1. Monday, August 31st Warm Up Read Aloud
Read over the “Greek Alphabet” worksheet. Complete the assignment at the bottom.
Set up spiral
Workshop (don’t worry about this yet~~you don’t know what it means, BUT YOU WILL!)
Check yourself before you wreck yourself! Are you?
reading independently (10 pgs./day)
keeping up with your vocabulary?
writing your reading reactions (2/6 weeks)
keeping up with your process paper?
keeping up with your journals?
keeping up with your spelling?
finishing any warm ups you need to finish?

2. SPELLING WORDS: They will be given to you every other week
Your Name
Date
Period
WARM-UP SECTION
SPELLING WORDS: They will be given to you every other week
Grammar Exercises
Any additional warm-up activities that I want you to complete

3. Independent Reading Section
You have your choice of book. It must be in your independent reading level. 10 pgs. per school day (50 pgs. per week)
You may read outside of school or during your workshop time of the period.
You will do three important things with your independent reading:
Annotated Bibliography (these are turned in three times each six weeks 2, 4, and 6
Reading Reaction (there is one due week 1, 3, 5)

4. Reading Reactions Reading Reactions
You will find a quote from that week’s
independent reading that stands out
to you. You are looking for a personal connection to the text, something that you like, don’t like, or just find important. You will need to make an assertion/opinion about your quote. An assertion is something you believe to be true and can prove with evidence.
You write:
1. title of the book
2. the quote properly documented in MLA format
3. Then, write a ten sentence reaction to the quote making sure to give an opinion and explain why you think this. You must also bring in personal experiences that connect you to the novel.
What am I learning?
to find significance in literature
to make an assertion
to defend an opinion
to use MLA format

5. Your Name
Date
Period
Reading Reaction
Title of Book by author’s name
“This is how to properly document your quote using MLA format (p #).”
Pg # where quote was found. This is inside the end mark of punctuation.
Ten Sentence Reaction Begins Here. Remember,
Assertion/Opinion
Evidence/Examples/Personal Stories, etc. to prove your assertion/opinion
How many do you write and how often?
Every other
one
WEEK

6. Reading Log/Annotated Bibliography
What is it?
1. Bibliography citation
MLA format
2. Summary of pages read
Prove you’ve read with specific details in your summary
3. Personal Reaction to pages read
personal connections to plot, characters, etc. recommendations about the target audience for the book: gender, age, etc.
did you like the book? Why/why not?
How does it count?
Turned in three times each six weeks: wks2, wks 4 & 6 wks
Remember . . .
The bib citation must be accurate.
The summary must be original and have enough details to prove you’ve read the pages.
The personal reaction must be original and prove you’ve read the pages.

7. Annotated Bibliography
Your Name
Date
Period
Annotated Bibliography
Bibliography citation
Rowling, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows.
New York:
Scholastic, Inc.,
2007.
Summary of pages read
Your summary should include VERY specific details to the novel (character names, incidents, even quotes). Your whole point in your summary is to PROVE you have really read. Your summary should cover ALL the pages you have documented on your reading log.
Personal Reaction to pages read
Things you may include:
qualified personal opinion of the book (qualified means you back up your opinion)
suggested target audience (gender, age, ethnicity, occupations, etc.)
personal connections between you (or people you know) and the characters or plot

8. Vocabulary Section
FIVE vocabulary words will be given to you every other week. You will complete a Frayer Model for each word. A Frayer Model includes:
the word
the definition
characteristics
examples
non-examples
This section will be graded every two weeks.

9. Vocabulary: Frayer Model
Your Name
Date
Period
Vocabulary: Frayer Model
WORD DEFINITION
CHARACTERISTIC
Glassy, clear, evenly shaped, sparkle
A solid made of atoms arranged in an ordered pattern.
VOCAB WORD
CRYSTAL
examples
Non examples
Metals, rocks, snowflakes, salt, sugar
Coal, pepper, lava
Etymology

10. Listen today as I cover everything related to WRITING in this class!
Tuesday September 1st
Read Aloud
Warm Up
Stay Tuned
for
Workshop
Check Yourself before you Wreck Yourself! Are you?
reading independently (20 pgs./day)
keeping up with your vocabulary?
writing your reading reactions (1/week?)
keeping up with your process paper?
keeping up with writer’s notebook?
keeping up with your group journal?
finishing any warm ups you need to finish?
Listen today as I cover everything related to WRITING in this class!

11. Journal Section
In the writer’s notebook, you will write 5 pgs., each six weeks, front only, left margin to right margin, top margin to bottom margin
What will you write?
You have some options here.
attempt to imitate the styles of writing that you are reading or to which you are introduced.
use this section as a journal section to record your thoughts, opinions, ideas, etc.
use this section to form your ideas, thoughts, opinions, etc. on specific questions, prewriting prompts, quotes, etc.
use this section as an emotional outlet for your own individual written expression

12. Due by the Friday of Week 5
Journal Section
But, Miss, how often do we have to turn in these 5 pages front and back?
Once
Each
Six Weeks
Due by the Friday of Week 5

13. Man, Y we gotta be riting all dis stuf, man!?
You are doing this to develop fluency in your writing. You will learn to move from sporadic, short entries to more thought out, longer writing entries with fewer topics. And, you’re doing this so your writing won’t look like and sound like his!

14. Process Paper Section Brainstorm (get it out) Outline
1st draft (get it out)
Peer Editing (cleaning up content and mechanics)
Teacher Conference
Final Draft (turn it in)
Grading Conference with me

15. 8 Steps to Writing Papers In This Class
Begin to brainstorm – write it down
Create an outline
Write your 1st draft.
Read it to a peer.
Conference with me.
Using the suggestions and feedback from your peer and me, correct your 1st draft.
Write your final draft.
Conference with me to get your final.
Always complete
these steps
in this order.

16. Paper Outline I. Opening paragraph/Paper topic 1. support one
2. support two
3. Support three
Reason/Support One
1. Elaboration one
2. Elaboration two
3. Elaboration 3
Reason/Support 2
Reason Support 3
Closing