Monday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, quiz over chapters 4-6, preposition practice, and work time on their letters. The rough draft of their thank you letter is due Tuesday.
Tuesday- Share good news, silent reading (chapter 7 due Wednesday), go over inferences, and peer edit the rough draft of their letters. The final draft, along with an envelope and stamp, will be due on Friday.
Wednesday- Library (check accounts- all materials are due Friday), read chapter 8 reader's theatre style as a class, fill in inferences from the chapter as a group
Thursday- Silent reading (chapter 9 due Monday), practice prepositions, and look at different tabloid articles. As a group they'll write an article from either a Greaser or a Soc point of view.
Friday- Take the SRI test on the computers (reading test), read chapter 9 when finished, and hand in letter with envelope and stamp.
Homework-
Monday- letter R.D.
Tuesday- read chapter 7
Wednesday and Thursday-work on final draft of letter or read chapter 9
Friday- Chapter 9 (quiz over 7-9 on Monday)
Monday, May 21, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The week of May 14
Monday- Caught Ya, Silent reading from The Outsiders and journal on living in the 1960s vs. today
Tuesday-Read out loud, Caught Ya, quiz over chapters 1-3 in The Outsiders, Journal #3- choose one of two quotes from the book to respond to
Wednesday-Read out loud, Caught Ya, poster activity involving the main characters- present with group
Thursday-Silent reading, Prepositions PowerPoint, journal #4- what event has changed your life?, and personal letter (like Soda's in The Outsiders). Write a letter to someone you'd like to thank. You will need an envelope and a stamp to mail the final draft. The rough draft will be due Tuesday.
Friday-Read out loud, Caught Ya, Roleplay with The Outsiders
Homework- Chapters 4-6, pages 53-100 will be due next Monday, and the rough draft of their thank you letter due next Tuesday.
Monday- Caught Ya, Silent reading from The Outsiders and journal on living in the 1960s vs. today
Tuesday-Read out loud, Caught Ya, quiz over chapters 1-3 in The Outsiders, Journal #3- choose one of two quotes from the book to respond to
Wednesday-Read out loud, Caught Ya, poster activity involving the main characters- present with group
Thursday-Silent reading, Prepositions PowerPoint, journal #4- what event has changed your life?, and personal letter (like Soda's in The Outsiders). Write a letter to someone you'd like to thank. You will need an envelope and a stamp to mail the final draft. The rough draft will be due Tuesday.
Friday-Read out loud, Caught Ya, Roleplay with The Outsiders
Homework- Chapters 4-6, pages 53-100 will be due next Monday, and the rough draft of their thank you letter due next Tuesday.
Monday, May 7, 2012
The week of May 7
Monday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, The Great Wall of China Mini-Q- finish the documents and do pre-bucketing and thesis statement
Tuesday- Good things, go over previous Alexander the Great paper and analyze the positives and negatives from their paper, work on planning the essay
Wednesday- work on typing the essay
Thursday- Good things, revise essay
Friday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, turn in completed essay
Tuesday- Good things, go over previous Alexander the Great paper and analyze the positives and negatives from their paper, work on planning the essay
Wednesday- work on typing the essay
Thursday- Good things, revise essay
Friday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, turn in completed essay
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The week of April 30
Monday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, review short story terms, share "The Veldt" ending, introduce and begin parent/technology brochure
Tuesday- Good things, Short Story Quiz, adverb review, work time
Wednesday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, go over adverb review/questions, adverb quiz
Thursday- Good things, Caught Ya, begin Mini Q on China- "The Great Wall of Ancient China: Did the Benefits Outweigh the Costs?"
Friday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, continue Mini Q
Tuesday- Good things, Short Story Quiz, adverb review, work time
Wednesday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, go over adverb review/questions, adverb quiz
Thursday- Good things, Caught Ya, begin Mini Q on China- "The Great Wall of Ancient China: Did the Benefits Outweigh the Costs?"
Friday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, continue Mini Q
Monday, April 23, 2012
The week of April 23
Monday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, finish "All Summer in a Day", study vocabulary, do pre-reading for "The Veldt"
Tuesday- Good things, Caught Ya, read "The Veldt" and do discussion questions as a group
Wednesday- Library, Read out loud, finish "The Veldt" and questions
Thursday- Job Shadow Day
Friday- No School
Tuesday- Good things, Caught Ya, read "The Veldt" and do discussion questions as a group
Wednesday- Library, Read out loud, finish "The Veldt" and questions
Thursday- Job Shadow Day
Friday- No School
Monday, April 16, 2012
The week of April 16
Monday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, adverb practice, and begin reading the play "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"
Tuesday- Good things, review short story/play vocab., finish the play and analyze characters and identify short story elements from the play.
Wednesday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, watch the TV version of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" and compare and contrast mental images they had while reading the play to the staged version.
Thursday- Good things, silent reading, review vocab., read the short story "All Summer in a Day"
Friday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, review vocab., adverb practice, and compare/contrast the two science fiction stories from this week.
Monday, April 9, 2012
The week of April 9
Monday- Read out Loud, Caught Ya, Journal on spring break, and introduce short story/play terms
Tuesday- Good things, go over elements of a short story, and watch "I Love Lucy" and fill in elements of a short story
Wednesday- Library, Read out Loud, Caught Ya, PowerPoint on adverbs, and read "Priscilla and the Wimps"
Thursday- Good things, silent reading, read "House Call", and work with adverbs
Friday- Read out Loud, Caught Ya, "Who's on First"- read together and compare with other versions
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