Miss Mueller's Classes - Read 180

Week 10 Recap & What's Next

10/18/2019

This week we...
-Practiced vocabulary 3.2
-Took vocabulary quiz 3.3 (Thursday)
-Completed daily grammar practice
-Annotated the government surveillance debate articles
-Created our own government surveillance debate
-Read about Brownsville Youth Court to make inferences

Next week we will...
-Practice vocabulary 3.3
-Practice grammar daily (parallel structure, commas, capitalization, punctuation)
-Read about the death penalty to analyze author's purpose
-Analyze a model argument essay using TREE method
-Start planning and writing our own argument essay

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Week 9 Recap & What's Next

10/10/2019

This week we...

Took our vocabulary 3.1 quiz
Read the Bill of Rights and important Supreme Court cases (turned in our BOR packet)
Worked daily on our Read 180 software segments
Practiced our new vocabulary 3.2
Analyzed a timeline of the history of surveillance

Next week we will...

Learn how to analyze informative multimedia (documentary)
Read debates about differing opinions on government surveillance
Prepare and conduct our own mock debate in class (graded discussion)
Learn how to professionally discuss topics with differing opinions using academic language and workplace manners.
Start planning argument essay.
Take our vocabulary 3.2 quiz (Thursday)

**Please see the attached notes for additional information.

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Week 8 Recap & What's next

10/8/2019

Last week we...

Turned in ATDPTI graphic novel project (Tuesday)
Reviewed figurative language
Analyzed a poem: "A Place Without Shame"
Practiced vocabulary 3.1
Worked through R180 software segments daily
Started reading the Bill of Rights

This week we will...

Take our vocabulary 3.1 quiz (Monday)
Practice new vocabulary 3.2
Continue working through R180 software segments
Finish reading the Bill of Rights and Supreme Court Cases Every Teen Should Know (turn in our Bill of Rights research packet)
Read and analyze a timeline about surveillance and privacy rights
Conduct a graded academic discussion about privacy rights and surveillance
Read and analyze an article about the Brownsville Youth Court

*See the attached notes for additional information

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Week 7 Recap & What's Next

9/20/2019

This week we...

Practiced making complete sentences and avoiding sentence fragments.
Worked through our Read 180 software segments.
Practiced vocabulary 2.1
Took vocabulary quiz 2.1 on Thursday
Read about the career of a cartoonist/illustrator and answered article questions
Completed the ATDPTI graphic novel project DUE MONDAY 9/30 AFTER BREAK!
Took our ATDPTI comprehension test on Friday

Next week we will...

Practice using commas properly.
Present our graphic novel projects (DUE Monday!).
Practice our new vocabulary terms 3.1
Continue working through Read 180 software segments.
Analyze a cultural poem for figurative language.
Read and analyze The Bill of Rights.
Read and analyze different Supreme Court cases that affect teens.
Practice making text inferences from these articles.
Read an article about surveillance/privacy rights and conduct a graded discussion.

*See the attached notes for additional information.

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week 6 recap & what's next

9/13/2019

This week we...

Practiced correcting sentence fragments
Took our vocab 1.3 quiz on Monday
Finished reading "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" and answering the reading analysis questions in the packet
Completed the literary elements graphic organizer
Worked on ATDPTI literary analysis essay (DUE MONDAY 9/16!)
Worked through Read 180 software segments
Practiced with new vocabulary 2.1

Next week we will...

Continue working with narrative & plot elements
Take our vocabulary quiz 2.1 on Wednesday 9/18
Read a career article about cartoonists
Create our own graphic novel for ATDPTI
Take our ATDPTI comprehension test Thursday 9/19
Analyze a poem for figurative language: "A Place Without Shame"
Take our quiz on sentence fragments Tuesday 9/17
Continue working through Read 180 software segments

*See the attached notes for additional information.

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week 5 recap & what's next

9/6/2019

This week we...
-Reviewed for our vocabulary quiz on Monday
-Worked on additional capitalization practice (DUE Friday 9/6 for students with 14/20 or below on capitalization quiz)
-Practiced working with sentence fragments
-Worked through our Read 180 software modules
-Reviewed culture, ethnicity, race, and identity
-Started reading an excerpt from "Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" and completed reading analysis questions
-received our eyewitness testimony informative essay grades...corrections DUE WEDNESDAY 9/11!

Next week we will...
-Continue practicing with sentence fragments
-Finish reading "Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"
-Take our vocabulary quiz 1.3 on Monday
-Write our literary analysis for ATDPTI
-Analyze a poem: "A Place Without Shame"

*See the attached notes for additional details.

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capitalization quiz announcement

9/3/2019

If you are not happy with your grade on the capitalization quiz, come see me for additional practice to add points to your quiz grade. This practice will be due Monday 9/9.

Week 4 Recap & What's Coming Next

8/30/2019

This week we...

Took our vocabulary 1.2 quiz on Monday
Turned in our "Magic of the Mind" research packet on Monday
Turned in our eyewitness testimony essay on Monday (with the planning graphic organizer sheet)
Took our capitalization quiz on Thursday
Turned in our do now sheets and reading logs on Friday
Turned in our eyewitness testimony argument analysis sheet on Friday

Next week we will...

Learn about identity and culture
Read an excerpt from "Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" to analyze character development, plot elements, and setting
Take a vocabulary quiz on Friday
Start writing a literary analysis of ATDPTI excerpt
Prepare for comprehension test of ATDPTI excerpt

**See the attached notes for additional information.

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Week 3 recap & what's coming next

8/23/2019

What did we do this week?
We...

Practiced identifying central idea and details in "The Magic of the Mind" article packet
Practiced citing textual evidence and planned for our informational paragraph in "The Magic of the Mind" article packet
Started writing our informative paragraph
Practiced and reviewed for our vocabulary 1.2 quiz
Worked through our Read 180 software modules
Continued practice of capitalization
Turned in our weekly do now/vocabulary practice sheet

What is coming up next week?
We will be...

Taking our vocabulary 1.2 quiz on Monday
Taking our capitalization quiz on Wednesday
Finishing our informative paragraph essay
Analyzing eyewitness testimony debates
Creating our own eyewitness testimony debate
Starting our short story

*Please see the attached notes for details!

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Join us for open house!

8/20/2019

Parents and Guardians...

Please feel free to come visit us for Wheeler High School's open house on Thursday 8/22. This is a "drop in" open house, meaning that you can "drop in" to your student's classes at any time from 5:30-7:30. This is a great opportunity to get more information about the Read 180 program! See the attached flyer for more details.

Padres y Tutores...

No dude en venir a visitarnos para la jornada de puertas abiertas de Wheeler High School el jueves 8/22. Esta es una jornada de puertas abiertas, lo que significa que puede ingresar a las clases de su estudiante en cualquier momento de 5:30 a 7:30. ¡Esta es una gran oportunidad para obtener más información sobre el programa Read 180! Vea el volante adjunto para más detalles.

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