August 10:
We viewed a Brain Pop on plagiarism and took a quiz over the video.
We answered today's EQ in our INB and paraphrased a short biography on Lois Lowry. See the first nine weeks folder for more information and handouts.
August 11:
Fall Writing Screener
August 12:
Today we looked at the definition and characteristics of dystopian and utopian societies.
August 13:
Students compared and contrasted the two types of societies using a Venn diagram.
August 14:
Students turned in the essays we worked on in class Thursday.
The Giver Pre-reading quickwrite
The Giver Vocabulary Chapter 1-2. Students wrote the words and definitions on page 18 of their INB. The words are also located on my website.
We read chapter one of The Giver aloud.