Saturday, August 31, 2013
Points of View
From Gail Carson Levine's Writing Magic page 65 + 3rd person omniscient (Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep) Notice her name in the context of her book!
page 67 - Ben tells us what his parents are apparently thinking.
Trustworthy vs. untrustworthy? compare with Ponyboy's reporting of Darry
Take notes on the types of POV
Quiz question -- What does POV stand for?
matching types
Smith and Wilhelm Fresh Takes on Literary Elements
Thursday, August 22, 2013
First Semester
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Tests:
Point of view
summarizing
how particular elements of a story or drama interact setting influence plot and character
compare and contrast written story to video, etc.
Outsiders
(Novel: The Outsiders
Short Stories
Priscilla and the Wimps elements of literature, finding theme
Drama?
What about book of the month?
Style: formal, informal
Write argument
Write narrative
Short research projects
citing sources
Collaborative discussion
building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
evaluating speakers
presenting
research, multi-media, etc.
phrases and clauses
simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex
misplaced and dangling modifiers.
capitalization, punctuation, and
spelling
vocabulary
a word’s position or function in a sentence)
grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots
belli
general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Counselor's Assignments
Whiteley - A - CL
Rick Sannar (new counselor) - CO - Hao
Bartlett - Hap - MCSaturday, August 17, 2013
Newspapers
David Gillis -- class set a week
Hayley -- 20 for fact and opinion
Kelly orders about 20 a day
Kaylee Herrick -- yes, but not sure how often
Paige wants to read it, like me!
Courtney V. 7 once a week
Daily Herald
Deseret News?
Salt Lake Tribune
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Language Arts 7
Language Arts 7: Reading Literature
Language Arts 7: Reading Informational Text
Language Arts 7: Writing
Language Arts 7: Speaking and Listening
Close Reading: Blog post about close reading http://frizzleblog.scholastic.com/post/quote-pay-attention-details
http://www.reading.org/general/Publications/Books/bk497/supplementary-material.aspx
text-based comprehension strategy learning
Originally published: Jul 27, 2013
Roots and Affixes
History of the English Language PowerPoint
Cloze Notes for History of the English Language PowerPoint
Rap:
"Prefixes, Suffixes, & Roots" (7.L.4.b)\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOJrjNR7ZZM
common word parts
hypo and hyper
Vocabulary Ideas
from on English Companion Ning
Hi Julee! I, too, am trying this for the first time this year in an attempt to assess 3 of the CCSS for Language Arts:
- L. 9-10.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases...choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
- R.L.9-10.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text...
To do so, I came up with the idea of having students identify words/phrases they do not understand when they read any text -- one that I assign, an independent reading title for my class, something for another class, or even (*gasp*) something they read for fun outside of school.
I created a Google form available online that they should complete when they come across an unknown word/phrase, with the emphasis on completing the form in "real time" rather than afterward (which is why I added a time stamp to the form to tell me whether they're honoring this request). The Google form requires them to fill in information for the following prompts:
- What is the word you do not know/are uncertain of?
- PREDICT what you think the word means, either based on context clues given in the text or on your background knowledge.
- Identify the source you used to find the definition (e.g., iBooks dictionary, dictionary.com).
- Copy the definition here.
- If your prediction was CORRECT (or close), please write a sentence or two to explain why you feel your prediction was successful.
- If your prediction was INCORRECT, write a sentence or two explaining how you developed your prediction and why it was off-base.
- Carefully copy the sentence from the text in which you found this word.
- Write your own sentence using the word you just learned.
To start small, I'm asking for only 15 of these entries due the week before the end of each quarter. Not sure how it will go, but I'm excited to try!
Yes - in my Google drive, I click on the CREATE button, then choose FORM from the drop down list underneath it. Google lets you choose from dozens of pre-loaded templates for your online form and also lets you choose what question type you want: multiple choice, free response (both short and long), etc. Any data entered gets stored in a spreadsheet that you can access through your Google drive. Like Excel, you can filter the spreadsheet in any column. It was really easy to create and, I'm hoping, easy to go to to assess student work.
Fact Vs. Opinion
Fact vs. Opinion: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1017375/index.htm
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/52464271#52464271 Malala
Video of strange facts: http://www.buzzfeed.com/video/jerrysoda/true-or-false-quiz-random-facts-you-never-really-thought-abo (one reference to "butt")
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Planning 2013-2014
http://www.donorschoose.org/teachers
Set up Scholastic
set up Edmodo
other?
disclosure on blog
rotations calendar for Reading classes
fluency passages -- print extras? divide up?
intern -- mini-lessons
bulletin boards
grading
individual help
enter from hard copy
Samples from Sage Test
http://demo.tds.airast.org/AIRAssessment/default.aspx?disableJava=true&client=AIR&messages=AIR&acc=Content\\acc_default.json&config=Content\\default.json
Reading:
fluency
Central Idea
centers with articles --
cookies chips ahoy
palm topic
fingers supporting details
fist central idea
graphic organizers
design a graphic organizer differentiate
color coding
http://list.ly/list/8O-best-secondary-english-teacher-sites
http://learni.st/users/terry.heick/boards/31300-5-simplistic-elearning-strategies-for-your-classroom?utm_source=digest_trending_board&utm_medium=member_email&utm_campaign=trending_boards&utm_content=board_text&tb=07cc7c5cc3b003d4df629300a8753c29
computer lab favorites
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/CLF/tguidesitemap.htm
classroom management:
http://www.edutopia.org/groups/classroom-management/8278?page=14#comments?utm_source
10 things worth doing in your classroom
http://frizzleblog.scholastic.com/post/10-things-worth-doing-your-classroom?eml=Teachers%2Fsmd%2F20130822%2FFacebook%2F%2F%2FTeachersPage%2F%2F%2FCORP%2F1200%2FELA-classroom-wonder%2FInteresting points that apply to more than healthy eating:
http://nctesecondary.blogspot.com/2013/08/what-can-we-teach.html
English Department Schedule
Teacher
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A1
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A2
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A3
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A4
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B5
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B6
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B7
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B8
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Dorsey, Claudia
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CWR7/ CWR7
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Prep
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Read7/
Read7
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Read7/
Read7
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7
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7
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7
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7
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Eddington, Eve
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7
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Acad Eng 8
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Acad Eng 7
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Prep
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Debate/
Debate
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Debate/
Lit
7
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7
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7
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Fugal, Hayley
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R180
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R180
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Read7/
Read7
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Read7/
Read7
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Eng 7/
CWR7
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7
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Prep
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CWR7/
Eng 7
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Gillis, David
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8
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Prep
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8
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8
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9
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RdDyn/
RdDyn
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Lit 7/
RdDyn
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9
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Herrick, Kaylee I
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7
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7
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Prep
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7
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8
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Prep
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8
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8
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Jensen, Heidi
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9H
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9H
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9H
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8
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8
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8
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Prep
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8
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Karjala, Maria
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8
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8
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8
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8
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Prep
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9
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9
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Lit 7/
Lit 7
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McNeil, Ashley
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9
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Prep
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9
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9
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Co 8
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Co 8
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ELD
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Lit 8-9/Lit 8-9
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Mizukawa, Clair
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7
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7
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Prep
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7
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x
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x
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x
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x
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Packer, Tawni
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x
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x
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x
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x
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Co9
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9H
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Co9
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9H
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Tall, Katie
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9
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9
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Read7/
Read7
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Read7/
Read7
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9
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Co7
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Co7
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Prep
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