Date Assigned

Description

Due Date

• Ms Ferguson's first week back...get to know the students
• Review classroom policies/procedures
• Continue with short story unit started by Mr Penney
• Review story plot outline and parts of a short story
• Read "The Dream" (an Arabian fable)and analyze using story plot outline as a review
• Will review how to pick books of interest and level appropriateness for students
• Will continue to read a variety of short story for analysis and comprehension

• Have (if not done so already) a novel for silent reading and reading activities
• Ms Ferguson will begin to assess for individual book choices (criteria will include fluency of reading and comprehension)

• Fluency and tone/expression assessments using Reader's Theatre
• Short Story #3 reading and analysis
• Set up of Reading Journal
• Intro to figurative language--Metaphors and similes

• Reader's Theatre presentations--Tuesday (701/2--703 Thurs and Tues..)
• All 3 classes need duotangs for Wed's class to set up reading journals
• Metaphor and simile assignment due date--Friday for 701/02...TBA for 703

• Finishing work with the short story "A Secret for Two"
• Intro to first reading journal assignment on inferencing (actual assignment will not be assigned until after break)
• New short story: "A Hundred Bucks of Happy"
• Intro to Irony for next week's story

• Be sure to finish any class work at home if not finished in class.
• 703 Metaphor and Simile assignment due Thurs

• New Reading Journal activity assigned (Inference Circle)
• A look at more types of figurative language (personification, alliteration, oxymoron, onomatopoeia and hyperbole)
• Personification assignment
• Short Story Quiz
• Figurative Language Quiz

• Reading Journal activity due Jan 18
• Personification Poem due Friday, Jan 7
• Figurative Language quiz...Friday, Jan 7
• Short Story Quiz--Thursday, Jan 6

• Review of figurative language covered last week by incorporating it into writing
• Beginning final project for short story unit...students are to research Edgar Allan Poe before this
• Project will be given 3-4 classes to work on it and remainder will be completed at home.  Due date will be assigned next week.

• Research Poe for Wed
• Have "The Tell-Tale Heart" read by Thursday if not completed in class.

• Final "Reading Minute" practice and sign up for presentations...see above link for schedule
• Mon-Wed-Thurs will be in class time to work on the Tell Tale Heart project. 

Keep note of when your Reading Minute presentation is

• Cooperative story writing...as a way to bridge between reading unit and writing unit
• Reading Journal activity #2--Making Connections
• Intro to Editorial Writing...looking at the parts of an editorial and what it's purpose is

• Tell-Tale Heart project due Friday for 701 and 701.  It is due next Tuesday for 703
• 701/2 find sample editorials for class
• Connections activity will be due Feb 1
• Reading Minute presentations start this week...click here for rubric

• Intro to Editorials...students will read various editorials and then analyze them
• Editorial Survey...start to come up with own topic to write about
• How to narrow a topic for writing
• Grammar lesson: Parts of a sentence and how to fix sentence fragments

• Second week of Reading Minute presentations are on Wed
• Find a topic for editorial
• There will be a grammar quiz on sentence fragments next week after we do a mini lesson on run-on sentences

• Review of sentences part 2
• Topics for editorials must be chosen by Wed of this week
• Using graphic organizers to organize info for editorials (t-charts and e-charts)
• Making sure topic is narrowed and manageable

• Quiz on sentences part 1 and 2 on Friday for 701/2 and Thursday for 703
• T-charts of pros and cons for topic is due Wed for 701/2

• Ist computer research for editorial topic
• E-charts and topic sentences
• Starting to write intro paragraphs

• Have research for Wed

• Lead sentences, background info and opinions will be looked at and used to write introductory paragraphs for their editorials.
• Topic sentences will be used to develop 3 body paragraphs
• There will be one research period this week.

• Rough draft of intro para due Thursday and rough draft of one body para due next Tuesday.
• Here is a link to a sample editorial we are using to help write our editorials.

• Complete rough draft of editorials due Apr 4. 
• Addition of transition word and phrases to editorials
• Editing for matters of correctness
• Reading Journal activity--create 5 Tom Swifties for your novel
• Intro to media unit if time

• Final editorial project due Friday, April 15

• "The House" point of view activity
• Confusing word pairs
• Intro to Media unit

• Confusing word pair quiz Friday

• Ad Persuasion assignment
• Mini lesson on how to write numbers in an essay format
• Book-selling project will get started
• Words of the week: virtuous, nefarious and unabashed

• Ad Persuasion due Thursday
• There will be a quiz on writing numbers...stay tuned for that date

• Formal literature circle work will begin in assigned groups.  Most of this will be completed in class

• If you miss any time during the lit circle unit, please see a group member on what you missed so you can get caught up.  Reading Journals will be collected next Monday...be sure maps are up to date.

• Literature Circles will be completed this Wednesday.
• Students will then write "I Am From" poems