Capturing the Heart of your piece

Lesson Recap

Weaving in our social issue to create meaningful writing

C/D and E/F class tomorrow - BOOK CLUB Summative Talks - These talks will be video taped.

See this sample from last year

Lesson Recap - Absolutes

E/F and C/D - Your book club talk should be ready for Tuesday

Remember - notebook inspections this week

All Classes

You should have collected and completed your research on your course  of study by Wed.   (This is the topic you are planning to write your realsitic fiction social issue paper  about) You must be able to talk about what you have learned about your topic and how you plan to use that information in your piece. Make sure you have a way of collecting your research

 You must have notes (for inspection) that shows your research on your social issue  topic

Example: 

Choose a social issue video to watch and begin creating your course of study. Next week you will read fiction and nonfiction text about your social issue and WRITE many short scenes realted to your fiction story. Monday will be a RESEARCH day. You need to be reading as much about your topic BEFORE you write your story.

Social Issues Topics


Best claims for today

Intertextuality - Build a Course of Study

Sentence Fluency RETAKE OF RETAKE

Make one copy of this file as a book club: http://padlet.com/rbuxton1/oj1m08505pnp

Use this link for today's class: Intertextuality Practice

H/W - Bring one link  that relates in some way to a big idea in your book club text. This can be a song, poem, video clip, magazine article, poster. In Thursday's class, you will work as a book club on your second summative assessment using these links. Do not let your team down by forgetting to bring something in!  - DUE FRI  -  G/H - DUE MONDAY - 

All teams must have a padlet for inspection - responsibility grade given. Remember the SAS database as an option - only try to think out of the box when choosing your sources

Enjoy a recap of the POScars 2017 champion performance

Course of Study - For next week

LENS OF RACE:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/education/black-at-stuyvesant-high-one-girls- experience.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/education/at-explore-charter-school-a-portrait-of- segregated-education.html?pagewanted=all
https://www.newsela.com/articles/teachers-diversity/id/3846/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/01/19/scholastic-pulls- childrens-book-starring-george-washingtons-happy-slaves/
LENS OF CLASS:
https://www.newsela.com/articles/homeless-kids/id/27/
http://www.citylimits.org/news/articles/4936/class-in-the-classroom-the-income-gap-and-nyc-s- schools#.U2vyPK1dWuo
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/inside-a-divided-upper-east-side-public-school-6428826
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/majority-of-us-public-school-students-are-in- poverty/2015/01/15/df7171d0-9ce9-11e4-a7ee-526210d665b4_story.html
LENS OF GENDER:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/magazine/02sex3-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&emc=eta1
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/are-toys-too-gender-specific/ http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/08/07/3468380/gender-roles-health-risks/
http://sociology.about.com/od/Current-Events-in-Sociological-Context/fl/Full-Transcript-of- Emma-Watsons-Speech-on-Gender-Equality-at-the-UN.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/education/edlife/in-oakland-building-boys-into-men.html
LENS OF IMMIGRATION:
http://indykids.org/main/2014/09/the-child-migrant-crisis/
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2015/09/10/immigration-demagogues-like-donald- trump-are-hurting-children
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Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Reading Curricular Calendar, Sixth Grade, 2016-2017 Social Issues Book Clubs: Developing Critical Literacies
http://www.kidsdiscover.com/shop/issues/immigration-for-kids/ http://time.com/4050914/1965-immigration-act-pew/
http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/04/03/new-app-helps-undocumented-immigrants-find-college- scholarships
LENS OF RELIGION:
http://indykids.org/main/2016/03/salam-i-come-in-peace-muslims-stand-up-against- islamophobia/
http://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/tt_debunking_misconceptions_0.pdf http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-43-spring-2013/religion-locker-room
http://www.colorlines.com/articles/study-trump-effect-gives-children-color-alarming-level-fear- and-anxiety
LENS OF LANGUAGE:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/dual-language-classes-for-kids-grow-in-popularity-1459535318
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/bilingual-education-nyc-set-big-expansion- article-1.2587215
https://www.ted.com/talks/jamila_lyiscott_3_ways_to_speak_english?language=en
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/travel/making-language-immersion-fun-for-the- kids.html?_r=0 

Role of Supporting Characters

Lesson Recap 

No H/W - Read! - Your 2nd book must be finished by Friday

Reminder: If you wish to retake the grammar test this Thursday during ASK THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE , then you must provide evidence of further studying before this day.

Hint - Learn the rules of compound and complex sentences!

Practice exercises

Sentence Fluency: Test Practice Exercises -

http://www.csus.edu/owl/index/sent/clause_quiz.htm

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/content_builder/dswmedia/g4c26/nadia.htm

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sensort/index_pre.html

http://itech.pjc.edu/writinglab/senpat.htm types of sentences

http://eslbee.com/cgi-bin/quiztest.cgi?helenkeller

http://webschool.wash.k12.ut.us/language/lessons/compoundsentences.html

http://www.quia.com/pop/37751.html

http://www.quia.com/quiz/242899.html?AP_rand=1383585617

http://www.quia.com/quiz/299540.html (ignore question 13 and 16)

http://www.quia.com/rr/126726.html

Some of the questions on this exercise, we have not covered yet...but we will. Try it for fun!

http://www.quia.com/quiz/815621.html?AP_rand=60951870

TEST PRACTICE: ASK the Teacher sheet