May 25

Opinion Writing

Today we discussed what opinion writing should have. Students were given the sentence opinion writing should have… And then they finished the sentence in as many ways. Here are our results.

May 24

Math May 25 – Equations, Algebra Blocks, and the Distributive Property

Today we are talking about (gr. 7) creating equations from word problems and then using algebra tiles/blocks to solve them, and (gr. 8) using the distributive property when solving equations.

Grade 7’s will be completing 1.7 all #s and 1.8 #s 1-8

22.05.24 grae 7 1.7-1.8 writing equations and blocks

Grade 8s will be completing 6.4 #s 1-12, and 14 and 6.5 #s 1-6 and 8-12

22.05.24 grade 8 6.4-6.5 distributive property in algebra

May 13

The Lost Boys of Sudan

Paperback The Lost Boys of Sudan: An American Story of the Refugee Experience BookToday we are following up our novel study on A Long Walk to Water by watching the documentary The Lost Boys of Sudan.  In this movie we follow a group of young men from Southern Sudan that have survived similar lives as Salva from our book.  They are now in America and trying to start new lives.  We will look for their challenges and how they meet them.

Here is the article we looked at prior to watching the movie

https://www.rescue.org/article/lost-boys-sudan

Here is the link to the worksheet that we worked on in class when watching the movie

22.05.10 lost boys of sudan movie questions

Here is a link to the documentary itself.

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/pov/episodes/pov-lost-boys-sudan

May 12

Unpacking Fables and Allegories

Today we are learning about Fables and Allegories.  Then we are talking about Satire.  We will have in-class lessons related to both of these with the materials shown below.  Students that are absent can access recordings of the lessons on Teams.

Materials for Fables and Allegories

1 LESSON PLAN – Understanding Allegory L1 – Allegorical Meanings of Animals WORKSHEET L1 – Unpacking Fables WORKSHEET

Materials for Satire

2 LESSON PLAN – Understanding Satire 20.01.07 find or create satire assignment Understanding Satire Slideshow