Thursday, January 31, 2008 January 31, 2008

SWBAT write for a particular purpose and for a specific audience by writing an AIMS practice essay.

Agenda

• Jumpstart: What are your thoughts on Study Island? Do you think it helps prepare you for AIMS? What could improve on the program? What do you need to do better on Study Island?
• AIMS Boot Camp
  • Review “National Parks, National Paradox.” Read questions and text. Discuss what parts students underlined. Discussed correct answers and wrote complete sentences justifying the correct answer.
  • Writing Test: Write the rough draft. Consider the following questions in your draft. What company is it? What is the actual position?

 Homework: Read “Tracking Lessons.” Answer the questions and underline where you found the answer.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 January 30, 2008

SWBAT justify correct answers to an AIMS practice test.

SWBAT determine the purpose, audience of a prompt by discussion.

SWBAT use organizational strategies to plan writing by prewriting.

SW write complete sentences.

Agenda

• Jumpstart: We are about one month away from AIMS. What are your thoughts about the test? What do you feel most prepared for?
• AIMS Boot Camp
  • Re-read “Two Words”. For each question, discuss which part of the text students underlined. Discuss correct answer and justification for correct answer. Write sentences justifying the correct answer next to each question.
  • AIMS Writing test.
    • Discuss prompt. ” You are responsible for hiring employees for a company. Fifty people have applied for one job opening. Write an essay describing the qualities you are seeking in an ideal employee. Explain why these qualities are necessary for employment.
    • What is the format?
    • What is the topic?
    • Who is the audience?
    • Brainstorm for ideas.

Homework: Read “National Parks, National Paradox”. Answer the questions and underline where you  found the answer.

RS2 C1 PO1, 2; WS1 C1 PO1,2,3,5; WS2 C1 PO2

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 January 29, 2008

SWBAT apply knowledge of prefixes by completing a test.

SW write answers on test.

Agendas

• No Jumpstart
• Prefix Test

Homework: Read “Two Words” and answer practice questions. Underline where you found the answer in the text.

Monday, January 28, 2008 January 28, 2008

SWBAT apply knowledge of prefixes by forming, defining, and analyzing words using prefixes on Prefix Packet.

SW write prefixes and definitions.

Agenda

Agenda

• Jumpstart:
• Prefix Packet
  • Against: ant-, anti-, contra-, counter-, ob (pg. 52) (2nd hour only)
  • Beside, Between, and Among: epi-, inter-, para- (pg. 58)1st and 2nd
  • Down and Away: cata-, de-, tele- (pg. 60)
  • Just Not: a-, an-, il-, ir-, im-, in-, non- (pg. 66)

Friday, January 25, 2008 January 25, 2008

SWBAT summarize and make inferences by reading non-fiction passages on Study Island.

SW read passages.

Agenda

• Neatly copy the poem you found on a piece of paper. Begin memorizing the poem.
• Study Island
  • 1st and 2nd: Concentrate on topics 4a: Summarizing and 4b: Inferences.
  • 6th: Concentrate on topics 4b: Inferences and 4c: Organizational Features

Homework: Memorize Poetry Out Loud poem.

Thursday, January 24, 2008 January 24, 2008

SWBAT apply knowledge of prefixes by forming, defining, and analyzing words using prefixes on Prefix Packet.

SW write prefixes and definitions.

Agenda

Agenda

• Jumpstart: Read through the poems in the Poetry Out Loud Anthology. Choose a poem that speaks to you that you will memorize and present to the class. Copy the poem on a piece of paper. You must have a poem chosen and copied by Friday, 1/25.
• Gave extra credit points to students who had original packet.
• Prefix Packet
  •  Coming Through: dia-, per- (pg. 44) 1st, 2nd only
  • All Together: co-, col-, com-, con-, syn-, sym- (pg. 48)
  • Against: ant-, anti-, contra-, counter-, ob (pg. 54)
  • Beside, Between, and Among: epi-, inter-, para- (pg. 58) 6th only

Homework:

• 1st hour: none
• 2nd hour: finish page 52
• 6th hour:

Wednesday, January 23, 2008 January 23, 2008

SWBAT prepare for AIMS exam by reading passages and explaining correct answers.

Agenda

• Jumpstart: Read through the poems in the Poetry Out Loud Anthology. Choose a poem that speaks to you that you will memorize and present to the class. Copy the poem on a piece of paper. You must have a poem chosen and copied by Friday, 1/25.
• AIMS Boot Camp
  • Work in groups. Each group will be assigned a text from the AIMS practice test. Groups will be responsible for reading text, and determining the correct answer for each question. Groups will present the correct answers to the class, including how they determined the correct answer.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 January 22, 2008

SWBAT prepare for AIMS exam by reading passages and explaining correct answers.

Agenda

• Jumpstart: Read through the poems in the Poetry Out Loud Anthology. Choose a poem that speaks to you that you will memorize and present to the class. Copy the poem on a piece of paper. You must have a poem chosen and copied by Friday, 1/25.
• AIMS Boot Camp
  • 1st hour: Take AIMS practice test.
  • 2nd and 6th: Work in groups. Each group will be assigned a text from the AIMS practice test. Groups will be responsible for reading text, and determining the correct answer for each question. Groups will present the correct answers to the class, including how they determined the correct answer.

Due: WWW

• 1st and 2nd: All exercises on pgs. 38-41.
• 6th: All exercises on pgs. 54-57 Due Tuesday, 1/22

 Homework:

Monday, January 21, 2007 January 21, 2008

No School: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Friday, January 18, 2008 January 18, 2008

To the Desert Jumpstart 

SWBAT prepare for AIMS by completing Study Island topics.

SW read passeges online.

Agenda

• Jumpstart: Respond to the poem “To the Desert”. What is the poem about? What does the poem mean to you? What do you particularly like or dislike about the poem? What questions does the poem raise for you?
• Study Island: New topics are “Organizational Features,” “Summarization,” and “Inferences.”

Homework: WWW

• 1st and 2nd: All exercises on pgs. 38-41. Due Tuesday, 1/22
• 6th: All exercises on pgs. 54-57 Due Tuesday, 1/22