Crossing the Wire Day 3

Agenda:

• Adversity: Frayer Model
• Homework Collection
• Distribute HW collected yesterday/quiz
• New quick quiz over last night's reading
• Read in class with purpose

El Cristo Rey

Where Victor goes to decide on whether to cross the border or not

Crossing the Wire: Begin

1. Collect Twisted/Speak
2. Give out  Crossing the Wire & give Ms. Peterson book #
3. Look at reading schedule, located on blog.
4. HW: Pages 1-23 Crossing the Wire (CTW) (click on link for digital copy)

The House: Short Story

Agenda:

• Continue working on "The House" short story from yesterday.
• I will give you a certain "angle" from which to read the story.
• Highlight the important information given this new information.

• Focus question

• Start a document in your Google Folder titled: 3, 2, 1 Adversity
• 3,2,1 Activity
• 3--> 3 events/people/situations you feel challenge you daily
• 2--> 2 very memorable events/people/situations that have challenged you in your lifetime.
• 1--> 1 action you have taken (successfully or not) to overcome a challenge.

Welcome to second semester!

• Highs and lows of weekend/mid-years
• Look at printouts of your Q2 grades
• Story analysis: How we read texts and why.

The House

The two boys ran until they came to the driveway. “See, I told you today was good for skipping school,” said Mark. “Mom is never home on Thursday,” he added. Tall hedges hid the house from the road so the pair strolled across the finely landscaped yard. “I never knew your place was so big,” said Pete. “Yeah, but it’s nicer now than it used to be since Dad had the new stone siding put on and added the fireplace.”

There were front and back doors and a side door which led to the garage which was empty except for three parked 10-speed bikes. They went in the side door, Mark explaining that it was always open in case his younger sisters got home earlier than their mother.

Pete wanted to see the house so Mark started with the living room. It, like the rest of the downstairs, was newly painted. Mark turned on the stereo, the noise of which worried Pete. “Don’t worry, the nearest house is a quarter of a mile away,” Mark shouted. Pete felt more comfortable observing that no houses could be seen in any direction beyond the huge yard.

The dining room, with all the china, silver, and cut glass, was no place to play so the boys moved into the kitchen where they made sandwiches. Mark said they wouldn’t go to the basement because it had been damp and musty ever since the new plumbing had been installed.

“This is where my Dad keeps his famous paintings and his coin collection,” Mark said as they peered into the den. Mark bragged that he could get spending money whenever he needed it since he’d discovered that his Dad kept a lot in his desk drawer.

There were three upstairs bedrooms. Mark showed Pete his mother’s closet which was filled with furs and the locked box which held her jewels. His sisters’ room was uninteresting except for the color TV which Mark carried to his room. Mark bragged that the bathroom in the hall was his since one had been added to his sisters’ room for their use. The big highlight in his room, though, was a leak in the ceiling where the old roof had rotted through.
Pichert and Anderson, 1977


Reprinted in I Read It, But I Don’t Get It! Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers by Cris Tovani, Stenhouse Publishers, Portland, Maine, 200. 

• HW: none

Get ready for mid year exam

1. Go over study guide
2. Begin prep work

Thursday: Quick 2 day review & Explain Everything

• Opening activity: What skills have we been working on in the last two days?
• Using Explain Everything to record the reading of your essay (5 bonus points!)
• Time to work on revisions.

Reminders:

• An essay MUST be passed in by Friday if I haven't seen one yet...or it's a 0.  Today is the last day to get feedback from me and take advantage of the Monday deadline for revisions. 
• Monday revisions are due!  I would like to have everyone be in the 3/4 (meets/exceeds) column!

Wednesday: Color Coding TRIAC Paragraphs

• Hand back homework from before break; please file :)
• Look at an example TRIAC body paragraph from one of your classmate.  As a class we are going to color code it accordingly:
• Topic sentence--RED
• Reinforcement--ORANGE
• Information--YELLOW
• Analysis--GREEN
• Conclusion---BLUE
• Consider: why was this exercise in color coding important?
• Get a copy of your own essay printed out: color code one of your paragraphs
• Are you missing any information?
• HW: Continue revision work on your essay/Amazon 1,2,3,4 worksheet if you didn't do already

Tuesday: Welcome back from break!

Agenda for your return:

• Highs/lows---DIGITAL EDITION!  
• 4,3,2,1 Amazon worksheet pass back and review
• Amazon Website if you read Speak--Click hyperlink
• Amazon Website if you read Twisted--Click hyperlink
• Link to a digital copy of the Web Quest--10 Participation Points
• Twisted/Speak essay feedback (MOVED TO TOMORROW!)
• Look at an example essay--and label as indicated on the board
• Common problems across the board
• Revision due date: Monday, Jan 13th 

More information on revising your essay:

Revised copy of Twisted/Speak essay due Monday.  Please don't delete any comments I've added to your essay! +5 points if you digitally record you reading your essay on Notability OR if you take it to the writing center.  Already gained 5 points the first time?? You can do it again for an additional 5!