Good Morning Valued Vizslas

Please come in and take out your copy of the Giver, a pencil and your iPad. 

• Grade 7 - Open your summary from yesterday.
• Group read with discussion questions.
• Grade 8 
• QOD 
• Please read the article on Schoology and respond to the following prompt:
• Denmark’s baby naming issue reveals values that the society decided were important enough to enforce through laws.  Explain why Denmark feels this is important.   Compare Denmark’s decision of the baby naming process to Jonas’s community in The Giver.  How are these societies connected? How are they different? How is this an example of a societal structure promoting or limit freedom, choice and desire. Construct your answer in a detailed paragraph using textual evidence to support your claims.

Humanities Extension: 

Kelly - Library 

Mercier - CNN Student News

Bronner - CNN Student News 

Homework:

8th - Please read chapters 13 and 14 

7th - Please read chapters 11 and 12

Good Morning Unique Unicorns!

Please log right onto schoology. There is a media album where you are being asked to place a photo of another novel that is an example of dystopian literature. I can help you figure out how to do this! 

• QOD 
• Summary of your reading last night. What makes a strong summary again? 
• Group discussion about last night's reading. 

Humanities Extension:

Kelly: CNN Student News 

Bronner: Library for book fair 

Mercier: CNN Student News 

Homework:

Please come and join us for Open House! 

Good Morning Tenacious Termites!

7th grade - please take a sequence graphic organizer and turn last night's chapter into a comic strip! 
8th - Please settle into your seat as we are going to break off into triple entry journal partner's right away. 

• QOD 
• 7th grade 
• Create and share comic strip summary of chapter 7 
• Meet in circle for read aloud and discussion 
• 8th 
• a.m. Discussion questions 
• p.m. Triple Entry Journal - partner reaction and group discussion of chapters 9 and 10

Humanities Extension:

• Kelly - CNN Student News 
• Bronner - work on Giver homework 
• Mercier - Library for Book Fair 

Homework:

• 7th grade: Read chapters 8 + 9
• 8th grade: Read chapters 11 and 12 tonight

Good Morning Sleepy Sloths!

Please take 12 minutes to finish up your work from last night. Please make sure to document your homework! 

• QOD
• 8th Grade: Triple Entry Journal 
• 7th Grade: Group Summary - what is happening in the book?
• What makes a strong piece of evidence?

Humanities Extension: Team meeting in Mrs. Bronner's room 

Homework:

7th - Please read chapter 7 and 8. In your reading please complete the quote analysis. You are to pick ONE additional quote for your double entry journal. 

8th - Please read chapters 9 and 10. I would like you to come in with FIVE discussion questions and be prepared to discuss. 

Good Morning Rambunctious Raccoons!

Please take out your copy of The Giver, a pencil, your iPad and your quote sheet. 7th grade - you are to finish your summary of chapter 3 and 4. 

8th grade - Please look over the characteristics of dystopian literature handout in schoology. Is the Giver an example of utopian literature or dystopian literature. Please use evidence from your handout in schoology. 

• QOD 
• Triple Entry Journal Example
• Independent work time

Homework:

7th - Read chapter 5 and 6 with quotes and analysis 

8th - Read chapters 7 and 8 using the triple entry journal

Humanities Extension 

Mercier: Library 

Kelly: CNN Student News 

Bronner: Work on the Giver

Good Morning Quintessential Quahogs!

 Please take out your copy of The Giver, your iPad and a pencil. Please take this Venn Diagram and compare and contrast Jonas' Community to Morrisville, Vermont. You have 7 minutes! 

• QOD
• Share Utopia Presentations with Maura.Kelly@lssuvt.org
• CNN Student News (by request) 
• 7th Grade - Summary assessment in Schoology
• 8th Grade - group read of chapter 7! 

Humanities Extension: Independent Reading 

Homework:

Catch up with The Giver

Enjoy the weekend! 

Good Morning Positive Plankton

Please write down your homework and take out your copy of The Giver. 8th grade is starting with the MAZE so you are going to need a pencil. Login to Schoology and respond to the summary prompt in The Giver folder.

• QOD
• Characteristics of a Utopia vs. Dystopia
• SEND ME YOUR UTOPIA PROJECT

8th Grade:

• Dialectic notes for chapters 4 and 5

7th Grade:

• Discuss questions about The Giver

Humanities Extension:

• Mercier - Write a KBAR summary and reflection about your independent reading book in schoology. 
• Kelly - Work on
  Dialectic notes
• Bronner: Go to the library to check out independent reading books 

Homework:

7th grade: Read chapters 3 and 4 creating a minimum of FIVE active reading strategy notes. 

8th Grade: Read chapters 5 and 6 taking dialectic notes. I am looking for a minimum of four quotes or pieces of evidence with your analysis. 

Good Morning Opalescent Octopi

Please log into Schoology and respond to the discussion prompt that is in your humanities course. I will help you to find it. 

• 9:45 Lockdown Drill
• QOD
• Folders in Drive?
• Announce "winners" of the Utopia Project
• Everyday Emerald
• Alijograni
• Verida and Omanzkstan - TIE! (no kidding)
• Scholarship Opportunities - Patriots Pen
• Feedback on schoology - should we do morning warm ups here or on blogger??
• Grade 8 - Maze Assessment 
• Discuss chapters 1+2 
• Gallery walk of reading
• Grade 7 - 
• Read chapter 1 of the Giver using active reading strategies 
• Please keep track of the following on sticky notes being sure to put the page number on the note. 

*Active Reading:

• Circle a word or phrase with which you are unfamiliar.
  Underline sections where you may have a question.
  Ask the author a question.
  Make a connection to another text, to yourself, to world.
  Identify a new character or learned character information
  Asteric (*) a section you think has significance.
  Note setting (location, season, environment, etc.)
  Other…

Humanities Extension:

Mercier: The Giver Reading chapter 2 with 5 active reading sticky notes

Kelly: Library to check out books

Bronner: Please write a summary of your independent reading book. There will be an assignment in Schoology where I would like you to turn this in.

Homework:

Grade 7 - Please finish reading chapters 1 + 2. You are to have 5 active reading strategies notes.

Grade 8 - Please read chapters 3 + 4 with active reading notes and be ready to discuss.

Good Morning Nerdy Narwhals

Please come right in and take a rubric. We are starting right off with the finals of the Utopia Project! Please join me in a semi circle around the smart board.

• Everyday Emerald V. Utopia City 
• Alijograni vs. Los Malahama 
• Omanzkstan vs. Verita 

MAZE Assessment

Blog Post:

• The theme of the next focus in our class is: societal structure has the power to promote or limit freedom, choice, and desire.What do you think this means? Do you have any examples of this in society and the world right now?

Homework: Read chapter 1 and 2 of the Giver using the active reading strategies using sticky notes to track your thinking. 

• If you need to you can use audio and listen along while you read. You are still expected to have five sticky notes with page numbers included. 

*Active Reading:

Circle a word or phrase with which you are unfamiliar.

Underline sections where you may have a question.

Ask the author a question.

Make a connection to another text, to yourself, to world.

Identify a new character or learned character information

Asteric (*) a section you think has significance.

Note setting (location, season, environment, etc.)

Other…

Good Morning Nerdy Narwhals

Please come right in and take a rubric. We are starting right off with the finals of the Utopia Project! Please join me in a semi circle around the smart board.

• Everyday Emerald V. Utopia City 
• Alijograni vs. Los Malahama 
• Omanzkstan vs. Verita 

MAZE Assessment

Blog Post:

• The theme of the next focus in our class is: societal structure has the power to promote or limit freedom, choice, and desire.What do you think this means? 
• Do you have any examples of this in society and the world right now?

Homework: Read chapter 1 and 2 of the Giver using the active reading strategies using sticky notes to track your thinking. 

Good Morning Melancholy Monarchs!

Today you are going to be presenting your Utopia Projects. You have 10 minutes starting now to put finishing touches on your projects!

• QOD 
• How to fill out the rubrics 
• Begin Presentations

Core 1:

Core 2:

Core 3:

Humanities Extension 

Please watch CNN student news. When finished please answer the discussion question on Schoology. 

Homework:

Read 30 minutes

Good Morning Lovely Lemurs!

Happy Friday! As you can tell I am not in school today, so you have an additional day to work on your projects! 

• I want everyone to do a reflection on the rubric. This should take you at least 15 minutes. For each section of the rubric I would like you to rate yourself and then use evidence to support your rating. You can either do this on paper or on your blog. Just make sure the rubric gets onto the blog. 
• Next, in your group put finishing touches on your presentations based on the information from assessment on the rubric. 
• I would also like everyone to go through a dress rehearsal of the presentation.
• I would also like you to look over the unit handout to make sure you have all the information that you need.  

Humanities Extension:

• Please watch CNN student news. Pick one story of interest and write down the key idea and your reaction or thoughts about the story. 

Homework:

• Finish your Utopia Project

Good Morning Kindhearted Kiwis!

Please take out your independent reading books - I would like you

to have a few minutes of independent time before you start working on your project presentations. 

7th Grade

• I am going to give you your planning papers back. You have today to build your presentations for the Utopia showdown - I will explain what this will look like. Things to consider for your presentation:
• Include the name of your utopia, where it is located and why, and anything else you think is important to making your society more utopia - for example do you have some values or principles that guides the decision within your utopia? 
• Next in your charter - you want to outline the problem that you are eradicating - this included the information/ research that you have completed as well as your law that you are using to eradicate the problem. I am also looking for justification on how this makes your society more utopian. 
• Are there any other laws or rules that you want to include in your charter to make your society more utopian? 
• Is there anything else you want to include in your presentation? Map of your utopia, other information about your people, etc?

8th Grade 

• Final presentation practice - you will be presenting TOMORROW! Whatever you have not completed is going to be homework. 

Humanities Extension:

• Please take time to work on your utopia presentation! 

Homework:

• Please finish your presentations. If you have no presentation work to do you need to read for 30 minutes. 

Good Morning Jolly Jellyfish

Please take out your independent reading book and kick back relax and read for 5 minutes. Sit with your utopia group - I will be coming around and checking in. 

• QOD
• I Am Poems 

7th Grade

• Meet in your teams and go through the protocol for the problem solving meetings to try and create laws to eradicate the societal issue you identified and researched. 
• What other laws or amendments do you want to include in your charter to make your society the most Utopian? Start to brainstorm a list of these laws that will support a more Utopian society.

8th Grade 

• I am going to give you your planning papers back. You have today to build your presentations for the Utopia showdown - I will explain what this will look like. Things to consider for your presentation:
• Include the name of your utopia, where it is located and why, and anything else you think is important to making your society more utopia - for example do you have some values or principles that guides the decision within your utopia? 
• Next in your charter - you want to outline the problem that you are eradicating - this included the information/ research that you have completed as well as your law that you are using to eradicate the problem. I am also looking for justification on how this makes your society more utopian. 
• Are there any other laws or rules that you want to include in your charter to make your society more utopian? 
• Is there anything else you want to include in your presentation? Map of your utopia, other information about your people, etc?

Humanities Extension:

• We are going to be making history by creating a new team name! Starting a new legacy!

Homework:

• Read 30 minutes - be ready to share about your reading tomorrow morning. 

Good Morning Ingenious Ibex

Please take out your research that you worked on yesterday. 7th grade - you have the rest of class today to complete your research. 8th grade - please take 7 minutes to pull together your research to share at your problem solving meeting with your group. 

• Meet in your teams and go through the protocol for the problem solving meetings to try and create laws to eradicate the societal issue you identified and researched. 
• What other laws or amendments do you want to include in your charter to make your society the most Utopian? Start to brainstorm a list of these laws that will support a more Utopian society.

Humanities Extension:

• Bronner: Library 
• Kelly: Please summarize your independent reading that you have been doing. I am expecting a paragraph summary and a paragraph reflection. 
• Mercier: 

• Read article on 9/11 and then answer the reflection questions:
• 1. Yesterday was 9/11, did you do anything to remember all the people impacted by this event 15 years ago?
• 2. Do you think the US should do anything to continue supporting the survivors of the events, and the families those who lost their lives on this day? What ideas of suggestions do you have? 

Good Morning Harmonious Hyraxes!

Please take a moment to reflect on how you are participating within your group. What are some examples of how you are staying focused and on task? What is some evidence that you have for being a team player and being flexible? What is going well/ what is one thing that you are going to work on today?

• QOD
• Independent Research Time - take some time to independently research your problem. You are not at the solution segment of this work YET. At the end of class today/ tomorrow you are going to share out with the other members of your group and start to brainstorm. 
• Dates to consider:
• Tuesday - pose solutions
• Wednesday - create presentations/ finishing touches 
• Thursday - Start presenting 
• Friday - Final Presentations

Humanities Extension:

• Mercier - library 
• Kelly/Bronner - Read article on 9/11 and then answer the reflection questions:
• 1. Yesterday was 9/11, did you do anything to remember all the people impacted by this event 15 years ago?
• 2. Do you think the US should do anything to continue supporting the survivors of the events, and the families those who lost their lives on this day? What ideas of suggestions do you have?

Good Morning Giggly Giraffe's!

Please find your seat with your Utopia group and take out the Utopia Project packet 7th grade take out your vocabulary homework. Kick back and read for 5 minutes!

8:00-8:45 Extended TA

8:45-9:40 (expos)

9:40-10:35 Core 1

10:35-11:30 Core 2

11:30-11:50 Recess

11:50-12:25 Town Meeting

12:50-1:10 Humanities Extension

1:10-2:05 Core 3

2:05-2:45 Opportunity Time

• QOD
• Young Writers Project
• Utopia Rubric
• Start to brainstorm within your group what societal "blemishes" you will ERADICATE in your CHARTER for your society.  Each member of the group is going to select one social issue to create a law to solve. When each member has selected their problem please complete this form.

7th Grade Resources 

• General Climate information by region
• Detailed Climate Information by region
• Go over Calendar for the project

Humanities Extension:

Independent Reading!  

Homework

• Read 30 Minutes 
• Ms. Kelly's TA bring in a summer photo

Good Morning Friendly Foxes!

Please find your seat with your Utopia group. 

• QOD
• Young Writers Project
• General Climate information by region
• Detailed Climate Information by regio
• You have 15 minutes to explore the climate of the US and start to make decisions about where you would like your territory to go. Please think about physical and cultural geographical features, as well as natural resources 
  that would benefit your society. Part of the presentation you will be creating will be to also explain why your geographical location is beneficial to your utopian society. 
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• Go over Calendar for the project
• Territory Location Negotiations
• Start to brainstorm within your group what societal "blemishes" you will ERADICATE in your CHARTER for your society. 

Humanities Extension:

Please take some time to do a creative writing piece. Every week we will be writing from the Young Writers Project list of prompts. Please let me know if you would be interested in submitting your writing or participating in their writing community. 

•  Learn. Tell a story about a time when you had to learn something you didn't know how to do, such as using new software, taking a photo, riding a bike. How did you learn it? Who helped? How did they help?; or Inanimate. Think about an inanimate object that has been thrown away. Write a story or poem following its journey after it is considered trash.

Homework

• Read 30 Minutes 
• 7th grade complete vocabulary list 
• Ms. Kelly's TA bring in a summer photo 

Good Morning Enthusiastic Ermines!

Please find a seat with your utopia group. Your challenge for this morning is to finalize your team name and create a flag to represent your territory. You are going to need this later today to claim your territory within the United States. You have 12:00 to complete this task! 

• QOD 
• Read 30 minutes every night
• Make Blog a button on iPad 
• How do environment characteristics impact the territory that you select?
• General Climate information by region
• Detailed Climate Information by region
• Go over Calendar for the project

Homework:

• Ms. Kelly's TA bring in a picture
• 8th grade - Utopia Vocabulary
• Read 30  minutes every night - be ready to talk about what you are reading in class 
• Finish your I Am poem