ELD 4A Essay Template Revising/Editing Checklist
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Below you will find each day's agenda and presentation. If there was a reading or handout, it will also be linked.
Class Syllabus:
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Unit 2 - Determining an Identity
Dec. 9, 2014
- Agenda
- Sentence corrections - whiteboards
- Generation STEM + Chart/Comparison Frames
Dec. 9, 2014
- Agenda
- Sentence Fragments
- Practice
- Preview the Text
Dec. 6, 2014
- Agenda
- Comma Splice & Run-on Sentences Mini-lecture
- Practice
- Partner work: Fixed/Growth mindset sentence starters
Dec. 5, 2014
- Agenda
- Quiz
- Summary Jigsaw Finish + Class Discussion
Dec. 4, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-up: Clauses + Complex Sentences - prepare for quiz
- Summary Jigsaw Finish
Dec. 2, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-up: Clauses + Complex Sentences
- Summary Jigsaw

dec.2_-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Dec. 1, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-up: Compound Sentence Paragraph
- Watch clip: Pursuit of Happiness
- Identify mindset - frame

dec._1_-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Nov. 13, 2014
- Agenda - two-hour delay - 30 min classes
- Say, Mean, Matter - paragraphs 6-9

nov_13-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Nov. 12, 2014
- Agenda
- Deconstruct the Text - Continue with paragraphs 2-4
- Summarize first chunk (pp.1-4)
- Begin Say, Mean, Matter

nov_12-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Nov. 10, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-up: Use Intelligence, Resilience, and Deficiency in a Sentence
- Finish Word Chart
- Begin Close Reading: Deconstruct the Text

nov_10-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Nov. 7, 2014
- Agenda
- Write a Claim: Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
- Word Forms
- Sentences: Resilience

nov_7-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Nov. 5, 2014
- Agenda
- Essay Prompt - Close read
- Analyze Prompt - T.A.K.
- Will Smith Video

nov_5-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Nov. 4, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-Up: Quick Write: Write a paragraph describing your academic identity.
- Identity Fold-able
- Essay Prompt

nov_4-_eld_4a.pdf | |
File Size: | 414 kb |
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Nov. 3, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-Up: Using Pre-fixes to create antonyms
- Give one Get one - Talk to four students
- Report Give one Get one.

nov_3_-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Oct. 30, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-Up: Contrast your academic identity in two classes
- Report: Compare your academic identity with that of another student and report back.
- Give one Get one - Chart

oct_30-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Oct. 29, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-Up: Common Factors on your identity practice
- Academic Identity: Adjectives
- How are you in your classes - Chart
- Collaborate: find someone who...

oct_29-_eld_4a.pdf | |
File Size: | 418 kb |
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Oct. 28, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-Up: Quick writing - what, besides personality, determines our identity?
- Common Factors/Influences on our Identity
- Identify factors in Hands photo.
- Use new vocabulary to complete sentences.

oct_28-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Oct. 27, 2014
- Agenda
- Masks Video - Questions and Discussion
- Review Identity Definition
- Hands - Questions and Discussion

oct_27-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Oct. 23 & 24, 2014
- Agenda
- Typing final draft in the lab.
Oct. 22, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-up: Discuss with a partner what conclusion are for and what needs to be included.
- Conclusion Paragraph + Revision (and catch up if missing parts)

oct_22-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Oct. 21, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-up: Check your introduction. Is it specific enough?
- 3 Body Paragraphs

oct_21-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Oct. 20, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-up: Why do we have introductions? What is the goal of an intro?
- Get Conclusion Outline Stamped
- Introduction
- Triangle
- Opening Sentence
- Transition
- Topic Statement

oct_20-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Oct. 17, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-up: What is the conclusion of an essay? What goes in this section?
- Outline: Body Paragraphs + Conclusion

oct_17_-_eld_4a.pdf | |
File Size: | 405 kb |
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Oct. 16, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-up: What is the body of an essay? What goes in this section?
- Outline: Body Paragraphs

oct_16_-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Oct. 15, 2014 - 20 minutes class (PSAT)
- Agenda
- Get Traits Chart and Outline Intro checked and stamped
Oct. 14, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-up: Essays
- Significant Traits
- Outline: Intro

oct_14_-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Oct. 9, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-up: Album Cover Art
- Essay Prompt Review
- Brainstorming: Significant Traits

oct_9_-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Oct. 8, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-up: Famous People Personality Traits
- Personality Crest Finish + Present
- Essay Prompt

oct_8_-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Oct. 7, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-up: T.W.P.S - Challenging life events.
- Personality Crest

oct_7_-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Oct. 6, 2014
- Agenda
- Prepare notebooks for new unit: T.O.C.
- T.W.P.S - How, in one word, would a friend describe you?
- New Word: Identity

oct_6_-_eld_4a.pdf | |
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Unit 1 - Technology and Communication
Sept. 26, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-Up: Combine Sentences
- Summarizing Text: Modeling
- Summarize Chart

sept_26.pdf | |
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Sept. 25, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-Up: Sentences using new verbs
- Annotation
- Summarize Chart

sept_25.pdf | |
File Size: | 575 kb |
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Sept. 24, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-Up: Precise Verbs Chart
- Active Reading: The Importance of Face to Face Communication
- Pre-reading + Prediction
- Active Reading
- Annotation
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Sept. 23, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-Up: Using Precise Verbs
- New Words: Productive, Competent, Complex

sept_23.pdf | |
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Sept. 22, 2014
- Agenda
- Warm-Up: Precise Verbs
- Compare opinions and Present
- New Word: Consider

sept_22.pdf | |
File Size: | 413 kb |
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Sept. 19, 2014
Agenda
- Warm-Up: Combine Sentences + Precise Adjectives
- Academic Discussion Continued:
- Make a claim
- Collaborate - Listen, Restate, Record

sept_19.pdf | |
File Size: | 407 kb |
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Sept. 18, 2014
Agenda
- Warm-up: Combine Sentence + Precise Adjectives
- Academic Discussion: Advantages + Disadvantages of Collaborative Assignments
- Precise Verbs
- Make a claim

sept_18.pdf | |
File Size: | 402 kb |
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Sept. 17, 2014
Agenda
- Warm-up: Simple Sentences + Compound Verbs + Adjectives
- Finish Claim and Support
- Academic Discussion: Advantages + Disadvantages of Collaborative Assignments

sept_17.pdf | |
File Size: | 413 kb |
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Sept. 16, 2014
Agenda
- Warm-up: Simple Sentences + Compound Verbs
- New Word: Claim - Example Sentences
- Identify the Claim + Support

sept_16.pdf | |
File Size: | 415 kb |
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Sept. 15, 2014
Agenda
- Warm-up: Simple Sentences + Adjectives
- Active Reading
- Finish Detail Chart
- Ask + Answer
- Summary Sentences

sept_15.pdf | |
File Size: | 434 kb |
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Sept. 12, 2014
Agenda
- Warm-up: Active Reading Definition & importance
- Active Reading
- Finish Marking Text
- Main Idea + Detail Chart

sept_12.pdf | |
File Size: | 415 kb |
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Sept. 11, 2014
Agenda
- Warm-up : Dream job and How
- Active Reading
- Preview Text + Prediction
- Close Read Paragraphs 1-3

sept_11.pdf | |
File Size: | 415 kb |
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Sept. 10, 2014
Agenda
- Warm-up - Claim + Support
- Pre-Assessment Q's 16-20
- Finish Vocab Routine for Advantage

sept_10.pdf | |
File Size: | 436 kb |
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Sept. 9, 2014
Agenda
- Warm-up - Descriptive Sentences + Precise Adjectives
- Pre-Assessment Q's 16-20
- Finish Vocab Routine for Advantage

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Sept. 8, 2014
Agenda
- Warm-up - Emergency Protocols
- Pre-Assessment Q's 11-15
- Classroom Rules/Expectations Continue
- New Vocabulary Routine - "Advantage"

sept_8.pdf | |
File Size: | 455 kb |
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Sept. 5, 2014
Agenda
- Warm-up
- Pre-Assessment Q's 6-10
- Classroom Rules/Expectations
- Brainstorm
- Group Share
- Sort and Classify

sept_5.pdf | |
File Size: | 470 kb |
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