Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Monday, November 10, 2014
The week of Nov. 10
Week of Nov. 10
Monday- ROL, Caught Ya, Sentence Jeopardy
Tuesday- Good Things, Sentence Test, and fill in book review handout- due Thursday
Wednesday- SRI, finish revisions to myth
Thursday- Good Things, Book Blog- publish and comment on three others, SSR
Friday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, Coffee hero, Dan Dewey- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrDTBogf9So, Hero in the Hallway video http://www.herointhehallway.com, dictionary definition of a hero- create a poster with a partner that shows your definition of a hero- words, pictures, etc.
Homework:
Monday- study sentences
Tuesday-Wednesday- do book blog rough draft
Read 20 minutes every night
Thursday, October 30, 2014
The week of Nov. 3
Week of Nov. 3
Monday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, hand back myths and revise
Tuesday- Good News, SSR, finish revisions, review notecards
Wednesday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, library visit, review complex sentences, essay writing pre-test
Thursday- Good News, SSR- find types of sentences in their silent reading book, Study notecards
Friday- SRI Test - Sentence test pushed back to next Tuesday
HOMEWORK:
Tuesday: Finish revisions
Thursday: Study and review flashcards for sentence test
EVERY DAY: Read for 20 minutes outside of English class
The week of Oct. 27
Week of Oct. 27
Monday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, subject and verbs, compound sentences
Tuesday- Good News, SSR, compund sentences
Wednesday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, go over compound sentences, notecards
Thursday- No School
Friday- No School
HOMEWORK:
EVERY DAY: Read 20 minutes outside of English classWEDNESDAY: Finish notecards
Friday, October 17, 2014
The Week of Oct. 20
Week of Oct. 20
Monday- make revisions, type myth final draft
Tuesday- type myth final draft
Wednesday- Hand in myth final draft and all prewriting, Library, ROL, and museum (read each other's myths)
Thursday- Good News, SSR, complete sentences PowerPoint
Friday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, complete sentences activities
HOMEWORK:
TUESDAY: Finish final draft (typed)- you’ll need to hand in the final draft, rough draft (with revisions), all pre-writing activities on myths- due Wednesday
EVERY DAY: Read 20 minutes outside of English class
Monday, October 13, 2014
The Week of Oct. 13
Week of Oct. 13
Monday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, hand back Roots/prefix Quiz, write a paragraph describing a main character in your myth.
Tuesday-Good News, SSR, students then will choose their best introduction and start writing the rough draft of their myth.
Wednesday- Library, ROL, Caught ‘Ya, and we will explain “exploding a moment” and keep working on their rough draft.
Thursday- Good News, SSR, work on a revision activity called “Scared Nutty,” and finishing touches to rough draft- make sure you have three sections of dialogue in your myth.
Friday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, peer editing their myth, and work on revisions
HOMEWORK:
Read nightly- 20 minutes
Monday- character paragraph
Tuesday- work on rough draft, must be done and with you in class on Friday! *Be sure to include your exciting intro., setting paragraph, dialogue, character description(s), and So What paragraph.
Sunday, October 5, 2014
The Week of Oct. 6
Monday -- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, review word parts, and work on Theseus and the Minotaur summary boxes
Tuesday -- Good News, SSR, review word parts, read myth examples, discuss ideas for myths, hand out “Write Your Own Myth” intro sheet and start thinking of ideas
Wednesday -- ROL, Caught ‘Ya Quiz, Library Visit, share ideas about your own myth, write setting paragraph
Thursday- Good News, review word parts, SSR (EXPLORE testing in the morning)
Friday -- ROL, Caught’ Ya, Word Parts Quiz #1, Discussion of good leads/intros for their myth, write three intros and choose the best one.
HOMEWORK:
Monday--”Theseus and the Minotaur” summary boxes
Wednesday--Have idea for your own myth and myth planning sheet filled in
Thursday--Setting paragraph
Friday--Word Parts Quiz #1 Silent reading at home- goal should be at least 20 minutes a night!
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