Thursday,  October 17,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out your ROTHMC novel and a pen
2. Take the Chapters 1-3 Reading Check
3. Begin to read and annotate chapter 4 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (ROTHMC)

**Annotation Requirements: Plot Summary (significant events that occur), Characterization (character traits/personality of the characters), Make Connections- (Text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world), Personal Reactions (anything that you have an emotion about), and Significant Questions (do not do yes or no questions or questions that may be answered by the end of the chapter).

Homework-

Our first BOOK CLUB/Small Group Seminar will be tomorrow. The Host must bring 4 significant questions for discussion and food is optional. The other members of the group must bring 2 significant questions for discussion. The book club will be on chapters 1-3

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Wednesday,  October 16,  2019

Agenda-

1. Turn in your Spelling Unit 2
2. Take out your ROTHMC novel and a pen
3. Continue to read and annotate chapter 3 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (ROTHMC)

**Annotation Requirements: Plot Summary (significant events that occur), Characterization (character traits/personality of the characters), Make Connections- (Text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world), Personal Reactions (anything that you have an emotion about), and Significant Questions (do not do yes or no questions or questions that may be answered by the end of the chapter).

Homework-

Read and annotate chapters 2 and 3 of ROTHMC due Thursday.  Our first BOOK CLUB/Small Group Seminar will be on Friday. The Host must bring 4 significant questions for discussion and food is optional. The other members of the group must bring 2 significant questions for discussion. The book club will be on chapters 1-3

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Tuesday,  October 15,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out your ROTHMC novel and a pen/pencil for the quiz
2. Take the Verbs Quiz
3. Continue to read and annotate chapter 2 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (ROTHMC)

**Annotation Requirements: Plot Summary (significant events that occur), Characterization (character traits/personality of the characters), Make Connections- (Text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world), Personal Reactions (anything that you have an emotion about), and Significant Questions (do not do yes or no questions or questions that may be answered by the end of the chapter).

Homework-

Spelling Unit 2 due tomorrow (if you did not finish in class).

Read and annotate chapters 2 and 3 of ROTHMC due Thursday. You will have class time tomorrow and Wednesday, but make sure you are reading some at home to manage your time wisely. Our first BOOK CLUB/Small Group Seminar will be on Friday. The Host must bring 4 significant questions for discussion and food is optional. The other members of the group must bring 2 significant questions for discussion. The book club will be on chapters 1-3

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Monday,  October 14,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out your iPad/Chromebook, a pen, and your ROTHMC novel
2. I will do a reading check on chapter 1
3. Goodreads Comment. Click here for the comment: Goodreads Prompts 2019-2020
4. Work on Spelling Unit 2
5. Begin reading and annotating chapter 2 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (ROTHMC)

**Annotation Requirements: Plot Summary (significant events that occur), Characterization (character traits/personality of the characters), Make Connections- (Text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world), Personal Reactions (anything that you have an emotion about), and Significant Questions (do not do yes or no questions or questions that may be answered by the end of the chapter).

Homework-

Spelling Unit 2 due Wednesday (if you do not finish in class).

Read and annotate chapters 2 and 3 of ROTHMC due Thursday. You will have class time tomorrow and Wednesday, but make sure you are reading some at home to manage your time wisely. Our first BOOK CLUB/Small Group Seminar will be on Friday. The Host must bring 4 significant questions for discussion and food is optional. The other members of the group must bring 2 significant questions for discussion. The book club will be on chapters 1-3

Verbs Quiz tomorrow (review your helping verbs).

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Friday,  October 11,  2019

Agenda-

1. Turn in your Vocabulary Unit 1 packet. Take out a pen/pencil
2. Take the Vocabulary Quiz
3. Continue reading and annotating chapter 1 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

**Annotation Requirements: Plot Summary (significant events that occur), Characterization (character traits/personality of the characters), Make Connections- (Text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world), Personal Reactions (anything that you have an emotion about), and Significant Questions (do not do yes or no questions or questions that may be answered by the end of the chapter).

Homework-

Verbs Quiz on Tuesday (you will need to know all of The Helping Verbs).

Finish reading and annotating chapter 1 of ROTHMC due Monday.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Thursday,  October 10,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out a highlighter and pen. Turn in your Google Slides Assignment to Google Classroom if you haven’t done so already.
2. Pass out Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry novels and discuss annotations. I will give you an Annotation Help Sheet that you must keep for the school year.
3. Annotation requirements are posted on the board everyday, but here are the list of annotation requirements for the entire novel. Each chapter you will have to include these requirements. Most will be repeated several times throughout a chapter. Requirements: Plot Summary (significant events that occur), Characterization (character traits/personality of the characters), Make Connections- (Text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world), Personal Reactions (anything that you have an emotion about), and Significant Questions (do not do yes or no questions or questions that may be answered by the end of the chapter).
4. Begin reading and annotating chapter 1 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 1 Quiz tomorrow.

Finish reading and annotating chapter 1 of ROTHMC due Monday.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Tuesday,  October 8,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out your iPad/Chromebook, your Setting Google Slides instructions, and a pen
2. Verbs practice Quiz. This does not count, but is meant to prepare you for next week’s Verb Quiz. Keep the practice quiz to study.
3. Independent Reading survey. Use this link for the survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6eWkmtAY4edB-iDkKbZG5_KnOw_kpR8ibbYO43c0BGJv_QA/viewform?usp=sf_link
4. Work on your Setting Google Slides assignment. Turn in to Google Classroom when you finish. Due date is Thursday.

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 1 Quiz on Friday.

Setting Research Google Slides Assignment due Thursday. You will turn your slides in to Google Classroom.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Monday,  October 7,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out your iPad/Chromebook, your Vocabulary Unit 1, and a pen to correct with.
2. Goodreads Comment- Click here for prompt: Goodreads Prompts 2019-2020
3. Correct Vocabulary Unit 1 packet. I will mark you off for having it completed and on time. You will need to keep it to study for the quiz on Friday.
4. Independent Reading survey. Use this link for the survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6eWkmtAY4edB-iDkKbZG5_KnOw_kpR8ibbYO43c0BGJv_QA/viewform?usp=sf_link
5. **we will continue to work on your Setting Google Slides assignment tomorrow. Due date has changed. See below.

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 1 Quiz on Friday.

Setting Research Google Slides Assignment due Thursday. You will turn your slides in to Google Classroom.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Friday, October 4,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out your iPad/Chromebook, your writer’s notebook, and a pen
2. Quickly share out your Terms To Know articles and examples
3. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Google Slides Setting Assignment. Click here for the instructions: Pre Reading Research – Google Slides

Homework-

Google Slides Setting Assignment due Tuesday.

Vocabulary Unit 1-annotate passage for main ideas- due Monday

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Thursday, October 3,  2019

Agenda-

1. Turn in your Goodreads comments. Make sure you staple the rubric to the top of your comments. (I will give you the rubric in class).
2. Take out your iPad/Chromebook, your writer’s notebook, and a pen
3. Continue and Finish Terms To Know assignment. For the slideshow click here: Social Justice Unit- Terms to Know

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 1-annotate passage for main ideas- due Monday

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.