2-21-17

Unit Introduction
Unit Introduction
Unit Goals (440)
Academic Vocab (441)
Launch Text (442-443) Read & Annotate

2-22-17
*Cover Stephs 2nd
*NAEP Testing
Next Big Thing Assignment
-Show Channel 1 Clip
-Design an invention

-Name
-What would the invention do?
-What would people do differently by using your invention?
-Colored picture/diagram
-Sales pitch, commercial script, WHY people should buy your product

-Journals: Brainstorm (tree map) Who, What, When, Where, Why

2-23-17
Finish inventions if necessary
Summary & Quickwrite 444-445

2-24-17
Four Corner Debate 444 (using student work samples)
Exit Ticket
Grade Inventions Posters
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Pre-teach vocabulary
Decipher (Erin)
There once was a man named James who decided to purchase an old creepy house. As
he was moving his stuff in he found a dusty old bottle sitting on top of the counter in the
kitchen. He blew the dust off and realized there was a letter inside. When he pulled the
letter out it was stained a brown color like it had been soaked in coffee. As he looked
closer there was writing on it...but it wasnt written in English. The writing was so hard to
decipher. There were symbols instead of words and James couldnt understand any of
it. It was as if someone wrote it so that no one else would be able to decipher it. James
made it his mission to research the writing and figure out a way to decipher the note so
he could know what this note said. What if it had an important message about the house
he had just purchased.
Invincible (Erin)
One famous person in history is Achilles. Achilles was a warrior who was considered
invincible during the Trojan War because it didnt matter what dangerous battle he was
sent into, he always came out unharmed. There were arrows, cannons, and swords fired
towards him and he would find a way to dodge them, leaving every battle without a
scratch on him. Other warriors thought there was no way to defeat him. Then finally one
day, everyone figured out that Achilles was in fact NOT invincible. In a battle he was
shot in the heel, right in the spot that is now known as the Achilles tendon. This shot
killed him. The man everyone thought was invincible, was actually human and had
weaknesses just like everyone else.
Contraption (Back in the early 1800s there was a poor farmer in the Southern United
States. He farmed cotton on his plantation. He was not married nor did he have any
children. He was all alone to do the work of 10 men. One day he decided he would make
his life easier and create a machine that would help him do his work. He thought,
planned, designed and created a new contraption in his barn. Low and behold the
Cotton Gin was born! )
Newfangled ( Most people today use smartphones and have for several years. However,
there are still the few that are holding out. One of them was a grandma of 78 years. Over
Christmas she made the leap to purchase a newfangled iPhone. From a flip phone to a
smartphone shes up in the 21st century. )
Ingenuity ( In the movie, Martian, the filmmakers used convincing ingenuity to show
how humans could live on mars in the future. The astronauts had to come up with a new
way of living life in a brand new place. They created solutions for problems they didnt
know they would have, like how to grow crops and live in harsh conditions. )
Improvisation (The actors in the movie, Zoolander, did not always follow the script. The
actors tried many new things on the fly, so there were many improvisations throughout
the film.)

Marzanos 6 step process

 Teacher reads story/scenario of the vocab term
Kids close their eyes and listen
Vocab Squares with Word, Definition, Synonyms, Antonyms, Picture
Vocab Scattergories

Example: decipher ---------> School subject

These two connect because sometimes in certain subjects in school you have to decipher the
teachers handwriting.

Tuesday 2-28-17
Warm-up: Decipher & Invincible Scattergories in Comp book
First Read, Annotate, Close Read, Comprehension Check
Uncle Marcos

Wednesday 3-1-17
Warm-up: Contraption & Newfangled Scattergories in Comp book
RACE Quiz
Analyze the Text Questions (Page 458)

Thursday 3-2-17
Warm-up: Ingenuity & Improvisation Scattergories in Comp book
Analyze Craft & Structure

Characters
-main character
-round character
-flat character
-dynamic character
-static character

LASTO Chart for main character?

Looks Like, Acts Like, Says, Thinks, Others Say/Think

3-3-17
Clock Partners: Practice Questions on Page 459
2min to find partners around the room
5-7min/ question to discuss their answer, cite evidence, and write answer
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End of Quarter
-New Seats -Google -Digital -1st Read,
Classroom -Read/Mark Assessment for Annotate,
-Vocab Timed Writing myth of Uncle Marcos Comprehension
Review/Games (prompt on 462) Daedalus & Check for To Fly
Index Card Icarus -Weinkauf-finish
Game and character Video:
sentences from -Group Poster analysis https://www.yout
Page 460 Comparing and Fakebook ube.com/watch?
contrasting v=f7zaCmfUL2A
-Planning for Marcos and
Timed Writing Icarus with
on Tuesday textual evidence -Trade and
Grade

3-13-17 3-14-17 3-15-17 3-16-17 3-17-17

-Finish
Comprehension -Clock Partners -Proper Nouns -Group -Group
Check (trade with Discussion and Adjectives Research Presentations
and grade) Questions from -Vocab Practice
-Close Read 472 and 473
(Annotate, -Vocab Practice
Question,
Conclude)
-Vocab Squares
for words on
page 460

3-27-17 3-28-17 3-29 through 3-31

Group debates Finish blueprint Computers: Drafting, Editing, Revising

Focus on Claim,
Evidence, and
Counterclaim

Begin Blueprint
April 3/4th (25 minute stations)

Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4 (Fun)