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Today in Team Lit 10/12

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.

Writing Workshop Activities:
Narrative Challenge
Write a narrative about a person using the map you drew and the moments you generated. 


Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Person- List important people and moments associated with them.
Place- Draw a map of a place and list moments that happened involving areas on the map.
Chart- Make a chart of to organize your ideas

1) Finish your map and moments
2) Flash draft on moments
3) Chart Firsts and Lasts

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.2, RL. 6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.5, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3

OWL RESEARCH

Learning Goals:
Identify character traits of owls.
Investigate owls using portaportal.
Make observations about different types of owls and their habitats.

Class Resources:
Owl Sounds
Dancing Owls
Hoot Libguide

Activities:
Owl Circle Map
Use Piktochart or Canva to create an infographic

Today in Team Literacy 10/11

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.

Writing Workshop Activities:
Narrative Challenge
Write a narrative about a person using the list of people and moments you generated. 

Writing Reminders
*Write a beginning for your story.
*Use transition words to tell what happened in order.
*Elaborate to help readers picture your story.
*Show what your story is really about.
*Write an ending for your story. 

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Person- List important people and moments associated with them.
Place- Draw a map of a place and list moments that happened involving areas on the map.


Homework:

-Finish your map and moments.  Come to class with one in mind to write about. 

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.2, RL. 6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.5, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3

Sample Narrative

Today in Team Literacy 10/6

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Identify strategies used when writing personal narratives.

Writing Workshop Activities:
1) Share Example Narrative- Identify Strengths and Weaknesses
2)Notes-How to Write Powerful Narratives

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Person: Think of a person who matters to you, list small moment stories, choose one, and write the whole story.
Up- Carl and Ellie


Narrative Challenge

Flash draft- write for 10 minutes using one of you people/moments

Writing Reminders
*Write a beginning for your story.
*Use transition words to tell what happened in order.
*Elaborate to help readers picture your story.
*Show what your story is really about.
*Write an ending for your story. 

Homework:

Places tomorrow!  Think of a place you can draw a map of for class tomorrow.

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.2, RL. 6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.5, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3

Today in Team Literacy 10/5

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Identify strategies used when writing personal narratives.

Writing Workshop Activities:
1) Share Example Narrative- Identify Strengths and Weaknesses
2)Notes-How to Write Powerful Narratives

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Person: Think of a person who matters to you, list small moment stories, choose one, and write the whole story.
Up- Carl and Ellie


Narrative Challenge

Flash draft- write for 10 minutes using one of you people/moments

Writing Reminders
*Write a beginning for your story.
*Use transition words to tell what happened in order.
*Elaborate to help readers picture your story.
*Show what your story is really about.
*Write an ending for your story. 

Homework:

Places tomorrow!  Think of a place you can draw a map of for class tomorrow.

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.2, RL. 6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.5, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3

Today in Team Literacy 9/29

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.

Writing Workshop Activities:
Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Small moments mini- lesson
Review Notes-How to Write Powerful Narratives

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Create a Chart to Brainstorm
Times I Realized Something: Think of moments that really mattered because you realized or learned something.  Chart your thoughts.  

Writing Reminders
*Write a beginning for your story.
*Use details to help readers picture your story.
*Concentrate on a small moment.
*Insert dialogue appropriately.
*Write an ending for your story. 

Narrative Challenge- 10-15min

Write a narrative using one of your last moments or times you realized something

Homework:

-Keep track of all of those memories you create over the weekend!  There might be something worth writing about!

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.3, RL. 6.6, SL.6.1, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3. L.6.6

Small moments

Today in Team Literacy 9/27

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.

Writing Workshop Activities:
The Awakenings- Leonard's firsts

Narrative Challenge- 10-15min
Write a narrative using one of your first moments.

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Create a Chart to Brainstorm
Last Moments: Think of last times you did something. Chart your thoughts.  

Writing Reminders
*Write a beginning for your story.
*Use details to help readers picture your story.
*Concentrate on a small moment.
*Insert dialogue appropriately.
*Write an ending for your story. 

Homework:

-Keep the Ideas flowing! Complete the next column of your chart, Last Times. I realized something.  Think of moments that really mattered because you realized or learned something. 

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.3, RL. 6.6, SL.6.1, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3. L.6.6

Today in Team Literacy 9/26

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.

Writing Workshop Activities:

Narrative Challenge- 10-15min
Write a narrative using one of the moments on your map.

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Create a Chart to Brainstorm
First Moments: Think of first times you did something. Chart your thoughts. 

Narrative Challenge
Write a narrative using one of the moments on your map.

Writing Reminders
*Write a beginning for your story.
*Use transition words to tell what happened in order.
*Elaborate to help readers picture your story.
*Show what your story is really about.
*Write an ending for your story. 

Homework:

-Keep the Ideas flowing! Complete the "Firsts" column of your chart.

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.3, RL. 6.6, SL.6.1, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3. L.6.6

Today in Team Literacy 9/22

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.

Writing Workshop Activities:
Review Notes-How to Write Powerful Narratives

Set Personal Writing Goal

Narrative Challenge
Place- Draw a map of a place and list moments that happened involving areas on the map.

Writing Reminders
*Write a beginning for your story.
*Use transition words to tell what happened in order.
*Elaborate to help readers picture your story.
*Show what your story is really about.
*Write an ending for your story. 

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Place- Draw a map of a place and list moments that happened involving areas on the map.


Homework:

-Finish your map and moments.  Come to class with one in mind to write about. 

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.2, RL. 6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.5, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3

Today in Team Literacy 9/19

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Identify strategies used when writing personal narratives.

Writing Workshop Activities:
1) Share Example Narrative- Identify Strengths and Weaknesses
2)Review Notes-How to Write Powerful Narratives

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Person: Think of a person who matters to you, list small moment stories, choose one, and write the whole story.
Up- Carl and Ellie

Narrative Challenge
Flash draft- write for 10 minutes using one of you people/moments

Writing Reminders
*Write a beginning for your story.
*Use transition words to tell what happened in order.
*Elaborate to help readers picture your story.
*Show what your story is really about.
*Write an ending for your story. 

Strategies Slide
Create a slide on the first writing strategy: 
1) Think of a person who matters to you, list small moment stories, choose one, and write the story. 


Homework:

Places tomorrow!  Think of a place you can draw a map of for class tomorrow.

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.2, RL. 6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.5, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3

Sample Narrative

Today in Team Literacy

Narrative Goal:
I can write a real narrative with descriptive details and effective technique, where I use precise words, phrases, sensory details and language to convey experiences and events.

I Can:

~write my best personal narrative, or personal story.
~study the strategies used in texts others have written.


WOW!!! How can we connect this to our writing?

Writing Workshop Activities:
Notes- How to Write Powerful Narratives
Brainstorm Memorable People and Events Associated with Them

Homework:

-Make a list of the most memorable people in your life and events associated with them.  

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.2, RL. 6.3, RL.6.5, RL. 6.6, SL.6.1, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3, L.6.4a

How can games promote a healthy lifestyle and foster creativity?

Personal Reflection:
Technology Survey
Wretched Stone

Research:

Positive vs Negative impacts

Quantitative Research-Screen Time Log

Qualitative Research- Observation of Play

Observation of Play
Hypothesis:

If there is responsible participation in a variety of games then an individual will develop a healthy lifestyle and creativity.

Healthy #gaming
Padlet Block 1
Padlet Block 2
Padlet Block 3

Star Trek Replicator Challenge

I Can...
Follow a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
Integrate technical information expressed in words and numbers and express them visually (Ex. in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).

Roll Out

Driving Question: 
How can we as Starfleet Cadet Engineers create a digital 3D model of a non-edible, food-related item for astronauts to 3D print in the year 2050?

Knows and Need To Knows

Today in ELA Homelessness

I Can...

~I can explain a topic and take a position that can be supported by a variety of trustworthy sources. 

Writing Workshop

Guiding Question:

How can a community combat homelessness? Why is there homelessness and what can we do about it?

Q&A(Writing Challenges)
Share Questions and Answers  

Box and Bullets
Reasons #1 (Support Claim)
Evidence ("Example", This shows)
Evidence ("Example", This shows)
Evidence ("Example", This shows)

Investigation
Use Libguide 
Go Grolier
Britannica School
Padlet

http://www.endhomelessness.org/
http://nationalhomeless.org/
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/526/homeless-facts.html
http://www.homelesschildrenamerica.org/
http://new.homelesschildrenamerica.org/mediadocs/276.pdf
35 ways to help

Homework:

Research Due Friday

Today in ELA 2/22

I Can...

~I can explain a topic and take a position that can be supported by a variety of trustworthy sources. 

Writing Workshop

Guiding Question:
How can a community combat homelessness? Why is there homelessness and what can we do about it?

Video Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9Tvik9nmV8
My Father's Kitchen

Journal Response(Writing Challenges)
When I see a homeless person I think... 

Generate questions 
5 questions you would like answered about homeless 

Investigation
Use Libguide 

Homework:

Continue Investigation