1. OCTOBER 3 RD – 7 TH Entrance Instructions, Agenda, and Daily Opener

2. Monday, October 3 rd Entrance Instructions  Grab a GTI book and Literature book  Sit in your assigned seat  Look at the white board (on the left wall) to see our daily agenda  Take out a 2 pieces of paper for Daily Opener and vocabulary words for the week  Take out composition book for notes  Talk quietly

3. Agenda for Monday, Oct 3 rd  Daily Opener  Vocabulary Words #4  New Poem Memorization – due Friday  New Poem Writing - due Friday  Outline/rough draft writing time for Monster paper –  rough draft due tomorrow!  Begin Review for Writing/Reading Skills Test  Finish Rikki Tikki Tavi  Read 1 chapter in GTI – Block A chapter 7? Block B chapter 8?  Skeleton Man FYI…  Test on Thursday for Reading Process and Skills, Writing Process and Skills, Elaboration strategies

4. STUDENT ASSIGNMENT FOR THE WEEK of October 3 rd – 7 th 1. Articles on world events and discuss the article with the class and 2. 2 examples of critical vocabulary words from our class list  Due Friday, October 7 th Block A: Byron and Dobe Block B: Maya and Katie

5. How to set-up your paper for DAILY OPENERS  Using your own paper, complete the opener for every day of the week and turn in on Friday.  Set-up your paper like this… Name Daily Opener Date Monday, Date Tuesday, Date Wednesday, Date Thursday, Date Friday, Date

6. Daily Opener for Monday, Oct 3 rd  Answer the following questions, in complete sentences (unless instructed to list your answer). You can use your notes if you need them. What are the three parts to a plot? What is theme?

7. Tuesday, October 4 th Entrance Instructions  Grab a GTI book.  Sit in your assigned seat  Look at the white board (on the left wall) to see our daily agenda  Talk quietly before the bell rings

8. Agenda for Tuesday, Oct 4 th  Daily Opener  Vocabulary Words - write a fill-in story using all 12 vocabulary words  Review for Thursday’s test, poem memorization, poem writing  Rough Draft for Monster – CLOCK BUDDIES started  GTI – read 1 chapter  Rikki Tikki Tavi movie – PLOT GRAPH  Skeleton Man

9. Tuesday, October 4 th Daily Opener  1. Write down the 7 elaboration strategies  2. Write down the reading process (8 steps in order)  3. Write down the writing process (6 steps in order)

10. Wednesday, October 5 th Entrance Instructions  Grab a GTI book  Sit in your assigned seat  Look at the white board (on the left wall) to see our daily agenda  Talk quietly

11. Agenda for Wednesday, Oct 5  Daily Opener  Review for Thursday’s test, poem memorization, poem writing  Monster – CLOCK BUDDIES  GTI – read 1 chapter  Assign first formal speech  Skeleton Man

12. Wednesday, October 5 th Daily Opener  1. Read the following paragraph and find the examples of “showing” in the writing.

13. Thursday, October 6 th Entrance Instructions  Grab a Ghost of Tokiado Inn novel.  Sit in your assigned seat  Look at the white board (on the left wall) to see our daily agenda  Take out your Daily Opener and composition book for notes  Talk quietly

14. Agenda for Thursday, Oct 6 th  Daily Opener  Processes and Skills Tests  Vocabulary fill-in, Poem Memorization and Poem Writing time  Read 1 chapter in GTI  Monster Clock Buddies  Skeleton Man

15. Thursday, October 6 th Daily Opener How can you find the theme in your stories?

16. Friday, October 7 th Entrance Instructions  Sit in your assigned seat  Look at the white board to see our daily agenda  Take out your Daily Opener  Take out your final poem and vocab. fill-in story and be ready to turn them in  Review your poem for your memorization performance  Review your vocabulary words and get ready for your test  Students for World Event/Vocab Examples, get it out and be ready to review them with the class  Talk quietly

17. Agenda for Friday, Oct 7 th  Daily Opener – turn in  World Events  Vocabulary Fill-in and Poem writing due  Poem Memorizations  Vocabulary Tests  One chapter in GTI  Clock Buddies for Monster paper  Skeleton Man

18. Friday, October 7 th Daily Opener  How are you going to find your example of showing for your speech? Do you already have one? If so, why is it a good example?  Turn in your DAILY OPENER. Make sure your heading and page set-up is complete.

19. Student Weekly Assignment Block A: Byron and Dobe Block B: Maya and Katie  World Article – review with class and then place a thumb tac on the map  Review examples of critical vocabulary words and allow class time to fill in examples in their booklet.