1. Homeroom 9/30/14 Write these important dates in your agenda:
Monday - Friday (10/20-10/24) – Conference Week
(Early Release)
Book Fair Week
Write a letter to our troops!
For every handwritten, well-thought letter that you write, you can earn a Brain Buck! We will send these letters to the Bert Show and they will ship our letters to troops who are deployed during Thanksgiving.
See the handout as an example.

2. Warm Up: Read for ten minutes. Work Session:
E.L.T. 9/30/14
Get a copy of “The Essential 55” book and:
Warm Up: Read for ten minutes.
Work Session:
Write a letter to the troops. Use the green guide sheet for help. Yes, this is for a grade.
Closing:
Edit and revise your letter.
Read a book of your choice.

3. Language Arts – Warm Up 9/30/14
Sit in your FRUIT teams.
Get a warm up sheet.
Warm Up: Understanding Character Motivation
Complete the JOURNAL side only…for now. 
Character Attribute Web
Complete this web based on Maniac Magee.
Remember: Journals should be at least one or more paragraphs.

4. 9/30/14
Essential Question: How do authors use characterization to bring their characters to life?
Standard: ELA.6.RL.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.

5. Language Arts – Work session 9/30/14
Reader’s Journey Workbook – p
Work with an elbow partner to complete the work about characterization and character motivation.

6. Language Arts – Closing session 9/30/14
Read chapter seven of “Maniac Magee.”
Answer on the back of your journal sheet: What is John McNab’s motivation for throwing Maniac a “frogball”?
HOMEWORK:
“Your Traits/My Traits” (Back of Character Attribute Web)
Your homework packet is due Thursday!
Add to your reading logs.

7. 9/30/14 Closing Session Homework:
Homework packet – It is due Thursday!
Add to your Reading Record
Each entry needs parental
initials!