Web Pages lesson plans Week 29, March 12 - 16, 2012
Homework this week will deal with subject-verb agreement
We are constantly reviewing: grammar and its rules, spelling and its rules, literary elements, punctuation
and its rules.
Learning Targets for the week:
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I can reflect through writing.
I can recognize and compose sentences which are simple, complex, compound, and compoundcomplex in structure.
I can begin to write in an argumentative way.
I can identify a topic that causes or has caused debate in society. Example bullying.
I can choose a side of the argument and identify reasons that support my choice.
I can acknowledge counterclaims (opposing claims) in my argument
Word of the Week: Redundant adjective using more words than necessary to express an idea;
wordiness; unnecessary
Literary Term of the Week: counterargument
Monday, March 12, 2012,
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Finish debate work on the subject of bullies, using Sept. 1, 2008 issue of Scholastic SCOPE, pages
14 and 15
This will include 9 multiple choice questions on this informational text
We will also read a poem entitled NOBODY which is also about bullying
Review subject-verb agreement via power point
Homework will be over subject-verb agreement
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
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Begin class by going over homework on subject – verb agreement
Begin third debate topic LIES
Journal Entry (JE#12) What does it feel like to be lied to? Why would a person lie? Do you trust
someone who has lied to you?
Poetry, song, and/or children’s book I Want My Hat Back which deals with the topic of lies
Use Scholastic SCOPE magazine Jan. 9, 2012 issue pages 20 and 21 for this debate topic
Eight to nine multiple choice questions on this article
Short quiz on subject – verb agreement
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
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Read aloud day
Thursday, March 15, 2012
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Students will look for support and acknowledge the thinking of the other side of dealing with
lying (we will use a graphic organizer for this segment
Friday, March 16, 2011
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Students will take the three topics we have debated thus far, (off campus lunch, bullying, lying)
and choose one of the three to write on or a different topic.
Students will have 40 minutes to write a persuasive on one of the three topics.
Students will have access to dictionaries, Thesauri, their list of transition words, and their two
journal writings.