Friday, 5 February 2021

Feb 5, 2021

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

Rotation 1

  • Silent reading
  • Checking in
  • Another look at the Daybook - what do the next couple of weeks look like?
  • Freewrite and discussion
    • How persuadable are you? How persuasive are you?
  • A look into the Big Ideas of the English 8 Curriculum
  • Details on Advertisement Project
    • Time to brainstorm ideas
  • Details on Advertisement Quiz
  • Persuasive Techniques in Advertisement
    • Activity on Logos, Pathos, and Ethos
    • Activity on Persuasive Techniques
    • Advertisement activity


  • Time for the Advertisement Project
  • For Monday:
    • Your lesson is during Flex (1030 or 1215) for one hour
    • We won't be doing silent reading during Flex periods (sad face)
    • This weekend, keep an eye out for advertisements. Pick one, and bring it in (this can be on your phone, a recording of something you saw on TV, a newspaper, etc)

Rotation 2

  • First thing's first: take out your phones / agendas, and make sure you keep the blog address: www.kitsmclean.blogspot.com. It will be used a lot.
  • Introductions
    • Who am I?
    • Who are you?
      • Write your name in big block letters
      • Draw something you find interesting or is important to you
      • I'll ask each of you:
        • What name would you like to go by?
        • What classes are you coming from, and what's your other class?
        • What would you like to tell me about yourself?
      • Your task is to ask me a question about myself that is (a) as intriguing a question as possible while (b) remaining respectful.
  • Tour of the blog, the assignment pagethe Daybook, and of the Teams Channel
  • Freewrite and discussion
    • How are you feeling about taking English 8? What are you excited about, and what are you worried about?
  • Some of the rules
  • What will classes look like?
    • Day by day
      • Silent reading
      • Checking in
      • Discussion/Freewrite
      • Lesson
      • Activity
      • Work on project
    • Week by week
      • When you're face-to-face, it's a regular schedule
      • When you're remote, we'll meet face-to-face twice a week, and online once a week
        • Your schedule next week looks like this:
          • Monday to Thursday at 840 or 118
        • On days we don't meet online or face-to-face, I'll prompt you to "Check In" and also respond to a "Discussion" question. You're expected to answer both.
  • Distributing "In Context"
    • For Monday, read "The Great Musician" on page 302
  • Thanks everyone! I'm excited to get started!


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