Planning Your Week:
M 1/25 Bring your completed "George Gray" paragraph
T 1/26: Bring a rough draft of your Where I’m From poem
Th 1/28: Open House and "George Gray vs. Fiddler Jones" essay due
F 1/29: Read “The News” & complete questions (see Monday’s plan); Vocab Unit #2 quiz
Monday, January 25
Tuesday, January 26
M 1/25 Bring your completed "George Gray" paragraph
T 1/26: Bring a rough draft of your Where I’m From poem
Th 1/28: Open House and "George Gray vs. Fiddler Jones" essay due
F 1/29: Read “The News” & complete questions (see Monday’s plan); Vocab Unit #2 quiz
Monday, January 25
- Introduce Vocab. Unit 2
- Finish DGP #17 & Start DGP #21: Identify parts of speech, parts of sentence, clauses, and punctuation. Imitate the sentence.
- “Fiddler Jones/George Gray” paragraph and rubric; diagram the structure, labeling claims, evidence, and interpretation.
- Introduce biography/autobiography/memoir choice book assignment; think about your interests (sports, politics, celebrities, history, scientific advancement, inventors, writers, artists, humanitarians, etc.). If you have a book at home (one you purchase or obtain from the public library), bring it to class so I can check it.
Tuesday, January 26
- Media Center Orientation
- Check out biography/autobiography/memoir choice book.
- Complete Vocab Unit 2 antonyms, synonyms, and completing the sentences.
- Revise “Where I’m From” drafts to meet the requirements and include all required elements.
- Turn in your revised, labeled Where I’m From poem.
- Lab 113-Create Where I’m From presentation shells; draft portfolio reflections
- Vocabulary RAFT with Unit 2 words
- Lab 113-Create Where I’m From presentation shells; draft portfolio reflections
- Vocab Unit #2 Assessment
- Analyze “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X. Groups of three complete a nonfiction analysis.
- Read excerpts from Rescuing Malcolm X From His Calculated Myths; annotate the piece, noting similarities and differences to the “Learning to Read” biography.
- Compare and contrast the two articles using a point-by-point comparison graphic organizer.