Today we started class by answering a bell work question on your reading and discussing the end of "The Case of the Daily Telegraph." Afterwards we completed a quick worksheet on motivation, to help us to start thinking about the reasons that we do things. Afterwards, you took notes on the difference between motivation and motive and common motives that characters have for committing crimes in mysteries. We finished class by working on your motive interview sheet. Please complete both sides of this sheet for homework.
Today in class, we went over the pop-quiz from last class before getting into the lesson on Comparing Quantities.
Many students struggled with the pop quiz because they have NOT been doing their homework on a regular basis and have not been actively participating in their learning.
Today's Lesson:
Remember, you can only compare quantities of things that are the SAME! (apples to apples)
We also must make sure that the UNITS we are comparing are the same, and if they are not the same, convert the larger units into smaller units, THEN compare as a fraction, and convert to a percent.
For Homework:
Page 299
#1 (a-h)
Page 300
#2, #3, #4 (a-d)
Students will be completing IN CLASS summative concept maps this week. Attendance and focus is important.
Blocks G & C: Today we discussed the events so far in case #3 of Jack Lime. You worked in groups to sort through the information and analyze the suspects we've met so far. We then began to discuss the summative, which is to create a newspaper for the world of Jack Lime. To begin looking at the format of a newspaper, we will start discussing how to summarize events. You saw an example newspaper clipping that summarized an event. Your homework is to read to page 103 and bring in a newspaper clipping that tells about an event. You can bring in a clipping from a real newspaper, an online news website, or even a magazine.
Students have completed chapter five and the activities, including vocabulary. You may use this information for the quiz on chapter five. Be prepared as we will take this quiz Wednesday, Feb. 8. Be prepared with pencils, eraser and sharpener.
Today we continued to talk about Claim, Evidence, Reasoning for Pagea and plate movement. We will continue this next class. Students were given a blank world map and need to label the following as homework: ring of fire, evidence on Pangea (fossils, landforms, coal beds, glacial deposits).
Today we started class by answering a bell work question on your reading and discussing the end of "The Case of the Daily Telegraph." Afterwards we completed a quick worksheet on motivation, to help us to start thinking about the reasons that we do things. Afterwards, you took notes on the difference between motivation and motive and common motives that characters have for committing crimes in mysteries. We finished class by working on your motive interview sheet. Please complete both sides of this sheet for homework.
Today we started class with an adverb warmup. Afterward, we answered a few comprehension questions on your reading homework. Afterwards, we began filling in the Detective Case Report and Suspect List for the "Case of the Daily Telegraph"
Homework: Read to page 82 and finish the 2nd page of the vocabulary from "The Case of the Daily Telegraph"
Today in class, we went over the pop-quiz from last class before getting into the lesson on Comparing Quantities.
Many students struggled with the pop quiz because they have NOT been doing their homework on a regular basis and have not been actively participating in their learning.
Today's Lesson:
Remember, you can only compare quantities of things that are the SAME! (apples to apples)
We also must make sure that the UNITS we are comparing are the same, and if they are not the same, convert the larger units into smaller units, THEN compare as a fraction, and convert to a percent.
For Homework:
Page 299
#1 (a-h)
Page 300
#2, #3, #4 (a-d)
6B:
We learned the definitions of two important literary terms: TONE and MOOD.
Tone: Writer's attitude toward his/her work (story, text, article, poem, etc.)
Mood: A feeling that a literary work gives the reader.
A few hints for remembering these terms...
1. Tone and Author/Writer all have T's and tone refers to the author's attitude.
Tone starts with T, Author has a T, Attitude has 3 T's- Who's attitude? The author's.
2. Mood and Reader both have D's and Mood is the feeling the story creates for the reader.
Ask yourself, who's the reader? Me. Who's mood? My mood. Me/My begin with M and Mood starts with M.
We also practiced finding the tone conveyed by a character's actions while reading.
Homework:
Read to p. 103.
Block E- We continued adding to our understanding of mood and tone (see above).
Homework: Read to p. 108 and complete a new MOOD RING organizer.