September 3 Welcome Daily Objective: Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will learn…. the expectations for the school year Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will do…. Read the Syllabus, ask questions, and high light important parts

Syllabus Read Ask questions High light important parts

September 4 SRI

September 5 New Seats—Popsicle sticks Pick up your composition book Write your name on it Oh-the Places You’ll Go Reflection in comp. book Due: Signed Syllabus

September 8 CS: Get your journal and write three goals you have for this year. Use complex sentence structure. For example: “One of my goals this year is _______ because _________.” Use three different sentence starters. Want Ads Interview a student Create your want ad Finish SRI testing (Library) Fluency testing here.

Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will learn…. Interviewing Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will do…. Create a Want Ad

September 9 CS: Get your journal, look at your goals….. Want Ads 1. Are they complete sentences? 2. Are they complex sentences? (One of my goals is _____ because _____.) Do they all have different sentence starters? 3. If none of the above, correct sentences. 4. Choose one goal and write a plan to achieve that goal. Use at least three complex sentences that outline how you will achieve that goal. Want Ads Finish Want Ad Finish SRI testing (Library) Fluency testing here.

Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will learn…. Write informational text Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will do…. Create a Want Ad

September 10 CS: Paragraph writing and lecture 1. Turn in Want Ads 2. Get your Journal and have a seat A. Read your Goals and Plan—Finish your Goals and Plan as needed B. Read your paragraph from “Oh-The Places You’ll Go” to yourself and then to a friend (out loud) Paragraph writing and lecture You will need highlighters today : Purple, Blue, Green, and Yellow (Use Colored Pencils, Crayons, Markers if you do not have highlighters) We will be working with your paragraphs from Dr. Seuss. You will be revising and editing as needed. Please use a sticky note and turn your pages over so you can easily access the paragraph as you rewrite it on another page. Finish SRI testing (Library)? Fluency testing here.?

Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will learn…. Learn paragraphing Revision and Editing (writing process) Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will do…. Rewrite their paragraph reflection on “Oh-The Places You’ll Go”

September 11— Happy Patriot Day!! CS: 1. Get Journals 2. Sit in seats quickly Watch video clip Vocabulary Read article Take notes Venn Time line Discussion Essential Questions: 1. How do the choices an author makes create an effect that conveys the author’s purpose? 2. What considerations should a writer take in order to clearly convey his/her purpose and message?

Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will learn…. Author’s Purpose Tone Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will do…. Close read of “A Warm, Clear Day in Dallas from John F. Kennedy” by Marta Randall p578 Discussion of article and its purpose and tone

September 12 SSR Rubric ..\..\Strong Reading Behaviors (3).docx

September 15 CS: Read article together Discussion Answer questions 1. Get Journals 2. Get a copy of article from last week Read article together Discussion Answer questions Describe the author’s purpose. What specific words or phrases advanced the author’s purpose? Essential Questions for the unit: 1. How do the choices an author makes create an effect that conveys the author’s purpose? 2. What considerations should a writer take in order to clearly convey his/her purpose and message?

Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will learn…. Author’s Purpose Tone Take notes Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will do…. Close read of “A Warm, Clear Day in Dallas from John F. Kennedy” by Marta Randall p578 Discussion of article and its purpose and tone Answer questions

September 16 CS: Read article together Close Read of article Worksheet 1. Get Journals 2. Get a copy of article from last week Read article together Close Read of article Worksheet Essential Questions for the unit: 1. How do the choices an author makes create an effect that conveys the author’s purpose? 2. What considerations should a writer take in order to clearly convey his/her purpose and message?

Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will learn…. Author’s Purpose Tone Take notes Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will do…. Close read of “A Speech to Congress” Lyndon B Johnson Discussion of article and its purpose and tone Answer questions

September 17 CS: 1. Get Journals 2. Get a copy of article Answer questions from worksheet (yesterday) in your journals Summary Writing—handout Essential Questions for the unit: 1. How do the choices an author makes create an effect that conveys the author’s purpose? 2. What considerations should a writer take in order to clearly convey his/her purpose and message?

Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will learn…. Author’s Purpose Tone Take notes Write summary—Prewrite Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will do…. Close read of “A Speech to Congress” Lyndon B Johnson Write summary paragraph; complete handout

September 22 Essential Questions for the unit: CS: Sit in the same numbered seat Get Journals Get a copy Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street Begin reading Read story independently When finished re-read story and answer the following questions in your journal Who is the author? What is the title? What is the author’s purpose? Who is the audience? What is the tone? Where is the story set? Write three details you found interesting about the story. Essential Questions for the unit: 1. How do the choices an author makes create an effect that conveys the author’s purpose? 2. What considerations should a writer take in order to clearly convey his/her purpose and message? Afterschool help this Wednesday at 2:45

Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will learn…. Author’s Purpose Cite Textual evidence Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will do…. Close read of “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”

September 23 CS: “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street” Get…….Journals, copy of “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street” Define or give an example of the following in your journal: Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Conjunction, Interjection, Preposition Turn in assignments (before class begins)….Several of you have not turned in your 1. summary paragraph plan (pre-write) 2. summary paragraph rough draft 3. summary paragraph final draft “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street” Finish your partner reading Finish answering questions from yesterday in your journal Whole class read…take notes in journal Look for specific quotes you can use to help support our discussion and write them down using quotation marks

Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will learn…. Author’s Purpose Cite Textual evidence Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will do…. Close read of “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street” Choose write quotes in their journals to support our discussion

September 24 CS: “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street” Get…….Journals, copy of “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”, and Clause Handout Complete Clause handout and turn in “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street” Whole class read…take notes in journal Look for specific quotes you can use to help support our discussion and write them down using quotation marks Finish answering questions in your journal Who is the author? What is the title? What is the author’s purpose? Who is the audience? What is the tone? Where is the story set? Write three details you found interesting about the story.

Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will learn…. The Clause (mini) Author’s Purpose Cite Textual evidence Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will do…. Close read of “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street” Notes in journals

September 25 CS: “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street” Get…….Journals, copy of “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”, and Clause Handout Complete Adverb Clause handout “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street” Complete the second side. Due today!!!! Done or not. I want to see you citing textual evidence using quotation marks either in journal or on the handout. This will be used for an extensive writing project. Finish answering questions in your journal Who is the author? What is the title? What is the author’s purpose? Who is the audience? What is the tone? Where is the story set? Write three details you found interesting about the story.

Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will learn…. The Adverb Clause (mini) Author’s Purpose Cite Textual evidence Daily Agenda: Today ALL students will do…. Close read of “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street” Complete handout Notes in journals

September 26—Happy birthday to me (& Mrs. Brooks) SSR (Rubric ..\..\Strong Reading Behaviors (3).docx) Finish summary paragraphs Turn in Vocabulary Correct Adverb Clause handout (ex D and E)

September 29 CS: Get Journal; Get our your TREEREEC paragraph instructions from earlier this quarter In journals: Write a complex sentence about this weekend. Use TREEREEC paragraph structure to analyze “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street.” Brainstorm in journal three ways Vita changed in the story Write a thesis Brainstorm details to support the three ways Vita changed in the story Write three body paragraphs of an essay Highlight paragraphs

September 30 CS: Get Journal; Get your TREEREEC paragraph handout; Get your outlines from yesterday You need: Journal TREEREEC paragraph handout Outlines from yesterday Notebook paper Pen Prompt…..What are three changes that Vita goes through over the course of the story 1. thesis statement 2. 3 body paragraphs