1. September 5, 2017 ~ Welcome Back!
Warm-Up: Write about your experience during our time off. #Harvey #HoustonStrong
Sentence Sense– Copy this sentence EXACTLY as it is below.
His room smelled of cooked grease, Lysol, and age. ~Maya Angelou
What do you notice about this sentence? Make a list.
Finish the first draft of your “Where I’m From” Poems– remember to look at the criteria that you are being asked to include

2. September 6, 2017
Essential Question: What is comradery and why is it important to build this in a classroom setting?  
Warm-Up: Look at your Sentence Sense from yesterday, now write your own sentence using the same style as Maya Angelou– punctuation and all!
His room smelled of cooked grease, Lysol, and age. ~Maya Angelou
What grammar rules did you use to write your sentence? Make a list.
Get Out Library Book/BRING IT!
Group Share:
Everyone needs a sticky note
Read your poem twice to your group
On the sticky note you will write anything that struck you about the poem. What did you like? What stood out?
Revise your poem to add the criteria listed in the assignment
Share with you partner
Begin working on your final draft
Announcement:
TURN IN--
Syllabus Signature Page & Signed Letter
All About You Survey

3. Assignments for Grades:
RUBRIC for Where I’m From Poem
4 Stanzas
Creativity & Neatness
20 Points
Personification
Allusion
Alliteration
Simile
TOTAL
100 Points!
Assignments for Grades:
Syllabus & Letter
All About You Survey
IRP Book
Where I’m From Poem (Major Grade)
Extra Credit – supplies (see syllabus)

4. Announcement:
TURN IN--
Syllabus Signature Page & Signed Letter
All About You Survey
September 7, 2017
Essential Question: What is comradery and why is it important to build this in a classroom setting?
Rubric- Take a pic
Complete final draft of your “Where I’m From” poem--
Check the list of criteria before making final copy
Make it presentable/publishable– feel free to use the supplies in the back.
You must copy to colored paper or frame it with colored paper
Be sure to put your name on your final copy
Warm-Up: Sentence Sense-- Practicing with Participles– copy the sentence exactly as it appears below.
The children, shouting and screaming, came charging back into their home room. ~ Rosa Guy
** WRITE THIS SENTENCE UNDERNEATH OUR WORK WITH THE MAYA ANGELOU SENTENCE. BE SURE TO DATE THIS ENTRY.**

5. September 8, 2017
Essential Question: Why is PSAT important to you??
CNN Student News – In your warm-ups: Date a new entry and write about what was most interesting or alarming from the news? How many puns did you catch at the end?
Group Share Poems! Hang in classroom and in the hallway
Download College Board App – SAT practice
Independently Read – 30 minutes
Write Reader Response
Mark your calendar: PSAT will be on October 11!!

6. Reader Response Sentence Stems:
Begin your response by completing one of the sentence stems below.
You need to write a full page.
Sentence Stems:
My first impression of this work is . . .
What is confusing me most is . . .
What’s happening in this (passage, scene, chapter) is . . .
What happened to me as I read was . . .
I enjoyed (this character, setting, or section of writing) because . . .
I can really identify with what is going on here because . . .
I can not really identify with what is going on here because . . .
The quality I admire in (this person, character) is . . .I saw an example of it when . . .