8th Week 3 Agenda
09/17/12-9/21/12
 Monday – Tuesday: Raymond’s Run
 Wednesday: Gentleman of Rio en Medio
 Thursday: Descriptive Writing
 Friday: Grammar/Vocab
Daily Writing: Argument
09/17/12
Choose one prompt to respond to and
explain with detail:
Should you have to take tests in school? Why or why
not? Give at least 3 arguments.
Should cell phones be allowed in school? Why or why
not? Give at least 3 arguments.
Monday: New System
 Hand in your homework: 1 – 8 on A Retrieved Reformation
worksheet.
 Homework due Friday: Write a sentence for each comma rule
(make sure to label the rule).
 Absent? New system!
 You are responsible for getting the materials from the appropriate
folder (labeled by day) for the day you were absent, and for
checking my website* for what you missed and when things are
due.
 You have one extra day to turn in your homework.
 Write the date you were absent clearly in the right corner.
 If your homework is not clearly marked or you hand it in later than a
day after the due date, it will be marked late.
*Don’t have internet at home? Go to the public library, or ask Sister Amina during lunch to
bring you to the computer lab. NO EXCUSES.
 You are responsible for handing in the homework due the day you
were gone as soon as you get back.
 Write the date you were absent clearly in the right corner.
 If your homework is not clearly marked or you hand it in later than
the day you come back, it will be marked late.
Monday: Raymond’s Run
 Sister Amina’s lesson on Raymond’s Run:
 Pre-reading activity: KWL
 What do you know about Down Syndrome?
 What do you want to know?
 After reading… What have you learned?
 Quaker Reading of Raymond’s Run
 Exit slip. On the back of your KWL chart, write the most
important thing you learned today from the story.
Daily Writing: Memories
09/18/12
Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail (OR just talk
about your most vivid memory):
 “I keep my own personality in a cupboard
under the stairs at home so that no one
else can see it or nick it.” ~Dawn French
 “Leftovers in their less visible form are
called memories. Stored in the
refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard
of the heart.” ~Thomas Fuller
Tuesday: Raymond’s Run
 Textbook Agreement
 In order to check out a textbook, your parent/guardian needs to sign a
textbook agreement contract.
 How many copies should I make? Raise your hand if you ever want to
check out a textbook.
 Finish reading Raymond’s Run and the KWL chart.
 Hand in your KWL chart.
 Journal title: Raymond’s Run New Ending
 Imagine how the ending of the story would have been different if
Gretchen had won the race. Write a new ending to show how Squeaky
might react to losing.
 Write the new ending the way Squeaky would tell it.
 Make sure to use pronouns I, me, and my to describe her thoughts, feelings
and actions after losing.
 Make sure your voice and style of writing match Squeaky’s personality.
 At LEAST 1 page (more especially if you have large writing). Make sure to
address all characters.
 Due tomorrow what you don’t get done in class.
Daily Writing: Sports
09/19/12
Choose a picture, and start a story:
Wednesday: MK
1.
Who wants to share their creative ending?
2.
Think. Pair. Share. 5 mins: First think about, and then turn to your partner and
discuss:
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What was the author’s purpose for writing Raymond’s Run? Was she effective?
Share a serious incident where either you bullied someone, someone bullied you, or you
just witnessed someone being bullied.
Pre-reading for Gentleman of Rio en Medio:
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Directions: Read each sentence/passage. Look at the underlined word. Then, find other words
in the passage that can be used as context clues to help you find the meaning. Write the context
clues on the first line, and then write the meaning on the second line.
4.
Take Cornell Notes on the different types of conflict.
5.
Read Gentleman of Rio en Medio (pg. 52)
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Journal title: Dear Mr. Anselmo (due tomorrow what you don’t get done in class)
 Write a letter to Don Anselmo thanking him for trying to secure the children’s right to play
in the orchard. Keep your audience in mind and:
 Review the story for facts about Don Anselmo. What is important to him? How does he feel
about the children in the village?
 Keep the answers to these questions in mind, and use this information in your letter to Don
Anselmo.
 Homework due Friday: Write a sentence for each comma rule (make sure to label
the rule).
Internal and External Conflict
 Plots of most stories centers around
conflict.
 Conflict: struggle between opposing
forces.
 2 main kinds of conflict: external and
internal.
Internal and External Conflict
 Internal Conflict:
 Man against himself.
 Struggle inside character's mind
 Deciding between right and wrong or between
two solutions to a problem.
 Mixed feelings or emotions.
 External Conflict:
 Man against man.
 Man against nature.
 Struggle between a character and an outside
force: another character, the community,
forces of nature (ex: weather).
Importance of Conflict
 Conflict:
 is necessary to every story.
 adds excitement and suspense to a story.
 usually becomes clear to the beginning of a story.
As the plot unfolds, the reader starts to wonder
what will happen next and how the characters will
handle the situation.
 The excitement usually builds to a high point, or
climax. The climax is the turning point of the story.
Something has happened to resolve the conflict.
Reading for Conflict
 As you read a story:
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identify the main characters
decide what conflict they face
look for steps they take to settle that conflict
see if the steps cause other conflict
watch for clues and try to predict what the characters will
do
 enjoy the buildup of suspense
 put yourself in the story
 decide if you would have solved the conflict in the same
way
Wednesday: MK
1. Read Gentleman of Rio en Medio (pg. 52)
2. Journal title: Dear Mr. Anselmo (due Friday what you
don’t get done in class)
 Write a letter to Don Anselmo thanking him for trying to
secure the children’s right to play in the orchard. Keep your
audience in mind and:
 Review the story for facts about Don Anselmo. What is important
to him? How does he feel about the children in the village?
 Keep the answers to these questions in mind, and use this
information in your letter to Don Anselmo.
Daily Writing: Humans
09/20/12
Choose one prompt to respond to and
explain with detail:
“Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the
lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for
everything.” ~Dixie Lee Ray
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed
citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that
ever has.” ~Margaret Mead
Thursday: Descriptive Writing
1. Finish Gentleman of Rio en Medio (pg. 52)
2. Journal title: Dear Mr. Anselmo (due at the end of the period)
 Write a letter to Don Anselmo thanking him for trying to secure the
children’s right to play in the orchard. Keep your audience in mind
and:
 Review the story for facts about Don Anselmo. What is important to him?
How does he feel about the children in the village?
 Keep the answers to these questions in mind, and use this information in
your letter to Don Anselmo.
3. When you’re done with your letter, work on your comma assignment
due tomorrow.
4. When you’re done with your letter and your comma assignment:
 Read handout of examples of character descriptions (just for
inspiration!).
 Journal title: Descriptive Writing Part II (due Monday what you don’t
get done in class)
 Add to the descriptions for each of the people you listed from your
previous entry.
 Write four sentences for each of the four people in your previous
description writing.
Daily Writing: Twain
09/21/12
Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail:
“A man is never more truthful than when
he acknowledges himself a liar.” ~Mark
Twain
“Action speaks louder than words but not
nearly as often.” ~Mark Twain
Vocab/Grammar Friday
 Hand in your journals!
 Reminder:
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Are you missing any work? CHECK JMC!
Where can you find extra copies of homework that you lost?
 I need 12 volunteers to write one of their sentences on the board (make sure to
label which rule you used).
 Vocab builder:
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Take 3 minutes to individually work on the crossword puzzle (no talking!).
When I say time, you have 2 minutes to walk around the room and find answers from your
peers.
Finally, look up the answers in your textbook!
 Notebook title: Vocab I
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Write the words and the correct definitions in your notebook (words inside the left margin,
definitions to the right of the margin line).
Due by the end of the period
 Notebook title: Vocab I Sentences
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Write your own sentences using the vocabulary words
Make sure your sentences are detailed enough to prove to me you understand what the
word means. Be creative!
Due by next Friday
 Vocab across:
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4. (n.) Widely-held opinion about a
person, whether good or bad
5. (v.) Look forward to, expect
7. (adj.) showing sound judgment wise
and careful
10. (n.) Punishment for wrongdoing
11. (n.) Children, grandchildren, and
continuing generation
12. (n.) great suffering from worry
15. (adj.) tolerant; not strict or critical
16. (v.) ready to spring out, attack
existing undiscovered
17. (v.) make logical assumption about
future events
18. (n.) unfortunate or unlucky accidents
 1. (n.) reason or motive used to hide
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one’s real intentions
2. (adj.) causing worry or anxiety
3. (adv.) without calling attention to
oneself
6. (adj.) too many to be counted
8. (adj.) weighted down by work,
duty, or sorrow
9. (adj.) introductory preparatory
13. (n.) fancy clothing and
accessories
14. (adj.) moral upright
19. (n.) a wonder an unusually
talented person
Notebook title: Vocab I
 Write the words and the correct definitions in your notebook (words inside the left margin, definitions to the right of the
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Vocab/Grammar Friday
 Vocab down:
margin line).
Due by the end of the period
Notebook title: Vocab I Sentences
 Write your own sentences using the vocabulary words
 Make sure your sentences are detailed enough to prove to me you understand what the word means. Be creative!
 Due by next Friday