MONDAY 07-12-2021 What is Active Reading?
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Check your Gmail now.
2. Click her to go to the class blog: johndegrandis4.blogspot.com and start your Do Now.
DO NOW
I understand how to use the Active Reading Strategy to make me a better reader forever!
MINI-LESSON: What are Active Reading and METACOGNITION?
Start a New Entry Title: Active Reading: A Metacognitive Thing
Be ready to take some notes on this presentation.
What is Active Reading and How Do I Do It?
Read over this presentation to understand how to use active reading to improve your reading comprehension skills.
WORK TIME DIRECTIONS
Open the short story, Checkouts by Cynthia Rylant.
Mr. DeGrandis will model how to actively read using the short story, Checkouts by Cynthia Rylant and an Active Reading Worksheet. This assignment is NOT in Google Classroom.
ASSESSMENT
1. Complete Assignment 13.0 and Turn it In by the end of the period. You will have until the end of the period to complete this assignment.
2. Bring in a book to read for tomorrow. If you don't have one, Mr. DeGrandis will give you a book to read. Let's hope you like it!
TUESDAY 07-13-2021 Assessment: Practice Active Reading Poetry and TREAT
GRADES
1. Do not give up! You can still do well and pass!
2. If you need to, get some work done at home!
3. If you need help, please let me know!
4. Suggestions
A. Do all the work assigned.
B. Participate! Participate! Participate!
Period 1
Period 2
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Good morning students! It is a
wonderful Tuesday morning. Please make sure that you are doing your part in
getting to class on time and participating in class. Please come in to each
class with a positive attitude and ready to work towards your goal. There are
now less than five weeks until this program is completed and you are so close
to obtaining your high school credits that you will have earned. Have a great
day.
DO NOW Go to THIS SITE and practice identifying sentence fragments until Mr. DeGrandis starts class. Be sure to click on GET AN EXPLANATION so you learn why you were correct or incorrect. There are only 20 questions.
LEARNING TARGETS
I can practice actively reading using an article about the San Joaquin Valley and write a TREAT essay about it.
MINI-LESSON
1. Finish yesterday's lesson on Active Reading. Then...
2. Watch this video about the San Joaquin Valley in Southern California.
WORK TIME 1. Complete the practice active reading assignment on Charles, a short story by Shirley Jackson - Assignment 13.0 - in Google Classroom as a class.
2. Then, open Assignment 14.0. This is the text you will use for Assignment 14.1. Due by end of this period.
3. Then, complete the Active Reading Worksheet in Google Classroom - 14.1 The San Joaquin Valley Active Reading Assignment for a grade.
ASSESSMENTS
Turn in Assignment 13.0 by end of class today.
Assignment 14.1 will be due tomorrow by then end of class.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY 07-14 and 15-2021 Writer's Workshop
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Good morning students. Today is Good morning, today is Thursday, July 15th. Please make sure that you are eating breakfast and lunch. Remember, food is what fuels your body and mind. Also, transportation is just about fixed, there may be still an issue or two, but as of now, everyone that wants a bus and has asked, has now received a bus. If you still are having any transportation issues, please let your teacher know or stop in to the library. Enjoy this wonderful day.
GRADES
Mid-marks are coming up next week! Are you Passing?
1. Assignments - All assignment completed and on time.
2. Effort - Assignments are done to the best of your ability and are of the highest quality you can manage.
3. Participation - You always follow teacher directives. You are always polite and respectful. You are on time to class every day. Your have 100% attendance.
In order to pass this course, you must be demonstrating all three of these aspects during Summer School.
Grades will be done updated next week end of day Friday.
DO NOW - Topic Sentence... red
- Reason Sentence...purple
- Evidence (3x)... blue
- Analysis (3x)... yellow
- Transition Out... green
Lovin' the Valley
Andrea Friaz-Gallarda illustrates a great love for both her family and the San Joaquin Valley that runs throughout her essay, titled, The San Joaquin Valley. This is because she finds beauty in the land and her family. For example, she states, “The sounds of people laughing and talking, food frying, shrieking toddlers, and Street Fighter mingle throughout the house. It’s a makeshift house that is just right for our large family.” (Friaz-Gallardo, 62-63) This proves Andrea loves her family because she is using imagery to describe what it is like to be with her family at her grandma’s house - all the sounds of a big hectic family. Another example is given when she says, “My sister and I always complain about how we’re going to be bored there and how we hate to baby-sit our little cousins, but that’s just pretend. They’re all so cute.” (Friaz-Gallardo, 60) This quote proves Andre's love for the valley because she talks about how she has to watch her little cousins, and even though she pretends that she doesn’t want to watch them, she really doesn’t mind, because she loves her cousins. Lastly, this example illustrates her deep love of the valley when she says, “Here in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, the part that no one sees when they pass. A place filled with wonderful people, culture, and most important, my family.” (Friaz-Gallardo, 63) This proves she loves it because Andrea expresses her love for both her family and the San Joaquin Valley so deeply. Overall, the unbreakable love that Andrea has for the San Joaquin Valley, and for her family, is evident throughout the text. |
LEARNING TARGETS
I can review my knowledge and understanding of Active Reading and Writing a TREAT essay.
MINI-LESSON
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Title
Author
Genre
WORK TIME Catch up day for everything Summer School!
ASSESSMENT
Turn in all completed work.
FRIDAY 07-16-201 Independent Reading Time
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
DO NOW None
LEARNING TARGETS
I can improve my reading comprehension by using the active reading method on a novel of my choice.
MINI-LESSON
1. How to complete a vocabulary word entry.
2. Vocabulary Word activity.
3. Begin the novel, Swallowing Stones.
WORK TIME Vocabulary Words for the novel...
1. manslaughter
2. involuntary manslaughter
3. impede
5. trajectory
6. obstinate
7. sullenness
9. inevitable
10. accessory
DIRECTIONS
1. Open you digital notebook.
2. Create 8 new pages.
3. Complete 2 new words with a partner.
4. Show Mr. DeGrandis your completed work.
5. Share your two words with the class.
6 Share out at the end of the period.
Begin reading the novel Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald.
Check Out these Statistics on Accidental Gun Shootings...
- Thus far in 2020, there have been unintentional shootings by over 220 children. This has resulted in 92 deaths and 135 injuries.
- Deadly unintentional shootings were up 43% in March & April compared to the same months in the previous 2 years.
- Around 77% of accidental gun deaths happen in the home.
- From 2006-2016, almost 6,885 people in the U.S. died from unintentional shootings. In 2016 alone, there were 495 incidents of accidental firearm deaths.
- Accidental gun deaths occur mainly to those under 25 years old. In 2014, 2,549 children (age 0-19) died by gunshot and an additional 13,576 were injured.
- Adolescents are particularly susceptible to accidental shootings due to specific behavioral characteristics associated with adolescence, such as impulsivity, feelings of invincibility, and curiosity about firearms.
- The majority of people killed in firearm accidents are under age 24, and most of these young people are being shot by someone else, usually someone their own age. The shooter is typically a friend or family member, often an older brother. By contrast, older adults are at a far lower risk of accidental firearm death, and most often are shooting themselves. (source)
ASSESSMENT
Open an Active Reading Worksheet in order to begin our reading of the novel.
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