1. Monday, January 24 Check In: In your writer’s notebook, generate a list of questions about this picture:

2. Modifiers Pretest Grade together 8/30/2015Free template from www.brainybetty.com

3. Modifiers…what are they? Notes Simple sentence Add a modifier

4. Nurture Frayer model What it is What it isn’t Example Non-example 8/30/2015Free template from www.brainybetty.com

5. Quick Write

6. Tuesday, January 25 Check in: In your writer’s notebook: Describe a time when a significant person (parent, coach, teacher, friend etc.) has impacted your life, giving you guidance, and support or nurturing. 8/30/2015Free template from www.brainybetty.com

7. Memoir Pretest 1. Take test 2. Go over answers 3. Reflection: What parts did you do poorly on and how can you improve those skills? Modifiers: Notes…as an interrupter 8/30/2015Free template from www.brainybetty.com

8. Wednesday, January 26 Check in: Finish your pretest from Tuesday…the excerpt from Bad Boy by Walter Dean Meyers. When you’re finished, free write in your writer’s notebook. 8/30/2015Free template from www.brainybetty.com

9. 1 st and 2 nd hours 1.Grade together 2.Persuasive essay: highlight preposition sentences and SMACK down! 3.Modifier notes and practice. 4.LAUNCH 8/30/2015Free template from www.brainybetty.com

10. Thursday, January 27 Check in: Free write in your writer’s notebooks. 1. Guided highlighted reading 8/30/2015Free template from www.brainybetty.com

11. Friday, January 28 th Check in: Choose one of the following proper nouns, write it in your writer’s notebook and write everything you can think of connected to it: Rocky Mickey Mouse President Obama 8/30/2015Free template from www.brainybetty.com

12. How to Improve your IQ Close and critical reading: 1.What does the text say? Summary 2.How does it say it: Text structure 3.What’s the author’s message? 4.So What? How does the author’s message connect to your own life? Text to Self connection

13. Rocky Speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N- c8MIFvaI&feature=related Rocky with wordshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N- c8MIFvaI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3wuXy OUKJw&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3wuXy OUKJw&feature=related Clip from the movie 8/30/2015Free template from www.brainybetty.com

14. Reading Lab Check In: Read aloud Hunger Games Close and critical reading article 8/30/2015Free template from www.brainybetty.com