September 6. 2024

Friday September 6. 2024 

Re-Introduction to Class:

-We need you to bring your computer charged with you every day.  Most of our assignments will be in the google classroom.

Quick View:

-Entering room/Circle
-Phones

-Name Tags
-Collect Homework- You are the Expert
-Humex Website

Google Classroom

-Periods 5-6 4mlp34z

-Periods 7-8 g36cw6f

Practice Vocabulary Quiz Friday

    -Claim

   - Evidence

    -Warrant

Using note-cards and self referencing

Take practice quiz

Self selected book reading

  

Circle:  What is a circle?  Why do we do it?

Circle Activity: Target Practice 
Circle Question: Grossest food you have ever seen in the cafeteria?  Or best?

Vocabulary for next week: theme, characterization, symbol, setting.  We will be doing this today.

Group Biography: You will be writing this in Google Classroom. Exemplar Your group will be submitting and essay entitled "Our Group with Mad Skills." You will interview the person to your right, asking them questions about something that they do particularly well. You will then compose a paragraph that will describe in detail the skill and what it is that they do well.

Reading Literature

Learning Target:  I can determine the meaning of a story by examining the author's use of characterization.

We will be reading the shorty story "Indian Camp"written by Ernest Hemingway and examining his use of characterization, setting and symbols to determine the meaning or theme of the story.

1) We will watch a short documentary about Hemingway and examine his philosophies and beliefs and how they might show up in his writing.  The shortest story ever written...

2) We will google some fun facts about Hemingway to learn more about him.

3) Rock Paper Scissors to determine who leads the discussion at your table.  Winner picks.

3) We will read "Indian Camp" page-by-page, discerning and sharing insights as we go. You will be underlining and taking notes as we go 

4) Ultimately, we are trying to determine a theme of the story through his use of characterization.  

Seating Chart Activity. Name that tune to see who gets to determine the seating chart for next week!

5-6 If time allows:

Circle Activity: Picnic Name Game -- (In circle) Each of you will come up with an item that you will bring to the "picnic" -- the name of the item will begin with the same letter that begins your first name.  When it is your turn, you must name the previous 5 people and what they are bringing.