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MONDAY:

• Introduction of Summary
  • Fiction vs Informational text

TUESDAY:

• Students will work with a partner to summarize a short film
  • Watch short film and write a summary

WEDNESDAY:

• Create a test question for your short film using the summary created previously
• Introduce Book Challenge for the semester

THURSDAY:

• Library Day

FRIDAY:

• Trade Short Film Summaries with other groups to choose the correct summary.

Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a relaxing Christmas break! We are going to be working hard this semester to really get to where we need to be. Be prepared to work!

Remember, if you are absent for any reason (even school related) make sure you check Google Classroom for any assignments given or email me to find out.

MONDAY:

• Teacher Workday

TUESDAY:

• Begin New Year’s Packet
  • Informational Text
  • Poetry

WEDNESDAY:

• Continue working on New Year’s Packet
  • Informational Text
  • Poetry

THURSDAY:

• STAAR new question practice

FRIDAY:

• IXL practice

Monday:

• Read “House Arrest”

Tuesday:

• IXL practice
• Read “House Arrest”

Wednesday:

• Benchmark review

Thursday:

• Library Day

Friday:

• Benchmark Review
• read “House Arrest”

Monday:

• Read “Dear Basketball”
• Watch short film
• Answer questions about it and begin writing your own

Tuesday:

• Complete poem on Google Doc

Wednesday:

• Read “House Arrest”
• Turn in Poem

Thursday:

• Quiz over poetry
• Read “House Arrest”

Friday:

• Field Trip to New London

Monday:

• Read the poem “Casey at the Bat”.
• Answer questions

Tuesday:

• StudySync assignment over “Casey at the Bat”
• Read “House Arrest”

Wednesday:

• Continue “Casey at the Bat”
• Read “House Arrest”

Thursday:

• Library

Friday:

• Catch up day on any missing assignments

Monday:

• Work on Character posters

Tuesday:

• Work on Character posters

Wednesday:

• Work on Character Posters
• Begin watching “Freak the Mighty”

Thursday:

• Finish Character Posters
• Continue watching movie

Friday:

• Finish watching movie

ADVANCED

Monday:

• Work on Character posters

Tuesday:

• Work on Character posters

Wednesday:

• Work on Character Posters
• Begin watching “The Outsiders”

Thursday:

• Finish Character Posters
• Continue watching movie

Friday:

• Finish watching movie

Donors Choose

Monday:

• Finish Reading Freak the Mighty

Tuesday:

• Review of novel

Wednesday:

• Theme Lesson

Thursday:

• Library Day

Friday:

• Begin Body Biography

ADVANCED READING

Monday:

• Finish Reading Outsiders

Tuesday:

• Review of novel

Wednesday:

• Theme Lesson

Thursday:

• Library Day

Friday:

• Begin Body Biography

Monday:

• Take Notes over Literature terms and create foldable

Tuesday:

• Take notes over plot structure
• Create plot structure example and label parts
• read fractured fairy tale and put the parts of the story in order on plot diagram

Wednesday:

• Complete plot diagram from Tuesday
• Read Chapter 5 of Freak the Mighty

Thursday:

• Library Day

Friday:

• Review literature terms, plot structure, and point of view
• There will be a test next week over these things and setting

ADVANCED READING

Monday:

• Take Notes over Literature terms and create foldable

Tuesday:

• Take notes over plot structure
• Create plot structure example and label parts
• read fractured fairy tale and put the parts of the story in order on plot diagram

Wednesday:

• Complete plot diagram from Tuesday
• Read Chapter 3 of The Outsiders

Thursday:

• Library Day

Friday:

• Review literature terms, plot structure, and point of view
• There will be a test next week over these things and setting

Monday-

• Set up Reading Journal
• Join Google Classroom
• Set up StudySync (Textbook)
• Read “Thank You, Mr. Faulker”

Tuesday-

• Take IXL Reading Screener
• Watch “The Bookish Football Star” and discuss how we can relate.

Wednesday-

• We will look at STAAR scores from last year and create goals for this year
• Discuss the 30 book challenge.

Thursday-

• Library Day
  • Students will check out books for the their 1st 9 weeks challenge

Friday-

• Students will conduct a webquest to learn more about the novel we will begin next week, “Freak the Mighty”.

 

ADVANCED

Monday-

• Set up Reading Journal
• Join Google Classroom
• Set up StudySync (Textbook)
• Read “Thank You, Mr. Faulker”

Tuesday-

• Take IXL Reading Screener
• Watch “The Bookish Football Star” and discuss how we can relate.
• Review for novel test with a partner.

Wednesday-

• We will look at STAAR scores from last year and create goals for this year
• Discuss the 30 book challenge.
• Test over summer reading.

Thursday-

• Library Day
  • Students will check out books for the their 1st 9 weeks challenge

Friday-

• Students will work in groups to learn more about the 1950’s and the culture during that time to prepare for the novel we will begin reading next week, “The Outsiders”.