Wednesday, January 11th 2017

What are we doing today? Bellwork: SILENTLY complete activity Homework Checked: None Classwork: Cursive Quote Grammar Practice 18: Possessive Pronouns Figurative Language Chart and other Maniac Magee sheets What is a myth? Quickwrite Maniac Magee Ch. 1&2 Homework: Get Maniac Magee. We have begun reading it this week! READ. Finish anything you didn’t complete in class.

If you could have been someone in history, who would you have been? Bellwork Answer this question. Make sure it is at least one paragraph (five sentences). If you could have been someone in history, who would you have been? After you finish writing, study for your grammar quiz! Make sure to put the date beside your response and keep all bellwork responses for the week on the same page. They will be due the first day of the following week. Be sure to stay organized and keep up! Make sure to put the date beside your response and keep all bellwork responses for the week on the same page. They will be due the first day of the following week. Be sure to stay organized and keep up!

Grammar Practice 18: Possessive Pronouns We will review the lesson as a class first. As I give you the practice sheet, do not turn it over until I say “Go.” I will then give you 2 minutes to complete as many questions as possible. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WRITE THE SENTENCES FOR PART C! The top three people with the most CORRECT answers will get a piece of candy! We will go over them all together as a class. Answers: their Its His Theirs Our Yours Her; yours His; ours Their; our Their hers

Maniac Magee In your Writing Response section, you should have these pages in this order: Essential Question pages (2, complete) Notebook paper with answer to essential question (1, complete) Maniac Magee Pre-Reading Sheet (1, complete) Chapter Check Chart (2, complete as we read through the book) Chapter Titles sheet (1, complete as we read through the book) In your Notes section, you should have these pages in this order: What is a myth? (1, complete) Figurative Language chart (1, complete as we read through the book)

Maniac Magee What is a myth? Myth: Write what you believe is a good definition of a myth. Myth: a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. traditional stories or legends collectively: a widely held but false belief or idea

Quickwrite Write this question and answer it on a separate sheet of paper. Once you are done, put it in your writing response section in front of Chapters 1&2: Have you ever felt like running away and never coming back? Why, or why not?

Maniac Magee Ch. 1&2 As I read aloud chapters 1 and 2, you complete the first five comprehension questions. If you notice any figurative language, be sure to note it in the chart. After reading, check your answers with your group. With your group, fill in the map of events. Also with your group, complete the prediction at the bottom. Answers: Killed in a trolley crash Jeffery His aunt and uncle “Talk! Talk, will ya! Talk! Talk!” Ran to Two Mills Map it out answers: Jeffrey Magee’s parents left him with a sitter to go to the city. On the way back, his parents were on the P&W trolley when it had its famous crash Jeffrey became an orphan at the age of three He was shipped to his nearest relatives – Aunt Dot, Uncle Dan He lived with them for 8 years He ran away after the spring musical and would up in Two Mills

Maniac Magee Ch. 1&2 On your own and silently, come up with good chapter titles for chapters one and two. Write them down on the Chapter Titles sheet. With your group, sum up the chapter in your own words. We will then discuss as a class and fill in the chapter charts.

Homework READ YOUR AR BOOKS!!!!! Finish what you didn’t finish in class

Announcements 1/13: Last day to bring in care package items 1/16: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no school)

1. PACK UP (and put your backpack in your seat) 2 1. PACK UP (and put your backpack in your seat) 2. CLEAN UP (check for assignments) 3. LINE UP (if everything is not clean and quiet, you will not be able to leave my room)