3rd Six Weeks

Week 3

   November 28-December 2, 2016

"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Stone upon stone is the structure built."

MONDAY, November 28

* Quotable Quotes

* Students practice with using transitional words correctly

TUESDAY, November 29

*Quotable Quotes

* Students take a pre-benchmark test

WEDNESDAY, November 30

* Quotable Quotes

* Students continue to take the pre-benchmark test

   

     THURSDAY, December 1

* Qutable Quotes

* Students go over the pre-benchmark test

    

    FRIDAY,December 2

    * Quotable Quotes

    * Students continue to go over pre-benchmark test

ATTENTION!!!

Book report # 3 due on Tuesday, November 29!!!

3rd Six Weeks

Week 2

   November 14-17, 2016

"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Stone upon stone is the structure built."

MONDAY, November 14

* Quotable Quotes

* Students continue to present their analysis of the expository essays assigned to them.

TUESDAY, November 15

* Students are given an expository prompt to brainstorm.

* They start making an outline of their ideas.

WEDNESDAY, November 16

* Quotable Quotes

* Students start writing the introduction of their essay.

* A mini-lesson is given about writing the controlling idea.

* Students will also write their first body paragraph.

   

     THURSDAY, November 17

* Qutable Quotes

   * Students write the body and conclusion of their essay.

    

    FRIDAY,November 18

    * MOVIE DAY

ATTENTION!!!

Book summary is due Monday, November 14!

3rd Six Weeks

Week 1

   November 7-11 , 2016

"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Stone upon stone is the structure built."

MONDAY, November 7 

* Staff development: Unlocking the Secret, MPC, 8:00-4:00

TUESDAY, November 8

* Great Lives, Great Deeds: Friendships of Abraham Lincoln

* Show the students again the structure of the expository essay and the strategies that accompany those:introduction-the attention grabbers; body-reason, explanation, example, link (REEL); conclusion-insight,rephrase,summary,advice (IRSA), concrete, abstract (CA)

* Show the strategies at work in a model essay.

* Show more examples of accomplished essays from scoring guide and point out how the authors successfully used the strategies.

WEDNESDAY, November 9

* Great Lives, Great Deeds on Lincoln

* Continue the expository essay modeling

   * Students now brainstorm a prompt.

   * A mini-lesson on magnifying: picking one topic

   

     THURSDAY, November 10

    * Great Lives, Great Deeds on Lincoln

    * Students outline the brainstormed ideas.

    * A mini-lesson on telescoping: staying on topic

    

    FRIDAY,November 11

    * Great Lives, Great Deeds on Lincoln

    * Students start writing the first draft.

EXPOSITORY STRUCTURE