1. SEPTEMBER 8 Warm Up: Turn-in Watson One-pager & take a Knowsys Group 1 – Scenarios What is a Prepositional PHRASE ? Set purpose for Reading - House activity(need 3 colors) – purpose for reading Literary Genres - Discuss & highlight Narrative Notes Read “Priscilla and the Wimps” – draw plot diagram (next slide) and analyze narrative elements Homework: preposition quiz tomorrow, study Knowsys vocabulary.

2. Freytag Model - plot diagram

3. Warm Up: Knowsys Group 1 – True/False Prepositions Quiz Continue plot diagram for “Priscilla and the Wimps” Homework: 20 AR points DUE 10/21, Knowsys QUIZ Fri. SEPTEMBER 9

4. Warm Up: Knowsys Group 1 – Narrative Prepositional Phrase Practice Write Preposition Poem Literary Genres - Discuss & highlight Expository Notes “The Trouble with Bullies” literature text pgs. 487-490 - analyze statistics & other expository elements Homework: 20 AR points DUE 10/21, Knowsys QUIZ Fri., and view YouTube video on sentence structure SEPTEMBER 10

5. Warm Up: Expository writing practice incorporating Knowsys vocabulary Sentence Structure - Power point review, complete subj./pred. notes - Group activity – collaborate to discover sentence Eleven by Sandra Cisneros, pgs. 198-203 in literature text - review literary elements read and discuss selection - review literary elements & read and discuss selection - review & annotate for narrative elements: setting, - review & annotate for narrative elements: setting, p.o.v., characters, conflict, plot, sensory images, p.o.v., characters, conflict, plot, sensory images, figurative language, symbolism, summary (SWBS), theme figurative language, symbolism, summary (SWBS), theme Homework: 20 AR points DUE 10/21, Knowsys QUIZ tomorrow SEPTEMBER 11

6. September 12 Warm Up: Knowsys Group 1 – share expository writings Knowsys Group 1 Quiz Knowsys Lesson 2 Vocabulary Words 1-5 Homework: Complete 6-10 Sentence Structure - Simple Subject/Predicate Notes - Worksheet 3.2-3.3 (daily grade) Eleven by Sandra Cisneros, p. 200 literature text -Continue literary elements -Levels of Questions -Discuss tone -DIDLS (see next slide): Homework: Socratic Seminar Qs due Monday September 12

7. D.I.D.L.S. = TONE Denotation (dictionary meaning) Connotation (emotional meaning) D = Diction- the connotation of the word choice and the overall effectiveness of the word I = Images - Vivid appeals - 5 senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, touch D = Details – Facts L = Language - Formal or informal S = Sentences - How the sentences are structured in the writing.