ELA Grades

Dear Parents, Guardians, and Students,
Please make sure you are checking PupilPath grades for ELA on a regular basis.  If you do not have access, please contact me, the PTA, an AP...someone who can get you the information so you can get access to PupilPath for information. 

If you need to contact me:
CKeiken@schools.nyc.gov or directly through PupilPath

Due Monday 4/20/2020

Students will submit their 2 body paragraphs for the task outlined in Google Classroom regarding Lyddie signing the petition.  Information on drafting, revising, editing, and seeking peer support is all provided within the Google Classroom.

The 2 body paragraphs will be graded as an assessment using the rubric posted in Google Classroom, which is the same rubric that has been used for every short response completed this year.

Grading thus far...

Hi everyone!  I hope everyone is doing alright with all that is happening.  I just want to let you all know that the grades in PupilPath may not be the way the grading ends up actually being.  We are all still waiting for more guidelines from the city and/or state regarding the process during this time.  I am currently entering grades based on what I receive in order to let everyone know what is in and what is missing.  I want to let you know ahead of time that the numbers you see may change.  But, it is accurate based on what has been completed and what has not been completed.  Please make sure to stay in contact if you have any questions or concerns.  I will do my best to help based on the information I have received thus far.

I can be reached via PupilPath email, DOE email (ckeiken@schools.nyc.gov), and via Google Classroom (ckeiken@armstrong227q.com).

Remote Learning begins Monday 3/23 Good luck to us all!!

Hi everyone!
From the information that has been shared with me thus far, we are all to follow our regular school schedule.  What that ends up meaning is that each class will go "live" during the period that it is taught by the teacher.  For example, on Mondays, I teach 702/237 2nd period.  So, on Monday, during second period, classwork and discussion for ELA will be going on at that time.  The comments will open or become live and we can get our work done and discuss the ideas and questions together. 

I know that with everything going on in the world, there will be some bumps in the road of this remote learning process.  If you need me to know anything specific about your situation, feel free to contact me via google classroom, PupilPath, or Dept of Ed email.

I will do my best to keep you up-to-date on any information that I receive.

Google Classroom login information

Google Classroom Codes:

237: jzbffwd
239: tkpabtl
241: 22bkjl6
250: utjmiq2
You can copy and paste the code to avoid typos.

***For math with Ms Mouzouris : 3htpik3
701/235 ELA with Ms McIndoo: tg6s3wz

Ms Keiken

HW  #23 Due Monday 3/16
WB page 61
1) Complete the vocabulary
2) Create a sentence for every vocabulary word (8 words)
*Can be done in WB or separately

Chapter 14 Vocabulary

HW #21 and HW #22

HW  #21 Due Thursday 3/12
WB page 55
1) Complete the vocabulary
2) Create a sentence for every vocabulary word (8 words)
*Can be done in WB or separately

Reader’s Dictionary, Chapter 12

1. diligent (86) 
2. disdain (89) 
3. indefatigable (86) 
4. defiance (92) 
5. piece rates (86)* the amount a worker is paid per unit of work he/she completes 
6. real wages (91) the amount a worker is paid, calculated as the amount per hour, adjusted for inflation 
7. barren (88) 
8. turnout (92) protest march or asking off the job in protest

HW #22 Due Friday 3/13
WB page 57
1) Complete the vocabulary
2) Create a sentence for every vocabulary word (7words)
*Can be done in WB or separately

1. plucky (95) bold, brave 
2. allotted (98) provided or given 
3. recoiled (95) 
4. subsidize (100) 
5. justify (95) 
6. partial to (103) fond of 
7. tuned to (97) adjusted to; in sync with

More on the Ch 7-11 Test

Chapter 7-11 Test Coming Soon

With interruptions in the schedule this week and next week, testing days are as follows

• Fri 3/6: 237/239/241 will start with the Short Response questions
• Monday 3/9: ALL classes will complete the Multiple-Choice part of the test and use any extra time on the Short Response (as needed)
• Tuesday 3/10 (half-day schedule): 237/241/250 will continue with Short Response (as needed)

• 10 Multiple-Choice Questions
• 2 Short Response Questions: This time students will answer BOTH of the questions.

Review sheet: Students will be handed a paper copy as well this week

Lyddie Ch 7-11 Test: Review topics

• Diana gives Lyddie an opportunity to write to her mom and Charlie.  Why is this so important?

• Amelia/Prudence/Betsy
• What do you know about their character traits?

• What do you know about their interactions with others?

• Some of the girls leave the factory for the summer.
• Why are they allowed to leave and Lyddie is not?

• What would happen if Lyddie left?

• Betsy reads Lyddie Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
• How does Lyddie feel about Betsy doing this?

• What is it about the book that grabs and keeps Lyddie’s attention?

• What are the examples of working conditions that the workers deal with in the factory?

• How do the working conditions affect the workers?

• What was the stagecoach ride like (on Lyddie’s ride to her new life as a factory girl)?

• 6 of the 10 multiple choice are figuring out vocabulary in context.  Many of those words are vocabulary featured in the workbook on vocabulary pages with the notes as well as activities like WB pages 45-46

Optional HW due by Monday 3/9 before the test

OPTIONAL HW
This would be beneficial to students who have missed any HWs this marking period.

Directions: On a separate sheet of paper that will be handed in, provide the definition for each vocabulary word and create a sentences that shows the use of the word.
HW #19: Vocabulary from WB page 42 (Ch 10)
HW #20: Vocabulary from WB page 48 (Ch 11)


Reader’s Dictionary, Chapter 10

1.strenuous 74
2.laden 75
3. inferno 76
4. commenced 77
5.ravenous 78
6. fatigue 78

Reader’s Dictionary, Chapter 11

1.anticipation  79
2. grasp  79
3. blacklisted  81
4. engage  81: hire
5. honorable discharge  81: leaving a place of work with a good record
6. proficient  81

HW #18 Due Monday 3/2 and Ch 7-11 Test

HW #18 Due 3/2

WB page 40:
1. Complete the vocabulary
2. Write a sentence for each of the 6 words provided.
**Use the white space on WB page 40 or attach loose-leaf with the sentences.

Chapter 7-11 Test Coming Soon
Probably Thursday 3/5 and Friday 3/6

• 10 Multiple-Choice Questions
• 2 Short Response Questions: This time students will answer BOTH of the questions.

Review sheet will be posted soon.

HW #17 Due Thursday 2/27 + NY State Test Resources

WB page 36:
1. Complete the vocabulary
2. Write a sentence for each of the 6 words provided.
**Use the white space on WB page 36 or attach loose-leaf with the sentences.













Below is a link to resources for both ELA and Math State Test.  

https://www.engageny.org/resource/released-2019-3-8-ela-and-mathematics-state-test-questions

HW #16 Due Tuesday 2/25

WB page 32:
1. Complete the vocabulary
2. Write a sentence for each of the 6 words provided.
**Use the white space on WB page 32 or attach loose-leaf with the sentences.

Lyddie Test Ch 1-6 Review

After we finish Ch 6, there will be a test on Ch 1-6.  It will have 10 multiple-choice questions and one or two short response questions.  Short response questions must have all parts of ACE/CEA/RACE/RACER.

Review for Assessment

Part I: Vocabulary: focus on the meaning of the underlined word within the context of the text provided.

1. “He should know she was not going to be beholden to the neighbors for anything so trivial as her own comfort” (7). 

Synonyms or definition:

2. “‘She didn’t say nothing about the calf,’ Lyddie said suddenly in the midst of their sorrowful packing up” (10).

Synonyms or definition:

3. “He turned in the immense doorway-...” (17)

Synonyms or definition:

4. “She spoke rarely, but she listened intently...” (24)

Synonyms or definition:

5. “The mistress was too mean to invest in a tinderbox, but she was mortified to be thought a careless housewife who let her kitchen fire die, so she put Lyddie in charge of it” (27). 

“She couldn’t stand the thought of Charlie being mortified by her in front of these people who thought so highly of him” (37).

Synonyms or definition:

6. “--’a little reading is an exceedingly dangerous thing’” (41)

Synonyms or definition:

Part II: Reading Comprehension with interaction between setting, character, and plot

1. In the first chapter, Lyddie’s actions toward the trespassing bear reveals what character trait(s)?

2. After reading the letter from their mother (page 9), what or who was Lyddie most concerned about? 

3. How might you describe the relationship between the Stevens family and Worthen family? 
1.  How does Mama feel about the Stevens family?  ___________________________
2. How does Charlie and Lyddie Worthen feel?  ___________________________
3. How are the Stevens’s toward the Worthens?  ___________________________

4. How did Lyddie feel after her visit to the mill to look for Charlie? (pages 36-37)

5. Lyddie gave money to Ezekial and then was “leaden with sadness” (43).  Why did giving the money to him cause a sadness?

6. How does Mistress Cutler feel about about Lyddie? (pages 20-24)

7. When Lyddie is fired, she feels “lighthearted” (44).  Why does she feel that way?

8. What is Triphena’s frog story about? 
1.  What does it show about how Triphena sees Lyddie (chapter 4)?

2. How should Lyddie feel about the story? (is it something to discourage her? Make her proud?...)

1. Ezekial suggests that Lyddie is also a slave (chapter 6).  In what ways does he show this is true?

HW #15 Due Mon 2/10

On the same handout as HW #14, complete questions #2 and #3.  Follow the directions on the handout.

2. Lyddie gets a visitor:  How does she feel after he leaves and why does she feel that way?  Use two details from the text to support your answer. Remember: Answer/Cite Evidence/Explain

3. Two men come into the inn.  What do Lyddie and Triphena overhear them talking about?  

HW #14 Due Thursday 2/6

Paragraph Response to Questions #1 on handout:

1. When Lyddie arrives at the tavern, she stands outside for a minute, thinking, “Once I walk in that gate, I ain’t free anymore...No matter how handsome the house, once I enter I’m a servant girl” (18).

To what extent is Lyddie’s prediction correct?  Use two details from the text to support your answer.  Remember: Answer/Cite Evidence/Explain

HW 13 Due Tues 2/4/2020

Answer text-based questions on WB pages 16 and 17 (#1-3).  None of the answers are required to be in paragraph format.  For #2, list the evidence from the text in quotations marks with the page #.

Essay due 1/23-1/28 AND return novel copies

Late work will lose 5 points for each day late.  Any work given after 1/28 is considered late.  If students need to finish typing or print the work, they can come in during a lunch period.  It will not be something they can print during class next week.

Hand in:
Top: Final essay to grade
Middle: Draft work (most students have yellow paper as draft)
Bottom: Outline work (as is--no additions or adjustments needed)
Make sure to return the copies of A Long Walk to Water (please and thank you!).

ADDITIONAL edits not listed on the edit checklist: 

1) remove all language that refers to you or your reader (me/my/I/you)  

2) remove all language that refers to parts of the essay (essay/claim/evidence)

3)essay format has indents to separate paragraphs--not extra spaces between paragraphs

If typed the essay is double-spaced and the margin in on the left (do not center your essay)

Rubric	4
Introduction W.2 R.1-R.9	Introduction is thorough: Contains strong, clear claim Contains a brief description of the novel Identifies title and author
Body Paragraph #1 W.9 R.1-R.9	Paragraph is thorough:  Contains strong statement that supports the claim (A) Contains clear context for evidence Cites strong, relevant evidence (C) Explanation/Analysis of evidence is clear and thorough (E)
Body Paragraph #2 W.9 R.1-R.9	Paragraph is thorough:  Contains strong statement that supports the claim (A) Contains clear context for evidence Cites strong, relevant evidence (C) Explanation/Analysis of evidence is clear and thorough (E)
Body Paragraph #3 W.9 R.1-R.9	Paragraph is thorough:  Contains strong statement that supports the claim (A) Contains clear context for evidence Cites strong, relevant evidence (C) Explanation/Analysis of evidence is clear and thorough (E)
Conclusion W.2	Restates claim Contains relevant connection to the world Notable sense of voice
Organization & Conventions W.2 L.1  L.2 L.3  L.6	Essay has a formal style using strong vocabulary and a notable sense of voice Effectively uses transition words Demonstrates strong command of conventions with few errors

Essay 1st Draft 1/15

Essay 1st Draft: should be nearly complete or complete for class Weds 1/15 for REVISING on Weds.  It must be 5 paragraphs.  On the outline, each page is one paragraph.

Test: Ch 10-18 1/16

Next week Thursday, 1/16, there will be a multiple-choice test for Ch 10-18.  It has 15 questions.  Like all the others, they use their book as it measures comprehension.

Test Monday 1/6: Short Response

Students will write a short response that compares Salva to the boys in the article "Time Trip".  In class today (Thursday 1/2) students were tasked to mark evidence in the article and the novel that shows some of the comparisons.  If students did not complete this or want to review the ideas more, they should have the article with them (or come back and ask me for it) to better prepare for the test on Monday.  They will only have 1 period to complete the short response which is why I am having them prepare evidence in advance.