Week of June 4 - June 15

Reading Goal - Week 1 -- Pg.92

                           Week 2 -- finish book!

AGENDA
1.) Warm-Up:  Reading Check Worksheet 1 and Reading Check Worksheet 2
2.) Discuss up to the end of the second marking period
3.) Agenda Books

HOMEWORK
1.) Painting (see directions below) and bring coloring supplies to class
2.) Read all of the third marking period in Speak by Thursday, 06/04/15
3.)  BINDER & TRI-FOLD POSTER BOARD DUE IN HOMEROOM TOMORROW  - in preparation for our first day of work Wednesday for the Student Led Conferences

PAINTING ASSIGNMENT
1.) Choose an artist that you are interested in (some may include Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollack, Vincent van Gogh, Andy Warhol, Michaelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, etc.)
2.) Look up some of their famous pieces and choose the one that stands out the most to you
3.) PRINT THAT IMAGE OUT! (either at home or in school DURING HOMEROOM)

Week of May 14-18

Monday

1.) Free write journal
2.) Graded, timed warm-up (you may use your notes)
3.) Research check-in - PSA OR flier due today, fill out your note card with important details from your body paragraph #1

HW - polish up your PSA or Flier, fill out your notecard



Tuesday 

2.) Read both Pecos Bill and the Mustang and Paul Bunyan in your textbooks (or in the electronic textbook in the ELA links section of the blog)

3.) Tall Tale Hyperbole Hunt

4.) Agenda Books

HOMEWORK

1.) Finish the Tall Tale Hyperbole Hunt

2.) Notecard - Body Paragraph #2

Wednesday 
AGENDA
1.) Go over Pecos Bill and Paul Bunyon multiple choice questions
2.) Collect Tall Tale homework from Monday
3.) 15-20 minutes of group practice
4.) Present your Tall Tale
5.) Journal Assignment
6.) Agenda Books

JOURNAL
Now it's your turn to write a tall tale!  In your journal, please write a 1 page tall tale on a made up (by you) or fake (cartoon, video game character, etc.) character.  Your entry can either take on a story format (like Pecos Bill) or a poem format (like Paul Bunyon) and it also MUST include 7-10 hyperboles.  If you could underline your hyperboles, that would be GREAT!  It also needs some sort of visual to go along with it.  This should be done on a separate page.

HOMEWORK
1.) Finish up your journal entry

Week of April 30 - May 4

Monday -
1)Navience with Mrs. Malous the first 20 minutes of class,
2) work on Body Paragraph #3

HW - Research Paper - Intro/Body Paragraphs 1-3 DUE TOMORROW


Objective - to explore different cultures of the world through a variety of "Stories of the People"

Tuesday  
1) Research Check - In: Intro/Body Para 1-3
2) Closing paragraph mini-lesson
3) Foklore Prezi 
4) This weeks folklore activity - You were given a handout to read and to take notes from as well as a directions handout with an outline to follow for taking your notes.  When we are not working on research this week we will direct our attention to the folklore activity, which should be completed by the end of class on Friday.

HW - Closing paragraph step #1, #2, or #3 needs to be completed for class tomorrow...which step from your outline did you choose??

Wednesday

Week of April 23 - April 27

Welcome Back!

Afer two weeks of nonacademics, it's time to jump back into our writing process.  Below is our schedule for the week.

Monday - Narrative/Seed Story
Let's revisit and finish our seed story.  Thoughts to keep in mind - Does it have a lesson/message at its conclusion? Have you proofread for spelling, grammar, and punctuation? Are the M.I.T.'s (most importantn things) present - character, setting, important details, dialogue. 

Narrative stories are due in class on Wednesday.

HW - finish your seed story and choose an excerpt to share in class tomorrow.  This will be our public speaking activity for the week.

Tuesday - MCAS English Session I
Share out! - All students will share their chosen exceprt from their seed story.

HW - finish your seed story and have a copy printed out to hand in to me tomorrow.

Wednesday - Friday
All research, every day!

We will be taking the necessary steps towards writing our Body Paragraphs 2 & 3. 

RESEARCH DEADLINE - Official rough draft of your research paper will be due Thursday, May 3. 

Week of March 26- 30

AGENDA
Objective:  Students will listen to directions on how to fill in their outlines for the body section of their papers and then they will use their notes to complete this task.  After that, students will work in small groups on the "folding in quotes" technique before trying it on their own.

Monday

Literature Circle Assessment - Movie Trailer!
1) Plot diagram hand-out - read the given notes and fill out your template
2) Begin brainstorming with your group about what is important to have in your movie trailer
3) Movie Trailers will be watched in class on Monday, April 2


Tuesday
1.) Finish up practice presentations - noun generated stories
2) Research mini-lesson - Body Paragraphs and Folding In Quotes

BODY PARAGRAPH OUTLINE REMINDERS
1.) Use your notes and add specific information from them to the appropriate subtopic
2.) These should consist of mostly of bullets (Remember, you want skeletal information!  Save the detail and the juicy stuff for when you write your paper!)
3.) Everyone must have TWO (2) direct quote per subtopic (please copy this down with the correct citation.  Questions about citations?!?  Use this website!

FOLDED IN QUOTE EXAMPLE:
The picture below is a sample folded in quote.  The words written in purple are from a past group of students. The words written in red are the notes that we took and talked about in class on how to use this graphic organizer.

Wednesday + Thursday

WORK SESSION

First half of class - Body paragraph I work

Second half of class - Lit Circle meet up to discuss your movie trailer project :-) 

Friday - NO SCHOOL - Good Friday 

Week of March 19 - 23

Objective: To continue moving forward in the research paper process.  To make progress according to Lit Circle schedules

Monday - *Research DUE.  A mini-lesson reminder on how to write a good HOOK(opening sentence) as we dive into organizing our Intro paragraph for the research paper.  The links to a Research Paper Outline as well as the Hook cheat sheet should be saved in a "forever" folder as you will be able to use them FOREVER!! 
*The rest of class is for your lit circle reading schedule.

HW - Write your hook, it will be checked first thing in class tomorrow.

Tuesday - HOOK check-in.  Continue with your lit circle schedule

HW - Random Noun Generator Story - Public Speaking #2 - Create a mini-story either about the two words you were given in class OR using the two words you were given in class.  30-45 seconds. Stories will be presented at the beginning of class Thursday

Wednesday - 

Thursday -

Friday -

Week of March 12 - 16

Let's take this week one day at a time!  There will be a big focus on research this week, if we have an interrupted week again due to snow please continue your research at home.

Objective:  To move forward in learning the necessary steps when researching a topic.

Let's talk about taking notes...

NOTES FROM CLASS:
Note Taking 101
1.) You must keep track of where you got your information.  Some techniques include:
~ using a different piece of paper (written or typed) for each source (labeled at the top)
~ separating info. on your paper (written or typed) with a heading (where you got the info.)
~ use different colors to write your information (a different color for each source)

2.) If you copy something word for word, you must put it in quotes

3.) Notes should be short, sweet and to the point

*Reminder* - easybib....easybib....easybib!!!!