Lesson Plans April 7-17 PEEP Week!

 

Homework- READ for 45 minutes every night. Take AR Tests. 
Study vocabulary.
Library during RTI and homeroom. 

Language Arts 

Vocabulary

• William Shakespeare - Flocabulary  (Core 1)
• Flocabulary - How to Become an Entrepreneur - New words, definitions, exercises (Cores 2-3)

Reading EQs

• Do the powerful have a responsibility to care of the powerless?
• What does it mean for history to repeat itself? Why does this happen?

  Molasses Flood

 

Readings and Written Response

•  "The Girl Who Discovered a Dinosaur" Central ideas, inference, argument writing, author's craft, text evidence, author's point of view. SCOPE April issue 2014
• Paired video, Beyond the Story: Paleontologist.
• Non-Fiction, paired reading: "Don't Touch the Water"  and The Boston Molasses Flood" Scope magazine
  
• Questions relating to selection
• Critical reading skills on literary device, structure, mood and tone, inference, author's craftte
• Shark Writing - finish - interpret the quote and use text evidence to support your answer (see handout)
• Honors - "Racing Extinction" article  from Smithsonian April 2014, Read, summarize and write an opinion. Article here. 
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Writing

•  SCHOLASTIC SCOPE ACTIVITY • APRIL 2014
  
  VIDEO: “Beyond the Story: Into the World of a Paleontologist”• 
• SKILL: Critical ThinkingVideo-Discussion Questions
  ”Beyond the Story: Into the World of a Paleontologist”
  Directions: Be sure to consider the narration, footage, images, and music as you answer the following questions.
  1. Lauren refers to some dinosaurs as “superstars.” What does she mean by this? Why might some species be considered superstars while others are not?
  2. Lauren says, “Like pieces in a gigantic jigsaw puzzle, each scientist’s research contributes more to our understanding of Earth’s natural history.” How does the video support this claim?
  3. After watching the video and reading the article “Dinosaurs for Sale,” what do you imagine is Dr. Butts’s opinion of private fossil collections?
  4. How has the world of paleontology changed since the days of Mary Anning? Consider what you learned in the video as well as the article “The Girl Who Discovered the Dinosaurs.”
• Writers Inc Read 201-203 on Compare essays. Use as a model for your essay on Disasters.  
• Disaster Essay Writing: Compare and contrast the disasters in Boston and West Virginia.Use the graphic organizer.   How are they similar and different? What lessons can be learned from them? Respond in five paragraphs using text evidence to support your answer.  

Poetry 

Poetry Month - Poem in Your Pocket
You have a packet of 13 poems. You are to take the poems apart - cut them up and read them.  Carry one in your pocket each day of the month. You will read it to the class and to a friend in the lunchroom.  Copy favorites to your warm-up. 

Flying at Night

Ted Kooser

Above us, stars. Beneath us, constellations.
Five billion miles away, a galaxy dies
like a snowflake falling on water. Below us,
some farmer, feeling the chill of that distant death,
snaps on his yard light, drawing his sheds and barn
back into the little system of his care.
All night, the cities, like shimmering novas,
tug with bright streets at lonely lights like his.

Reflection

What metaphors?

What themes?

Your Opinion?

Technology and RTI 

Technology Integration - create blog posts that relate to the themes and topics 
RTI - Mon + Tue = Math
RTI - Wed, Thur, Fri = Reading 

Social Studies
CNN Student News
Watch this special broadcast of news and take notes on the organizer. Discuss the news of the day in small groups and whole class. Read and watch the news for homework.  
History Alive! (brown text)
Chapter 6: The Declaration of Independence
Text Outline and Notes - handout to be completed

The Declaration Video read aloud


 

Reading Terms

 

Reading/Writing Terms

• Literary Device - A literary device is any method an author uses to convey his or her message
• Text Structure- the structure that an author uses to organize a text
• Authors Purpose -the reason an author writes a piece and the parts of the piece that 
• Descriptive Language -words that appeal to the senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)

Utopia and Dystopia

 

Utopia -  A utopia /juːˈtoʊpiə/ is a community or society possessing highly desirable or near perfect qualities. The word was coined by Sir Thomas More in Greek for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island society in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt to create an ideal society, and imagined societies portrayed in fiction. It has spawned other concepts, most prominently dystopia.

Dystopia - A dystopia is a community or society that is in some important way undesirable or frightening. It is the opposite of a utopia. Such societies appear in many artistic works, particularly in stories set in a future. Dystopias are often characterized by dehumanization,^[1] totalitarian governments, environmental disaster,^[2] or other characteristics associated with a cataclysmic decline in society. Dystopian societies appear in many sub-genres of fiction and are often used to draw attention to real-world issues regarding society, environment, politics, economics, religion, psychology, ethics, science, and/or technology, which if unaddressed could potentially lead to such a dystopia-like condition.

“The New Age of Heroism”(Core 1)

from Time March 31, 2014

1.Why are dystopian fictions that feature young heroines so popular today?

2.How has the demand for females in fiction changed the YA Literature scene?

3.What relationship can you draw between the novels and the movies in terms of popularity, acceptance and value?

 

Lesson Plans Mar 31-Apr 4

Homework- READ for 45 minutes every night. Take AR Tests. 
Study vocabulary.
Library during RTI and homeroom. 

Language Arts 

Vocabulary

• Power Plus Lesson 8  (Core 1)
• Flocabulary - How to Become an Entrepreneur - New words, definitions, exercises (Cores 2-3)

Reading EQs

• Do the powerful have a responsibility to care of the powerless?
• What does it mean for history to repeat itself? Why does this happen?

  Molasses Flood

 

Readings and Written Response

• Non-Fiction, paired reading: "Don't Touch the Water"  and The Boston Molasses Flood" Scope magazine
  
• Questions relating to selection
• Critical reading skills on literary device, structure, mood and tone, inference, author's craftte
• Shark Writing - finish - interpret the quote and use text evidence to support your answer (see handout) 
• Disaster writing: Compare and contrast the disasters in Boston and West Virginia. How are they similar and different? What lessons can be learned from them? Respond in three paragraphs using text evidence to support your answer.  

Poetry 

Poetry Month - Poem in Your Pocket
You receive a packet of 13 poems. You are to take the poems apart - cut them up and read them.  Carry one in your pocket each day of the month. Read it to the class and to a friend in the lunchroom.  Copy favorites to your warm-up.

Technology and RTI 

Technology Integration - create blog posts that relate to the themes and topics 
RTI - Mon + Tue = Math
RTI - Wed, Thur, Fri = Reading 

Social Studies
CNN Student News
Watch this special broadcast of news and take notes on the organizer. Discuss the news of the day in small groups and whole class. Read and watch the news for homework.  
History Alive! (brown text)
Chapter 9: The Constitution
Text Outline and Notes - handout to be completed
Essay
Test

Delaware Map Project - see the posting on this blog.