Alliance Judy Burton Technology Academy
Digital Agenda- Week 6
Teacher: / Ms. Khachatryan / Date: / 9/05/2016 – 9/09/2016 / Subject/Course: / ELA Support / Grade: / 9thCCStandard(s):
W.10Write over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks/purposes/audiences.
SL.1 Initiate and participate in collaborative discussions with peers.
L.1demonstrate command of English conventions with specific focus on: using parallel structure and using various phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial, prepositional, absolute) and clauses (independent, dependent, noun, relative, adverbial).
W.4 Provide clear and coherent writing; development, organization and style are appropriate for task, purpose, and audience as defined in W.1-W.3.
Learning Objective (s):
SWBAT show understanding of grade level text through discussion and analysis.
SWBAT correctly complete the Say-Mean-Matter activity graphic organizer.
SWBAT correctly complete all the steps of an Achieve 3000 article including a concise and coherent summary.
Essential Question(s):
How do we respond to different types of text using Say-Mean-Matter graphic organizer?
How are our identities formed?
Assessment: Writing samples (summary of a story) and teacher observation of students’ reading and discussion skills/abilities, and the Achieve 3000 handout. Vocabulary quiz results and a completed Say-Mean-Matter chart.
Do Now:
Monday & Tuesday:Journaling“Consider something—an event, an experience, a relationship with someone--that you’ve experienced that became part of who you are today.”
Wednesday: SSR
Thursday & Friday: Journaling “Design and describe a tiny island that would be a perfect escape for you for a couple of days.”
WHOLE GROUP
Monday & Tuesday:Taking notes during a power point presentation.
Completing the first Say-Mean-Matter activity together as a whole class.
Wednesday: Review the steps of Dialectic journals
Thursday & Friday:Reading and discussion of the story “Little Boxes”
DIRECT INTRUCTION / COLLABORATIVE STATION / INDEPENDENT STATION
Monday & Tuesday:
- Introduction of new vocabulary
- Power Point presentation on how to correctly complete a Say-Mean-Matter activity and address the essential question.
- Introduction of dialectic journals
- Teacher lead class discussion of the text
Discussion of the quote at the beginning of the story.
- Students will complete a Say-Mean-Matter activity in their table groups.
- n/a
- In their table groups students will discuss the story and together answer the text based questions
- Journaling
- Students will complete a Say-Mean-Matter activity on a given image
- SSR
- Students will complete a dialectic journal for the reading they did during SSR
- Journaling
- Students will complete an Achieve 3000 lesson.
Homework: Study the vocabulary words and be ready for a quiz on Wednesday
READ your independent reading book 40 minutes a day.