Cycle 1A: English & Language Arts: Reading & Writing Memoir by Jennifer Tidwell https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d Mondays en-us 2024-09-13 20:20:58 UTC 2026-01-23 18:04:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://media1.giphy.com/media/26Ff3yy1PePpHquVW/giphy.gif 9/9 Agenda jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3119170963

  • Writing prompt: I see myself in her: In your spiral, write the date at the top then Describe in detail a time you noticed a parent do something or act just the way you do. 5 min.

  • Make tabs in your spiral using post-its: QuickWrites, Notes, 

  • Fill out Learning questionnaire 

  • Talk about the New structure of class

  • Hand out and review WBATs

  • Spelling assessment

  • Talk about CRC and hand out CRC Schedule and record on planner

  • Re-read Chapter 4 of Born a Crime, make annotations, write one question for this afternoon

  • Formative Assessment: ixl // due by end of day

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  • Writing prompt: How does where you live or where you used to live shape you in some way? Give concrete examples.

  • 1-minute knowledge check in Google Classroom

  • Memorable Memoir openers takeaways (TPS)

  • The role of THEME in memoirs. Practice with these.

  • Read "The Videotape," looking for theme.

  • Mapping exercise

  • HW: Bring in 4-5 photos of yourself as a child, CRC #2

  • What to bring for this afternoon


    • Afternoon session:

    1. Mini-lesson on CRC

    2. Mini-lesson on questions (based on your submissions) and equity mapping

    3. Seminar on Born a Crime (inner and outer circles)

    4. Silent reading or follow-up work


    ]]>     2024-09-13 20:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3119182197     9/16: Chapter 4 of Born a Crime by Trevor Noah jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3119182561 2024-09-13 20:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3119182561 None in Cycle 1 jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3119183008 2024-09-13 20:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3119183008 What is the value of reading and writing memoirs? jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3119196201 2024-09-13 21:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3119196201 10/28: I Am Malala jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3119196309 2024-09-13 21:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3119196309 jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3119208747 2024-09-13 21:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3119208747 Memoir jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3120742579 a nonfiction text concerned with truth, some theme, 1st person POV narration, voice, and —the M&Ms of writing-- Memory and Musing

    ]]>     2024-09-15 22:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3120742579     Theme jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3121348109 A central, unifying (usually abstract) idea and its universe of questions that the text is concerned with. Themes are things like love, conflict, hatred, nature, etc. Themes are NOT straightforward messages or answers to questions.

    ]]>     2024-09-16 09:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3121348109     Setting jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3121349614 The time(s) and place(s) in which a story is told.

    ]]>     2024-09-16 09:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3121349614     1st Person Point of View jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3121357486 2024-09-16 09:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3121357486 Imagery jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3121359069 "vivid language designed to appeal to these senses."

    ]]>     2024-09-16 09:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3121359069     "Life is just a process of engaging with problem after problem, giving each one the time it requires..." jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3121390852 --Oliver Burkeman

    ]]>     2024-09-16 09:54:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3121390852     Year A ELA Syllabus jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3121423164 2024-09-16 10:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3121423164 9/23 Agenda jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3131717565

  • 10-Minute Free-Writing prompt: Write about an episode from your life where an activity or trip you or your family had planned went badly or had an unexpected outcome.


  • Review Theme. Next up: Character/Identity/Voice


  • Partner activity: 20 min.

    • Get into Breakout Groups

    • Share and discuss your photos

      • Why did you choose them?

      • What/who are they of?

      • When? 

      • Who took the picture? 

      • What happened right before/after? 


  • Read & Discuss:

    1. Ode to Family Photos by Gary Soto

    2. Family Photo by Ralph Fletcher



    • Afternoon session (in any order you wish)

    1. Time to Write from photos

    2. Silent reading of I Am Malala

    3. CRC #3

    4. Silent discussion continued from the morning (if needed)


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  • Prompt: write about a time you lost something (or thought you did).

  • CRC expectations. Let's look at an exemplar response for CRC #2.

  • Storytelling: the oldest form of memoir?

  • Rudy Francisco "my honest poem" | transcript

  • Listen to 2 moth examples

  • Discuss

    1. How is oral storytelling different from merely reading the transcript

    2. What are the techniques to build tension in the story and in the audience?

  • Assignment: write a memoir piece to be read out loud or have someone read for you.

  • 7th graders: resume & cover letters


    • ]]>     2024-09-30 11:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3145966064     "...Originality lies on far side of unoriginality." --Oliver Burkeman jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3146097125 2024-09-30 12:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3146097125 "Memory is the residue of thought." -- Dan Willingham jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3156844469 2024-10-07 11:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3156844469 10/7 Agenda jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/rozuida7zx8b9h7d/wish/3156851583

  • Prompt: Write about a family heirloom or object in your home that was passed down to you or your parent(s).

  • Creative CRC expectations

  • The Embarrassment Chronicles. Everyone takes turns reading their story out loud or having someone else read it. We clap and move on.

  • Someone else's memoir: StoryCorps Project.

    1. Class Example

    2. And The Art of the Interview

  • Next week: Field trip to the Fralin

  • This afternoon: NoodleTools Lesson at 1:00

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