PLOT AND SUMMARY
FOA-MONDAY AUGUST 24, 2015
START A NEW SHEET FOR THIS WEEK
FIRST SECTION OF BINDER-WRITE QUESTION AND
ANSWER
1. Which sentence has an incorrect end mark?
A. Leo, be careful with that paint?
3. Which conjunction best fits the following
sentence?
B. You almost tipped it over!
Roberto wanted lobster, _____ the kitchen ran
out of it.
C. Are you going to paint the doghouse?
A. Or
D. Orange is an unusual choice.
B.
2. Which of the following sentences is a
declarative sentence?
C. And
A. Tell me what Rita is doing.
4. Which of the following is a sentence
fragment?
B. She is watching another opera video!
C. Why does she like opera so much?
D. She likes the loud singing and colorful
costumes.
But
D. (no correct answers)
A. Our class event was called the Retro Metro.
B. We sang songs from many eras.
C. Harry and Kate mimed a scene from a
silent movie.
D. Wore old costumes too.
ANSWERS
1. A
2. D.
3. B.
4. D.
HAWK MASTERY
• Every Monday you will receive five words
• You will create a Frayer Model for each word
• Your Hawk Mastery will be due every Friday
• If it is not complete you will be exempt from PHOTO/FUN FRIDAY’S!
NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!!!
WORDS AND EXAMPLE
• Indigenous
• Modification
• Innate
• Generate
• Enhance
SUMMARY NOTES!!
• Fill out Cornell Notes
• Only keyword is SUMMARY!
• Place Summary Graphic Organizer in the notes section of your binder
• https://prezi.com/uf0ex8raxxnv/summary-critique-and-expository-writing/
• On the back of cornell notes is where we will provide a summary of the
video.
• Copy Plot diagram to fill out for video
FOA-TUESDAY AUGUST 25,2015
JOURNAL-IN SPIRAL
FREE WRITE-WRITE ABOUT WHATEVER YOU WANT
LEAVE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE PAPER!!
• 7MINS
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF
MEATBALLS
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Read Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Notes 8/25 Copy plot diagram, and we will fill out
Summary in groups
Summary Quiz tomorrow
Plot quiz Thursday
Hawk Mastery Friday
SUMMARY
• Provide a summary for the story on a sheet of paper to be placed in the
notes section of your binder
• Use the someone wanted but so graphic organizer to guide you
• All of the work from today is to be placed in the notes section of your binder
FOA-WEDS. AUGUST 26, 2015
FOA SECTION IN BINDER
The following sentences do not use pronouns. Rewrite the sentences
using pronouns to avoid repetition.
1. Bianca and Erin went to the mall to shop for Bianca and Erin’s prom
dresses.
2. Bianca found the exact dress that Bianca was looking for.
3. Erin found a dress that Erin loved, but the dress wasn’t Erin’s size.
4. The salesperson helped Erin look for Erin’s dress in another color.
ANSWERS
1. Bianca and Erin went to the mall to shop for THEIR prom
dresses.
2. Bianca found the exact dress that SHE was looking for.
3. Erin found a dress that SHE loved, but the dress wasn’t HER
size.
4. The salesperson helped Erin look for HER dress in another
color.
NARRATIVE RETURN
• Rough drafts – errors
• Very creative
• Not as much quotes, dialogue, transition words and phrases
• Redo due no later than Friday
SUMMARY QUIZ
• Hawk mastery when done or narrative redo
WEDNESDAY
AGENDA
• Pancake problems (if your narrative is not done, you
need to finish that instead)
FOA-THURSDAY AUGUST 27,2015
JOURNAL-IN SPIRAL!!
• FREE WRITE-WRITE ABOUT WHATEVER YOU WANT
• LEAVE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE PAPER!!
• 7MINS
PLOT MINI LESSON
• Add to cornell notes on plot
• Plot quiz tomorrow
• Hawk Mastery Due tomorrow
• Redo due tomorrow
• Summary quiz if absent yesterday
• The Last Dog – read by Tuesday; in literature book
SAMPLE ESSAYS
• Rubric and sample in notes section of your binder
FOA-PHOTO FRIDAY
AUGUST 28, 2015
USE THE SAME SHEET OF PAPER FROM MON & WEDS
IN PARAGRAPH FORM
• 1) Make a claim about the photo
2) List 3 pieces of evidence that support your claim
3) List 3 reasons (reasoning) why that evidence supports your claim next to
your evidence
EXAMPLE OF CERCA USAGE
HOW TO MAKE A CLAIM
http://resources.thinkcerca.com/resource/collaborating-evidence-sharingideas-students-smarter/
PLOT QUIZ
• Hawk mastery and FOA on your desk
• 3B on a blank sheet of paper
• The rest on bubble sheet
• When you’re done, put MY QUIZ IN THE FILE FOLDER
• Place your answer sheets bubble sheet on top, on top of the file folder
• Revise and edit your narrative
FOA MONDAY, AUGUST 31
IN YOUR FOA SECTION IN YOUR
BINDER, START A NEW SHEET OF PAPER
Directions: Fix the quotation error in each sentence. Write the sentence.
1. King said “I love Ms. Lonigan’s class!”
2. Genesis replied, “This is my party shirt”.
3. Timothee asked, “How can I get an “A” on this assignment.”
4. “I don’t care what anyone says because I love writing” Melodi
exclaimed.
5. Me too!” exclaimed Charles.
HAWK MASTERY
• Progenitor
• Vitality
• resistant
• native
• immortality
• 3 examples, 3 non-examples, 3 characteristics or 1 drawing, 5 frayer models
MISSING WORK BOARD
• Check it!
• Grades in iNow
• The Last Dog 48
THANK YOU, MA’AM
• As we read the story look for the plot elements:
• Exposition: Setting, characters, climate
• Rising action: event(s) leading to the climax
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Climax: most exciting part, turning point of the story
Falling action: event(s) leading to resolution
Resolution: how the story ends
Blank plot chart fill out
WRITE A SUMMARY OF “THE LAST
DOG” IN YOUR SPIRAL!
• Summary:
Main events
Who, what, where, why, how, when?
Short description of the text
Blue papers in NOTES section of your binder
Papers back in binder under section 4 Assessments
FOA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
WRITE IN YOUR SPIRAL
• A summary of “The Last Dog”
• Summary includes the main events
• Who, what, when, where, why, and how
• A short description of the text
• Blue papers under notes in binder
• Quizzes under assessments in binder
NARRATIVE
• Topic:
Edit your narrative using Brock from “The Last Dog,” or Roger from “Thank
You, Ma’am,” as the main character in a post-apocalyptic society. How
are you going to describe the new main character? You need to include
characteristics and descriptive details from the story in your narrative.
• 1) Establish characters, setting, climate/situation
• 2) What events are going to lead to the climax?
• 3) Include a turning point that is exciting.
• 4) Add at least one event that leads to the end.
• 5) How is the story going to end?
• LABEL YOUR PARTS OF YOUR NARRATIVE!
• Edit and revise narratives when done – I will be conferencing with you
• 1) Establish characters, setting, climate
• 2) What event is going to lead to the climax?
• 3) Include a turning point that is exciting.
• 4) Add an event that leads to the end.
• 5) How is the story going to end?
• Not only simple sentences, transition words, separate paragraphs, comma and
punctuation errors
FOA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
FOA SECTION IN YOUR BINDER
• Directions: combine the sentences to make a compound or
complex sentence.
1. Jasmine walks to school. Darius rides the bus.
2. Dylan loves vegetables. Chalyse hates vegetables.
3. Akpedge will help with counting house points. Jesse will check for
trash on the floor.
4. Jonathan loves coming to school. He like playing video games at
home.
5. Sa’Malarie likes Taylor Swift. Gregory hates Taylor Swift.
PLOT QUIZ
• Brain Break
• Rock, paper scissors championship
• House points – no one is keep up with them, and the paper disappeared
from yesterday…this is YOUR responsibility
• Missing Work!
• Hawk Mastery
EDIT/REVISE YOUR LATEST
NARRATIVE
Are all of your plot elements clear and labelled?
Does your exposition include setting, characters, and situation?
Did you include details?
Did you include dialogue correctly?
Did you use description?
Did you use advanced vocabulary?
Did you use all simple sentences?
Did you use at least 10 transition words?
Lastly, go back and re-read looking for misspelled words, misused
commas and other punctuation.
• DUE TUESDAY AS PART OF YOUR CFA GRADE
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
JUST READ DIRECTIONS
• It’s your lucky day! Due to lack of time, I will be checking
FOAs for this week and Hawk Mastery on TUESDAY while you
are completing your CFA.
• REMEMBER YOUR NEW REVISION OF YOUR NARRATIVE IS DUE
TUESDAY WITH HAWK MASTERY!
• Make sure you have all of your belongings for when we go
to the lab in a moment.
• If you don’t know your log in, have a sheet of paper and
pencil ready; I will give it to you in the lab.
• You will sit at your assigned desk number you are at now.
That will be your computer number.
LAB
1) Nearpod.com, then click I’m a student, and enter code
2) Kahoot.it
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
READ THE BOARD AND FOLLOW
DIRECTIONS
• Get out spiral, turn to FOA from last week (Tuesday,
September 1)
• Get out FOA’s from last week and put that sheet on
top of your spiral (August 31-September 2)
• You need one sheet of paper for your CFA today
• You will turn in your narrative with your CFA (Tear out
of spiral)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
• You need one sheet of paper on your desk.
Put everything else up.
Pre-test
• Do your best! I am not answering any
questions about the test only because I need
to see what you know. Read and follow
directions.
FOA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
• Journal in your spiral!
• Here is your quote prompt!
INFORMATIVE/EXPLANATORY
INTRO
FOA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
FOA SECTION IN YOUR BINDER
• In paragraph form:
1) Make a claim about the photo
2) List 3 pieces of evidence that support
your claim
3) List 3 reasons (reasoning) why that
Evidence supports your claim
GRAMMAR GAME
ACT IT OUT VOCAB