Agenda for the week of November 9-13th, 2015

Language Arts

Monday, November 9, 2015 “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”

• Maya Angelou

Agenda for today:

• Warm-up: HOTS Game-Daily Word Play

• In order to play, you MUST be quiet

• Take out a sheet of paper and create as many words from the three letters as possible. At least 3 letter words, only.

Table of Contents (IN)

• Notes on Conflict page # 1

• Notes on Figurative page # 2

Language• Mentor Sentence Lesson # 1

page #

• The Giver Vocabulary page #

Mini Lesson:

• Mentor Sentences: We will work with the following sentence all week. You need to write the sentence down in your IN. Label the page as mentor sentence for the week of November 9th-13th, 2015.

Directions:• Label the top of your page

Mentor Sentences Lesson # 1.

• Write the mentor sentence in your IN.

• Use 8-10 lines and draw a double entry journal like I have on the next slide.

• Follow the directions on next slide.

• Your page should look like my page, except you will fill yours in.

Every day was a happy day, and every night was

peaceful.From Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

NOTICE:

Classify the sentence

EVIDENCE:

Evidence for classification

Monday: You are invited to notice. Look at the sentence. What do you notice about the way the sentence is constructed? What evidence do you have?

Work Session:

• The Giver whole class discussion

• Character Maps Continue working on these maps.• Conflict Graphic Organizer Continue working on this also.

Closing:

• Intro to Socratic discussions

• Provide the questions.

• Be prepared for discussion on Thursday

Homework:

• Study vocabulary and the novel.

• Be prepared for your test on Friday.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Forget yesterday - it has already forgotten you. Don't sweat tomorrow - you haven't even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift - today.” ―

Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

Agenda for today:

• Warm-up: HOTS Game-Daily Word Play

• In order to play, you MUST be quiet

• Take out a sheet of paper and create as many words as you can and add the prefix sym to it. The new word must make sense.

Warm-Up: Journal

Every day was a happy day, and every night was

peaceful.From Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

NOTICE:

Classify the sentence

EVIDENCE:

Evidence for classification

Monday: You are invited to notice. Look at the sentence. What do you notice about the way the sentence is constructed? What evidence do you have?

Tuesday: You’re invited to notice parts of speech.Look at your mentor sentence. What parts of speech do you notice? On the sentence write above each word the code for the part of speech.• Noun-N Verb-V Adjective-

adj• Adverb-adv Pronoun-pro• Preposition-prep Conjunction-C• Interjections-I

Work Session:

• Silent Reading on The Giver• Re-assessment over Chapters 5-

6

Homework:

• Continue reading through chapter 11

• Study vocabulary for Friday’s test

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Warm Up:

• Word play• Mentor Sentences

Warmup:

• Mentor Sentence:– Wednesday: You’re invited to

analyze– Analyze the sentence to find its

parts. Use the following symbols to mark your sentence.

– Circle the simple subject(s). – Underline the 1st independent clause with 1 line.– Underline the 2nd independent clause with 2

lines.– Draw a squiggly line between clauses.– Draw a box around the simple predicate. – Draw a // between the subject & predicate

Work Session:

• Whole class discussion on The Giver

• Spelling Bee

Journal:

Homework:

• Study for vocabulary and comprehension test over The Giver.

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Warm Up:

• Word play• Mentor Sentence

Thursday: You’re invited to mimic.

• Use your mentor sentence as a model and create you own sentence that is a compound sentence.

Mini-Lesson:

• Plot Diagram (revisit)• Conflict

Work Session:

• Whole class discussion over figurative language in The Giver

• Test Review

Homework:

•Study for test!!!

Friday, November 13, 2015

Journal:

•TEST!!