Monday 10/15:
- SSR
- Sassy Sentences (completed examples 2-4 of dependent clauses, see us if you were absent)
- Stakeholder Letter (finish)
- Discuss the difference between using various sentence structures just to check them off a list vs. using them to enhance the meaning.
- Discuss proper letter format (see me if you were absent)
- Letter structure:
- Paragraph 1 = Stakeholder and Introduction sections combined
- Paragraph 2 = Successes
- Paragraph 3 = Challenges
- Paragraph 4 = Conclusion (SMART Goal)
- REMEMBER: You must have AT LEAST 2 beginning participial phrases and AT LEAST 2 appositive phrases in your letter! Highlight these in the final product and turn it in on Google Classroom before tomorrow!
Tuesday 10/16:
- SSR
- Word Part Mini Presentations – ask a neighbor for the notes if you were absent!
- AOW #3
- Chunk the text
- Solve roadblocks
- Talk to the text – reference the sentence starters in your binder!
- Highlight essential details for each chunk
Wednesday 10/17:
- SSR
- Sassy Sentences – find examples of dependent clauses in your SSR books and write them down!
- Watch 2081 and complete the Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting it with “Harrison Bergeron.”
- Due at the end of the hour!
Thursday 10/18:
- SSR
- Word Part Mini Presentations – ask a neighbor for the notes if you were absent!
- AOW #3 (concluded)
- Chunk summaries
- Interactive Constructed Paragraph Activity – students work together to complete a CER for the article by following certain sentence stems. Then they rotate and add on to what their peers in other groups have come up with.
- Students must answer one of the two prompts at the bottom of the last page of the article in CER format. This is due on Monday, October 22.
Friday 10/19:
- SSR October Assessment for the entire hour. If you were absent, you must make this up after school with me. See me for more information.
- If done early, students should answer the yearbook survey and/or work on their AOW CER.