Literacy November 4, 2013 Get all books and materials ready for the day. HOW MANY BOOKS HAVE YOU READ THIS YEAR? Be ready to give us a total number that you have read. Use inside voices until announcements are made. Literacy Lesson. ELA November 4, 2013 Needed Materials: paper, pen, Literature book Agenda Note: Finish reading “Flowers for Algernon” and answer questions in margin. Homework: Read independent reading book. Warm-up: Write 5-8 sentences on the following topic. Begin with topic sentence, elaborate, and restate topic in different words. Rapport: a friendly relationship (noun) There are different ways to establish rapport with someone, depending on the person’s age and maturity. Discuss how you would establish rapport with a baby, a child, a teenager, and an adult. Essential Questions & Standard How can using the 7 habits of reading help me to understand literary text? LA.8.ELACC8RL3 - Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. LA.8.ELACC8RL2 - Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text. LA.8.ELACC8RL4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts. Opening Today you will finish your self-guided reading lesson. REMEMBER: It is intrapersonal; you are working ALONE. Stay on task. If you have a question, raise your hand and seek help. DO NOT BLURT OUT. Make sure that you follow directions and complete assignment accurately so that you can earn full credit. Make SMART decisions. Work Session Materials Needed: McDougal Littell Literature Book, paper, pen Read “Flowers for Algernon” and “Charly” on pages 188-218. Read silently. Answer all questions that are written in the margins. Answers must be written in complete sentences. I counted correctly, there are 31 questions; therefore, there should be 31 answers written in complete sentences. If Closing EXIT TICKET—Write response for closing at the end of class assignment. Label it EXIT TICKET and write response in complete sentences. What did you learn from completing guided reading assignment? Turn in assignment and exit ticket. Literacy November 5, 2013 Get all books and materials ready for the day. Use inside voices until announcements are made. Please bring in can goods Read Book of the Month ELA November 5, 2013 Needed Materials: Warm-up: Write 5 to 8 paper, pen, McDougal sentences on the following Littell Literature Book, topic. Reader’s Journey Work Text What were you like as a Agenda Note: very small child? Are you Guided Reading the same way now or have Assignment you changed? Homework: Read independent reading book. Essential Questions & Standard How can using the 7 habits of reading help me to understand literary text? LA.8.ELACC8RL3 - Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. LA.8.ELACC8RL2 - Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text. LA.8.ELACC8RL4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts. Things to Remember Bring your “Reader’s Journey” workbook to class daily Opening Continue self-guided reading lesson. It is intrapersonal; you are working ALONE. Stay on task. If you have a question, raise your hand and seek help. DO NOT BLURT OUT. Make sure that you follow directions and complete assignment accurately so that you can earn full credit. Make SMART decisions. Work Session Materials Needed: McDougal Littell Literature Book, paper, pen Read “Flowers for Algernon” and “Charly” on pages 188-218. Read silently. Answer all questions that are written in the margins. Answers must be written in complete sentences. I counted correctly, there are 31 questions; therefore, there should be 31 answers written in complete sentences. If Closing EXIT TICKET—Write response for closing at the end of class assignment. Label it EXIT TICKET and write response in complete sentences. What did you learn from completing guided reading assignment? Turn in exit ticket.