Who is doing the shaping?

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: We will read for 10 minutes today.

Agenda:

1. Add the following paragraph to English Journal #4
1. One group that shapes people's behavior in Stargirl is...This group is shaping [WHAT?] by [HOW?] For example,...This is like real life. For instance,...I think this type of influence has a ___ effect on people. When people...
2. Check out textbooks.
3. Play a Quizlet Live review game.

Success Criteria:

1. Using the novel Stargirl, I can describe how a group shapes other people.
2. I checked out my textbooks.

Homework:

1. Work on your new vocabulary. You will have two weeks to complete it since Monday is a holiday.

No one likes Stargirl

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: Today we will read for five minutes. What trouble has been brewing in your book?

Agenda:

1. More participle practice. Copy and paste this phrase 4 times on your English Journal #5
1. , the crowd eagerly awaited the fireworks.
2. Add to Conversational Roundtable. What other groups are we a part of?
1. One group that shapes people's behavior in Stargirl is...This group is shaping [WHAT?] by [HOW?] For example,...This is like real life. For instance,...I think this type of influence has a ___ effect on people. When people...
3. Fill out graph for Hot Seat. How did this event affect Stargirl's popularity? How does the Valentine affect Leo?
4. Read Stargirl for 17 minutes. Start at 1:42:00 and end at 1:59:00 minutes(p85).        Read the the PDF up to page 60

Success Criteria:

1. I can write sentences that use a participle at the beginning.
2. I can explain how groups shape us in life and in the novel.
3. I can analyze how popular Stargirl is at this point in the novel.
4. I understand what is happening in the novel.

Homework:

1. Work on your new vocabulary. You will have two weeks to complete it since Monday is a holiday.
2. Read for 10 minutes.

Tracking the plot in Stargirl

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: Fill out the reading progress form.

Agenda:

1. Work on Stargirl Plot Analysis in GOOGLE CLASSROOM. We will focus on the second column "Rising Action"
1. Stargirl as a cheerleader.
2. The conflict between Hillari and Stargirl (birthday, Cinnamon, etc.)
3. Where should we put Archie Brubaker from chapter 7? How does he fit into the novel?
4. Stargirl becomes really popular in chapter 8
5. Stargirl does things that make her unpopular (funeral, pledge, etc.)
6. The Hot Seat
2. Vocabulary Jam
3. Read Stargirl for 17 minutes. Start at 1:25:00 and end at 1:42:00 minutes(p73).        Read the the PDF up to page 52

Success Criteria:

1. I understand what is happening in Stargirl.
2. I am working on my vocabulary at home.

Homework:

1. Work on your new vocabulary. You will have two weeks to complete it since Monday is a holiday.
2. Bring your school ID. We will check out textbooks.

The Hot Seat

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: We will read for five minutes.

Agenda:

1. Class discussion: Who has more influence: Stargirl or Hilari?
1. Not all individuals are equal. Some individuals have more influence than others. So what do you think?
2. I think...because...For example,
3. I also think...And I would add,... Do you remember the part...
2. English Journal #5 Participle Practice
1. , the heavily armed soldiers looked dangerous.
3. Make a claim using the roundtable and add it to English Journal #4
1. In the book, who is doing the shaping? What is being shaped? How is it happening?
4. Read Stargirl for 17 minutes. Start at (p. 49) 1:08:00 and end at 1:25:00 minutes (p61).        Read the the PDF up to page 42
5. Chart Stargirl's popularity after today's reading. What changed?
   

Success Criteria:

1.  I can make a claim about a character in the novel and provide evidence.
2. I know what a participle usually looks like and how to add it to the beginning of a sentence.
3.  I am deepening my knowledge about how individuals and groups shape me.
4. I understand how popular Stargirl is in the novel and why.
5. I am making progress on my vocabulary.

Homework:

1. Work on your new vocabulary. You will have two weeks to complete it since Monday is a holiday.

Flipgrid fun

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: Today you will read for ten minutes, while I check your vocabulary assignment.

Agenda:

1. Grade your vocabulary.
2. English Journal #4 Making a claim about the conflict in Stargirl
1. Make a claim about the book using our graph and Padlet wall.
1. Check Friday's blog for the Padlet wall for your period.
2. At this point in the book, the main problem is...When Stargirl first arrived at Micah High School,...However, after the two football games...
3. Make sure your paragraph describes how she is different, why she causes problems at Mica High, and how her popularity fluctuates.
3. Create a practice Flipgrid
1. Sign-up for Flipgrid using your Google account.
2. In your video, introduce yourself and tell one thing Stargirl did in today's reading that turned people against her.
3. Code: da7b05
4. Read Stargirl for 17 minutes. Start at 51:00 and end at 1:08:00 minutes(p49).        Read the the PDF up to page 34
5. Start your new vocabulary. You will have two weeks to complete it since Monday is a holiday.
6. Play Vocabulary Jam

Success Criteria:

1. I can make a claim about Stargirl and provide evidence.
2. I know how to use Flipgrid.
3. I finished last week's vocabulary and I started my new vocabulary.

Homework:

1. Read for 10 minutes.
2. Work on your new vocabulary.

Stargirl?!

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: Enjoy your book today. You should be done by next week.

Agenda:

1. Review Success Criteria from yesterday.
2. Sign up for Remind.
3. Padlet with what makes Stargirl strange.
1. Padlet for Period 2
2. Padlet for Period 3
3. Padlet for Period 4
4. Start on the graph of how popular Stargirl is at the moment
1. Fold a piece of paper into 8 squares (3 folds)
2. In the first square make a graph. The Y-axis should say "Popularity". The X-axis should have two values "Leo" "Mica High"
3. Using the numbers 1-10 graph how popular Stargirl is with Leo and Mica High.
   
5. Read Stargirl for 17 minutes. Start at 34 end at 51 minutes. (p37) Read the the PDF up to page 26
6. Finish your posters from Wednesday.

Success Criteria:

1. I can explain what makes Stargirl different.
2. I am able to analyze how popular Stargirl is with Leo and the rest of the high school.
3. I can explain what is happening in Stargirl.

Homework:

1. Read your book.
2. Finish your vocabulary. 

Moving forward

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: We will read for five minutes.

Agenda:

1. English Journal #3: Music for My Mother
1. Write a one-sentence summary.
2. Describe how individuals and groups shape the narrator of the nonfiction narrative. Make a list.
2. Finish your Rainbow in the Clouds poster.
3. Read Stargirl from 17 to 34 minutes (pg. 25)  Read the the PDF up to page 19

Success Criteria:

1. I can summarize Music for My Mother and describe who is being shaped in the narrative.
2. I can categorize words that describe people who are a rainbow in another person's clouds.
3. I can identify the conflict at the beginning of Stargirl.

Homework:

1. Stargirl #1
2. Your first book should be read by September 14th

Our First iTime

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes.

Agenda:

1. iTime: A Rainbow in the Clouds
1. Take a moment and think of someone who has shown you kindness. How did they make you feel cared for or noticed?
2. What are the qualities people have who show us kindness and make us feel supported?
1. Period 2
2. Period 3
3. Period 4
3. Watch video about being a Rainbow in Someone's Cloud.
4. Should other words be added?
5. Everyone in life will experience clouds. We want to make sure we also think of the rainbows.
6. You will work in pairs and try to group the words from our word cloud into categories. No more than 7 categories.
7. Think of a way you can be a rainbow for someone else.
1. Period 2
2. Period 3
3. Period 4
8. These will form our "House Rules"
2. What do we need to finish from this week?

Success Criteria:

1. I can explain what it means to be a rainbow for someone else.

Homework:

1. Your vocabulary is due on Monday.
2. Your book should be finished on September 14th.

Stargirl

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: Fill out the reading progress form.

Agenda:

1. Finish work from yesterday. We need to explain who is being shaped in the narrative.
2. Review the syllabus. It's on the website/blog.
3. Write a practice email to Mr. Brubaker.
   
4. Read Stargirl for 17 minutes.
5. Fill out the plot sheet for the first part of Stargirl.

Success Criteria:

1. I updated Mr. Brubaker on where I am at in my book.
2. I was able to explain how characters were shaped in Music for My Mother.
3. I know how my grade is calculated.
4. I wrote a formal email to Mr. Brubaker.
5. I read the first part of Stargirl and I know who the characters are.

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary.
2. Continue reading at home.

Individuals and Groups

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: How are the characters in your book connected?

Agenda:

1. Grade your Sweltering Words of Summer vocabulary
2. Roundtable discussion: Individuals and groups
   
3. Hand out textbooks. Put your names on the spine.
4. Read Music for My Mother.
1. The text of the nonfiction narrative.
2. The audio of the nonfiction narrative.
3. Look for Contrasts and Contradictions. Who shapes the main character?
5. English Journal #3: Music for My Mother
1. Write a one-sentence summary.
2. Describe how individuals and groups shape the narrator of the nonfiction narrative. Make a list.
6. Stargirl vocabulary list 1

Success Criteria:

1. I finished my vocabulary from last week.
2. I am starting to understand how individuals and groups shape me.
3. I understand what I should look for in a fictional narrative.
4. I started on my new vocabulary list.

Homework:

1. Work on Stargirl vocabulary list 1
2. You will have an extra week to read your first book since we will have less time in class to read starting tomorrow. Sept. 7th

i-Ready Day 2

Big Idea: What is this class all about?

Reading: If you finish your i-Ready test, read for 10 minutes

Agenda:

Homework:

Read for 10 minutes at home. You should finish your first book by August 31st.
Work on your vocabulary. Due on Friday!

i-Ready Day 1

Big Idea: What is this class all about?

Reading: If you finish your i-Ready test, read for 10 minutes

Agenda:

Homework:

Read for 10 minutes at home. You should finish your first book by August 31st.
Work on your vocabulary. Due on Friday!

Catch Up Day

Big Idea: What is this class all about?

Reading:

1. Read for 10 minutes. You should finish your book by August 31st.

Agenda:

1. These are assignments that you should have completed?
1. Rare Birds paper
2. Student Survey
3. English Journal #1 Write three paragraphs
1. Introduce yourself. What are you looking forward to in high school?
2. Who helped you be successful in middle school?
3. What advantages to do you have outside of school will help you be successful?
   
4. English Journal #2
   
5. Google Site "Beginning of the Year Introduction"
   
6. Google Site "Capacities"
   
7. Work on your vocabulary unit which is due this Friday

Success Criteria:

1. I am done with everything on the Catch Up list
2. I understand that there are three parts to a quote sandwich.

Homework:

1. Read for 10 minutes at home. You should finish your first book by August 31st.
2. Work on your vocabulary. Due on Friday!

Being Suprised

Big Idea: What is this class all about?

Reading:

1. Read for 10 minutes. You should finish your book by August 31st.

Agenda:

1. Read the article about the California fires. I gave this to you on paper.
2. Today we will practice the skill of looking for NEW information or information that SURPRISES us.

On the same English Journal we have been using today, press enter and tab and write down the following quote:

We will practice writing a quote sandwich, an important skill for this class.

1. Many people believe that.. X agrees/disagrees when he/she writes, "achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit," (AUTHOR 5). In other words, X believes...

Work on Sweltering Words of Summer List

Success Criteria:

1. I read my book for 10 minutes today.
2. I can know what to look for in a nonfiction article.
3. I understand that a quote sandwich has three parts.

Homework:

1. Read for 10 minutes at home. You should finish your first book by August 31st.
2. Work on your vocabulary. Due on Friday!

Building Capacities

Big Idea: What is this class all about?

Reading:

1. Fill out the reading progress form.

Agenda:

1. What are the capacities of a literate individual?
1. Today we will cover the first capacity: Independence.
1. Open your English Journal. Start a new entry. Title it “Independence and Quote Sandwich”
2. I will assign you a random partner for today. 
3. Together we will summarize the first two sentences of the definition of independence
4. With your random partner, you will summarize the last few sentences. 
5. Your sentences must have the number of words I assigned you in class. 
6. Next, create a new page on your Google Site called “My Capacities”
7. Add the two sentences you came up with. 
2. On the same English Journal we have been using today, press enter and tab and write down the following quote:
   
3. We will practice writing a quote sandwich, an important skill for this class.
1. Many people assume that...
2. X agrees/disagrees when he/she writes, "QUOTE," (AUTHOR 5).
3. In other words, X believes...
4. Work on Sweltering Words of Summer List

Success Criteria:

1. I read my book for 10 minutes today.
2. I can explain what it means to be independent.
3. I understand that a quote sandwich has three parts.

Homework:

1. Read for 10 minutes at home. You should finish your first book by August 31st.
2. Work on your vocabulary. Due on Friday!

Week one and done

Big Idea: What is this class all about?

Success Criteria:

1. I read my book for 10 minutes today.
2. I started my Google Sites portfolio.
3. I worked on vocabulary.

Agenda:

1. Read silently for 10 minutes.
2. Create a book log in GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
3. Create a Google Site for your year-long portfolio.
4. Work on Sweltering Words of Summer List

Getting started reading

Big Idea: What is this class all about?

Success Criteria:

1. I know how to write in my English Journal.
2. I know how to study vocabulary.
3. I can choose a book to read for the first four weeks.

Agenda:

1.  Write your first entry in your English Journal.
2. Vocabulary List from Vocabulary.com
3. Explain the syllabus and how your grade is calculated.
4. Go to the library and check out your first book.

Welcome Back to School

Hello and Welcome to Beaumont High School!

We're going to have a fantastic year of learning together, and that means we have a lot to do today. The first thing to know is that this blog will be where we start each day, and it will link you to everything else you will need for our class. We're very excited to get to know all of you, so let's get started!