1. Bellwork Feb.29,2016 Copy and answer. Each of the following sentences contains one or more errors. Find the errors and correct the sentences. I shovel snow for people near Elm Ave. and Green St. Two Jan. storms dumped twenty in of snow! Mister Juarez paid me really well, but Doctor Weeks didn’t.

2. Standard/I can ELAGSE7RI5: Analyze the structure the author uses to organize a text, including how major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of ides. ELAGSE7RI2: Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text. I can begin to answer a constructed response question.

3. Hook RACE Video Constructed Response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0zB3KTdRng

4. Mini-Lesson How do I completely answer a constructed response question on the Georgia Milestones test? Show Georgia Milestones Item Specific Scoring Guideline (0, 1, 2) – this is how students are scored. Read Constructed Response Item: How does the author’s organization of the passage support the main idea?

6. Work Session Read the assigned passage: Passage 1- The Importance of Tribal Masks Max Teaching: Insert underline clues that point to the main idea and use an arrow to point to organization (look for: transition words, headings, sub- headings, pictures, graphs, etc. These all help organize a piece of writing).

7. Closing Discuss Insert. Discuss how we begin to answer this question: How does the author’s organization of the passage support the main idea? What do we need to know?

8. Bellwork March 1,2016 Copy and answer. Each of the following sentences contains one or more errors. Find the errors and correct the sentences. I had thinked it would be a boring show when it first begun. Then the host getted into scuba gear and swimmed way down. When a shark swang right up to his face, I catched my breath.

9. Standard/I can ELAGSE7RI5: Analyze the structure the author uses to organize a text, including how major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of ides. ELAGSE7RI2: Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text. I can analyze the different levels of student responses in a constructed response question from the Georgia Milestones.

10. Hook- Main Idea Video https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/mainidea/

11. Mini-Lesson Main Idea Level-Up Tutorial https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/nsmedia/levelup/lit039/shell.html Students will complete level-up check points. Students will analyze student responses to the prompt-look at one that received a 0, 1, and 2 and students will decide what each response received.

12. Work Session Students will explain what the lowest score response needs to do to improve it. Students will explain why the level 2 received a level 2.

13. What score should this response receive, a 0, 1, or 2?

14. ANSWER: 0 Points

15. What score should this response receive, a 0, 1, or 2?

16. ANSWER: 1 POINT

17. What score should this response receive, a 0, 1, or 2?

18. ANSWER: 2 POINTS

19. Closing Teacher will discuss student responses to the work session.

20. Bellwork March 2,2016 Copy and answer. Each of the following sentences contains one or more errors. Find the errors and correct the sentences. I used to read mostly novels now I’ve started reading poetry. I’m reading Robert Frost’s poems, he is one of America’s greatest poets. His poetry is easy to read but I find that it is full of ideas.

21. Standard/I can ELAGSE7W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. I can write a constructed response over an assigned topic.

22. Hook Constructed response video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPnt9AFaTdc

23. Mini-Lesson Common Errors found with student responses on the Milestones with the constructed responses. View slides 17-20 of this PPT. Reflection: Which of these mistakes have you made before in your writing? How can you avoid these mistakes in your writing?

24. ELA Constructed Response: Noteworthy Trends Students responding to items that require comparing the viewpoints/main ideas of two authors or passages may only focus on explaining the viewpoint/main idea of one of the authors or passages. Students may provide a basic answer to the prompt without providing supporting details from the passage(s). Students may provide details from the passage(s) without addressing the question in the prompt.

25. ELA Narrative: Noteworthy Trends Students may restate or summarize the existing text in narrative form rather than provide an original narrative response. For prompts that ask the student to provide a narrative from a specific point of view, students may provide a narrative from a different point of view. For prompts that ask the student to rewrite the story with a different ending or a different point of view, students may copy large portions of the given text with minimal changes. Student responses may have only limited narrative elements or may use narrative elements such as dialogue in ways that do not effectively advance the narrative.

26. Argumentative/Opinion Writing: Noteworthy Trends Students may provide an essay that introduces a claim, but provide little development with few details drawn from the passages. Students may copy or closely paraphrase large portions of the prompt or passages (with or without attribution) while providing little original work (also seen in Informative/Explanatory Writing). Students may present both sides of the argument without choosing a side (or simply writing an Informative essay) or may choose both sides. Students may choose support from only one of the two passages (i.e., whichever passage best supports their claim or opinion). For grades 7 and 8 and High School: Students may present only one side of the argument, omitting a counterclaim.

27. Informative/Explanatory Writing: Noteworthy Trends Students may provide an informative essay with some details drawn from the passage but with little organizational structure. Students may provide little development with few details drawn from the passages or with support drawn from only one passage. Students may copy or closely paraphrase large portions of the prompt or passages (with or without attribution) while providing little original work (also seen in Argumentative/Opinion Writing).

28. Mini-Lesson Reflection: Which of these mistakes have you made before in your writing? How can you avoid these mistakes in your writing?

29. Work Session Write constructed response for “The Importance of Tribal Masks” Trade papers with a partner and grade their response (0,1,2) based on the item specific scoring guideline.

30. Closing Share student responses and discuss.

31. Bellwork March 3,2016 Copy and answer. Each of the following sentences contains one or more errors. Find the errors and correct the sentences. I throwed out two report ideas Ms. Lewis had gave us. One I had wrote about before; the other would have drove me crazy. Having broke my arm in a recent bike accident, I choosed bicycle safety.

32. Standard/I can ELAGSE7RL3 Analyze how particular elements of a story interact (how are events foreshowed in the novel). I can analyze how foreshadowing is used in literary work.

33. Hook Foreshadowing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHgSGfTZzVk

34. Mini-Lesson Review Ch. 3 Read Ch. 4

35. Work Session Guided Reading Questions: 1. What is Slakk caught doing? Who catches Slakk? 2. How does Likkarn control his young charges? 3. Who does Slakk sell out? 4. What do dragons do when they sense a human's strong anger? 5. How does Jakkin get burned? 6. Who kills Blood Brother? Where does Likkarn order Blood Brother to be taken?

36. Closing Write about an experience in which you tried to warn a friend or relative not to do something and how that person reacted to your warnings. What eventually happened? Would you consider this to be a type of "forewarning"? Write a short, short story with the first sentence being a foreshadow of the story.

37. Bellwork March 4,2016 Copy and answer. Each of the following sentences contains one or more errors. Find the errors and correct the sentences. I have scrapbooks for maine, utah, and hawaii, the three places I’ve lived. Photos show our houses in port clyde, salt lake city, and honolulu. My favorite sports were Acadia national park and waikiki beach.

38. Standard/I can ELAGSE7RL3: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (imagery). I can use imagery in literature to create a visual aid.

39. Hook Imagery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoNl1Ue5ZtQ

40. Mini-Lesson Review Ch. 4 Read Ch. 5

41. Work Session Guided Reading Questions: 1. Where does Jakkin awaken at the opening of Chapter Five? Who is there when Jakkin awakes? Why is Jakkin anxious to be in the place where he wakes? 2. What time of day is it when Jakkin wakes? 3. What does Jakkin accidentally do? 4. What does Sarkkhan do to Likkarn? 5. Why does Jakkin start crying? 6. What does Sarkkhan accuse Likkarn of doing? 7. How does the hatching go?

42. Closing Create a visual aid to show a piece of imagery from the text. Cite the page number and quote the text you are using.