Monday

Journal If your life had a soundtrack, what song would play to represent the first three years of your life? Why? Four complete sentences Advanced: Six complete sentences

directly and clearly expressed, leaving nothing just implied I say EXPLICIT You say EXPLICIT

You say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE the choice a writer makes about his/her text: to entertain, teach, argue, encourage, etc. I say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE You say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

I say NARRATIVE TEXT You say NARRATIVE TEXT a story (can be fiction or nonfiction!) such as a novel, short story, biography or poem I say NARRATIVE TEXT You say NARRATIVE TEXT

You say STATIC CHARACTER a character who remains the same and does not change throughout a story I say STATIC CHARACTER You say STATIC CHARACTER

a character who goes through a significant change throughout a story I say DYNAMIC CHARACTER You say DYNAMIC CHARACTER

Launch

7.R.RI.01 Reading Objective: The Highly Proficient student applies numerous, strong pieces of textual evidence in supporting a complex inference or analysis of the text.   Essential Questions: 1. What is strong textual evidence? How can I identify the appropriate support? 2. What is a complex inference? How can I analyze a text to find the meaning?

Tuesday

Journal Describe the moments right after you realize you’ve made a terrible mistake. Four complete sentences Advanced: Six complete sentences

directly and clearly expressed, leaving nothing just implied I say EXPLICIT You say EXPLICIT

You say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE the choice a writer makes about his/her text: to entertain, teach, argue, encourage, etc. I say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE You say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

I say NARRATIVE TEXT You say NARRATIVE TEXT a story (can be fiction or nonfiction!) such as a novel, short story, biography or poem I say NARRATIVE TEXT You say NARRATIVE TEXT

You say STATIC CHARACTER a character who remains the same and does not change throughout a story I say STATIC CHARACTER You say STATIC CHARACTER

a character who goes through a significant change throughout a story I say DYNAMIC CHARACTER You say DYNAMIC CHARACTER

Vocab Task Choose a STATIC character and a DYNAMIC character from any movie, TV show, or book. Explain how the static character does NOT change through the entire story, and explain how the dynamic character DOES change.

Launch

7.R.RI.01 Reading Objective: The Highly Proficient student applies numerous, strong pieces of textual evidence in supporting a complex inference or analysis of the text.   Essential Questions: 1. What is strong textual evidence? How can I identify the appropriate support? 2. What is a complex inference? How can I analyze a text to find the meaning?

Wednesday

Journal If you had to disguise yourself, like Johnny and Pony, what change in your features would make you the most sad? For example, cutting his long, black hair made Pony feel like he was giving up on his gang and his family. Four complete sentences Advanced: Six complete sentences

directly and clearly expressed, leaving nothing just implied I say EXPLICIT You say EXPLICIT

You say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE the choice a writer makes about his/her text: to entertain, teach, argue, encourage, etc. I say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE You say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

I say NARRATIVE TEXT You say NARRATIVE TEXT a story (can be fiction or nonfiction!) such as a novel, short story, biography or poem I say NARRATIVE TEXT You say NARRATIVE TEXT

You say STATIC CHARACTER a character who remains the same and does not change throughout a story I say STATIC CHARACTER You say STATIC CHARACTER

a character who goes through a significant change throughout a story I say DYNAMIC CHARACTER You say DYNAMIC CHARACTER

Vocab Task Write two different text messages between two best friends who have gotten into a fight. In one text message, explain why “you” are angry EXPLICITLY. In the next text message, don’t explain explicitly. Ex. “You told my mom that I had a project due tomorrow and now I’m grounded!” Ex. “Whatever. It’s your fault we can’t hang out, so I’ll just be here... working on my project.”

Launch

7.R.RI.01 Reading Objective: The Highly Proficient student applies numerous, strong pieces of textual evidence in supporting a complex inference or analysis of the text.   Essential Questions: 1. What is strong textual evidence? How can I identify the appropriate support? 2. What is a complex inference? How can I analyze a text to find the meaning?

Thursday

Journal Explain something about yourself that other people don’t seem to understand. Four complete sentences Advanced: Six complete sentences

directly and clearly expressed, leaving nothing just implied I say EXPLICIT You say EXPLICIT

You say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE the choice a writer makes about his/her text: to entertain, teach, argue, encourage, etc. I say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE You say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

I say NARRATIVE TEXT You say NARRATIVE TEXT a story (can be fiction or nonfiction!) such as a novel, short story, biography or poem I say NARRATIVE TEXT You say NARRATIVE TEXT

You say STATIC CHARACTER a character who remains the same and does not change throughout a story I say STATIC CHARACTER You say STATIC CHARACTER

a character who goes through a significant change throughout a story I say DYNAMIC CHARACTER You say DYNAMIC CHARACTER

Vocab Task Explain the difference between a narrative text, like a story, and an informative text, such as a newspaper article Write at least three sentences

Launch

7.R.RI.01 Reading Objective: The Highly Proficient student applies numerous, strong pieces of textual evidence in supporting a complex inference or analysis of the text.   Essential Questions: 1. What is strong textual evidence? How can I identify the appropriate support? 2. What is a complex inference? How can I analyze a text to find the meaning?

Friday

Journal Would you rather have extendable legs or retractable arms? Four complete sentences Advanced: Six complete sentences

directly and clearly expressed, leaving nothing just implied I say EXPLICIT You say EXPLICIT

You say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE the choice a writer makes about his/her text: to entertain, teach, argue, encourage, etc. I say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE You say AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

I say NARRATIVE TEXT You say NARRATIVE TEXT a story (can be fiction or nonfiction!) such as a novel, short story, biography or poem I say NARRATIVE TEXT You say NARRATIVE TEXT

You say STATIC CHARACTER a character who remains the same and does not change throughout a story I say STATIC CHARACTER You say STATIC CHARACTER

a character who goes through a significant change throughout a story I say DYNAMIC CHARACTER You say DYNAMIC CHARACTER

Write the definitions in your own words: Explicit — Author’s purpose — Narrative — Dynamic character — Static character —

Launch

7.R.RL.01 Reading Objective: The Highly Proficient student can cite multiple examples of textual evidence to support my complex analysis and inference.   Essential Questions: 1. What is textual evidence? How can I identify the appropriate support? 2. What is a direct and indirect reference? How can I analyze a text to find the direct and indirect meaning? 3. What is a complex inference?