1. 8/15/14 Homeroom GO GET BREAKFAST BEFORE YOU COME IN THE CLASSROOM. 
Put things you don’t need in your locker.
GO GET BREAKFAST BEFORE YOU COME IN THE CLASSROOM. 
Turn in any paperwork to the ELT homework box.
Eat your breakfast and read quietly.
Breakfast is over at 9:15!
You will transition to your first connection.
Second period = second connection.
Third period = ELT.
Please, write your new schedule in your
AGENDA and keep it on you ALWAYS!

2. 8/15/14
E.L.T
In your InterActive Reader & Writer workbook:
Finish pages
Once you have finished, take the assessment on page 12.
Then, compare answers with an elbow partner.
After that, come to a consensus (agreement) with your group.
We will review as a class. The winning
group will receive one vending machine
pass per person!

3. 8/15/14 E.L.T – Closing Session Your final tasks for E.L.T.:
Short response – p. 13
Test-Taker’s Toolkit – p. 13
You may work with a partner (from your group) or by yourself.

4. 8/15/14 Language Arts Warm Up/Opening Session
Turn in your homework to the correct box.
In your Interactive Notebook, Journal:
Remember your favorite childhood story.  Who are the characters in the story?  What happens in the story?  Where and when does it take place?  What problem is presented and resolved?
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5. 8/15/14 Essential Question: What are the elements of a story?
Standard: ELA.6RL.3 – Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

6. 8/15/14 Language Arts Work Session
In your journal, at the bottom of your page, match the following:
Character A. The time and place of a story
Plot B. People or animals in a story.
Setting C. The story’s
main problem
Conflict D. The series
of events in a
story

7. 8/15/14 Language Arts Work Session
As we read, mark the text on page 21 according to the instructions on page 19.
Draw a box around unfamiliar words.
Underline important ideas/facts.
Record your thoughts in the margins.
Ask yourself questions as you read.
Use marks for shorthand ideas.
= I knew that.
? = What does this mean?
* = This is important.

8. 8/15/14 Language Arts Work Session – Your turn!
As you read, mark the text on pages according to the instructions on page 19.
Draw a box around unfamiliar words.
Underline important ideas/facts.
Record your thoughts in the margins.
Ask yourself questions as you read.
Use marks for shorthand ideas.
= I knew that.
? = What does this mean?
* = This is important.

9. 8/15/14 Closing Session Agenda T.O.D.
What main elements of a fiction narrative are present in this selection?  Give details from the text as examples for each element.
Example: Define the author’s purpose. Who are the characters? What was the plot? The setting? The conflict?
Homework: Reading Record
Start adding your books!
Each entry needs parental
initials!
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