1. August 31 , 2018
Copy the agenda – Put everything but your binder in the basket or under the basket.
1. Bell ringer – List the order of the 5 sentences in a 5 sentence paragraph.
When your desk is clear, you will get a computer with your number on it.
In the address bar at the very top of your computer, type gospiral.ac , and then use the code GPNUP

2. August 30th , 2018
Copy the agenda – No Bell Ringer Today
Pull your desks away from each other.
1. Please get out a pencil and a highlighter.
Put everything in the basket or under your basket. Put water bottles and pencil pouches on floor.
When your desk is clear, you will get a scantron/answer document. Write on side 1 – Unit 1 Test 1 for subject. Write your number large under the blue score box in the upper right hand corner like you did last time.
Do not highlight until you have checked all your answers. There are 40 items.
You must highlight before you get out of your seat to go and turn your paper into the drawer. Once you have left your seat, you may not return to your seat with your answer document.
When you finish, you will place your test on the table in numerical order, and you will place your highlighted answer form in the drawer in numerical order. You may read or study quietly if you have time.

3. August 29th , 2018
Copy the agenda – Test on August 30th, No Bell Ringer Today
Test – Know figurative language, writing point of view, “The Scholarship Jacket,” 5 sentence paragraph format, and evidence citation. We will continue to cover paragraph format and evidence citation today, Monday, and Tuesday.
1. Please get out your name plate, and place it on your desk so that I can see your name.
Put everything but your study guide in the basket or under the basket including water bottles before you get a laptop with your number and log on. #5 will use #30 computer. Choose the chrome browser, go to the blog, check your answers on your study guide, and then follow the directions for the review games.
You must use your real first and last name that you go by to participate in our review games here and at home. Anyone who does not will be disqualified from winning candy and tickets.
“The Scholarship Jacket” Code 589909
Academic writing Code 367297
Point of View Code 620122
Figurative language Code 802267

4. August 28th , 2018
Copy the agenda – Test on August 30th, 2018
Test – Know figurative language, writing point of view, “The Scholarship Jacket,” 5 sentence paragraph format, and evidence citation. We will continue to cover paragraph format and evidence citation today, Monday, and Tuesday. We will review for the test on Wednesday.
1. Please get out your name plate, and place it on your desk so that I can see your name.
Put everything but your binder in the basket or under the basket. Turn your agenda to the blue page, and place it on top of your books.
3. Get out your homework and label it, so it is ready to turn in when I call your number.
Bell Ringer: What five things do you always avoid in academic writing?

5. Today’s Task Those were the days of belief and innocence.
Correctly include everything you need in your topic sentence.
#1 Topic Sentence- In “The Scholarship Jacket” the author Salinas uses a question and statement to show us how innocent she is as an eighth grader.
2. Find two pieces of meaningful evidence to support your T.S. – You do NOT need to write a lead in for the evidence.
3. Cite each piece of evidence correctly Example
Those were the days of belief and innocence.
“Those were the days of belief and innocence ”(Salinas 16).
He turned to me and asked quietly, “What does a scholarship jacket mean?”
“He turned to me and asked quietly, ‘What does a scholarship jacket mean?’” ( Salinas 16).
I put the entire passage in quotation marks and changed the dialogue quotation marks to 1 instead of 2.
Pencil or Ball point blue/black ONLY
This will be a classwork assignment = 45%
You must complete this during the class period.

6. August 27th , 2018
Copy the agenda – Test on August 30th, 2018
Figurative language, writing point of view, “The Scholarship Jacket,” 5 sentence paragraph format, and evidence citation. We will continue to cover paragraph format and evidence citation today, Monday, and Tuesday. We will review for the test on Wednesday.
Please get out your name plate, and place it on your desk so that I can see your name.
Put everything but your binder in the basket or under the basket. Turn your agenda to the blue page, and place it on top of your books.
Bell Ringer: What do you always introduce in your topic sentence?
Task – We are finishing Notes for the 5 sentence paragraph in Notes and Keepers
5 sentence paragraph power point, and completing questions on “The Scholarship Jacket.”

7. Notes for Questions on “The Scholarship Jacket”
An inference is making logical guesses about things that are not stated directly in your reading.
An inference is based on the details in what read and your own knowledge and experiences.
When a story is told from the first person POV, the narrator is a character in the story. The narrator/character tells the story using first pronouns an tells the story as he or she experiences it.
notice how the information you receive is limited to what the one character sees, hears, thinks, and feels.

8. Notes for Questions on “The Scholarship Jacket”
Evidence copied word for word from the text with quotes around it.
Page # and author’s last name in parenthesis (#). No comma between the last name and number of the page.
Note: period after the parenthesis – take the period at the end of the sentence out, and put it at the end of the parenthesis.
Example: The sentence below was written in the text with no quotes.
“Those were the days of belief and innocence ”(Salinas 16).

9. Answers Restate the question as part of the answer:
Example – What is one reason the scholarship jacket is important to the narrator?
Answer – One reason the scholarship jacket is important to the narrator is ___________________
NON Example: It is important because
Never start your answer with a pronoun.