English 6 Weeks Overview—1st 6 Weeks: August 24, 2015-October 2, 2015 *Subject to change*
Tutoring Times—Thursday 7:00-7:50 AM and 3:30-4:30 PM
August 24, 2015
First Day of School
Advice Letter, Rules,
Procedures, Expectations
Week 1
August 31, 2015
Journal Response—
writing survey,
Pre-assessment over
Narrative Elements,
Mentor Text with
annotations
Week 2
September 7, 2015
Labor Day
School Holiday
Week 3
September 14, 2015
Journal Response
Essential Question #5,
Personal narrative,
Revising
Week 4
September 21, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, predicate
adjectives—comparative
and superlative, Personal
narrative, Author’s chair
Week 5
September 28, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, irregular
verbs, review
Week 6
August 25, 2015
Writing folder, ESPN
Set up journals,
Importance of Writing
Paragraph, Heart Map,
Narrative topics
August 26, 2015
Writing folder,
Set up journals, Beliefs and
Experiences, Dictionary
Skills
August 27, 2015
Writing folder, Writing
process, Personal
Narrative tips, Timed
writings, Narrative
topics, Dictionary Skills
September 1, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, subordinating
conjunctions, commas in
compound sentences,
Continue Personal
narrative mentor text
September 2, 2015
Journal Response Essential
question #1, mentor text
with purposeful dialogue,
dialogue lesson
September 3, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining,
subordinating
conjunctions, commas
in compound sentences,
Continue Dialogue
Lesson, Independent
writing time
HW: Narrative Questions
due Friday
September 8, 2015
Journal Response Essential
Question #3, Writing
process, Begin personal
narrative, Expression and
Reflection Page, Wet Ink
HW: Revising and Editing
#1 due Friday
September 15, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, prepositions
and prepositional phrases,
Personal narrative,
Conferencing expectations,
Conferencing video, Peer
conference
HW: Revising and Editing
#2 due Friday
September 22, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, predicate
adjectives—comparative
and superlative, mentor
text, use of chrome books,
research activity
HW: Revising and Editing
#3 due Friday
September 29, 2015
Narrative Elements and
Writing Process Test
August 28, 2015
Writing folder, Finish
writing prompts,
Say Something
strategy, Revise and
edit writing, Dictionary
Skills
September 4, 2015
Journal Response
Essential question #2,
deconstructing rubric
and rating narratives
Tutoring 7:00-7:50AM and
3:30-4:30PM
September 9, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, active and
passive voice
Personal Narrative
Drafting
September 16, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, prepositions
and prepositional phrases,
Personal narrative,
Revising
September 10, 2015
Journal Response
Essential Question #4,
Personal Narrative
Drafting
Tutoring 7:00-7:50AM and
3:30-4:30PM
September 17, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, prepositions
and prepositional
phrases, Personal
narrative, Editing,
Editing Checklist
September 11, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, active and
passive voice, Personal
narrative, Peer
conference
September 18, 2015
Title Activity, Personal
narrative, Final Copy,
Publish
Tutoring 7:00-7:50AM and
3:30-4:30PM
September 23, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, predicate
adjectives—comparative
and superlative, mentor
text, use of chrome books,
research activity
September 24, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, predicate
adjectives—
comparative and
superlative, mentor
text, use of chrome
books, research activity
September 25, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, predicate
adjectives—
comparative and
superlative, mentor
text, use of chrome
books, research activity
Tutoring 7:00-7:50AM and
3:30-4:30PM
September 30, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, irregular
verbs, subordinating
conjunctions and commas
in compound sentences,
mentor text
October 1, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, irregular
verbs, prepositions and
prepositional phrases,
mentor text
Tutoring 7:00-7:50AM and
3:30-4:30PM
October 2, 2015
Journal Response
Grammar/Sentence
Combining, irregular
verbs, active and
passive voice, mentor
text
Last Day of the 6
Weeks
English 6 Weeks Overview—1st 6 Weeks: August 24, 2015-October 2, 2015 *Subject to change*
Tutoring Times—Thursday 7:00-7:50 AM and 3:30-4:30 PM