Unit 1
This is the most important part of a story.
What is the climax?
This is the birthplace of Trevor Noah.
What is South Africa?
This is the #1 thing that students ask teachers for.
What is gum (or a pencil)?
This is the age of Mr. Ward.
What is 21?
This is one of Ms. Garrison's favorite activities.
What is knitting?
This is one summarizing strategy we learned.
What is SWBST or 5 Finger Retell?
This is the name of our current unit.
What is resilience/resiliency?
This is the Do Now most often.
What is grab your folder and find your seat (and take out a DEAR book/journal)?
This is the university Mr. Ward attends.
What is the University of Vermont/UVM?
The team Ms. Garrison always cheers for.
Who are the New York Jets?
This activity had students in our class walking around the room and writing on posters.
What is a chalk talk/gallery walk?
This was a practice discussion before our final one.
What is a Socratic Seminar?
Students must do these 2 things before going to the bathroom or the nurse.
What is have a signed gold pass and sign out by the door?
Mr. Ward's favorite website for making worksheets.
What is Canva?
This is Mr. Ward's favorite NFL team.
Who are the Buffalo Bills?
These are 2 personal narratives we read.
What is "Everything I Need to Know I Learned in a Thai Restaurant," "Pants on Fire," "Cracks in the Pavement," "Me Talk Pretty One Day," and "Fish Cheeks?"
These are the ethnic backgrounds of Trevor Noah's parents.
What is Xhosa and Swiss/German?
This classroom item is misused most often.
What are sticky notes, staples, paper clips, pencils, and scissors? (The list goes on...)
This is the month and year Mr. Ward graduates from his university.
When is May 2026?
This is the best Team at CMS.
What is Team Acadia?
These are 3 elements of personal narratives.
What is first-person perspective, emotional reflection, lesson learned, real event, sensory detail, and use of dialogue?
This is how long Nelson Mandela was in prison.
What are 27 years?
This is one object in the classroom you should not touch (there is even a sign on it).
What is the AIR CONDITIONER???
This was Mr. Ward's favorite subject in middle school.
What is Language Arts?
This is where Mr. Ward grew up.
What is North Hero, Vermont?