Agenda for the week of August 31st-September 4th Remember, you are responsible for ALL of this work, even if you are absent.

Monday, August 31, 2015 “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” ~Jim Ryun

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Monday, August 31, 2015 Label your page like this: Line 1: your name Line 2: the date Line 3: Journal entry # 1 Line 4: The prompt: After watching the video, in your journal, explain how the message from the video will help you to get and stay motivated this school year. Be SPECIFIC! Remember to use the writing non-negotiables posted above the team schedule.

Monday, August 31, 2015 After you have complete your journal entry, please put your journal back in the crate and pick up your IN. We are going to check in/check out books in the Media Center for 15 minutes. Make your selections quickly. Remember, no talking in the hallways.

Monday, August 31, 2015  As we return to the classroom, please begin copying your new vocabulary words.  Remember to use the following format:

Vocabulary II—Root Words I skip 2 lines between each word Words: 1.bene/bon 2.mal 3.dys 4.benefit 5.benevolent Definitions: 1. good, well 2.bad, wretched 3.Bad, ill 4. A good or helpful result or effect 5. Kind and generous; organized to do good things for people.

Vocabulary II—Root Words I skip 2 lines between each word Words: 6. Benign 7. bona fide 8. Malice 9. malign Definitions: 6. Not causing harm or damage; mild, gentle, or pleasant 7. Real or genuine; made or done in an honest and sincere way 8. A desire to cause harm to another person 9. to say bad things about someone or something publicly; to criticize harshly or unfairly

Vocabulary II—Root Words I skip 2 lines between each word Words: 10. Malcontent 11. Malfunction 12. dysfunction Definitions: 10. a person who is always or often unhappy or angry about something 11. to fail to function or work properly 12. having poor or unhealthy behaviors and attitudes within a group of people; unable to function normally

Vocabulary II—Root Words I skip 2 lines between each word Words: 13. dysentery Definitions: 13. a serious disease that causes severe diarrhea and a loss of blood

Homework for Monday, August 31, 2015 For homework, under each vocabulary word, write a sentence using that word. The sentence must make sense. Study your words; here is the new Quizlet link: words-1-flash-cards/ words-1-flash-cards/

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Agenda for today: 1 st : Library time (15 minutes) 2 nd : pronoun notes & activity—finish for homework if you do not finish in class. (15 minutes) 3 rd : return paragraphs with body biographies and feedback (5 minutes) 4 th : Use my comments to work on your paragraphs. (20 minutes) 5 th : Look at my example, on the next slide, of my paragraphs to help guide you.

Example of paragraph on Vinny-original paragraph-student example Vinny is a very ferful 15 year old boy. According to the text, “He was too numb now, too caught up in the insane thing he was about to do.” (page 10 lines ) He was also very worried about his friends. “She has now fear. Vinny thought, no fear at all. Please, please, please, Starlene. I don’t want to see you die.” (page 7, line 157). Also, he is scared of heights. “He couldn’t imagine what it must feel like to be up there, especially if you were afraid of hieghts, like he was.” (page 7, lines ).

Revised and Edited Paragraphs on Vinny Vinny is a fifteen year old boy Hawaiian boy who is full of fear and anxiety. He is at the ravine where a fourteen year old boy disappeared fifteen days ago. Vinny is not supposed to be at the ravine. His mother forbade him from going. According to the text his mother said, “Vinny, listen to me. Don’t go there. That pond is haunted” ( p. 7, lines ). Vinny kept thinking about the danger and mystery surround the missing boy and his mother’s adamant request to stay away. He knew he should not be there, but his friends kept encouraging, and sometimes taunting, him, especially Joe-Boy and Starlene. They said, “Come with us anyway. You let your mommy run your life”(page 7, lines ). Although, Vinny knows he should resist their peer pressure, he follows his friends. As Starlene goes to the top of the ravine and prepares to dive into the pond below, Vinny’s fear becomes palpable. The author states that Vinny thinks to himself, “She has no fear, no fear at all. Please, please, please, Starlene. I don’t want to see you die” (page 7, line 157). Vinny is a good and loyal friend. He doesn’t want to abandon his friends even though he knows that none of them should be there.

While Vinny continues to climb the ravine, despite his fear of death, his mother, and heights, he can’t help but wonder what the dead boy thought and felt. Vinny is a compassionate teenagerAccording to the text he wondered, “Had the dead boy felt this way? Or had he felt brave, like Starlene and Joe-Boy or Mo, who seemed to feel nothing” (page 10, lines )? The further Vinny propelled himself upward, he more his fear grew. Vinny’s salvation came in the form of a “voice, small and distant. Something inside him, a tiny voice pleading, Don’t do it. Walk away. Just turn and walk back down” (page 11, lines ). Vinny learned that still, small, distant voice was his own courage telling him that he was brave. That courage allowed Vinny to simply walk down that ravine despite the hackling and taunting that his friends were sure to send his way toward his future.

In that moment, Vinny’s peace is present. He even sees the ravine and land around it through new eyes. The text states, “He’d never seen anything so beautiful in all his life” (p. 12, line 339). Vinny’s fear is replaced with courage, bravery, peace, and confidence.

Example of paragraph on Joe-Boy: student example Joe-Boy is a self assured 15 year old boy. “Hey Vinny, watch how a man does it.” (p. 8, lines ) He also has a girlfriend, Starlene. “Vinny started to swim out toward Joe-boy, but stopped when he saw Starlene put her arms around Joe-boy and kiss him.” (p 6, lines ) He is also mean to Cinny sometimes. “You goin’ to let your mommy run your life, or what (p 7, line 124). Joe-boy is not a good friend all of the time.” You prob’ly stepping right where his foot was.”(page 4, line 20).

Homework:  Study your vocabulary words—test Friday, 9/4  Continue revising your paragraphs—Final draft is due on Friday, 9/4.  Bring a RED ink pen to class for the rest of the week.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Agenda for today: 1 st : warm-up: vocabulary word review (5minutes) 2 nd : pronoun notes & activity—finish for homework if you do not finish in class. (15 minutes). This will get glued in the IN. The title page is Grammar Lesson # 5 Pronouns and update your TOC. 3 rd : Let’s see how you do on this revision of the Joe-Boy paragraph. Did you find and fix all of the mistakes? (Whole class assignment- 15 minutes). This is Grammar Lesson # 6 –Writer’s Workshop in your IN. 4 th : Continue with your revisions. (Individual assignment-25 minutes)

Revision? The next slide contains a paragraph that needs revisions. Can you find the mistakes? When you do, rewrite the paragraph with corrections. The handout goes on the right side of your IN and the revised one goes on the left side.

Interactive Notebook: Title of Page: Grammar Lesson # 6: Writer’s workshop Glue the handout to the right side of your notebook. Make your revisions on the left side of the IN.

Homework: Study for root words test on Friday, 9/4/15 Finish revising paragraphs

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Grab your journals from the crate and write the following: (10 minutes) Line 1: Name Line 2: Date Line 3: Journal Entry # 2 Line 4: Prompt: In your journal, explain how you have improved as a writer through the revision and editing process. Remember to use the writing non-negotiables.

Classwork: 1.Put your journals in the crate and get your IN’s. 2.Peer-review editing of your essays 3.I will put you in pairs. You will read and edit one another’s essays checking for mistakes and content.

Homework for 9/3/15 Put the finishing touches on your paragraphs. Make sure they are written legibly or typed. No grammar mistakes!! Study for your Root Words Test tomorrow, 9/4/15.

Friday, September 4, 2015

Agenda for Friday, September 4, 2015 Test Prep-(5 minutes to study) Test Read your library book Have a great, L------O------N G weekend!!!!