1. Advanced English 6 OCTOBER 19, 22-23

2. To Do Today:  Set 3 goals for the day on your sticky note  Review “Where I’m From” poems and Inquiry discussion  Portfolios  Finish peer review  Vocabulary Paint Chip Activity  Read “Matthew Henson at the Top of the World” and “Over the Top of the World”  Work on vocabulary activities, personal narrative, reading, and/or journals

3. “Where I’m From” poems and Inquiry Discussion  What questions do you have?  On the Inquiry discussion, pink highlighter is from Mrs. Fritzinger and blue is from your partner’s feedback.  Some of you did not turn in some parts. Mrs. Fritzinger will be checking in with you.

4. Portfolios  Weebly site: students.weebly.com  Login: LastnameFirstinitialMGC  Example: FritzingerRMGC  Password: English  Home page:  Title that describes your sixth grade year  One paragraph describing and reflecting on yourself as a reader, writer, and thinker  New page for 6 th grade:  “Where I’m From” poem with reflection-Your reflection should include a description of the assignment, as well as a reflection on what you did well and what you would change.  Personal Narrative with reflection-Your reflection should include a description of the assignment, as well as a reflection on what you did well and what you would change.  Make pages for 7 th grade and 8 th grade  Publish: Create an appropriate URL

5. Peer Review  Find your assigned partner.  Complete the peer review sheet. Please make sure you give descriptive feedback so that your partner can improve his or her work.  Highlight on your partner’s rough draft:  Yellow is needs improvement.  Pink or orange is good work.

6. STEMS: PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, & ROOTS Many words in the English language are made up of smaller word stems- PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, and ROOTS. These stems each have their own meaning, and when combined, they make up larger words. Learning STEMS will help you decode an unlimited number of words.

7. FOR EXAMPLE: CON + STRUC + TION = CONSTRUCTION (together) + (BUILD) + (ACT OR STATE OF) = the act of building together

8. Paint Chip Activity  In your group: Use dictionaries  1 st color (top): Write your root with the meaning  2 nd color: Write a derivative from that root with definition and part of speech (easy)  3 rd color: Write another derivative from that root with definition and part of speech (medium)  4 th color (bottom): Write a third derivative from that root with definition and part of speech (hard)  ON THE BACK: Write a synonym for each of the three derivatives  Group 1:  bi, bis  mater, matr  sci  trib  Group 2:  bio  orig  scribe, script  Group 3:  gram  ped (Greek)  sim  Group 4:  graph  ped (Latin)  sum  Group 5:  init  saur  super

9. “Matthew Henson at the Top of the World” (pp. 808-821) and “Over the Top of the World” (pp. 822-826)  Read the stories individually or with a partner. Pay attention to the footnotes & ideas/questions in the margins of the page.  Focus on fluent, smooth reading & clarification of meaning and vocabulary as you read.  As you read, take notes on the pink Habits of Mind sheet provided, finding examples of characters who used the Habits of Mind. You can write a one-sentence summary of how the character(s) used the Habit(s) of Mind.  Also, find examples of derivatives from your Greek and Latin roots as you read. You can write the derivatives on your vocabulary sheet, and put a star beside the derivatives from the story.

10. Matrix  Personal narratives: Final papers due October 28 and October 29  Reading: Choice novel  Short stories: due Monday, October 26 and Tuesday, October 27  Journals: Based on choice novel; see yellow sheet for topics; due Friday, October 30 and Monday, November 2  Vocabulary Activities: due Monday, October 26 and Tuesday, October 27