2.4.1 Connect and Apply, Watch and Learn, Sustained Writing

Connect and Apply, Watch and Learn, Sustained Writing Practice

Lesson 2.4.1

Word Work: Connect and Apply

Learners can:

• identify word parts in new multisyllabic words

• Multisyllabic words have multiple word parts

• Examples:

  • superfandom

  • transculturalism

  • transect

  • equiprobabilism
    

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Multisyllabic Words

Reading: Watch and Learn

Learners can:

• recall details about a video

• connect video content to the unit inquiry question

• explain a video's style choices

Style Review

• ​Style refers to the way that someone does or creates something to establish a distinctive appearance

• Style Components

  • cinematography

  • lighting and color palette

  • sound and music

  • costumes and set design

  • editing

Multiple Choice

What do sounds and music add to video media?

• Sounds and music can create emotions and add to the plot of a video.

• Sounds and music influence the lighting of a video.

• Sounds and music can add visual depth and layers to a video.

• Rewind: use to listen or watch something over again for further understanding

• Stop/Pause: take a break from the video to write down notes about the topic or practice the advice in the video

• Fast Forward: skip to specific parts of a video, but make sure you haven't skipped too far and missed important information

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Watch and Learn Strategies

• We are going to watch a short video called "Why is yawning contagious?"

• While we watch the video, fill out the Watch and Learn Notes on page 70 in your ELA Notebook

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Watch and Learn Example

• Remember, your notes might look different than your classmates'

• We all have different opinions and notices as we watch

Example Notes

Writing: Sustained Writing Practice

Learners can:

•   complete a sustained writing practice

• Throughout your course, you will practice your writing by completing sustained writing practices.

• The goal of the sustained writing practice is to boost your writing stamina.

• You will have two prompts to choose from

• Remember, you cannot submit sustained writing blank!!!

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Sustained Writing Practice

Develop your narrative writing project that has a theme that addresses the inquiry question, How do I affect other people?

Prompt 1

What is your earliest memory of friendship, school, community, or a pet?

Prompt 2

Today, you:

• reviewed words that use affixes and roots;

• watched and analyzed a video; and

• completed a sustained writing activity.

Remember this unit's inquiry question is How do I affect other people? On your own, consider the ways in which narrative writing demonstrates how people can affect others.

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Wrap Up

The rest of class is choice time. You can be working on:
-iReady Reading Practice
-Silent Reading
-Get help with Mrs. Massack
-Overdue Edio Lessons

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Choice Time