Monday, May 22
1. Conclude the story of Jean Valjean
2. Introduce in-class composition: Theme in Les Miserables To love another person Is to see the face of God. Finale Les Miserables Fantine, Eponine, and Valjean speak these lines as Valjean dies. Think about the significance of these lines and the transformative power of compassion, especially in the life of Jean Valjean. Think about how Javert’s experience differed from that of Valjean and others. Then write a short composition about theme in Les Miserables.
Revise your draft for clarity, depth, sentence structure variety and word choice. Your final composition is due by the end of class Wednesday, May 24. Tuesday, May 23 Work on composition while watching Les Miserables in Concert, 10th Anniversary Performance Wednesday, May 24 Continue watching Les Miserables in Concert Composition due by end of class Thursday, May 25 Conclude Les Miserables in Concert Have a great summer! Monday, 5/15
No School Today *****Reading Log due Wednesday Tuesday, 5/16 Continue the story of Jean Valjean
*****Reading Log due tomorrow Wednesday, 5/17 1. Turn in Reading Log 2. Continue the story of Jean Valjean
Thursday, 5/18 Continue the story of Jean Valjean
Friday, 5/19 Continue the story of Jean Valjean
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STAAR Math 7 Students who are in English class that day will work on the open letter assignment
*******Random Acts of Kindness log due Wednesday, May 10 *******Open Letter due Thursday, May 11 Tuesday, 5/9 STAAR Reading *******Random Acts of Kindness log due tomorrow Wednesday, 5/10 1. Reflection: Random Acts of Kindness 2. Complete Blog Assessment (Google Form) ********Open Letter due tomorrow Thursday, 5/11 1. Turn in open letter 2. Read / discuss “The Bishop’s Candlesticks” Friday, 5/12 Continue the story of Jean Valjean with excerpts from Les Miserables, annotating for literary elements and writer’s craft
READING LOG DUE WEDNESDAY 5/17 ************************************************************************* Monday, 5/1
*****Final Blog Post due Friday, 5/5**** (Your blog is yours to use for the next five years.) *****WNB due Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday***** Reading Practice
****Your RAOK log for last week will be checked tomorrow***** Tuesday, 5/2 1. WNB Reflection: Random Acts of Kindness Week 2 2. Mentor text study: open letters
3. Open Letter Prewriting:
1. Reading Practice
2. Class time to work on blog post, open letter, or WNB. *****WNB due by Friday but may be turned in today or tomorrow Thursday, 5/4 Class time to work on open letter
*****WNB due tomorrow Friday, 5/5 1. WNB due 2. iStation 3. Class time to revise open letter--due Thursday, May 11 Have you been keeping up with your Random Acts of Kindness log? Your final reflection will be completed and turned in on Wednesday, May 10, along with your completed log. ************************************************************************ Monday, 4/ 24
***No blog post or vocab this week**** 1. WNB: Reflection on Week 1 of Random Acts of Kindness 2. Read excerpts from Helen Keller’s essays (in Classroom)
Tuesday, 4/25 1. Book Fair half the period 2. Begin watching The Miracle Worker Wednesday, 4/26 *****7th grade play 9:30***** 1. Continue watching The Miracle Worker video
Thursday, 4/27 1. Conclude video The Miracle Worker
Friday,4/28 ******Choir, orchestra, band at field trip to Six Flags***** ************************************************************************* Monday, 4/17
****Free topic blog post due Friday, April 21**** 1.Voc Review Lesson 15
Tuesday, 4/18 1. Check Voc. 15
Wednesday,4/19--EARLY RELEASE DAY 1.Vocab TEST-- Lessons 11, 12, 13, and 14 2. Read or work on blog post Thursday, April 20 1.Continue reading Act I of The Miracle Worker
*******Blog post due tomorrow***** Friday, April 21 1. Blog post due right now. 2. WNB: Random Acts of Kindness
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No blog post this week 1. Vocabulary Lesson 14
3. Read “The Smallest Dragonboy”
Tuesday, 4/11 1. “The Smallest Dragonboy”
Wednesday, 4/12 1. Check Voc Packet Lesson 14
Thursday, 4/13 1. Voc. 14 Quiz 2. Work on Voc. 15 review--due Tuesday, April 18, Voc. TEST on Wednesday, April 19 Friday, 4/14 HOLIDAY ******************************************************************************************************* Monday, 4/3
***Blog post due Friday*** 1. Voc Lesson 13
Tuesday, 4/4 1. Watch Brain Pop “Point of View” 2. Learning Check: “The Forest Again” and “Bite of the Raptor” 3. WNB: Write an entry using third person limited, omniscient, or objective *****Voc. 13 packet due tomorrow Wednesday, 4/5 1. Check Voc. 13 ****Quiz tomorrow (Lessons 11,12,13) 2. WNB: Write an entry in which you use setting to help create mood. Thursday, 4/6 1. Voc. Quiz 13 (includes words from Voc. 11 and 12) 2. Work on free topic blog post-- due tomorrow:
Friday, 4/7 1. Blog post due right now 2. Read and discuss “Cat on the Go” by James Herriot
Monday, 3/27
*****No blog post this week***** *****No vocab this week***** 1. STAAR WRITING test taking tips 2. Never Give Up essays
Tuesday, 3/28 7th GRADE STAAR WRITING Afternoon classes will watch a Broadway performance of Phantom of the Opera Wednesday, 3/29 8th GRADE STAAR MATH Afternoon classes will watch a Broadway performance of Phantom of the Opera Thursday 3/30 Weekly Reader: Grendel excerpt by John Gardner Friday 3/31 1. Period 2-- Author’s Visit 2. Class time to:
Monday, 3/20
*******No vocab this week****** *******No blog post this week******* 1. Mini-lesson: Writing dialog 2. WNB: Write an entry about your morning. Include an exchange of dialog. Tuesday, 3/21 1. Review its/it’s and who’s/whose 2. Review capitalization 3. Revising and editing practice: “Moving Day” Wednesday, 3/22 1. Mini-lesson: Using pronouns
Thursday, 3/23 1. Usage practice: subject or object pronoun? 2. Revising and Editing Practice: “What’s for Dinner?” Friday, 3/24 1. WNB: Elaboration with specific details (“What did that look like?”) 2. Class time to correct/discuss Revising and Editing Benchmark (from January) Monday, 3/ 6 *****No blog post this week***** 1. Vocabulary Lesson 12
2. Return and discuss "Never Give Up" expository essays. Read your essay and evaluate your work:
******Reading Log due tomorrow****
Tuesday, 3/7 1. Turn in reading log 2. Review participle phrases
*****Voc. 12 due tomorrow***** Wednesday, 3/8 1. Check Voc. 12
Thursday, 3/9 1. Voc. Quiz 12 2. WNB: Practice with specific elaboration (What did that look like?) 3. Class time to work Friday, 3/10 1. Watch “The Eye of the Beholder” Season 2 Ep. 6
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*****Free topic, multi-paragraph blog post due Friday***** 1. Vocabulary Lesson 11
Tuesday, 2/ 28--Early Release 1.Continue The Ernest Green Story *******Voc packet lesson 11 due tomorrow***** Wednesday, 3/1 1. Check Voc. 11
Thursday, 3/2 1. Voc. 11 Quiz 2. Class time to:
Friday, 3/3 1. Blog post due now 2. Mini-lesson: Usage
*******Reading Log due Tuesday, March 7****** ************************************************************************* Monday, 2/ 20--No School Today
******No blog post this week***** ******No vocab this week***** Tuesday, 2/ 21 District essay benchmark: Students will be given a prompt and will have two days to work through the writing process. All steps are part of the final grade, so students must show their work!
Wednesday, 2/ 22 Continue yesterday’s essay benchmark, due by end of period today Thursday, 2/ 23 Begin movie: The Ernest Green Story
Friday, 2/24 Continue movie: The Ernest Green Story *****Vocabulary Packet Lesson 11 due next Wed***** ************************************************************************ Monday, 2/13
*****No vocabulary this week**** *****Blog comments instead of blog post (more info to come)***** 1. Expository Group Essay: begin outline
Tuesday, 2/14--No HW 1. Continue group work on expository outline/essay
Wednesday, 2/15 1. Continue group work on expository outline/essay
Thursday, 2/16 1. Continue group work on expository essay
HW: Blog comments due tomorrow! Friday, Feb. 17 1. Blog comments are due now. 2. Self-assess/score group essay using rubric 3. Review strategies for next week’s writing benchmark. ************************************************************************* Monday, 2/6
***Blog Post Due Friday: Expository--4 paragraphs**** 1. Voc Review Lesson 10
3. Scope Magazine: “Should Kids Do Extreme Sports?”
Tuesday, 2/7 1. Voice through punctuation: dash 2. WNB: Explain whether it is important to laugh
Wednesday, 2/8 1. Voice through punctuation: ellipsis 2. Check Voc. 10 ****TEST (Lessons 6,7,8,9) tomorrow Thursday, 2/9 1. Voc TEST over lessons 6, 7, 8, and 9 2. Class time to:
Friday, 2/10 1. Group assignment: expository essay
Monday, 1/30
******Multi-paragraph blog post due Friday***** 1. Vocabulary Lesson 9
3. WNB: Expository Guided Writing
Tuesday, 1/ 31 1. WNB: Build-a-Prompt 2. Read and discuss excerpts from King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail
Wednesday, 2/1 1. Check Voc. Packet 9 ****Voc Quiz 9 tomorrow 2. Read and discuss King’s “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?” 3. WNB: Explain your plans for the future Thursday, 2/2 1. Voc. 9 Quiz (includes words from Voc. 8, 7, 6) ****Voc Review Packet lesson 10 due next Wednesday**** 2. Class time to:
******Blog post due tomorrow***** Friday, 2/3 1. Blog post due right now. 2. Read and discuss “Let Me Be a Free Man” 3. Quadrant Exercise: Think about people and events that have made a difference or change in the world in the areas of:
Monday, 1/23
*****Blog post due Friday--multi-paragraph-minimum 200 words**** 1. Vocabulary Lesson 8
Tuesday, 1/ 24 1. Handout/Discuss: Timeline of Desegregation in Austin 2. Read Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"
3. Imagery Activity: Illustrate an example of imagery from King's speech. Due: Monday, 1/30
****Voc Packet 8 due tomorrow Wednesday, 1/25 1. Check Voc. 8 *****Quiz tomorrow 2. Read and discuss another Dr. King speech: "What Is Your Life's Blueprint?" and the accompanying article: "How to Change the World" 3. WNB: Making a Difference--What Can You Do? Thursday, 1/ 26 1. Voc. Quiz 8 (includes words from Voc. 7 and 6) 2. Class time to
*****Blog post due tomorrow***** Friday, 1/27 1. Blog post due now 2. Introduce “Expository Build-a-Prompt” expository writing expectations
Monday, 1/16
HOLIDAY No blog post this week. No vocabulary due this week. Tuesday, 1/ 17 1. Comma Rule #3: “Unnecessary Stuff” 2. Conclude Phantom of the Opera unit
Wednesday, 1/18 iStation Thursday, 1/ 19 1. Comma Rule #3 Practice *****Learning Check tomorrow 2. Movie: Phantom of the Opera Friday, 1/20 1. LC: Comma Rule #3 2. Movie: Phantom of the Opera Monday, 1/9
*****BLOG POST DUE FRIDAY***** 1. Learning check on literary terms 2. Continue Phantom of the Opera--Complete Act I
Tuesday, 1/10 1. Comma Rule #3: Extra Information -- Appositives 2. Phantom of the Opera
Guiding Questions for Literary Elements packet: Christine What is her background? What is her role in the beginning? How does her role change? How has she learned to sing? How does she feel about her teacher? Do those feelings change? How? Raoul What is his role at the opera house? How does he know Christine? How does he feel about her by the end of Act I? The Phantom Who is he to christine? who is he to the rest of the world? Why does he live in darkness and secrecy? Why does he abduct Christine? Why does he send her away? How does he feel about Christine by the end of Act I? What does he do with these feelings? What conflicts have begun? Identify and describe. Wednesday, 1/11 1. WNB: Unmasked There comes a moment in the Phantom’s lair when Christine reaches up and unmasks the Phantom, seeing his disfigured face for the first time. Show this scene, crafting your writing to create the mood you want to achieve. Will you focus on the Phantom’s rage or on his humiliation? Will you show Christine as horrified and repulsed, or will you show her as fearful and fainthearted? Use the devices we’ve noticed in the work of other authors: paragraphing for effect, sentence variety, repetition, inner thoughts, vivid imagery, etc. 2. Phantom of the Opera, Act II
Thursday, 1/12 1. Continue Phantom of the Opera
*****Blog Post due tomorrow Friday, 1/13--Early Release *****Blog Post due now***** 1. Practice with Comma Rule #3--Appositives and extra information 2. LC: Comma rule #3 3. Complete Phantom of the Opera Literary Elements packet
Monday, 1/2
*****NO BLOG POST DUE FRIDAY***** *****No vocabulary this week***** No school today :-) Tuesday, 1/3 1. Create digital portfolio
Wednesday, 1/4 1. Complete Revising and Editing Benchmark Thursday, 1/5 1. WNB: Explain the different ways in which people wear masks. 2. Go to Quizlet and review literary elements (Learning check on Monday) 3. Introduce Phantom of the Opera
Friday, 1/6 1. WNB: Explain how appearance can affect perception. 2. Continue Phantom of the Opera
Monday, 12/12
*****NO POST DUE FRIDAY***** *****No vocabulary this week***** 1. Read and annotate A Christmas Carol *****Reading log due tomorrow Tuesday, 12/ 13 1. Turn in reading log 2. Finish reading and annotating A Christmas Carol
Wednesday, 12/14 1. Open book quiz over A Christmas Carol
Thursday, 12/15 1. Movie: George C. Scott in A Christmas Carol
Conclude movie Monday, 12/5
*****BLOG POST DUE FRIDAY***** *****No vocabulary this week***** 1. Literary response: What does Scrooge learn about himself during Jacob Marley's visit? (Guided practice) 2. Read and annotate A Christmas Carol (Begin Stave Two) Tuesday, 12/ 6 Read and annotate A Christmas Carol (Conclude Stave Two) Wednesday, 12/7 1. District Assessment: Literary Response
Thursday, 12/8 1. WNB: Holiday Scene 2. Read and annotate A Christmas Carol (Continue Stave Three) ****WNB due tomorrow***** *****Blog Post due tomorrow***** Friday, 12/9 1. Blog Post due now 2. Turn in Writer’s Notebooks 3. Read and annotate A Christmas Carol (Conclude Stave Three) ******Reading Log due Tuesday! We’ll be finishing A Christmas Carol that day, so you may count those pages. Please bring A Christmas Carol today.
Monday 11/ 28 Blog Post due Friday 1. Voc Lesson 7
3. Introduce A Christmas Carol
Tuesday 11/ 29 1. Subordinating Conjunctions
***** Voc. 7 due tomorrow Wednesday 11/30 1. Check Voc. 7 *******Quiz tomorrow 2. Continue reading and annotating A Christmas Carol Thursday 12/ 1 1. Voc. Quiz 7 2. Guided Practice: Literary Response
******Free topic blog post due tomorrow! Friday 12/ 2 1. Blog Post due now 2. LC: Comma Rule #2 3. Continue reading and annotating A Christmas Carol Monday 11/21
1. Class time to:
Tues 11/22 1. Background Charles Dickens and Victorian Era 2. Final poem and author's note due today. You must have the following stapled together with the final draft and author's note on top:
*****Remember to bring A Christmas Carol on Monday**** ********************************************************************************* Monday 11/ 14
No blog post this week--students will be writing a poem. 1. Vocab Lesson 6
Tuesday 11/15 1. Review characteristics of effective poetry
2. WNB: Go through your WNB to search and highlight vivid images and entries you have written that will help to inspire your original poem. 3.Class time to brainstorm and draft original poem ***Voc packet 6 due tomorrow Wednesday 11/16 1. Check Voc Lesson 6 ****Quiz tomorrow 2. Poem Conferencing
Thursday 11/17 1. Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 6 2. Continue poem conferencing
Friday 11/18 1. Last day for poem conferencing. You may begin thinking about an author's note. ***** Make sure you keep all drafts and revisions as everything will be turned in with your final draft which is due on Tuesday. Monday 11/21 1. Background Charles Dickens and Victorian Era 2. Class time to:
Tues 11/22 1. Share final poem and author's note *****Remember to bring A Christmas Carol on Monday**** *********************************************************************************** Monday 11/ 7
1. WNB: Write about the presidential election. Make sure to include at least one sentence with an
2. Class time to share in groups 3. Work on Vocabulary Review 5 (due tomorrow) and/or review for test on Quizlet. Tuesday 11/8 1. Check Voc. Review *****TEST lessons 1-4 TOMORROW 2. Continue poetry study: Narrative Poems
Wednesday 11/9 --NO HOMEWORK NIGHT 1. VOC TEST over Lessons 1-4 2. Work on blog post Thursday 11/10 1. Continue poetry study: Narrative Poems
*******Blog Post due tomorrow Friday 11/11 Veterans Day Assembly 1. Blog post due now 2. Continue poetry study: Narrative Poems
Monday, 10/31--No HW
*****Blog Post due Friday***** 1. Vocabulary Lesson 4
3. Participles Practice 1 4. Introduce poetry study
Tuesday, 11/1 1. Participle Phrase Practice 1 2. WNB: Continue Poetry Study
Wednesday, 11/ 2 1. Check Voc. 4 *****Quiz tomorrow 2. Continue poetry study
Thursday, 11/ 3 1. Voc. 4 Quiz 2. Work time:
******* Blog post due tomorrow! Friday, 11/4 1. Blog post due now 2. Continue Poetry Study:
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TUESDAY 10/25 1. DG: Review prepostions and prespostional phrases with Schoolhouse Rock: https://youtu.be/l3dZJdD71XM?list=PLb1fVIYTv41rQY4l5tzdkFMXPx3aaCPSP 2. Preposition Treasure hunt activity 3. Practice: Placing commas after prepositional phrases *****Vocabulary packet 3 due tomorrow WEDNESDAY 10/26 1. WNB: Halloween 2. Check Vocabulary Packet Lesson 3 ****** Vocabulary Quiz 3 tomorrow 3. Continue Comma Rule #2: Introductory Stuff
THURSDAY 10/27 1. Vocabulary Quiz 3 2. Participle Phrases practice *****Blog Post due tomorrow FRIDAY 10/28--Pep Rally schedule today 1. Continue Comma Rule #2: Infinitive Phrases 2. Blog post due now 3. Read/Library :MONDAY 10/17
********Blog Post (My Hero's Journey)due Friday********* 1. Socratic Seminar: Graded discussion over Beowulf
TUESDAY 10/18 1. Daily Grammar:
3. Work on:
WEDNESDAY 10/19 1. Daily Grammar: Comma Rule #1 practice 2. Check Vocabulary Packet Lesson 2 ****** Vocabulary Quiz 2 tomorrow 3. Work on Hero's Journey blog post due Friday THURSDAY 10/20 1. Vocabulary Quiz 2 2. Work on Hero's Journey blog post---due tomorrow
FRIDAY 10/21 1. WNB: Can Weaknesses Become Strengths? 2. Blog post due now: Hero's Journey/share 3. Read/Library MONDAY 10/10
No School Today *********No Blog Post due this week********* *****Remember Vocabulary Packet Lesson 1 is due tomorrow***** TUESDAY 10/11 1. WNB: Can Weaknesses Become Strengths? 2. Check Vocabulary Lesson 1
4. Read and annotate Beowulf WEDNESDAY 10/12 1. Class time to:
THURSDAY 10/13 1. Beowulf Quiz--Open book
******Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow****** FRIDAY 10/14 1. Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 1 ******Remember to have your annotations ready for the discussion on Monday. You will need your book to turn in after the discussion.****** CELEBRATION WEST RIDGE MONDAY 10/3
1. Analogy Review
(fill-in-the-blank rules, solving the analogies, identifying type) 2. Read and annotate Beowulf *****Free topic blog post due Friday at the BEGINNING of class TUESDAY 10/4 1. Analogy Quiz 2. Read and annotate Beowulf WEDNESDAY 10/5 1. WNB: Imagery "The Woods" 2. Vocabulary Packet Lesson 1--due Next Tuesday 3. Work on blog post or Beowulf THURSDAY 10/6 1. Class time to read, write, or blog
*****Reading Log due tomorrow FRIDAY 10/7 1. WNB: Revision of "The Woods" 2. Blog post due at the BEGINNING of class. 3. Collect Reading Logs 4. Class time to read and annotate Beowulf: A New Telling Be sure you have Beowulf: A New Telling purchased and brought to class by Thursday, Sept. 29
MONDAY 9/26 1. WNB: Excerpt from Hunger Games (details, imagery) 2. iStation set up:
TUESDAY 9/27 District-required iStation screener WEDNESDAY 9/28 1. WNB: Excerpt from If I Stay (details, imagery) 2. Begin analogies ******WNB due Friday *****Remember to bring Beowulf: A New Telling to class tomorrow THURSDAY 9/29 1. Analogies
*****Blog Post due tomorrow *****Writer's Notebook due tomorrow FRIDAY 9/30 1. Blog post due at the BEGINNING of class. 2. Turn in WNB 3. Group practice solving analogies 4. Class time to read and annotate Beowulf: A New Telling Be sure you have Beowulf: A New Telling purchased and ready to read by Thursday, Sept. 29
MONDAY 9/19 1. Activate Plug Ins:
TUESDAY 9/20 1. Lesson on posting videos
WEDNESDAY 9/21 1. Lesson on using text widgets
THURSDAY 9/22 1. Lesson on using hyperlinks 2. Add a hyperlink:
FRIDAY 9/23 1. Learning Check: Using Images 2. Is your blog ready for a major grade? Use the checklist to review and work on it today. It is due at the end of the period. 3. Read or Library MONDAY 9/12
****Must have blogging permission slip to start blogging today*** 1. Begin setting up your blog (follow handout)
TUESDAY 9/13 --EARLY RELEASE / NO HOMEWORK 1. Complete blog checklist to make sure you have the set up: title, tagline, time zone, nickname, and theme correctly 2. Configure WIDGETS
3. Write and publish an About Me page. (Look at samples from last year's blog) WEDNESDAY 9/14 1. Create and upload a blog avatar (pickaface.net) and save to your home folder. This avatar MUST resemble who you are. 2. Explain how to add a post. Begin working on your first post. THURSDAY 9/15 1. Select and upload a user (comment) avatar. This can be the same as your blog avatar or you may select a different one. 2. Continue working on your first post. ***Learning Check tomorrow on blogging terms covered so far. FRIDAY 9/16 1. Blog Learning Check #1: Blog concepts covered so far 2. Explain how to add a link and create 3 links:
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*******No School******* TUESDAY 9/6 1. Comprehensive Learning Check over myth assigned last week (Perseus, Theseus, Jason)--NOT OPEN BOOK 2. Small group discussions:
WEDNESDAY 9/7 1. Daily Grammar:Capitalization Lessons 311-315 2. Class discussion:
THURSDAY 9/8 1. WNB 2. Review capitalization Lessons 311-315
*****Remember you must have your blogging permission slip by tomorrow***** FRIDAY 9/9 1. Capitalization Quiz 2. Introduce Blogging
MONDAY 8/29
1. WNB 2. DG: Capitalization Lessons 306-310: days of the week, months of the year, seasons,regions, religions, proper adjectives
4. Pass out blogging permission slip TUESDAY 8/30 1. WNB 2. Review paragraphing expectations for letter
WEDNESDAY 8/31 1. Turn in letter 2. Read and discuss "Prometheus" (PDF story in Google Classroom) THURSDAY 9/1 1. Review capitalization lessons 306-310
3. Assign and read hero myth story ("Jason", "Perseus", or "Theseus" - See google Classroom for copy of myth). Your group will be sharing your assigned story with the class next week. FRIDAY 9/2 1. Capitalization Quiz lessons 306-310 2. Continue reading hero myth
WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL! MONDAY 8/22 1. Class Overview 2. Read aloud preface to Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand 3. “Pass the Book” activity 4. Set reading goal for first nine weeks ***We will be setting up your Writer's Notebook tomorrow, so remember to bring your composition book. ***Remember to bring an ELA binder and dividers. ***Discuss your reading goal with your parents and remember to bring it back signed tomorrow. TUESDAY 8/23 1. Daily Grammar: Capitalization Warm Up Lessons 302-305 2. Collect reading goal 3. Set up Writer's Notebook and write first entry 4. Set up English binders WEDNESDAY 8/24 1. WNB: The Writer's I 2. Mentor Text Study "Southpaw" 3. Read teacher letter to students 4. Begin writing your letter to teacher *****Letter due Wed 8/31 THURSDAY 8/25 1. Review capitalization rules ****Learning check tomorrow 2. WNB: Quick writes from The Writer's I 3. Class time to work on letter to teacher 4. Review capitalization of proper nouns and adjectives. Where in your letter do the rules apply? FRIDAY 8/26 1. Capitalization Learning Check 2. Independent Silent Reading (ISR) 3. Introduction to mythology: who were the Olympians? ***Letter to teacher due Wed 8/31 |
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