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DIGITAL LEARNING
APRIL 3, 2020 (FRIDAY)

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!! HAVE A GOOD SPRING BREAK!

REGISTER FOR YOUR MEMBEAN ACCOUNT TODAY
Visit: membean.com/enroll


​​Enter Class Code
Period One: G3FQ83G
Period Two: G3FQFEN
Period Five: G3FQD24
Period Six: G3FQBPT
Period Seven: G3FQ9QY
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Today's Instructional Tasks:
1. Enroll and Create a Membean Account
2. Finish: (Quick Writes, Dover Beach and Book Burning Questions, Choice Board Activities)
3. Make sure that you have completed  and submitted all assigned commonlit articles.
    Remember to completely answer the "short answer" questions (utilize the RACE writing method).
4. Complete the graphic organizer based on these 3 commonlit articles: (see graphic organizer below)
    "The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass: Excerpts from Chapters 1-7",  "Behind the Native American Achievement Gap" and 
    "The Last Class: The Story of a Little Alsatian"
DO NOT SUBMIT THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE 6 SECTIONS
 
Quick Write: ​Discuss how Governor Kemp's order to close school for the remaining school term impacts families, students and educators.
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PLEASE FINALIZE AND SUBMIT ALL PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS.
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Instructional Unit Focus: How can education be used to create change?
  1. During this unit, you will read six informational texts through the lens of our essential question.You will gather information from your readings in a graphic organizer, in order to help answer the essential question throughout the unit. At the end of the unit, you will answer the essential question in a research-based analytical essay. The skills covered include; synthesizing information across multiple texts, writing a research-based analytical essay, citing evidence from the text to support claims, writing fluid explanations.
  2. Log on to commonlit.org/enroll. Click LOGIN. Enter your username and password. Click "MY ASSIGNMENTS" tab. 
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​REMEMBER TO SIGN UP FOR YOUR COMMONLIT STUDENT ACCOUNT
Download directions for assistance and please note the codes for each ELA class.

CLASS CODES:
AC ELA Period 1          5YVVE8

AC ELA Period 2          Z5RRG5

AC ELA Period 5          W5RRPK

AC ELA Period 6          EV44GP

AC ELA Period 7          3ZLL6B


                                                         DIRECTIONS FOR STUDENT ACCOUNT SETUP

commonlit_student_setup.pdf
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​PARENTS AND STUDENTS: Please click on the links below for information from Cobb County School District
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/index.html.
education_unit_graphic_organizer.docx
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digital_learning_week_one__choice_board_.docx
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dover_beach_wk._1.pdf
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dover_beach_wk._10001.pdf
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book_burning_wk._1.pdf
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lewis_hine__article_and_writing_prompt_.docx
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Quick Writes
Tuesday 3/17
  • The work of Lewis Hine demonstrates how one person can make a difference. Explain how you can use your talent and skills to help a current social situation.
Thursday 3/19
  • If you could create a soundtrack for your life, what songs would you include and why? Discuss at least two songs and explain why you picked them.​
Friday 3/20
  • ​Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Imagination is more important than knowledge. Explain your position.
​Monday 3/23
  • ​Pick a celebrity or famous figure you admire and imagine swapping places with this person for the day. What would you do? Write a story about your day.
Wednesday 3/25
  • ​If you could make one thing (an item or a service) in the world free of charge to everyone, what would you choose and why? How would this change the world?
Monday 3/30
  • ​What advice can you offer to government officials for keeping communities safe and people employed during this Coronavirus Pandemic?
REMINDERS:
  • Check grade book for missing assignments.
  • I will periodically check my email (Lauren.Cercone@cobbk12.org).
  • Daily Hours: 10:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.​
Welcome to our classroom!

Advanced 8th Grade English Language Arts focuses on the four academic standards: speaking and listening, reading for all purposes, writing and composition, and research and reasoning. Our classroom resources will facilitate high level learning and appropriately match instructional methods with student need.
Our goal is to:
  • Emphasize problem-based learning and inquiry
  • Incorporate advanced research and technology skills
  • Model and encourage intellectual struggle and high level academic discussion
  • Support social and emotional needs
  • Develop and practice creative thinking and creative problem solving skills with a variety of complex topics
  • Incorporate critical thinking skills to successfully argue a point, justify reasoning, evaluate for a purpose, infer to predict and draw conclusions
This class is designed for the student who enjoys reading, discussion and analysis, thinks critically, has strong writing and grammar skills and is self motivated. The Advanced English Language Arts class moves beyond the curriculum expectations of a standard course by offering increasing instructional depth and complexity. Students are engaged in dynamic and high-level learning. 
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Books to Explore

Before We Were Free (Julia Alvarez)
The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim (E. K. Johnston)
Soldier's Heart (Gary Paulsen)
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (Russell Freedman)
Hero (Mike Lupica)
The Once and Future King (T.E. White)
The Killing Sea (Richard Lewis)
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeline L'Engle)
The Alchemist (Paul Coelho)
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