Week of 9/28-10/2

Update: Essay due in Google Classroom by Friday. 

Videos for forensic pathology unit: TedTalk (8.5)  or What Role do Anthropologist Have in Solving Crime (2.5 minutes)

Simulation -

Your homework for the whole week is to read your classic literature book for at least 20 minutes each night. During warm-ups or at the end of class, you will be required to respond to questions about the content, style, and theme of your book. Please prepare by reading each night.

Monday:
Essential Question: What is Forensic Anthropology and why is the work relevant? (Go beyond the obvious!)

• Launch Forensic Pathology Unit with video/Quickwrite/KWL chart

• Partner work on Forensic Anthropology simulation

Tuesday:

Performance Series period 1-3

Quickwrite Forensic Anthropology and KWL

Wednesday:

Performance Series period 6-7

Quickwrite Forensic Anthropology Quick Write

Thursday:

• Break into pre-assigned reading groups and read the first article "What is Forensic Anthropology?" http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2008-04-04/608464/
• Re-read the article and annotate to find important details, significant events, author's purpose, recurring images, and text features
• Work together in small groups to create central ideas for the article. Copy graphic organizer in notebook and fill in: https://docs.google.com/a/chccs.k12.nc.us/document/d/1cq7Iw53AX6Ii4LlCMy5j-GwuA8ngMd0uHuN4c9dHA5U/edit?usp=sharing
• As an exit ticket, independently write a paragraph to defend your central idea using specific evidence from the text. I will review the exit tickets so that I can determine which kids have mastered finding central idea and which kids need extra support. 

ELA— I’m still making comments on final draft. Sorry to tell you I’m extending final due date to this Friday. Thank you for your hard work on this essay!

*Don’t worry if your essay is showing up as “Late” in Google Classroom. I’m still fiddling with the dates to get the extension updated.

**If you don’t have a literary classic for independent reading, you need to get one. Check one out from the Culbreth library or see me for help finding one. You must bring your classic to class with you every single day! No more excuses!

Most of the vocabulary quiz grades are in PowerSchool. If you scored below an 80, you have an opportunity for a retake on Friday, October 2nd. The average of your two scores will become your test grade. If you scored between 80 and 90, you can do test corrections. See me at lunch asap.

Here's how you do your Works Cited citation. You may need to edit it to adjust the specific title of your version of the article:


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m7k6y66YUzX9jQVYQQ4ELE19c_IM52gn5CvnVxNqqfg/edit?usp=sharing
Final Draft is now due Wednesday, 9/30. I am still adding comments, so it is only fair that I extend the deadline. You will not have any more class time to work on this.

Monday, 9/21 - Friday, 9/25

*Parents/Guardians: I have added a reading list tab to the top of my blog. I would like for the students to begin reading classic books for the rest of the quarter. If your child really wants a challenge, here is the 100 Classic Books Challenge: http://www.listchallenges.com/100-classic-books-challenge. Let's see how many of these they can read and discuss!

I have also added some Writing Contest opportunities. Click on tabs at the top of the page for more information. Remember that I require students to enter at least two writing competitions (outside of Culbreth's audience) each year. Alternatively, the students can write letters to the editor for newspapers or magazines. 

Monday
Class:

• Use class grammar books to help you fill out the grammar study guide. This will help you do well on Wednesday's vocabulary quiz.
• Review grammar packet.
• Class discussion on creating Works Cited page
• Transfer information from your ACES template to your Central Idea Final Essay blank template in Google Classroom. Focus on making your paragraphs flow and connecting them to one another as well as to the writing prompt.
• Small groups will meet with Ms. Grinnell to discuss paragraph structure and sentence structure.

*By the end of class on Monday, you are expected to have transferred your ACES information to your final essay template. You also are expected to have completed your introduction paragraph. Make sure to have a hook, background information about the topic, and your thesis statement.

Homework:

• Continue working on vocabulary word maps. They are due on Wednesday before the quiz. 
• Continue to work on grammar study guide.
• Complete page 1 (both sides) of grammar packet.
• Study your vocabulary words and grammar content.

Tuesday
Class:

• Check answers to page 1 of grammar packet.
• Review all MLA Format requirements and language/tone expectations for the essay
• Short vocabulary review
• Continue meeting in small groups to discuss paragraph structure and sentence structure.

*By the end of class on Tuesday, you are expected to have completed your first and second body paragraphs. You may also want to go ahead and create your Works Cited page at the end of your essay template.

Homework: 

• Complete vocabulary word maps. 
• Complete grammar study guide.
• Study your vocabulary words and grammar content.

Wednesday

Class:

• TURN IN ALL REMAINING WORD MAPS and all grammar work.
• Vocabulary Quiz
• Continue to work on essay. Complete the third body paragraph of essay.

Homework: 

• Review essay and highlight areas that you think need attention during peer review.

Thursday

Class:

• Complete conclusion paragraph and review your essay for errors. Read the essay aloud to try to pick up on any errors in flow or structure.
• Get a peer editing sheet from Ms. Grinnell and begin commenting on a peer's paper. Ms. Grinnell will assign you a peer editing partner.

Homework:

• Make any necessary revisions to your essay based on your peer's feedback.

Friday

Class: 

• Finish peer editing.
• Make final changes and check your work against the appropriate rubric.
• Submit final draft.

Homework: Complete the extra credit ACES assignment or begin the Letters for Literature writing contest.

Grammar study guide

Here is a grammar study guide that you can complete in order to study for the vocabulary test on Wednesday: Grammar study guide

Extra Credit

For an extra point on one of your Quarter 1 major assignments, complete this ACES prompt concisely and thoroughly.

Read the following article from the Daily Tar Heel:

Culture Shock: Surrounded by Norts and Water Bottles

Prompt:

Read this opinion statement from the Daily Tar Heel. How does this article connect to the air-conditioning article? Respond in an ACES paragraph.

A: Answer the prompt

C: Cite evidence and use parenthetical citations. (You can use more than one piece of evidence.)

E: How do these pieces of evidence prove your claim?

S: Summarize and conclude the paragraph

Writing Contest Opportunity

I accidentally gave your parents the wrong writing contest entry form at Open House last night. Here is the link to this year's Letters About Literature writing contest: Letters about Literature

Standard ACES with explicit section instructions.


Click this link and fill out the form below.

ACES assignment questions

Confused by the ACES template? Does this one make it easier to understand? Alternate template
If you would prefer to use this one, go ahead.

Still not sure what we are looking for? Here is an example of an essay that explores Central Idea: "Hi Mom, I'm Home" Central Idea essay

Below are the three options for the ACES assignment. The Essay will be due Friday. I will come around and tell you what level I recommend based on your Getting To Know You Letter.


Grade Level ACES - Central Idea for Newsela Article

Advanced/Challenge ACES

Modified ACES with scaffolding

The ACES will be due by the end of your class period on Thursday, 9/17. The essay will be due next Friday, 9/24. You must get your ACES approved before moving on to the essay.

Complete the vocabulary word maps by this Friday, 9/18. Vocab/grammar quiz will be next Wednesday, 9/23.