Rough Draft of Summary about Circle Justice due Monday, Feb. 25 (Use google classroom to view directions for each paragraph and the Summary wheels that are in their English binders for this writing assignment.)
Vocabulary Test List #1: Wednesday, Feb. 27 Novel Introduction: Cole Matthews has been fighting, stealing, and causing trouble for years. So his punishment for beating Peter Driscal senseless is harsh. Given a choice between prison and Native American Circle Justice, Cole chooses Circle Justice: He'll spend one year in complete isolation on a remote Alaskan island. In the first days of his banishment, Cole is mauled by a mysterious white bear and nearly dies. Now there's no one left to save Cole, but Cole himself. What is a Spirit Bear? https://youtu.be/rASbK6ZgQY8 Standards: RL. 6.9, RL. 6.6, RL. 6.1, RL. 6.10, RI. 6.8, RI. 6.9, RI. 6.10, L.6.4, W. 6.1, SL. 6.3 Targets: 1.Students will identify the compare and contrast pattern. 2.Students will identify point of view. 3.Students will be able to demonstrate comprehension, understanding of theme development, and draw inferences.4.Students will comprehend text independently. 5.Students will recognize text forms and genres. 6.Students will cite specific examples and details to support inferences. 7.Students will determine the process to trace and evaluate arguments and claims. 8.Students will compare and contrast differing presentations. 9.Students will synthesize information. 10.Students will conclude how claims and/or arguments are supported. 11.Students will distinguish valid claims and from claims that aren't supported. 12.Students will determine reference materials to use when determining meaning of words. 13.Students will detect context clues to derive word meanings. 14.Students will use Greek and Latin affixes and roots to derive meaning. 15.Students will verify word meaning. 16.Students will determine formal style. 17.Students will identify rhetoric of argument. 18.Students will introduce a precise claim. 19. Students will know formal style. 20. Students will decide when something is reasonable. 21. Students will identify claims and arguments. 22. Students will identify specific claims supported by evidence. 23. Students will identify the reasons and evidence that support a person's claim. Vocabulary List #1 composure, chop, rafters, grimacing, sullen, gingerly, galvanized, resignation, persistence, breaching, orcas, omen, bough, steely, maggot Vocabulary List #2 defy, feign, bizarre, meager, cough, shrouded, banishment, conjure, spew, grimace, skiff, brandish, trawler, mosey, muted, dawdle, sullenly, chafe, composure, incessant, ricochet, ashen, solitary, teem, quarry, flitting Vocabulary List #3 gluttonous, irked, delirium, roiled, bile, relinquish, redemption, writhed, haphazard, charred, rivulets, gunwales, ingenuity, chuffs torrent, reverently, vaulted, gorge, awning Vocabulary List #4 chafe, Detention Center, Circle Justice, Tlingit, Juvenile Delinquent, Healing contract, banishment, convicted, probation, victim, guilty plea, deposition, survival, sincere Novel Introduction: Cole Matthews has been fighting, stealing, and causing trouble for years. So his punishment for beating Peter Driscal senseless is harsh. Given a choice between prison and Native American Circle Justice, Cole chooses Circle Justice: He'll spend one year in complete isolation on a remote Alaskan island.
In the first days of his banishment, Cole is mauled by a mysterious white bear and nearly dies. Now there's no one left to save Cole, but Cole himself. What is a Spirit Bear? https://youtu.be/rASbK6ZgQY8 Standards: RL. 6.9, RL. 6.6, RL. 6.1, RL. 6.10, RI. 6.8, RI. 6.9, RI. 6.10, L.6.4, W. 6.1, SL. 6.3 Targets: 1.Students will identify the compare and contrast pattern. 2.Students will identify point of view. 3.Students will be able to demonstrate comprehension, understanding of theme development, and draw inferences.4.Students will comprehend text independently. 5.Students will recognize text forms and genres. 6.Students will cite specific examples and details to support inferences. 7.Students will determine the process to trace and evaluate arguments and claims. 8.Students will compare and contrast differing presentations. 9.Students will synthesize information. 10.Students will conclude how claims and/or arguments are supported. 11.Students will distinguish valid claims and from claims that aren't supported. 12.Students will determine reference materials to use when determining meaning of words. 13.Students will detect context clues to derive word meanings. 14.Students will use Greek and Latin affixes and roots to derive meaning. 15.Students will verify word meaning. 16.Students will determine formal style. 17.Students will identify rhetoric of argument. 18.Students will introduce a precise claim. 19. Students will know formal style. 20. Students will decide when something is reasonable. 21. Students will identify claims and arguments. 22. Students will identify specific claims supported by evidence. 23. Students will identify the reasons and evidence that support a person's claim. Vocabulary List #1 composure, chop, rafters, grimacing, sullen, gingerly, galvanized, resignation, persistence, breaching, orcas, omen, bough, steely, maggot Vocabulary List #2 defy, feign, bizarre, meager, cough, shrouded, banishment, conjure, spew, grimace, skiff, brandish, trawler, mosey, muted, dawdle, sullenly, chafe, composure, incessant, ricochet, ashen, solitary, teem, quarry, flitting Vocabulary List #3 gluttonous, irked, delirium, roiled, bile, relinquish, redemption, writhed, haphazard, charred, rivulets, gunwales, ingenuity, chuffs torrent, reverently, vaulted, gorge, awning Vocabulary List #4 chafe, Detention Center, Circle Justice, Tlingit, Juvenile Delinquent, Healing contract, banishment, convicted, probation, victim, guilty plea, deposition, survival, sincere Final Test is the Presentation: Google presentations with student oral presentations will be completed this week. Many students have completed this project, but for those who are still preparing to present remember to review the rubric you have to make sure you are reaching all the requirements and preparing in the most efficient way. Vocabulary Test Friday: Contempt (p. 3) Sabotage (p. 8) Resistance (p. 7-8) Impassive (p. 10) Errand (p. 13) Trousseau (p. 14) Intricate (P. 14) Engagement (p. 16) Unruly (p. 20) Sarcastically (p. 21) Swastika (p. 21) Torment (p. 24) Sophisticated (p. 27) Disdainfully (p. 29) Fleet (p. 32) Synagogue (p. 33) Imperious (p. 39) Contentedly (p. 43) Rationed (p. 43) Tentatively (p. 50) Distorted (p. 55) Exasperation (p. 57) Awe (p. 60) Hazy (p. 62) Appliquéd (p. 65) Relocated (p. 68) Mock (p. 71) Dismay (p. 71) Deftly (p. 75) Hearse (p.. 77) Mourning (p. 77) Reluctantly (p. 78) Staccato (p. 83) Condescending (p. 84) Typhus (p. 85) Encased (p. 89) Godspeed (p. 93) Commotion (p. 93) Gnarled (p. 97) Gleam (p. 98) Dimness (p. 99) Sprawling (p. 102) Vast (p. 103) Stricken (p. 104) Donned (p. 106) Latticed (p. 106) Brusque (p. 110) Taut (p. 112) Willed (p. 113) Insolently (p. 117) Caustic (p. 118) Warily (p. 120) Concealed (p. 124) Raided (p. 130) Rejoicing (p. 132) Roles People Played: Victims, perpetrators, bystanders, resisters, rescuers, liberators, survivors Save the Dates: Tuesday, February 5 5:00pm Finance Committee Meeting at Park Falls 6:00pm Volleyball at Mercer Wednesday, February 6 9:00am Operations Committee Meeting at Park Falls 10:30am Personnel Committee Meeting at Park Falls Thursday, February 7 3:00pm Programming Committee Meeting at Park Falls 3:30pm Middle School Forensics Meet at Glidden 4:00pm Ad Hoc Communications Committee Meeting at Park Falls Saturday, February 9 Volleyball at Washburn (TBD) Monday, February 11 6:00pm Volleyball - Butternut at Glidden Wednesday, February 13 8:00am Christie Mountain Ski Trip Thursday, February 14 No School - Teacher In-Service 6:00p Volleyball - Wakefield at Glidden Friday, February 15 No School - Teacher In-Service 8:00am Band/Choir Solo & Ensemble Number the Stars is about a young girl who works to protect her best friend from the Nazi Party. It is set in Denmark where 99% of the Jewish population escaped during the Nazi occupation during WWII. I have shared several links below that are also in the student's google classroom. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/rescue-in-denmark?series=21826 https://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/resist.htm https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/hidden-children-hardships https://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/gallery/ghetart.htm Targets: Students will: know the difference between fact and opinion *be able to make inferences and understand symbolism *support inferences with evidence from the text *know the academic terms *be able to build vocabulary independently *use concrete facts, quotes and develop a topic in their writing *know how to distinguish between a claim and a finding *deliver a presentation *be able to sequence ideas logically *use eye contact and speak clearly and loudly *be able to provide a strong conclusion Vocabulary: Contempt (p. 3) Sabotage (p. 8) Resistance (p. 7-8) Impassive (p. 10) Errand (p. 13) Trousseau (p. 14) Intricate (P. 14) Engagement (p. 16) Unruly (p. 20) Sarcastically (p. 21) Swastika (p. 21) Torment (p. 24) Sophisticated (p. 27) Disdainfully (p. 29) Fleet (p. 32) Synagogue (p. 33) Imperious (p. 39) Contentedly (p. 43) Rationed (p. 43) Tentatively (p. 50) Distorted (p. 55) Exasperation (p. 57) Awe (p. 60) Hazy (p. 62) Appliquéd (p. 65) Relocated (p. 68) Mock (p. 71) Dismay (p. 71) Deftly (p. 75) Hearse (p.. 77) Mourning (p. 77) Reluctantly (p. 78) Staccato (p. 83) Condescending (p. 84) Typhus (p. 85) Encased (p. 89) Godspeed (p. 93) Commotion (p. 93) Gnarled (p. 97) Gleam (p. 98) Dimness (p. 99) Sprawling (p. 102) Vast (p. 103) Stricken (p. 104) Donned (p. 106) Latticed (p. 106) Brusque (p. 110) Taut (p. 112) Willed (p. 113) Insolently (p. 117) Caustic (p. 118) Warily (p. 120) Concealed (p. 124) Raided (p. 130) Rejoicing (p. 124) Literary Devices: Allusion, Personification, Cliffhanger, Flashback Vocabulary~ Roles People Played: Victims, perpetrators, bystanders, resisters, rescuers, liberators, survivors Spelling Bee 2018-2019: The Chequamegon Bee will take place on Wednesday, January 23rd from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in the Glidden Campus Gymnasium. Here is the place where most of the information that you need is listed on the left under Teacher Materials or Parent and Student Materials. Spelling Bee Links: Go to: www.spellingbee.com Save the Dates: Friday, January 11 WCDA Honor Choir Monday, January 14 6:00pm Special Board Meeting at Park Falls Thursday, January 17 6:00pm Volleyball - Our Lady of the Lake at Glidden Saturday, January 19 NBA Honors Band in Eau Claire-TBA Monday, January 21 No School - Teacher In-Service Wednesday, January 23 9:30am Spelling Bee Thursday, January 24 4:00pm 4K Open House 6:00pm Volleyball - Mercer at Glidden Friday, January 25 6:00pm Volleyball at Butternut Saturday, January 26 Volleyball at Our Lady of the Lake (TBD) Tuesday, January 29 6:00pm Volleyball at Ironwood Vocabulary List 1: approached, possessing, densely, divided, briefly perpetually, pursuit, mesmerizing, mimic, devised, appetite, blame, carvings, conscious, contraption, dialogue, enthusiasm, fireflies, forenoon, granary Spelling List: Multisyllabic Words: possibility, calculator, competitive, optimistic, satisfactory, simultaneously, organization, individual, ridiculous, curiosity, linear, artificial, encyclopedia, correspondent, enthusiastic, irritable, peony, tarantula, sophisticated, cauliflower, contemporary, cinematography, panoramic Novel Elements:
Monday, November 5 7:30am Flu Clinic for Students 4:15pm Boys Basketball at North Lakeland (Dismiss Players at 2:05) 4:15pm Girls Basketball - North Lakeland at Glidden Tuesday, November 6 3:45pm Boys Basketball at Lac du Flambeau (Dismiss Players at 2:25) 3:45pm Girls Basketball - Lac du Flambeau at Glidden Wednesday, November 7 8:30am Operations Committee Meeting at Park Falls 10:00am Personnel Committee Meeting at Park Falls Thursday, November 8 3:00pm Programming Committee Meeting at Park Falls 6:00pm Special Board Meeting at Park Falls Friday, November 9 8:30am Veterans Day Program at High School Monday, November 12 4:15pm Boys Basketball at MHLT (Dismiss Players at 2:05) Thursday, November 15 4:15pm Boys Basketball - Lac du Flambeau at Glidden Monday, November 19 No School - Teacher In-Service Tuesday, November 20 No School - Teacher In-Service Wednesday, November 21 No School - Thanksgiving Break Thursday, November 22 No School - Thanksgiving Break Friday, November 23 No School - Thanksgiving Break Vocabulary List 1: approached, possessing, densely, divided, briefly perpetually, pursuit, mesmerizing, mimic, devised, appetite, blame, carvings, conscious, contraption, dialogue, enthusiasm, fireflies, forenoon, granary Novel Elements:
Save the Dates: Tuesday, October 30 4:15pm Boys Basketball at AVW (Dismiss Players at 2:05) 4:15pm Girls Basketball - Arbor Vitae Woodruff at Glidden Wednesday, October 31 2:15pm Elementary Parade of Costumes Thursday, November 1 4:15pm Boys Basketball - MHLT at Glidden 4:15pm Girls Basketball at MHLT - Dismiss Players at 2:15 Monday, November 5 7:30am Flu Clinic for Students 4:15pm Boys Basketball at North Lakeland (Dismiss Players at 2:05) 4:15pm Girls Basketball - North Lakeland at Glidden Tuesday, November 6 3:45pm Boys Basketball at Lac du Flambeau (Dismiss Players at 2:25) 3:45pm Girls Basketball - Lac du Flambeau at Glidden 6:00pm Special Board Meeting at Park Falls Friday, November 9 8:30am Veterans Day Program at High School Question of the Week: Why is it important to care about nature? Core Standards and Concepts: Fact and Opinion, Important Ideas, Word Endings, Compound and Complex Sentences Vocabulary List #3: smothered, indentation, teetered, jubilant, ecstatic, fault, peer (look), wandered, dangling, tapered, shattering, fractured, fragments Words with Latin Roots Spelling List: suspend pendant conductor novel productive numeral reserve numerous preserve pending pendulum deduction novelty numerator reservoir appendix induct innovative impending conservatory
Monday, October 15 5:45pm Girls Basketball at South Shore Tuesday, October 16 5:00pm Concert Dinner & Bake Sale at Glidden 6:00pm GADC Meeting 7:00pm Middle School Band & Choir Fall Concert at Glidden Wednesday, October 17 6:00pm Annual Meeting at Glidden Thursday, October 18 5:30pm Girls Basketball at Mellen Friday, October 19 5:45pm Girls Basketball - Mercer at Glidden Core Standards: Target: Compare and Contrast, Summarize, Unfamiliar Words, Independent and Dependent Clauses, Poems Concepts: Spanish and Native American words, Mood, Concepts, Unfamiliar Words Spelling List: Vowel Sounds with r: porch, servant, shore, disturb, market, margin, worth, purchase, kernel perhaps, ignore, concern, attorney, barge, detergent, corridor, ornament, artistic, particle, nervous, trustworthy, versatile, particular, porcelain, carbohydrate Save the Date: Wednesday, October 3 8:00am 8th Grade Heavy Metal Tour Thursday, October 4 4:30pm Football - Ladysmith at Chequamegon 5:45pm Girls Basketball at Washburn Friday, October 5 8:15am Fall Colors Trip at Black River Harbor Saturday, October 6 10:00am Girls Basketball at Ashland Monday, October 8 4:00pm Parent/Teacher Conferences - District Wide Tuesday, October 9 4:00pm Parent/Teacher Conferences - Park Falls Campus 5:00pm Football at Northland Pines (7th Gr. Only) - Dismiss Players at 1:55 Thursday, October 11 4:00pm Parent/Teacher Conferences - Glidden Campus Friday, October 12 No School - Teacher In-Service Common Core Concepts: Character and Theme, Inferring, Greek and Latin Roots Power Standards: RL.6.3 and W.6.3 Key Vocabulary to know: List #1 Dollop Retired Mangy Glint Irritable Boardwalk Stucco Rung Whittling Moldings Kerosene Iridescent Jetty Meandered Trundled Perspective Composition Adobe ** Vocabulary Test Monday** Spelling Words: damage, gentle, injury, palace, cottage, honesty, mustard, legend, clumsy message, modify, ruffle, glimpse, strict, dungeon, fender, fantastic, dignity, property, cannon Challenge Words: reconcile, hippopotamus, lozenge, insulation, glamorous Language Arts: Identify questions, short vowels, subject and predicates and writing Thank-You Letters Save the Date: Monday, September 24 5:30pm Girls Basketball at Our Lady of the Lake Tuesday, September 25 4:30pm Cross Country at Flambeau - Dismiss Runners at 1:25 Thursday, September 27 4:30pm Cross Country at Ladysmith 4:30pm Football - Rib Lake/Prentice at Chequamegon 5:45pm Girls Basketball - Our Lady of the Lake at Glidden Friday, September 28 8:15am Picture Day Common Core: Character and Theme, Inferring, Greek and Latin Roots, Subjects and Predicates Continue to work on: Common Core Standards: Setting and Plot, Personal Narrative, Four Kinds of Sentences, Synonyms Power Standards: RL.6.3 and W.6.3 Key Vocabulary to know: List #1 Dollop Retired Mangy Glint Irritable Boardwalk Stucco Rung Whittling Moldings Kerosene Iridescent Jetty Meandered Trundled Perspective Composition Adobe ** Vocabulary Test Wednesday** Spelling: Adding -ed and -ing answered, answering, traveled, traveling, chopped, chopping, qualified, qualifying, panicked, panicking, interfered, interfering, omitted, omitting, magnified, magnifying, patrolled, patrolling, skied, skiing, mimicked, mimicking, dignified, dignifying, staggered, staggering Save the dates: Monday, September 17 7:30am Class ACT Governance Board Meeting at Park Falls 4:15pm Cross Country at Chequamegon 5:45pm Girls Basketball - Drummond at Glidden Tuesday, September 18 4:15pm Cross Country at Chequamegon Thursday, September 20 4:30pm Football - Phillips at Chequamegon Friday, September 21 Elementary Pumpkin Patch Field Trip-TBD |
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