 Blizzard Activity Page - Review

2.1 Reading for All Purposes: Literary elements, characteristics, and ideas are interrelated and guide the comprehension of literary and fictional texts 2.2 Reading for All Purposes: Informational and persuasive texts are summarized and evaluated How do changes in the natural environment affect the activities and moods of people? SWBAT Show understanding of the main events in the novel LAWKI by reviewing the last chapters we have read and completing an open book quiz with 80% accuracy.

 Analystical – Analyzing, compare and contrast, evaluating and explaining  Research based thinking – review a variety of ideas and solutions to problems  Drawing conclusions/Justifying solutions  Cause and effect  Identifying relevant and irrelevant information  Generating ideas

 Warm-Up and Discuss  Introduce Standard, Objective, and Agenda for the day.  Lesson-  Open book quiz on chapters 6-8 in Life as We Knew It  When you finish the quiz, continue reading in the novel chapters 9 and 10  Quiz on Thursday! ◦ Book pages ◦ PDF pages

2.1 Reading for All Purposes: Literary elements, characteristics, and ideas are interrelated and guide the comprehension of literary and fictional texts 2.2 Reading for All Purposes: Informational and persuasive texts are summarized and evaluated How do changes in the natural environment affect the activities and moods of people? SWBAT Show understanding of the main events in the novel LAWKI by reviewing the last chapters we have read and completing an open book quiz with 80% accuracy.

 What page did you last read in the novel?  Which question was the hardest to answer on the quiz? Why was it so hard to answer? What could help you to be more successful with this question?

 Achieve 3000  Students with out computers will be working on print outs of an achieve 3000 article.

 Choose an image to sit by.  Look at the picture of the damage a tornado caused. Answer the questions on a separate piece of paper.  What damage do you see?  How does this affect their lives?  What are their current unmet needs?  What can you invent or what service could you provide that will help them right now?

 Look at the picture of the damage a tornado caused. Answer the questions on a separate piece of paper.  What damage do you see?  How does this affect their lives?  What are their current unmet needs?  What can you invent or what service could you provide that will help them right now?

4.1 Research and Reasoning: Answering a research question logically begins with obtaining and analyzing information from a variety of sources How can you solve the problem of unmet needs of people after a natural disaster with a new product or service? SWBAT Choose a natural disaster and describe the needs humans have based on its destruction. List one or more product or service they can invent to help the victims.

 Warm-Up and Discuss  Introduce Standard, Objective, and Agenda for the day.  Lesson:  Students choose between earthquake, volcanic eruption, or tsunami (events studied in science).  Find pictures on the web.  List needs humans have following the event.  List products or services they can invent to meet those needs.  This is a one day in class activity. You will save this at the end of the hour.  Continue quiz from yesterday or draw one invention and describe it.

 Students provide a clear explanation of the damage caused by the disaster, how it affects people right after the disaster, and what they could invent to help the people.

 Analytical – evaluate and explain information  Practical – apply what you know to real life scenarios  Creative – imagine and suppose  Research based – review a variety of ideas  Drawing conclusions  Predicting outcomes  Observing  Case and effect  Improving solutions  Generating ideas  Creating and Designing

 Share out on the board  VolcanoTsunamiEarthquake

 Compass Learning Math  - Students with out computers will share with someone who has one and all students will show work on notebook paper for credit!  Write down score on notebook paper so I can show Ms. Winters and Mrs. Modinger!

 List items you most often buy at the grocery store on weekly. Why do you get these items?  Milk  Eggs  Toaster strudels  Fruit  Cheese  Chips  Salsa

2.1 Reading for All Purposes: Literary elements, characteristics, and ideas are interrelated and guide the comprehension of literary and fictional texts 2.2 Reading for All Purposes: Informational and persuasive texts are summarized and evaluated How do people react when resources become very scarce? SWBAT Determine how limited resources affect the lives and choices of humans, by writing on an unmet needs sheet during reading today.

 Warm-Up and Discuss  Introduce Standard, Objective, and Agenda for the day.  Lesson:  Today we will have different things going on in the classroom. You must focus on your own work and be respectful of others.  Finish the quiz over chapters 6-8 from Tuesday.  Complete yesterday’s mini research project if you were not in class.  Read Chapters 9-10 and complete a timeline of important events to help you on the quiz tomorrow.

2.1 Reading for All Purposes: Literary elements, characteristics, and ideas are interrelated and guide the comprehension of literary and fictional texts 2.2 Reading for All Purposes: Informational and persuasive texts are summarized and evaluated How do people react when resources become very scarce? SWBAT Determine how limited resources affect the lives and choices of humans, by writing on an unmet needs sheet during reading today.

 DOK 2-3 when connecting evidence of unmet needs and the solutions to the problems.

 Evaluate and explain information  Apply to a real life situation  Imagine or create to problem solve  Solutions to problems  Cause and effect  Improving solutions  Identifying relevant and irrelevant information  Generating ideas  Creating  Justifying solutions

 Out of the following daily activities – which would you miss the most? Why?  Showering  Microwaving a snack  Watching TV  Being able to turn on the AC or Heat

 20 minutes of choice silent reading  Journal time afterwards  Earn 15 points for reading and journaling today!

 Journaling Time – 1 Great Paragraph!  Write Title, Author, Page numbers  Fiction – If you could trade places with the main character in your book would you? Name the main character and say why you would or would not.  Non-Fiction – What is one thing that you learned today? What page was it on? Why was it something useful to know? Explain how this could help you in the future.

 Quick discussion –  Which one school subject would you study if you had to pick. Why?

2.1 Reading for All Purposes: Literary elements, characteristics, and ideas are interrelated and guide the comprehension of literary and fictional texts Are we fearful of others by nature or do people make us fearful? SWBAT Take an open book quiz over chapters 9-10 and will show reading comprehension by scoring 2/3 or higher on this open book quiz!

 Warm-Up and Discuss  Introduce Standard, Objective, and Agenda for the day.  Lesson:  Open book quiz on chapters 9-10  At the end of the quiz, students have to write one DOK 2 level question about this section.  Listen to chapter 10 audio  Choose 1 event from this section to illustrate.  Listen to audio version while following in the novel  Pay attention to the rumors. Do you think they are true? Why or why not? How do you think they started? What could help people know exactly what is happening?

 DOK 2-3 questions on the quiz, when connecting evidence of Miranda’s actions or words and the clues given to the reader.  Students will score 2/3 or higher on this open book quiz!

 Evaluate and explain information  Imagine and suppose to ask the character a question  Draw conclusions and justify  Predict outcomes  Generate ideas  Identify relevant and irrelevant information

 Rumors often start from a hint of truth.  What is one rumor that you have heard mention of so far in the book?  Do you think they are true? Why or why not?  How do you think they started?  What could help people to know exactly what is happening?

 Achieve 3000  with at least three sentences  Try to get 80% or higher on the questions  Write a thoughtful answer with at least five complete sentences.  Answer the math question.  Read the stretch article and answer those questions.  Go to the Bonus article and complete those activities!