WEEKLY PLAN
1st 6 WEEKS Prep
GOALS
WEEK OF:
MON
TUES
WED
9/1
9/2
8/28
Students will
obtain books from
the book room.
Students will
understand the
purposes of writing
and the impact of
tone.
Labor Day
(What will students
be able to
UNDERSTAND?)
OBJECTIVES
Students will set
up their class
spirals.
Labor Day
(What student
OUTCOMES are
expected?)
STUDENT
ACTIVITIES:

Labor
Day
(What will students
DO?)
MATERIALS:
Pen/pencil
Paper
Students will
understand the
purposes of
writing.
Students will
receive books,
will have their
spiral set up for
class, and will
begin taking notes
concerning the
purposes of
writing and some
different
figurative
language devices.
 Go to
book
room.
 Label
sections
of their
spiral.
 Follow
along
with
notes on
the
board.
Pen/pencil
Paper
Tue. September 2 – Fri. September
5
THURS
8/29
Same as
Weds.
FRIDAY
8/30
Students will
understand
vocabulary in terms
of decoding prefixes,
suffixes, and roots.
Students will
identify and
describe the effects
of figurative
language.
Students will
complete notes on
the purposes of
writing.
Same as
Weds.
Students will
complete exercises
applying knowledge
of new word roots.
Students will write
the devices used
and describe their
effects.

Students
will
complete
a
grammar
focused
Do First
in their
spiral.
 Students
will
follow
along and
take notes
from the
board.
 Students
will
discuss
together
the
devices
used and
their
effects.
Pen/Pencil
Notes page for
purpose of writing.
Same as
Weds.


Same as
Weds.
Students
will
complete the
“inventory
of
Grammatical
knowledge”
as the Do
First.
Students
will take
notes of
word roots,
prefixes, and
suffixes.
Pen/Pencil
Exercises – Unit One
(vocabulary handout)
HOMEWORK:
TEST
DATES/REMINDERS:
Notes page for
purpose of
writing.
“Letter to your
Dean” due today
9/2
5 subject spiral
notebook due
today 9/2
Same as
Weds.
Complete Exercises I
and II, due Monday.