DR. HARPER’S PLANS AND AGENDAS
LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL STUDIES,
AND STUDY SKILLS
October 8-12, 2012
LANGUAGE ARTS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012
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Learning: I can write a short
story by creating characters, a setting,
and a plot. W 1.2 and W 2.1
 Word
of the Day (Verbs):
Attract – to possess some quality that pulls
or draws (something) towards itself.
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LANGUAGE ARTS, P. 2
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012
Writing Prompt:
 Today is "Columbus Day" in honor of explorer
Christopher Columbus. Describe an area of Earth
that you would like to explore and explain your
reasons for wanting to explore that specific area.
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LANGUAGE ARTS, P.3
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012
Proofreading Sentences:
 a.
whose the specialest person in your
life
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the poets Granmother could taim
wild horses
 Baucis
& Philemon comprehension
test, worksheets # pp. 54-56.
LANGUAGE ARTS, P. 4
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012
Guided Instruction:
 Writing a Short Story, p. 500 – 502: Boar
Out There.
 Read/discuss introduction on p. 500.
 CD Audio reading of Boar Out There, pp.
501-502.
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Student-Led Conference portfolio work.
SOCIAL STUDIES
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012
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Target Learning: I can complete a
standards review for the chapter two test.
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Review Chapter 2, Section 3, pp. 40-43.
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Complete Chapter 2:3 test.
Complete Standards Review activity, pp. 4546, #1-10.
 Trade & grade.
 Work on Story Boards (see next slide)--
STORY BOARD: CHAPTER 2 PROJECT
DUE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012
1. Create a list of storyboard topics from chapter
two.
 2 What images will you include in each frame?
 3. How many frames will you need to tell the
story of prehistoric people?
 4. How will you represent your ideas visually?
 5. After sketching an outline for your storyboard,
begin drawing it.
 6. Include all significant adaptations and
developments made by prehistoric people.
 7. The last frame in your story board should
include a detailed summary to conclude your
summary.
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STUDY SKILLS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012
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Target Learning: I can demonstrate how to use
a web to organize information. Teacher
Edition: 5-60.
Portfolio Work…Teran & Stockstad keeping
students.
Student Resource: Note Taking, TE p. 5-62; SE
p. 52.
Think Pair Share: Independent reading first.
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Why should I take notes?
How do I take complete notes?
Are my notes worthy of study?
Review Organizing Information Chart, p. 5-63;
student text, p. 53.
Complete a Web for the article Fingerprints, SE
p. 55
LANGUAGE ARTS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012
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Target Learning: I can write a short story by
creating characters, a setting, and a plot. W 1.2
and W 2.1
Word of the Day (Verbs):
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Attend – to be present at.
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Sentence example:
LANGUAGE ARTS, P.2
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012
Writing Prompt:
 On this day in 1876, the first two-way telephone
conversation took place. If you could call anyone,
who would it be and why?
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LANGUAGE ARTS, P. 4
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012
 Proofreading
Sentences:
 a.
red blue and yellow paper flowers
bloomed in the straw basket
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we was releived when we all past
the test
LANGUAGE ARTS, P. 5
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012
Instruction:
 Independent Work: Reread Boar Out There
and answer text questions. Check/discuss.
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Think Pair Share (see next slide): Complete
Think About the Model, p. 503 with a
partner.
Student-Led Conference portfolio work.
THINK PAIR SHARE: BOAR OUT THERE,
PP. 501-502
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1. Think about the questions in the Think About
the Model box on p. 503. Jot down your answers
in a graphic organizer for questions 1-3.
Create a timeline to list the events of Boar Out
There.
THINK PAIR SHARE: BOAR OUT THERE,
PP. 501-502, P. 2
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Pair with a partner and share
responses to the questions and timeline
events from Think About the Model, p.
503.
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Pairs partner with another pair to
expand sharing.
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Individually write about findings.
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Share with whole group.
SOCIAL STUDIES
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012
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Target Learning: I can complete flash card and
worksheet review activities for the chapter two test.
Discuss Results of the Chapter Two Standards
Review, pp. 45-46.
Guided Practice - Concentration Review:
Teams use flash cards
 Match terms with definitions
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Independent Practice - Worksheet Review pp.
25-26:
Choose one of the facts about early cultures, and on a
separate sheet of paper draw a picture about it. You
can use your book and other resources for help.
SOCIAL STUDIES, P. 2
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012
Chapter Two Concepts to
Study
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Homo Sapiens.
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Importance of Johansen’s
discover of the Lucy bones.
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Language developed to
support hunting, distribution
of food, and the forming of
relationships.
Early people used land
bridges to migrate from
Africa.
Nature and the environment
were the basis for early man’s
 The Mesolithic Era is also
religion.
known as the Middle Stone
Age.
The study of ancient bones
tells us that early humans
and hominids appeared first  Humans in the Mesolithic Era
needed protection from the
in East Africa.
cold.
SOCIAL STUDIES, P. 3
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012
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People made advances
that allowed them to
adapt to new
environments.
How did humans in the
New Stone Age benefit
from domesticating
animals?
Know the order of the
Paleolithic Era, the Ice
Age, the Mesolithic Era,
and the Neolithic Era.
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Megaliths were used for
religious gatherings.
Know the origins of cloth
and clothing materials.
Southwestern Asia was
the beginning location of
Neolithic Revolution.
A society is a community
of people who share a
common culture.
STUDY SKILLS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012
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Target Learning: I can demonstrate how to use
a flow chart to organize information. Teacher
Edition: 5-60.
Complete webs on the article Fingerprints
started on Monday.
Share in groups.
Reflect on your work and explain any changes
you would make based on your group’s
discussion.
Now…using the organizational chart from SE p.
53-54, complete a flow chart for the article, Book
vs. Film
LANGUAGE ARTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012
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Target Learning: I can write a short story by
creating characters, a setting, and a plot. W 1.2
and W 2.1
Word of the Day (Verbs):
Remember – to summon to the mind by an effort of
memory; think of again.
 Sentence Example:
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LANGUAGE ARTS, P. 2
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012
Writing Prompt:
 English chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish
was born in England on this day in 1731. If you
were a scientist today, what would you hope to
discover?
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LANGUAGE ARTS, P. 3
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012
 Proofreading
Sentences:
 a. michaels relatives loves telling
and hearring storys
 b.
harriet tubman was alone but she
traveled thru the south to freedome
in the north
LANGUAGE ARTS, P. 4
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012
Short Story (Narrative) Writing
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Prewriting, pp. 503-509; Practice and Apply, # 1-3.
Writing, pp. 510–513; Practice & Apply 4, p. 510.
Revising, pp. 514–516; Practice & Apply 5, p. 516
Publishing, pp. 517–518.
Grammar Link: Capitalizing Proper Nouns, p. 517;
Practice & Apply 6, p. 518.
Student-Led Conference portfolio work.
SOCIAL STUDIES
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012
Target Learning: I can demonstrate my
understanding of chapter two concepts related to
the Paleolithic Era, the Ice Age, the Mesolithic
Era, and the Neolithica Era of the Stone Age.
 Check/discuss chapter two review
worksheets, pp. 25-26.
 Final questions before test?
 Chapter two test.
 Work on Storyboard Projects—due Friday,
October 12, 2012.
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STUDY SKILLS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012
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Target Learning: I can demonstrate how to use
a timeline to organize information. Teacher
Edition: 5-60.
SE p. 53-54, complete the flow charts from
Tuesday for the article, Book vs. Film.
Share in groups.
Write a reflection explaining what you would
do differently the next time you create a flow
chart.
Create a timeline (organizational chart, p. 53)
on the article Life Cycle of a Frog, SE p. 57.
LANGUAGE ARTS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012
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Target Learning: I can write a short story by
creating characters, a setting, and a plot. W 1.2
and W 2.1
Word of the Day (Verbs):
Attempt – to make an effort at.
 Sentence Example:
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LANGUAGE ARTS, P. 2
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012
Writing Prompt:
 First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt was born on this
day in 1884. She was quoted as saying: “The
future belongs to those who believe in the beauty
of their dreams.” What do you think she met by
that?
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LANGUAGE ARTS, P. 3
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012
 Proofreading
Sentences
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whats the importantest
experience youve have
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one of toms teeth were loose
LANGUAGE ARTS, P. 4
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012
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District Writing Prompt: 1st Quarter Writing
Assessment: Short Story Narrative.
Student-Led Conference portfolio work.
SOCIAL STUDIES
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012
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Target Learning: I can demonstrate my
understanding of the themes of politics and science &
technology.
Understanding Themes: Politics and Science &
Technology
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In table groups, imagine that your group members
are part of a culture that recently adopted a settled,
agricultural lifestyle.
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Discuss and list the types of technology you might
need to function in your villages and cities.
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Discuss and describe the type of government you
might establish in their settlement.
SOCIAL STUDIES, P. 2
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012
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Guided Practice:
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Main Ideas in Social Studies and You Try It!, pp.
54-55. Complete and turn-in to assignment
folder.
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Story Board Projects due tomorrow!
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Chapter 3 Flash Cards.
STUDY SKILLS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012
Target Learning: I can demonstrate how to use a Venn
diagram to organize information. Teacher Edition: 5-60.
Complete your timeline (organizational chart, p. 53) on
the article Life Cycle of a Frog, SE p. 57.
Share in table groups.
Write a reflection explaining any changes you would
make the next time you create a timeline of events.
Read Inside the Outsiders, Executive Functions, p. 58 and
create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the
characters.
LANGUAGE ARTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012
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Target Learning: I can identify common and
proper nouns.
Word of the Day (Verbs):
Refer: to make mention of.
 Sentence Example:
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LANGUAGE ARTS, P. 2
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012
Writing Prompt:
 Today is National Farmer’s Day. What do you
think is the most important crop grown by
farmers?
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LANGUAGE ARTS, P. 3
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012
Check/discuss Proof Reading Sentences
 6th Grade Common Assessment—
 Peer Editing Rubric: Writing Journals
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HOLT HANDBOOK:
 Diagnostic Preview, p. 24
 The Noun, pp. 25–26
 Independent Practice: Developmental
Language & Sentence Skills (worksheets) LHD,
pp. 7–8.
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SOCIAL STUDIES
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012
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Target Learning: I can listen and not interrupt
during class presentations of Chapter Two Story
Board Projects!!
Students present projects: Taking notes on
each student’s project.
 Note Outline:
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Name of Presenter:
 Project style:
 Main topics covered:
 Overall presentation of project:
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Excellent
Satisfactory
Needs Improvement
STUDY SKILLS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012
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Target Learning: I can demonstrate how to use
a Venn diagram to organize information.
Teacher Edition: 5-60.
Complete Venn diagrams from the article Inside
the Outsiders, EF p. 58.
Share in groups.
Write a reflection explaining how the Venn
diagram helped you learn information.
Review all note taking graphic organizers used this
week.
Write another reflection describing the graphic
organizer you liked the best, how you will use it in the
future, and why you think it will help you remember
more information.