Bellwork: August 29, 2016 Take an article from the back counter. Put your 1st and last name on the top. Cool Read the article: “Hemifacial Microsomia Syndrome”

Vocabulary- Word #3 Word: genre Part of Speech: noun Definition: Style or category of a text. What It Is: Explain in your own words what genre is to you. What It Is Not: Explain in your own words what genre is not. Picture Representation: Draw a picture that represents genre.

Vocabulary Lesson Label the next page Activity 8. Title it Socratic Seminar Norms. Now, Activity 9 should be labeled as All Summer Vocab. We will be making word maps for the vocabulary words. We are going to work on this lesson together. Please follow along!

Make a connection between you and one of the characters in the story. This should be written on an index card with your 1st and last name and turned in to your class period drawer on your way out. Exit Ticket:

Bellwork: August 30, 2016 Have out your article and your ELA composition book. Annotate the AOW (article of the week) using the Annotation handout in your ELA comp book. If you do not finish for bellwork, finish for homework!

Need To Know!!! Week 3 A quick review of main idea: https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/mainidea/ Now we will complete our N2K. You have 5-10 minutes.

Vocabulary Review Sheet Complete the Vocabulary Practice sheet on your own, using the text if needed.

Bellwork: August 31, 2016 Have out the annotated article and your composition book opened to the Question Stems for Socratic Seminar page. Create at 5-7 questions for the article using the stems.

Vocabulary- Word #4 Word: text Part of Speech: noun Definition: piece of writing What It Is: Explain in your own words what an text is to you. What It Is Not: Explain in your own words what an text is not. Picture Representation: Draw a picture that represents text.

Genre and Subgenre Scavenger Hunt With the selection of children’s books, you are going to choose one with your group. You will create a group plot diagram for the book and identify the genre and subgenre. Put your best effort into this! Show me how well you can work in a group!

Socratic Seminar We are going to create our class norms together. Please add this to your composition book. This will be Activity 6. Mrs. Baber’s ELA _____ period’s Socratic Seminar Norms We will ________________________________

You will now complete the quiz on the story: All Summer in a Day. Exit Ticket:

Make a connection between you and the author Make a connection between you and the author. Write this on an index card and turn in. Don’t forget your name and class period! Exit Ticket:

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Now: Time for our socratic seminar! Partner up with your assigned partners. Discuss your questions you completed yesterday. (You will have about 3 minutes) Arrange your desks into two circles. Look at the diagram drawn on the board. Inside circle (A Partners) have about 7 minutes of discussion time. Outside circle (B Partners) will be evaluating their partners. We will swap and repeat!

Meet the author: R.J. Palicio Wonder Introduction Meet the author: R.J. Palicio As we meet the author, be ready to answer questions as we stop throughout. https://www.playposit.com/delivery/210027/450329/wonder-meet-the- author

Bellwork: September 1, 2016 Create a Z Chart for the AOW on the back of your annotated AOW. This is due tomorrow, but if you finish, turn it in today.

Complete the inference sheet while you read All Summer in a Day. You will read All Summer in a Day with a partner.

Create a theme for the story: All Summer in a Day Exit Ticket:

Bellwork: September 2, 2016 Turn in your AOW and Reading Log. Turn in a pink slip if you do not have them. Have out a book to read.

Vocabulary Lesson Have out a sheet of paper. We will be making word maps for the vocabulary words. We are going to work on this lesson together. Please follow along!

Choose 1 of the vocabulary words and use it in a new sentence. Exit Ticket: