Warm Up:
List 5 qualities of a proficient writing piece.
Homework:
Students will read their chapter book for 30 minutes
Activity 1:
In a final reflection, identify one strategy you have perfected during your writing this year. Using your base line writing piece from the beginning of the year, write a paragraph reflecting your growth as a writer and a reader (pg. 222 in Daybook).
This assignment was collected for a grade.
Warm Up:
How is a pencil like a magic wand?
Homework:
Students will read their chapter book for 30 minutes
Activity 1:
Students will share their Warm Up Responses with the students at their table.
Activity 2:
Students will write a paragraph describing how a pencil is like a magic wand. Students will need to include the following:
1 topic sentence that restates the question
1 complex sentence
1 compound sentence
more vivid verbs than being verbs
5 sensory details
no 2 sentences begin with the same word
3 prepositional phrases
Warm Up:
What are the similarities in historical fiction and fantasy?
Homework:
Students will read their chapter book for 30 minutes
Activity 1:
Historical Fiction: used for stories that did not really happen but could have happened. These stories combine factual settings, events, and people with fictional ones.
Students will read “Jason’s Gold” and answer the following in the Response Notes column on pg. 200-201 in Daybook:
What elements of “Jason’s Gold” are factual?
What elements of “Jason’s Gold” are fictional?
Activity 2:
Fantasy: characterized by talking animals and magical events; magical interventions of powers, impossible or larger-than-life events, and vivid, dreamlike images.
Students will read “Kokopelli’s Flute” and write the following in the Response Notes column:
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Warm Up:
What is an “experience in words”?
What is a real life story?
A real life story is a story that tells about events that really happened or really could actually occur.
Identifying elements of the craft: “A powerful wave of exhilaration washed over him “reminds me of the feeling I experienced in the ocean. Will Hobbs has never been hang gliding; however, he writes as though he has had a first hand experience.
Homework:
Students will read their chapter book for 30 minutes
Activity 1:
How many of you have been hang gliding?
What is hang gliding?
As students read “The Maze” pg. 197-198 in Daybook the following information must be included in their response notes:
Activity 2:
Student s will create their own Experience Snapshot on pg. 199 in Daybook.
Homework:
Students will read their chapter book for 30 minutes
Warm Up:
How can studying an author’s work lead to a better understanding of the author’s style, genre, and the craft of writing in general?
Activities:
Activity 1:
In order for students to thoroughly understand the structure of “The Maze” by Will Hobbs, the need to see that the narrator provides 4 insights into the character:
Students will write the following answers in their Response Notes column on pg. 194-195 in Daybook.
Events in the myth:
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4.
Rick’s thoughts about the myth:
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3.
Rick’s dream:
Mr. B’s comments
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Why is the Maze, a section in Canyonlands National Park, often called “a thirty- square- mile puzzle in sandstone”?
What is the connection between the myth and Rick’s thoughts?
Activity 2
On pg. 195 in Daybook students will answer the following: “Write 2 things you know about Rick from this excerpt. What is he like?
Assignments Collected For a Grade: Prewriting list with 10 topics with at least 3 supporting details under each topic Homework: Students will read their chapter book for 30 minutes Students will need to print, gather, or draw graphics for their technical writing project. Warm Up: Why should I use email? Activities:
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Assignments Collected for a Grade:
Technical Writing Storyboard
Homework:
Students will read their chapter book for 30 minutes
Warm Up:
How can I tactfully complain?
List 4 examples of technical writing.
Activities:
Assignments Collected For a Grade:
Storyboard with 10 topics with at least 3 supporting details under each topic and 1 graphic per topic
Homework:
Students will read their chapter book for 30 minutes
Students will need to print, gather, or draw graphics for their technical writing project.
Warm Up:
How can I tactfully complain?
Activities:
Warm Up:
What is the tone of a business letter?
Homework:
Students will read their chapter book for 30 minutes
Activities:
1. In their table groups (or partners) students will work on the initial rough draft for a website portraying the elements/content of this language arts class this year. Students will have guidelines to keep them on track. Webpage for Mrs. Abrams LA Class and Technical Writing Brochure
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Warm Up:
Describe the format for a business letter.
Homework:
Students will read their chapter book for 30 minutes
Activities:
1. Students will read their selected technical reading book and write 5 “I
Learned” statements.
2. In their table groups (or partners) students will work on the initial rough draft for a website portraying the elements/content of this language arts class this year. Students will have guidelines to keep them on track. Webpage for Mrs. Abrams LA Class and Technical Writing Brochure
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