Past Lessons

Monday, January 6, 2014

Week 16 - Period 7

MONDAY - Double Period 
  • Do Now - Start New DIRT Entry

  • Independently read your novel for 10 minutes.

  • Answer Reader Response - 5 minutes
  •      Select one of the following reading strategies and respond...
  •       - Make a connection (text to text, text to self, text to world)
  •       - Visualize a part of your novel and describe using imagery.
  •       - Ask a question to clarify your understanding of a part of your novel.
  •       - Determine/Explain why a part of your novel is important.
  •       - Make an Inference (logical conclusion) or a Prediction about your novel.
  •      -  Synthesize (put it together)several ideas to create an original idea about your novel.

  • Share Out Be prepared to share your Reader Response for a participation grade.

  • "Hire" Time Keepers

  • Learning Target - How can you use a class-created rubric to evaluate your Literary Letter?

  • Mini-lesson - Demonstration of how to use a rubric to evaluate a piece of writing.

  • Guided Practice - Using the class rubric, evaluate the Literary Letter of another person in the class.  Your grade today will depend on staying on task and the accuracy of your evaluation.

  • Assessment - Once you receive your Literary Letter  back from a peer, re-evaluate your Literary Letter to check the accuracy of your peer's evaluation.  Show your completed rubric and letter to a teacher for a spot-check. Return Literary Letter and Rubric to your class folder.

  • 3-Week Grades and Missing Work Reports

  • Homework: Study Vocabulary List V for quiz on Friday!




TUESDAY - Single Period - Class Cancelled due to Weather 





WEDNESDAY - Double Period 
  • Do Now 1 - Get out your Literary Letter

  • Timekeepers: Remember to end class on time.

  • Learning Target I - How to make revisions that improve your grades!

  • Mini-lesson - Demonstration of revision process.

  • Guided Practice - Using the feedback on your rubric from your peer reviewer, re-write your Literary Letter making sure to revise and fix any areas in which you received a 3 or lower!

  • Assessment - Hand in your Literary Letter final draft with the rubric stapled to it for a classwork grade worth 100 points.

  • Done? Select an activity from your independent menu. Recommendation: Study vocabulary words using flashcards.

  • Second Period...

  • Entry Title - Writing Awesome Vocabulary Sentences
  •        1.  Study word meaning and family.
  •        2.  Read word in context.
  •        3.  Write a draft sentence.
  •        4.  Read it "out loud" to yourself.
  •        5.  Revise your sentence.

  • Learning Target II - How to write excellent vocabulary word sentences.

  • Mini-lesson - Notes and demonstration on writing awesome vocabulary word sentence.

  • Guided Practice - Sentence Cards
  •       1.  On your own or with a partner, use two vocabulary words from List V in one sentence that shows you understand the meaning of the word.

  •       2.  Write the sentence on an index card for a classwork grade.  Legibility, grammar and punctuation all count!

  • Assessment - Share Out - Everyone will present their sentence on the Elmo for a classwork grade worth 100 points.

  • Homework: Study Vocabulary List V for quiz on Friday!




THURSDAY - Single Period 
  • Do Now - THINK

  • Entry Title - Unscramble This!
  •      Directions:  Unscramble the following Vocabulary List V words in your composition book.
  •         1.  tevodec
  •         2.  bidsuse
  •         3.  nossatire

  • Learning Target - Reviewing for tomorrow's vocabulary test.

  • Mini-lesson - how to play around the room and back.

  • Guided Practice - Teams will play Around the Room and Back for raffle tickets for next raffle on Valentine's Day!

  • Assessment - Game play results.

  • Homework: Study Vocabulary List V for quiz tomorrow!

    FRIDAY - Double Period 
    • Do Now - Start New DIRT Entry

    • Independently read your novel for 10 minutes.

    • Answer Reader Response - 5 minutes
    •      Select one of the following reading strategies and respond...
    •       - Make a connection (text to text, text to self, text to world)
    •       - Visualize a part of your novel and describe using imagery.
    •       - Ask a question to clarify your understanding of a part of your novel.
    •       - Determine/Explain why a part of your novel is important.
    •       - Make an Inference (logical conclusion) or a Prediction about your novel.
    •      -  Synthesize (put it together)several ideas to create an original idea about your novel.

    • Learning Targets - 1) What is the skill of literary synthesis?  2) Do you know all the vocabulary words on List V? 

    • Read Aloud/Think Aloud - Bio of Joyce McDonald
    •      - What were the important elements of the biography?
    •      -  What were the important parts of her life?  How do you think they impacted her writing?
    •     - How do aspects of Swallowing Stones compare to her life?

    • Whole-Class Instruction - Synthesizing
    •     1. Bringing together things that already exist to create something new that is also useful.
    •     2. A good reader will use several reading strategies to synthesize information in a text (connections, important ideas prior knowledge, creating images, and inferring).
    •    3. When composing a literary synthesis, the reader is actually forming something new.
    •    4.  Synthesizing is like a...


    • Practice: Read pages 211-214: What does Michael now know?  Why does he say that he will tell the truth?

    • Assessment:  List two examples not discussed in class of synthesis in the real world or in Swallowing Stones.

    • Second Period - Take Vocabulary Test



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