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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Thursday's Class - Word Families and/or Independent Reading

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PERIOD 7  

ARE YOU PREPARED FOR CLASS TODAY?
  1. Pen or Sharpened Pencil?
  2. Are There Materials on the materials table?
  3. Locker Bag?
  4. Start Your DO NOW?

DO NOW:   COPY
Entry Title:  Word Families

A group of words that have something in common.


WORD FAMILY: CHARACTER
WORD
DEFINITION
Character
Characteristic

Characterization

Characterize
A person in a story
A physical or personality trait in a real person or a character.
The way an author uses characteristics to make up a character.
Describing the characteristics of a real person or character.
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TODAY'S AGENDA
  1. Do Now: Word Families
  2. Learning Target: Today you will learn about word families and how to create a word family chart of your own and complete independent reading.
  3. Go over Do Now.
  4. Mini-lesson: What are Word Families?
  5. Independent Reading
    - Start a DIRT Day Entry
    - Today's focus: Visualizations
    - Write at least one visualization that you experienced while reading today.
  6. HW:  Read for 30 minutes! Other classes count!


Target Words (add to exsisting entry)
  1. apparently: easily perceived or understood; plain or clear
  2. reluctantly: unwilling, refusal to do something


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PERIOD 9  



ARE YOU PREPARED FOR CLASS TODAY?
  1. Pen or Sharpened Pencil?
  2. Are There Materials on the materials table?
  3. Locker Bag?
  4. Start Your DO NOW?

DO NOW:   COPY
Entry Title:  Word Families

A group of words that have something in common.


WORD FAMILY: CHARACTER
WORD
DEFINITION
Character
Characteristic

Characterization

Characterize
A person in a story
A physical or personality trait in a real person or a character.
The way an author uses characteristics to make up a character.
Describing the characteristics of a real person or character.
_________________________________________________________


TODAY'S AGENDA
  1. Do Now: Word Families
  2. Learning Target: Today you will learn about word families and how to create a word family chart of your own.
  3. Go over Do Now.
  4. Mini-lesson: What are Word Families?
  5. HW:  Read for 30 minutes! Other classes count!