Character Confessional Day 3

Big Idea: How do good ideas go bad?

Learning Target: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Reading: Animal Farm chapter 8

Agenda:

1. Today you will work on your character confessional project.
1. If you have been absent, watch this video.
2. Please update the Padlet wall.
3. By the end of today, you should have completed three comics.
4. Here are the criteria for the scene from the book
1. A well chosen background
2. Characters and objects
3. Different layers
4. Accurately reflect the event from the book.
5. Here are the criteria for the character confessional:
1. Simplified background
2. Zoomed in main character
3. Add elements to personalize the character
4. Speech bubble with a thoughtful reflection that is more than one sentence long.
6. Your slides should include the chapter and scene being depicted.

Homework:

1. Vocabulary List #7: Animal Farm chapter 9
2. Extra Credit list

Finishing Animal Farm

Big Idea: How do good ideas go bad?

Learning Target: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Reading: None

Agenda:

1. Quizlet Live! game and discussion.
2. Read chapter 10 of Animal Farm
3. Take the quiz for chapter 10.

Homework:

1. Gimkit Vocabulary List ch10
2. Extra Credit list

Animal Farm Chapter 9

Big Idea: How do good ideas go bad?

Learning Target: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Reading: None

Agenda:

1. Read Animal Farm chapter 9.
2. Take the Animal Farm chapter 9 quiz.
3. Update the Characters Ups and Downs and turn it in.
4. Finish the assignment from yesterday.
5. Work on the Gimkit assignment.
6. Work on your comic strip.
7. Discuss chapter 9.
1. What do you think of how this chapter ended?
2. Do you blame Benjamin?
3. How could the rest of the animals have let this happen?

Homework:

1. Gimkit Vocabulary List ch10
2. Extra Credit list

Analyzing Language and Leadership

Big Idea: How do good ideas go bad?

Learning Target: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Reading: None

Agenda:

1. Don't worry, I haven't started my new job yet. Today you will do the following:
1. You will do the Language and Leadership document in Google Classroom. This assignment is due today.
2. I have included a video walking you through how to complete the document.
3. I am trying something new for vocabulary. You will play a Gimkit for your new vocabulary list. You don't have to finish the Gimkit today. You have all week. You can finish it by reaching a certain dollar amount or number of correct answers.

Homework:

1. Gimkit Vocabulary List ch10
2. Extra Credit list

Character Confessional Project Day 2

Big Idea: How do good ideas go bad?

Learning Target: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Reading: Animal Farm chapter 8

Agenda:

1. Today you will work on your character confessional project.
1. If you have been absent, watch this video.
2. You should try to complete at least one comic today in class.

Homework:

1. Vocabulary List #7: Animal Farm chapter 9
2. Extra Credit list

Character Confessional Project

Big Idea: How do good ideas go bad?

Learning Target: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Reading: Animal Farm chapter 8

Agenda:

1. Work on your vocabulary for six minutes.
2. Today we will start the Character Confessional project.
1. Fill out the planning sheet
2. Start making your first comic strip
3. Daily update the Padlet wall in Google Classroom.

Homework:

1. Vocabulary List #7: Animal Farm chapter 9
2. Extra Credit list

Learning how to use Storyboardthat

Big Idea: How do good ideas go bad?

Learning Target: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Reading: Animal Farm chapter 8

Agenda:

1. We will start with a vocabulary game: Trust No One!
2. Work on your vocabulary for a few minutes.
3. We will learn how to use Storyboardthat
1. Click on create storyboard. Close any windows that prompt you to pay money.
2. Create a scene from chapter 8 of Animal Farm.
3. Screenshot the scene and turn it in on Google Classroom.
1. The scene should have a background, two characters, one object, and a speech bubble.

Homework:

1. Vocabulary List #7: Animal Farm chapter 9
2. Extra Credit list

Finish Group Poster

Big Idea: How do good ideas go bad?

Learning Target: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Reading: Animal Farm chapter 8

Agenda:

1. Today we will try to answer the question: How do good ideas go bad?
1. Go to the Padlet link on Google Classroom. We will add to this Padlet to help create our group posters that will answer the question.
2. Your group will create a poster with four sections:
1. The Promise of Animal Farm
2. The Fulfillment of the Promise
3. The Corruption of the Promise
4. How do good ideas go bad?
3. Each section should have:
1. 4-5 quotes from the novel with a page number
2. Some images with color
3. 2-3 sentences that explain what each section is about
4. The last section is the most important. You will write a paragraph that explains how the good ideas for the farm went bad. You can use the following sentence frames to help you write the paragraph. The following paragraph is incomplete. (7 sentences is C; 8-10 B; 10 or more A)You need to additional sentences to make it complete.:
1. Animal Farm began with the promise that...Many of these promises were fulfilled. For example, in chapter...Nevertheless, these ideas were corrupted when...Good ideas go bad when...The way to prevent this from happening is...George Orwell's novel Animal Farm helps us understand...
   

Homework:

1. Vocabulary List #7: Animal Farm chapter 9
2. Extra Credit list