Week 13:
Week 11:
Week 10:
Week 9:
Week 9:
Week 8:
Week 7:
Week 6:
Week 5:
Week 4:
Week 3:
- 12/2-12/6: Daily Writing Warm Ups
- Vocabulary: Prejudice, Contempt, Curfew, Disdain, Solemn (Quiz Friday)
- Begin Number the Stars: Collaborative Circles, Roles and Topics established Monday; DUE FRIDAY
Week 11:
- 11/12-11/15: Daily Writing Warm Ups
- Vocabulary: Strategy, Strategize, Prior, Procedure (Quiz Friday)
- 11/12: Introduction to Irony Lesson
- Textbook Reading: The Mixer (pg 73)
- 11/13: Review Irony, Point of View
- Finish The Mixer
- Discussion Questions, Page 90
- 11/14: Introduction to Persuasive Speech/Writing
- Discussion Questions, page 93
- Group Speech Introduction
- 11/15: Vocabulary Quiz
- Logos, Ethos, Pathos Lesson
- Group Speech Presentations
- Interactive Notebook policy: Interactive notebooks can be improved as homework
Week 10:
- 11/4-11/8: Daily Writing Warm Ups
- Vocabulary: We will be reviewing all of the words from Equivalent to Precede for our Friday test. You will write a song with your Academic Vocabulary. Vocabulary "Song" DUE Friday (see Google Classroom if working in Partners for Flipgrid link)
- 11/4-11/7: Writer's Workshop (Google Classroom for instructions, due November 7th, 100 pts)
- Interactive Notebook policy: Interactive notebooks can be improved as homework, rubrics due Friday
Week 9:
- 10/28-10/31: Daily Writing Warm Ups
- Vocabulary: omission, option, optional, plausible, precede Vocabulary Test Friday
- 10/29: Begin Narrative (Google Classroom for instructions, due November 7th, 100 pts)
- Interactive Notebook policy: Interactive notebooks can be improved as homework, rubrics due Friday
Week 9:
- 10/21-10/25: Daily Writing Warm Ups
- Vocabulary: latter, omit, method, minimal, objective Vocabulary Test Friday
- 10/21-10/25: In-class reading of Hatchet (chapter questions, on Google Classroom)
- Interactive Notebook policy: Interactive notebooks can be improved as homework, rubrics due Friday
Week 8:
- 10/14-10/18: Daily Writing Warm Ups
- Vocabulary: former, implicit, infer, inference, issue. Vocabulary Test Friday
- 10-14-10/16 In-Class Writing: Name the Mars Rover argumentative paragraph (Collaboration with Science Dept., on Language Arts and Science Google Classrooms)
- 10/17-10/18: In-class reading of Hatchet (chapter 11 questions, on Google Classroom)
- Interactive Notebook policy: Interactive notebooks can be improved as homework, rubrics due Friday
Week 7:
- 10/7-10/11: Daily Writing Warm Ups
- Vocabulary: equivalent, essential, establish, explicit, feasible. Vocabulary Test Friday
- Lessons: The Discussion Leader for Collaborative Groups (Google Classroom)
- 10/7: In-class reading of Hatchet (chapter 4 questions, on Google Classroom)
- Interactive Notebook policy: Interactive notebooks can be improved as homework, rubrics due Friday
Week 6:
- 9/30-10/4: Daily Writing Warm Ups (No vocabulary this week)
- Lessons: Symbolism, Figurative Language (Google Classroom)
- 10/1: In-class reading of Hatchet (in class chapter questions, on Google Classroom)
- Interactive Notebook policy: Interactive notebooks can be improved as homework
Week 5:
- 9/23-9/26: Daily Writing Warm Ups and Writer's Workshop (Expository paragraph due on Google Classroom)
- 9/27: Notebook Check, Academic Vocabulary Quiz, Expository Paragraph Due
Week 4:
- 9/16-9/20: Daily Writing Warm Ups
- Lessons: Plot, Climax, Main Idea, Media, Characterization (Google Classroom)
- 9/19: In-class reading of "Face Your Fear" in Close Reader
- 9/20: First Academic Vocabulary Quiz
Week 3:
- 9/09-9/13: Daily Writing Warm Ups
- Lesson: Close Reading Strategies in Close Reader (modeled), Writing with Evidence, Peer grading
- Daily Writing Warm Ups
- 9/4: Finish vocabulary if not completed in class.
- 9/27: Review course outline with your families. Return signed receipt of understanding.
- 9/27-9/29: Get any additional supplies needed. 1 subject notebook for LA only is a must. Supplies will be checked Tuesday, 9/3.