Cooper+Language+Arts+Archive+Trimester+2+2012

__**March 2 and 5**__ **We discussed the work of our visiting author (3/6 and 3/7), changed our classroom seating arrangements, and handed in our Student Learner Profile for Language Arts Trimester 2. We watched __Guardians of Ga'Hoole__.**

**Student who earned less than 80% on their FtM vocabulary test will review on Thursday 3/8 LUNCH TIME, retest on Friday 3/9 LUNCH TIME.**

__ **March 1** __ **All students watched __The Mighty__ today.**

__ ** February 27, 28 and 29 ** __

**We worked on completing projects presented them.**

**The final project is due Tuesday, February 28 for B1/C1 and Wednesday, February 29 for B2/C2 .**

__ ** February 23 and 24 ** __

**We worked on completing projects and handed in our notebooks.**

**The final project is due Tuesday, February 28 for B1/C1 and Wednesday, February 29 for B2/C2 .**

__ ** February 21 and 22 ** __

**We started class by completing our** **final vocab test ****. The rest of the class was spent finishing our FtM notebooks and working on our group projects.**

**Homework:**

**1. FINAL notebook is due next class. Yours should be FINISHED and your team should be checking to be sure it represents your best accurate thoughts about the novel.**

**2. The final project is due February 28 and 29. You should already be working on your project and have quite a bit of the project complete ready.**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">** February 17 and 20 ** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**We started class by updating our notebooks then moved on to reviewing for our** **final vocab test ****next class (**** February 21 and 22 ****). We finished the day working on our projects** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Homework:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**1. Final VOCABULARY TEST ****next class over ALL Freak the Mighty vocabulary.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**2. FINAL notebook is due FEBRUARY 23-24. Yours should be FINISHED and your team should be checking to be sure it represents your best accurate thoughts about the novel.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**3. The final project is due February 28 and 29. Your plan should be complete, i.e. script written, and project complete already to give you time finish editing and checking.**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">** February 15 and 16 ** __

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**We updated and reviewed our notebooks today as well as working on our project** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**s.** **We continued to review __Freak the Mighty__ vocabulary and an optional crossword puzzle was provided for study (final vocab test on February 21 and 22 )****. At the end of class we wrote well organized expository paragraphs on a topic from our novel.** <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**1.Read through Freak's Dictionary on your own and be sure your notebook is up to date, FINAL notebook is due FEBRUARY 23-24 .**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**2. Work on your project! Plan ahead. The final project is due in two weeks**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**3.Vocabulary cross word puzzle review (optional) is due next class.**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">** February 13 and 14 ** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**We continued to update and review our notebooks today.** **We also handed in our project proposals (project due February 28 and 29), continued to review the __Freak the Mighty__ vocabulary** **(final vocab test on February 21 and 22 )****, and read chapters 23-24. At the end of class we discussed paragraph writing.** <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**1.Read through Freak's Dictionary on your own and be sure your notebook is up to date, FINAL notebook check is FEBRUARY 23-24 .** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**2. Work on your project! Plan ahead.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**3.Vocabulary review #2 due next class.**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">** February 9 and 10 ** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Today we reviewed the __Freak the Mighty__ vocabulary homework through Chapter 26** **(final vocab test on February 21 and 22 )****, introduced the projects for __Freak the Mighty,__ read chapters 21-22 AND continued to update and review our notebooks for today's notebook check.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**1.Read through chapter 22 on your own and be sure your note ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">** book is up to date, FINAL notebook check is FEBRUARY 23-24 .**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**2. DECIDE ON your project and team selection and ready to discuss with Mr. Cooper next week - Project due February 28-29 .** <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">** February 7 and 8 ** __

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Today we studied __Freak the Mighty__ vocabulary through Chapter 26****(final vocab test on February 21 and 22)****, read chapters 19-20 AND continued to update and review our notebooks.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Homework:**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**1.Read through chapter 20 on your own and be sure your notebook is up to date, next notebook check is next class .** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**2. Vocabulary review homework.**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">** February 3 and 6 ** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Today we updated our __Freak the Mighty__ notebook up to Chapter 16, read chapters 17-18 AND began studying our vocabulary for the second half of the novel (final vocab test on February 21 and 22). We also updated our SLP for Language Arts.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Homework:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**1.Read through chapter 18 on your own and be sure your notebook is up to date, next notebook check is next week.**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">** February 1 and 2 ** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today we made sure we had a shared notebook and updated it up to Chapter 14 in__Freak the Mighty__, handed in our signed progress report, and started to read chapters 15-16.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**1. Have a parent sign your progress report. This must be returned to Mr. Cooper no later than Thursday,February 2, 2012. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**2. If you have not completed this yet then __you have a missing assignment in PowerSchool__, finish uploading your notebook to Zoho.com (or Googledocs from your school account if Zoho does not work for you). CHANGE OF PLANS... WE ARE ALL GOING TO UPLOAD TO GOOGLEdOCS AT SCHOOL BECAUSE ZOHO IS NOT WORKING WELL FOR ANYONE.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**3. Read through chapter 16 on your own and be sure your notebook is up to date .**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Save as a Microsoft Word document and change the file name to this format: C2_HoldenC_&_CharlotteC_Notebook**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Open Googledocs from your school email and click this** [[image:sasgrade6reddragon/Google_docs_upload_image.png caption="Google_docs_upload_image.png"]]**button** **to upload.**
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**S__hare__ this document with YOUR PARTNER __AND__ Mr.C at sasstudent.org (select "can edit" in the sharing permissions).**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">** January 30 and 31 ** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today we wrote 1-2 paragraphs in class about the characters Max and Kevin, handed in our signed progress report, and started to read chapters 13-14.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**1. Have a parent sign your progress report. This must be returned no later than Wednesday, ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">** February 1, 2012. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**2. If you have not completed this yet then __you have a missing assignment in PowerSchool__, finish uploading your notebook to Zoho.com (or Googledocs from your school account if Zoho does not work for you). CHANGE OF PLANS... WE ARE ALL GOING TO UPLOAD TO GOOGLEdOCS AT SCHOOL BECAUSE ZOHO IS NOT WORKING WELL FOR ANYONE.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**3. Read through chapter 14 on your own and be sure your notebook is up to date .**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Save as a Microsoft Word document and change the file name to this format: C2_HoldenC_&_CharlotteC_Notebook**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Open Googledocs from your school email and click this** [[image:sasgrade6reddragon/Google_docs_upload_image.png caption="Google_docs_upload_image.png"]]**button** **to upload.**
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**S__hare__ this document with YOUR PARTNER __AND__ Mr.C at sasstudent.org (select "can edit" in the sharing permissions).**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">** January 20 ** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today we completed our Freak the Mighty vocabulary test, took home a progress report, and checked out books from the library.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**1. Have a parent sign your progress report. This must be returned no later than Wednesday, ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">** February 1, 2012. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**2. If you have not completed this yet, finish uploading your notebook to Zoho.com (or Googledocs from your school account if Zoho does not work for you). Be sure to change the name to this format: C2_HoldenC_&_CharlotteC_Notebook -Be sure to share this document with Mr.C at sasstudent.org.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">** 3.HAVE A RESTFUL AND FUN HOLIDAY!!! **

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">** January 18 and January 19 ** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today we read through chapter 12. We updated the notebook by writing about the__Freak the Mighty__ characters, themes, plot events, setting, vocabulary, palletes and quotable quotes in our digital __Freak the Mighty__ notebooks.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**1. Finish uploading your notebook to Zoho.com (or Googledocs from your school account if Zoho does not work for you) if you have not completed this yet. Be sure to change the name to this format: C2_HoldenC_&_CharlotteC_Notebook -Be sure to share this document with Mr.C at sasstudent.org. If you are having trouble uploading, please rename your notebook properly (i.e. C2_BillieJ_and_DianaD_Notebook) and give a copy to Mr. Cooper to upload for you. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**2. Complete the notebook up through chapter 12 for a notebook check on Friday. Share this task with your partner. Make a plan with them and complete your portion.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**3. Remember, Vocab test this Friday January 20 .**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">** January 16 and January 17 ** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today we read through chapter 9. We completed scoring vocab review #2 and spent time with our notebook partners uploading our notebooks to Zoho.com and updating the notebook by writing about the __Freak the Mighty__ characters, themes, plot events, setting, vocabulary, palletes and quotable quotes in our digital __Freak the Mighty__notebooks.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**1. Finish uploading your notebook to Zoho.com if you have not completed this yet. Be sure to change the name to this format: C2_HoldenC_&_CharlotteC_Notebook -Be sure to share this document with Mr.C at sasstudent.org. If you are having trouble uploading, please rename your notebook properly (i.e. C2_BillieJ_and_DianaD ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">** _Notebook) and give a copy to Mr. Cooper to upload for you. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**2. Complete the notebook up through chapter 9 share this task with your partner. Make a plan with them and complete your portion.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**3. Complete the __Freak the Mighty__ Vocabulary Practice #3 (optional) - remember, Vocab test this Friday January 20 .**

List of possible items to purchase and donate for the banquet on Jan 20th:

- Peanuts

- Watermelon seeds

- Sunflower Seeds

- Sugar Roasted chestnuts

- Tea

- Candied Haw

- pumpkin seeds

- Steamed stuffed bun

- Red bean cake

- mooncakes

- Fermented glutinous rice dumpling

- Sticky rice

- Sweet dumpling

- oranges/ other fruits

- candy- anything

- cookies

- dried fruits

- nuts

- any other items you want to give is totally fine :-)

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">** January 12 and January 13 ** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today we read through chapter 7. We spent time with our notebook partners discussing and writing about the __Freak the Mighty__ characters, themes, plot events, setting, vocabulary, palletes and quotable quotes in our digital __Freak the Mighty__ notebooks.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**1. Attempt to sign up for zoho.com from home. Save your .pages document as a Word document and, if you can, upload your notebook to share with your partner. Only one of you needs to complete this, then you can both share one document online.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**2. Complete the notebook up through chapter 7 share this task with your partner. Make a plan with them and complete your portion.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**3. Complete the __Freak the Mighty__ Vocabulary Practice #2 - remember, test next Friday January 20 .**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">** January 10 and January 11 ** __

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today we read through chapter 5. We spent time with our notebook partners filling in our notebooks about the characters we have met so far.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**1. Give a reason why you selected the 12 palette words you collected for class today. Define the palette words you selected and collect 6 more from chapters 4 and 5.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**2. Complete 2+ character traits with page numbers for Max and Kevin (Gwen, and Max's father for next class).** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**3. Complete the __Freak the Mighty__ Vocabulary Practice.**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**January 6 and January 9** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today we reviewed the __Freak the Mighty__ vocabulary for chapters 1-12 (test on 1/20/2012) and read through chapter 3.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**1. Collect 12 palette words from chapters 1-3 and share your 12 with your notebook partner.**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**January 4 and January 5** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Welcome back to school in the new year! Today we reviewed the idea of chivalry, focusing on "bravery" and "courtesy". We also discussed what a great job we did on our last VFA test. The students grabbed a digital copy of the** <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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 * to work in as we read the novel together; we read chapter one (and chapter two for day 1) in class.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**1. Complete all answers in the __Freak the Mighty__ notebook for chapter 1.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**2.** **If you received 22 or fewer points for your VFA test** **you must attend the VFA review on Thursday at lunch (Mr. Kittower's room at 11:35 sharp) or after school (with Mr. Cooper). Retake at lunch on Friday. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**3. Share the with your parents to discuss your sleep needs and make a plan to support your sleep time.**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**December 12 and December 13** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today we reviewed VFA Lesson #9 and emphasized we will be having a test over these words next class. We continued preparation for our Chivalry presentations next week.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Test #3 over lessons #7-9 Wednesday 12/14 and Thursday 12/15.**
 * 2) **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">Be prepared to present CHIVALRY next class. **
 * 3) **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">Your survey should be sent to Mr. Cooper's gmail address so he can accumulate them into our schedule. **

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**December 8 and December 9** __

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today we reviewed VFA Lesson #8 and assigned Lesson #9 (Ms. Hoeman presented), due next class (12/12 or 12/13). We continued preparation for our Chivalry presentations next week.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**VFA #9 due next class .Test over lessons #7-9** wednesday 12/14 and Thursday 12/15 next week.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">Be prepared to assemble your project and practice your presentations next class. Your survey should be completed and<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;"> proof-read before the start of next class.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**No reading log until after the holiday!**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**December 6 and December 7** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today we reviewed VFA Lesson #7 and assigned Lesson #8, due next class (12/8 or 12/9). We handed in our reading log #6 and demonstrated how to use our** Lexile <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**scores to search for books just right for us. We finished class by working on our team research projects.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**No reading log until after the holiday!**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**VFA #8 due next class .Test over lessons #7-9** wednesday 12/14 and Thursday 12/15 next week.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Continue to take notes on your project worksheet. Last research day is next class. Using Web Path Express rather than Google to search on your topics may speed up your search.**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**December 2 and December 5** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today we discussed the need to review for our Vocabulary for Achievement test retake on Tuesday. Remember to focus on the "Write the Derivative" section in the VFA workbook to know what forms of the words will be on the test. You must attend the review session on Monday 12/5 at lunch time to be allowed to retake the test on Tuesday 12/6 at lunch time.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**We read "Sir Gawain and Lady Ragnel" and began our research for our projects due December 14 or 15.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Reading Log due with definitions and highlighted next class.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**VFA #7 due next class.**
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Look up one website to share with your research team about your topic. UseWebpath Express to find age appropriate websites and articles. Email the link you use to your team. Take notes on your Project worksheet.**
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">Review for Vocab Test retake on Tuesday, December 6 at lunch time. You must attend the review session at lunch time on Monday to earn a seat at the test retake. Scoring <21/30 MUST retake the test

__ **Book title search engines using Lexile scores. :** __ <span style="background-color: #00ff00; display: block; font-size: 19.09090805053711px; text-align: center;">__**Not all titles are available in the PUXI Secondary Library;**__ __**search the library site to check if the book is there.**__ __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**November 30 and December 1** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today we completed our Vocabulary for Achievement test. Vocab test retakes will happen next week. You must attend the review session on Monday 12/5 at lunch time to be allowed to retake the test on Tuesday 12/6 at lunch time.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**We continued sharing the story of King Arthur as a preview for our first shared novel study. We also spent time investigating non-fiction material on the Middle Ages and updating our palette pages.**
 * 1)  lexile.com Build a custom reading list on the subjects that interest students the most.
 * 2)  barnesandnoble.comAccess to the Lexile® Booklist at barnesandnoble.com containing additional content such as book reviews, descriptions and the ability to order online.
 * 3)  scholastic.comSearch for Scholastic Books' by interest level, reading level, type and topic.

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 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Look up and define a total of at least 20 words on your palette list. All words that you do not know the meaning of should be highlighted or marked.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Reading Log due Tuesday 12/6 - Wednesday 12/7 (all unknown palette words** **should be defined)**
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">Review for Vocab Test retake on Tuesday, December 6 at lunch time. You must attend the review session at lunch time on Monday to earn a seat at the test retake. Scoring <21/30 MUST retake the test
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**VFA #7 Due Tuesday 12/6 (day 1) or Wednesday (day 2)**
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Write your Lexile Range from your MAP test into your agenda for use in class.**

__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**November 28 and 29** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today we started discussing King Arthur as preview for our first shared novel study. We also reviewed our vocabulary lessons #4-6 in anticipation of our vocabulary test next class (11/30 -Day 1 or 12/1 - Day 2) and browsed palette pages. Finally, We shared our Grade 6 Reading List (click here to download it** <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**-Look up and define 6 words from your palette list.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**-Review for Vocab Test next class** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**- Reading Log, 4 responses and 24 words (all words unknown by you should be defined)** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">B2 and C2 classes started this list of our favorite authors before the long weekend 8^)
 * = O'Dell ||= Pope ||= Silvertein ||= Laske ||
 * = Flanegan ||= Sewell ||= Shakespeare ||= Tolkien ||
 * = Sachar ||= McCale ||= Griffiths ||= Korman ||
 * = Park ||= Horowitz ||= Levine ||= Spinelli ||
 * = Lewis ||= Dahl ||= Paulsen ||= Hale ||
 * = Riordan ||= LeGuin ||= Hunter ||= Law ||
 * = Blyten ||= Lupica ||= Rowling ||= Funke ||
 * = DiCamillo ||= Christie ||= Hiasson ||=  ||
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__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**November 21 and 22** __

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Today Ms. Hoeman shared her optional vocabulary review crossword puzzles for VFA lesson #4-6. We continued to update and add reading levels to our shared reading list, as well as adding additional titles. We then** **performed impromptu book chats for the class.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Homework:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**-Update the Palette page in your notebook (150 or more interesting words from your reading)** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**-Review for the Vocabulary for Achievement test on lessons #4-6 on 11/28 and 11/29 (crossword puzzle answer available here** <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**-Reading Log #6, 3 entries and 18 vocabulary words for next class** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**-Bring one book to recommend to your classmates if you did not already present yours to the class.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**__Book Chat Expectations__** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">If the book were a piece of music, which song would it be and why? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">If your character went to SAMS, who would be their friend? Would you?Why? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">What color best represents the protagonist and antagonist? Why?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Less than three minutes.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Show the audience the book cover and share the title, author and reading level.**
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Give a story description, but DO NOT share the ending. This might include a brief plot and setting summary, interesting features of the book's point of view or format (journal or email, and etc.) character or conflict description and will include reading an excerpt from the book (1 paragraph to one page)**
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Tell us why you recommend this book. This might include personal or common connection to the the character, themes and conflicts, a preference for this particular author or writing style (what makes this a well written story?), which elements of a story are strongest in this book, or some other reason that you can support.**
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">**Here are some ideas for going above the basic expectations:**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">If the book were a meal, what would they be? Why? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">Is there another way to describe your character using all/any of your senses? Why? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">Research 2 or more reviews of your book and tell us why they do or don't match your recommendation? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;">Create a video acting out one scene from your story to show before or after you give your presentation?

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__ Presenter __ Consistent Eye Contact Keep your Body Open to the Audience Loud Confident Voice Even Pace
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Do not overuse "Uhhhhh, Uhmm." "You Know" Fidgeting, Rocking, Leaning, Chewing Rushing and Muttering
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