Friday, Sept. 29 2017

CW Friday Sept. 29

Objectives/Essential Question: Can You…

W.3- Plan and construct a narrative Children’s Book, Graphic Novel, or Comic Strip using images and dialogue

W.3- Construct a poem that adequately identifies and describes your mood

Agenda:

•Writing into the room: I won a million dollars in Salem’s lottery. I am paying to publish your children’s book/graphic novel/comic strip. So...draw a quick sketch of the Cover for your children’s book/graphic novel/comic strip. (6 min)

•Discuss rubric for Children’s Book/Graphic Novel, or Comic Strip

Project time/Conference time:

• Complete Children’s Book Introduction Assignment #3 by Wednesday, Oct. 4 Beginning of Class (no work time on Wednesday at all)
• Work on planning, scripting book
• Plot (timeline, plot pyramid, roadmap)
• Identify conflict, interesting characters/ characterization
• Preview of next unit- Short Fiction (if we get there)
• Share your Moody Poem in seating group (underline your favorite line)
• Sticky note gallery walk

•Homework:

•Complete Children’s Book Introduction Assignment #3 by Wednesday, Oct. 4

Wednesday, Sept. 27 2017

CW Wednesday Sept. 27

Objectives/Essential Question: Can You…

W.3- Plan and construct a narrative Children’s Book, Graphic Novel, or Comic Strip using images and dialogue

W.3- Construct a poem that adequately identifies and describes your mood

Agenda:

•Writing into the room- 6 min:

Take these dialogue or thought bubbles and draw one (yes, stick figures are fine. Images only-- no words). (put on page 10 in Writer’s Notebook)

1. “What were you thinking?”
2. “Who is that? S/He is beautiful.”
3. “I have how long to live?”
4. “Uhhhggg...you actually ate that?”

Project time/Conference time:

• Complete Children’s Book Introduction Assignment #3 by Wednesday, Oct. 4
• Work on planning, scripting book
• Plot (timeline, plot pyramid, roadmap)
• Identify conflict, interesting characters/ characterization
• If you are done, continue crafting Mood poem- due Friday, Sept. 29 (leave this in your notebook)- This is  a checkoff piece (which I will discuss).

•Homework:

•Complete Children’s Book Introduction Assignment #3 by Wednesday, Oct. 4

•Continue crafting Mood poem- due Friday, Sept. 29

Monday, Sept. 25 2017

CW Monday Sept. 25

Objectives/Essential Question: Can You…

W.3- Plan and construct a narrative Children’s Book, Graphic Novel, or Comic Strip using images and dialogue

W.3- Construct a poem that adequately identifies and describes your mood

Agenda:

•Please have your Name Tags out on desks
•Update calendar for week page 11.

•Writing into the room- 6 min: (below calendar page 11)

Short dialogue work...provide dialogue or thought bubbles to at least 5 of the pictures

Project time/Conference time:

• Complete Children’s Book Introduction Assignment by Wednesday, Oct. 4
• Rough draft due Monday, Oct. 2
• Work on planning, scripting book
• Plot (timeline, plot pyramid, roadmap)
• Identify conflict, interesting characters/ characterization, specific images/illustrations

• If you are done, continue crafting Mood poem from Friday. This is due Friday. Glue this in on page 12.

•Homework:

•Complete Children’s Book Introduction Assignment #3 by Wednesday, Oct. 4

•If you are done, continue crafting Mood poem from Friday. This is due Friday.

Moody Poetry:

Write a poem that centers on a “Mood Word,” and follows the pattern below: Using metaphors: concrete/tangible images that pin down abstract ideas like feelings by using comparisons.

Pattern of poem:(lines)

1.   Required line (mood).

2.   An example of how your mood does not feel

3.   Another example of how your mood does not feel

4.   Another example of how your mood does not feel

5.   Required “mood” line (name your mood again and describe just how your mood feels with another metaphor)

6.   Another example of how your mood DOES feel

7.   Another example of how your mood DOES feel

8.   Another example of how your mood DOES feel

EXAMPLE:

I’m mellow

Not a go lay in a sunny field and chew on a piece of grass mellow

Not mellow enough to give a bum all my money

Not mellow enough to sit on an ocean yacht and drink lemonade

But just a sit in the air-conditioned living room watching re-runs mellow

Mellow like a nothing to do Saturday morning

Mellow like watching your cork from the bank of a cool country pond

A “do what I want” mellow that takes no effort or planning.

Jimmy O’Daniel

Friday, Sept. 22 2017

CW Friday Sept. 22

Objectives/Essential Question: Can You…

•RL.5/RI.5- Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her narration

W.3- Construct a narrative

Agenda:

•Please have your Name Tags out on desks

•Scattergories- work on alliteration 10 min.

•Write a Moody Poem (we will continue this on Monday)

Project time/Conference time:

• Turn in Assignment #2 by end of period- WRITE ANALYSIS of your own from selected book-
• Complete Children’s Book Introduction Assignment #3 by Wednesday, Oct. 4
• If you are done, continue crafting poem

•Homework:

•Complete Children’s Book Introduction Assignment #3 by Wednesday, Oct. 4

Moody Poetry:

Write a poem that centers on a “Mood Word,” and follows the pattern below: Using metaphors: concrete/tangible images that pin down abstract ideas like feelings by using comparisons.

Pattern of poem:(lines)

1.   Required line (mood).

2.   An example of how your mood does not feel

3.   Another example of how your mood does not feel

4.   Another example of how your mood does not feel

5.   Required “mood” line (name your mood again and describe just how your mood feels with another metaphor)

6.   Another example of how your mood DOES feel

7.   Another example of how your mood DOES feel

8.   Another example of how your mood DOES feel

EXAMPLE:

I’m mellow

Not a go lay in a sunny field and chew on a piece of grass mellow

Not mellow enough to give a bum all my money

Not mellow enough to sit on an ocean yacht and drink lemonade

But just a sit in the air-conditioned living room watching re-runs mellow

Mellow like a nothing to do Saturday morning

Mellow like watching your cork from the bank of a cool country pond

A “do what I want” mellow that takes no effort or planning.

Jimmy O’Daniel

Wednesday, Sept. 20 2017

CW Wednesday Sept. 20

Objectives/Essential Question: Can You…

•RL.5/RI.5- Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her narration

W.3- Construct a narrative

Agenda:  Please have your Name Tags out on desks

•Writing into the room- 6 min: Draw a timeline of some major events in your life. You can have any kind of scale (by year in school, age, places you have lived, etc).

Canby, Oregon 1976-1989 K-12 Education

Salem, Oregon 1989-1995- B.A./M.A.T. Willamette University

Salem, Gervais, and Brooks, Oregon 1995-1996-Substitute Teaching

Sublimity, Oregon 1996- 8th Grade self-contained

Salem, Oregon 1997- present

1997-2008- North Salem High School

2008-2016- West Salem High School

2016-2017- Parrish Middle School

2017-present- West Salem High School

FOR EACH OF THESE I MIGHT FOCUS ON WHAT I LEARNED OR A MAJOR MEMORY OR EVENT FROM THE TIME PERIOD. We will be using this later (Friday/Monday).

Project time/Conference time:

• Conference w/ Mr. Finck about the progress of your introductory assignment
• Turn in Assignment #1- Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by the end of class. Graded on Language and Evidence. STAMP IT W/ STAMP THAT IS ON STOOL.
• Workn on Assignment #2- WRITE ANALYSIS of your own from selected book- DUE FRIDAY
• Complete Children’s Book Introduction Assignment #3 by Oct. 4

•Homework:

•Work on Assignment #2 RI.5 Structure analysis for children’s book- due Friday, Sept. 22.

•Complete Children’s Book Intro Assignment #3 by Oct. 4

Monday, Sept. 18 2017

CW Monday Sept. 18

Objectives/Essential Question: Can You…

•RL.5/RI.5- Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her narration

W.3- Construct a narrative

Agenda:

•Please have your Name Tags out on desks

•Writing into the room- 6 min:

Rain is here. Write about how you feel about either our hot summer or our now soggy fall. Focus on imagery and alliteration (assonance and consonance too).

Project time/Conference time:

• Assignment #1- Time to work on your Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life (put favorite one up on letters by end of class) DUE WEDNESDAY
• Assignment #2- WRITE ANALYSIS of your own from selected book- DUE FRIDAY

•Homework:

•Work on Assignment #1- Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life- due Wednesday, Sept. 20- Graded on Language and Evidence.

•Work on Assignment #2 RI.5 Structure analysis for children’s book- due Sept. 22- next Friday

•Complete Children’s Book Introduction Assignment #3 by Sept. 27