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Agenda: independent study Submit Final Book Projects HW: Do something new!  Hey y'all. Congrats on making it through these two weeks. Remember when we thought this was all we would miss and we'd be back on March 30th? Well, it looks like we won't be back until May at the earliest, so today, get that book project finished up and turned in. Then get those reading journals turned in. Finally, relax. Turn off the screen and breathe if you can. Try to just focus on your breath and not think about any worries or stresses. No Zoom class today...  Have a great weekend, ok. Maybe learn something new!   If you want to doodle, I did Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems this week with my kids and that was fun. Or maybe go to a dance party online with dnice on insta. Or master that Tik Tok dance. Have fun. Be free. Be kids.  See you all on Monday. 

Agenda: independent study Book Projects! HW: Read 20-30 minutes.  RJs 11..1-11.4 due tomorrow. Get them signed! Book Projects due tomorrow.  I can't believe we have been doing this for nine days, y'all! I hope you're holding up okay. It's starting to feel like a new normal, but it's also a LOT of different.  There will be a new schedule for Zoom classes starting next week.  Mine will be M/W: 9:00 - 9:50  https://lausd.zoom.us/j/9699628091 T/TH:  1:00 - 1:30/50 (Tuesday is a shortened day)   https://lausd.zoom.us/j/169951141 Schoology for communication from other teachers about their class times. I will also continue to ask you all to read and check in on the blog so I know you're with me.  As for today, I hope you've been reading a good book. I've been reading  Internment  by Samira Ahmed but for my book project I'm doing a story map of  Just Mercy  by Bryan Stephenson and I'll post a...

Agenda: independent study Essay submissions HW: Read 20-30 minutes.  Turn in Essays! Hey all. So, we had a faculty meeting yesterday that outlined a schedule for Zoom classes. You should be able to see that on the Emerson webpage soon.  Because of this new schedule I will be adjusting our Zoom class meeting times:  Monday and Wednesday: 9:00-9:50 Tuesday and  Thursday: 1:00-1:50 Friday: No class! GO to PE! It's not that different, but should allow you to see other teachers throughout the week.  OK, so for today, you need to make sure you turn in your essays.  If you aren't sure what those should look like, read through the last three blogs for full sample essays and revision and editing strategies.  Send me your best work! Turn it in on Schoology and then get started on that book project! Those are due Friday. Make sure you take the AR test for the book and record it on the grading sheet.  OK...

Agenda: independent study Essay editing strategies Read 20-30 minutes Hey all. Happy Tuesday! Today's blog will be a little shorter because it's a short Tuesday. 🤣 But really, it will be shorter: shorter blog and shorter Zoom call. 1:00 - 1:30 because teachers have a meeting at 1:30 so... make sure you have questions ready for tomorrow.  Ok, so today you're editing your essays. Yesterday you revised and looked to strengthen the meaning of your writing. You are making sure all of your evidence supports your thesis.  Today you are checking: your academic vocabulary (do you vary your word choices) writer’s sentence formations vary in structure (do your sentences start differently and vary in  length or do you sound like a robot.) writer uses correct capitalization and punctuation (check for caps for all names and titles!) writer   uses consistent, formal language POV, verb tense, and active voice (present tense, third person and...

Agenda: independent study Q. Q. Song essay revising HW: Read 20-30 minutes Hey everyone! Hope you had a good weekend. I am sitting here thinking about how different things are today compared to a couple of weeks ago. That life before seems like it was so long ago. What do you miss about life before?  Ok, let's get to our quote of the week: "To every girl out there, to every boy out there, [...] who just wants to live their dream out, you are not lesser just because you're a girl. You are not better just because you're a boy." Megan Rapinoe  Megan Rapinoe is a member of the US Women's National Soccer team and has been fighting for equal pay for women on the national team.  Make sure you write about what you think she means.  Question of the Week: What are you most afraid of?  Song of the Week:  "This is a Man's World" by James Brown LYRICS This is a man's world, this is a man's world But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing wit...

AGENDA check-in writing conclusions resources available HW: Reach out to two classmates you haven't heard from and find out how they are doing.  Hey everyone. Well, we made it through the first week of this home-schooling.  I hope you all are holding up okay. It really is an unprecedented time we are living through.  So, today we are finishing up our essays. Please write your conclusions. These are very similar to your introductions in that you should summarize your reasons repeat your thesis reconnect to your lead Here are all of the essays I've written for you to check out. I know, it's a lot of essays. You only need to read the one that is for YOUR PROMPT! Don't get lost in all of these essays and JUST LOOK AT CONCLUSIONS.  Thanks for reading and hanging out this week. If you haven't turned in your reading journals, take a picture and turn it in on Schoology. If you can't figure that you can send it to me on Remind. If...

AGENDA check-in Essay Body Paragraph #3 HW: RJ 10.3 Read for 20-30 min.  Get RJ signed! Take a picture and send it to me. Weeks 9 and 10 please!  Hey, y'all. We're almost done with our first week of online learning. How is it going for you so far? Do you like it? What could we do differently to make it easier?  OK, you should be getting close to finishing your essays. This should be Body Paragraph #3 (for real and not a typo like yesterday). Some of the prompts don't really require a third body paragraph depending on how you organized your essay. Ok, remember to: ü    use transitions to introduce reasoning and clarify relationships between ideas ü    provide the strongest, most relevant, specific evidence through quotes and paraphrases (including page #s) ü    elaborate on evidence to support reasoning, addresses/acknowledges opposing arguments ü    connect reasoning to the thesis Here are your sample essays...