z bell ringer - ms. barker's 7th grade ela 08, 2017 · z bell ringer 1. happy solar eclipse...
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Bell Ringer
1. Happy solar eclipse day! Take out your planner and open it to today’s
date. Before the bell rings is the time to sharpen pencils.
2. Turn in supplies to the bins and any assignments to the class inbox.
3. If you didn’t finish the Achieve 3000 Level Set last class, get your
assigned computer. (The clipboard on top of the cart is available for
your reference.) Login and begin working on the Level Set. You must
answer the questions using nothing but your own knowledge.
4. Two students not taking the Level Set need to get the comp. books
and gently place them on your classmates’ desks.
5. Students who have finished the Level Set, sit quietly and wait for
further directions.
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Housekeeping
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Collections textbook needed in class daily until further notice
HOMEWORK:
Parent extra credit email due by 8/24 (A) & 8/25 (B.)
COMP. BOOK SET-UP
Complete at home if you don’t have your comp. book with your
today.
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Setting up our Comp. Books
Materials Needed:• Comp. book from bin
• Pencil
• Desk cleared of
everything else
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Front Cover (Outside)
Double check it has your name, Ms. Barker,
and your class period on the OUTSIDE cover.
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The One Rule for the Comp. Book
1. Never rip pages out of your comp. book.
2. Never rip pages out of your comp. book.
3. Never rip pages out of your comp. book.
4. Class, what’s the one rule for the comp. book?
5. Never rip pages out of your comp. book.
6. The pages are sewn into the binding. Each time you
rip a piece of paper from the comp. book, the thread
is weakened and the book will fall apart.
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Table of Contents
Open up the front cover.Table of Contents
Date Assignment Pages
First 4 pages should look like this & you WILL write on the
back on pages in your comp. book.
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Adding your first entry
On the FIRST table of contents page, write your first entry. It should
look like the above picture.
Table of ContentsDate Assignment Pages
Add the following to your FIRST Table of Contents page:
8/18 Personal Vocab. Dictionary 1-24
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Adding your first entry
On the FIRST table of contents page, write your first entry. It should
look like the above picture.
Table of ContentsDate Assignment Pages
Add the following to your FIRST Table of Contents page:
8/21 Personal Vocab. Dictionary 1-24
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First Entry: Directions
On the first page, after the last table of Contents page, write
‘Personal Vocab. Dictionary’ across the top of the page.
Write a letter “A” on the first line. It should NOT take up more
than the first line as you will need space to add unfamiliar vocab.
words that start with the letter “A” throughout the year.
Repeat these steps for all the letters in the alphabet. Letters “X,
Y, and Z” may share a page.
Number your pages (starting with this entry) in the top, or bottom
OUTER corner. You’re responsible for keeping up with the
numbering as we add entries.
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Mission Accomplished!
I knew you could do it . . .
Your next mission, is to add
unfamiliar vocabulary you don’t
know the meaning of (and terms I
tell you to add) under the correct
letter in your personal vocab.
dictionary.
This will be an ongoing assignment
throughout the year, with periodic
checks.
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The Fine Print
STANDARDS: RL.2.6 Determine an author’s point of view or
purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes
his or her position from that of others.
OBJECTIVES:
I can…
Analyze a text
Determine author’s purpose
Determine details that help me figure out the author’s
perspective
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We Do: Review
What is perspective?
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We Do: Review
What do you see?
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We Do: Review
What is author’s purpose?
The reason an author’s writing the text.
Generally, author’s write to Persuade, Inform,
Explain, or Express. (Remembering this should
be as easy as P.I.E.!)
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Before Reading
1 - Why this text, now?
Whether you realize it, or not you regularly read
personal essays on your own and at school.
2 - What makes it a personal essay?
A personal essay is a short, nonfiction text
that reflects the writer’s experiences, feelings,
and personality.
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Before Reading
Open your
Collections book to
page 313
Reader 3, stop reading after
you’ve finished the bullet points.
Reader 4, stop
reading after
you’ve finished the
bullet points.
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Before Reading
5 – Background (top of p. 307)
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Before Reading
6 – Additional Background Info:
Kielburger started other organizations. Along with
his brother Marc, Kielburger co-founded other
organizations to bring positive change to the world.
Me to We aims to help people from all over the
world become “world changers.” An event called
We Day ties to a yearlong activism effort called We
Act.
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Before Reading
7 – Building Context:
Since 1995, Kielburger’s
organization has provided these-life
changing services, equipment, and
supplies to people around the world:
$16 million in medical supplies
Clean water, health care, and
sanitation to over a million
people
The construction of over 650
schools
Educational opportunities for
55,000 children daily.
If you’re interested and want to
know more about Free the Children
and Kielburger’s other philanthropic
organizations: you can check out:
1. https://www.we.org/
2. https://www.metowe.com/
3. His books on Amazon
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Before Reading
8 – Setting the Purpose (p. 307)
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We Do: Read “Craig Keilburger…”
Collections textbooks should be open to
p. 307Follow along as we read aloud.
Add to your bookmark.
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Work Period
Work with your table to continue reading
“Craig Kielburger Reflects on Working Toward
Peace.” Pages 307 - 312
Stop periodically to add details to your
personal bookmark. Everyone needs to have
a completed book mark.
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Packing Up Checklist
HOMEWORK:
Bring textbook next class.
Extra credit parent email due 8/24 (A) & 8/25 (B)
DO THE FOLLOWING:
1. Hold onto bookmarks. Bring them back next class.
2. Plug in your computers when your table is called
3. Return teacher’s supplies you borrowed where they
belong
4. Throw away trash
5. Pack-up personal belongings
6. Sit silently and wait for teacher
to dismiss you
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