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

2nd Six Weeks

Week 5

   October 31-November 4, 2016

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

MONDAY, October 31  

* Quotable Quotes

* Introduce and explain dialogue rules

* Practice

* Review capitalization with some words that can be titles or just plain common nouns.

* Explain and show the structure of the body paragraph with REEL (reason, explanation, example, link)

 

TUESDAY, November 1

* Quotable Quotes

* Review sentence combining, subject-verb agreement, and other grammar miscellaneous (i.e.,spelling)

WEDNESDAY, November 2

 * Quotable Quotes

* Continue review of  subject-verb agreement,etc. 

    

   THURSDAY, November 3

    *SIX-WEEKS TEST 

   

    FRIDAY,November 4

    * Go over six-weeks test.

 

 

 

  

                                                                        ATTENTION!!!!

                                                 STUDY FOR THE SIX-WEEKS TEST ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3!

2nd Six Weeks

Week 4

   October 24-28, 2016

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

MONDAY, October 24  

A.M.

* Drug-Free Presentation

* Bus Safety Presentation

* Theme: Mix-It-Up Day

P.M.

* Attention grabbers

 

TUESDAY, October 25

* Theme: Hats Off

*Quotable Quotes

*Attention grabbers

* Subject-verb agreement

* PETER PIPER PIZZA: Progress report night 4:00-6:00 P.M.

WEDNESDAY, October 26

 *Theme: Join the Fight:Camouflage

* Quotable Quotes

* Subject-verb agreement

THURSDAY, October 27

*Theme: The Future Is Bright

* Quotable Quotes

* Subject-verb agreement

*Comma rules

*ELECTIONS: Duke and Duchess, Prince and Princess 

 FRIDAY,October 28

  *Theme: Team Up

 * FALL FESTIVAL

 * Movie afternoon

  

  

Attention!!!!

Money for Fall Festival-$5.00

Due Monday, October 24

FALL FESTIVAL

2nd Six Weeks

Week 3

   October 17-21, 2016

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

MONDAY, October 17

*Image Grammar

*Review covered objectives for the mini-assessment. 

TUESDAY, October 18

*Image Grammar

*Mini-assessment

*Pick-up essays for Patriot's Pen.

WEDNESDAY, October 19

 *Region 1 Workshop

* Students practice using WHO and WHOM correctly.

THURSDAY, October 20

*Image Grammar

   * Go over the mini-assessment.

   *  Magnifying: narrowing down a topic

   * Telescoping: staying on topic

   *If time allows, review the expository structure of an essay-the expository house

         - roof: introduction with attention grabbers and the controlling idea

         - body: body paragraphs with their points and supports (explanation, examples from history,                              entertainment,literature, personal experience) 

         - floor: conclusion with insight,rephrasing,summary, abstract-concrete extension

    * Show examples of the attention grabbers.

 FRIDAY,October 21

  *Image Grammar

  *Continue giving examples of each strategy.

  

Attention!!!!

*2nd book report summary is due on October 14; final book report is due on October 21.

* NEW BULLETIN!!!  Patriot's Pen essay is due on Tuesday, October 18th.

2nd Six Weeks

Week 2

   October 10-14, 2016

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

MONDAY, October 10

* Professional Learning Day

TUESDAY, October 11

*Image Grammar

*Go over the sentence combining activity.

* Practice who and whom.

WEDNESDAY, October 12

 *Image Grammar

* Introduce the expository essay and how it is used in the world.

 * Show students the different media where expository is employed.

 * Introduce parts of an expository essay and what they contain.

 * Analogies: gourmet dinner :introduction-appetizer; body- main course; conclusion- dessert

* Brainstorming a topic

THURSDAY, October 13

*Image Grammar

   *  Magnifying: narrowing down a topic

   * Telescoping: staying on topic

   *If time allows, show the expository structure of an essay-the expository house

         - roof: introduction with attention grabbers and the controlling idea

         - body: body paragraphs with their points and supports (explanation, examples from history,                              entertainment,literature, personal experience) 

         - floor: conclusion with insight,rephrasing,summary, abstract-concrete extension

 FRIDAY,October 14

  *Image Grammar

  *Continue giving examples of each strategy.

  

Attention!!!!

2nd book report summary is due on October 14; final book report is due on October 21.