Daily Agendas
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Retesting Opportunities for Students Retesting opportunities for students will be Monday and Thursday before and after school and on Fridays during Independent Reading time. Before a student may retest, he or she must complete some practice problems and any daily practice that was assigned as homework prior to retesting. |
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3 •Spelling Pretest •Review "The Tell-Tale Heart" •Quiz |
4 •Check Spelling •Elements of Fiction Assessment •Spelling p. 45 (1-20), p. 47 (1-10) due Thursday |
5 •Introduce Character Analysis Essay •Spelling p. 45 (1-20), p. 47 (1-10) due Thursday |
6 •Check spelling •Character Analysis notes |
7 •Spelling Posttest •Character Analysis Notes |
10 •Character Analysis Notes |
11 •Character Analysis Notes |
12 •Character Analysis Notes |
13 •Character Analysis Notes |
14 •Independent Reading |
17 •Character Analysis Exemplar Activity |
18 •Character Analysis Exemplar Activity |
19 BOOK PRODUCTS DUE • Character Analysis Essay 1. Graphic organizer 2. Pick topic 3. Begin rough draft Graphic organizer due Tomorrow |
20 • Character Analysis Essay 1. Rough Draft Essay rough draft due tomorrow. |
21 • Peer edit essays • Independent Reading (Book product DUE Nov. 19) |
24 •Computer lab - type final copies
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25 •Computer lab - type final copies |
26 Final Essay DUE! State assessment: Character Analysis Chart |
27 Thanksgiving Break |
28 Thanksgiving Break |
1st Quarter Write-for-Five/Quickwrite Journal Topics |
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Journal # |
Journal Entry |
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Identify the character pillars that best identify you. Describe how those traits make you the person you are today. |
2 |
If your best friend could describe you, what would he or she say? |
3 |
What are some of your goals in life? ...Your hopes and dreams? |
4 |
What are your unique quailities. What makes you different than other people? |
5 |
Tell a story about one of the events on the "Timeline of Your Life" handout. |
6 |
Write about an interesting place you have been. (this doesn't have to be a vacation...it could be as simple as getting lost in the pages of a good book." |
7 |
Freewrite about your weekend. |
QW#1 |
What qualities do you look for in a friend? What characteristics do your friends have? What makes you a good friend? |
8 |
Identify some conflicts in your life. Consider person v. person, person v. self, person v. group, and person v. environment. |
QW#2 |
What advice would you give the main character in the selection? |
QW#3 |
How does this story relate to the Collection One title "We All Need Somebody to Lean On"? Use specific examples from the story to support you response. |
#9 |
Freewrite |
#10 |
Write about a time when someone threw you a lifeline., singled you out for attention, or made you feel that you were liked and respected for being yourself. |
QW#4 |
Write about someone who has made a difference in your life. What did they do? What qualities do they possess? |
QW#5 |
The nicest thing...write about the nicest thing someone has done for you. |
#11 |
Free write. |
#12 |
Write about a time you stood up for someone when they needed an ally. |
QW#6 |
Write about a time you felt insecure or out of place. |
QW#7 |
Write about a time you felt nervous around someone because you had a crush on them. |
#13 |
Free write. |
#14 |
What would you like to be famous for someday? |
#15 |
Free write. |
#16 |
Write about someone who isn't what they seem. |
QW#8 |
Talk about something bizarre that has happened to you. Think about our theme of strange and mysterious. |
QW#9 |
Explain what you think happened to Billy Weaver at the end of the story. |
#17 |
Free write. |
#18 |
Create a story using the following lead...It was a dark and stormy night and we had been traveling all night... |
QW#10 |
Explain what you think happened to Billy Weaver at the end of the story. |
#19 |
Finish your story from the other day...It was a dark and stormy night and we had been traveling all night... |
2nd Quarter Write-for-Five/Quickwrite Journal Topics |
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Journal # |
Journal Entry |
#20 |
Free write |
Book Products Students are required to do two book products per quarter. The first book product is a required genre and the second book product is a choice genre. For the required genre students fill out a book review form (see link below), and for the choice genre students need to choose a book product from the book product list (see link below). Due dates are listed below. |
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2nd Quarter:
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3rd Quarter:
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4th Quarter:
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Book Products -link to book product ideas Book_Review - link to book review form |
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