WHAT WE DID: 8/31

• ENGLISH 7, ENGLISH 8, & HONORS ENGLISH 8

  • Working in small groups, students answered DOK Level 3 & 4 questions about AoW: “Slumber by the Numbers.”
  • Text tags, commentary, annotation, and answers to questions due on Friday, June 2, if not finished in class

 

WHAT WE DID: 8/30

• SEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH

  • Students turned in HRL #1
  • HRL #2 due Tuesday, June 6th
  • Literary Terms continued: characterization; conflict: internal & external; resolution; exposition; rising action; climax; denouement
• HOMEWORK: Annotation/commentary for AoW #2 due Wednesday, August 31st

 

• ENGLISH 8 & HONORS ENGLISH 8

  • Students turned in HRL #1
  • HRL #2 due Tuesday, June 6th
  • Literary Terms continued: characterization; conflict: internal & external; resolution; exposition; rising action; climax; denouement
•  HOMEWORK: Annotation/commentary for AoW #2 due Wednesday, August 31st

 

LITERARY TERMS 8/29

WHAT WE DID: 8/29

• ENGLISH 7

  • Turn in any late work such as “By the Numbers” and Article of the Week: “Are You a Loser?”
  • Note taking on Literary Terms: Setting & Characterization
  • Begin annotation and commentary on AoW: “Slumber by the Numbers” due Wednesday, August 31st
• HOMEWORK
  • Home Reading Log due Tuesday, August 30th

 

• ENGLISH 8

  • Turn in any late work such as “Scholarly Habits” and Article of the Week: “Are You a Loser?”
  • Note taking on Literary Terms: Setting & Characterization
  • Begin annotation and commentary on AoW: “Slumber by the Numbers” due Wednesday, August 31st
•  HOMEWORK
  • Home Reading Log due Tuesday, August 30th

 

• HONORS ENGLISH 8

  • Turn in any late work such as “Scholarly Habits” and Article of the Week: “Are You a Loser?”
  • Note taking on Literary Terms: Setting & Characterization
  • Analyze characterization from Honey
  • Begin annotation and commentary on AoW: “Slumber by the Numbers” due Wednesday, August 31st
• HOMEWORK
  • Home Reading Log due Tuesday, August 30th

 

CHECK IT OUT!

August 29 is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 124 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).Interesting facts about August 29th:

• • 708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time
  • 1475 – The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between the kingdoms of France and England.
  • 1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
  •  Rugby league is founded by 22 clubs at a meeting in the George Hotel, Huddersfield.

 

 

POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR 8/29 – 9/2

 

WHAT WE DID: 8/26

• ENGLISH 7
  • Students turned in “By the Numbers”
  • Small group/Whole class discussion of Article of the Week: Are You a Loser?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.8
Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.

• ENGLISH 8 & HONORS ENGLISH 8
  • Students turned in “Scholarly Habits” strengths and areas to improve
  • Small group/Whole class discussion of Article of the Week: Are You a Loser?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.3
Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.6
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.

• AUGUST 29th – SEPTEMBER 2nd: ANTI-BULLYING WEEK

  • Monday “Put a CAP on Bullying”
    • Wear your favorite hat to school
  • Tuesday “Team Up Against Bullying”
    • Represent your favorite team
  • Wednesday “White Out/Black Out Bullying”
    • Wear black or white
    • Rally at 7:30 a.m. in front of the school
  • Thursday “Block Out Bullying”
    • Wear your sunglasses to school
  • Friday “SMS Against Bullying”
    • SMS spirit gear or green & yellow

 

WHAT WE DID: 8/25

• ENGLISH 7, ENGLISH 8, & HONORS ENGLISH 8
  • Working in small groups, students answered the questions for the AoW. This assignment is homework if not completed in class. Due Friday, August 26th.

Coming soon…Home Reading Logs due Tuesday, August 30th.

 

WARZY REVIEW

• ENGLISH 7 – HERE IS A LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS YOU ARE TO HAVE COMPLETED BY FRIDAY:
  • Complete “By the Numbers”
  • Send me an email and ask your parent/guardian to do the same (include your name and your parent/guardian’s name)
  • Sign up for REMIND101 text 81010  @kwarzy
  • Follow warzyblog.wordpress.com
  • Read, annotate, and add commentary to the Article of the Week; answer the questions with your table group.
  • Independent Reading/Home Reading Log due 8/30
• ENGLISH 8 & HONORS ENGLISH 8 – HERE IS A LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS YOU ARE TO HAVE COMPLETED BY FRIDAY:
  • Complete “Scholarly Habits”
• • Friendly Letter
  • Send me an email and ask your parent/guardian to do the same (include your name and your parent/guardian’s name)
  • Sign up for REMIND101 text 81010  @kwarzy
  • Follow warzyblog.wordpress.com
  • Read, annotate, and add commentary to the Article of the Week; answer the questions with your table group.
  • Independent Reading/Home Reading Log due 8/30

 

 

WHAT WE DID: 8/24

• ENGLISH 7
  • Students turned in the “By the Numbers” activity
  • Explanation of “Text Tags”
  • Teacher modeled how to use Text Tags with Article of the Week (AoW)

• HOMEWORK:
  • Students are to complete annotating and making commentary on the AoW: “Are You A Loser?” Come to class on Thursday, prepared to answer questions in small groups.
  • Continue reading and filling out HRL due Tuesday, August 30th

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.1
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.2
Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

•  ENGLISH 8 & HONORS ENGLISH 8
  • Explanation of “Text Tags”
  • Teacher modeled how to use Text Tags with Article of the Week (AoW)
  • Students continue to work on their “Scholarly Habits”

• HOMEWORK:
  • Students are to complete annotating and making commentary on the AoW: “Are You A Loser?” Come to class on Thursday, prepared to answer questions in small groups.
  • Continue reading and filling out HRL due Tuesday, August 30th

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.2
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

 

 

 

WHAT WE DID: 8/23

• SEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH 
  • Introduction to Home Reading Log due Tuesday, August 30th
    • Common Core State Standard (CCSS) RL 7.6
  • Introduction to Books Read Record – ongoing
  • Worked on “By the Numbers” due Wednesday if not completed today

 

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

 

• ENGLISH 8 & HONORS ENGLISH 8
  • Introduction to Home Reading Log due Tuesday, August 30th
    • Common Core State Standard (CCSS) RL 8.6
  • Introduction to Books Read Record – ongoing
  • Scholarly Habits visual due at the end of the period on Wednesday, August 24th

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COMING SOON…

• TEXT TAGS, ANNOTATION, AND COMMENTARY BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24TH

• ARTICLE OF THE WEEK BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24TH