How can knowing where we are from help us determine where we will go? (Day 2) Daily Plans: Tuesday, 1 September

Happy Tuesday AVID Family!

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Homework: 

1. Finish your TRF.
2. Revise your notes.
3. Be ready to peer evaluate poems on Thursday!
4. Need your poem printed? Post it here by Thursday at 7:45am.

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Big Idea: Relationships

Essential Question: How can knowing where we are from help us determine where we will go?
Objectives: I can...

...represent mathematical statements in different ways.
...annotate mathematical representations.
...write a poem about who I am.

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1) Warm Up: Logic Puzzler Competition

1. Write the answers in your notebook.
2. The first person finished with correct answers wins a prize.
3. No one done? The person with the most wins!
4. Questions:
1. Five men competed in a car race. 
         There were no ties. 
         Will did not come in first. 
         John was neither first nor last. 
         Joe came in one place after Will. 
         James was not second. 
         Walt was two places behind James. 
         In what order did the men finish?
2. What is the missing number in the following sequence?
         3   7   15   _____   63   127
3. Which of the following scrambled words is the "odd man out"
    when the words are unscrambled?                                         
   (a) CGHICOA   (b) TTOOORN   (c) IMMIA   (d) CPOEHNANGE 
4. A snail is climbing out of a well. The well is 20 feet deep. Every day the snail climbs up 3 feet and every night he slips back two feet. How many days will it take the snail to get out of the well?

2) Literacy Block: The Whole Picture: Representation 2

1. Take out "The Whole Picture" sheet.
2. Complete Representation 2.
3. Highlight the y-intercept and slope.
4. Give titles to both Representations 1 and 2. 

3) Lesson Plan: Where I'm From by George Ella Lyons

1. Use your pre-writing and templates below and on the back of your paper if you want them to write your "Where I'm From" draft. 
2. Your timeline:

1. Write your own "Where I'm From" poem by Friday.
1. Monday: Prewrite and Draft
2. Today: Finish Draft
3. Thursday: Peer Evaluate
4. Tuesday: Publish and Illustrate, Self-Identity Reading
5. Wednesday: Seminar Prep and Tutorial
6. Thursday: Identity Seminar
7. Friday: Family Day Poetry Readings (small group)
8. Monday: Identity Trees
9. Tuesday: Identity Trees Due
2. Read the rubric here!
3. Begin the writing process using the sheet from class or the online copy here.

 

4) Success Workshop: Google Calendar

1. Add a current to do list to your Google Calendar. 
2. On today's date make a to do list for tonight. 
3. Need help with your TRF? Ask for it!

5) Exit Ticket: Check and respond to emails.

Resources: http://www.pleacher.com/mp/puzzles/miscpuz/mensa5a.html

How can knowing where we are from help us determine where we will go? (Day 1) Daily Plans: Monday, 31 August

Happy Monday AVID Family!

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Homework: Revise your notes! Be ready to peer evaluate poems on Thursday!

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Big Idea: Relationships

Essential Question: How can knowing where we are from help us determine where we will go?
Objectives: I can...

...write creatively.
...create a cheat sheet for reading a poem.
...determine the purpose of a poem.
...write a poem about who I am.

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1) Warm Up: Creative Writing (5 min)

1. Read the prompt below and respond in one of the following ways:
1. Argue or agree with the quote. Does poetry make the world more bearable? Why or why not?
2. List what you think makes the world more bearable and why.
3. Draw something that makes your crummy days bearable.
4. Write a poem that makes the world more bearable.

2) Literacy Block: How to Read a Poem:

1.  How to Read a Poem

   

   
   

   1. Before you read: Word Splash! When your teacher says, "We are reading poetry!, what happens in your head?
   2. As you read: 
   1. Look at the text features in the article.
   2. Create a cheat sheet for how to read a poem. (Hint: Use the table of contents and subheadings).
   3. Read "Read with a pencil" and "Examine the basic subject of the poem" while taking notes on what to do as you read a poem.
   4. Skim the rest of the article.

3) Lesson Plan: Where I'm From by George Ella Lyons

1. Getting Ready:
1. Listen to the poem.
2. Partner read the poem annotating as you go.
3. Discuss: What is the purpose of the poem? How does the poet convey her purpose?
4. Watch the video below of another student's version of the poem.
2. Your task:
1. Write your own "Where I'm From" poem by Friday.
1. Today: Prewrite and Draft
2. Tuesday: Finish Draft
3. Thursday: Peer Evaluate
4. Tuesday: Publish and Illustrate, Self-Identity Reading
5. Wednesday: Seminar Prep and Tutorial
6. Thursday: Identity Seminar
7. Friday: Family Day Poetry Readings (small group)
8. Monday: Identity Trees
9. Tuesday: Identity Trees Due
2. Read the rubric here!



Sample from last year

3. Begin the writing process using the sheet from class or the online copy here.

4) Success Workshop: Note Revisions!

1. Take out your notebooks for other classes.
2. Add HOT questions and summaries.
3. Put sticky note tabs by things you need to ask your teacher for help with.
4. Work on homework.

5) Exit Ticket: Study Buddy! (2:45)

1. What class do you need to study for this week?
2. How will you study?
3. Who will help you study?

How do we choose the books we read? Daily Plans: Friday, 28 August

Happy Friday AVID Family!

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Homework: Review your notes! Enjoy your weekend!

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Big Idea: Systems

Essential Question: How do we choose the books we read?
Objectives: I can...

...write a book review.
...plan a party for book characters.
...create questions or conversation starters for the book character party.

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1) Warm Up: DEAR Reflection: Recommend it or not? (5 min)

1. Fill in the form below to recommend the book you are currently reading.
2. Don't like the book you are reading now? Recommend your favorite book!
3. Then, open the responses here and choose your next book!

2) Book Club: Character Dinner Party!

1. Draw a table with everyone's favorite book character from their current books at the table.
2. List the dinner and dessert items using ideas from the book.



What food will you bring?

3. Then, write questions or conversation starters you would use with the book characters. 

3) Family Day 

1. Circle Puzzle
2. Family Day Free Time

What can games teach us about the power of questions? (Day 3) Daily Plans: Thursday, 27 August

Happy Thursday AVID Family!

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Homework: Finish your TPEQEA revisions!

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Big Idea: Systems

Essential Question: What can games teach us about the power of questions?
Objectives: I can...

...revise your paragraph.
...use questions to guide learning.
...describe the impact questions have on learning.
...set up a Google Calendar.

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1) Warm Up: Twelve For You (12 min)

1. Revise your TPEQEA paragraph.
2. Highlight your changes.
3. Re-share your document with me. 
4. Done? Add more due dates to your Google Calendar.

2) What can games teach us about how we learn? (45 min)

1. Finish the questions in "Part 2: Our Play Guide". (10 min)
2. Choose another group to work with.
3. Take turns playing the game and asking questions. 
4. Write the answers the other group gives you. 

3) Your Reflection TPEEA Paragraph

1. Write your reflection.
2. Done?
1. Add due dates to your Google Calendar.
2. Revise your notes.