Literacy November 4, 2013
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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.
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Literacy Lesson.
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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
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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
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Get all books and materials ready for the day.
Use inside voices until announcements are made.
Please bring in can goods
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Read Book of the Month
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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
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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
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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.