Language Arts
Agenda for the week of
November 9-13th, 2015
Monday, November 9, 2015
“Try to be a rainbow
in someone’s cloud.”
•
Maya Angelou
Agenda for today:
• Warm-up: HOTS Game-Daily Word
Play
• In order to play, you MUST be quiet
• Take out a sheet of paper and create
as many words from the three letters
as possible. At least 3 letter words,
only.
Table of Contents (IN)
• Notes on Conflict
• Notes on Figurative
Language
• Mentor Sentence Lesson # 1
• The Giver Vocabulary
page # 1
page # 2
page #
page #
Mini Lesson:
• Mentor Sentences:
We will work with the following
sentence all week. You need to write
the sentence down in your IN. Label
the page as mentor sentence for the
week of November 9th-13th, 2015.
Directions:
• Label the top of your page Mentor
Sentences Lesson # 1.
• Write the mentor sentence in your IN.
• Use 8-10 lines and draw a double
entry journal like I have on the next
slide.
• Follow the directions on next slide.
• Your page should look like my page,
except you will fill yours in.
Every day was a happy day, and
every night was peaceful.
From Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Monday: You are invited to notice. Look at the sentence. What do you
notice about the way the sentence is constructed? What evidence do
you have?
NOTICE:
Classify the sentence
EVIDENCE:
Evidence for classification
Work Session:
• The Giver whole class discussion
• Character Maps
Continue working on these maps.
• Conflict Graphic Organizer
Continue working on this also.
Closing:
• Intro to Socratic discussions
• Provide the questions.
• Be prepared for discussion on
Thursday
Homework:
• Study vocabulary and the novel.
• Be prepared for your test on
Friday.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Forget yesterday - it has
already forgotten you. Don't
sweat tomorrow - you haven't
even met. Instead, open your
eyes and your heart to a truly
precious gift - today.”
―
Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
Agenda for today:
• Warm-up: HOTS Game-Daily Word
Play
• In order to play, you MUST be quiet
• Take out a sheet of paper and create
as many words as you can and add
the prefix sym to it. The new word
must make sense.
Warm-Up: Journal
Every day was a happy day, and
every night was peaceful.
From Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Monday: You are invited to notice. Look at the sentence. What do you
notice about the way the sentence is constructed? What evidence do
you have?
NOTICE:
Classify the sentence
EVIDENCE:
Evidence for classification
Tuesday: You’re invited to
notice parts of speech.
Look at your mentor sentence. What
parts of speech do you notice? On the
sentence write above each word the
code for the part of speech.
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•
•
•
Noun-N
Verb-V
Adjective-adj
Adverb-adv
Pronoun-pro
Preposition-prep Conjunction-C
Interjections-I
Work Session:
• Silent Reading on The Giver
• Re-assessment over Chapters 5-6
Homework:
• Continue reading through chapter 11
• Study vocabulary for Friday’s test
Wednesday, November 11,
2015
Warm Up:
• Word play
• Mentor Sentences
Warmup:
• Mentor Sentence:
– Wednesday: You’re invited to analyze
– Analyze the sentence to find its parts.
Use the following symbols to mark your
sentence.
–
–
–
–
–
–
Circle the simple subject(s).
Underline the 1st independent clause with 1 line.
Underline the 2nd independent clause with 2 lines.
Draw a squiggly line between clauses.
Draw a box around the simple predicate.
Draw a // between the subject & predicate
Work Session:
• Whole class discussion on The Giver
• Spelling Bee
Journal:
Homework:
• Study for vocabulary and
comprehension test over The Giver.
Thursday, November 12,
2015
Warm Up:
• Word play
• Mentor Sentence
Thursday: You’re invited
to mimic.
• Use your mentor sentence
as a model and create you
own sentence that is a
compound sentence.
Mini-Lesson:
• Plot Diagram (revisit)
• Conflict
Work Session:
• Whole class discussion over
figurative language in The Giver
• Test Review
Homework:
• Study for test!!!
Friday, November 13, 2015
Journal:
•TEST!!