Week of October 15, 2018
Monday
Students will review last week nonfiction reading "Civil Rights Act of 1964" - Discussion will focus on annotation, SOAPSTonE responses, multiple choice answers, and essay format
Tuesday
Students will read, annotate, SOAPSTonE the nonfiction reading "The Voting Rights Act of 1965"
Students will take a multiple choice test on the "VRA 1965" reading
Students will answer (with appropriate evidence and citation) a discussion question related to the reading
Wednesday and Thursday
Students will review and practice the four sentence types: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex
Friday
Students will meet for the second time with their book club members to discuss the expositons of their selected nonfiction readings. Today's meeting will focus on character development, direct and indirect characterization, personal connections, real life scenerios, and character analysis
Students will review last week nonfiction reading "Civil Rights Act of 1964" - Discussion will focus on annotation, SOAPSTonE responses, multiple choice answers, and essay format
Tuesday
Students will read, annotate, SOAPSTonE the nonfiction reading "The Voting Rights Act of 1965"
Students will take a multiple choice test on the "VRA 1965" reading
Students will answer (with appropriate evidence and citation) a discussion question related to the reading
Wednesday and Thursday
Students will review and practice the four sentence types: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex
Friday
Students will meet for the second time with their book club members to discuss the expositons of their selected nonfiction readings. Today's meeting will focus on character development, direct and indirect characterization, personal connections, real life scenerios, and character analysis
Week of October 8, 2018
Monday
Students will participate in sustained silent reading of their independent reading selections.
Students will read to identify author's craft: syntax, diction, literary devices, tone, audience, narrative elements, implications, and attention grabbing devices
Tuesday
Students will be introduced to the START program by a member of our school's counseling team
Students will review, take notes on, and practice author's purpose (inform, entertain, persuade)
Wednesday
Students will read, annotate, SOAPSTonE the nonfiction reading "The Civil Rights Act of 1964"
Students will take a multiple choice test on the "CRA 1964" reading
Students will answer (with appropriate evidence and citation) a discussion question related to the reading
Thursday
Class will review the answers to yesterday's reading assignments
Students will take a test on author's purpose
Friday
1/2 Day - Pep Assembly 3rd hour
Students will engage in sustained silent reading
Students will participate in sustained silent reading of their independent reading selections.
Students will read to identify author's craft: syntax, diction, literary devices, tone, audience, narrative elements, implications, and attention grabbing devices
Tuesday
Students will be introduced to the START program by a member of our school's counseling team
Students will review, take notes on, and practice author's purpose (inform, entertain, persuade)
Wednesday
Students will read, annotate, SOAPSTonE the nonfiction reading "The Civil Rights Act of 1964"
Students will take a multiple choice test on the "CRA 1964" reading
Students will answer (with appropriate evidence and citation) a discussion question related to the reading
Thursday
Class will review the answers to yesterday's reading assignments
Students will take a test on author's purpose
Friday
1/2 Day - Pep Assembly 3rd hour
Students will engage in sustained silent reading
Week of October 1, 2018
Monday
Students will learn how to identify SOAPSTonE (speaker, occassion, audience, purpose, subject, tone, and evidence to support essay prompts) while reading nonfiction pieces (CCR)
Tuesday
Students will read, annotate, SOAPSTonE the nonfiction reading "Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Great Society"
Students will take a multiple choice test on the "LBJ" reading
Students will answer (with appropriate evidence and citation) a discussion question related to the reading
Wednesday
Class will disucss the "LBJ" piece and the associated assignments that were completed on Tuesday
Thursday
Students will take notes on and review author's purpose (inform, entertain, and persuade)
Students will complete a set of assignments that require them to identify author's purpose
Friday
Students will meet for the first time with their book club members to discuss the expositons of their selected nonfiction readings. Today's meeting will focus on setting, imagery, tone, and mood in particular
Students will learn how to identify SOAPSTonE (speaker, occassion, audience, purpose, subject, tone, and evidence to support essay prompts) while reading nonfiction pieces (CCR)
Tuesday
Students will read, annotate, SOAPSTonE the nonfiction reading "Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Great Society"
Students will take a multiple choice test on the "LBJ" reading
Students will answer (with appropriate evidence and citation) a discussion question related to the reading
Wednesday
Class will disucss the "LBJ" piece and the associated assignments that were completed on Tuesday
Thursday
Students will take notes on and review author's purpose (inform, entertain, and persuade)
Students will complete a set of assignments that require them to identify author's purpose
Friday
Students will meet for the first time with their book club members to discuss the expositons of their selected nonfiction readings. Today's meeting will focus on setting, imagery, tone, and mood in particular
Week of September 24, 2018
Monday
Students will take a series of notes on Reading and Writing Essentials
Tuesday
Students will finish note taking
Wednesday-Friday
Students will NWEA test
Students will take a series of notes on Reading and Writing Essentials
Tuesday
Students will finish note taking
Wednesday-Friday
Students will NWEA test
Week of September 17, 2018
Monday
Class will be introduced to and discuss question stems and reading strategies
Tuesday
Class will be introduced to and review process of elimination(poe) strategies
Wednesday
Students will complete a series of sample reading tests (SAT format testing)
Thursday
Class will review the answers to yesterday's sample reading tests
Students will take a test on reading strategies/ test-taking tips/ process of elimination (POE)
Friday
1/2 Day
Students will participate in sustained silent reading of their independent reading selections.
Students will read to identify author's craft: syntax, diction, literary devices, tone, audience, narrative elements, implications, and attention grabbing devices
Week of September 10, 2018
Monday
Students will take a reading diagnostic pretest (comprehension and vocabulary skills)
Tuesday
Students will be introduced to and begin the WCS district fall writing assessment
Wednesday
Students will continue with the WCS district fall writing assessment
Thursday
Students will complete the WCS district fall writing assessment
Friday
Students will participate in sustained silent reading of their independent reading selections.
Students will read to identify author's craft: syntax, diction, literary devices, tone, audience, narrative elements, implications, and attention grabbing devices
Students will take a reading diagnostic pretest (comprehension and vocabulary skills)
Tuesday
Students will be introduced to and begin the WCS district fall writing assessment
Wednesday
Students will continue with the WCS district fall writing assessment
Thursday
Students will complete the WCS district fall writing assessment
Friday
Students will participate in sustained silent reading of their independent reading selections.
Students will read to identify author's craft: syntax, diction, literary devices, tone, audience, narrative elements, implications, and attention grabbing devices
Week of September 3, 2018
Monday
No School - Labor Day
Tuesday - 1/2 Day
Class introduction and "How We Communicate" presentation
Wednesday
Discuss class expectations (syllabus will be distributed)
Form class groups
Thursday
Students will participate in a "Get to Know You" activity - students will write autobiographies
Students will introduce their classmates based on autobiographies written and discussed within groups
Friday
Class will continue with classmate introductions
Students will be given a "How Well You Listened" pop quiz
Students will read, annotate, and summarize the one-page reading "Reluctant Warrior"
No School - Labor Day
Tuesday - 1/2 Day
Class introduction and "How We Communicate" presentation
Wednesday
Discuss class expectations (syllabus will be distributed)
Form class groups
Thursday
Students will participate in a "Get to Know You" activity - students will write autobiographies
Students will introduce their classmates based on autobiographies written and discussed within groups
Friday
Class will continue with classmate introductions
Students will be given a "How Well You Listened" pop quiz
Students will read, annotate, and summarize the one-page reading "Reluctant Warrior"
