Writing body paragraphs

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to plan and write our first body paragraph.

Reading: You should finish your book by Friday.

Agenda:

1. Plan our first body paragraph PAPER
1. Choose quotes to provide evidence for your first reason why it makes sense for Atticus to Take a Stand.
1. Atticus quotes
2. TKAM PDF
2. Explain how this evidence supports the reason
2. Write your first body paragraph.
1. Make sure you have a topic sentence (Reason #1) at the beginning of the paragraph.
2. Make sure you use the quote sandwich method when including your quote in the paragraph.

Homework:
1. Make sure you finish your book by Friday. No vocabulary tonight. Enjoy the night off!

Beginning our essay

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to write the introduction to your essay.

Reading: You should be done with your book by Friday.

Agenda:

1. NoRedInk (6 minutes) - Writing a good HOOK. Email me if you were not here and need the class code.
2. Write the introduction to your essay. We will use the model essay as our guide.
3. Submit your introduction to Peergrade to receive feedback.
1. Peergrade.io
4. Begin writing your first body paragraph.

Homework:
1. No vocabulary this week. Make sure you read your book!

Essay: Introduction

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to write the introduction to your essay.

Reading: You should be done with your book by Friday.

Agenda:

1. English Journal #4 One Word Challenge Check-in
1. Copy and paste your paragraph from the YELLOW section of the Hyperdoc.
2. Add the following ideas:
1. How are you doing this semester? Are you sticking to your one word?
2. What is something you have done this semester that fits what you wrote at the beginning of the semester?
3. If you haven't been living up to your one word challenge, why not?
2. NoRedInk - Writing a good HOOK. Email me if you were not here and need the class code.
3. Write the introduction to your essay. We will use the model essay as our guide.
4. Submit your introduction to Peergrade to receive feedback.

Homework:
1. No vocabulary this week. Make sure you read your book!

Movie Day

Essential Question:

Goal:

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:
1. Watch TKAM

Homework:
Read your book!

Catching Up on Atticus

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to understand what you must do for our next essay.

Reading: You should be more than halfway through your book by now

Agenda:

1. Add these quotes to the Atticus notecatcher. What do they tell us about Atticus?
1. “Simply because we’re licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” 107
2. “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin To Kill a Mockingbird.” 119
3. “I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father’s one of them.” (Miss Maudie) 288
4. “Mr. Finch is always courteous to everybody.” (Judge Taylor) 243
5. “Yeah, but Atticus aims to defend him. That’s what I don’t like about it.” (one of the old men always at the courthouse) 218
6. “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” 140
2. Integrity Frayer model on PAPER
3. Read first half of chapter 28 of TKAM 
1. READ THE TEXT
2. LISTEN TO THE AUDIO

Homework:
1. No reading tonight. No vocabulary tonight. Enjoy the night off!

TKAM Model Essay

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to understand what you must do for our next essay.

Reading: You should be more than half way through your book by now

Agenda:

1. Grade your vocabulary.
2. Today we will begin the process of writing our essay for TKAM.
1. Read and annotate the model essay.
2. Summarize in your English Journal what you must do for this essay.
3. Read chapter 27 of TKAM 
1. READ THE TEXT
2. LISTEN TO THE AUDIO

Homework:
1. No reading tonight. No vocabulary tonight. Enjoy the night off!

One Pager Final Day

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to create a visual that summarizes the trial

Reading: Enjoy reading your book!

Agenda:

1. Today you should be adding the finishing touches. This includes COLOR.
2. Make sure you meet the requirements for the One Pager. Your page must include:
1. The title TAKING A STAND
2. A picture that represents a courtroom or justice.
3. Important quotes by the following people during the trial:
1. Atticus
2. Mr. Gilmer
3. Mayella Ewell
4. Tom Robinson
5. The jury
4. Atticus's words to the jury "This case is as simple as black and white." pg. 271
5. Other descriptions from the chapter that you think are important
6. A summary of the events during the trial
7. A personal response to the trial. What are your thoughts about what happened to Tom Robinson?
8. You MUST have COLOR.
3. Here is an example:

Homework:
1. No reading homework.
2. Finish your vocabulary unit. Get the new unit HERE.

BARR Activity: Reflective Listening

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to practice listening to others

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1. How do you practice the Golden Rule when listening to others? It's called reflective listening.
2. Practice listening skills with inside/outside partner activity
3. English Journal Reflective Listening Skills
1. When practicing the responding skills I felt..The hardest skill for me to use was...because...It was challenging to...I think that Why? questions make a person feel...Overall, I learned...
2. Copy and paste your English Journal to the discussion on Google Classroom.
3. You must respond to your random partner for the day. Respond by paraphrasing, reflecting, clarifying or asking an open-ended question. Here are some sentences to help you do that effectively:
1. It seems like you...I also thought...
2. It sounds like you felt...because...Am I right? I felt...
3. Did I understand your post correctly? Are you saying...? When doing the activity I felt...
4. What did you do when...? During the activity I...

Homework:
1. Start your vocabulary unit. Get the new unit HERE.

One Pager Day 2

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to create a visual that summarizes the trial

Reading: Enjoy reading your book!

Agenda:

1. Read chapter 25 and the beginning of chapter 26.
2. Today you should be planning out your space for the One Pager.
3. Make sure you meet the requirements for the One Pager. Your page must include:
1. The title TAKING A STAND
2. A picture that represents a courtroom or justice.
3. Important quotes by the following people during the trial:
1. Atticus
2. Mr. Gilmer
3. Mayella Ewell
4. Tom Robinson
5. The jury
4. Atticus's words to the jury "This case is as simple as black and white." pg. 271
5. Other descriptions from the chapter that you think are important
6. A summary of the events during the trial
7. A personal response to the trial. What are your thoughts about what happened to Tom Robinson?
8. You MUST have COLOR.
4. Here is an example:

Homework:
1. No reading homework.
2. Start your new vocabulary unit. Get the new unit HERE.

Court Room One Pager

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to create a visual that summarizes the trial

Reading: Enjoy reading your book!

Agenda:

1. Today you will complete an activity called a One Pager. Your page must include:
1. The title TAKING A STAND
2. A picture that represents a courtroom or justice.
3. Important quotes by the following people during the trial:
1. Atticus
2. Mr. Gilmer
3. Mayella Ewell
4. Tom Robinson
5. The jury
4. Atticus's words to the jury "This case is as simple as black and white." pg. 271
5. Other descriptions from the chapter that you think are important
6. A summary of the events during the trial
7. A personal response to the trial. What are your thoughts about what happened to Tom Robinson?
8. You MUST have COLOR.
2. Here is an example:

Homework:
1. Finish reading chapter 23. READ THE TEXT LISTEN TO THE AUDIO
2. Start your new vocabulary unit. Get the new unit HERE.

The Dueling Lawyers

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to compare Atticus to Mr. Gilmer and to understand how word choice affects tone.

Reading: If you finish your book early, choose a new book to read. Remember that reading isn't only for a grade. You learn about life. Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM (only Period 3)

Agenda:

1. Check your vocabulary. You only get a grade if you are at 100%. HERE IS YOUR NEW LIST.
2. TKAM008
1. One half of the class will focus on Atticus and the other half on Mr. Gilmer
3. We will be skipping chapter 20. Here is what happened.
1. The man is Mr. Dolphus Raymond, a local character who is ostracized because he married a black woman. To tone down the talk about him around the town, he pretends to be a drunk, but it is really Coca-Cola that is in the paper sack he carries around. He tells Dill that people can be very cruel sometimes and that it makes him sick too. Scout knows she shouldn’t be out talking to this sinful man, but she finds him nice and fascinating. When they get back inside the courthouse, they find Atticus in the middle of his closing statement, and Jem is convinced they’re going to win the case since Tom Robinson could not have physically done what Mayella is accusing him of.
4. We will read chapter 21.

Homework:
1. No reading tonight. Start your new vocabulary unit.

Tom Robinson on the Stand

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to summarize Tom Robinson's testimony

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1. Work on your vocabulary. Play a vocabulary jam.
2. Finish Chapter 19.
3. Write a partner summary of chapter 19
1. Open your English Journal
2. The title is TOM ROBINSON ON THE STAND
3. Share your English Journal with your random partner
4. Each of you should choose a different text color
5. Each partner should alternate writing sentences for the summary.
6. Start your summary with this sentence:
1. The next and last witness is Tom Robinson himself. Tom tells the jury that...
7. Your summary should be a minimum of 7 sentences.

Homework:
1. Start your new vocabulary unit. Get the new unit HERE.

Text to Film Comparison

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to make a comparison between the text and film

Reading: Make sure you still make progress in your independent reading book.

Agenda:

1. Take the quiz from last night's reading. GOOGLE CLASSROOM
2. Open document TKAM007 from GOOGLE CLASSROOM. You will complete this with a random partner.

Homework:
1. Start your new vocabulary unit. Get the new unit HERE.