Week 32 april 3-7, 2017

Week 32 Monday, April 3, 2017 Day 137 Bellfun “MUSING Monday” EQ How do I ensure I can recall information for the GP exam? Standards: LAFS.910.W.1.3 d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters. (Level 3) LAFS.910.L.3.4b Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech (e.g., analyze, analysis, analytical; advocate, advocacy). (Level 2) Bellfun “MUSING Monday” Journal (see slide) Classfun 1. Finish Odyssey intro power point 2. working on GP cards Homefun 1) GP Article #25 — “world economy”

Monday’s Bellfun Joy Journal “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” Booker T. Washington Talk about an obstacle you have overcome and also about one you have yet to overcome or might face in the future. What is your normal response to obstacles? Explain using real-life examples.

cardegories 1. Literature and Art 2. Medicine 3. Environmental Issues 4. Future 5. Human growth and Aging 6. Space 7. violence 8. role models

Cardegories 9. Technology and teens 10. New inventions/ medical advances 11. Politics 12. Relationships 13. Free Speech 14. Distracted driving 15. Immigration 16. Language/Education

Card Sources GP material (stories, articles, videos, novels, poems…) Other Classes Personal Reading Previous year But do not copy from your friends (wanna know why?)

Week 32 Tuesday, april 4, 2017 Day 138 Bellfun “TECHNICAL TUESDAY” EQ How do I ensure I can recall information for the GP exam? Standards: LSFS.910.L.1.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. (Level 3) LAFS.910.W.1.2b Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic. (Level 4) Bellfun “TECHNICAL TUESDAY” Identifying the subject of a sentence (worksheet—answers on your bellfun paper) Classfun 1. Go over bellfun 2. GP Cards Homefun 1) GP Article #25 — world economy

Week 32 Wednesday, April 5, 2017 Day 140 EQ How do authors use sensory language when telling a story? STANDARDS: LAFS.910.W.1.3 d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters. (Level 3) Lafs.910.L.3.4b identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech (e.g. Analyze, analysis, analytical; advocate, advocacy). (Level 2) Bellfun “Wordsmith Wednesday” --CCSS.L.9-10.4.A-- Context clues worksheet—answers on your bellfun sheets. Be sure to include the clues you found that led you to the answer. Classfun Grade your own Bellfun Create a three column chart w/ the following headings: “gods/goddesses”, “humans”, “other” Read pg. 366-367, 369—write down 5 previously unknown facts, or facts you did not think about Read story together, beginning on pg. 371 Homerfun 1) GP Article #25 — “Economies around the world”

Wed. Bellfun Answers 4-5-17 C (constant, to and fro, never-ending restlessness) C B A

Week 32 April 6/7, 2017 (TH/F) Day 141/142 EQ How is an epic different than other genres? STANDARDS LAFS.910.W.1.3 d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters. (Level 3) LAFS.910.L.3.4b identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech (e.g. Analyze, analysis, analytical; advocate, advocacy). (Level 2) Bellfun Think About it—lateral thinking puzzles Classfun Go over bellfun FSA practice Article Go over FSA Cards Homefun 1) GP Article #25 — “Economy around the world”

Thursday/Friday Bellfun 4/6 or 4/7 SITUATIONS:  #1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him? #2 What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

Think tank solution Solutions: Lions because a lion who has not eaten in 3 years would cease to be. Charcoal.

FSA Practice Answers 1. C 2a. B 2b. G 3. G, H, or I 4. B 5a. A 5B. B 6. B, C