December 3/4

Topics:  

 expository text features, academic vocabulary for expository text, important social issues, identifying the controlling idea and most important supporting details, and using connotation to understand the author's purpose and important vocabulary within a text; analyzing and annotating text

Activities:  

1.  Review Newsela article scores and reading levels
2.  Complete/Turn in "Expository Close Reading" 
3.  OER for Close Read article:  "What tools does the writer use to make the article more accessible to the reader?  (What does the writer do that makes the article more interesting or easier to understand for the reader?)  
4.  Expository Letter To santa for "Make a Wish" Foundation
5.  My Vocabulary Booklet due December 10th

•           "My Vocabulary Book" Instructions
•           "My Vocabulary Book" Examples for #5

SIGN UP FOR NO RED INK TODAY...HERE'S HOW

1.  Open Safari and go to noredink.com
2.  Air drop the site to your homescreen like we did the class blog and newsela.com
3.  Create your own account.  Sign up for your class using the correct code below:
      2nd period:        d737789a
    3rd period:    hmewk77v   4th period:  3v34chk7   5th period:  3v34chk7   6th period:  fc94vwfa   7th period:  8mwheeme   8th period:  wxvkafv8

   

Grades:  NEWSELA articles quiz average, CLOSE reading questions, OER for Close Read article