opinion 7. Communication that reaches many people 8. How a writer chooses to narrate a story and

affects how the readers receive the information