When A Crop Becomes King One Pager

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by February 18th.

Agenda:

1. Rhetorical Precis in your English Journal
2. Article One pager
1. Bold title with color and image
2. Divide the paper into five sections
1. Main idea for that section
2. Quote + symbol
3. Your reaction
3. Food Inc. clip about corn

Success Criteria:

I can demonstrate my understanding of text in a visual mode.

Homework:

1. Start your vocabulary list for this week. It is due today.

Discussing When a Crop Becomes King

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by February 18th.

Agenda:

1. Add questions to the right side of the article
2. Discuss the article in small groups and then as a class
3. Write a rhetorical precis in your English journal.
4. Watch Food documentary

Success Criteria:

I can discuss a text with a group and build on other people's ideas

Homework:

1. Start your vocabulary list for this week. It is due on Monday.

Annotating When A Crop Becomes King

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by February 18th.

Agenda:

1. Gimkit vocabulary game
2. Work on vocabulary list for this week
3. Annotate "When a Crop Becomes King"
4. Add questions for tomorrow's discussion.

Success Criteria:

I can read a text independently and identify the important details about a new subject.

Homework:

1. Start your vocabulary list for this week. It is due on Monday.

When A Crop Becomes King Introduction

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by February 18th.

Agenda:

1. Pass out the article "When a Crop Becomes King"
2. Complete document POF004 to prepare to read the article tomorrow. The document is in Google Classroom.
3. Start your new vocabulary list.

Success Criteria:

I can build background knowledge about a new subject.

Homework:

1. Start your vocabulary list for this week. It is due on Monday.

Finishing up article project

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by February 18th.

Agenda:

1. Connections map or one pager for the article "The Pleasures of Eating" (you must get approval for what you will include on the one pager
1. Both assignments should have words, symbols, and color.
2. They should demonstrate your understanding of the article.

Success Criteria:

I can identify what the author left for me to discover.

Homework:

1. No homework

Finishing Up Pleasures of Eating

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by February 18th.

Agenda:

1. Vocabulary review game
2. Connections map or one pager for the article "The Pleasures of Eating" (you must get approval for what you will include on the one pager
1. Both assignments should have words, symbols, and color.
2. They should demonstrate your understanding of the article.

Success Criteria:

I can identify what the author left for me to discover.

Homework:

1. No homework

Finishing up The Pleasures of Eating

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by February 18th.

Agenda:

1. In your English journal, you will add a new entry. Call this rhetorical precis.
2. You will start your Adobe Spark video project. What are the denotations of the words and phrases the author uses in The Pleasures of Eating?

Success Criteria:

I can identify what the author left for me to discover.

Homework:

1. Work on this vocabulary list for this week. It is due on Friday.

Discussing Pleasures of Eating

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by February 18th.

Agenda:

1. Before you have a class discussion you must come prepared with your own Thoughts, Questions, and Epiphanies.
2. Round One:
1. Why does the Wendell Berry want us to be more active than passive about eating? What questions or thoughts did you have about paragraphs 1-7?
3. Round Two:
1. What role does advertising play in how and what we eat? what questions or thoughts did you have about paragraphs 8-11?
4. Round Three:
1. What advice does the author give that you connect with? What questions or thoughts did you have about paragraphs 12-16?
5. In your English journal, you will add a second entry. Call this rhetorical precis.
6. You will start your Adobe Spark video project. What are the denotations of the words and phrases the author uses in The Pleasures of Eating? 

Success Criteria:

I can identify what the author left for me to discover.

Homework:

1. Work on this vocabulary list for this week. It is due on Friday.

Pleasures of Eating Finish annotating

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by February 18th.

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form.
2. Vocabulary game and work on vocabulary.
3. Before you have a class discussion you must come prepared with your own Thoughts, Questions, and Epiphanies. We will break the article into chunks. We will annotate the first part together. The article takes about 17 minutes to read.
   
   
   
4. You will have a chance to discuss your findings with another student in the class. 

Success Criteria:

I can identify what the author left for me to discover.

Homework:

1. Work on this vocabulary list for this week. It is due on Friday.

The Pleasures of Eating Discussion

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by November 30th.

Agenda:

1. Go to the library and get books for this month. You should finish your book by February 18th.
2. Today I will introduce you to the TQE process. It is a helpful procedure for having thoughtful class discussions. You will be graded based on how much you talk.
3. Before you have a class discussion you must come prepared with your own Thoughts, Questions, and Epiphanies. We will break the article into chunks. We will annotate the first part together. The article takes about 17 minutes to read.
   
   
   
4. You will have a chance to discuss your findings with another student in the class. 

Success Criteria:

I can identify what the author left for me to discover.

Homework:

1. Work on this vocabulary list for this week. It is due on Friday.

TED Talk

 Today you will complete the following assignments:

1. Read your fourth Newsela article and write a summary.
2. Complete the Edpuzzle assignment on Google Classroom.

The Pleasures of Eating Day 1

Today you will:

1. Open the PDF of the first article we will read for this unit. You can find it here.
2. Open the document POF001 in Google Classroom and answer the questions about the first few paragraphs of the article.
3.  Turn in the document when you are done.
4. Read your third Newsela article for this week. Write a summary of the article.

Food Unit Day 1

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves?

Reading: Work on your Newsela assignment

Agenda:

1. All classes will go to the library today. Here is the schedule:
1. Period 2 at 9:40
2. Period 3 at 11:15
3. Period 6 at 2:55
2. Read another article from Newsela and write a summary. Remember you need to read five articles by Friday.
3. Open the "Reflecting on My Food Choices" doc in Google Classroom. Complete the document by the end of the period.
4. Fill out this Google Form. What are your food habits?

Success Criteria:

1. I can reflect on my food habits.
2. I can have a discussion with other students in class.

Homework:

1. None

Sub Plans

• Watch the Edpuzzle in Google Classroom for today's instructions.
• You have two assignments added in Google Classroom.
• The One Word project is due today by the end of the school day.
• The Newsela tracker is due by the end of the week.

I hope to be back with you by tomorrow or Wednesday. Sorry I am out today but it is out of my control. Send me an email if you have questions or need help.