Tuesday, January 26, 2016

WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?

Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense:

ACCORDING TO THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER ONLINE DICTIONARY, TO "PLAGIARIZE" MEANS

  • to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
  • to use (another's production) without crediting the source
  • to commit literary theft
  • to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward.
When students are asked to write a research paper, they are expected to find information, not copy from off a website a pass it off as their own. 
If this is done students receive a zero 0 on their projects. 

8th grade ELA Week of January 25

Interim Assessments are Tuesday (ELA) and Wednesday (Math)

Click the link for weekly lesson plans

ELA

Monday - Make sure speeches are typed and ready to be handed in. Corrections have been made for all students.

Tuesday- Practice speech will will start presenting tomorrow, all speeches must be memorized.

Wednesday- Workbook pg.

Thursday-  Make sure all achieve 300 work is finished


Friday- No School to day. Teachers will be in a workshop.

7th grade

Interim Assessments are Tuesday (ELA) and Wednesday (Math)

Click the link for weekly lesson plans

ELA

Monday - Make sure speeches are typed and ready to be handed in. Corrections have been made for all students.

Tuesday- Practice speech will will start presenting tomorrow, all speeches must be memorized.

Wednesday- Workbook pg.

Thursday-  Workbook  pg.


Friday- No School to day. Teachers will be in a workshop.

6th grade week of January 25

Interim Assessments are Tuesday (ELA) and Wednesday (Math)

Click the link for weekly lesson plans

ELA

Monday - Make sure speeches are typed and ready to be handed in. Corrections have been made for all students.

Tuesday- Practice speech will will start presenting tomorrow, all speeches must be memorized.

Wednesday- Publish essay edited in class.

Thursday-  Make sure all achieve 300 work is finished


Friday- No School to day. Teachers will be in a workshop.



Religion

Monday- No Homework. Due to a schedule change the students did not have Religion class today.

Tuesday -
Wednesday- Workbook pg. 29 in notebook

Thursday Workbook pg. 30 and 31 in notebook.

Friday No school today

5th Grade Week of January 25

Interim Assessments are Tuesday (ELA) and Wednesday (Math)


ELA

Monday - Make sure speeches are typed and ready to be handed in. Corrections have been made for all students.

Tuesday- Practice speech will will start presenting tomorrow, all speeches must be memorized.

Wednesday- Workbook pg.

Thursday-  Make sure all achieve 300 work is finished


Friday- No School to day. Teachers will be in a workshop.



Religion

Monday- No Homework. Due to a schedule change the students did not have Religion class today.

Tuesday -  Workbook pg 16 in notebook.

Wednesday- Workbook pg. 21 in notebook

Thursday Workbook pg. 22 in notebook.

Friday No school today


Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Important reminders

Midterm begin this week

Math- 1/19

ELA and Social Studies 1/20

Religion and Science 1/21

Reading 1/22


Speech  final paper

There was an issue with the sharing of comments. Students were not receiving my comments on their wiring, I was able to get the issue resolved over the weekend, due to the unforeseen circumstances i have changed to due date of the project to January 26. I want children to focus on their exams this week.

8th Grade week of January 19

 Due to an issue the sharing the speech files, I have moved the final speech to be due January 26. Students should be focused on studying for their exams.
ELA is 1/20
Religion is 1/21



WEEKLY HOMEWORK

ELA

Tuesday  - Finish achieve 3000 article started during class. 

Wednesday- NO Homework ELA midterm today 

Thursday

Friday-




7th grade week of January 19

 Due to an issue the sharing the speech files, I have moved the final speech to be due January 26. Students should be focused on studying for their exams.
ELA is 1/20
Religion is 1/21



WEEKLY HOMEWORK

ELA

Tuesday

Wednesday- NO Homework ELA midterm today 

Thursday

Friday- Finish Achieve article.



6th grade the week of January 19

 Due to an issue the sharing the speech files, I have moved the final speech to be due January 26. Students should be focused on studying for their exams.
ELA is 1/20
Religion is 1/21



WEEKLY HOMEWORK

ELA

Tuesday  -Finish the achieve 3000 article started in class.


Wednesday- NO Homework ELA midterm today 

Thursday

Friday- Finish Achieve article.



Religion

Tuesday-  Review the vocabulary words that were incorrect during today review section.
Wednesday

Thursday- No Homework RELIGION midterm is today

Friday- Choose a Saint who's feast day is during the month of January.

5th Grade week of January 19

 Due to an issue the sharing the speech files, I have moved the final speech to be due January 26. Students should be focused on studying for their exams.
ELA is 1/20
Religion is 1/21



WEEKLY HOMEWORK

ELA

Tuesday  - La Tomatina Festival students are to read the article and answer the questions that follow.


Wednesday- NO Homework ELA midterm today 

Thursday 

Friday- Finish Achieve article. 



Religion 

Tuesday-  Review the vocabulary words that were incorrect during today review section. 
Wednesday 

Thursday- No Homework RELIGION midterm is today 

Friday- Choose a Saint who's feast day is during the month of January. 

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

8th Grade Midterm Review

GRADE 8: MODULE 1: UNIT 1: Building Background Knowledge:  War Coming Close to Home

·         cite text-based evidence that provides the strongest support for my analysis of literary text. (RL.8.1)
·         analyze how specific dialogue or incidents in a plot propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. (RL.8.3)
·         use a variety of strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words or phrases (L.8.4)
·         cite text-based evidence that provides the strongest support for my analysis of literary text. (RL.8.1)
·         analyze the impact of word choice on meaning and tone (analogies or allusions). (RL.8.4)
·         can determine the meaning of words and phrases in literary text (figurative, connotative, and technical meanings) (RL.8.4)
·         determine the theme or central ideas of an informational text. (RI.8.2)
Vocabulary
 free verse poetry, stanza, cite evidence, incidents, meaning, tone, gist; lunar, glutinous, foretells, historical fiction, central idea, key incidents, informational text, historical fiction, context, calling card, wary, misread, spurned, tends, ruin, pacify, tumult, time was ripe, swept, asserted, kindled, appealed, to no avail, committed, containing, backed



7th Grade Midterm Review

GRADE 7: MODULE 1: UNIT 1: OVERVIEW: Building Background Knowledge: Perspectives in Southern Sudan

·         determine the central ideas of a literary text. (RL.7.2)
·         analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of characters in a literary text. (RL.7.6)
·         can cite several pieces of text-based evidence to support an analysis of literary text. (RL.7.1)
·         recognize, interpret, and make connections in narratives, poetry, and drama, ethically and artistically to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras, personal events, and situations. (RL.7.11)
·         select evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. (W.7.9)
·         use a variety of strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words or phrases. (L.7.4)
·         produce clear and coherent writing that is appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (W.7.4)
·         select evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. (W.7.9)
Vocabulary
 scenario, determine, representation, central ideas, literary text; plains, route, cradle, analyze, develop, contrast, points of view, characters, determine, central ideas, text features; droned, herding, aimless , bush, rebels, infer; flicking, droned , herding, grazing , aimless, halted , backfiring , bush,  rebels, scattered, scrambled, hesitated, scurried, protested, objected

GRADE 7: MODULE 2B: UNIT 1: Reading Closely and Citing Evidence: Stories of Personal Identity Formation
·         objectively summarize a piece of text. (RI7.2)
·         analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text. (RI7.3)
·         analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text. (RI.7.3)
·         analyze the development of a central idea throughout the text. (RI.7.2)
·         can analyze the organization of an informational text (including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas. (RI.7.5)
·         cite several pieces of text-based evidence to support an analysis of informational text. (RI,7.1)
·         self-select text based on personal preferences. (RL.7.11a)
Vocabulary
 analysis, central idea, interaction, stereotype; atypical, conception, socialized, exacerbated , structure, central claim, reason, section; “rush of steam,” innit, heinous, “hot under the collar,” fallacy, linguist, Anglo-Saxon, disassociated, quadrative, appropriation, deploy, acronyms

Grammar
·         Function of Nouns, adjectives, and adverbs with in a sentence
·         Sentence variety
·         Clauses
·         Phrases  All phrases
·         Run-on sentences


Monday, January 11, 2016

6th grade Midterm Reviews

Grade 6: Module 1: Unit 1: Building Background Knowledge: Percy Jackson and the Hero’s Journey
·         cite text-based evidence to support an analysis of literary text. (RL.6.1)
·         analyze how an author develops a narrator or speaker’s point of view. (RL.6.6)
·         cite text-based evidence to support an analysis of literary text. (RL.6.1)
·         use a variety of strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases. (L.6.4)
·         describe how the characters change throughout a literary text. (RL.6.3)
·         analyze how an author develops a narrator or speaker’s point of view. (RL.6.6)
·         cite text-based evidence to support an analysis of literary text. (RL.6.1)
·         characters change throughout a literary text. (RL.6.3)
·         analyze how an author develops a narrator or speaker’s point of view. (RL.6.6)
Vocabulary
 gist, annotate, reflect; prophecy, fate, imprisoned, stunning, dreaded, writhing, best lines, assessment, gist, inference, context clues; dyslexic,  resent, stalk, broad, hallucination , archetype, align; cloven, pursue , pavilion , centaur, caduceus, patron

GRADE 6: MODULE 2B: Voices of Adversity
·         cite text-based evidence to support an analysis of informational text. (RI.6.1)
·         analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits in and contributes to the development of ideas in a text. (RI.6.5)
·         use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning in informational texts. (RI.6.4)
·         use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning in informational text. (RI.6.4)
·         summarize an informational text suing only information from the text. (RI.6.2)
·         write informative/explanatory texts that convey ideas and concepts using relevant information that is carefully selected and organized.  (W.6.2)
·         interpret figures of speech in context. (L.6.5a)
·         monologue
·         I can distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions). (L.6.5c)
Vocabulary
manor, obey, lords, peasants, livestock, famines, plagues, honorable, warrior, May Day, infants, maturity, falconry, adversities, feast days, whims, crusade, faith, trade, pilgrims, martyred, perished, atone
Grammar to focus on:
The function of nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives within sentences
Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs

Prepositions and prepositional phrases as adjectives and adverbs. 

5th Grade 2016 Midterm Review

GRADE 5: MODULE 1: UNIT 1:    Building Background Knowledge on Human Rights
  • ·         summarize portions of a text when reading  SL.5.2
  • ·         determine the meaning of content words or phrases in an informational text. (RI.4)
  • ·         determine the main idea(s) of an informational text based on key details. (RI.5.2)
  • ·         explain important connections between people, events, or ideas in an informational text accurately. (RI.5.3)
  • ·         use a variety of strategies to read grade appropriate words and phrases I don’t know. (RL.5.4)
  • ·         determine the meaning of academic words or phrases in an informational text. (RI.5.4)
  • ·         Greek and Latin affixes (prefixes) and roots as clues to help me know what a word means. (L.5.4)
  • ·         make inferences using quotes form the text (RI.5.1)


Vocabulary Words:
follow, participate, criteria, skills, human rights, define, summarize ,primary source, United Nations, dignity, equal, endowed, reason, conscience, brotherhood visual, relate, timeline, chronological, excluded, conflict, constitution, throughout, fundamental, inalienable, charter, reaffirms, dignity, upholding, promoting, and protecting.

GRADE 5: MODULE 2B: UNIT 1: Researching to Build Knowledge and Teaching Others: Inventions That Changed People’s Lives
·         recognize, interpret, and make connections in narratives, poetry, and drama to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras, personal events, and situations.  (RL.5.11)
·         established criteria to categorize, select texts, and assess to make informed judgments about the quality of the pieces.
·         quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences. (RL.5.1)
·         analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text.  (RL.5.7)
·         determine the meaning of unknown and multiple –meaning words and phrases based on fifth-grade reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.  (L.5.4)
·         use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word.
·         context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
·         determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases. (RI.5.4)
·         explain the relationship between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a scientific text based on specific information in the text.  (RI.5.3)
·         quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly. (RI.5.1)
·         compare and contrast the structure of information in two or more texts. (RI.5.5)

Vocabulary
technologies, societal needs, structure, visual elements, engage, support, complex, norms, locate,  discuss, genre, graphic novel, analyze, splash page, predictions, established criteria, select, close-up image, scenes, sequentially, random, passage (of time), locations explain, societal needs, quotes, compare, contrast, determine, context, opinion, reasons, evidence, credible, rely, struggled, realized, set (out to), transport, led, value

Grammar areas that were focused on during the two modules
·         Nouns and the way they function throughout a sentence
·         Adverbs and adjectives that compare
·         Sentence structure
·         Prepositions
·         Prepositional phrases
·         Prepositional phrases that are adjectives and adverbs. 



Religion

·         God is the source of all life
·         Teach Gloria: Praise for God (New Translation) [2015 5.2]
·         Definition of Sacrament
·         Signs and Symbols
·         The 7 Sacraments: Rites Form (essential words) Matter (signs & symbols)
·         Teach Prayer: Rosary - Sorrowful Mysteries
·         Review- Joyful & Luminous Mysteries
·         SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION
·         Common Vocation: Holiness
·         Common Mission: Evangelization
·         Baptism: Rite Form (essential words) Matter (signs & symbols) Scripture & Minister
·         Confirmation: Rite Form (essential words) Matter (signs & symbols) Scripture & Minister
·         Evangelist
·         Confirmation
·         The Eucharist: Rite Form (essential words)  Matter (signs & symbols) Scripture & Minister
·         Act of Love
·         Understanding the Christmas Season
·         SACRAMENTS OF HEALING

·         Penance: Rite Form (essential words)  Matter (signs & symbols) Scripture & Minister

8th Grade Week of January 11

Don't forget to check your emails to see the correction to your speech drafts, the final typed copy is due January 20, 2016.


Lesson Plans: Click the link to see the Lesson plans:
http://www.planbookedu.com/s/P8RMM

ELA

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday


7 grade Week of January 11

Don't forget to check your emails to see the correction to your speech drafts, the final typed copy is due January 20, 2016.


Lesson Plans: Click the link to see the Lesson plans:
http://www.planbookedu.com/s/QPIXP

ELA

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday



6th Grade Week of January

Don't forget to check your emails to see the correction to your speech drafts, the final typed copy is due January 20, 2016.


Lesson Plans: Click the link to see the Lesson plans:
http://www.planbookedu.com/s/U6J78

ELA

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday



Religion

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

5th Grade Week of January 11

Don't forget to check your emails to see the correction to your speech drafts, the final typed copy is due January 20, 2016.


Lesson Plans: Click the link to see the Lesson plans:
http://www.planbookedu.com/s/W2U73

ELA

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday



Religion

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Monday, January 4, 2016

Review on Speech Bee information

verything must be handed in on time, if students do not hand in the work the day it is due they will not receive credit for their work.

Theme: Hunger in America

Topic: Due December 11, 2015
 2 different topics : Written on an index card. Should have been handed in and all students were given back there topics.


Next Important Dates

Resource list: Due December 15 You must have at least 5 resources.( handed in)

Introduction: December 17: it can be hand written on L.L. or typed, one paragraph( handed in)

First draft of your paper will be Due Jan 4 shaded with missserewkoela@gmail.com( handed on and waiting on review)

Final Paper  Jan 19 typed, and handed in.


Absent and missing work. 

To the students who were absent Friday, December 11 you are behind with your speech topics, if your index card is not in on Monday you will be receiving a zero.

Students how handed in topics that were rejected, remember AMERICA,  you should only hand in topics about America. Other countries are not in AMERICA.

The end product of this entire speech must be memorized and presented to the class, the winners will then more on to the stage.

5th Grade Week of January 4

For all classes: Final speech copy is Due January 19

Lessons

http://planbookedu.com/s/PM539

ELA

Monday- Finish classwork
Tuesday- Complete the achieve work stated in class.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday




Religion

Monday- Due tomorrow all vocabulary chapter 1-10 on index cards. Students knew about this before we left for Christmas.
ALSO
pg 132 Introductory Rite breakdown copied into notebook.
Tuesday-  text pg 135 complete the we respond.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

6th Grade Week of January 4

For all classes: Final speech copy is Due January 19

Lessons
http://planbookedu.com/s/BR849

ELA

Monday- no homework
Tuesday- Complete the achieve work stated in class.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday




Religion

Monday- Due tomorrow all vocabulary chapter 1-10 on index cards. Students knew about this before we left for Christmas.
Tuesday- No Religion class today
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

7th Grade Week of January 4

For all classes: Final speech copy is Due January 19

Lessons
http://planbookedu.com/s/UFY6N

Monday- No homework

Tuesday- Finish classwork: using the work started in class create a well developed essay identifying the central idea of "Teen Slang" be sure to include supporting detail to complete your response.
Wednesday- No homework
Thursday- Finish Achieve work stated in class today
Friday- Finished speech is due the 19

8th Grade Week of January 4

For all classes: Final speech copy is Due January 19

Lesson
http://planbookedu.com/s/QFEGM




Homework
Monday: Summarize the Top ten article started during class. On L.L.
Tuesday- Complete the achieve work stated in class.
Wednesday- No Homework
Thursday- Complete connection of the theme
Friday- Finish character development chart