Article of the Week #9

Reflection on a Hub Cap.
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Reflecting on Your Writing Process
Now that you have completed your letter, copy and paste these questions beneath your letter. Take a few minutes to respond to them. Once you are done, you may move on to the AOW below.

1. What do you think are the strengths of your letter to James McBride?
2. What aspects of your letter, if any, could be stronger?
3. Which class activities helped you the most in writing your final letter?

Article of the Week #9

• Write this in your English Journal.
• Your AOW is in your binder in Newsela. It's about Charlie Hebdo.
• Read the article and respond in your English Journal by writing two paragraphs: one to summarize, and one to respond with thoughts on the issue.
• Class code: NIIJN

Don't forget!

• Call in your McBride response letter before 9pm tonight!
• Make sure your English Journal is up to date! Check the blog on the days that you're missing to find the assignments you should have.
• Bring us your NaNoWriMo book for extra credit!

Sensory Details and AOW #3

READ.

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies," said Jojen. "The man who never reads lives only one.” 

― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

Yesterday you made a chart in your English Journal and began reading a passage from your group novel to look for sensory details. We will continue that process today. If you do not know what your passage is, or don't know what the chart could look like, ask a neighbor or scroll down to yesterday's post.


What else are we doing today Ms. Black?

Article of the Week!

I know that we usually do Article of the Week on Fridays, but we're switching it up a little bit. 

There is a new Newsela article in your binder. 

1. Read it.
2. Take the quiz.

You do not have to write a summary. Today, focus on the quiz. Ask questions if you have them. If you are not taking the quizzes, it will affect your grades.


Bonus:
Give Ms. Black a thumb's up if you read all the way to the end!

AOW (Article of the Week) #2

Source: memegenerator.net

Happy Friday!

Let's read.

Last week I told you we would be reading an Article of the Week each Friday. This is what you'll be working on today.

1. Open Newsela and log in by clicking "Sign In With Google."
2. Click on "Binder" in the top left corner. Scroll all the way to the bottom to find today's article. It is about high school students who don't get enough sleep.
3. Take the quiz at the end of the article (There is definitely a quiz! I checked!)
4. You will need to write two paragraphs in your English journal today. In the first paragraph, write a summary of the article. In the second paragraph, write your opinion of the article and explain why you feel the way that you do. 

A list.

Check out this handy dandy list I made for you. Some of this should already be completed. Some of it we will work on today.

The first thing you will do after we read today is fill out the 9th Grade Reading Survey. 

This is your priority. 

When you are finished, these are your next steps:








Join Remind:
I only have a few people who have joined Remind. It may be that you didn't complete all of the steps. That's okay, but here is a link that will help you get it done. It should only take a minute or two.

• 4th Period
• 6th Period

Create an English Journal

1. Create a new document in Google Docs.
2. Name it with your period# Full Name English Journal (i.e. 4 Alyssa Black English Journal)
3. Share it with Ms. Black using her gmail address

Join Newsela and take the quiz on the article you read.

1. Go to Newsela
2. Sign in by clicking "Sign in with Google" (this will make your life so much easier).
3. Use class code NIIJN when it asks.
4. Click on your Binder in the top left corner, read the article that has been assigned to you, and take the quiz.

Summarize the article from Newsela in your new English Journal

1. In your new English Journal, write today's date, and type the summary of the article in this document.

If there is anything else on this list that you have not completed, get it done.

Summarize It!

Make sure you have your books out; we'll be reading.

Today we have four goals. Because we always have goals.

• Create an English Journal in Google Drive.
• Join Newsela.com.
• Read and summarize an article that you will read on Newsela.
• Join Remind. The directions are on your desk.

Creating an English Journal

1. Create a new document in Google Docs.
2. Name it with your period# Full Name English Journal (i.e. 4 Alyssa Black (English Journal)
3. Share it with Ms. Black using her gmail address

Join Newsela

1. Go to Newsela
2. Sign in by clicking "Sign in with Google" (this will make your life so much easier).
3. Use class code NIIJN when it asks.

Read and Summarize the article on Newsela

1. Find the article that has been assigned to you. It's called "Americans flushing much more water than they think."
2. Take the quiz that you will find at the end of the article.
3. Write a summary of the article in your new English Journal. Make sure you label it with today's date.

There is a piece of paper at your tables with directions on how to join Remind. 
Remind allows us to send you important information via text or email.

1. Get your phone out.
2. Follow the directions on the paper.