Friday

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves and how we treat our planet?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes.

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form if you need to.
2. Sign up for Turnitin.com
   
3. Click on the Independent Reading tab on the blog. Copy and paste the sentences from the blog to a blank Google Doc.
4. You will only receive a grade for your book review if you have finished the book.
5. Today we will begin our Adding to the Conversation project. You will work on this project with a partner.
6. Keep track of your progress on this Padlet wall.

Success Criteria:

1. 
   

Homework:

1. Did you start your new vocabulary list?

Wednesday

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves and how we treat our planet?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. You should finish your book by this Friday. We will work on the book review in class.

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form.
2. Class discussion. Today I will be entering a grade for every person in the class. Make sure you talk during the discussion. This is your only chance.
3. Submit your group's best thoughts, questions, and epiphanies to this Padlet wall.

Success Criteria:

1. I can build on other students' ideas.
2. I can come to a discussion prepared.

Homework:

1. Did you start your new vocabulary list?

Tuesday

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves and how we treat our planet?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes.

Agenda:

1. Finish annotating the article for tomorrow's discussion. Make sure you have divided it into sections.
1. Why didn't the author...?
2. I wonder why___because...
3. The article says___but I think...
4. How will ___ change...?
5. Is it really true that...?
2. Meet with a partner and discuss the connections between the articles.
3. Start a new English Journal. Summarize the article using the rhetorical precis model.
4. Watch the first part of Food Inc. What connections can you make to what we have been reading?

Success Criteria:

1. First item

Homework:

1. First item

Monday

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves and how we treat our planet?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes.

Agenda:

1. Make sure you start your new vocabulary list.
2. Read our final article for discussion tomorrow.
   
3. You will meet with a partner and make connections between this article and the previous two articles we have read. This will deepen our discussion for tomorrow.

Success Criteria:

1. I can identify the main points an author is trying to make.
2. I can prepare effectively for a discussion.

Homework:

1. Did you start your new vocabulary list?

Friday

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves and how we treat our planet?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your first book review will be on February 8th.

Agenda:

1. Finish the one-pager activity. You must do the following:
1. Collect important facts, words, phrases, sentences, and ideas from the reading. These should summarize the primary arguments of the text.
2. You must have drawings that relate to the quotes you chose.
3. You must have quotes from the article.
4. You must have a personal response to the article.
5. Include the Title and Author.
6. It must fill the entire page, use color, and use ink for the written portion.








Success Criteria:

1. I understand how an author builds an argument.

Homework:

1. Did you start your next vocabulary assignment?
2. Are you reading at home?