1. September 3 Welcome Daily Objective: Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will learn….
the expectations for the school year
Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will do….
Read the Syllabus, ask questions, and high light important parts

2. Syllabus
Read
Ask questions
High light important parts

3. September 4
SRI

4. September 5 New Seats—Popsicle sticks Pick up your composition book
Write your name on it
Oh-the Places You’ll Go
Reflection in comp. book
Due: Signed Syllabus

5. September 8
CS: Get your journal and write three goals you have for this year. Use complex sentence structure. For example: “One of my goals this year is _______ because _________.” Use three different sentence starters.
Want Ads
Interview a student
Create your want ad
Finish SRI testing (Library)
Fluency testing here.

6. Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will learn….
Interviewing
Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will do….
Create a Want Ad

7. September 9 CS: Get your journal, look at your goals….. Want Ads
1. Are they complete sentences?
2. Are they complex sentences? (One of my goals is _____ because _____.) Do they all have different sentence starters?
3. If none of the above, correct sentences.
4. Choose one goal and write a plan to achieve that goal. Use at least three complex sentences that outline how you will achieve that goal.
Want Ads
Finish Want Ad
Finish SRI testing (Library)
Fluency testing here.

8. Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will learn….
Write informational text
Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will do….
Create a Want Ad

9. September 10 CS: Paragraph writing and lecture
1. Turn in Want Ads
2. Get your Journal and have a seat
A. Read your Goals and Plan—Finish your Goals and Plan as needed
B. Read your paragraph from “Oh-The Places You’ll Go” to yourself and then to a friend (out loud)
Paragraph writing and lecture
You will need highlighters today : Purple, Blue, Green, and Yellow (Use Colored Pencils, Crayons, Markers if you do not have highlighters)
We will be working with your paragraphs from Dr. Seuss. You will be revising and editing as needed. Please use a sticky note and turn your pages over so you can easily access the paragraph as you rewrite it on another page.
Finish SRI testing (Library)?
Fluency testing here.?

10. Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will learn….
Learn paragraphing
Revision and Editing (writing process)
Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will do….
Rewrite their paragraph reflection on “Oh-The Places You’ll Go”

11. September 11— Happy Patriot Day!!
CS:
1. Get Journals
2. Sit in seats quickly
Watch video clip
Vocabulary
Read article
Take notes
Venn
Time line
Discussion
Essential Questions:
1. How do the choices an author makes create an effect that conveys the author’s purpose?
2. What considerations should a writer take in order to clearly convey his/her purpose and message?

12. Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will learn….
Author’s Purpose
Tone
Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will do….
Close read of “A Warm, Clear Day in Dallas from John F. Kennedy” by Marta Randall p578
Discussion of article and its purpose and tone

13. September 12
SSR
Rubric ..\..\Strong Reading Behaviors (3).docx

14. September 15 CS: Read article together Discussion Answer questions
1. Get Journals
2. Get a copy of article from last week
Read article together
Discussion
Answer questions
Describe the author’s purpose. What specific words or phrases advanced the author’s purpose?
Essential Questions for the unit:
1. How do the choices an author makes create an effect that conveys the author’s purpose?
2. What considerations should a writer take in order to clearly convey his/her purpose and message?

15. Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will learn….
Author’s Purpose
Tone
Take notes
Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will do….
Close read of “A Warm, Clear Day in Dallas from John F. Kennedy” by Marta Randall p578
Discussion of article and its purpose and tone
Answer questions

16. September 16 CS: Read article together Close Read of article Worksheet
1. Get Journals
2. Get a copy of article from last week
Read article together
Close Read of article
Worksheet
Essential Questions for the unit:
1. How do the choices an author makes create an effect that conveys the author’s purpose?
2. What considerations should a writer take in order to clearly convey his/her purpose and message?

17. Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will learn….
Author’s Purpose
Tone
Take notes
Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will do….
Close read of “A Speech to Congress” Lyndon B Johnson
Discussion of article and its purpose and tone
Answer questions

18. September 17
CS:
1. Get Journals
2. Get a copy of article
Answer questions from worksheet (yesterday) in your journals
Summary Writing—handout
Essential Questions for the unit:
1. How do the choices an author makes create an effect that conveys the author’s purpose?
2. What considerations should a writer take in order to clearly convey his/her purpose and message?

19. Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will learn….
Author’s Purpose
Tone
Take notes
Write summary—Prewrite
Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will do….
Close read of “A Speech to Congress” Lyndon B Johnson
Write summary paragraph; complete handout

20. September 22 Essential Questions for the unit:
CS:
Sit in the same numbered seat
Get Journals
Get a copy Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street
Begin reading
Read story independently
When finished re-read story and answer the following questions in your journal
Who is the author?
What is the title?
What is the author’s purpose?
Who is the audience?
What is the tone?
Where is the story set?
Write three details you found interesting about the story.
Essential Questions for the unit:
1. How do the choices an author makes create an effect that conveys the author’s purpose?
2. What considerations should a writer take in order to clearly convey his/her purpose and message?
Afterschool help this Wednesday at 2:45

21. Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will learn….
Author’s Purpose
Cite Textual evidence
Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will do….
Close read of “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”

22. September 23 CS: “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”
Get…….Journals, copy of “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”
Define or give an example of the following in your journal:
Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Conjunction, Interjection, Preposition
Turn in assignments (before class begins)….Several of you have not turned in your
1. summary paragraph plan (pre-write)
2. summary paragraph rough draft
3. summary paragraph final draft
“Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”
Finish your partner reading
Finish answering questions from yesterday in your journal
Whole class read…take notes in journal
Look for specific quotes you can use to help support our discussion and write them down using quotation marks

23. Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will learn….
Author’s Purpose
Cite Textual evidence
Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will do….
Close read of “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”
Choose write quotes in their journals to support our discussion

24. September 24 CS: “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”
Get…….Journals, copy of “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”, and Clause Handout
Complete Clause handout and turn in
“Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”
Whole class read…take notes in journal
Look for specific quotes you can use to help support our discussion and write them down using quotation marks
Finish answering questions in your journal
Who is the author?
What is the title?
What is the author’s purpose?
Who is the audience?
What is the tone?
Where is the story set?
Write three details you found interesting about the story.

25. Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will learn….
The Clause (mini)
Author’s Purpose
Cite Textual evidence
Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will do….
Close read of “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”
Notes in journals

26. September 25 CS: “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”
Get…….Journals, copy of “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”, and Clause Handout
Complete Adverb Clause handout
“Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”
Complete the second side. Due today!!!! Done or not. I want to see you citing textual evidence using quotation marks either in journal or on the handout. This will be used for an extensive writing project.
Finish answering questions in your journal
Who is the author?
What is the title?
What is the author’s purpose?
Who is the audience?
What is the tone?
Where is the story set?
Write three details you found interesting about the story.

27. Objectives and Agenda Daily Objective: Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will learn….
The Adverb Clause (mini)
Author’s Purpose
Cite Textual evidence
Daily Agenda:
Today ALL students will do….
Close read of “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”
Complete handout
Notes in journals

28. September 26—Happy birthday to me (& Mrs. Brooks)
SSR (Rubric ..\..\Strong Reading Behaviors (3).docx)
Finish summary paragraphs
Turn in Vocabulary
Correct Adverb Clause handout (ex D and E)

29. September 29
CS: Get Journal; Get our your TREEREEC paragraph instructions from earlier this quarter
In journals: Write a complex sentence about this weekend.
Use TREEREEC paragraph structure to analyze “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street.”
Brainstorm in journal three ways Vita changed in the story
Write a thesis
Brainstorm details to support the three ways Vita changed in the story
Write three body paragraphs of an essay
Highlight paragraphs

30. September 30
CS: Get Journal; Get your TREEREEC paragraph handout; Get your outlines from yesterday
You need:
Journal
TREEREEC paragraph handout
Outlines from yesterday
Notebook paper
Pen
Prompt…..What are three changes that Vita goes through over the course of the story
1. thesis statement
2. 3 body paragraphs