Monday, September 18Writing: Take 5 minutes to finish up your writing from Friday, "What does it mean to love a country?" Reading: "The Latehomecomer"
Tuesday, September 19Reading: "The Latehomecomer"
Wednesday, September 20Reading: "The Latehomecomer"
Thursday, September 21Reading: Finish "The Latehomecomer" if not already done. Complete 2 or 3 close reading activities Writing: Which one of the author's experiences had the greatest effect on her? Make a claim, support it with text evidence, tag your evidence, and explain it. Friday, September 22No school for students
Professional Development Day for teachers Monday, September 11"My Favorite Chaperone"
Tuesday, September 12Prosody CFA: Use Book Blurbs to demonstrate prosody. Be sure to tag yourself as the speaker.
Wednesday, September 13Prosody CFA: finish book blurb prosody demonstrations. Thursday, September 14Pass-backs: pass back graded papers and put them in folders. Self-assessment: after looking over your work, ask yourself, "How am I doing?" "What am I doing well?" What can I do to improve?" Set a goal: set a self-improvement goal Friday, September 15"Bonne Annee"
Monday, September 4Labor Day - No School Tuesday, September 5Independent Reading - make sure you have a personal reading book. To get these points you must have a book and read it during the entire time you are given to read (5-15 minutes). Text/Character analysis: Continue reading "My Favorite Chaperone" from Collections book page 3-26 When we finish the story, correctly answer question 3 and 4 on page 28 from the Collections book and turn in assignment. Wednesday, September 6 STAR reading test Thursday, September 7Independent Reading - make sure you have a personal reading book. To get these points you must have a book and read it during the entire time you are given to read (5-15 minutes). Text/Character analysis: Continue reading "My Favorite Chaperone" from Collections book page 3-26 Practice prosody as you read passages aloud for the class. When we finish the story, correctly answer question 3 and 4 on page 28 from the Collections book and turn in assignment. Be sure to answer the question with a *claim, support your answer with *evidence, and *tag your evidence. Friday, September 8Text/Character analysis: Finish reading "My Favorite Chaperone" from Collections book page 3-26
Practice prosody as you read passages aloud for the class. Answer the following question: Is life in the U.S. more difficult for Maya, Nurzhan, Mama or Papa? Be sure to answer the question with a *claim, support your answer with *evidence, and *tag your evidence. The be sure to *explain how your evidence supports your claim |
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