Monday: review Q1

Tuesday: Notes sound devices and figurative language

Wednesday:  The Raven - 1st read (audio Basil Rathbone); poetic device analysis stanza 1 and 2

Thursday: The Raven - 2nd read (aloud); poetic device analysis assigned stanza

Friday: Biography of Poe: How do the events in an author's life influence their writing? 

Monday: The Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll (words in context - read and rewrite using vocabulary) 

Tuesday: The Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll analysis of text, how use of words impact text structure. 

Wednesday: Writing Prompt - choose 1 of 3 to respond for extended write 

Thursday: Notes - sound devices and figurative language - The Raven - 1st read (audio Rathbone)

Friday: The Raven - annotate 1st stanza for sound devices (color code); assign 1 stanza per group to annotate then share. 

Friday students were given the opportunity to retake any skills assignment before the grades were set. Please be aware, each student was given 2 chances on each assignment. The second chance was after skills were taught and reviewed. 

Monday: Review test grades (from Friday writing), figurative language formative assessment results

Tuesday: Discuss TNReady test taking skills: annotating on tests for responses

Wednesday: Case 21 - test 1

Thursday: Case 21 - test 1 continued

Friday: unfamiliar words in context: The Jabberwocky from Through the Looking Glass

Monday: Writing Check-in; Emoji Annotations of Barrio Boy

Tuesday: Work on writing assignments Barrio Boy; Formative Assessment - central idea

Wednesday: peer edit paragraph for Barrio Boy; revise

Thursday: Check Barrio Boy for theme, central idea and emoji annotations

Friday: Skills Test

 

Monday: Find parts of a basic paragraph in The Hobbit  summer essay.

Tuesday: Create a thesis for informative writing prompts

Wednesday: Read Barrio Boy. annotate text for theme, conflict, 

Thursday: Identify theme and conflict using SOAPSTONE

Friday: Quick Check - Barrio Boy

 

 

Monday: Complete and submit Rikki Tikki Tavi lesson = class work grade

Tuesday: Present your project to the class

Wednesday: Review Rikki Tikki Tavi plot, characterization, types of conflict

Thursday: Rikki Tikki Tavi reading Quick Check = Quiz grade 

Friday: Thesis statement activity = classwork grade

 

Monday: Library

Tuesday: Review The Hobbit 

Wednesday: Quiz - The Hobbit; Introduce Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling; pre-reading and vocabulary

Thursday and Friday: Read Rikki Tikki Tavi with group and practice annotating.