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Week 17 Recap & What's Next

12/16/2019

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Last week we...
  • Practiced dialogue grammar daily
  • Turned in teen entrepreneur article packet
  • Took vocabulary quiz 5.1
  • Read "Raisin in the Sun" play and completed viewing guide (turned in)
  • Picked out books to read out loud to the MID/MOID students 
This week we will...
  • Complete "Raisin in the Sun" literary elements graphic organizer (turn in)
  • Take the dialogue quiz
  • Practice fluency by reading to the MID/MOID students
  • Take the post-reading inventory to measure growth
  • Work on business plan end of workshop project DUE BEFORE THE END OF THE SEMESTER!

This is the LAST WEEK of the semester and the END of Read 180. Make sure all current and past assignments are turned in! You will be in 9th Grade Literature next semester after the break. 

**See attached notes for additional information.
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Week 16 Recap & What's coming Next

12/9/2019

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Last week we...
  • Took our end of workshop assessment online (Opportunity to retake this week)
  • Practiced vocabulary 5.1
  • Worked through Read 180 software segments daily
  • Reviewed graded argument essays (rewrites/corrections due Monday)
  • Started reading teen entrepreneurship articles
  • Started reading "Raisin in the Sun" play
This week we will...
  • Retake end of workshop assessment (if you were unhappy with your grade).
  • Take vocabulary quiz 5.1 (Tuesday)
  • Continue working through Read 180 software segments
  • Finish reading teen entrepreneurship articles
  • Continue to read "Raisin in the Sun" play
  • Watch "Raisin in the Sun" play for comparison, complete viewing guide
  • Start writing "If I Won One Million Dollars" narrative essay

**See attached notes for more information.
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Week 15 Recap & What's Coming Next

11/22/2019

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This week we...
  • Worked through Read 180 software segments daily.
  • Practiced vocabulary 4.2 daily
  • Took vocabulary quiz 4.2 on Tuesday
  • Finished and turned in reusable rocket article
  • Completed our STEAM podcast interview project

Next week we will...
  • Continue working through Read 180 software segments daily
  • Practice vocabulary 5.1
  • Read "The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind" excerpts together to collaborate with environmental science
  • Start reading finance and entrepreneurship articles

*See the attached notes for for information!
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Week 14 Recap & What's coming Next

11/15/2019

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This week we...
  • Took vocabulary 4.1 quiz on Tuesday
  • Practiced vocabulary 4.2 daily
  • Practiced grammar daily
  • Worked on Read 180 software segments daily
  • Took grammar quiz 1 on Friday
  • Turned in our argument essays on Monday (with our planning plackets)
  • Turned in our Mars & Neil Degrasse Tyson articles
  • Started reading about aerospace engineering
Next week we will...
  • Finish reading aerospace engineering articles
  • Write out podcast project interview questions
  • Record podcast interviews with the engineering students for STEAM project
  • Edit and present our podcast interview projects to the class
  • Take vocabulary quiz 4.2
  • Work on Read 180 software segments daily
  • Write our narrative reflections
  • Start reading Martian Chronicles story

*See the attached notes for more details!

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Week 13 Recap & What's Coming Next

11/8/2019

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This week we...
  • ​Practiced grammar daily.
  • Worked through Read 180 software segments daily.
  • Practiced vocabulary 4.1.
  • Conducted research and filled out our amendment graphic organizers.
  • Started drafting our argument essays in class.
  • Conducted a peer review and self review of our rough drafts.
  • Started working on our final drafts.
Next week we will...
  • Turn in our argument essays on Monday.
  • Take vocabulary quiz 4.1 on Monday.
  • Read about careers in law/justice system.
  • Read about Mars exploration, aerospace engineering, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos to analyze point of view and problems vs. solutions.
  • Draft our interview questions for our STEAM project with the engineering students.
  • Practice Vocabulary 4.2

**See the attached notes for further information.
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Week 12 Recap & What's coming next

10/31/2019

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This week we...
  • Practiced our grammar daily (capitalization, punctuation, parallel structure).
  • Worked on our Read 180 software segments daily.
  • Took our vocabulary 3.3 quiz on Tuesday.
  • Worked on planning our argument essays with our graphic organizers.
  • Started writing our argument essays (Due Tuesday)
  • Received our new vocabulary words 4.1 

Next week we will...
  • Finish our argument essays (Due Tuesday)
  • Read informational texts and watch informational videos about space exploration and aerospace technologies (Complete corresponding questions from ReaL book). 
  • Conduct a graded academic class discussion about advances in aerospace engineering.
  • Practice vocabulary 4.1.
  • Review vocabulary 4.1 for the quiz on the following Monday.

*See the attached notes for further details.
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Week 11 Recap & What's Next

10/28/2019

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This week we...
  • Completed daily software rotations.
  • Practiced grammar daily with our do now questions.
  • Practiced 3.3 vocabulary.
  • Turned in Brownsville Youth Court article.
  • Turned in "Freed Man Talking: Death Penalty System Broken" author's purpose graphic organizer.
  • Annotated a model exemplary argument essay and completed TREE graphic organizer.

Next week we will...
  • Complete daily software rotations.
  • Take vocabulary 3.3 quiz on Tuesday 10/29.
  • Practice vocabulary 4.1.
  • Practice grammar daily with our do now questions.
  • Plan our argument essays with our graphic organizers.
  • Write our argument essays.
  • Peer-edit and self assess our argument essays using the argument essay rubric.
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Week 10 Recap & What's Next

10/18/2019

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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

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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

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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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