Continuing with our Reading PALS

Goal: Keep Reading "On the Rainy River"

Agenda: 
Self-Score Journal
Reading PALS
Create a Timeline
Tone
Questions

1. Self-Score Journal
Use this SCORING GUIDE to let me know what score you think you deserve on your English journal this week.

2. Reading PALS
We are continuing with our reading PALS today.

3. Make a Timeline: 

• When you have finished, you are going to make an illustrated timeline of the story you just read. 
• I'm going to give you a sheet of paper, and you will make a timeline with as many events and illustrations as you can. 
• (HINT: The story is not really told in complete chronological order) 

Draft notice from Illinois man Tom Bowman

Learning Extension Opportunity: 
Look at the "Navigating the Waters" questions at the end of the story. Begin to think about how you would answer them - we will be discussing those next week.

Reminders: 

Have a great weekend!

Reading PALS: Peer Assisted Learning Strategy

An actual photo of Tip Top Lodge where Tim stayed
when he was trying to make his decision: run
for the border or stay in the US? 

Goal: Keep reading "On the Rainy River"

Agenda: 
Journal
Keep Close Reading

1. Journal: 
If you had a tough choice to make, would you make it alone or would you want someone to talk to about it? Please give detail.

2. KWL Chart 
We are going to make a KWL Chart for this reading. What do we already know about Tim?

3. PALS: Peer Assisted Learning Strategy

• Instead of reading as a whole class, I'm going to show you a new strategy for reading. 
• Your partner is the person sitting next to you at your table. 
• I will use the timer to keep track for you. 
• Partner A will read for five minutes, then Partner B will retell what Partner A read. 
• Then Partner B will read for five minutes, and Partner A will retell what Partner B read. 
• You should feel free to help each other through this. If neither of you know a certain word, ask me. I'm here to help!

4. Draft Dodgers

To extend our knowledge, let's learn more about people who escaped the draft by fleeing to Canada (hint: they're now Canadian citizens and have lived in Canada since they fled the US).

5. Would you have been drafted? 
Put the month and day of your birthday in on this website. It's a pretty accurate measurement of whether you would have been drafted or not. 

Reminders: 
ASB meets today after school. Come check it out!

Reading "On the Rainy River"

Our next reading is a story from this book,
which is told in autobiographical narrative style. 

Goal: Introduce our new reading, "On the Rainy River" by Tim O'Brien

Agenda: 
Journal
Quickwrite
"On the Rainy River"

1. Journal 
1st period: 
What do you know about the Vietnam War?

3rd period: 
Write about someone who has been there for you when you have had to make a tough decision in your life. What did this person do to help you?

2. Quickwrite 
1st period needs to catch up on a QuickWrite that 3rd period finished yesterday.

3. Reading "On the Rainy River" 

• We are close reading today 
• Grab a highlighter or a light colored marker (put back supplies if you borrow them from our classroom) 

*Lesson Extension: 

Check out these videos to further your understanding: 

• Many Vietnam veterans still suffer from PTSD decades later
• Tim O'Brien tells a true war story 

? Ask Yourself: 

What do you think Tim O'Brien is referring to in the second video when he says "the things they carried?" 

Reminders: 
Today is a modified day. We get out early, but there is still lots to do!

Precis + New Reading!

Goal: Finish the precis we worked on last week, review, and start a new story

Agenda: 
Journal
About You
Syllabus Review
Unscramble a precis
Submit handwritten precis
New Story

1. Journal 
Your journal assignment today is to finish telling me three things about yourself (from 8/30/19).

• If you already gave me three, add more details. 
• EVERYONE must finish this. 
• I gave you feedback over the weekend. 

2. About You 

Please fill out this ABOUT YOU FORM.
Make sure I receive it by the end of the period (if I have you for both English and Government, please fill it out in both classes).

3. Syllabus Review 

• The course syllabus is linked on the blog (above). 
• It's infographic style, and I'm working on a PDF style for those who prefer to just read a document. 

4. Unscramble a Precis 
To review what we did last week, you will be unscrambling a precis.

5. Submit handwritten precis 
You are submitting your own handwritten precis today. I will help you through it individually, but you should think about this like a test.

6. New Story 
We are starting a new story today. You will need your binders, but you can close your computers.

Reminders:
Welcome to the second week of school! I'm proud of you.

Technology Set Up + Precis

Goal: Get our technology working and write a rhetorical precis!

Agenda: 
Writing Warm Up
Pictures
Tech Checklist
SOAPSTone Form
Rhetorical Precis

1. Tech Checklist 
    - Welcome to the class blog (msdanielenglish.blogspot.com)
    - Join Google Classroom (class codes posted in the room)
    - Add these to your bookmark bar

2. SOAPSTone 

• SOAPSTone is a strategy used to understand why an author might have written a certain text. 
• Open THIS FORM and work on it with a partner or independently (due today). 
• Advice: Don't close the form until you are sure it submitted; your work will not save. 

3. Rhetorical Precis

Rhetorical precis is ONE PARAGRAPH of academic writing that shows how we understand an author's purpose. We are going to write one today.

See you TUESDAY! (No School Monday - Labor Day)

Let's Get to Know Each Other

Goal: Get to know each other and review what's been started during the first three days of school

Agenda: 
Welcome
Nametags
Expectations
Notebooks
Review First Text
Intro to Rhetorical Precis

1. Nametags
Grab a piece of paper and markers. We are going to create name tags so we can get to know each other.

2. Expectations 
Let's set our expectations for the year together.

3. Notebooks
You already have a binder with your readings.
You are going to get a notebook to do your written responses and daily journals (starting tomorrow).

4. Review First Text
This week you read "Oh, the Choices You'll Make" and watched a video about making choices.
Let's review so we're all on the same page.

5. Intro to Rhetorical Precis
Tomorrow we are going to write a rhetorical precis about this week's reading, "Oh, the Choices You'll Make."

Tomorrow we are going to write our first rhetorical precis! Get ready! 

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back to School, San Diego Students and Families!

Let's have a great school year this year!