Today in 6A!
ENGLISH: Using the guidelines from yesterday's peer editing session, we continued with that effort today. There did seem to be a bit of confusion as to how long the essays were tobe. If the directions say 2-3 pages, that means 2 full pages minimum to 3 full pages maximum. There are students struggling with both ends of this limit. If you find yourself with not enough material. Do some more research and add a section, or add more analysis to your research. Give me more reasons why the existing evidence supports your claim. If your essay is too long, consider rephrasing sections in a more concise manner. Or eliminate sections all together.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We finished our last lesson of our Greek unit which covered notable achievements in academics. Significant minds like Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are persons that students should be familiar with. Homework for this section is on Page 433 #1, 2, 4, 5.
While I haven't assigned specific review questions (coming Monday) students have had all lessons already and should spend time each day this weekend reviewing their homework in order to prepare for Wednesday's test.
Friday, April 12, 2019
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Today in 6A & 6B
RELIGION: Students wrote their chapter 13 quiz and later worked on their research essays.
ENGLISH: Today was our first peer review session for our research essays. For each paper we review of others we need to follow the below process:
1-Each peer will review our essay 4 times
2-First read - looking at sentence structure and grammar. Does this flow nicely?
3-Second read - Review transitions - Is it repetitive? Are there transitions? Are they appropriate?
4-Third read - Review clinchers - Are they wrapping up their idea nicely?
5-Fourth read - Review spelling - Are all words spelled correctly?
6-Always ask "How does this support the thesis/claim statement?"
7-Provide suggestions for all of the above. Suggestions should be helpful and lead to better writing.
LITERATURE: I reviewed the expectations for participation in the Socratic Seminar which will be held on Tuesday of next week. Students are expected to created detailed notes that will help them not only express their impressions and understanding of the story, but will help get them involved in the conversation.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We used our time to work in our polis groups.
MATH (8:00 class) Accelerated Math (9:00 class) Ws 8-1, 8-2 & 8-3
STUDENTS SHOULD BE 55%-60% to Goal in Accelerated Math
RELIGION: Students wrote their chapter 13 quiz and later worked on their research essays.
ENGLISH: Today was our first peer review session for our research essays. For each paper we review of others we need to follow the below process:
1-Each peer will review our essay 4 times
2-First read - looking at sentence structure and grammar. Does this flow nicely?
3-Second read - Review transitions - Is it repetitive? Are there transitions? Are they appropriate?
4-Third read - Review clinchers - Are they wrapping up their idea nicely?
5-Fourth read - Review spelling - Are all words spelled correctly?
6-Always ask "How does this support the thesis/claim statement?"
7-Provide suggestions for all of the above. Suggestions should be helpful and lead to better writing.
LITERATURE: I reviewed the expectations for participation in the Socratic Seminar which will be held on Tuesday of next week. Students are expected to created detailed notes that will help them not only express their impressions and understanding of the story, but will help get them involved in the conversation.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We used our time to work in our polis groups.
MATH (8:00 class) Accelerated Math (9:00 class) Ws 8-1, 8-2 & 8-3
STUDENTS SHOULD BE 55%-60% to Goal in Accelerated Math
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Today in 6A & 6B
ENGLISH: Students continued writing their drafts for their research papers. Students have been informed that by tomorrow's class they need to be ready to peer edit theirs and other peoples' essays. This will require some work from our students at home this evening. The consequence for not meeting this expectation is a detention to be held on Monday (4/15) with me so that I may ensure that students are ready and able to submit their essays for the deadline on Tuesday (4/16).
RELIGION: We reviewed our chapter 13 lessons from this week in preparation for our open book test tomorrow.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Our lesson shared a focus on both Art and Literature in ancient Greece. In Art, we talked about pottery, sculpture and architecture and how the Greek spent a great deal of time debating the ideals of beauty. It is from this line of thinking that we get our modern conflicts around racism and the justification for slavery here in the U.S. From the literature perspective the lesson detailed the similarities and difference between Greek tragedies and comedies as well as the importance of fables in everyday life. Homework is on page 427 #1-4.
MATH (8:00 class) pg 338-339 6-24 + 31-33 Chp 6 test tomorrow (9:00 class) pg 400-401 2-28 evens + 30-37
ENGLISH: Students continued writing their drafts for their research papers. Students have been informed that by tomorrow's class they need to be ready to peer edit theirs and other peoples' essays. This will require some work from our students at home this evening. The consequence for not meeting this expectation is a detention to be held on Monday (4/15) with me so that I may ensure that students are ready and able to submit their essays for the deadline on Tuesday (4/16).
RELIGION: We reviewed our chapter 13 lessons from this week in preparation for our open book test tomorrow.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Our lesson shared a focus on both Art and Literature in ancient Greece. In Art, we talked about pottery, sculpture and architecture and how the Greek spent a great deal of time debating the ideals of beauty. It is from this line of thinking that we get our modern conflicts around racism and the justification for slavery here in the U.S. From the literature perspective the lesson detailed the similarities and difference between Greek tragedies and comedies as well as the importance of fables in everyday life. Homework is on page 427 #1-4.
MATH (8:00 class) pg 338-339 6-24 + 31-33 Chp 6 test tomorrow (9:00 class) pg 400-401 2-28 evens + 30-37
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Today in 6A & 6B
ENGLISH: Students continued with the drafting phase of their essays. There are still a few students who are slowly progressing to this phase. These students will need to do additional work at home to ensure that they are prepared to submit for our Tuesday deadline.
LITERATURE: Today 6A finished reading "A Long Walk To Water" and we will now begin preparing for our Socratic Seminar, ideally, Tuesday of next week.
RELIGION: Today's conversation centered around conscience and what informs our consciences. The text makes a great analogy to a search engine; if you plug in data that is incorrect, you'll get incorrect results. Similarly if we inform our conscience incorrectly, we will not behave in a moral way.
SOCIAL STUDIES: If we were not completing such a large project already, this lesson would have been an ideal opportunity to spend a great deal of time. In our overview of ancient Greek religion, we explored the popular tales of the Gods and demi-gods. Homework for this session is on page 419 #1, 2, 4, 5, 6
MATH (8:00 class) pg 330 1-16 Chp 6 Test on Thursday (9:00 class) pg 400-401 1-29 odds
ENGLISH: Students continued with the drafting phase of their essays. There are still a few students who are slowly progressing to this phase. These students will need to do additional work at home to ensure that they are prepared to submit for our Tuesday deadline.
LITERATURE: Today 6A finished reading "A Long Walk To Water" and we will now begin preparing for our Socratic Seminar, ideally, Tuesday of next week.
RELIGION: Today's conversation centered around conscience and what informs our consciences. The text makes a great analogy to a search engine; if you plug in data that is incorrect, you'll get incorrect results. Similarly if we inform our conscience incorrectly, we will not behave in a moral way.
SOCIAL STUDIES: If we were not completing such a large project already, this lesson would have been an ideal opportunity to spend a great deal of time. In our overview of ancient Greek religion, we explored the popular tales of the Gods and demi-gods. Homework for this session is on page 419 #1, 2, 4, 5, 6
MATH (8:00 class) pg 330 1-16 Chp 6 Test on Thursday (9:00 class) pg 400-401 1-29 odds
Monday, April 8, 2019
Today in 6A!
ENGLISH: Students wrote their Unit 14 Vocabulary quiz today. This will be graded and returned to students by tomorrow. After their test students gained approval of their pre-writing and began the drafting process. There a select few students who have yet to meet the pre-writing component. I caution these students to not draft until they have mapped out their research and defined how they plan to go about writing this essay. A good plan is the key to a good essay. All students should be at the drafting stage for tomorrow.
LITERATURE: We continued our read of "A Long Walk To Water" and will likely finish the book by the end of this week. This means that next week we will have our Socratic Seminar discussion to assess our learning of this material before we break for Easter. Students will have class time to prepare properly for this discussion.
RELIGION: To prepare students for our lesson I had small groups take 5 minutes to come up with an invention that would make their live easier. All of their inventions had a similarity, that they saved the user valuable time. This is a theme in our lives, making things easier or getting results immediately, however the only area of our lives where the opposite is true is in our pursuit of Jesus. We are not racing to get those results immediately, in fact, we often actively push it back or delay it. We observed the Hebrews as they languished in the desert for forty years in order to see the covenant made with Moses fulfilled.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Our lesson focused on the emergence of democracy in Ancient Greece and how this change impacted their societies. In addition, our lesson explored several other types of leadership and governance which lie in stark contrast to Democracy. Homework for this section is on page 392 #1-7.
ENGLISH: Students wrote their Unit 14 Vocabulary quiz today. This will be graded and returned to students by tomorrow. After their test students gained approval of their pre-writing and began the drafting process. There a select few students who have yet to meet the pre-writing component. I caution these students to not draft until they have mapped out their research and defined how they plan to go about writing this essay. A good plan is the key to a good essay. All students should be at the drafting stage for tomorrow.
LITERATURE: We continued our read of "A Long Walk To Water" and will likely finish the book by the end of this week. This means that next week we will have our Socratic Seminar discussion to assess our learning of this material before we break for Easter. Students will have class time to prepare properly for this discussion.
RELIGION: To prepare students for our lesson I had small groups take 5 minutes to come up with an invention that would make their live easier. All of their inventions had a similarity, that they saved the user valuable time. This is a theme in our lives, making things easier or getting results immediately, however the only area of our lives where the opposite is true is in our pursuit of Jesus. We are not racing to get those results immediately, in fact, we often actively push it back or delay it. We observed the Hebrews as they languished in the desert for forty years in order to see the covenant made with Moses fulfilled.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Our lesson focused on the emergence of democracy in Ancient Greece and how this change impacted their societies. In addition, our lesson explored several other types of leadership and governance which lie in stark contrast to Democracy. Homework for this section is on page 392 #1-7.
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