Transcript August 26th
August 26th Get any handouts off of the back counter. Copy assignments off of the board in your agenda. Get a new sheet of paper ready for your bellwork for this week. Monday’s Bellwork: 8/26 It is elementary school where allegiances are formed. That’s the time period when you decide what group you are part of. When your group transforms into the brainy clique, the sports jocks or even the popular group when you get to middle school, it’s just a natural progression. That’s the reason why it is even harder for a kid like me to go to any new school at this age. This is the type of thing that parents don’t understand when they make decisions to uproot your entire family and move across state lines. Common Core Standard RL.1 Inference 1. Based on what you have read, what can you infer? a. The student is upset that he has moved. b. Schools have many clubs for one to join. c. It is hard to become popular in middle school. Common Core Standard RL.1 Details (Part 1 of the Same Standard) 2. Do a close reading by highlighting the clues that helped you determine your answer. Explain your ideas below. Answers 1. A. 2. The narrator says that allegiances are formed before students get into middle school. He is trying to say that students have made their friends a long time ago. He is trying to say that it will be hard to make friends. Another clue is that he talks negatively about his family deciding to move. AoW Week 2 With your group, discuss the questions below. What does it mean to do what is right? Should you always do what is right? Are there any consequences for doing what is right? AoW Week 2 As I read the article aloud, mark your confusion with a highlighter. On your own, go back to page 1 and begin annotating the first 4 paragraphs. (Use your resources to help you—Say Something page, dictionary, Annotation Toolbox) Be prepared to share you annotation aloud. SoW Week 2 Day ONE Copy the following sentences. 1. The clouds hung in the sky. 2. Bob sneezed. 3. The rain pelted the park. What do you notice? Imitate SoW You should have noticed that all of these sentences are simple sentences. A simple sentence, also called an independent clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought. Simple sentences can also contain compound subjects or verbs. VoW Prefix Chart 11-20 Hyper Hypo In Inter Mal, male Mis Mono Non Ob Omni SoW Day TWO Copy the following sentences. 1. The sun was bright in the sky. 2. Jane coughed. 3. The student passed the test. What do you notice? Imitate.