McCotter - Pathways to Literature-Monday P.7 Assignments

Hello everyone! You will get to play a game to review the book.


Please complete the following activities and don't hesitate to reach out with questions. 
1. Please watch the "Pathways week 32" video. 
2. Use the "Pathways week 32" slides as needed. 
3. Play the Kahoot game and leave your score in the comments section. 



Have a wonderful summer break!

Hello everyone! This week we will finish reading the Chocolate Touch.


Please complete the following steps and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions you might have. 1. Watch the "Pathways week 31" video. 
2. Use the "Pathways week 31" slides as needed. 3. Complete the "Synthesizer" activity for The Chocolate Touch. 

Have a great week! Don't forget to return your books to APEX as soon as it is convenient for you! 

Hello everyone! This week we will continue reading from The Chocolate Touch. 


Please complete the following activities and don't hesitate to reach out with questions. 
1. Watch the "Pathways to Lit week 30" video. 
2. Use the "Pathways week 30" slides as needed. 
3. Complete the "Questioner" activity. 

Students will read chapters 4-6 of the Chocolate Touch and think about a connection they can make to the text. 


Please complete the following steps and reach out with any questions you have. 
1. Watch the "Pathways week 29" video. 

2. Use the "Pathways week 29" slides as needed. 
3. Complete the "Connector.pdf" for chapters 4-6. 

This week students will read the first three chapters of The Chocolate Touch and use them to complete a Visualizing activity.


Please complete the following steps and don't hesitate to reach out with questions. 
1. Watch the "Pathways week 28" video. 

2. Use the "Pathways week 28" slides as needed. 

3. Complete the "Visualizer" activity. 

Hello everyone! This week we will discuss a story called "The Midas Touch," which inspired our new class novel, "The Chocolate Touch." 


Please complete the following steps and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions. 
1. Watch the "Pathways week 27" video. 
2. Use the "Pathways week 27" slides as needed. 
3. Complete the "Chocolate Touch Predictions, week 27" activity. 

I hope you all had a wonderful spring break!
This week you will get to see your classmate's final project for The Mouse and the Motorcycle.

Please complete the following activities and reach out with any questions you have.
1. Watch the "Pathways week 26" video.
2. Use the "Pathways Week 26" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "printable-dice." Print the die and on one face put your name. On all the other five faces write numbers that represent something about you, or are special to you in some way. Be sure to explain to me what the numbers represent!

We finished the novel the Mouse and the Motorcycle! Now it's time to show what you know! You will have one week to complete the One Pager.

Please complete the following activities and reach out if you have any questions.
1. Watch the "Pathways week 24" video.
2. Use the "Pathways Week 24" slides as needed.
3. Complete the One Pager assignment. Feel free to create your own or use the provided pdf.

This week you will finish the Mouse and the Motorcycle (that is if you didn't read ahead...).

Please complete the following activities and don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.
1. Watch the "Pathways week 23" video.
2. Use the "Pathways Week 23" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Activity Mouse and the Motorcycle ch 12-13."

This week you will read chapters 10 and 11 of The Mouse and the Motorcycle. You will then work on answering some comprehension questions and completing a summary.

Please complete the following tasks and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions!
1. Watch the "pathways week 22" video.
2. Use the "Pathways Week 22" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Activity Mouse and Motorcycle Ch 10-11."

This week we will work on making predictions for The Mouse and the Motorcycle.

Please complete the following activities and please reach out with any questions you may have!
1. Watch the "pathways to lit week 21" video.
2. Use the "Pathways Week 21" slides.
3. Complete the "Activity Mouse and the Motorcycle Ch 8-9."

This week we will go over some characterization traits and discuss both external and internal traits.

Please complete the following activities and reach out if you have any questions:
1. Watch the "Pathways week 20" video.
2. Use the "Pathways Week 20" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Mouse and the Motorcycle ch. 6-7" activities.

Welcome back! This week we will continue to read the Mouse and the Motorcycle and look for components of realism and fantasy.

Please complete the following steps and don't hesitate to reach out with questions if you have them.
1. Watch the "Pathways to Lit week 19" video.
2. Use the "Pathways Week 19" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Activity Ch. 4-5 Mouse and Motorcycle." Be sure to complete the chart AND the questions.

Hello everyone! We will begin our new novel The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary this week.

Please complete the following activities and don't hesitate to reach out with questions.
1. Watch the "Pathways week 18" video.
2. Use the "Pathways Week 18" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Activity: Ch 1-3 Mouse and the Motorcycle."

Hello Everyone! We will begin reading our new novel, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, next week.

Before we begin it's important to have some background knowledge about the author and think about what's coming up in the book. This week you will get to practice visualizing to make a prediction (or recall your favorite part if you've read the book before).

Please complete the following activities and reach out if you have any questions!
1. Watch the "Pathways to Lit week 17" video.
2. Use the "Pathways week 17" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Visualizing Activity: The Mouse and The Motorcycle" and be sure to turn in a clear picture to me.

Thanks!

Welcome back to APEX and semester two! We are going to start off this semester by picking up where we left off - practicing making inferences.

Please complete the following activities and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.
1. Watch the "Pathways week 16" video.
2. Complete the four Far Side Picture Inferences in the attached slideshow and turn them in.

Have a great week!

Hello everyone! Welcome to the last week of instruction for 2020! You made it!!

This week we will continue building the skill of making inferences.

Please complete the following tasks. Be sure to reach out if you have any questions.
1. Watch the "Pathways to Lit week 15" video.
2. Use the "Pathways to Lit week 15" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Inference Activity week 15."

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! "See" you in 2021!

Welcome back, everyone! I hope you had a fantastic break and pondered what you are thankful for.

This week you will work on making inferences given a picture and a short piece of text.

Please complete the following activities and don't hesitate to reach out with questions!
1. Watch the "Pathways to Lit week 14" video.
2. Use the "Pathways to Lit week 14" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Pathways Activity Making Inferences" slide.

Have a wonderful week!

Hi everyone! We finished our first novel! I'm excited to see what you thought of Freckle Juice, and what you learned.

Please complete the following steps and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.
1. Watch the "Pathways week 13" video.
2. Use the "Pathways to Lit week 13" slides as needed.
3. Complete the storycube for Freckle Juice. Please refer to my example from "How Chipmunk Got his Stripes" as needed.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We will conclude the novel Freckle Juice this week. Please think about the central message, or the moral of the story, as you read the final chapter this week.

Please complete the following steps and reach out with any questions.
1. Watch the "pathways to lit week 12" video.
2. Use the "Pathways to Lit Week 12" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Activity: Freckle Juice Central Message."

Hi everyone! I hope you enjoyed the first two chapters of Freckle Juice. This week we will read chapters 3-4 and create a compare and contrast chart for Andrew and Sharon.

Please complete the following activities and reach out with any questions.
1. Watch the "Pathways to Lit week 11" video.
2. Use the "Pathways to Lit Week 11" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Compare and Contrast for Freckle Juice" chart. Be sure to include at least three details in each column. You can use any information from chapters 1-4 to help you.

We are starting our first novel, Freckle Juice, by Judy Blume. This is a fun and silly book about a boy named Andrew who really, really wants freckles.

Please complete the following activities and reach out with any questions:
1. Watch the "pathways to lit week 10" video.
2. Use the "Pathways to Lit Week 10" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Traits Organizers week 10" activity - don't forget to complete one organizer about Andrew AND one about you.

Hi everyone! This week we will enjoy another story by Patricia Polacco, Rechenka's Eggs. We will be focusing on character traits, or what makes a character's personality unique.

Please complete the following activities and reach out with any questions.
1. Watch the "Pathways week 9" video.
2. Use the "Pathways to Lit Week 9" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Character Traits Eggs" activity about Babushka.

Hi everyone! We will continue with another memoir story by Patricia Polacco:
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother. You will continue working on connections to the text.

Please complete the following steps in order. Reach out with any questions.
1. Watch the "Pathways week 8" video.
2. Use the "Pathways to Lit week 8" slideshow as needed.
3. Complete the "Making Connections" Google slide and be sure to turn it in.


4. Have a parent fill out the "Permission to Share" survey.

Hello everyone! We finished our poetry unit and are now going to take the next few weeks to focus on a particular author, Patricia Polacco.

This week we will read one of her memoirs, Thunder Cake, and work on text-to-self connections.

Please complete the following activities and reach out with any questions.
1. Watch "Pathways to lit week 7" video.
2. Use the "Pathways to lit week 7" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Text to Self Connections: Thunder Cake."

Hi everyone! This week you will get to practice identifying the differences between similes and metaphors. Then, you get to try writing your own!

Please complete the following steps in order and reach out with any questions you come up with!
1. Watch "Pathways to Lit week 6" video.
2. Use the "Pathways to Lit week 6" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Pathways Similes and Metaphors" activity. Be sure to turn it back in to me.

Hello everyone! Here is a chance to try your hand at writing a poem that follows very specific guidelines.

You will have the choice between trying out a haiku poem or a limerick. Take a gander at this week's video to see which one you would like to tackle.

Follow these steps and reach out with any questions you come up with!
1. Watch the "Lit week 5" video.
2. Use the "Literature Week 5" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Haiku/Limerick Practice" Google Doc.

Happy writing! I can't wait to read what you create!

Hello! This week we will discuss Free Verse poetry. You will then get to try writing your own Free Verse poem.

Please do the following steps in order and reach out with any questions.
1. Watch "Food for Thought snap bracelet"
2. Watch " Pathways week 4"
3. Write your own Free Verse poem and turn it in to me
4. Use the slideshow as needed

Hello! I look forward to seeing all of your favorite poems!

This week we will be looking at the difference between poetry and prose, identifying lines and stanzas, and learning how to read a poem for understanding.

Please complete the following steps in order and reach out with any questions you may have.
1. Watch the video "Lit Lesson 9/7-9/8"
2. Complete the "Parts of a Poem Practice - Line and Stanza" activity. The directions are BELOW the poem.
3. Use the "Pathways to Literature Lesson 3" slideshow as needed.

Have a great week!

Hello everyone! We are going to continue with our poetry unit by completing a poetry survey.
I will be using the beginning of a picture book, "Fancy Nancy, Poet Extraordinaire" to get us started.

Please complete the following steps, in order, and be sure to get your work turned into me by the morning of your next APEX day.
1. Watch the video "Lit Lesson 1"
2. Watch the "Poetry Survey Tutorial" video
3. Complete the "Poetry Survey"
4. Use my slides "Exploring Lit Lesson one 8/31-9/1" for your reference, or to read the rest of "Fancy Nancy, Poet Extraordinaire" on your own

Please visit me in office hours or email me if you have any questions. Have a great week!

Hello everyone! We are going to continue with our poetry unit by completing a poetry survey.
I will be using the beginning of a picture book, "Fancy Nancy, Poet Extraordinaire" to get us started.

Please complete the following steps, in order, and be sure to get your work turned into me by the morning of your next APEX day.
1. Watch the video "Lit Lesson 1"
2. Watch the "Poetry Survey Tutorial" video
3. Complete the "Poetry Survey"
4. Use my slides "Exploring Lit Lesson one 8/31-9/1" for your reference, or to read the rest of "Fancy Nancy, Poet Extraordinaire" on your own

Please visit me in office hours or email me if you have any questions. Have a great week!

Welcome! I am so excited that the start of the school year is finally here! Now while I didn't ever expect to be teaching online I know we can still make the most of this year. I am excited to get to know all of you and to have you all try out your first assignment here on Google Classroom.

Below you will find 4 attachments. Please view them in order and complete your assigned work in a timely matter. All work is due no later than the morning of your next APEX day, but the sooner you get it done and turned in the better.

1. Video overview of the class and this week's lesson
2. This week's assignment - an acrostic poem
3. Video "Google Classroom Tutorial" on how to submit your acrostic poem via Google classroom
4. The power point used in my first video (view if needed)

Please email me at [email protected] or visit me in office hours from 9-10 am with any questions!

I can't wait to learn more about you!

Welcome! I am so excited that the start of the school year is finally here! Now while I didn't ever expect to be teaching online I know we can still make the most of this year. I am excited to get to know all of you and to have you all try out your first assignment here on Google Classroom.

Below you will find 4 attachments. Please view them in order and complete your assigned work in a timely matter. All work is due no later than the morning of your next APEX day, but the sooner you get it done and turned in the better.

1. Video overview of the class and this week's lesson
2. This week's assignment - an acrostic poem
3. Video "Google Classroom Tutorial" on how to submit your acrostic poem via Google classroom
4. The power point used in my first video (view if needed)

Please email me at [email protected] or visit me in office hours from 9-10 am with any questions!

I can't wait to learn more about you!