1. Monday, 9/30/13
Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.
Agenda
First Five
Vocabulary
DOL
Grammar
Are you ready for something completely crazy!? Let’s do ALL of them for the week!
BM Practice Questions
Register a “clicker” to your group.
MUST DO: Gathering Blue Lit. Study Groups
Reminders
Benchmark Tomorrow
Do you have any questions about your grade? See me today!

2. Vocabulary Restrained Bonus: Complete the following analogy.
Ex. The angry young man’s behavior became restrained after several weeks of attending private school.
Bonus: Complete the following analogy.
restrained : regulated :: intrepid : _________________
Use restrained in a sentence of your own.
Restrained- controlled; restricted
POS- adj.

3. DOL
She aren’t to concerned about reading the short story a rose for Emily she’ll see it on television next Wednesday.

4. Grammar Adverbs in Action
Remember that an adverb is a word that modifies a verb, and adjective, or another adverb.
Adverbs tell how, when, where, how much, and why.
Many adverbs end with the letters –ly.
Underline the adverbs in the following sentences.
1. You’re finished already! You completed the test too quickly.
2. The children quietly watched the movie and then went outside.
3. Sometimes I walk to school, but I usually take the bus.
4. Don’t ever speak to me like that again!
5. Yesterday we took a field trip, and today we’ll write a paper about it.
6. The students eagerly gathered near the gym.
7. I think I’ll write more in my journal later.
8. You did rather well on your exam.

5. Vocabulary Hackneyed Bonus
Ex. Although the images and metaphors used in the holiday poem are hackneyed, the rhyme is still fun to recite.
Bonus
Is stereotyped a synonym or antonym of hackneyed?
Is uncommon a synonym or antonym of hackneyed?
Use hackneyed in a sentence of your own.
Hackneyed- overused; clichéd
POS- adj.

6. DOL
The young kitten who was six months old was trapped inside of the empty closet which had nothing in it.
Ms. Santini told us to do the following read the assignment take notes and to write a Report.

7. Grammar Writing with Adverbs
Use the following adverbs in sentences of your own. Underline any additional adverbs in your sentences.
1. Brightly, so
_________________________________________________
2. too, well
3. extremely, still
4. hard, today
5. sometimes, never

8. Vocabulary Emaciated Bonus:
Ex. The emaciated abandoned cat begged for food and milk.
Bonus:
Unscramble the synonyms for emaciated.
1. S W A C R Y N _____________________________________________
2. T A N U G _____________________________________________
Unscramble the antonyms for emaciated.
3. B U R T O S
4. T H R E A Y
Scrawny
Gaunt
Robust
Hearty

9. DOL
She don’t want to let we to kids attend the softball game we’ve been gone to much recently.
Leave the book dragonwings lay on the shelf until your ready to read it said Mr. Arnold.

10. Grammar Adjectives and Adverbs
Read each of the sentences.
Underline the adjectives.
Circle the adverbs.
1. We awoke to a blanket of fluffy white snow on the ground.
2. We patiently waited to see if we had a snow day.
3. When we got the news, I breathed a sigh of relief. I had an extra day to finish my ten-minute presentation.
4. I eagerly crawled back into my warm, cozy bed.
5. Fortunately, I could sleep for another three hours. I had stayed awake much too late the previous night.

11. Benchmark Practice
This is a group activity for team points. This is your last week together, so make it count!
Directions:
Read the question(s).
Read the passage.
Discuss the questions to determine the BEST answer. Remember, there can sometimes be more than one answer that could work, but one of them will be the BEST.
Cast your vote and see how you do!

12. Literature Study Groups
After much careful thought and consideration, I have decided to allow you to select your own literature study groups. Each group will need 4-5 members. No, you may not have more than 5 members under any circumstance. 
When you have a group, each member should select a DIFFERENT job for every reading assignment. You will receive an individual grade for your assignment each week, so do a good job!
Here’s how this is going to work…
Reading guides will be due by Wednesday and reviewed as a class, as usual.
Lit. study group members will have the opportunity to work with other classmates who have the same assignment on Wednesday to prepare their presentation to their group for Thursday.
On Thursday, lit. study group members will meet. Each group member will present their information to the group.
Following the lit. study group meeting, each member will complete their own reading response (writing assignment) from the reading for the week.
Be prepared to begin this process this week. Make sure those reading guides are complete and you pull your weight with your group!

13. Tuesday, 10/1/13
Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.
Agenda
First Five
Benchmark Assessment
Read Gathering Blue
Reminders
GB Reading Guide C. 1-5 is due tomorrow

14. Benchmark
You will need 2 pencils. (It’s always good to have back-up. )
Do your best! Just think the questions through and select the BEST answer.

15. Wednesday, 10/3/13
Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.
Agenda
First Five
GB Reading Guide C. 1-5
Meet with your assignment group to prepare for your presentation tomorrow.
Reminders
Prepare your part for the lit. study group tomorrow.

16. GB C. 1-5 Review the answers to the reading guide as a whole class.
Meet with your assignment group so that you may work together to prepare your part for the lit. study group tomorrow.
See the information and samples provided for your assigned task.
If you have any extra time, you may work on your next reading assignment.

17. Thursday, 8/29/13
Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.
Agenda
First Five
Lit. Study Groups Meet
Reminders
Your reading response activity should be completed by tomorrow.

18. Lit. Study Groups
Meet with your lit. study group today. Each person should present their information to the group.
After each person presents, begin working on your reading response. You may discuss the prompt with your group, but complete your own work. This is an individual activity that will be due by tomorrow.

19. What Makes a Good Dicussion (p. 27)
Empathetic Listening: Give your complete attention to the speakers, showing the students in your group that you value their contributions.
Use positive body language
Make eye contact
Responding to Group Members: Expand on other group members’ ideas by sharing your thoughts and feelings about what they contributed to the conversations.
Clarifying: Ask questions to understand each other’s ideas better.
Tell me more about. . .
What do you mean. . .?
Why do you think. . .?
Sharing ideas and justifying opinions: Share parts of the book that demonstrate the core content that you are addressing and explain why they are important. Justify your opinions.
I think is a good example of a metaphor because. . .
I wonder if the relationship between these two characters would have changed if they had . . .
I was surprised that the plot changed course because I was expecting . . .
This part reminds me of because . . .
I don’t understand why the author keeps on repeating this word . . .
I like this section of writing because . . .
I noticed. . . because . . .
I wish because . . .
I think this story is really about because . . .
Self-reflection: Consider what has been done well, and make decisions about what needs to be improved. Set goals for the future.

20. Participation Rating Expert Participant Willing Learner
Brings reading material with passages clearly identified
Willing Learner
Brings thoughtful written comments
Brings reading material
Contributes significantly to discussion
Understands purpose of reading circle
Keeps the discussion going
Brings some written notes
Listens and responds thoughtfully
Contributes to discussions occasionally or when prompted
Builds on others’ comments
Makes insightful connections to other readings and/or experiences
Sometimes listens and responds appropriately
Occasionally asks questions
Discusses author’s style/literary elements, when appropriate
Shares ideas when asked
Reluctant Reader
Active Participant
Brings reading material with passages identified
Not prepared for discussion
Forgets written comments or reading material
Brings written comments
Contributes appropriately to discussions
Conversation off-task
Listens actively and responds adequately
Seldom listens q Rarely responds to group
Reluctant to ask relevant questions
Makes connections to other readings and/or experiences
Unwilling to share ideas
Discusses author’s style/literary elements (when appropriate)

21. Friday, 8/30/13
Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.
Agenda
First Five
DOL, Vocabulary & Grammar Quiz
GB Reading Response
Read GB
Have a wonderful Fall Break!

22. DOL, Vocab. & Grammar Quiz
Do your best!
These will be graded over Fall Break. They will go onto your grade for the next 9- weeks so that you will have the opportunity to make corrections.

23. GB Reading Response C. 1-5
What character and/or situation in Gathering Blue remind you of someone and/or situations in your own life? How are they similar and how do they differ?

24. Literature Response Rating
Beginner
Response shows a minimal understanding of the response prompt
Response uses no information from class discussions and/or text as support
Errors in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization that interfere with communication
Learner
Response shows a basic understanding of the response prompt
Response uses limited information from class discussions and/or text as support
Some errors in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization that do not interfere with communication
Skillful
Response shows an understanding of the response prompt
Response uses information from class discussions and/or text as support
Few errors in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization
Expert
Response shows an in-depth understanding of the response prompt
Response is insightful, well developed and includes information from class discussions and/or text as support
Control of spelling, punctuation, and capitalization