• SLOT-Analyze the 6+1 Trait of Word Choice. Using only the 6-exceptional column, identify the most important elements of the trait and add them to your tree map we started on Monday.
• Word Choice Rubric
• SSR-Read novel for 15 minutes.
• RA-Complete Box #3 of the Narrative Four Square using the short story, “The Story of an Hour”.

Reminder-Study for SLOT Quiz #3! Review the Ideas, Organization, and Word Choice Traits!

• SLOT-Analyze the 6+1 Trait of Organization. Looking at only the 6-exceptional column, add the most important elements of the trait to your tree map from yesterday.
• Organization rubric
• SSR-Read novel for 15 minutes. Reflect in your writer’s notebook using the following sentence stem: The character in my novel I can most relate with is…I relate to this character because…
• RA-Complete Box #2 of the Narrative four-square using the short story, “The Story of an Hour”. Make sure that you complete a second read of the text annotating for the information asked of you in box #2 (i.e. figurative language, genre, voice, tone, etc.).

• SLOT–Ideas Rubric-Using the 6+1 Traits Ideas Rubric, classify the most important aspects of the rubric using a tree map. Make sure that you are looking at the 6-exceptional column only! Save room on your tree map for the other six traits.
• SSR-Read novel for 15 minutes and log in Writer’s Notebook
• RA-Read the short story, “The Story of an Hour”. Annotate while you read for the central idea of the story. Complete Box #1 of the Narrative four square.
• Narrative 4-Square
• “The Story of an Hour”

• SLOT-Quiz #2
• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
• RA–CERA Questions-AoW #3-Complete the CERA questions.

Reminder-Article of the Week #3, the informational four square, and the CERA questions are due Monday!

• SLOT-Using Mentor Text #2, read and annotate where you notice the author trying to encourage the reader to accept his/her belief. Think about how the author connects with the reader.
• SSR-Read novel for 15 minutes. In your writer’s notebook, summarize what you have read thus far.
• RA-Using Article of the Week #3, complete box #4 of the Informational four square.

Reminder-SLOT quiz #3 is tomorrow! Review Mentor Text #2, the Personal Essay. Be sure to read and review all of the annotations, notes, and double bubble map comparing and contrasting the Personal Narrative with the Personal Essay.

• SLOT-Mentor Text #2-Using a double bubble thinking map, show the similarities and differences of a Personal Narrative and a Personal Essay. Complete the thinking map on the backside of Mentor Text #2.
• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
• RA-Complete Box #3 of the Informational 4-Square using Article of the Week #3.

• SLOT-Mentor Text #2-Personal Essay-Read and annotate for the claim and evidence.
• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
• RA-Complete Box #2 of the Informational Four Square using Article of the Week #3.

Article of the Week #2 due with SOAPSTone work

• SLOT–Mentor Text #2 (Hrs. 1, 2, 4)-Read and annotate the mentor text identifying the story within the personal essay.
• Mentor Text #2 (Honor’s Only)-Read and annotate the mentor text identifying the story within the  personal essay.
• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes and log in Writer’s Notebook.
• RA–Article of the Week #3-Read article and annotate.
• Informational Text Four Square-Complete box #1 only, using Article #3.

Reminder-If you were absent last Friday and missed SLOT Quiz #1, you must stay after school on Wednesday for the make-up.

• SLOT-Quiz #1 covering Elements of Narrative. If you were absent for the quiz, please see Mrs. Lichocki on Monday to schedule a time to stay after school to make-up the quiz.
• SSR-Read novel for 15 minutes. Log and reflect in Writer’s Notebook.
• RA-SOAPSTone using Article of the Week #2. Read and annotate for the final two components-subject and tone. 

Homework

On a sheet of loose-leaf, cite examples from AoW #2 explaining each section of SOAPSTone. You will submit Article of the Week #2 and this work on Monday!

• SLOT-Read and annotate Mentor Text #1 for characterization. Reminder-Tomorrow is SLOT quiz #1 covering the 5 elements of narrative (POV, Central Idea, Setting, Event Sequencing, and Characteriztion). Review your annotations from this week as a way of studying for the quiz!
• SSR-Read your novel for 10 minutes and log.
• RA– SOAPSTone with Article of the Week #2. Read and annotate for audience and purpose.