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.