1. September 18, 2017 Warm-Up: Write about the following items:
Essential Question: How do we make sense of our world?
“The World on The Turtle’s Back” --Multiple choice questions-Be prepared to support your answer choices.
Using your pentad & annotations, complete one of the short essays. You must write at least one solid paragraph (7-10 sentences) Be sure to include the following items:
Assertion
Proof
Evidence
Use at least 3 words from the word bank
Warm-Up: Write about the following items:
The essential question
How did the Iroquois make sense of their world??
Reminders:
Open House Tonight! 6pm -7:30pm
EARLY RELEASE on Wednesday 1pm
PSAT Registration starting Lunch

2. September 19, 2017 Warm-Up: Ticked Off Tuesday
Essential Question: How do we make sense of our world?
Warm-Up: Ticked Off Tuesday
On a sticky Note, write something you are ticked off about. Please write this legible.
I will pick up your sticky notes
Independent Reading Expectations & What does a Reader look like?
Read & Annotate Genesis excerpt
Answer MC Questions with text evidence!!!
Complete two short essays– the first one & #2 in the Connecting Essays
ASSERTION
PROOF
COMMENTARY

3. Periods 3-5
September 19, 2017
Essential Question: What is the writing process & why is it important to understand it and use it?
Independent Reading Expectations & What does a Reader look like?
Reporter’s Formula
Everyone needs 3 index cards – let’s number our cards
Warm-Up: Ticked Off Tuesday
On a sticky Note, write something you are ticked off about. Please write this legible.
I will pick up y our sticky notes

4. Reporter’s Formula Writing
Write down 6 open-ended questions you might ask someone the first time you meet them
Interview
Circle something you want to know more about
Write 3 open-ended questions about that topic
Interview, again, this time be sure to take note of their body language, facial expressions, etc. and write down a direct quote from them
Use notecard 5 to write a draft about the person you just interviewed – include a Hook, the direct quote, body language & make it interesting! THINK LIKE A REPORTER!!

5. September 20, 2017 – EARLY RELEASE
Essential Question:
Warm-Up: Get out a pencil and be ready for class to start! Open your composition book to the Native American Literature Background Chart & place your composition books on my table.
PSAT PRACTICE: You will have 15 minutes to read, annotate and answer the questions in this practice
While you are testing, I will be coming around to grade your Background information.

6. September 21, 2017 Essential Question: What are your values?
Warm-Up: Free Write! Write about anything you want today. Ready, set, go!
Confirm/Finish your PSAT test
Create your own turtle
What do you value?
What is most important to you?
Don’t forget to write your paragraph explaining your turtle!
When you finish --

7. Periods 3-5
September 21, 2017
Essential Question: What is the writing process & why is it important to understand it and use it?
Create pocket for comp book
Your essay should have a minimum of 10 sentences
Fact Check your report from Tuesday
Introductions– options --
Dialogue
Action
Reaction
Revise your draft & Title it. Write 2 introductory paragraphs
Warm-Up: Free Write! Write about anything you want today. Ready, set, go!

8. Data Talks Look at your data history, focusing on your STAAR Testing .
Bar graph on first page
Page with STAAR Test– find Spring 2016, 2017 STAAR EOC, English I & English II – highlight these tests
What do you notice about your scores on the ENGLISH I & II EOC?
What is surprising? Why?
What is your plan to improve your scores one English I and/or II EOC tests this year? Be very specific.

9. Introductions!! Dialogue – someone is speaking
Action--something is happening
Reaction --something has already happened
“Introductions attack the reader and hold their attention…” ~Acts of Teaching

11. September 22, 2017
Essential Question: Why is it important to read something that you enjoy reading?
Warm-Up: Get your library book out and read the directions for your assignment today.
Independent Reading
Assignment:
Find an example of figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom, oxymoron)
Copy the example at the top of a piece of notebook paper.
Write a paragraph explaining how the figurative language shapes the plot, the setting, or defines a character.
our paragraph should be a minimum of 7 sentences.
Be sure to include the title and author of your book in your writing.

12. September 22, 2017 Warm-Up: Confirm/finish your PSAT from Wednesday
Periods 3-5
September 22, 2017
Essential Question: Why is it important to read something that you enjoy reading?
Warm-Up: Confirm/finish your PSAT from Wednesday
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS TIME!! Do you VERY best.
Independent Reading
Assignment:
Find an example of figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom, oxymoron)
Copy the example at the top of a piece of notebook paper.
Write a paragraph explaining how the figurative language shapes the plot, the setting, or defines a character.
our paragraph should be a minimum of 7 sentences.
Be sure to include the title and author of your book in your writing.