Month: January 2025

READING

Monday: School Holiday

Tuesday:

• Identify Logical Fallacies and take notes

Wednesday:

• Identifying Logical Fallacies practice worksheet

Thursday:

• Create an advertisement using an assigned fallacy

Friday:

• Quiz over fallacies
• Present advertisements

 

READING

Monday:

• What is an Argumentative Text?
  • Curipod

Tuesday:

• SCOPE “Are Pro Athletes Overpaid?”

Wednesday:

• IXL Thesis Statements

Thursday:

• Library Day

Friday:

• Choose Argumentative Topic to research

ENGLISH/WRITING

Monday:

• “We Will Write” fun argumentative topics

Tuesday:

• Students will choose one of the SCOPE topics from reading class and begin writing an argumentative essay. Intro and thesis are due by Wednesday morning.

Wednesday:

• Continue working on argumentative essay. Body paragraphs due by Thursday
• Grades will be taken on thesis statement from Tuesday.

Thursday:

• Finish writing essay
• edit and revise own paper

Friday:

• Trade essay with partner and peer edit
• Make any changes to essay and turn it in for final grading.

 

READING

Monday: Teacher Workday

Tuesday: IXL Screener for Middle of Year snapshot

Wednesday: Finish IXL as needed, then work on assignments recommended

Thursday: Go over benchmark/make corrections

Friday: Informational Text introduction/practice

 

ENGLISH/WRITING

Monday: Teacher Workday

Tuesday: Grammar Practice

Wednesday: Flocabulary

Thursday: Look at essays from benchmark- how can we improve? Where did we go wrong/or right?

Friday: Fun Write Friday