Monday, January 15, 2017 DLT: Wildcats will reflect on the contributions of MLK as they enjoy a day off!!!

Warm up Prepositional Phrase Participial Phrase Appositive Phrase Write the date in your notebook Think about prepositions, participles, and Fill in WEEK 2 of your “Revising and Editing” notes Prepositional Phrase Phrase that begins with a preposition and clarifies time, place, or direction EX: On the table Participial Phrase Phrase that begins with a participle and modifies a noun by adding description EX: Walking down the street Appositive Phrase Phrase that provides more information about a noun EX: My friend Michael

Grammar Warm Up: Parts of Speech Tuesday Fill in the correct terms on your grammar vocabulary handout (in your RWN) using the words prepositional, participial, and appositive. B. Identify the underlined phrase in each of the sentences below. Write the phrase AND the type: prepositional, participial, or appositive. All we had was Simon Finch, a fur-trapping apothecary from Cornwall, whose piety was exceeded only by his stinginess. Inside the house lives a malevolent phantom. Mrs. Radley ran screaming into the street that Arthur was killing them all, but when the sheriff arrived he found Boo still sitting in the living-room, cutting up the Tribune.

Grammar Warm Up: Parts of Speech Tuesday Identify the underlined phrase in each of the sentences below. Write the phrase AND the type: prepositional, participial, or appositive. a fur trapping apothecary from Cornwall: appositive Inside the house: prepositional Into the street: prepositional cutting up the Tribune: participial

Tuesday, January 16, 2017 DLT: Wildcats will build background knowledge prior to reading To Kill a Mockingbird.

FYIs: Tuesday Book Check. Be sure to have your book in class EVERY SINGLE DAY!! If you need to make up your final, please stay after school TODAY IN MY ROOM Please purchase a copy To Kill a Mockingbird Where you in school to finish your essay? If not, NEXT TUESDAY is the makeup day!

Background Activities Tuesday Background Activities Civil Rights Webquest: Work with ONE partner to complete the activity using a laptop. Harper Lee Four-Square: Work independently to read the article and complete the activity. Vocabulary: Use a dictionary and a thesaurus to complete the guide - most definitions have synonyms IN the defintions

Synonyms Image Sentence Definition Word

Closure: 3-2-1 Exit Ticket Tuesday Closure: 3-2-1 Exit Ticket Write 3 facts from the reading. Write 2 opinions from the reading. Write 1 question you have about the reading. Hand me your ticket as you leave the room.

Grammar Warm Up: Parts of Speech Wednesday Identify the underlined phrase in each of the sentences below. Write the phrase AND the type: prepositional, participial, or appositive. Jem said if Dill wanted to get himself killed, all he had to do was go up and knock on the front door. They thought I spent too much time in God’s outdoors and not enough time inside the house reading the Bible. Tim was a liver-colored bird dog, the pet of Maycomb.

Grammar Warm Up: Parts of Speech Wednesday Identify the underlined phrase in each of the sentences below. Write the phrase AND the type: prepositional, participial, or appositive. to get himself killed: prepositional reading the Bible: participial the pet of Maycomb: appositive

Wednesday, January 17, 2017 DLT: Wildcats will build background knowledge prior to reading To Kill a Mockingbird.

Tuesday FYIs: Book Check. Be sure to have your book in class EVERY SINGLE DAY!! You’ll have reading homework most evenings; please keep up!

Vocabulary Windowpane Wednesday Vocabulary Windowpane Pick up a copy of the TKAM dictionary (folded handout). Use the information on the dictionary to complete your windowpane. Each square should be neat and complete. You may use a dictionary or thesaurus, but you may not use your phone. Tape your dictionary into your RWN and turn your windowpane in at the end of class. If you finish before the end of the period, write sentences for 20 of the words that are NOT on the windowpane in your RWN.

Grammar Warm Up: Parts of Speech Thursday Write two sentences, each with at least two of the three phrases: prepositional, participial, appositive. Underline and identify each phrase in both sentences.

Thursday, January 18, 2017 DLT: Wildcats will build background knowledge prior to reading To Kill a Mockingbird.

Thursday FYIs: Book Check. Be sure to have your book in class EVERY SINGLE DAY!! You’ll have reading homework most evenings; please keep up!

Background Activities Thursday Background Activities Civil Rights Webquest: Work with your 9 o’clock partner to complete the activity using a laptop. Harper Lee Four-Square: Work independently to read the article and complete the activity. You’ll turn in what you finish at the end of the period.

Closure: 3-2-1 Exit Ticket Thursday Closure: 3-2-1 Exit Ticket Write 3 facts from the reading. Write 2 opinions from the reading. Write 1 question you have about the reading. Hand me your ticket as you leave the room.

Grammar Warm Up: Parts of Speech Friday Write two sentences, each with at least two of the three phrases: prepositional, participial, appositive. Underline and identify each phrase in both sentences.

Friday, January 19, 2017 DLT: Wildcats will read and analyze literary elements in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Friday FYIs: Book Check. Be sure to have your book in class EVERY SINGLE DAY!! You’ll have reading homework most evenings; please keep up!

Chapter 1: TKAM Listen to the audio version of the first chapter. Friday Chapter 1: TKAM Listen to the audio version of the first chapter. As you read each chapter, please highlight new characters that appear. Write the characters’ names at the top of each page so you can find them easily. Fill in the character chart along the way. Don’t wait till the end of the book! Answer bookmark questions for each chapter as you read.

Closure: Begin reading chapter 2 and finish for homework. Friday Closure: Begin reading chapter 2 and finish for homework. We’ll check and discuss bookmarks for chapters 1 & 2 Monday!!