Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Announcements and Reminders:         Have you turned in your disclosure signatures and strategies assessment?  If not, do that ASAP! Next time is the last time to earn full points for returning your disclosure document.                      There will be no school on Monday, January 21 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  On Friday you will stay in your second-period class for Cave Time.

Targets for Today: I can read a book or other materials of my choice for an extended period of time. I can use pre-reading strategies before I begin reading informational texts.

Today’s  Agenda: Individual Quiet Reading Then fill out your reading log:   (This is an example.) # Date B N M O Title and Description and pages read Minutes Read Hours Read Ex 1/15/19 x Everlost – boy and girl died but stuck in kids-only world called Everlost  20-30    20 Review and Practice Using the CRAAP Test http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html#HEARD (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Practice Previewing -- Previewing: Read the title. Read the first few sentences and the last few sentences. Look of bold or italicized print. Look at images, graphics, tables, charts, etc. Ms. Hilton showed how she previewed a chapter in one of her textbooks. Students previewed several articles.

If You Were Absent: See above for what we did in class.   Read for 20 minutes on your own, fill out the make-up reading log, get a parent signature, and turn it in when you return to class. Reading Log Make-Up Log 2018.doc

Vocabulary: C = Currency --  How up-to-date is it?      R = Relevance -- Is it what I need or want?  Does it help me? A = Authority --    Who wrote or published this?    What makes them an expert? A = Accuracy --  Is the information correct? Can you verify it in more than one place? P = Purpose --   Why did they create this?   to inform or teach?   to persuade?   to sell?   to entertain?          and How biased is it?    If you're dying to watch the music video we watched in the media center, here is the link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ8ajc5FrT8

Help and Enrichment  The Abduction of Persephone The most famous myth about Persephone is the story of her abduction.      Hades, the ruler of the Underworld, decided that he wanted to marry Persephone, his sister Demeter’s only daughter, so he went to his brother Zeus.  Zeus was worried about making Demeter angry, but he was willing to plot with Hades.       One day, as she was gathering flowers in the Nysian meadow with her maidens, she wandered apart from the group ensnared by the sudden blooming of a glorious fragrant flower (some say it was a narcissus). As she reached to pluck it, the ground below her feet opened up and Hades, in his four-horse golden chariot, appeared before her in all his power and majesty. He snatched her and took her with him to the Underworld, to be his wife and queen.      Needless to say, Demeter wasn’t very pleased when she found out from Hecate and Helios what had happened. Hurt and distraught, she started wandering aimlessly around and was aggrieved to such an extent that she neglected all her duties. And since she was the goddess of agriculture and fertility, the earth was now barren, and people were dying of famine.      Seeing no way out of it, Zeus sent Hermes to the Underworld to fetch Persephone back to her mother. The divine messenger did do precisely that, and Demeter and Persephone were once again reunited on Olympus.      However, either on her own accord or, more probably, after being tricked by Hades, Persephone had tasted some pomegranate seeds before leaving the Underworld. This, according to the ancient laws, obliged her to remain in the Underworld.      Zeus proposed a compromise: Persephone would spend two-thirds of the year with her mother, and one-third with her new husband. Everybody agreed – and that’s how the seasons were born and how the growth of crops was explained.      Just like a seed, Persephone spends few months of the year below the earth. This is the period of Demeter’s grief which coincides with the dark, winter months. However, when the time comes for Persephone to go back to her mother, Demeterbrings back the light and the warmth and the earth rejoices in abundance. adapted from https://www.greekmythology.com/Other_Gods/Persephone/persephone.html

Friday, January 11, 2019

Announcements and Reminders for Friday, January 11, 2019:                           Welcome to class!  Please pick up your folder, and find your assigned seat.  As you come in, pick up a notecard on the front desk. At the top of the notecard, write your name. Under your name, answer the following questions:  1. What does BICUM stand for? (You may use your brochure.)  2. What do the letters in CRAAP stand for? Your disclosure documents are due today, but you may still bring them later. Turn them in now if you have them.

Targets for Today: I can remember what CRAAP stands for in our class! I can read quietly. I know why my teachers don't want me to use Wikipedia for research, but my think it's okay to use it for some other things. I understand better how to use the CRAAP Test.

Today’s  Agenda for Friday, January 11, 2019: Welcome to class!  As you come in, pick up a notecard on the front desk. At the top of the notecard, write your name. Under your name, answer the following questions:  1. What does BICUM stand for? (You may use your brochure.)  2. What do the letters in CRAAP stand for? Turn in your disclosure documents if you have them.   You may still turn them in later, but make it as soon as possible.  Individual Quiet Reading Then fill out your reading log:   (This is an example.) # Date B N M O Title and Description and pages read Minutes Read Hours Read Ex 1/11/19 x Everlost – boy and girl died but stuck in kids-only world called Everlost  1-10    10 Lab 202  -- Log in and go to CANVAS, Reading 7  Click on "Announcements." Select the one titled -- "Learning About Why Wikipedia Is or Isn't Reliable." You will fill out the cloze assignment as you watch and listen to the presentation.   More about the CRAAP Test  Students practiced using the CRAAP Test with the sites linked on CANVAS under CRAAP Test URLs.    If you are absent, you can go to those sites and use the CRAAP Test on them.

If You Were Absent: See above for what we did in class.  Read for 20 minutes on your own, fill out the make-up reading log, get a parent signature, and turn it in when you return to class. Reading Log Make-Up Log 2018.doc

Vocabulary: C = Currency --  How up-to-date is it?      R = Relevance -- Is it what I need or want?  Does it help me? A = Authority --    Who wrote or published this?    What makes them an expert? A = Accuracy --  Is the information correct? Can you verify it in more than one place? P = Purpose --   Why did they create this?   to inform or teach?   to persuade?   to sell?   to entertain?          and How biased is it?    If you're dying to watch the music video we watched in the media center, here is the link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ8ajc5FrT8

Help and Enrichment

Mind Mapping/Sketchnotes/Drawing to Learn

Watch this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj3ZnKlHqxI&t=765s

Examples of Mind Maps/ Sketchnotes/ Drawing to Learn

You could draw as you go (reading or listening), 

or to organize the material after you've read it.   

Part of a Mind Map for the Lewis and Clark Expedition 

Here are some examples of Mind Maps for other subjects:

Here's a longer video about "Drawing in Class": 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tJPeumHNLY&t=4s 

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Announcements and Reminders for Wednesday, January 9, 2019:                           Pick up your folders from the black crate at the back of the room.  They are arranged alphabetically by last name (and by number).   Pick your own seat.  Pick up the handout (BICUM Brochure) at the front of the room.  If you have your disclosure signature sheet (with the back filled-out too), hand it in to the top wire basket for your class.  Today is different.  There will be no individual reading time at the beginning of class.  Mrs. Hilton is now your teacher for this rotation.   Ms. Dorsey will be hanging around for a while to help her and you.   Friday is Roxberry Day.  Don't forget to return your disclosure signature sheets with the strategies assessment on the back filled out.  You may check out books from our classroom by going to CANVAS,  Announcements, Ms. Dorsey's Classroom Library Check-Out/Check-In or directly from here  to https://goo.gl/forms/3zjshLRdUMg3dWut2 (Links to an external site.)

Targets for Today: I can use strategies to be more effective when I do study-reading.   I can determine whether a site or other source of information is useful and reliable.

Today’s  Agenda for Wednesday, January 9, 2019: Pick up your folders from the black crate at the back.  Pick up a handout from a desk at the front of the room.  Pick your own seat.  Today will be different:  We will begin by looking at some strategies to use as you get ready to do study-reading.  Remember that         Metacognition is thinking about your own thinking. It is taking a step back to look at that challenges a particular reading task presents,  and how you can best meet those challenges.   What strategies can you use to be successful?   Media Center to learn about the CRAAP Test Do not pick up your folders yet. Media Center Presentation on CRAAP!?!?            Leave by A3 - 12:35   and   A4 - 1:55.             TAKE A PENCIL OR PEN.     Be quiet in the halls.     In the media center you will quietly find a table to sit at.  Media Center "Fieldtrip"      We are learning today about using the CRAAP Test to find useful and reliable information. Mrs. Jones Mrs. John Do you know them?   Follow this link to much of what Mrs. Jones taught today:  C.R.A.A.P. Here are more notes to help you remember and understand the information.  The CRAAP Test for Finding Trustworthy Sources  ⇉ ⇉  You will memorize the parts of the CRAAP Test.   Be able to explain each part of the mnemonic.

If You Were Absent: See above.  You will not need make-up reading for today, but you will need to read through the information at these links:  Follow this link to much of what Mrs. Jones taught today:  C.R.A.A.P. Here are more notes to help you remember and understand the information.  The CRAAP Test for Finding Trustworthy Sources You can also access the information on CANVAS.

Vocabulary: C = Currency --  How up-to-date is it?      R = Relevance -- Is it what I need or want?  Does it help me? A = Authority --    Who wrote or published this?    What makes them an expert? A = Accuracy --  Is the information correct? Can you verify it in more than one place? P = Purpose --   Why did they create this?   to inform or teach?   to persuade?   to sell?   to entertain?          and How biased is it?    If you're dying to watch the music video we watched in the media center, here is the link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ8ajc5FrT8

Help and Enrichment

Thursday, November 8, 2018