Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Week 6, Day 3
Objective: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, EOC Test Prep

Bridge
Odysseyware

ESOL
Vocabulary
Rosetta Stone Workbook

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Week 6, Day 2
Objective: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, EOC Test Prep

Bridge

1. CUPSS
2. MYTOE
3. Expository Essay due by Friday.

ESOL

1. Vocabulary
2. Singular v. Plural Nouns
3. Shapes
4. Classroom Nouns
5. Masculine v. Feminine Nouns
6. Rosetta Stone Workbook

Monday, September 28, 2015

Week 6, Day 1
Objective: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, EOC Test Prep

Bridge
Change of plans.  We will now do Odysseyware on Monday/Wednesday instead of Tuesday/Thursday.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  

ESOL
Vocabulary
Singular v. Plural Nouns
Shapes
Classroom Nouns
Masculine v. Feminine Nouns
Rosetta Stone Workbook

Friday, September 25, 2015

Week 5, Day 5
Objective: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, EOC Test Prep

Bridge

• Fun Friday/Work Day
• If you have any missing assignments or need to work on anything for a class, today is the day to do it. Next Friday is the last day of the first six weeks.  

ESOL

1. Vocabulary
2. Singular v. Plural Nouns
3. Shapes
4. Classroom Nouns
5. Masculine v. Feminine Nouns
6. Rosetta Stone Workbook

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Week 5, Day 4
Objective: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, EOC Test Prep

Bridge
Odysseyware

ESOL

1. Vocabulary
2. Singular v. Plural Nouns
3. Shapes
4. Classroom Nouns
5. Masculine v. Feminine Nouns
6. Rosetta Stone Workbook

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Week 5, Day 3
Objective: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, EOC Test Prep

Bridge

1. Analyzing STAAR/EOC Essays and scoring criteria.
2. Scoring Essays

ESOL

1. Vocabulary
1. Singular v. Plural Nouns
2. Shapes
3. Classroom Nouns
4. Masculine v. Feminine Nouns
2. Rosetta Stone Workbook

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Week 5, Day 2
Objective: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, EOC Test Prep

Bridge
Odysseyware

ESOL
Vocabulary and Rosetta Stone Workbook

Monday,September 21, 2015

Week 5, Day 1
Objective: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, EOC Test Prep

Bridge

1. Short Answer Pizza
2. Nonfiction Reading Comprehension with questions

ESOL
Common Classroom Vocabulary

Friday, September 18, 2015

Week 4, Day 5
Objective: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, EOC Test Prep

Bridge
Free Read

ESOL
Vocabulary and Rosetta Stone Workbook

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Week 4, Day 4
Objective: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, EOC Test Prep

Bridge
Odysseyware

ESOL
Vocabulary and Rosetta Stone Workbook

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Week 4, Day 3
Objective: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, EOC Test Prep

Bridge

1. Short Answer Pizza

ESOL

1. Vocabulary

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Week 4, Day 2
Objective: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, EOC Test Prep

Bridge

1. Odysseyware
1. Get as far as you can.
2. Work hard.
3. I was wrong, you do have to work in order.  
2. Be good for the sub!
1. Anyone's name that gets written down will not have their Friday privilege.  
2. See you tomorrow to continue with Short Answer and Essay prep

ESOL

1. Vocabulary cards

Monday,September 14, 2015

Week 4, Day 1
Objective: Short Answer Responses and Writing Process

1. Beginning your Short Answer Response
2. Writing Process
1. Brainstorming
2. Prewriting
3. Rough Draft
4. Revising/Editing
5. Final Draft
6. Rubric
3. Battle of the Process
4. Announcements:
1. I won't be in class tomorrow.  
2. You will work on Odysseyware with the sub.  
3. Please be good and work hard.

ESOL/Reading I

1. Building Vocabulary

Friday, September 11, 2015

Week 3, Day 5

Objective: Silent Sustained Reading

1. Thank you for working hard this week!
2. Free Reading

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Week 3, Day 4
Objective: OdysseyWare

Bridge

1. Learn your log-in for OdysseyWare
2. Put it in your Google Doc for Usernames/Passwords
3. Log-in
4. Begin working on the course STAAR EOC English I or English II

ESOL

1. Finish diagnostic test
2. If finished, work on Rosetta Stone learning packet.
3. Practice reading out loud.

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Week 3, Day 3
Objective: Silent Sustained Reading

Bridge and ESOL

1. Library
1. Return or re-check out books.
2. Check out a new book.
2. Read in class
3. Create an account with Shelfari.com
1. Go to www.shelfari.com
2. Click Register
3. If you do not have an amazon account, put in your email address and click "do not have an amazon password"
4. You will be asked to type your name
5. Re-enter your email address
6. Choose a password
7. Re-enter your password
8. Click "create an account"
9. You should now be able to log-in
10. In the search bar, type in "Avalos" and then click the drop down box for "groups"
11. Hit "search"
12. Click on "Mrs. Avalos's English Class" group and toward the top of the right hand side you will see a button that says "Join"
13. Click "join"
14. You may also add me as a friend, if you wish
15. Put your log-in information in your Usernames and Passwords document
4. If here is time left, you may add books to your Shelfari account or read. 

ESOL

1. Finish up diagnostic assessments.

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Week 3, Day 1
Objective: Commonly Misspelled Words

1. Go over the list of 125 Most Commonly Misspelled Words
2. Circle or highlight the ones that you have trouble with.
3. Tomorrow we will continue working on the expository essay from last week.

Friday, September 4, 2015

Week 2, Day 5
Objective: Silent Sustained Reading

1. Thank you for working hard this week!
3. Free Reading!

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Week 2, Day 4
Objective: Expository Writing

1. Bell Work:  Think about all of the articles in the "Action" Magazine from yesterday.  Were they fiction or non-fiction?  If they were non-fiction, were they written to persuade or explain?  What is the difference between writing to persuade and writing to explain?
2. Discuss the bell work, as a class.  You don't have to write anything down.
3. Characteristics of the expository essay-handout
4. Expository Summarizing Framework for taking risks.
5. NOT HOMEWORK...if you work hard!!!!

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Week 2, Day 3

Objective: Reading Comprehension, Writing a well-developed paragraph

1. Bell Work:  On a separate sheet of notebook paper, in a WELL-DEVELOPED PARAGRAPH answer the question: Why am I here?  (You define what "here" means.  "I" is talking about "you", the student.  Why are YOU here?)
1. Please put your name, date, and period in the top right-hand corner.  
2. "Action" Magazine with activities

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Week 2, Day 2

Objective: EOC Reading Benchmark

1. Grade #1-6 of your Reading Benchmark.
2. Work with a group to find evidence to PROVE the correct answer.