Friday 9-29-17

(Friday)

Week #7

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	Continue working on your reading response for Finding Your Everest. (15 Minutes)
Mini-Lesson:
Focus Lesson:	Today we will continue to work on the graphic organizer for our novel so that we can analyze how the interactions of the elements in the story impact the main character’s identity.
Class Work:	* Novel Graphic Organizer: first column * Silent reading The Outsiders or The Giver. * Be sure to add this book to your reading log. * By the end of the week you should have read: The Giver: Chapters 1-5 The Outsiders: Chapters 1-3
Homework:	Read for at least 30 minutes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Update your reading log.
OMG Fact:	One out of 4 adults can’t tell their left from their right.

Thursday 9-28-17

Week #7

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	Continue working on your reading response for Finding Your Everest. (10 Minutes)
Mini-Lesson:
Focus Lesson:	Today we will begin to work on the graphic organizer for our novel so that we can analyze how the interactions of the elements in the story impact the main character’s identity.
Class Work:	* Novel Graphic Organizer: first column * Silent reading The Outsiders or The Giver. * Be sure to add this book to your reading log. * By the end of the week you should have read: The Giver: Chapters 1-5 The Outsiders: Chapters 1-3
Homework:	Complete the TBQs for Zebra. Due Friday!
OMG Fact:	One out of 4 adults can’t tell their left from their right.

Wednesday 9-27-17

Week #7

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	10 Minutes of independent writing (in your writer’s notebook)
Mini-Lesson:	Together we will review the annotations that you wrote for homework on Monday and Tuesday for the short story Zebra.
Focus Lesson:	Today we will begin to examine the theme of identity.
Class Work:	Silent reading The Outsiders or The Giver. * Be sure to add this book to your reading log. * By the end of the week you should have read:          The Giver: Chapters 1-5          The Outsiders: Chapters 1-3
Homework:	30 minutes of independent reading with a book of your choosing.
OMG Fact:	King Richard II once had to pawn his crown because he was such a spendthrift.

Tuesday 9/26/17

Week #7

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	Vocabulary notes: Inference & Evidence
Mini-Lesson:	Read and annotate the article Finding Your Everest.
Focus Lesson:	Review and share annotations from Zebra pp. 1-8 (last night’s homework).
Class Work:	Today we will complete the Anticipation Guide for our novel.
Homework:	Read and annotate the story Zebra. Complete pages 5-11 tonight. Be prepared to share your annotations.
OMG Fact:	Two percent of the earth’s people have red hair.

Monday 9/25/17

Week #7

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	Library check-out (Last 10 minutes of class)
Mini-Lesson:
Focus Lesson:	Today we will begin the short story Zebra by setting a purpose for reading and looking for clues to where the themes of the story begin to develop.
Class Work:	* Narrative Ending Rewrite: Peer Revision/Editing * Begin Reading Novels (The Outsiders or The Giver)
Homework:	Read and annotate the story Zebra. Complete pages 1-8 tonight. Be prepared to share your annotations.
OMG Fact:	A grizzly bear has enough bite strength to crush a bowling ball!

No study session on Tuesday this week. 

Friday 9/22/17

Week #\6

Unit 1: Crafting Meaning Through Storytelling

Warm-Up:	10 Minutes of independent reading Small group conferences with Ms. Brownell
Mini-Lesson:	Together we will review the text on Simone Biles and the text-based questions. Then, students will answer the TBQs.
Focus Lesson:	Today we will be working with a partner to get feedback on our writing in order to make any necessary revisions and edit our work.
Class Work:	Revise and edit your Narrative Ending Rewrite..
Homework:	Read for at least 30 minutes on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
OMG Fact:	Newborn babies cry but they have no tears. Their tear ducts aren’t formed until they are a month old.

Thursday 9-21-17

Week #6

Unit 1: Crafting Meaning Through Storytelling

Warm-Up:	10 Minutes of independent reading
Mini-Lesson:	Together, we will read and annotate the text about Simone Biles.
Focus Lesson:	Today we will learn how to bring a sense of closure to a story by providing a resolution to the plot; having a character or narrator come to a realization; and/or having a character or narrator reflect on the impact of the experiences of the narrative. Examples of Narrative Endings Narrative Rubric When to Change Paragraphs Rules for Punctuating Dialogue
Class Work:	Narrative Ending Rewrite: Use your plan (Plot Map) to guide you as you rewrite the ending to the story Amigo Brothers. Be sure to: * Write from the same perspective * Include a well-balanced mixture of dialogue and narration * Include falling action events that lead to a solution * End with a resolution that solves the conflict.
Homework:	Finish the Narrative Ending Rewrite for Amigo Brothers. This is due tomorrow!
OMG Fact:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.3

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

Wednesday 9-20-17

Week #6

Unit 1: Crafting Meaning Through Storytelling

Warm-Up:	10 Minutes of independent writing (in your writer’s notebook)
Mini-Lesson:	None today.
Focus Lesson:	Today we will review how to identify the plot of a short story. Then we will closely examine the falling action events and the conclusion for the purpose of rewriting a story ending.
Class Work:	Together we will complete the PLOT MAP for Amigo Brothers.
	Use the back of your PLOT MAP to plan the rewriting of the ending of Amigo Brothers. Use the falling action and resolution boxes to record your ideas for how you will rewrite the ending of the story. Remember, the conflict still needs to be resolved at the end of the story.
	Polar bear fur is not white, it’s clear.

Tuesday 9-19-17

Week #6

Unit 1: Crafting Meaning Through Storytelling

Warm-Up:	10 Minutes of independent reading Make sure your reading log is up-to-date!
Mini-Lesson:	We will use our vocabulary foldable to help reinforce the learning of new words and concepts used in language arts. Today’s words: Theme & Analyze
Focus Lesson:	Today we will closely examine the plot of Amigo Brothers  in order to analyze how the setting shapes the characters and how the theme is developed.
Class Work:	Annotate the short story Amigo Brothers, looking specifically at how dialogue and setting shape the theme.
Homework:	Finish you vocabulary foldable and the entries for the words theme and analyze.
OMG Fact:	Queue is the only word in the English Language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

Study Sessions: Tuesdays and Thursdays before school (7:45 am) with a pass.

Rocky Top Pass

We will begin reading The Outsiders and The Giver next Monday (9/26).