How & Why Do We Tell Stories? A Storytelling Unit Day 14

STORYTELLING UNIT: DAY 14 Instructions: Correct the following sentence in the Bell Ringer section of your notebook. Draw a line separating the subject part of the sentence from the predicate. Hint: The predicate contains the verb! Bell Ringer: Holistic medicine which includes treatments such as acupuncture and aromatherapy focuses on treating the hole person body and mind rather then just the effected part. REVIEW OF BELL RINGER 2 MINUTES AFTER THE BELL RINGS!

Daily agenda Attendance/Roll Call Review Bell Ringer: Clauses, Commas, Dashes Vocabulary Spotlight: Review Reading Comprehension Formative Assessment ‘A’ (minor grade) Writer’s Studio: Love Haiku

GOALS: Correctly uses commas and dashes in a complex sentence Complete a reading comprehension assessment, providing evidence and explanations for answers selected Write two ‘love’ haiku poems between characters in the story that you are writing.

Review Bell Ringer 5 minutes Holistic medicine which includes treatments such as acupuncture and aromatherapy focuses on treating the hole person body and mind rather then just the effected part. BE PREPARED TO SHARE ONE CORRECTION WHEN CALLED UPON!

VOCABULARY SPOTLIGHT 5 minutes The _____________ of three years of research and testing was the development of a new drug to treat heart disease. Aesthetic Benevolent Culmination Inevitable

Turn-off your phone and place in the Cell Hotel. 60 Minutes Turn-off your phone and place in the Cell Hotel. Turn your seat so that you are facing the front of the class. Put everything away except a pencil/pen.

Love Haiku Haiku: A poem consisting of three lines with a total of 17 syllables divided among the lines as follows: 5-7-5 15 minutes Instructions: Using two characters from your group’s story, write two love haiku as though the characters were writing them to each other. These will be collected!

Clean-up & Announcements 5 minutes Clean-up your work area: Dispose of garbage Return pencils & makers Homework: Complete love haiku (due 2/14) and work on Free-Read Project (due 2/28).