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Essential Questions:

How can change be significant?

What makes a good story?

Agenda:

Vocabulary Workshop Unit 10

Poetry Book Assignment

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Essential Questions:

How can change be significant?

What makes a good story?

Agenda:

Poetry Book Assignment

RI/MI Testing

work on book report afterward

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Essential Questions:

How can change be significant?

What makes a good story?

Agenda:

Finish watching Flipped

explanatory paragraph: compare and contrast the movie version to the story version

Vocabulary Unit 9 - Due April 30

Introduce End of Year project: Poetry Book!

Review figurative language terms

trashketball

Introduce poetic forms

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Essential Questions:

How can change be significant?

What makes a good story?

Agenda:

vocabulary workshop unit 9 (due April 29)

The Finish Line - Selected Response Milestone Practice

Milestones: Testing tips and tricks

Georgia Milestones: ELA Sections 1,2, & 3

SpringBoard Activity 1.5: Flipped

Watch the movie based off the story

Compare and contrast the movie with the story

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Essential Questions:

How can change be significant?

What makes a good story?

Agenda:

vocabulary workshop unit 9 (due April 29)

SpringBoard Activity 1.5: Flipped

Writing dialogue and characterization

SpringBoard Activity 1.5: Flipped

Diction, Denotation, and Connotation

Answer question #5 about connotation and diction in groups

Answer question #6 (character chart) in groups

Milestone Narrative Writing Practice:

Write a situation from either Bryce or Juli's eyes

Peer Review

Self Evaluation

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Essential Questions:

How can change be significant?

What makes a good story?

Agenda:

vocabulary workshop unit 9 (due April 29)

Narrative Writing Practice

SpringBoard Activity 1.5: Flipped

Writing dialogue and characterization

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Themes: Changing Perspectives

Essential Question:  Why do we have controversy in society?  How do we communicate in order to convince others?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  6th Grade Field Trip: Ruby Falls and Rock City

2.  Evaluate revised constructed response: argument essay

3. Milestone Practice: Extended Constructed Response (Media Center)

4. Quarter 4 Mini Touchstone 1 (Lab 1901)

5.  Review narrative techniques/evaluate extended constructed response

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Themes: Changing Perspectives

Essential Question:  Why do we have controversy in society?  How do we communicate in order to convince others?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Collaborative Narrative Writing Practice: create a mythological creature for Ruby Falls Caves

2.  Milestone Practice: Answering Text Questions and Short Constructed Response (timed)

3. Milestone Practice: Extended Constructed Response (Lab 1906)

4. Quarter 4 Mini Touchstone 1 (Lab 1901)

4.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 8 - Due March 26!

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Themes: Changing Perspectives

Essential Question:  Why do we have controversy in society?  How do we communicate in order to convince others?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 8 - Due March 25!

2.  SB:  Social Networking and Kids - group argument project

3.  SB: finish PowerPoint (see daily homework for instructions)

4. Group Argument Project Presentations

4.  Lab 1901: Book Report #7

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Themes: Changing Perspectives

Essential Question:  Why do we have controversy in society?  How do we communicate in order to convince others?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 7 - Due February 25!

2.  SB:  Social Networking and Kids - group argument project

3.  SB: Social Networking and Kids - continue to research

4.  Lab 1901:  Book Report #7

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Themes: Changing Perspectives

Essential Question:  Why do we have controversy in society?  How do we communicate in order to convince others?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 7 - Due February 25!

2.  SB:  Support the Sport? Article about Football and Concussions

3.  SB: Support the Sport? Article about Football and Concussions - practice a debate

4. Guest Speaker - Language Arts in the Real World

5.  Laptops in Classroom:  Book Report #6

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Themes: Changing Perspectives

Essential Question:  Why do we have controversy in society?  How do we communicate in order to convince others?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 6 - Due Monday!

2.  SB:  Support the Sport? Article about Dodge Ball and learning reasons and evidence

3.  SB: Support the Sport? Article about Football Helmets

4.  Computers:  Book Report #6

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Themes: Changing Perspectives

Essential Question:  Why do we have controversy in society?  How do we communicate in order to convince others?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 6

2.  SB:  It's Time to Argue and Convince

3.  SB:  Peanuts and Pennies - Identifying Claims in an Argument

4.  SB:  Support the Sport?  Creating Support with Reasons and Evidence

5.  Computer Lab:  Touchstone  [CTLS Assess]

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Themes: Changing Perspectives

Essential Question:  Why do we have controversy in society?  How do we communicate in order to convince others?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 6

2.  SpringBoard:  Book Walk 3

3.  Computer Lab 1901

4. Unpack the first embedded assessment for Unit 3.

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Themes: Loss; Self-Identity

Essential Question:

How do internal and external forces help people grow?

How can talking and working with others help one analyze a novel?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 5:  due Monday, December 17

2.  Review for Walk Two Moons Assessment

3.  Computer Lab 1901 - Walk Two Moons Assessment

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Themes: Loss; Self-Identity

Essential Question:

How do internal and external forces help people grow?

How can talking and working with others help one analyze a novel?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 5:  due Monday, December 17

2.  Embedded Assessment 2:1:  Responding to Literature

- review internal/external conflict (IAN)

- Internal/External conflict with Sal and Phoebe

text evidence that supports the conflict

- explore exemplars and the assessment rubric

- drafting essay

3.  Computer Lab 1901

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Themes: Loss; Self-Identity

Essential Question:  How do people work through grief in their life?

How do internal and external forces help people grow?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 4:  due Monday, November 26

2.   Walk Two Moons:  Ch. 36-44:  vocabulary/written response (packet 6) due Friday, November 30

3.  Computer Lab 1901:  Book Report #4  due by Saturday, December 15

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Themes: Loss; Self-Identity

Essential Question:  How do people work through grief in their life?

How do internal and external forces help people grow?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 4:  due Monday, November 26

2.   Walk Two Moons:  Ch. 30 - 35:  vocabulary/written response (packet 5) due Friday, November 16

3.  Computer Lab 1901:  Book Report #3  due by Thursday, November 15

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Themes: Loss; Self-Identity

Essential Question:  How do people work through grief in their life?

How do internal and external forces help people grow?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 4:  due Monday, November 26

2.  Walk Two Moons:  test  (chapters 1 - 22

3.  Walk Two Moons:  Ch. 23 - 29:  vocabulary/written response (packet 4)

4.  Computer Lab 1901:  Book Report #3  due by Thursday, November 15

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Theme: The Power to Change

Essential Question:  How do people work through grief in their life?

How do internal and external forces help people grow?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 3:  due Monday, October 29

2.  RACES writing strategy - review for "Moccasins" essay

3.  Walk Two Moons:  Ch. 10 - 15:  vocabulary/short     response questions/written response/Venn diagram (packet 2)  due on Monday, October 29

4.  Walk Two Moons:  Ch. 16 - 22:  vocabulary/short response questions/written response (packet 3) due on Friday, November 2

5.  Computer Lab 1901:  "Moccasins" essay due by       Friday, November 2

Book Report #3  due by Thursday, November 15

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Theme: Stories of Change

Essential Question:  How can change be significant?  What makes a good story?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Walk Two Moons read chapters 10-16

2.  Walk Two Moons chapters 10-16 assignment packet

3.  Walk Two Moons  short writing assignment - Due Sunday,  October 28 (last page in packet)

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October 15-19, 2018

Theme: Stories of Change

Essential Question:  How can change be significant?  What makes a good story?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Walk Two Moons novel introduction and anticipation questions

2.  Walk Two Moons reading chapters 1-9 in class

3.  Walk Two Moons assignment packet

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Theme: Stories of Change

Essential Question:  How can change be significant?  What makes a good story?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 3:  due Monday, October 29

2.  The Circuit Summative Assessment

3.  SpringBoard Unit 2 Book Walk and unpacking the embedded assessment

4.  Laptops in classroom: book reports

5. Analyzing film clips for changes caused by internal and external conflicts

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Theme: Stories of Change

Essential Question:  How can change be significant?  What makes a good story?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 3:  due Monday, October 29

2.  SB:  The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez

3.  Conflict:  Internal and External

4.  Computer Lab 1901:  USATestPrep.com

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Theme: Stories of Change

Essential Question:  How can change be significant?  What makes a good story?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 2:  due Monday, September 17

2.  SB:  The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez

3. Answering text dependent questions

4.  Conflict:  Internal and External

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Theme: Stories of Change

Essential Question:  How can change be significant?  What makes a good story?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 2:  due Monday, September 17

2.  Media Center - book checkout

3.  Baseline writing

4.  Computer Lab 1901:   Book Report #1  Due September 14 - NO  LATE  WORK  ACCEPTED!

5. Classroom Spelling Bee (Friday, September 14)

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Theme: Importance of Grammar

Essential Question:

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Vocab Workshop - Unit 2:  due Monday, September 17

2.  OL:  Grammar Review games - practice what we've been learning!

3.  Computer Lab 1901:   Book Report #1

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Theme:  Be Respectful, Responsible, and Safe

Essential Question:  How does learning vocabulary and grammar enhance my writing?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Complete our first vocabulary unit - due Monday

2.  Continue building our Interactive Notebook: verbs, conjunctions, and independent & dependent clauses

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Theme:  Be Respectful, Responsible, and Safe

Essential Question:  How can I accomplish the responsibilities of my Language Arts class?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Continue working on our first Vocabulary Workshop unit

2.  Continue building our Interactive Notebook: subjects & predicates, conjunctions, and independent & dependent clauses

3.  Learn how to use Office365 for completing book reports. Learn how to 'share' assignments and how to properly format an essay.

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Theme:  Be Respectful, Responsible, and Safe

Essential Question:  How can I accomplish the responsibilities in my Language Arts class?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Introduce and begin our first Vocabulary Workshop unit

2.  Review Book Report Expectations

3.  Review grammar - the 8 parts of speech and composing sentences

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Theme:  First week of school!

Essential Question:  How can I be respectful, responsible, and safe at Pine Mountain Middle School?

This week in Language Arts...

1.  Classroom and school procedures and expectations

2.  Review Reading Log

3.  Complete the All About Me activity