Room+305-LA+and+SS+-+January

**January 2013** Please find all of February's Assignments on the FEBRUARY page **WEEKLY INDEPENDENT READING RESPONSES - DETAILS IN THE FILE BELOW** **Thursday - 1/31** **READING** 1) 2 Odyssey 2) 1 Achieve 3) Finish Extended Response **Wednesday - 1/30** **READING** 1) Definition and Restatement of Extended Response "Friendship is ....... readers can learn from the story "Four Handed Piano" that friendship...." 2) Achieve (see below for more details) **WRITING - Use the article you read in Achieve and practice your skills of:** 1) MB/Lexus - Fact and Opinion 2) Jaguar/BMW - Find two facts, cause and effect of each?  **Tuesday - 1/29**  **READING** **1)** 1 Achieve 2) 2 Odyssey **3) Vocabulary: Use each of the following words in a sentence:** amnesty, legislation, social security, perspective, census Look on quizlet or wordcentral.com for definitions - if you can't login, search for my page under TEACHER WOLF **Monday - 1/28** **READING** **1)** 1 Achieve with Question/Fact/inference Chart - Come up with 3 facts and 3 inferences - Use the sentence starters if you need... 2) 2 Odyssey **WRITING** 1) Grammar - pg 29 **Thursday - 1/24** **READING** **1)** 1 Achieve **2)** Wordskills - pg 57  **WRITING** **1)** Grammar pg 23 **Wednesday - 1/23** **READING** **1)** 2 Odyssey - Poetry Inferences - Must pass with 70% or better or try again **2)** Wordskills - pg 53 and 55 **WRITING** **1)** Jane Addams Extended Response Corrections - Due Tomorrow **Tuesday - 1/22** **READING** **1)** 1 Achieve **2)** 2 Odyssey **WRITING** **1)** Jane Addams corrections - DUE THURSDAY **SOCIAL STUDIES** **1)** Tets on "Our New Life in America" tomorrow - Books are due with thoughts on each page Worksheets = extra credit **READING** **1)** 1 Achieve **WRITING** **1)** Doc Marlowe corrections for draft 3 with a conclusion added. See here for the conclusion PowerPoint examples from class When you share an assignment with me - 1) MAKE SURE YOU SET ME TO BE ABLE TO EDIT! 2) INCLUDE YOUR NAME IN THE TITLE - For Example - "Mr. Wolf - Doc Marlowe Response" **SOCIAL STUDIES** **1)** Finish book ("Our New Life in America") by Wednesday - Test Wednesday **THURSDAY - 1/17** **1)** Type your Extended Response for Jane Addams - Hull House - Double Spaced and share it with me or email a Word Document **Wednesday - 1/16** **READING** **1)** Independent Reading Repsonses **2)** Odyssey - Making Inferences (or any folder if Making inferences is gone) - x2 **WRITING** **1)** Doc Marlowe Corrections - Email Mr. Wolf when done. Click File > email collaborators **SOCIAL STUDIES** 1) "Our New Life in America" - pgs 21-24 - Tracking thinking on each page **Tuesday - 1/15** **READING** 1) Independent Reading and Responding 2) 3 Facts and Inferences from article 3) Odyssey - 2 Assignments from Making Inferences learning path **WRITING** 1) Grammar - pg 19 1) "Our New Life in America" - pgs 19-20 - Tracking thinking on each page **Monday - 1/14** **READING** **1)** Independent Reading and Responding **2)** Achieve - "Immigrants in Search of Better Communities" - assigned to you **3)** Pick country, download map - ** [|www.campsilos.org/excursions/grout/one/act9.htm] ** 4) Wordskills - pg 51 - Antonyms 1) Finish telling your story - [] **Social Studies** 1) "Our New Life in America" - pgs 15-18 - Tracking thinking on each page **Friday - 1/11** **READING** **1)** Achieve READ "IMMIGRATION" article assigned by me - Ask 3 questions in the article using the button at the bottom of each paragraph. Click the button, then click generate questions (beginning middle and end) **WRITING** **1)** TYPED if you can - Finish Doc Marlowe Response - add any extra analysis to help prove that you are answering the question that he is admirable **SOCIAL STUDIES** 1) "Our New Life in America" - pgs 11-14 - Tracking thinking on each page 2) Finish Ellis Island Tour **Thursday - 1/10** **READING** 1) 1 Achieve 2) Wordskills - Synonyms - Pg 50 - #1-10 **WRITING** 1) Doc Marlowe Extended Response - 1st Key point paragraph (whole response will be due Monday) **SOCIAL STUDIES** **1)** Ellis Island Stops 1-5 - [] **2)** "Our New Life in America" - pgs 7-10 - Tracking thinking on each page **Wednesday - 1/9** **READING** 1) Wordskills - pg 50 - Synonyms - #1-10 2) Finish Doc Marlowe Questions 1-18  **WRITING** **1)** Odyssey - Types of Sentences - First Four Activities DUE THURSDAY 1) Immigration Interview **- DUE THURSDAY** **Tuesday - 1/8** **READING** 1) Wordskills - pg 48 - All, Pg 49-50 - #1-10 **WRITING** **1)** Odyssey - Types of Sentences - ALL DUE THURSDAY **SOCIAL STUDIES** 1) Immigration Interview **- DUE THURSDAY** **Monday - 1/7** **READING/WRITING** **1)** Finish all centers from class - > > Questions to think about: > What did they leave behind and what did they hope to gain? Give students a couple of probing questions to answer. Like why did your family come here? Are you better off because they moved? What did they leave behind? Would you like to return and why? What do you miss? What does your family still keep as part of the culture from their home country? 1) Finish questions or complete T Chart for CITIES documentary T chart should have 3 reasons cities made life easier and 3 reasons cities made life harder
 * Mr. Wolf - Language Arts and Social Studies**
 * This PROBABLY means that...
 * This MOST LIKELY means that...
 * Based on what I read, I can guess that...
 * Friday - 1/18**
 * SOCIAL STUDIES**
 * WRITING **
 * SOCIAL STUDIES**
 * 1) ** [] [[file:IndependentReadingActivityDayone.docx]] **
 * 2) **Free Write - 1pg -** 1 pg - What are your thoughts about your family's immigration to the states?
 * 1) **Odyssey "Making Inferences" Diagnostic**
 * 2) **Immigration Timeline** [[file:Timeline of Immigration - Cause and Effect.docx]]
 * SOCIAL STUDIES**

2) Immigration Interview **- DUE THURSDAY** **Friday - 1/4** **READING** 1) Achieve3000 2) Wordskills - pg47-48, #1-15, Inferring Meaning from Context **WRITING** 1) Grammar - pg 17 2) Finish 2013 Journal - 1.5 PAGES - "What will be different for you in 2013? What are your goals for the new year? How will you develop (grow and change) as a person? BE HONEST. BE REAL. BE REFLECTIVE."  **SOCIAL STUDIES** 1) Finish questions or complete T Chart for CITIES documentary T chart should have 3 reasons cities made life easier and 3 reasons cities made life harder 2) Immigration Interview **- DUE THURSDAY**

**Thursday - 1/3** **READING** 1) 1 Achieve3000 2) 2 Odyssey - RIT Band folders **WRITING** 1) Grammar - pg 16 2) Finish filling buckets