Digital Agenda: Thursday, 12/5 and Friday, 12/6!

Do Now (10 mins):

First, copy your homework in your Agenda:

1. Finish iPad persuasive essay (Advisory).

2. Type paragraphs 1-4 on Google Docs

Write the sentence and answer on p. 50L of your Interactive Notebook.  Explain how you figured out which homophone to include in your answer.  Fill in each sentence with sent/cent/scent.

1. The woman was confident and made eye-contact with her audience. The connotation of confident in the sentence is _________ because__________________________________.
2. The woman was arrogant and made eye-contact with her audience.   The connotation of arrogant in the sentence is _________ because__________________________.

Objectives:

Students will...

1.  Students will support a claim with evidence as the conclusion paragraph of their persuasive essay on the topic of cell phone use .

2.  students will describe the connotation of a word using context with 75% accuracy on the Do Now.

Standards

Reading: Literature.6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choice on meaning and tone.

Reading: Informational Text.6.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

Writing.6.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. 

Whole Class:

How to Peer Edit

-Get the blastla address of someone in your station and give them yours

-Open your document and click Share

-Type their address in the box at the bottom

-Click Save and Share

-Open their document under "Shared with Me"

-Every time you see a mistake, highlight it and add a comment explaining what type of mistake it is (spelling, punctuation, doesn't make sense, add more)

Direct Station:

Students will support a claim with evidence as the conclusion paragraph of their persuasive essay on the topic of cell phone use at Direct Station.

Writing 
Finishing the iPad Persuasive essay

Exit Ticket: Rough draft of 5 paragraph essay

Independent:

Writing.6.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. 

1. 
   

   1. Go to odonovanacademy.org and Ms. Hansen's page to get the Test Keys
   2. Find your test key on the Excel document and click Command C to copy, then Command V to paste
   3. Next, take the Benchmark Pre-Test by clicking https://www98.achievedata.com/zoom/?OnlineTestStudentLogin
   4. Do your very best on each question!

   
   Follow this link to Google Drive https://drive.google.com
2. Get the blastla address of someone in your station and give them yours

   -Open your document and click Share

   -Type their address in the box at the bottom

   -Click Save and Share

   -Open their document under "Shared with Me"

   -Every time you see a mistake, highlight it and add a comment explaining what type of mistake it is (spelling, punctuation, doesn't make sense, add more)
3. Correct any errors your Peer Editing partner found
4. If you finish early, follow this link to teenbiz3000.com
5. Type your username and password
6. Start the 5 step lesson for the daily article
7. Read & Listen to the Vocabulary
8. As you read each paragraph, STOP and fill in at least 1 sentence in the SETTING THE PURPOSE box.  This WILL be copy and pasted into your Thought Question, and will be graded.
9. When you do the ACTIVITY, refer back to the article for answers by opening it in a side-by-side screen.
10. On the Thought Question, remember to click on "Include in Your Answer" so you can get a 3 or 4 score.
11. If you finish early, do the Stretch Article and Activities!

Exit Ticket:  

Your typed conclusion paragraph.