9/3/2018 - 9/7/2018
Monday 9/3/2018
No School
Tuesday 9/4/2018
Do Now: Read the class syllabus
Learning Target: To learn procedures for setting up and using Do Now and Notes Notebook
Assignment: Do Now and Notes Notebook set-up
Wednesday 9/5/2018
I was absent
Thursday 9/6/2018
Do Now: # 1: “To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to achieve.”
- Nannie Burroughs
1. Copy the quote.
2. Underline words that stand out.
3. Write a paragraph about what you think this quote means and how you can connect it to your life.
Learning Target: To build a classroom community
Assignment: Group Short Story
As a group, you will write a short story. Each short story must:
1. Written on lined paper
All group members names must be written on the paper.
Date
Class period
Title: Group Short Story: Write the Story:___________________
2. Be based on the topic you pulled and include all the elements listed on the paper.
Each story must have a beginning, middle, and end.
Characters and dialogue
3. Be at least 2 pages long
Friday 9/7/2018
Do Now: # 2: “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.”
- Og Mandino
1. Copy the quote.
2. Underline words that stand out.
3. Write a paragraph about what you think this quote means and how you can connect it to your life.
Learning Target: 1. To demonstrate prior knowledge about Narratives
2. To practice sentence structure
Assignment: 1. Pre- Assessment Unit 1
2. The Basic Sentence (front/back) In the handouts crate
3rd and 4th took ID pictures and were unable to complete the Pre-Assessment for Unit 1
9/10/2018 -9/14/2018
Personal Narrative Unit 1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.A
Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.B
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.C
Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.D
Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.E
Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.
Monday 9/10/2018
Do Now: NO DO NOW
Learning Target: To build a classroom community
Assignment: COMPLETE GROUP STORY
Tuesday 9/11/2018
I was absent
Wednesday 9/12/2018
2nd and 5th hour
Do Now: # 3: “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”
Dalai Lama
1. Copy the quote.
2. Underline words that stand out.
3. Write a paragraph about what you think this quote means and how you can connect it to your life.
Learning Target: To build a classroom community
Assignment: Short Story Presentations
3rd and 4th hour
Do Now: # 3: “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”
Dalai Lama
1. Copy the quote.
2. Underline words that stand out.
3. Write a paragraph about what you think this quote means and how you can connect it to your life.
Learning Target: 1. To demonstrate prior knowledge about Narratives
Assignment: Pre- Assessment Unit 1
Thursday 9/13/2018
Do Now: #4: 1.the Caribbean Islands are a colorful mosaic of may cultures
2.Hispanics make up a large part of the population of cuba and puerto rico
1. Copy each sentence incorrectly and write the correct version underneath it.
Learning Target: 1.I can write about memories, conversations, and bothersome things.
2. I can respond (non-judgmentally) to the writing of others.
Assignment: Notebook Entry 1:
Notebook Entry 2
Choose a topic from the “Ways to Use Writer’s Notebook” or “Writing Topics” and complete a 1 page entry. Complete this assignment for Notebook Entry 1 and Notebook Entry 2.
Ways to Use a Writer’s Notebook
Character observations
Descriptions (person, place, thing)
Dialogue/Conversation
Extensions of earlier drafts
Family lore
Quotes
Imagined stories
Lists
Memories
Questions
Reading responses
Story ideas
Writer’s Topics
My 9th birthday
My first plane ride
Spring Break in Florida
My grandma’s move from Alabama
The time I got stitches
The boy who sits alone in the cafeteria
A conversation with my best friend
Why do people lie?
Disney Land
Friday 9/14/2018
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9/17/2018-9/21/2018
Monday 9/17/2018
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Tuesday 9/18/2018
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Wednesday 9/19/2018
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Thursday 9/20/2018
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Friday 9/21/2018
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9/24/2018-9/28/2018
Monday 9/24/2018
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Tuesday 9/25/2018
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Wednesday 9/26/2018
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Thursday 9/27/2018
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Friday 9/28/2018
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