Hello Everyone!
I had a wonderful day with the new schedule, I hope you all did as well.
Today we wrapped up Night and participated in a Get to Know You activity.
Tomorrow we are going to going to be starting Hiroshima. Before we being working with the text, we will be learning about John Hersey and the art of interviewing.
For Homework:
Level 1: Pick one person from your family to interview. Ask them the following questions. Remember, be professional.
1. What is your name?
2. Did you always live in New York? If no, where else have you lived?
3. When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Level 2: Pick one person from your family to interview. Ask them the following questions. Remember, be professional.
1. What is your name?
2. Did you always live in New York? If no, where else have you lived?
3. What is one of your proudest moments?
4. If you could travel anywhere, where would you do?
Level 3: Pick one person from your family to interview. Ask them the following questions. Remember, be professional.
1. What is your name?
2. Did you always live in New York? If no, where else have you lived?
3. What do you think is something that is hard to understand? Why?
4. At what age did you learn a big lesson? What was that lesson?
Folks at home sign: ______________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Monday, January 30, 2017
Homework: January 30
Hello everyone!
Tomorrow we start a new schedule! I look forward to working with many of you again next semester!
For homework: At the end of Night, Elie can not recognize himself in the mirror.
Level 1: Why does Elie have a hard time recognizing who he is?
Level 2: Elie has regrets about things he has had to do and think while in the concentration camps. Many of us feel regret. What is something you regret? Why?
Level 3: When is a moment you really had to fight to survive? Why? What were the circumstances?
Folks at home sign:
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.
Tomorrow we start a new schedule! I look forward to working with many of you again next semester!
For homework: At the end of Night, Elie can not recognize himself in the mirror.
Level 1: Why does Elie have a hard time recognizing who he is?
Level 2: Elie has regrets about things he has had to do and think while in the concentration camps. Many of us feel regret. What is something you regret? Why?
Level 3: When is a moment you really had to fight to survive? Why? What were the circumstances?
Folks at home sign:
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.
Friday, January 27, 2017
Homework: January 27
Hello Everyone!
Today we reviewed concepts we have discussed in class and what topics you have learned about in other classes.
Next week we are creating posters and commercials promoting our classes.
We have been talking about propaganda and the effects of fake news.
For homework: Create a slogan (a saying) about you and your family that lets everyone know what you are about!
Level 1: Please write your slogan and explain why you chose it.
Level 2: Please write your slogan and explain why you chose it. Pick an image to support your saying.
Level 3: Please write your slogan and explain why you chose it. Create a short video clip (you can use SnapChat) to say your slogan.
Folks at home please sign: ________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.
Today we reviewed concepts we have discussed in class and what topics you have learned about in other classes.
Next week we are creating posters and commercials promoting our classes.
We have been talking about propaganda and the effects of fake news.
For homework: Create a slogan (a saying) about you and your family that lets everyone know what you are about!
Level 1: Please write your slogan and explain why you chose it.
Level 2: Please write your slogan and explain why you chose it. Pick an image to support your saying.
Level 3: Please write your slogan and explain why you chose it. Create a short video clip (you can use SnapChat) to say your slogan.
Folks at home please sign: ________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Homework: January 26
Hello Everyone!
Today we continued to work with similes and metaphors.
Reminder: Both make comparisons between two things or people
Metaphors make direct comparisons
Similes use LIKE or AS
To explain a metaphor or simile, we have to use what we know about the word to explain the comparison.
For example: She is a diamond
I know that diamonds are: Strong, beautiful, valuable, rare, unique, sparkly
Instead of saying all of those things, I just compare the person to a diamond since it has all of those qualities.
For Homework: Read the statements below.
All levels: Determine if it is a metaphor or a simile.
Level 1: Pick one to explain
Level 2: Pick two to explain
Level 3: Explain all three please
1. ______
“The street was like a
market place that had suddenly been abandoned.”
2. ______
“The doors were nailed up; the way back was finally cut off. The world was a
cattle wagon hermetically sealed.”
3. _______
“A great tidal wave of men came rolling onward and would have crushed me like
an ant.”
Folks at home sign: _________________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Homework: January 25
Hello Everyone!
Today we talked about similes and metaphors. Both are used to make comparisons between two things.
Similes use LIKE or AS
Metaphors makes directs comparisons.
For Homework: Below are examples of similes and metaphors found in Night.
Level 1: Pick three examples from below. Is it a metaphor or a simile?
Level 2: Pick three examples from below. Is it a metaphor or a simile? Explain one out of the three comparisons.
Level 3:Pick four examples from below. Is it a metaphor or a simile? Explain three out of the four comparisons.
Folks at home please sign: ________________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily
Today we talked about similes and metaphors. Both are used to make comparisons between two things.
Similes use LIKE or AS
Metaphors makes directs comparisons.
For Homework: Below are examples of similes and metaphors found in Night.
Level 1: Pick three examples from below. Is it a metaphor or a simile?
Level 2: Pick three examples from below. Is it a metaphor or a simile? Explain one out of the three comparisons.
Level 3:Pick four examples from below. Is it a metaphor or a simile? Explain three out of the four comparisons.
Folks at home please sign: ________________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Homework: January 24
Today we talked about guilt.
Guilt: the fact of having committed a specified or implied offense or crime.
Throughout Night, Elie has moments of guilt. He is having a hard time helping to keep his father alive while also trying to survive himself.
For Homework: What are tough decisions you have had to make?
Level 1: Tell about one hard decision you had to make. What was the end result?
Level 2: Tell about two hard decisions you had to make. What was the end result?
Level 3: Tell about three hard decisions you had to make. What was the end result?
Folks at home sign: ___________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL.
Guilt: the fact of having committed a specified or implied offense or crime.
Throughout Night, Elie has moments of guilt. He is having a hard time helping to keep his father alive while also trying to survive himself.
For Homework: What are tough decisions you have had to make?
Level 1: Tell about one hard decision you had to make. What was the end result?
Level 2: Tell about two hard decisions you had to make. What was the end result?
Level 3: Tell about three hard decisions you had to make. What was the end result?
Folks at home sign: ___________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL.
Monday, January 23, 2017
Homework: January 23
Hello Everyone!
Today we continued to work on conditional statements. Last week we created "If, then" statements, in which we made connection between two events.
Conditional statements allow writers to make predictions on what they think the outcome with be in a certain situation.
For example: When I don't try to complete my work in class, I do not earn my PBIS points.
For Homework: Please create conditional statements. Try to create statements that promote happy and healthy communities.
For example: If we all pick up after ourselves, there will be no trash on the ground.
Level 1: Please create 2 statements
Level 2: Please create 3 statements
Level 3: Please create 4 statements
Folks at home sign: _____________________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.
Today we continued to work on conditional statements. Last week we created "If, then" statements, in which we made connection between two events.
Conditional statements allow writers to make predictions on what they think the outcome with be in a certain situation.
For example: When I don't try to complete my work in class, I do not earn my PBIS points.
For Homework: Please create conditional statements. Try to create statements that promote happy and healthy communities.
For example: If we all pick up after ourselves, there will be no trash on the ground.
Level 1: Please create 2 statements
Level 2: Please create 3 statements
Level 3: Please create 4 statements
Folks at home sign: _____________________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.
Friday, January 20, 2017
Homework: January 20
Today we played Kahoots to review Night and our past readings.
For Homework this weekend: Think of review questions that we can put into next weeks review. Questions can be multiple choice, short answer, or fill in the blanks. At least 2 questions have to be about ELA. The other questions can be a review question from your other classes or a current event.
Level 1: Please create 3 review questions and provide their answers.
Level 2: Please create 5 review questions and provide their answers.
Level 3: Please create 7 review questions and provide their answers.
Folks at home sign: ___________________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.
For Homework this weekend: Think of review questions that we can put into next weeks review. Questions can be multiple choice, short answer, or fill in the blanks. At least 2 questions have to be about ELA. The other questions can be a review question from your other classes or a current event.
Level 1: Please create 3 review questions and provide their answers.
Level 2: Please create 5 review questions and provide their answers.
Level 3: Please create 7 review questions and provide their answers.
Folks at home sign: ___________________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Homework: January 19
Hello Everyone!
Today we talked about propaganda and how it was used by the Nazi's.
For Homework: Below are propaganda posters. Please answer the following questions based on your levels poster.
Level 1:
1. What is the message?
2. What does this ad want you to do?
Level 2:
1. What is the message?
2. What does this ad want you to do?
Level 3:
1. What is the message?
2. What does this ad want you to do?
Folks at home sign please: _____________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily
Today we talked about propaganda and how it was used by the Nazi's.
For Homework: Below are propaganda posters. Please answer the following questions based on your levels poster.
Level 1:
1. What is the message?
2. What does this ad want you to do?
Level 2:
1. What is the message?
2. What does this ad want you to do?
Level 3:
1. What is the message?
2. What does this ad want you to do?
Folks at home sign please: _____________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Homework: January 18
Hello Everyone!
Today we worked with THEN and THAN (practice makes perfect) and I have to say how proud I am of all of you!
Today we also discussed events in our lives that make us who we are. In the section of text we read today, Elie states that his former self had been consumed by flames, that he was only a shape of himself.
For Homework: Pick an event in your life that has had an impact on you.
Level 1: Tell about the event. Why did you pick this event?
Level 2: Tell about two events that have changed you. One positive and (if you want to share) one negative.
Level 3: Tell about two events that have changed you. One positive and (if you want to share) one negative. Why did these two events have such an impact on your life?
Folks at home sign:__________________________
Please work on IXL for 20 minutes daily
Today we worked with THEN and THAN (practice makes perfect) and I have to say how proud I am of all of you!
Today we also discussed events in our lives that make us who we are. In the section of text we read today, Elie states that his former self had been consumed by flames, that he was only a shape of himself.
For Homework: Pick an event in your life that has had an impact on you.
Level 1: Tell about the event. Why did you pick this event?
Level 2: Tell about two events that have changed you. One positive and (if you want to share) one negative.
Level 3: Tell about two events that have changed you. One positive and (if you want to share) one negative. Why did these two events have such an impact on your life?
Folks at home sign:__________________________
Please work on IXL for 20 minutes daily
Homework: January 17
Hello Everyone!
Today we continued to discuss the difference between THEN and THAN.
thEn = used for time
EXAMPLE: I went to school, then to band practice.
thAn = used to compare
EXAMPLE: I would rather eat brussle sprouts than snails. OR I am taller than Ms. Asterita.
For Homework: Complete the sentences below using THEN or THAN
Today we continued to discuss the difference between THEN and THAN.
thEn = used for time
EXAMPLE: I went to school, then to band practice.
thAn = used to compare
EXAMPLE: I would rather eat brussle sprouts than snails. OR I am taller than Ms. Asterita.
For Homework: Complete the sentences below using THEN or THAN
1.
The picture is prettier
_______________ the other
2.
I like salad more _______________ soup.
3.
The game was tied,
______________ our team scored.
4.
If Mario doesn’t want
to go, _______________ he should stay home.
5.
It was _______________
that Kirk realized his mistake.
6.
For your chores, you
should wash the dog _______________ rake the leaves.
7.
My sister makes better
grades _______________ my brother.
8.
This is more important
_______________ you think.
9.
If Carrie doesn’t find
the library book, _______________ she must pay a fine.
10. Today was hotter _______________ we thought it would be.
Level 1: Complete sentences : 1, 2, 6, 7
Level 2: Complete sentences: 3, 4, 9, 10
Level 3: Complete sentences: 4, 5, 8, 9,
Folks at home sign please: _____________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.
Friday, January 13, 2017
Homework: January 13
Hello Everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful week.
Today we worked on "If, Then" sentences. An "If, Then" sentence is one that connects two events to each other. The example we created from the book is "If Elie and his family stay, they will be taken away"
For Homework:
Level 1: Create 3 ""If, Then" sentences.
Level 2: Create 4 "If, Then" sentences.
Level 3: Create 5 "If, Then" sentences.
Folks at home sign: ____________________
I hope you all had a wonderful week.
Today we worked on "If, Then" sentences. An "If, Then" sentence is one that connects two events to each other. The example we created from the book is "If Elie and his family stay, they will be taken away"
For Homework:
Level 1: Create 3 ""If, Then" sentences.
Level 2: Create 4 "If, Then" sentences.
Level 3: Create 5 "If, Then" sentences.
Folks at home sign: ____________________
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Homework: January 10-12
Hello everyone!
For homework this week please look at the following link
Thank you!
If you have any questions please let me know!
For homework this week please look at the following link
Thank you!
If you have any questions please let me know!
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Homework: January 9
Good morning everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed the ❄❄snow❄❄!
For homework: Throughout Night, Elie has many moments of regret and doubt. We all have these same exact feelings about different situations in our lives.
Level 1: Pick one event in your life you are sad/mad/upset about. How would you change that event to make it a happy outcome?
Level 2: Tell about a time you felt regret. What would you have done differently?
Level 3: Throughout our lives we will feel many different feelings, some happy, some painful. Tell about a time you had regret. What happened? What would you do to change the situation? Do you think you have learned from that situation? Why or why not?
Folks at home sign: __________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed the ❄❄snow❄❄!
For homework: Throughout Night, Elie has many moments of regret and doubt. We all have these same exact feelings about different situations in our lives.
Level 1: Pick one event in your life you are sad/mad/upset about. How would you change that event to make it a happy outcome?
Level 2: Tell about a time you felt regret. What would you have done differently?
Level 3: Throughout our lives we will feel many different feelings, some happy, some painful. Tell about a time you had regret. What happened? What would you do to change the situation? Do you think you have learned from that situation? Why or why not?
Folks at home sign: __________________
Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.
Friday, January 6, 2017
Homework: January 6
Hello Everyone!
For homework: please see the following link.
Over the weekend: Please try at least one of the following
-Make something new (food or craft) with someone from home
-Go on a walk and mark down three new things you see (with a family member or friend)
- Watch a new documentary, share the main idea with someone from home
-Give someone a honest compliment
Folks at home sign: _______________________
For homework: please see the following link.
Over the weekend: Please try at least one of the following
-Make something new (food or craft) with someone from home
-Go on a walk and mark down three new things you see (with a family member or friend)
- Watch a new documentary, share the main idea with someone from home
-Give someone a honest compliment
Folks at home sign: _______________________
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Homework: January 5
Hello Everyone!
Today we discussed what it means to be a human and what choices we can make to be sure that we are good people.
For Homework:
Think of the people in your inner circle (family and friends):
Level 1: Who do you think is an example of a good person? Provide an example to support your thinking.
Level 2: Who do you think is an example of a good person? What characteristics of this person do you admire?
Level 3: Who do you think is an example of a good person? What characteristics of this person do you admire? Compare and contrast this person to a famous person you believe to not be a "good" person.
Folks at home sign: ___________________________________
Today we discussed what it means to be a human and what choices we can make to be sure that we are good people.
For Homework:
Think of the people in your inner circle (family and friends):
Level 1: Who do you think is an example of a good person? Provide an example to support your thinking.
Level 2: Who do you think is an example of a good person? What characteristics of this person do you admire?
Level 3: Who do you think is an example of a good person? What characteristics of this person do you admire? Compare and contrast this person to a famous person you believe to not be a "good" person.
Folks at home sign: ___________________________________
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Homework: Jan 4
Hello everyone!
For today's homework please see:
Ms. Molloy's homework blog
For those of you who went on the Transit trip, please asnwer the following questions:
1. What is one thing you learned today?
2. What is one thing you were nervous about ? (Level 2 and 3: were your anxieties relieved?)
3. What questions do you have for next weeks trip?
4. What is one thing you were surprised to learn?
Folks at home sign please:____________________
For today's homework please see:
Ms. Molloy's homework blog
For those of you who went on the Transit trip, please asnwer the following questions:
1. What is one thing you learned today?
2. What is one thing you were nervous about ? (Level 2 and 3: were your anxieties relieved?)
3. What questions do you have for next weeks trip?
4. What is one thing you were surprised to learn?
Folks at home sign please:____________________
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Homework: January 3
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
I hope you all had a wonderful break!
This month we are reading Night by Elie Wiesel (click link for an online version of the book).
Here is a summary of Night provided by Shmoop:
Despite warnings about German intentions towards Jews, Eliezer’s family and the other Jews in the small Transylvanian town of Sighet (now in modern-day Romania) fail to flee the country when they have a chance. As a result, the entire Jewish population is sent to concentration camps. There, in a camp called Auschwitz, Eliezer is separated from his mother and younger sister, but remains with his father.
As Eliezer struggles to survive against starvation and abuse, he also grapples with the destruction of his faith in God’s justice and battles with the darker sides of himself. Forced into a desperate situation, Eliezer feels a conflict between supporting his ever weakening father and giving himself the best chance of survival.
Over the course of the book, Eliezer and his father are sent from Auschwitz to a new concentration camp called Buna and then, as the Allies (the British and American troops) approach, deeper into Germany, to Buchenwald. A few months before the concentration camps are liberated by Allied soldiers, Eliezer’s father dies. Though Eliezer survives the concentration camps, he leaves behind his own innocence and is haunted by the death and violence he has witnessed.
For Homework:
Level 1: What does family mean to you? What are things that you do with your family?
Level 2: Is family always related through blood? Why or why not? Why is family important?
Level 3: People say family is important, but how can family be damaging? Give an example from your own life or from a text you have read.
Folks at home sign: __________________________
I hope you all had a wonderful break!
This month we are reading Night by Elie Wiesel (click link for an online version of the book).
Here is a summary of Night provided by Shmoop:
Despite warnings about German intentions towards Jews, Eliezer’s family and the other Jews in the small Transylvanian town of Sighet (now in modern-day Romania) fail to flee the country when they have a chance. As a result, the entire Jewish population is sent to concentration camps. There, in a camp called Auschwitz, Eliezer is separated from his mother and younger sister, but remains with his father.
As Eliezer struggles to survive against starvation and abuse, he also grapples with the destruction of his faith in God’s justice and battles with the darker sides of himself. Forced into a desperate situation, Eliezer feels a conflict between supporting his ever weakening father and giving himself the best chance of survival.
Over the course of the book, Eliezer and his father are sent from Auschwitz to a new concentration camp called Buna and then, as the Allies (the British and American troops) approach, deeper into Germany, to Buchenwald. A few months before the concentration camps are liberated by Allied soldiers, Eliezer’s father dies. Though Eliezer survives the concentration camps, he leaves behind his own innocence and is haunted by the death and violence he has witnessed.
For Homework:
Level 1: What does family mean to you? What are things that you do with your family?
Level 2: Is family always related through blood? Why or why not? Why is family important?
Level 3: People say family is important, but how can family be damaging? Give an example from your own life or from a text you have read.
Folks at home sign: __________________________
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