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HLA 4: CO: Students will demonstrate understanding of academic and multiple-meaning words and phrases using vocabulary guidelines. LO: Students will read, write, listen, and speak using vocabulary words correctly. 1. SSR + record number of pages read 2. Review how to do vocabulary homework -give examples -pull strong sentences -what does it mean to know […]

HLA 4: CO: Students will demonstrate analysis of sentence structure in narrative text by examining the effect of author’s choice. LO: Students will read and write using sentence structure guidelines. 1. SSR + record number of pages read 2. Sentence structure -examine excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird -author’s plan -sentence imitation -sentence combining handout […]

HLA 4: CO: Students will demonstrate analysis of narrative text by examining attitude and purpose in an excerpt. LO: Students will read and write using guiding questions and T2T norms. 1. SSR + record number of pages -check in log with Ms.Martin 2. Good news/announcements 3. Quick write 4. First glimpse of To Kill a […]

HLA 4: CO: Students will demonstrate understanding of vocabulary by expressing responses on the quiz. LO: Students will read, write, and listen using the vocabulary quiz format and essay guidelines. 1. Book talk guest: Mrs.Gass 2. SSR + record number of pages 3. Vocabulary -turn in homework -quick review -QUIZ 4. Essay -deadlines -guidelines -questions […]

Happy Snow Day! HLA and LA 4: -Please have your typed final version of your essay ready for Friday. We will go over the Works Cited page in class tomorrow, but you can certainly try it on your own: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/ -The Purdue OWL site can answer literally every question you have about citing sources and […]

HLA 4: CO: Students will demonstrate creation of informative text to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately by composing a carefully-crafted rough draft. LO: Students will read essay guidelines and write a final draft. 1. SSR + record number of pages read. 2. Vocabulary match-up -vocabulary weeks 22-23 due Friday -vocabulary […]

HLA 4: CO: Students will demonstrate creation of informative text to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately by composing a carefully-crafted rough draft. LO: Students will read essay guidelines and write a rough draft. 1. SSR + record pages, date, & book title if needed. 2. Writing rough drafts -Outline check-in […]

**Special schedule today because I will only be teaching 2nd and 3rd hours. 1st and 6th Hours: 1. SSR + record pages read, date, & book title if needed. 2. Please use this time to begin crafting your rough draft. Use your outline as a plan and begin to develop your ideas in paragraph form. […]

HLA 4: CO: Students will demonstrate creation of an outline by developing the topic with well-chosen support. LO: Students will write an essay outline using a guided outline and quotes/summaries/paraphrases. 1. SSR + record number of pages read. 2. Book talks?? I’ll go! 3. Complete outlines -have clear development of support -what order of information […]

HLA 4: You have a substitute today, here are the plans: 1.Students will read silently for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, they record how many pages they read today. 2.Continue expert folder activity from yesterday. When you have gathered information for at least 5 sources from the folder, you can begin to draft your essay […]