Mr. Miller’s Language Arts MWJH Lesson Plans: December 1-5, 2014
Date
12/1
Reading
Bell work:
 Buzz word “demise” square
one: denotation and context
clues
Activities:
 Finish editing and revision
of essays
12/2
Bell work:
 Buzz word “demise” square
two: synonyms, antonyms,
word forms, and word parts
12/3
Date
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Write final drafts of essays
Bell work:
 Bell ringer: onomatopoeia
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Activities:
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Continue the heathy-food-ads
assignment (emphasis on propaganda)
“Buried in the Blizzard”
text-features activity
Bell work:
 Buzz word “demise” square
three: connotation
Activities:
 Finish the heathy-food-ads
assignment (emphasis on
propaganda)
Reading
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Activities:
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Activities:
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English
Bell work:
 Bell ringer: hyperbole
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Bell work:
 Bell ringer: imagery
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Activities:
 Continue the heathy-food-ads
assignment (emphasis on propaganda)
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English
Homework
Any incomplete work
Read your library book for 30
minutes and log the minutes
Get your parent’s signature
Find a buzz word from your library
book and complete a buzz word,
square 1 for your word; use the
example we did in class as a guide
Any incomplete work
Read your library book for 30
minutes and log the minutes
Get your parent’s signature
Find a buzz word from your library
book and complete a buzz word,
square 2 for your word; use the
example we did in class as a guide
Begin the written response: leveled
questions
Any incomplete work
Read your library book for 30
minutes and log the minutes
Get your parent’s signature
Complete a buzz word, square 3
for your word; use the example we
did in class as a guide
Homework
12/4
Bell work:
 Buzz word “demise” square
four: cartoon vocabulary
Activities:
 Introduce essays using the
paired-passage assignment
for cell phones
Bell work:
 Bell ringer: vocabulary in context
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Activities:
 Complete the introduction of essays
using the paired-passage assignment for
cell phones
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12/5
Bell work:
 Proofreading practice
Bell work:
 Proofreading practice
Activities:
 Begin the paired-passage
essay for Monsters Are Due
on Maple Street
(brainstorming)
Activities:
 Begin the paired-passage essay for
Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
(finish the outline)
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Any incomplete work
Read your library book for 30
minutes and log the minutes
Get your parent’s signature
Find a buzz word from your library
book and complete a buzz word,
square 4 for your word; use the
example we did in class as a guide
Finish the written response: leveled
questions
Any incomplete work
Read for 30 minutes if you did not
read during class