1. Week of 8/28/17
8/28/17 Bear Time Journal: What did I do? I walked into a drugstore to look for some mints, and then I walked out. What was wrong with that? I didn't kill Mr. Nesbitt.
Read the excerpt. Respond with a connection. You can connect what you read to real life, or something else you read, or something you saw on TV or film.
Then sign out a computer and login to Edmodo. Read your directions for the day and follow them.

2. 8/29/17 Bear Time: Journal Prompt
What did I do? I walked into a drugstore to look for some mints, and then I walked out. What was wrong with that? I didn't kill Mr. Nesbitt.
Read the excerpt. Rewrite it adding an adjective in front of EVERY noun.
Beginning course details and/or books/materials needed for a class/project.

3. 8/29/17 Activator: People Sorting
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Conclusions (What does it all mean?):

4. 8/30/17 Bear Time: Journal Prompt
Bear Time Journal: What did I do? I walked into a drugstore to look for some mints, and then I walked out. What was wrong with that? I didn't kill Mr. Nesbitt.
Read the excerpt. Rewrite the excerpt from a 3rd Person Point of View.
Beginning course details and/or books/materials needed for a class/project.

5. 8/30/17 Watch and Respond
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6. Reading Response Chart
8/30/17 Mini – Lesson : How do we respond to reading? Begin Anchor Charts from the back of your notebook. (They’re easier to find that way.)
Reading Response Chart
A schedule design for optional periods of time/objectives.

7. 8/30/17 Writing Workshop: Read
Read the story, “Desiree’s Baby”
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Introductory notes.

8. 8/31/17 Bear Time: Journal Prompt
Bear Time Journal: What did I do? I walked into a drugstore to look for some mints, and then I walked out. What was wrong with that? I didn't kill Mr. Nesbitt.
Read the excerpt. Describe a time when you were wrongly accused. If you can’t think of any, make one up.
Beginning course details and/or books/materials needed for a class/project.

9. 8/31 Vocabulary Test Tomorrow
I need 6 students to log in to the WiFi on their phones.
Partner Up
Go to quizlet.live
Relative vocabulary list.

10. 8/31/17 Writing Workshop: Read
Read the story, “Desiree’s Baby”
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Introductory notes.

11. 9/1/17 Bear Time: Journal Prompt
Bear Time Journal: What did I do? I walked into a drugstore to look for some mints, and then I walked out. What was wrong with that? I didn't kill Mr. Nesbitt.
Read the excerpt. Use Walter Dean Myers’ style, but change the topic of the excerpt to something you have felt. For example, you might begin with, “Sometimes I feel like I have walked into a dream ”
Beginning course details and/or books/materials needed for a class/project.

12. 9/1/17 Writing Workshop: Vocab Test - on a separate sheet of loose leaf paper, write the answers only.
Word Bank:
Accord
Prevailing
Beneficent
Corbeille
Corbeille de marriage
Cowl
Indulgent
Portly
Suffused
Scamp
Imperious
Subtle
Disquieting
Averted
Listlessly
Quadroon
Conception
Unwonted
Sombre
Bayou
Espousal
A list of procedures and steps, or a lecture slide with media.

13. 9/1/17 Summarize: Author’s Spotlight
On a notecard, write the following:
Your name and today’s date
The topic and date of your writing
What did you like about it?
How would you improve it?