Bellringer
Monday
November 17
Vocab Triads 1-5
Tuesday
November 18
Write 5 novel related
sentences – include
gerunds and participles
Wednesday
November 19
Vocab Triads 6-10
Thursday
November 20
Identify gerunds in
mentor text
Mini-Task
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Figurative Language
Commercials
I Do, We Do, You Do –
Poems Identifying
Figurative Language
Add Figurative
Language to a piece
in writer’s notebook
Reciprocal Teaching
using supplemental
text (4th corner –
figurative language)
Exit ticket: Why is
figurative language
important?
Figurative versus
literal language
Reading for
organization in text
Purposeful grouping
Modeling
Graphic organizer for
Reciprocal teaching
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Vocab Carousel
Verbals: Gerunds
Reading (The Orphan
Train Riders) chapter 8,
complete Cornell
notes; pair/share
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Reading (The
Orphan Train
Riders) chapter 9,
complete Cornell
notes; identify any
figurative language
or gerund phrases
within the chapters;
pair/share
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Reading for
organization
Figurative language
Gerund phrases
Modeling
Purposeful grouping
Cornell notes
Pair/share
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Reading for
organization
Craft of the author
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Organization
Text Structure
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Analysis
Vocab in Context
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Cornell Notes
Pair/share
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Small group
discussion
Commercial analysis
Fab 4
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Cornell notes
Pair/share
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Cornell notes
Pair/share
Whole group
analysis &
discussion of mentor
text
Small group
Descriptive Essay
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Cold Read
Summative
Vocabulary
formative
Analysis discussion
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Skills
(steps to minitask)
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Instructional
Methods
(vehicle that
drives minitask)
Check Up
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Homework
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Find a new word and
definition for each
word root, and then
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Complete Vocab Triad
homework (handout)
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Write 3 sentences
using 3 different
types of figurative
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Text Structure:
Description through
mentor text
Discuss Focus /
Organization Strand
on Rubric
After reading unit
related article, write
an essay in
descriptive format.
Use a bubble map to
plan your writing.
Friday
November 21
Analyze an analysis
response for
effectiveness and
completeness
 Vocabulary
(summative)
 Cold Read
(summative)
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Flashback:
Paraphrasing
Practice
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I Can…
Real Life
Connection….
use your new words
to create sentences
with gerund phrases
that are related to
the novel. 5 total
words, definitions,
sentences
RL 7.4- Define and
identify various forms of
figurative language (e.g.
simile, metaphor,
hyperbole,
personification,
alliteration, and
onomatopoeia)
RL 7.4 - Distinguish
between literal language
and figurative language.
RI 7.5 - Analyze the text
and determine the
author’s organizational
structure.
Foreign and domestic
adoption
language. Include 3
vocab triad words
and make sure they
are novel related
sentences.
RI 7.3 - Explain how the
individuals, events, and/or
ideas in a text affect one
another.
RL 7.4 - Distinguish
between literal language
and figurative language.
L 7.1 - Use phrases and
clauses to enhance my
writing and/or speaking.
RI 7.5 - Analyze the text
and determine the
author’s organizational
structure.
RL 7.4 - Distinguish
between literal
language and figurative
language.
L 7.1 - Use phrases and
clauses to enhance my
writing and/or
speaking.
Foreign and domestic
adoption
Foreign and domestic
adoption
RI 7.5 - Analyze the text
and determine the
author’s organizational
structure.
RL/I 7.4 - Distinguish
between literal language
and figurative language.
L 7.1 - Use phrases and
clauses to enhance my
writing and/or speaking.
W 7.3 – Define common
organizational /
formatting structures
and determine a
structure(s) that will
allow me to organize my
information best.
Foreign and domestic
adoption
RI 7.4 – Recognize
words that have
technical meaning and
understand their
purpose in a specific
text