Attached is an article and questions about the NY Times' "After Lean Acorn Crop in Northeast, Even People May Feel the Effects." It primarily asks questions about Text Structures and Text Features. We are doing this in small groups in class on Feb. 5-6 as a review, since many students seemed to be struggling with the concepts.

Attached is New York Times text packet called How Slavery Really Ended in America. Along with the article is a Sequence Organization Chart, a set of short-response questions, plus some multiple choice questions. This was handed out and worked on during a portion of class on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, and is due at the start of class on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. 

Attached is an article about McNuggets and their ingredients. It was worked on in class on Thursday, Jan. 29. It became HW if not completed.

Attached is a Powerpoint that dissects a sample of the type of responses expected during the Independent Novel Reading assignment. Along with that is a Word Document, put online before this post, that includes the sample response. On one side is the response and on the back is an explanation of what is expected and required This is being covered in class on Wednesday, Jan 28, 2015. Note: The book used in the sample response, "Catching Fire," is not on the reading list.

Attached is a copy of a sample of the type of responses expected during the Independent Novel Reading assignment. Along with that is a Powerpoint, to be put online after this, explaining all the parts of the response. This is being covered in class on Wednesday, Jan 28, 2015. Note: The book used in the sample response, "Catching Fire," is not on the reading list.

Attached is the packet passed out in class on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, explaining the Independent Novel Reading Assignment. It includes due dates, a Reading Log (worth 40 points), a Vocabulary List (worth 40 points) and exercises that we did in class on Tuesday (which is why we had to have the book in class).

This packet AND the novel should be brought to class each day, as there will be opportunities at times to read, plus sometimes we will be doing exercises utilizing the books.

 

The attached file was handed out and began in class on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, then completed as HW for a grade to be handed in Friday, the next day
We began going over it in class on Friday, plus we will finish going over it, likely on Monday.

The emphasis is to be able to recognize a claim within a sentence, plus to realize that a sentence may have multiple claims depending on what you follow the claim with.

 

Attached is a PowerPoint about Explicit-Implicit-Identifying a Claim. The portion that is different from an earlier PowerPoint is the addition of Identifying a Claim.
A note-taking and response sheet will be sent shortly. This is classwork begun on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, and will continue over the next day or so.
NOTE: There is a video near the end of the PowerPoint that may or may not work for you depending on your computer system.

Attached is a notes/response worksheet to accompany the Powerpoint IDing a Claim in a Text.

 

Attached is an updated (again) Independent Novel list which gives titles, authors, descriptions, settings and Lexile levels  of the books that students may choose from for class.

Students will be writing and taking notes in the book (or else using Post-It notes), so I suggest buying your own copy. A list of possible stores and other sources of books may be found in attached document.