Monday

Big Ideas: What does it mean to be good?

Reading: Newsela tracking form for recording the articles you have read. We will read for 10 minutes.

Agenda:

1. Start TKAM chapters 1-6 list on Vocabulary.com.
2. Finish working on our portfolio. Turn in a link to your portfolio on Google Classroom.
3. Speed date books. You need to choose your next book to read.
4. Work on your Newsela challenge for the first 10 minutes. Everything is due Friday.
1. Read at least 10 articles ALL the way through. Read to learn something new.
2. Read at least one article from 5 different categories (Kids doesn't count as a category).
3. Write a rhetorical precis for two of the articles. Look back at English Journal #9 for help on writing a rhetorical precis. We wrote one together.
   
4. Take the quiz and pass with at least a 3/4 for two of the articles.
5. Create a flipgrid video that explains what the article is about and your thoughts about the topic. Use some of the sentences below to help you create a script for your video.
1. The article "???" was about...In the article it described...The purpose of the article was to...The article made me think about...I wonder...One question I have for the author is...Overall, I though...

Success Criteria:

1. I can demonstrate what I learned first semester by creating a web portfolio.

Homework:

1. https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/234859
2. Choose a new independent reading book.