1. WARM UP: PICK UP YOUR BOOK FROM THE BACK BOOKSHELF, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING: 1. WRITE ABOUT A TRIP YOU HAVE BEEN ON (INCLUDING COMING TO THE U.S) WHO WAS WITH YOU? WHAT WAS IT LIKE? Welcome to ELL, 9/22/11

2. I can statement/agenda  Today, 9/22, I can discover literary devices used in “Watsons” by identifying (finding) the ‘hook’, ‘allusion’ and ‘metaphor’. Agenda:  1. warm up/ turn in homework (10 minutes)  2. quick lesson: literary devices (10 minutes)  3. read aloud “Watsons” (25 minutes)  4. Work on “Watsons” packet (while we read)

3. What is a literary device?  Literary device: a trick a writer does to make a story more interesting and exciting  Hook: the 1 st sentence or paragraph that is interesting and gets the reader excited for the rest of the book “It was a dark and stormy night”  Allusion: when the book talks about a famous person, myth, religion or event “My mom is the Mother Teresa of our house”  Metaphor: a comparison between 2 different things without like or as “That football player is a gorilla!”

4. Welcome to study hall  8 th graders sit by the door  7 th graders sit by computers  Everyone:  get out silent reading or silent homework  prepare to work silently for the 1 st half of study hall

5. Welcome Historians, 9/22/11  Materials manager: no notebooks  Warm Up: Turn and talk with your neighbor:  How do you find the main idea in an article?  What text feature gives you the most information about an article before you read it?

6. I can statement/agenda  Today, 9/22, I can show my development as a summary writer by taking a mini quiz on cyberbullying.  Agenda:  Warm up/announcements (10 minutes)  Summary review lecture (15 minutes)  Mini quiz (25 minutes)

7. Welcome readers! 9/22/11  Materials Managers: WRITERS and READERS  Warm Up:  Set up the table of contents in your WRITERS notebook (date, title, page #)  Number the 1 st 20 pages (front and back)  Complete this writing warm up on page 1: “ IF you could go on a trip anywhere in the world WITH anyone, where would you go? Who would you take? What would you do? Why?”

8. I can statement/agenda  Today, 9/22, I can identify whether thick questions can be answered with inference or prediction by assessing my own question quick note. Agenda:  Set up writers/writing warm up (15 minutes)  Question/Inference/Prediction table instructions (10 minutes)  Silent reading/ table work (20 minutes)  Clean up/ announcements (5 minutes)