Post 100

Learn to Live

Literature, English Language Arts & Social Studies  

Upper School - South Whidbey Academy

Thursday                                            May 16th, 2013

Approximately ≈17 full class periods until the end of the year

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http://swasnelling.blogspot.com/

Half day - Friday May 24

No school - Monday May 27

Clare no share

DOL 22

While this repartee was going on, Claudio became enraptured by the silent Hero.  The mere sight of her affected his heart.  Her long black hair hung to her tiny waist and her shy smile effected a quickening of his breathing.

DOL 23

as leonato led his guests to their rooms claudio and benedick discoursed.  hero is the sweetest lady i ever seen shy claudio sighed.  everyone to their own taste retorted benedick sarcastically

Shakespearen Insult of the Day - Thou spongy, knotty-pated nut-hook!

Analogy

LEVEL : HIERARCHY

A) installment : serial

B) halo : messiah

C) vinaigrette : salad

D) courtroom : drama

E) misnomer : definition

Today’s Presentation and response

"What schools don't teach"

writing computer code

Apex - see shared doc “last name apex”

Revision - 4 units, complete writing activities in online google doc for unit 1 only, TST for all units - TST copy question/topic and your response in online apex doc - make sure you include apex id number

Kittens

English 100 Units 1, 2, 7, 8  CST and TST required

Kats

English 200 Units 1, 3, 4, 7  CST and TST required

Book Report - Google Presentation Document - Book cover original drawing, character, setting and plot discussion (use apex knowledge). Divide jobs between group members. Produce one document and present.

Period 2

DOL 20

He adored the flowers from Bertha, but he was insulted by Wilfred’s inadvertently unkind note. Hairy felt overwhelmed as he had been jilted by his girl, insulted by his friend, and had his warts vilified.

DOL 21

he burst anew into tears.  then he shredded the flowers and aate them tears flowing onto the stems like rain

Analogy

DEVASTATED : DAMAGED

A) unusual : weird

B) unkind : hurtful

C) incredible : mundane

D) prevalent : common

Read Aloud/Read Along

Ghost Canoe - chapter 2

Group Read - Table of Contents and Chapter 1

Write vocabulary words in online journal

tender

Go to the schoology.com web site, go to the course English/Social Studies Middle School, find the Ghost Canoe folder, open and work through the documents from top to bottom. You will get some detailed background on the author, the setting and the Native American people who play an important part in the story.

Each pair of students listed below will read and report on one resource in the Ghost Canoe folder on the schoology site.

Your report/summary will take the form of a post on the schoology discussion forum “Ghost Canoe Background”. Post on one partners schoology account but sign the post at the bottom with both yours and your partner’s name.

BTW, you might not see other students’ posts until after you make your post.

Adah/Kareena - “Meet Will Hobbs”

Luna/Darien - “Writing Ghost Canoe”

Grace/Erric/Sarah - “Makah Village 1491”

Livia/Fayth - “Cedar: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians” Discribe falling the tree and some of the tools used in working with these giant plants

Alex/Holley - “Indian Fishing - Early Methods of the Northwest Coast” Just describe two types of hooks and how they were made.

All groups - “Ghost Canoe Media” Describe in your own words what the images tell us. Post this in the other partner’s schoology account.

Continue with documentary film - The West

Essential Question - Why do people move from place to place?

Look for reasons for and means and examples of the movement of groups westward in American history.

Period 3

Online Study Hall

Period 4

Expeditionary Learning

Transfer field notes to Expeditionary Journal

Edge of Nowhere - chapter 23 page 199