MONDAY - Double Period
- Begin Independent Reading Before the Bell Rings!
- 1. Start a new entry: See new entry poster for format!!
- 2. Reader Response:
- - 3 Connections
- - 2 Questions or Inferences
- - 1 Author's Purpose Question
- Homework Check: Ten Words in Sentences
- Learning Target: You should be able to recall the major events in chapters 9-14.
- Model good storyboards using Gallery Walk.
- Things to Remember About Storyboards
- Have a title slide.
- Use interesting camera angles.
- Make sure descriptions are neat, legible, spelled correctly and grammatically correct.
- Complete storyboards to review ch. 9-14, maybe 7 & 8.
- Homework: Study for Vocabulary Quiz II. Bring home your flash cards!
- Do Now: Get ready for Quiz on Vocabulary Lists II and III
- Get something to write with.
- Take all materials off your desk.
- Raise your hand when you're done.
- Start Independent Reading
- Take Vocabulary Quiz
WEDNESDAY - Double Period
- Independent Reading - Start Before the Bell Rings
- 1. Start a new entry: See new entry poster for format!!
- 2. Reader Response:
- - 3 Connections
- - 2 Questions
- - 1 Author Purpose
- Finish/Present your storyboard.
- 1. Watch it!
- 2. Rehearse it!
- 3. Peer Review it! (See Rubric)
- 4. Do it!
- Start a New Entry Titled: Vocabulary List IV
- Word Study (Add these to your Vocabulary List IV entry.)
- - plausible (plausibly, implausible): seeming reasonable or possible.
- - complicated (complicate, uncomplicated) make something more difficult or confusing by causing it to be more complex.
- Read Aloud: Chapter 15, 148-158. Focus on making Inferences about the Author's Purpose.
- Finish your storyboard if not complete. Rehearse your presentation of your storyboard.
- Update Plot chart if time.
THURSDAY - Single Period
- Word Study:
- New Entry Titled: Vocabulary List III
- Leave two pages for list!
- Add the following words:
- - abrupt (abruptly): sudden and unexpected
- - credible (incredible, incredibly): able to be believed, convincing
- Update Charts: Text Structure, Character, Plot
- Read Aloud/Think Aloud: Chapters 16 and 17 Focus on Inferencing.
FRIDAY - Double Period
- Do Now
- Find Page 19 in Your Workbook!
- Add the following item to your Independent Menu!
- Storyboard My DIRT Day Novel
- Learning Target: Work independently from your Independent Menu on page 19 of your workbook after completing your storyboard for your assigned chapter.
- Complete your STORYBOARD 1st!! THEN...
- Present your story.
- Work Independently from Page 19!
- You worked the entire period independently.
- The teacher did not have to speak to you about your voice or being off-task.
- You did not disrupt the room in anyway.
- You did not interrupt a Student Conference or ask your teacher a question.
