Thursday, September 18, 2014

Friday, September 18th, 2014

The Day In a Nutshell:
1) Miscellaneous stuff
2) Reading quiz
3) Star Testing
4) Book summary activity
5) Empires Falling activity
6) Ernies Ark themes activity

Star Testing

Vocabulary
omnipresent
strike
apparition
totem
philistine
buoyed

Adminastrivia and Notices: 
--The Box
--Class website
--Habits to Practices:

Circle: Name something in middle school that was popular but is not now.

Empires Falling

Challenge: Create a presentation that explains why empires fall -- think about who what where when why.
Task: From this site, select two empires.  Research the facts around the empire and create a Venn diagram that shows the empires' similarities and differences. Then research facts around why the two empires fell and create a Venn diagram on the similarities and differences.  Finally, create a presentation.
Target: Learn both examples of fallen empires and why empires fall.
Target: Learn to use a Venn diagram to show similarities and differences between two organizations.

Ernie's Ark
At your table, identify likely broad themes in the book. Share. Then identify a section in the book that contains likely symbolism. At your table determine how the symbolism was used to help explain a theme.
Target: Learn how authors use symbolism to advance a theme.

Read Ernie's Ark
Homework: read to page 128.

Homework for Honors
Again, from the reading, write a paragraph explaining how Monica Wood uses symbolism to advance her theme.

Processing
Go to Google Classroom and complete the debrief assignment.

Future: 

Common Assessment for ELA
Interesting fact about Rome/Presentation
-Bizarre Roman tradition or fact
-Bizarre American tradition or fact
-Something we do today that we got from the Romans
Planning for Viking trail -- investigating to answer some questions
Planning for Downtown Norway -- investigating to answer some questions
Food grant
Computer Etiquette
Note taking

Star Testing: https://hosted164.renlearn.com/11325/

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