Digital Agenda: Thursday, 8/29 and Friday, 8/30!

Do Now (10 mins):
First, copy your homework in your Agenda:

1. Finish reading "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" from your packet.  Highlight clues that help your make a connection to the historical context.
2. Write sentences for words #11-20 on a piece of binder paper.
3.  Write back to your PenPal.  Answer their questions.  Tell them:
- about the story we're reading
-what you want to be when you grow up and why
-ask them what they want to be and why

Next, copy each sentence.  Write the meaning of the underlined foreign word on page 9L of your Interactive Notebook.  Use the words in the sentence as clues...

1. The apology was a mea culpa statement.
2. The Student Handbook in the Agenda has ACOMA's modus operandi.

On the left side of your desk, make a pile of  your open Agenda and homework.  I will check this while you are writing.

Objectives:  Students will...

-analyze the effect of the qualities of the character on the plot and the resolution by identifying direct and indirect characterization on a graphic organizer while reading.

-assess the main idea of a reading passage and make connections between 2 or more texts by summarizing in their own words.

-use story clues to make inferences about text.

Standards:

Reading 2.3 Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level- Appropriate Text: Connect and clarify main ideas by identifying their relationships to other sources and related topics.

Reading 2.4 Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level- Appropriate Text: Clarify an understanding of texts by creating outlines, logical notes, summaries or reports.

Reading 3.2 Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Analyze the effect of the qualities of the character (e.g., courage or cowardice, ambition or laziness) on the plot and the resolution of the conflict.

Whole Class (20 minutes):

Finish vocabulary notes

Read Historical Context of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Watch this video for additional images from this time period:

Collaborative Station (45 mins):

Small Group reading of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" excerpt

Pause to highlight and annotate making inference questions.

Independent (45 mins):

1. First, finish yesterday's quiz.  If you finished yesterday, skip to step #11.
2. Click here to find your test keys http://www.odonovanacademy.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=327312&type=u&pREC_ID=444254  
3. Click on the document that says "Reading 3.1 Online Test Keys"
4. Find you name
5. Click on the box with your code
6. Press Command C to copy it
7. When you finish, follow this link to DataDirector to take you quiz  https://www98.achievedata.com/zoom/?OnlineTestStudentLogin
8. Click the box and press Command V to paste it in
9. Begin the quiz
10. Once you're finished, record your score for Reading 3.5 on your tracker
11. Go to teenbiz3000.com
12. Your new username is the first letter of your first name, your last name, and your ID number with no spaces.
13. Your password is the 5 digit number from your Agenda
14. Example-       username: khansen16579           password: 16579
15. Choose English and Literacy from the dropdown menu
16. Click on "Start Lesson"
17. Vote in the "Before Reading Poll" and explain your choice in a complete sentence
18. Read and listen to all vocabulary words, then close that window
19. Read and listen to the article using your headphones.
20. Click "Next" and complete the activity
21. Vote in the "After Reading Poll" and look at the results
22. Click "Next" and complete the thought question, be sure to use evidence to prove your ideas.
23. If you finish early, practice your foreign words at http://quizlet.com/25178014/foreign-words-flash-cards/.

Exit Slip (5 mins):

Write an inference about this sentence: Mayra is in Ms. Mikesell's Honors English class.

What can you infer, based on what you know?