Week of 8/21/18 Monday: Mrs. Lucas is out. Read and complete ALL activities on pages 27 – 32 in your class notebook from the Holt Literacy Handbook.

8/22/17 Bear Time: Journal Prompt It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands. A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. Read the excerpt. Respond with a connection. You can connect what you read to real life, or something else you read, or something you saw on TV or film. Beginning course details and/or books/materials needed for a class/project.

8/22/17 EQ How can I apply textual evidence when writing about fictional and informative text?

8/22/17 Mini – Lesson : What can we learn? Read your section Present your section to the class. What can we learn from what we read? Give 2 pieces of textual evidence to share with the class. Heading – According to the Text . . . A schedule design for optional periods of time/objectives.

8/22/17 Writing Workshop: READ Read the story, “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” Introductory notes.

8/23/17 Bear Time: Journal Prompt It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands. A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. Read the excerpt. Rewrite it adding an adjective in front of EVERY noun. Beginning course details and/or books/materials needed for a class/project.

8/23/17 Mini – Lesson : What can we learn? Read your section Present your section to the class. What can we learn from what we read? Give 2 pieces of textual evidence to share with the class. Heading – According to the Text . . . A schedule design for optional periods of time/objectives.

8/23/17 Writing Workshop Read “Rikki Tikki Tavi” Write down and be ready to share three “understandings” from the text. Heading – According to the Text . . .

8/24/17 Bear Time: Journal Prompt It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands. A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. Read the excerpt. Rewrite the excerpt from a 3rd Period Point of View AND past tense. Beginning course details and/or books/materials needed for a class/project.

Objectives and Results Course objective 1 Course objective 2 Course objective 3 Results Expected results Skills developed Skill 1 Skill 2 Objectives for instruction and expected results and/or skills developed from learning.

Vocabulary Term One Term Two Term Three Definition A Definition B Relative vocabulary list.

8/25/17 Bear Time: Journal Prompt It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands. A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. Read the excerpt. Use Ray Bradbury’s style, but change the topic of the excerpt. For example, you might begin with, “It had been going on for 3 years; hundreds upon thousands of minutes compounded and filled from end to end with torturous school work. . . .” Beginning course details and/or books/materials needed for a class/project.

Procedures/Lecture Slide Add procedure here Step one Step two A list of procedures and steps, or a lecture slide with media.

Graphs/Charts 1 Example graph/chart.

Graphs/Charts 2 Example graph/chart.

Conclusion Add your conclusions here. Conclusion to course, lecture, et al.

Questions/Discussions Question One Discussion Question Two Questions Three An opportunity for questions and discussions.