Tuesday,+August+21

Getting Started...
What else do we need to talk about on the syllabus? Spin the Wheel- Let's get to know each other!

Bell Ringer
media type="youtube" key="hbzwChG9Jeo" height="315" width="420" How does the songwriter approach the idea of personal identity? How does your past affect your present and future?

Mini-Lesson: Exploring Personal Identity
I AM… Poem Work on writing your poem. This should be finished by tomorrow!

Unit Overview- Where is this going?
The Final Performance Task: to write a memoir consisting of the vignettes recounting events at a specific location. You will purposefully organize your writing to link the vignettes together, including reflection to convey the significance of the events/place to you and to relate a larger idea to the reader. You will publish this memoir online, using formatting and multimedia elements to enhance ideas.

Skills Leading Up to This...
 * Analyzing word choice, connotation, and tone
 * Analyzing figurative language
 * Analyzing narrative structures
 * Making inferences and supporting with text evidence

Formative Assessments...
 * "PEE" Paragraphs
 * Socratic Seminar
 * Reading Journal
 * Text Annotations
 * Short Descriptive and Narrative Pieces
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Peer and Self Evaluations
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 page analytical essay

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Homework: Due By Tomorrow!
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finish your I Am... Poem

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Due By Monday, August 27!
1. Create your gmail account! Set up your username in the following format: msd<span class="wiki_link_ext">firstnamelastinitial@gmail.com

ex. msd<span class="wiki_link_ext">libbyh@gmail.com (If you were me!)

2. Email me at cafeharmon@gmail.com

3. Make sure you keep up with your password! You will share your password and username with me.

= Don't forget to return your signed parent contact form and get supplies this week! =