Writing Calendar (October 2014)
monday
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tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
Vocabulary: Check and
review Chapter 4
1
Grammar: Grade page 193
- Page 195
2
Vocabulary: Chapter 4 Test
- Chapter 5 (pages 57, 61
and Extension Activity)
3
Grammar: Grade page 195
- Review Common/Proper
Nouns
- Page 215
30
Grammar: Page 193
Focus: Collect Graded
Prompt #2
- Introduce Argumentative
Writing (Fact vs. Opinion)
HW: Page 193
(DUE Wednesday)
Focus: Brainstorm possible
Debate Topics
- Determine Debate
small groups
HW: Prepare for Vocabulary
Chapter 4 Test (Thursday)
Focus: Credible vs.
Noncredible Sources
- View videos:
(- Argumentative Essay
Database Resources
- Database Research)
Focus: Graded Prompt #1 Begin Research Graphic
Organizer
HW: Vocabulary Chapter 5
Activities (DUE Tuesday)
Focus: Graded Prompt #1 Continue working on
Research Graphic Organizer
- Introduce Debate Overview
HW: Page 195
(DUE Friday)
6
Grammar: Grade page 215
- Page 211
Focus: Graded Prompt #1 Continue working on
Research Graphic Organizer
HW: Page 211
(DUE Wednesday)
7
Vocabulary: Check and
review Chapter 5
Focus: Graded Prompt #1 Introduce
Debate Outline
- Begin working on Debate
Outline in small groups
8
Grammar: Grade page 211
- Quiz Page 19
Focus: Graded Prompt #1 Continue working on Debate
Outline in
small groups
HW: Page 215
9
Vocabulary: Chapter 5 Test
Focus: Graded Prompt #1 Continue working on Debate
Outline in
small groups
HW: NO
10
Grammar: 23 Helping
Verb Quiz
- Introduce Verb/Noun
Review Activity
Focus: Graded Prompt #1:
Last day to work on Debate
Outline in small groups
HW: NO
HW: Prepare for Vocabulary
Chapter 5 Test (Thursday)
13
14
Vocabulary: Introduce
Chapters 1-5 Review
Activity
15
Grammar: Continue working
on Verb/Noun Review
Activity
Focus: Graded Prompt #1 Debate #1
Focus: Graded Prompt #1 Debate #2
HW: NO
HW: NO
Staff Development –
NO School for Students
20
21
Grammar: Collect
Verb/Noun Review Activity
- Introduce Preposition Song
- Song needs to be selected
by Wednesday
Focus: Practice Prompt #1 Body Paragraph using
Mentor Text #1 and #2
HW: Practice Prompt #1:
Body Paragraph
27
Grammar: Continue working
on Preposition Song
- Preposition Song Lyrics
should be written
- Begin filming using iMovie
or Garage Band
Focus: Graded Prompt #1 Begin writing Rough Draft
HW: NO
HW: Debate Outline
16
Vocabulary: Continue
working on Chapters 1-5
Review Activity
Focus: Introduce
Explanatory/Informational
Writing using
Mentor Text #1
17
Grammar: Continue working
on Verb/Noun Review
Activity
Focus: Listen to Mentor Text
#2 and take notes
HW: NO
HW: Verb/Noun Review
Activity
- Flipped Classroom/Guided
Notes (Prepositions)
- Mentor Text #1
Vocabulary: Continue
working on Chapters 1-5
Review Activity
24
Grammar: Continue working
on Preposition Song
- Continue writing song
lyrics and practice
Vocabulary: Continue
working on Chapters 1-5
Review Activity
22
Grammar: Continue working
on Preposition Song
- Begin writing song lyrics
23
Focus: Practice Prompt #1 Introduction using Mentor
Text #1 and #2
Focus: Practice Prompt #1Conclusion using Mentor
Text #1 and #2
Focus: Introduce Graded
Prompt #1
- Graphic Organizer
HW: Practice Prompt #1:
Introduction
- Preposition Song
HW: Practice Prompt #1:
Conclusion
HW: NO
28
Grammar: Contiue working
on Preposition Song
- Continue filming/editing
29
Grammar: Continue working
on Preposition Song
- Continue filming/editing
30
Grammar: Continue working
on Preposition Song
- File must be dropped by
the end of the period
Focus: Graded Prompt #1 Continue writing Rough
Draft
Focus: Graded Prompt #1 Peer Edit with a checklist
- Begin typing Final Draft
HW: Graded Prompt #1:
Rough Draft
HW: NO
Focus: Graded Prompt #1 Continue typing Final Draft
HW: Graded Prompt #1:
Final Draft
- Preposition Song
Focus: Graded Prompt #1 Graphic Organizer
HW: Graded Prompt #1:
Graphic Organizer
- Preposition Song Lyrics
31
Grammar: Present
Preposition Songs
Focus: Present Grammar
Presposition Songs
HW: Graded Prompt #1 Final Typed Draft DUE
Monday