Week 7

   MONDAY - 10/13 - President's Day - No Classes   


   TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY - 10/14,15 - ELA District Testing Days   


   THURSDAY - 10/9 - Inside Out and Back Again   


Reminders

• 1.  Check for handouts!
• 2.  Get your composition book, novel, and blue folder.

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Do Now - THINK
Entry Title:  Review of TREES

• Fill in the acrostic below.  Use your notes on TREES to help you!
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Learning Targets

1. I can make inferences to deepen my understanding of Inside Out & Back Again.
2.  I can cite evidence from the novel to explain how incidents reveal aspects of Ha’s character.
3. I can participate in discussions about the text with a partner, small group, and the whole class.
4. I can write about and analyze literature by drawing inferences.

New Strategy: Syntactic Comparisons

• What it is... a strategy that helps compare something you already know with a picture to help you remember the concept.
• How it Works...
1. You will be presented with four pictures and a statement that reads:  __________ is like ________ because...
2. You will select a picture that you think best reflects the concept and complete the sentence.
3. Try it...

TREES is like...

because...

Example:  TREES is like a map because is helps guide me when writing a well developed paragraph.

Mini-Lesson:  Guidelines for QuickWrite #2

• Read Aloud/Think Aloud: Pages 10-21
• Introduce QuickWrite #2

Assessment

• On a loose-leaf sheet of paper, a complete heading and skipping every other line, complete QuickWrite #2 by the end of the period.

Homework
Bring your DIRT Day novel for tomorrow!

   FRIDAY - 10/10 - DIRT Day   

Reminders

• 1.  Get your DIRT Day book, composition book and folder!
• 3.  Start entry & begin reading before bell rings.

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• Do Now - Start a DIRT Day Entry
• Entry Title:  DIRT DAY
• Check out the DIRT Day Guidelines for more Information
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