1. ESL 7 Quarter 2 Week 7 Dec. 16-20, 2013 Blue Days – 12/17 and 19/13
L. Nabulsi

2. Wiesbaden Middle School Vision Statement
The entire WMS community will provide a positive school climate through which all students can mature academically, socially, emotionally, and physically while developing a lifelong love of learning.

3. Wiesbaden Middle School Mission Statement
The entire WMS community strives to provide a positive school climate through which all students
can mature socially, academically, and physically, while developing a lifelong love of learning.

4. CSI GOALS
#1 All students will increase reading comprehension scores in analyzing text and reading/writing strategies.
#2 All students will increase scores in math computation, word problems, and problem solving.

5. Standards covered this week
7E1a.1: Identify and understand idioms and comparison (such as analogies, metaphors, and similes) in prose and poetry
7E1b.1: Understand and analyze the differences in structure and purpose between various categories of informational materials such as textbooks, newspapers, and instructional or technical manuals
7E1b.3: Analyze text that uses the cause-and-effect organizational pattern. For example: Use a comparison chart, such as a T-chart, to illustrate cause and effect in a newspaper article.

6. OVERVIEW OF WEEK 16
Correct this sentence: Ms. Gavriel said, “The art treasures and the building is unique Hector.” +2
Edit –it – None this week
Vocabulary – week 16
Grammar : Diagramming Compound and complex sentences
Idiom - “Split your sides laughing” laugh long and hard
Analogy: Bridge Type: Function
6) SUNSCREEN : SUNBURN
A) hope : tornado
B) vaccination : disease
C) carelessness : accident vocabulary
D) dream : sleep
In-class: Work on SPORTS page; begin sports page. See Google Aps: “How to research the Sports Page”’and “What is n the Sports Page?” TEST over newspaper vocabulary.

7. VOCABULARY 16 LANGUAGE ARTS MATH SOCIAL STUDIES SCIENCE
1. direct quote
1.staight angle
1.channel
1.homozygous
2. Paraphrase
2. Obtuse angle
2.cliff
2.hormone
3 plagiarism
3. complementary angle
3.continent
3.hot cell

8. DAILY LESSON PLANS

9. Lesson Plans for December 17, 2013
Take roll
Correct this sentence: The children learned skills such as lacing polishing and building
Vocabulary 16: Go to google aps to do this.
Remind students seventh reading log due Dec. 17; Reading log 8 due after break.
Grammar: Compound and complex sentences
Do Edit It: None
In Class: Write sports articles and research other items for the sports page. Come in seminar Wednesday and Friday to catch up on late work.I will stay after school every day to help.

10. What’s on the Sports Page
The sports page is a mini-paper havint all three types of articles:
News – current games played; may include box scores.
Features – articles about players, leagues, umpires, recurring events, sports equipment
Editorials – opinions about rule changes, controversial calls, hiring/firing of coaches, practices of teams or leagues, anything controversial. You can also write letters-to-the -editor.
Ads - generally aimed at a male reader (tires, cars, sports equipment)
Pictures- action shots are best.

11. How to Write a Sports News Article
Tell the teams playing and the outcome of the game, where it was played and an important play in the lead paragraph. who, what, when, where, how, why)
Follow with important details of the game; for example, each score, each defensive play that was unique or significant.

12. How to write a sports feature article
This is a descriptive article.
Focus on telling one idea about a person or event.
Give details that prove the idea you wish to prove about the person or event. For example, this coach is a winning coach. Tell of his victories. OR A player is an expert at a skill. Then tell how (s)he used this skill to succeed.
Conclude with what this person has added to the game.

13. How to write a sports editorial
Find s controversial subject (use of steroids, rule change, umpire decision, hiring/firing of coach or player)
State your opinion on the situation
Tell the present situation
What caused the situation
What is your solution
What is the arguments against your solution
Give a warning if your solution is not heeded.

14. Word list for test Thursday
Body of an article
Box
By-line
Date line
Feature
Headline
International news story
Layout
Lead paragraph
Letter to the Editor
Nameplate
National news story
News story
One-column headline
Political cartoon
Sports page
State/local news
Subhead
Syndicated editorial
Two column headline

15. Newspaper Vocabulary
Subhead    noun     1.  smaller print than a headline; appearing under the regular headline and also dividing a larger article into parts  2.  a one- or two-line heading used to divide sections of a story.  3.  also called a deck - a secondary headline which provides additional information about the story.
Syndicated editorial    noun     1.  an editorial written by a journalist in one city or for one news agency that is published in many newspapers  2.  an opinion published in many newspapers
Two column headline    noun    a headline that spans two columns wide
Body of an article    noun    The second plus paragraphs of a news article that expand on the who, what, when, where, how, and why.
Box   (boks) noun,verb    an outlined text area on the page of a newspaper 
Synonyms:  
case, carton, crate, package, camp, parcel, receptacle, caboose, hole, jam, container
By-line    noun     1.  author of the article  2.  Tells who wrote the story. Found under the headline of a story.  3.  Line identifying the writer of a newspaper or magazine article.

16. Newspaper Vocabulary (cont)
Date line    noun     1.  In journalism, no longer a date but the place the article occurred.  2.  The location of the article
Feature   (feechur) noun,verb     1.  A special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine.   "they ran a feature on retirement planning"  2.  a non-news article in a newspaper or magazine that describes, entertains or advertises an idea, person, place or thing. 
Synonyms:  
quality, face, property, point, attribute, characteristic, savor, trait on a page (also Dummy)
Lead paragraph    noun     1.  first sentence or paragraph of an article that tells who, what, when, where, how or why  2.  introduces a news article by answering who, what, when, where, why, and how
Letter to the Editor    noun    opinion written in a signed letter form sent to the editor of either a newspaper and magazine
Nameplate   (naymplayt) noun    a newspaper's name printed in special type on the front page. 
National news story    noun     1.  a news story that takes place within a particular country  2.  a story that takes place somewhere in America but not in the state in which the newspaper is published  3.  This story takes place in the United States.

17. Newspaper Vocabulary (cont)
News story    noun     1.  an event told objectively that has important in the world(international), country (nationally), or nearby area (state/local).  2.  an article that tells who, what, when, where, how and why and is devoid of opinion.  3.  an objective article written about an event or situation  4.  A story about a news event.
One-column headline    noun    a headline that spans the width of one column
Political cartoon    noun     1.  a comic that uses irony to make fun of a political situation in hopes of changing it  2.  An insightful message and caricature of a political person or group.  3.  A comic that makes a political statement  4.  a drawing that expresses a cartoonist's opinion about something  5.  a drawing that deals with political events in a funny way
Sports page    noun    a paper within a paper having news, features, and editorial articles dealing with sports
State/local news    noun    News that happens within the state, county or city in which the newspaper is published
Headline   (hEHdliin) noun,verb     1.  The heading or title of a newspaper article.    2.  the summary of the story in larger type that spans the column(s), which usually tells the who and the what of the event. It does not have to be a complete sentence.  3.  a line printed in large dark type at the top of a newspaper story that tells the story  4.  a large title that tells what the story or article is about
International news story    noun     1.  news story involving more than one nation  2.  if a student lives in the Unisted states, any news story taking place outside that country  3.  Story that takes place anywhere in the world outside of the United States.
Layout    noun     1.  A plan or design of something that is laid out.    2.  how the articles, pictures, and headlines are arranged on the page  3.  the position of stories, advertisements, photos and graphics

18. Lesson Plans December 19, 2013 Do Edit It - none Take roll.
Idiom - “Split your sides laughing” laugh long and hard
Analogy: Bridge Type: Type/Kind
7) ALUMINUM : METAL
A) limerick : poetry
B) mathematics : numbers
C) rain : season
D) water : thirst
Read: No Reading Log over the holidays unless you want one substituted for one not turned in
In Class: Finish sport page and PREZI. Take a test over newspaper vocabulary and start PREZI.

19. Writing an feature article. See google aps. What is on the Sports Page
Writing an feature article. See google aps. What is on the Sports Page. Take Cornell Notes and hand-in.

20. THE FEATURE PAGE

21. SPECIFIC ITEMS

22. Edit It
None this week.

23. Correct this sentence
Ms. Gavriel said, “The art treasures and the building is unique Hector.” +2.
Ms. Gabriel said, “The art treasures and the building are unique, Hector.’

24. Idiom
Idiom - - “Split your sides laughing” laugh long and hard

25. Analogy Analogy: Bridge Type: Function 6) SUNSCREEN : SUNBURN
A) hope : tornado
B) vaccination : disease
C) carelessness : accident vocabulary
D) dream : sleep

26. Grammar Write compound/complex sentences
Use the following coordinating conjunctions for compound sentences: FANBOYS,
And
But
For
Nor
Yet Or So

27. Punctuate compound sentences with coordinating conjunctions correctly
Punctuate compound sentences with coordinating conjunctions correctly.Three patterns in writing use coordinating conjunctions. Add commas when required.Pattern 1 — Connecting two main clausesWhen you connect two main clauses with a coordinating conjunction, use a comma. The pattern looks like this: main clause + , + coordinating conjunction + main clause. Here is an example: My dog sleeps on the couch, but my cat sleeps on my bed.

28. Use the following subordinatE conjunctions for complex sentences
after although as because before even if even though if in order that
once provided that rather than since so that than that though unless
until when whenever where whereas wherever whether while why
Some sentences are complex. Such sentences have two clauses, one main [or independent] and one subordinate [or dependent].
The essential ingredient in a complex sentence is the subordinate conjunction:

29. 1. Louisa will wash the sink full of her dirty dishes once her roommate Shane cleans his stubble and globs of shaving cream from the bathroom sink. 2. We looked on top of the refrigerator, where Jenny will often hide a bag of chocolate chip cookies. 3. Because her teeth were chattering in fear, Lynda clenched her jaw muscle while waiting for her turn to audition.

30. Diagramming Sentences
L. Nabulsi
COPY THE FOLLOWING NOTES IN
YOUR NOTEBOOK .

31. DIRECTIONS
Each class period, students will use the little white boards to
1)write the sentence
2) label each part of speech
3) put () around prepositional phrases
4) draw one line under the subject
5)draw two lines under the predicate verb
6) circle the DO
7) put a wavy line under the predicate noun ) put // lines under predicate adjectives ) diagram each word in the sentence
10) Write the correct information in the last pages of your vocabulary notebook working backwards

32. Types of Diagrams based on sentence pattern – You will do one a day
Tom runs. Try to diagram on your own.. Know the part of speech of every word.
The boys run fast.
The boy hit the ball.
That tall boy drove the new red car.
The girl in the blue dress wore a diamond necklace at the dance.
The team gave the coach flowers.
The sailor is my father.
The nurse is intelligent
The farmer painted his barn red,

33. S-V runs S V Tom – noun – proper noun is the subject
Runs – predicate verb – action verb
Tom
runs

34. Details About Reading Activities

35. Reading/Writing Activities for this week
Reading Log 7 – Due Dec 1
Read, write and organize news, editorial and feature articles. Continue to do these. Information is on Weebly (mrsnabulsi.weebly.com) and Google Aps.
News – international, national, local -pictures
Editorial – political cartoon, syndicated column, two letters to the editor, your own editorial about topic of choice, mast head
Features – puzzles, cartoons, articles about movies, movie stars, arts and crafts - pictures
Sports – news, stats, article about a player, sports editorial. Pictures
Read about the newspaper on Brain Pop and do all activities.
Examine editorials or editorial issues and write your own opinions.

36. Prior and “How To” Information

37. Sentence Patterns For Reference
S – V Subject - Verb
S – V – DO Subject – (action) Verb – Direct Object
S – V –I – DO Subject – (action) Verb – Indirect Obj – Direct Obj.
S – V – N Subject – (linking) Verb – Predicate noun (Nominative)
S – V -A Subject – (linking) Verb – Predicate Adjective
S –V–DO-C Subject – (action) Verb – DO – Complement-Modifier
Patrick sleeps in class. S – V (prepositional phrase)
Arthur talks constantly. S- V (adverb)
S AV DO S AV DO
Patrick plays soccer. Arthur goes camping.
S LV N LV A
Arthur is a scout and is awesome.
Patrick is a soccer player and is awesome.
Patrick kicked the soccer ball high.

38. News Article
Take index cards and begin taking notes on articles that took place on the day and year you were born. Find
1 international story
2 national stories (the country in which you were born)
1 local (state, province, prefecture)
Take notes by putting ideas in your own words.
Look for who, what, when, where, how and why. See later slides for details.

39. How to Write a News Article
First or Lead Sentence: Put who, what, when, where, how, why in one sentence.
Second sentence: Give more details about the who and what.
Third sentence: Give more details about the when and the where.
Fourth sentence: Give more details about the why and the how
Make a headline and subhead
Make a byline and dateline

40. Create Headlines for Your Articles
Use nouns and verbs primarily
Avoid a, an, the
Use the skeleton of the sentence
Sharks Beat Snakes
Make verbs interesting; use shift F7 to get synonyms
Sharks Defeat/Stomp/Drill/Bite/Devour/Attack/Swamp/
Snakes
Williams Wins Oscar
Williams Awarded/Tops/Triumphs/Covets/Takes
Use alliteration whenever possible:
Kennedy Cans Candidates
Stewart Slams Southerland

41. Reading for Editorials
- Editorials or opinion/arguments about the day you were born
SEARCH using the words “your date of birth Editorial” ( for example, “September 1, 2001 editorial”), or use the words “dateissues” or “dateproblems”. Read an editorial and summarize it in your own words. Make sure you document at the beginning of your article. Remember there are articles in gaggle about how to summarize. Put in ADB.
Political cartoon – Search New York Times. At NYT , click on - OPINION - . Put the year first and then political cartoon. When I just tried searching for a date and political cartoon at google, I got present day cartoons. Don’t go to images, they are present ones. Try this New York Times search engine. For example, search with date first again: “ 1999 political cartoon” got results too. Put in ADB.
I also went to with the date first and he had hundreds of political cartoons with exact dates. Ted Rall’s blog… but be careful. You might want to discuss these with your parents and look at these at home. Taro, remember you are searching things in Japan; others are searching issues in Germany, but David you were born in the states. However, any editorial can be about any issue anywhere in the world. You have to translate if you are reading issues in your native language.
Letter-to-the-editor – You can write this. Read about some of the issues that you understand or discuss with parents. Get their approval. Then you write your opinion about the issue. See instruction later in this PowerPoint. Put in ADB
Syndicated Columnist – any article from the NY times written by one of their editors or columnists would be good to put in your newspaper. Just always check the date. If it isn’t your birthday, the year you were born would be OK. Just know the issues at the time you were born. You can copy and paste this because you need just to have one written by another person. Place in ADB.

42. How to Write an Editorial Summary
When you read an editorial written by another person, highlight it and copy and paste it to a WORD document.
Make sure you have the name of the newspaper, title of the article, author, date, and url.
Follow the rules for writing a summary and write a summary of the article. Look at each paragraph and highlight the who, what, when, where, how, and why. Then write a sentence summary for each paragraph.
Remember the first sentence mentions the author, title and source of the article and a general sentence summarizing the main thesis of the article. Indicate if this person is for or against the topic.

43. How to Write a Letter to the Editor
Select a topic that was controversial at the time of your birth. Look up the year of your birth followed by controversial issues, or “1998 controversial issues”
Take a stand – For or against.
For example, issue - Should American companies be allowed to build businesses in foreign lands and hire only locals, not Americans.
Dear Editor:
First sentence: Begin with a question. How will American companies outsourcing jobs to other countries affect America’s long term employment rate? Is outsourcing good for America? Then state your opinion.
(cont).

44. How to Write a Letter to the Editor
Once you state your thesis (your opinion in the first paragraph), in the next paragraph explain the present situation at the time.
In the next paragraph, tell what caused the present situation. There might be more than one cause.
In the next paragraph, tell what the argument is for the problem or the argument against your solution.
In the next paragraph, give your solution for the situation.
In the last paragraph, give a warning. Begin with in conclusion.

45. Homework – if not finished in class
Place four items for the editorial page in the google aps. You have all written your usernames and passwords in your planners. If you don’t finish this work at school, work on it during seminar and at home.
Now that you know your google aps information, you need to put the national, international, and local news articles in google aps.
Look on Google aps for SMARTBOARD presentations under newspaper and the specific age.

46. How to Write a Feature Article (1)
Definition: a feature article is basically descriptive writing. The author describes an object, person, or event to show its importance and timeliness to the community.
Students only need to do one of these so they are encouraged to do the one that is most fun or on which they have the most information. This article does not have to be more than two paragraphs long. If the student just gets notes and does not have time to write the articles, then they just have notes. I really just want them to be researching information and getting ideas. List these ideas in a document and place that document in the Assignment Drop Box. I know this is difficult for you. Be strong.
Object: Select a building, painting, vase, skateboard, doll, new art equipment, saddle, etc. and describe its appearance, who made it, its function, its location and how it will be displayed or used. This could also be a new CD that might be released or a video game , system or other electronic devise that was going to be released. It could even be about a new discovery or a flower, exercise equipment, new medicine or old that still works, in other words, just about anything of importance at that particular time.

47. How to Write a Feature Article (2)
An event: The event could be a movie, movie premiere, art exhibit, opera, workshop, concert, speech, PTO meeting, bizarre, carnival, circus, graduation, riding lesson (Cheyenne, do something on how to ride a horse or groom a horse; Taro, how to write in kanji's; ) A feature article just lets the community know what events are coming up in the near future so people can plan to come. What singers might have been giving a concert near the time you were born. The event might relate to a holiday also or a seasonal activity like picking apples. Sometimes this is just a calendar of events. You could just list things that happened about the time you were born that aren’t considered news. This is the easiest and best thing to do. Place it in a text box.

48. How to Write a Feature Article (3)
A person: A feature article about a person is basically a biography of that person. Who was the rock star of that time? Find out information about that person. If you were born in an election year, do a feature article on the people running for office. Who won the Academy Awards or other awards that year? Write an article about that person.
A place: Travel information about your place of birth or your cultural background is perfect for the feature page. What was happening at Disney when you were born? Were there other amusement parks? Describe them. Was a new school , art museum, or church being built. What about a riding stable? All of you could give a simple lesson on how to count or something in your own language. David, you could give a Spanish lesson in an article or consider a travel article and talk about Madrid or the Prado Museum. I think your telling about places in Spain would be great even if you were born in California because the feature page includes travel information. Naomi, Vanessa, Cheyenne and Jamal, you too can tell of places to go in Germany or in Wiesbaden. You could also talk about German food and/or give a German lesson, but not over the same information. Communicate to make sure you each are doing something different. You can just give a recipe of your favorite food because this project is about you. Just do some research .

49. Fun Feature Articles
The feature page can also have any of the following:
Recipes about favorite foods of that time – Naomi and Vanessa, consider this one. German food recipes. Taro, tell something about a Japanese tea ceremony or how to make tempura or the value of miso soup. David, give a Spanish food recipe –. Jamal, what were skateboarders doing at this time? Doan article on skateboarding: a skateboarders' dictionary.
Arts and craft trends of the time or of the season
Comics
Crossword puzzles
Search-a-word (but have a theme)
Classified ads
Jumbled words
Church or religious services or events
Movie ads and theater ads
Pictures that have to do with the season

50. Template for Writing a Descriptive Paper
First sentence: Gain the attention of the reader. Be creative. Ask a question.
Second sentence: Identify the topic and where the object is or event takes place.
Give details and the importance of the topic.
Want to party with Mickey and Donald? A family summer trip to the Disney World in Orlando, Florida can be the best party week-end your family ever experienced. Not only does Disney World offer rides, parades, laser shows, and comfort food from every nation, but it also offers a behind the scenes party with Mickey himself. (Tell how and what it costs, etc)

51. The Sports Page
The sports page is a combination of the sections already written
Contents
One sports news article about a game on your birthday. REWRITE IN OWN WORDS
One sports editorial, which you can either copy/paste with documentation or write a letter-to-the –sports editor reacting to a sports rule.
One feature article about a sports figure important the year you were born. REWRITE IN OWN WORDS

52. How to Make a Text Box Click on INSERT.
A little more than halfway to the right, click on TEXT BOX.
You will have a choice:
For a calendar pick the ‘SIDEBAR” which is the third one.
For just highlighting an event, select the first one.
Click on the one you want and it will appear on your document with the text highlighted
Now a new toolbar appears for the textbox. You can
Change the color
Change the border
Create effects
As you start to type your information in the box, the information originally there will disappear.
Get the information in first
Remember to SAVE (featurespecificlast2)

53. How to Make a Timeline on Word
Open a blank WORD document
Go to INSERT
Click on SMART ART
A new window appears: click on PROCESS
New window: go to last item in the second line- basic timeline. Click
The template appears on your document. Begin to fill it in with information.
Try to place information with the date close to line, not on outside.
Save in your H-drive, ESL folder with page numberslastblock#

54. Accessing GOOGLE APS Go to GOOGLE CHROME
Use the URL – google.com/a/student.dodea.edu
3. Log in with username:
3. Each day: check the calendar (alert Mrs. N of any new assignments or tests) NOTE: THE DUE DATES FOR ALL FOUR READING LOGS THIS QUARTER ARE ON THE CALENDAR. Find them and place them in your planner.
4. Each day check the drive and ESL7 for help with your projects and PowerPoint for weekly lesson plans.
5. Do not use this time to change the background on your site or to other students or even chat. This time is for you to work collaboratively on assignments.
6. Go to DRIVE/SHARED WTH ME/ ESL7/ Reading log Q2; Print this and keep it.
Work on it every night and have parents sign it. PUT YOUR NAME of it.

55. How To Use the MLA Template
Download the MLA template in Google aps OR go to the student’s H-drive/ESL folder/MLA template
Open the template
Immediately save as to the H-drive, ESL folder naming the file with the name of the assignment and last and period. DO THIS. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. For example, editorial1last You will need four so give each a new number.
On the document, change the date and the title.
Begin on the line under the title, but make sure that this line is aligned left, not centered, and indented.
Center the Chapter #
Write the summary telling who, what, when, where, how, and why.
Save in the google aps and share with one student to grade and Mrs. Nabulsi..

56. How to make a SMARTBOARD quiz
1. Open SMART Notebook
2. Go to VIEW/Gallery
3. Click on Lesson Activity Toolkit
4. Look down and click on INTERACTIVE AND MULTIMEDIA
5. Scroll through selections and pick a game on which you can put at least six items, one for each of your words.
At the game, click on EDIT and place your information on the template
SAVE AS Q#W#voc#esl8last into your ESL folder and then in GALLERY
Open gaggle.net and place in Assignment Drop Box that correlates with the assignment.

57. How to Make a Timeline on Word
Open a blank WORD document
Go to INSERT
Click on SMART ART
A new window appears: click on PROCESS
New window: go to last item in the second line- basic timeline. Click
The template appears on your document. Begin to fill it in with information.
Try to place information with the date close to line, not on outside.
Save in your H-drive, ESL folder with page numberslastblock#
Save in the ADB in the appropriately named folder.

58. How to make a Prezi Go to Prezi.com
Create an account using you google student . This is free
Save to your h-drive but share with me at