ELA 10 Home Base by Jana McCarthy

Who am I & What's Going on in Our Classroom? Website

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View this website to help you get to know me and our classroom community.

View ELA 10 Website + Complete Google Form due Tues., 9/12/23 - 20 points

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Please read my website linked here https://tinyurl.com/ourela10 - be sure to click on "What's Going on in Our Classroom" at the top. Complete the Google Form Questions linked above for a 15-point grade. See the website: https://tinyurl.com/ela10website

You Who Survey due Friday, 9/8/23 - 10 points

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Please complete this survey so that I can get to know more about you. Due Friday, 9/8/23 for 10 points.

Letter to Me due Monday, 9/18 - 50 points

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This is one of my favorite assignments and an opportunity for you to share who you are so that I can teach you the best I can. Due Monday, 9/18 - 50 points.

Summer Reading Paragraphs Due Thurs. 9/14 @8am - 20 pts

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This SUMMATIVE assessment has 2 parts:
1) two-paragraph writing response - Each paragraph = 7-10 sentences (20 pts)+
2) Class discussion (30 pts).
Please complete two-paragraph writing response on paper. If you prefer to submit digitally, please email me your paragraphs by 5pm on 9/13, so that I can print them for you to use in discussion on 9/14 (jmccarthy@bostongreenacademy.org) .

Universal Ideas Video Mini Lesson + Google Form Check for Understanding due 8 am Friday, 9/15 - 30 points

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Please watch this video mini lesson BEFORE class (by 8am) Friday, 9/15/23. Complete the Google Form Check for Understanding and submit by 8am, Fri., 9/15 for a 30 point grade. This is "flipped learning" -- a model where you watch the mini lesson BEFORE class, so that we can jump right in and apply the concepts you learned in the video. The video lesson is linked under the "Video Lesson" column and here:
https://youtu.be/YXO6GRedhBg

Universal Ideas Video Mini Lesson #1

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This is our first Video Mini Lesson on the concept of Universal Ideas. This is the foundation of our thinking and writing this year and well beyond high school. This is due by 8am Friday, 9/15 along with the Check for Understanding Google Form for 30 points. The Google Form is here: https://forms.gle/mGCTF86BJdLggmPUA

Independent Reading Logs - due ___/pts

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Notebook Check #1 - Midterm 1 due __ / 50 pts

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Beginning of Year HOMEWORK Assignments: 9/7-9/18

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Refer to this document to help you get organized.

3 Levels of Text Inquiry (Summer Reading Discussion Assessment) - 30 pts Thurs., 9/14

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On Thurs., 9/14 bring your 2-paragraph writing response to this discussion (See "Out-of-Class HW Assign" column @left). The discussion is worth 30 pts and paragraph writing response is worth 20 pts. **Use this notetaker in discussion & submit for a final discussion grade.

BGA Good Standing Policy - Attendance

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Please read carefully. This is a school-wide policy. No more than 4 unexcused absences per month to be in good standing.

BGA Electronics Policy

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When you enter class, please put your phone in the closet & put away headphones. Please also close chrome books unless we are using them.

BGA Bell Schedule

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BPS Grading Calendar

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Term 1:

--25 days from 9/7 (first day of school) until progress reports/midterm

--45 days until end of term from 9/7

Google Classroom Codes

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Habits of Mind

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Cheat Sheet - Getting Started with ELA 10

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I hope this information helps you navigate the beginning of the year!

Collaboration Challenge - Claim + Relevant Evidence - 9/11/23

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This is our in-class work (grade) for Monday, 9/11. You will find a different team's Habit of Mind design and make a claim about which Habit of Mind you think it is based on RELEVANT evidence / detail from the team's design. Then, you and your team will work together to write a collaborative argument focusing on RELEVANT evidence.

Want the Ebook or Audio Book for Summer Reading - due this Thurs., 9/14??

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_{Here are the directions to get the Summer Reading Ebook and audiobook. There are also some books in our classroom. Summer Reading due this thursday, 9/14 at 8am}

_{Go to your BPS Clever. Find the "Sora" app (same icon as the picture to the left)}
_{Choose “Boston Public Schools” as your library and login using your BPS Gmail}
_{Click on "☰ " and click "Add a library". Select "Boston Public Library". When prompted use your library barcode/pin number to access even more books}

9.11.23 Do Now + Exit Ticket - Relevant Evidence

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Class work: Reading Day 9/12/23 - 30 points

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IN-Class work day 9.13.23 - Final Prep before Summer Reading Summative - 30 points

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STARTER Table of Contents

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Please glue this on your Table of Contents (TOC) page. We will add to this with each entry.

Putting Notebook Together - Video

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Putting Your Notebook Together: A guide

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Use this to set up your notebook for the year. See the video @right for a step-by-step guide.

Do Now: Tues., 9/19 - "Claim"

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"Intersection Arguments" - 50 points (in class 9/19-9/20)

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Independent Reading Log

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We will complete this each time we read in class (independent reading).

Criteria for Success - Intersection Arguments (Classwork - 9/19-9/21)

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Do Now, 9/21 - Connotation

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9/19-9/22 Slides: Connotation + Collaborative Arguments + Universal Ideas

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Summer Reading Assessment / Prep Slides 9.12-9.14

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Universal Ideas - Notebook Page 1

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Big List of Universal Ideas - Notebook page 1

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Question Matrix - Notebook page 2

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Question Types - Notebook page 3

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Do Now: Mon, 9/27 - "Events"

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Bombing of Black Wallstreet: 9/27-10/2 (Idea development/Main idea)

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Reading Task Cards for Reciprocal Teaching Groups "Bombing of Black Wallstreet" text

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9.29.23 Do Now: Main Idea?

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Bombing of Black Wall Street Text

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You have your own copy to make annotations physically. I will collect your physical annotations in response to the task cards (yellow, purple, and green) for 50 points Summative.

Criteria for Success + Exit Ticket 10/3 "Reading Cards"

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Term 1 Notebook Check Rubric #1 - 10.5.23 - 50 pts

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Please glue this on the first BLANK right-side page in your notebook.

How to write the 3-paragraph essay video

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HW Due 10/5/23 - 20 pts - please read below for HW

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1. Watch the video about the essay organization strategy
2. READ the PROMPT on the yellow sheet (the thesis is the sentence in bold)

3. Complete the "Main Claim/ Thesis" section of the GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.
4. Complete "Topic Sentence 1," "Topic Sentence 2," and "Topic Sentence 3" on the GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.

We will work independently FRIDAY on Paragraph 1 and 2 ON THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER. At the end of class Friday, paragraphs 1 and 2 on the GRAPHIC ORGANIZER need to be complete.

For Homework over the weekend, you will complete paragraph 3 ON THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

NEW Graphic Organizer for 3-paragraph writing - paragraph 1 due Tuesday; Paragraphs 2 & 3 due Wednesday

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Writing Video - Bombing of Black Wall Street text

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Writing Video - Paragraphs 2 and 3 "Descriptive Language and Main Idea"

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This is a short cut for just paragraphs and 2 and 3 for our writing with "Bombing of Black Wall Street"

10.17.23 Do Now: Obstacle

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PLease complete in notebook

Change Consensogram + Reflection Questions

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Poem Comparison Essay Video

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Please watch this video as you write your Poem Comparison essay

Analyze Across Texts - Poem Comparison Organizer

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Complete this to organize your thinking in preparation for your Poem Comparison essay.

Poem 1 - Autobiography in Five Chapters

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We completed these assignments the week of October 16

Poem 2 - Sonnets to Orpheus

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We completed this assignment Friday, Oct. 20 and Mon., Oct 22 in preparation for our essay

10.23 Do Now + NOTES - What is a theme?

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It is important to record these notes before you begin your poem comparison essay. Watch the video @right on the poem comparison essay for support.

Prompt for Poem Comparison essay

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We broke down this prompt and used the checklist on page 2 as we wrote our essay in class (Wed., 10/25, Fri., 10/27)

Slides: Poem Comparisons - Analyzing Change across Texts

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Tone Wheel

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Reasoning Guide (in notebook)

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How to integrate quotes

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Forensic Evidence Team Project - Evidence Folder

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We worked on this in Class Tuesday - Friday. See corresponding slides.

Forensic Evidence Task Force Project Slides: 10/31-11/3

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Please refer to the "Evidence Folder" to the right under "In-class assignments." This is a multi-day project.

Editing Cards - Poem Comparison Essay

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Please complete this card prior to submitting your essay. We completed this in class on MONDAY, 10/30. The essay was due Monday, 10/30 by 3pm

Forensic Evidence Task Force Criteria for Success

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Forensic Evidence Task Force Directions

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We completed this in class 10/31-11/3. If you were absent, please add to your project. If you were absent the entire duration of the project, please complete independently.

Setting, Mood, Tone Notebook Notes

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Raisin in the Sun Word Log

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Keep this in your notebook and add words as we learn them

Mood + Setting in A Raisin in the Sun

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We completed this in class on Monday, 11/6/23. Glue this in your notebook.

Characterization Log - A Raisin in the Sun

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Glue this in your notebook. We will log characterization examples here.

Raisin in the Sun Act 1 Assessment: Mind Map with Signposts

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Mood in Literature Video

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FULL text - A Raisin in the Sun

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Criteria for Success + Exit Ticket (5 pts) Monday, 11.6.23

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Mon., 11.27 Exit Ticket

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Thurs. 11.30 Exit Ticket

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Tues. 11.28 Exit Ticket

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Video Directions: Mind Map + Signposts

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11.21 Exit Ticket: Mood

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11.16 Exit Ticket: Characterization

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11.20 Exit Ticket: Contrast / Contradiction

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Mon., 12.4 Exit Ticket + Criteria for Success

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Raisin in the Sun Scene Teams, Act 2, scene 1

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Tues., 12/5 Exit ticket + Criteria for Success - Walter's Sense of Self

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Act 2, scene 1 SCENE TEAM Cards (Pink)

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We completed these in teams Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday (12/3-12/6) for a 50 point summative grade.

PINK CARDS work submission form - Submit your Act 2, Scene 1 Scene Team Cards here (Due 12/11)

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Act 2, Scene 2 Scene Teams - GREEN CARDS - due Thursday, 12/14

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GREEN Card (Act 2, Scene 2) Scene Team Work Submission Form - 4 cards due Thurs., 12/14

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Scene Team Act 2, Scene 2 Criteria for Success

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Mind Map Slides

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Scene Team Slides - Act 2, scene 3

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Scene Team Act 2, Scene 3 Criteria for Success

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Please use this Criteria for Success as you complete work in class.

Act 2, Scene 3 "Yellow Cards" Scene Team Due Tues. 12/19

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This was started in class on Friday, 12/15. Due Tuesday, 12/19

Choice Board - Before Break

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Final Scene Team Cards: Act 3 - "Orange Cards" - due 1/8/24

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Class work: 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 - due beginning of class 1/8

Submit your Final Scene Team Annotations here - "Orange Cards" - Act 3 - DUE 1/8/24

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Faces of My Character - Formative Assessment - due 1/11/24

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See the full directions page here.