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Monday, 9/9/2013 — Friday, 9/13/2013
English 6
MONDAY 9/9
TUESDAY 9/10
WEDNESDAY 9/11
THURSDAY 9/12
Journal - You just won a
thousand dollar shopping
spree to your favorite store.
What would you buy and
why?
Journal - You woke up in the
middle of the woods. How did
you get there? How will you
get home? What happens to
you on the way?
Journal - You were marooned
on a deserted island with
three useful things and one
completely useless thing.
What are they and how will
you use them to survive?
Maintenance Sheet - Week
#3
Voyages in English - Concrete
and Abstract Nouns pp. 320- Maintenance Sheet - Week
321
#3
Journal - There are b
points and bad points
playing on a team su
school volleyball team
school basketball tea
about the good and b
points to playing on a
Be sure to explain ea
completely.
Voyages in English - Count
and Noncount Nouns pp.
318-319
Plan personal narratives
Read/Discuss Old Yeller
Text based comprehension
32c Check Understanding
Reading 6
Think Critically Questions p.
40
Conventions 49c: Types of
Sentences
Maintenance Sheet Week #3
Voyages in English - Nouns
as Subjects and Subject
Complements pp. 322-323
Mini Lesson - Grabbing the
reader's attention. Daily 6
Trait Writing pp. 96-97. Begin Continue Introduction of
intro to personal narratives.
personal narrative
Review Setting and Plot RWN p. 40
Fluency Checks
Response to Literature - Look
Back and Write p. 40
Maintenance sheet #3
Voyages in English as Objects pp. 324-3
Mini Lesson - Looking
ways to vary your se
beginnings as you wr
improve the flow. Da
Traits Writing pp 122
Research and Study
Graphic Organizers:
RWN pp. 47-48
Reading Informationa
Genre Expository Tex
discuss elements
Vocabulary Skill 49a:
Synonyms
Read and discuss "A
Life" pp. 44-47/Discu
it is expository
Conventions 49c: Types of
Sentences
Review for Selection
Journal - You just won a
thousand dollar shopping
spree to your favorite store.
What would you buy and
why?
Journal - You woke up in the
middle of the woods. How did
you get there? How will you
get home? What happens to
you on the way?
Maintenance Sheet - Week
#3
Voyages in English Possessive Nouns pp. 324325
English 7
Voyages in English Appositives pp. 322-323
Plan personal narratives
Maintenance Sheet Week #3
Journal - You were marooned
on a deserted island with
three useful things and one
completely useless thing.
What are they and how will
you use them to survive?
Maintenance Sheet - Week
#3
Voyages in English - Noun
Challenge p. 326
Mini Lesson - Grabbing the
reader's attention. Daily 6
Continue Introduction of
Trait Writing pp. 96-97. Begin personal narratives.
intro to personal narratives.
Journal - There are b
points and bad points
playing on a team su
school volleyball team
school basketball tea
about the good and b
points to playing on a
Be sure to explain ea
completely.
Maintenance sheet #3
Mini Lesson - Looking
ways to vary your se
beginnings as you wr
improve the flow. Da
Traits Writing pp 122
Discuss Richard Peck's
insights into the article p. 19
Selection Test - "The Three
Century Woman" and "The
Fall of the Hindenburg."
Apply the Skills p. 20 Complete with a partner and
discuss as a whole group.
Selections - "Papa's Parrot"
(accessible) and "MK"
(challenging)
Skills 1.
Review elements of fiction
and nonfiction and "The
Three Century Woman" and
"The Fall of the Hindenburg."
2.
3.
Literary Analysis:
Narration,
Reading Skill: Use
Context Clues,
Reading Strategy:
Preview to Identify
Unfamiliar Words
Introduce Reading Skill:
Context Clues
Introduce Literary Analysis
Skill: Narration
Reading 7
Prepare students to read by
teaching the selection
vocabulary
Vocabulary Warm Up
Exercises
Build Backgroun and develop
expressive vocabulary with
Connecting to the Literature
and Background.
Engage student's interest
with the motivation activity.
Reading Warm Ups
English 8
Journal - You just won a
thousand dollar shopping
spree to your favorite store.
What would you buy and
why?
Journal - You woke up in the
middle of the woods. How did
you get there? How will you
get home? What happens to
you on the way?
Maintenance Sheet - Week
#3
Voyages in English Possessive Nouns pp. 324325
Voyages in English Appositives pp. 322-323
Plan personal narratives
Maintenance Sheet Week #3
Journal - You were marooned
on a deserted island with
three useful things and one
completely useless thing.
What are they and how will
you use them to survive?
Maintenance Sheet - Week
#3
Voyages in English - Noun
Challenge p. 326
Mini Lesson - Grabbing the
reader's attention. Daily 6
Continue Introduction of
Trait Writing pp. 96-97. Begin personal narrative
intro to personal narratives.
Reinforce vocabulary
Vocabulary Builder n
"Papa's Parrot" - read
and answer question
the sides of the story
Reader's Notebook.
"MK" - read story and
question along the si
the Literature book.
Homework - Reading
Context Clues to Unlo
Meaning and LIterary
Analysis: Narrative W
Read and discuss Patricia C.
McKissack's Insights into her
essay on p. 11
Reading 8
Read and discuss "The
11:59" being sure to identify
the elements that make this
a fiction selection.
Introduce "The 11:59" using
Patricia C. McKissack's
Introduction on p. 12
Read and discuss Patricia C.
McKissack's insights on p. 21
Introduce Background and
Vocabulary words: alleged,
devoted, reproduce, and
enriched.
Thinking About the Selection
questions p. 22 with a
partner. Go over with whole
group.
Homework: Write a few
sentences about what you
would do if you knew that
you only had one more day
to live.
Selection Test on "The Baker
Heater League" and "The
11:59."
Independent Reading