Finishing up The Giver (movie)
Begin preparing for our first Socratic Circle
Click here for the questions that our groups will be preparing to discuss during this activity.
April 17-21 April Vacation
April 03-07
Monday: Practice PARCC & reading The Giver
Tuesday: Practice PARCC
Wednesday: Recap of story and Re-read of Chapters 22 & 23
ALSO --> Dialectical Journal for The Giver chapters 18-23
March 27-31
March 28-completed chapter 18 and 19 in The Giver. Class discussion/analysis about what transpired.
March 27-Interim Assessment #3 reading of texts and multiple choice questions today. (students completed this section on the Chromebooks.)
Feb. 23
Groups A and B switch activities from yesterday.
Feb. 22
Station/Group Work
A Group: 1) work w/Bomster on Venn Diagram-compare and contrast Jonas' Community with Our Community
2) work w/Salisbury on compare and contrast worksheet
B Group: on the perimeter; reading in The Giver and answering questions
Feb. 18-21: Presidents' Day Long Weekend
no school!!!Feb. 13-17
Monday-2 hour delay
Academic Language:
Conformity: behaving in a manner that matches societal standards or expectations; obedience
Isolation: separation from others, physically or emotionally
Individuality: a character trait or collation of qualities that distinguishes one person from another
Ignorance: lack of knowledge, learning, or information
Write definitions in your journal, then write one sentence for each vocabulary word on a piece of loose leaf paper.
January 30-February 03
Students are working in two groups with two different activities.
For half the class they will work on an activity designed to help them build their understanding of theme. During the second half of the class they will continue to read The Giver and answer questions for each chapter.
January 23-27
We are beginning a new novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry. This book will further our discussion and study of Utopia vs Dystopia.
We will be doing much of our work in groups. This week there are two major groups-A) students seated on the perimeter of the room and B) students in the center.
Students in the center group will work for half the class time in google classroom watching a video and answering questions about Theme. The other half of the group will work with a teacher developing practical skills on Theme through the use of a worksheet activity.
Students on the perimeter will be reading Chapters 1 & 2 of The Giver. After reading the chapters, each student will answer questions on the chapters. The answers will be in complete sentence form (so you do not need to copy the question down). Answers will be written into a composition notebook and kept in your new pocket folder.
On the following day, groups will switch locations and activities.
Questions for Ch 1 & 2 are below.
Jan 09-13
We are finishing up our argument essay. All students are creating a google-document to do this. Essays are to be submitted through our Google Classroom.
Juan 13-
began introduction to our next unit, The Challenge of Utopia.
Springboard 100
Videos to introduce Utopia and Distopia
www.shmoop.com/video/utopias-becoming-dystopias
One take away from videos and discussion:
Attempts to create a Utopia have always ended in failure or Distopia.
All of these Utopian attempts failed. Some due to financial hardships. Some due to disagreements within the community.
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