Friday, March 29 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Night 40-46
• Reader’s Response Journal
• Make sure that you have all 5 journals done (3-11, 11-20, 20-28, 29-34, 34-46)
• Journals should start with a piece of evidence with an in-text citation and then be around a half page of handwritten text giving your thoughts/reactions/connections/etc. to that evidence/section
• Read Independent book when done
• Time to finish Career Cruising Assignments in ACP class (need all three done by Monday)
• Independent Reading Time -final time to turn in or present anything for 3rd quarter
• Presentation: Ramsey, others?

Thursday, March 28 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: In Writer’s Notebook: What in the book do you still need more clarity on? What would you like to see pictures of, have more information on, or hear a different account? (Post one idea from this list to Classroom discussion after we read today)
• Once you’ve posted on the classroom discussion, read your independent book
• Presentations: Sheldon, Brad, Dante,
• Night
• Read 34-40

3:30 Follies video

Wednesday, March 27

• Bell Ringer: Continuation of Post-Secondary/Career Project (finish assignment 2 and 3 -turn them in to classroom
• If you finish this, work on your project if it isn’t done then read independently)
• Independent Reading Time
• Big Idea Notebook assignment
• Reading –pg 28-34
• As we read today, mark with a post-it many details that you could use more info/a visual as well as things that are important and things to respond to
• Ex: how did they section off parts of town to be a ghetto
• Journal on today’s section –bring journal to me when done
• Go to page 32-33 Start at, “How was it possible…” read to “His voice broke” (pg33). Answer Ellie’s question and react to what his dad said about the world.  Do you think this is true today? Could this still happen? Defend your answer with details, explaining your thoughts. –bring to me when done
• Pg. 32 “How was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent?” (Elie’s question)
• Pg. 33 Dad response: “The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria…”
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Tuesday, March 26 Agenda

• Bell Ringer:  Presentations
• Night Reading Pg. 20-28
• Journal on this section
• On Classroom: Question: What are the two most important points/pieces of information/phrases/quotes from what we read today? Write the point and then a short explanation of why.
• Independent Reading Time
• Big Idea Notebook assignment
• You need to pick a big idea that you think is shown in one of the books you’ve read for independent reading time. You then need to write a paragraph about how it is seen.  You can sign the writing or not (but you have to give it to one of us so we can read it and give you credit)
• You can type or hand write -if you type, you will print it out and glue it into the notebook

Monday, March 25 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Independent Reading Time
• Introduce the Big Idea Notebook assignment
• You need to pick a big idea that you think is shown in one of the books you’ve read for independent reading time. You then need to write a paragraph about how it is seen.  You can sign the writing or not (but you need to write your name and the big idea in the notebook in the back to give you credit)
• You can type or hand write -if you type, you will print it out and glue it into the notebook
• Read if you aren’t writing
• Flight Presentations
• Post-Secondary and Career Exploration Explanation
• Career Cruising with Mrs. McNally
• Assignments 1 and 2 due by Tuesday

Friday, March 15 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: 20 minutes to finish things, get link to me (EVERYONE!!!)
• Presentations
• People presenting today: Braeden, Phillip, Sam, Mirlande, Angelina,Parker, Raven, Dylan S.
• EVERYONE ELSE WILL PRESENT ON MONDAY!!
• Independent Reading Time
• Night 11-20
• Reader’s Response Journal

Thursday, March 14 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Independent Reading Time
• Night Comprehension Check: There is an assignment in Google Classroom with three questions about the beginning of the book we read yesterday.  Answer the three questions and then work on your presentation. USE YOUR BOOK (it’s not a quiz, even though that’s what it says…)
• Emigrate: leave one’s country to settle in another
• Presentation Work Time (FINAL class TIME!!!!)
• Presentation Reflection: in Google classroom
• What did you like about it? (or feel was beneficial to your learning experience)
• What did you not like? (or feel was not beneficial)
• What would you do differently if you were to do it again?

Wednesday, March 13 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Presentation Practice Time
• Once you have ‘presented’ to your partner, and they to you, and you have filled out the evaluation form, work on finishing your presentation, fixing it/making it stronger, or reading your independent book
• Night Ch. 1
• Sighet before the war Pics
• Night: Continue Reading Night (3-11)
• From what we read today, pick an image, phrase, line, passage (paragraph or section) or idea and journal on it.
• Journalling (Reader's Response Journal #1)
• Independent Reading Time

Tuesday, March 12 (ACT day) Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Independent Reading Time
• Presentation Work Time
• Things I noticed in my check: NEED IMAGES!! At least one a slide/point; make sure you are connecting each point you are making to research that you cite as well as the book (where you also cite)
• Reminder on Sources: need to credit where info comes on individual points as well as a sources section/slide at the end
• Work Cited Page for Presentation –slide in presentation, MLA format (look at the document in Classroom from earlier this year for directions)

Monday, March 11 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Night Preface: answer questions while you read
• Discuss a few of the questions of the preface
• Work on your presentation/share it with me to be ready for Wednesday (when your first draft is due)
• Time to add clarification, visual displays of data, images, strength to your presentation.
• Works Cited Page
• Look at the rubric and make sure you are on the path to the left
• If you need a research break, Read your independent book
• Presentation practice on WEDNESDAY (need at least half of your presentation finished by beginning of class tomorrow!!!)

Friday, March 8 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Presentation work time
• Steps for today:
• Finish Research online (including visuals)
• Connect what you’ve found to the book
• Look at the rubric and make sure you are doing what you need to do!
• Presentations Friday!
• Independent Reading time: if you feel you are ready to present (I’m pretty much thinking no one will be done with the presentation today, but you never know)
• More Notes/Presentation Creation time

Thursday, March 7 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Presentation Work Time
• Highlighted sections of rubric (subject knowledge, logical appeal, counter arguments)
• Make sure you have notes on at least 7 or more sources before you start to create your presentation
• Potential Types: PowerPoint (or Google Slides), Prezi, WeVideo, PowToon, Haiku Deck, Animoto, Bunkr, Knowledge Vision, Visme, Canva, Adobe Spark
• Go to: https://morethanatech.com/2015/07/21/21-top-presentation-tools-for-teachers/ for a quick explanation of each type
• ‘First Draft’ Presentation needs to be done by Tuesday, works cited doesn’t (Wednesday)
• Background on the Holocaust -fill out document in Classroom
• After you write, post to Schoology with person you are sitting next to, then work on quote
• Time to work on missing work/read
• Any Flight work that you would like to be worth points is due Wednesday!
• Transformation Sheet due Friday

Wednesday, March 6 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Theme Paragraphs/Independent Reading
• Once you’ve written the three, write on the top of the document: which paragraph should we assess? Why is that the best evidence of your learning?
• Presentation Work Time
• Topic Choice update… Answer Garden
• By the middle of Wednesday you should have a selection of potential sources and you should have a selection of quotes from the book you are considering.
• I will be checking for at least 10 potential sources at the end of work time Wednesday
• You should start notes on the potential sources once you have 10+ articles/videos.
• Notes can be typed or by hand, but keep track of what info comes from what source and what info is a direct quote vs your words
• Remember, you need visuals (pictures, videos, icons, graphs, etc)
• If you need a break from your research, you can read your independent book

Tuesday, March 5 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Theme Paragraphs
• Banned Books Discussion
• Presentation Introduction
• Presentation Work Time
• Topic Choice update…
• By the middle of Wednesday you should have a selection of potential sources and you should have a selection of quotes from the book you are considering.
• I will be checking for at least 10 potential sources at the end of work time Wednesday

Monday, March 4 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: What are some possible themes of the story? (aim for 5-8 or more)
• Big ideas we’ve looked at plus a message about each that are echoed throughout, what a lot of the story connects to, start a list in classroom (Flight Themes assignment) and share with me. If you are going for a theme, it should be a big idea and a message about that idea.
• Independent Reading -when you’ve finished your theme list
• Discussion of Ch 18 -find what you wrote about the father questions on Thursday
• Chapter 19-20
• Bell Ringer: Themes List: Pick three of the themes from the list and explain how those themes can be seen.  For two of the three you need to use textual evidence
• Explain in detail (using textual evidence for all three themes, if you want to make your argument stronger).
• Example paragraph is on the theme list