WEEKLY PLAN
1st 6 WEEKS Prep
GOALS
(What will students
be able to
UNDERSTAND?)
WEEK OF:
MON
TUES
WED
9/1
9/2
8/28
Students will
understand
vocabulary in terms
of decoding
prefixes, suffixes,
and roots.
Students will
recognize literary
devices and their
effects by
annotating a
passage.
Students will
recognize literary
devices and their
effects by
annotating a
passage.
Mon. Sept 8 – Fri. Sept 12
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.
OBJECTIVES
(What student
OUTCOMES are
expected?)
STUDENT
ACTIVITIES:
(What will students
DO?)
Students will
complete exercises
applying
knowledge of new
root words.
Students will
write a short
paragraph
describing a
character and how
they are alike or
different from that
character.
 I will
model
annotatin
ga
passage
from Out
of My
Mind,
finding
literary
devices.
Students will
complete a timed
writing assignment
Pen/pencil
Spiral
Unit One
vocabulary packet
(handout)
Pen/pencil
Paper
Notes page for
purpose of
writing.
Pen/Pencil
Excerpt from their
summer reading
Ender’s
Game.(handout)
Exercise 2 (1-13)
due Tuesday.
Timed writing in
class: Wednesday
and Thursday.
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MATERIALS:
HOMEWORK:
Students
will turn
in summer
projects.
Grammar
“Do First”
Students
will
receive
notes of
word
roots,
prefixes,
and
suffixes,
and will
work in
pairs to
complete
exercise 1.
Students will write
the devices used and
describe their
effects.
 Grammar
“Do First”
 Students
will follow
along and
take notes
from the
board.
 Students
will
complete a
timed
writing
assessment.
Same as
Weds.
Same as
Weds.
Same as
Weds.
Same as
Weds.
Students will
complete
exercises
applying
knowledge of
new word roots.

Students
will take
notes of
word
roots,
prefixes,
and
suffixes.
Pen/Pencil
Exercises – Unit
One (vocabulary
handout)
TEST
DATES/REMINDERS: