When you are rereading “The Fun They Had,” consider how the setting played an important role in this short story by Isaac Asimov.
How does the setting in this story affect the the problems both characters face?
Here is the link:
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Read the story carefully!
Quote of the Day:
“Mistakes have the power to turn you into something better than you were before”
Good Morning Scholars!
Take time to read the quote. What does this mean to you and how might you apply your understanding of this quote today?
We are taking a step back from tough text and play with poetry today. The few questions I’d like you to keep in mind are: Is this poetry or prose? Does the text fill the page from the left margin to the right margin or do I see short paragraph also known as stanzas? What about the language of the poem, after my first read, did I notice lots of figurative, descriptive language? What about how it sounds when I read? Does it read as if someone is speaking or does it sound as if it has rhythm?
Think about it:
What text characteristics does it have?
Are there lots of facts or does it have lots of figurative language?
What does it sound like when I read it?
These are the questions we will use today to determine if something is prose or poetry.
Middle School Homework: Check the board and your mail.
What will 6th graders do today?
Copy down your homework
Copy down your new schedule
Read chapter 6 in The Smell of Old Lady Perfume
Play a fun game!
Read Chapter 7 and be prepared for a quiz on Wednesday.
Answer these questions after you have read chapter 7.
Copy down homework
Copy down schedule
Finish today’s class assignment in Google Docs.
You must open Google Docs, copy and share today’s readings and begin to work on today’s assignments. You will be practicing reading, highlighting tough words and rereading the text to answer the questions.
All questions must be typed in red and you must answer the questions using complete sentences. Read closely and you will find all of the evidence and answers within the text!
Answer these questions:
1. Why did Booker chose to attend the Hampton Institute?
2. What line from the text on page six, tells us that Booker was once a slave?
3 .What is the main topic of page 6? What is this page mostly about?
4. What is the name of the law that freed enslaved Americans?
We will focus on the features of today’s text. This is important because it will give us, the audience, a jump start on comprehending a tough text.
Please go to this site and get ready to learn!
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We will read an article about stroke to help us better understand what Papa was experiencing.
As you read this article, think about the way the author has organized her ideas.
What will you do today?
1. Take turns reading aloud the article.
2. Reread it silently again.
3. Highlight unknown words and confusing text.
4. Be prepared to answer some questions.
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Hello and greetings to all of my brilliant middle schoolers! Well another snow day has provided all of us the luxury of a three day weekend. We have lots of work to cover this week so come prepared to learn!
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8th graders! Welcome back to school. You will be exploring the text structure of each paragraph in the article, “Do I Take The Oath?”
Remember, authors often use many text structures to frame their argument. This author has a very complex argument as he had many mixed feeling about taking this oath.
What should 8th graders do today?
You should use bookmarking with your partners to make sense of each paragraph. After you and your partner have used clarifying questions, please refer to your Text Structure graphic organizer to help you determine the structure of that paragraph. This will better help you summarize that difficult paragraph.
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7th Graders
Do you know someone who discovered something so absolutely incredible – and that because this thing they had discovered was so amazing, it made them want to have this new discovery so badly that it was all that they could think about? They thought over and over, asking themselves “what do I need to do to get what I want?”
You have a very difficult task today. You will be using bookmarking to get through a chapter written by Frederick Douglass. Who is Frederick Douglass??? Well, like Sarny, he was once enslaved and lived a horrible life. Unlike Sarny, Frederick was able to escape. He did all that he could to learn to read and write He wrote his own autobiography that inspired many people to become abolitionists.
We will jigsaw this reading so you and your expert group must do your best to comprehend the paragraphs that I assign to you.
6th Graders:
Today, you will review text structures so that you can use that knowledge to help you get through an article about the brain. Your job will be to use text structure to help you summarize each section of the article. You will use bookmarking with your partners to deepen your understanding of the text and then use the text structure graph to determine the structure. You will then write a brief summary about that section of the article.
BOOKMARKING IS A FIVE STEP PROCESS!
Step One: Partner A reads aloud while both partners mark up the text for confusing phrases and unknown words.
Step Two: Partner B asks clarifying questions about those confusing phrases and unknown words
Step Three: Both partners discuss possible meanings.
Step Four: Both partners identify the text structure of the paragraph and write it down on the side of the paragraph
Step Five: Partner A summarizes the text. Both partners take time to write a one sentence summary on LLP.
Change roles and repeat each step
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