tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67126702594710429012024-03-12T20:31:47.542-04:00Mrs. K. Simpsonkamilah_simpson@scps.k12.fl.usMrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-23348225634543574952013-05-29T16:45:00.002-04:002013-05-29T16:45:30.209-04:00Have a great summer and best wishes in High School. I know that you are all moving on to bigger, better, more fantastic experiences and I am truly excited for you. It has been an eventful year in many different ways and I am so honored to have been your teacher. Lots of Love!-Mrs. SimpsonMrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-67309833462254306912013-05-15T15:06:00.003-04:002013-05-15T15:06:48.573-04:00Chapter 12 Questions<br />
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings;">v </span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Which of Anne’s hopes and dreams come
true? Which do not?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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1.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Anne quotes the saying, “For in its innermost depths youth is
lonelier than old age.” What does the saying mean to you?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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2.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Why does Anne describe herself as a “bundle of contradictions”?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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<span style="font-size: 19.0pt;"><span style="color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Wingdings 2"; font-size: 65%; mso-color-index: 1; mso-special-format: bullet;">¨</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Answer in complete sentences only. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings;">v </span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">What does the D-Day invasion mean to
the people in hiding?</span></div>
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1.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">What do </span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Miep</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">, Mr. Kraler, and the other helpers
risk by continuing to aid the people in the secret Annex?</span></div>
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2.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">What are Anne’s two ways of viewing life in hiding, and what is
the “huge difference” she sees between them?</span></div>
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3.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">What faults does Anne find in Peter?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2';">¨</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Answer in complete sentences only. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings;">v </span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Contrast “Anne number one” and “Anne
number two.”</span></div>
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1.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How do Anne and her father clash over Peter, and how is the
issue resolved?</span></div>
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2.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">What does Anne mean when she writes that “the little man” is
just as guilty of the war as the politicians?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2';">¨</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Answer in complete sentences only. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings;">v</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How does Anne respond to the idea of a
writing as a career</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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1.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">What new difficulties are the Dutch “on the outside”
experiencing on account of the war?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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2.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Why aren</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">’t the people in
hiding discovered as a result of the burglary</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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3.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Why does Anne plan to tell her father about herself and Peter?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings;">v</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How does the relationship between Peter
and Anne develop in this section?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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1.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">What does Anne mean when she says there’s not much difference
between her noise and Peter’s silence?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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2.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How do Anne’s and Peter’s parents react to their relationship?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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3.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How do Anne and Margot grow closer?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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<span style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2';">¨</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Answer in complete sentences only. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings;">v </span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How are Anne’s feelings about Peter
changing?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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1.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How and why does Anne plan to change her attitude toward Mrs.
Van Daan?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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2.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">What is the irony in Anne’s discovery of her family’s
prejudices against Mrs. Van Daan?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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3.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How are nature and the out-of-doors important to Anne? Why does
she consider herself lucky?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings;">v </span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How does Anne feel about growing up?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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1.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How do the people in hiding celebrate St. Nicholas Day and
Christmas this year?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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2.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">During this bleak winter, what are Anne’s wishes?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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3.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How has Anne’s relationship with her mother changed?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Paraphrase a journal entry that you read in Chapter 6 on the second half of your journal page. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2';">¨</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Answer in complete sentences only. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings;">v </span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How does Anne feel she has changed
during her first year?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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1.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">What is Anne’s favorite time of day, and why?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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2.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Describe Elli (Bep). How does she show solidarity with the people in
the Annex?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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3.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Why does Italy’s surrender fill people in the Annex with hope?</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">
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Mrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-80933495450164793672013-05-03T15:52:00.001-04:002013-05-03T15:52:15.788-04:00Chapter 3 & 4 of Diary of a Young Girl Questions<br />
<span style="font-family: Wingdings 2;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">Chapter 3</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Answer in complete sentences only. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings;">v</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Which events deepen Anne’s feeling of
isolation?</span></div>
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1.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How is the situation in the Netherlands growing worse?</span></div>
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2.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How would you describe Mr. </span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Dussel’s</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"> personality?</span></div>
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3.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">In which event does Anne find humor?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Chapter 4</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings;">v</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How does this section of the diary
reveal Anne’s courage and determination?</span></div>
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1.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">How do Dutch resistance workers sabotage the Nazis?</span></div>
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2.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">What are the messages in Anne’s birthday poem from her father?</span></div>
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3.<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Why does Dussel object to sharing the writing table with Anne?</span></div>
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Mrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-25109519077757227562013-04-25T16:34:00.001-04:002013-04-30T16:13:17.556-04:00Movies and Links used in classIn Memory of Millions Part 1- <a href="http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/55B6B443-53C1-448E-A87B-395823233B0E">Video</a><br />
The Wave -<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICng-KRxXJ8">Movie </a><br />
Tour of the Anne Frank Annex -<a href="http://annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Home/Enter-the-3D-house/#/house/20/">Link</a>Mrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-39605095545880014292013-04-12T15:51:00.005-04:002013-04-12T15:51:42.949-04:00<a href="http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com/?cdPasscode=PZPDW672362">FCAT Reading Prep</a><br />
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Don't forget to write down the "<u>return to test code</u>" before clicking start.<br />
The window closes midnight MONDAY.Mrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-195540145656461352013-04-11T14:58:00.002-04:002013-04-11T15:55:47.972-04:00Homework Due 4/12/13Part 2: On a separate sheet of paper, answer the following questions about the <a href="http://www.petethomasoutdoors.com/2011/02/tony-hawk-tops-shaun-white-in-video-game-sales.html">Tony Hawk & Shawn White</a> handout.<br />
*Answers must be in complete sentences.<br />
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1. What is the essential message of this article?<br />
2. Identify three details from the text that support the essential message from question 1.<br />
3. What assumption could be made about the relationship between Hawk and White? Why?<br />
4. In the text, what does the word "aspirations" mean?<br />
5. What advantage does Tony Hawk claim to have over Shaun White in the skateboarding video game market?<br />
6. Which two types of text structures are used throughout the passage and why?<br />
<br />Mrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-64928164466807401622013-04-04T16:20:00.005-04:002013-04-04T16:20:55.500-04:00Homework Due 4/5/13<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Directions: </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Read the passage Hybrid Cars</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On the back, answer the questions given below</span></li>
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<br />Mrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-53272756539907998552013-03-13T15:04:00.001-04:002013-03-13T15:05:58.112-04:00Activity 19/20 "The Gun Debate"Here is the link to the scholastic article ready in class.<br />
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Please read the directions for the assignment carefully and complete. <br />
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Mrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-67704151851984497082013-03-07T11:50:00.004-05:002013-03-07T11:50:43.051-05:00Extra CreditThe following extra credit opportunities are available until Tuesday, March 18th!<br />
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1. Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias on <a href="http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com/?cdPasscode=PZPVZ543005">Discovery Education</a><br />
2. Create an AMERICA bumper sticker with a slogan, commentary, or powerful statement about AMERICA. Bumper sticker should be decorated.<br />
3. How to eat an Oreo: Write a descriptive paragraph using detailed transition words of how to eat and Oreo cookie. Then retrieve the Oreo cut-out from Ms. Samuels to create your final draft.<br />
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Reminder: <u><b>BOOK REPORT PROJECTS DUE</b></u> NEXT MONDAY-WEDNESDAY!!!!!!Mrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-60276687473938478442013-02-19T14:27:00.001-05:002013-02-19T14:27:11.215-05:00Week of Feb. 19-22This week we will be working on a variety of strategies and techniques to ensure we are ready for our FCAT WRITES!!!<div>
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Mrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-18872420899023229802013-01-22T16:32:00.005-05:002013-01-28T15:49:07.541-05:00Week of January 21-25<span style="background-color: cyan;">Monday: </span>MLK Jr Day Observed NO SCHOOL<br />
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<span style="background-color: cyan;">Tuesday: </span>BAV & Activity 5 (Advanced)<br />
Today students came back well rested from the three-day weekend and we hit the ground running. Below you will find the BAV words completed by all classes. Advance classes also completed Activity #5.<br />
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<span style="background-color: cyan;">Wednesday: </span>Emancipation & Book Report 3 requirements given<br />
Both class: Received the book list for the third book report project, as well as the project page.<br />
Books are reserved in the school Media Center and available for checkout. The last day to select your book is Friday.<br />
Standard: Students completed Activity #4 and began Activity #5:Emancipation FAB4<br />
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Standard: Students completed Activity #6: Cause & Effect handout then took test on Cause & Effect<br />
Advanced: Students completed Activity #7: Cause & Effect handout then took test on Cause & Effect<br />
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<span style="background-color: cyan;">Friday: </span>Writing<br />
Using Cause & Effect strategies, students generated writing topics.<br />
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EXTRA CREDIT/PRACTICE: Links presented below<br />
<a href="http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com/?cdPasscode=PZPAR600950">Character Point of View</a><br />
<a href="http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com/?cdPasscode=PZPZJ994303">Cause & Effect</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: #674ea7;">The following assignments are due Monday:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #674ea7;">Standard: BAV & Activities 4-6</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #674ea7;">Advanced: BAV & Activities 5-7</span>Mrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-88405268527087697212013-01-14T16:02:00.001-05:002013-01-14T16:03:15.891-05:00Literacy Week is here! 1/14-1/18As we embark on the new year, we are excited that Literacy week is finally here! Below is a list of all the important things happening this week around campus and in class.There will be a book swap opportunity of Friday in the Media Center, please bring in lightly used books throughout the week to swap for some other great reads.<br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Monday:</span> <i>Million-Minute Read</i><br />
Students will read for the class period, participating in our state-wide Million-Minute Read.<br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Tuesday:</span> <i>Scavenger Hunt</i> begins!<br />
Advanced: Students will complete Activity #4 (Short-Story Analysis) for the story "Thank you, M'am."<br />
Standard: Students will complete Activity #3 (Character Analysis) for the story "Thank you, M'am."<br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Wednesday:</span> <i>Character Dress up!</i> (You must have your book to participate)<br />
Both classes: Spelling Bee and BAV words: Theme & Character Point of View<br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Thursday:</span> <i>A Poem in your Pocket</i><br />
<span style="color: red;">Test:</span> Character Point of View<br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Friday:</span> <i>Fracture Fairy-tales</i><br />
Assignments Due!!! Advanced: #'s1-4 and BAV; Standard: #'s 1-3 and BAV.<br />
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<span style="background-color: red;">Reminder:</span><span style="background-color: red;"> </span><span style="background-color: red;">Zero's </span><span style="background-color: red;">will be given Second Semester, there is only a two-day grace period for missing assignments. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Covered By Your Grace'; line-height: 33px;"><b style="color: lime;"><u><i>Extra Credit</i></u></b><span style="color: lime;">- Clink on the link: </span><a href="http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com/?cdPasscode=W86BE-453C"><span style="color: cyan;">Planning Practice</span></a><span style="color: lime;"> and complete by submitting online. </span></span><br />
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Mrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-66038487758701285672012-12-11T16:35:00.004-05:002012-12-13T09:48:49.545-05:00Week of December 10-14<span style="color: cyan;">Monday</span> (Activity #11)<br />
Today students review tools of persuasion using the stories "The Trouble with Television," and "Sharing the American Dream."<br />
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Today students viewed examples of FLEE Map to plan their writing. We created the brainstorming handout and created a hook and thesis statement.<br />
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Today we looked at students samples of writing hooks and used the "Get Hooked," handout to create our own hooks.<br />
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Today we went over the Writing Rubric and highlighted relevant details. We also began scoring anchor papers based on the writing rubric.<br />
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<span style="color: cyan;">Friday </span>(Police Dog Trainer Presentation)<br />
Today we had a special treat by having two officers of the law! One was canine :)<br />
<br />Mrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-53172058018078839182012-12-05T16:04:00.003-05:002012-12-06T16:03:37.543-05:00Week of December 3-7<b>Activities 7-10 and BAV words Persuade-Support due Friday! </b><br />
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<b>Monday</b><br />
Today students completed learned BAV words pertaining to "Tools of Persuasion." Students were able to view examples and definitions of these words by viewing a <a href="http://prezi.com/xr8qdzpzvu_t/the-trouble-with-television/?kw=view-xr8qdzpzvu_t&rc=ref-9843621">Prezi</a>. If you were absent, please refer to the link.<br />
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<b>Tuesday (Activity #9)</b><br />
Today students read The Trouble with Television (pgs. 668-671 in Lit. textbook), and completed the relevant details handout.<br />
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Students watch a view biography on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and began reading The American Dream (pgs. 672-674 in Lit. textbook). Students used reciprocal teaching strategies to predict, clarify, questions, and summarize the passage.<br />
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<b>Thursday (Reviewing Relevant Details)-</b><br />
Today students reviewed relevant details in preparation for their test tomorrow. Students also brainstormed some persuasive ideas.<br />
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Students can complete the practice test for Relevant Details by clicking the link <b><a href="http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com/?cdPasscode=PZPSR165200">Practice Test</a> </b><i>(No printing required).</i><br />
<b>Friday</b><br />
Students demonstrated their knowledge of relevant details through testing and was able to continue brainstorming persuasive writing ideas.Mrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712670259471042901.post-41620824597051403932012-11-26T16:44:00.002-05:002012-11-26T16:45:47.413-05:00Week of November 26-30<span style="color: red;">Book report projects due: NEXT MONDAY.</span><br />
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We read the captivating non-fiction story or Shyima in <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/scopemagazine/PDFs/SCOPE-090312-Nonfiction.pdf">"A Child Slave in California,"</a> and began answering questions. If you were absent, read the article and be prepared to answer questions tomorrow.<br />
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We will finish discussing the article, "A Child Slave in California," and begin our BAV words, (ethos, pathos, logos)<br />
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In preparation for our persuasive passage, "The Trouble with TV," we will define our literary vocabulary words.<br />
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Students received their grammar test back, and used their notes to identify the correct answers and fix their errors for grading.<br />
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Students worked on their book report projects that are due Monday, December 3rd.<br />
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<u><i><span style="color: lime;">Academic Assistance is available from now to December 18th, 4-5pm, in the major subject areas.</span></i></u>Mrs. K. Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13614549019223237932noreply@blogger.com0