The week of 3/9/20
MONDAY 3/9
WICOR
Learning Target: I can present my work and its message by using proper body language and inflections of voice
Essential Question: How do I want to share/publish my writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can reflect on my work and identify goals for the future
Essential Question: What do I think of my writing? What skills should I focus on for the evaluate test?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate Assessment to help my teacher better understand my proficiency
Essential Question: What are the best ways to take a test?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate Assessment to help my teacher better understand my proficiency
Essential Question: What are the best ways to take a test?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate Assessment to help my teacher better understand my proficiency
Essential Question: What are the best ways to take a test?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can present my work and its message by using proper body language and inflections of voice
Essential Question: How do I want to share/publish my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing Gallery Walk Procedures
- Gallery walk and performances
WICOR
Learning Target: I can reflect on my work and identify goals for the future
Essential Question: What do I think of my writing? What skills should I focus on for the evaluate test?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking weekly schedule and updating planner
- Narrative and artifact Reflection
- Evaluate goal setting
- Exit Note: What is one skill to improve that you have identified?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate Assessment to help my teacher better understand my proficiency
Essential Question: What are the best ways to take a test?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing Evaluate Goal Sheet
- Evaluate Testing
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate Assessment to help my teacher better understand my proficiency
Essential Question: What are the best ways to take a test?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing Evaluate Goal Sheet
- Evaluate Testing
- Reading or working on missing work when finished
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate Assessment to help my teacher better understand my proficiency
Essential Question: What are the best ways to take a test?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing Evaluate Goal Sheet
- Evaluate Testing
- Reading or working on missing work when finished
The week of 3/2/20
MONDAY 3/2
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify the theme of my writing to explore how it represents this message
Essential Question: How do I want to share/publish my writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can present my work and its message by using proper body language and inflections of voice
Essential Question: How do I want to share/publish my writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can present my work and its message by using proper body language and inflections of voice
Essential Question: How do I want to share/publish my writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can present my work and its message by using proper body language and inflections of voice
Essential Question: How do I want to share/publish my writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text (video) and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text (video) and inspire my own writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify the theme of my writing to explore how it represents this message
Essential Question: How do I want to share/publish my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Checking Weekly Schedule and Updating Planner
- Turning in Final Draft
- Creating projects representing our writing
- Exit Note: Get your project proposal stamped
WICOR
Learning Target: I can present my work and its message by using proper body language and inflections of voice
Essential Question: How do I want to share/publish my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Creating a plan for your project
- Working on projects
- Signing up for when and how to share your projects
- Gallery Walk
- Performance
- Exit Note: What have you accomplished so far on your project and what do you still need to do to be ready to present?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can present my work and its message by using proper body language and inflections of voice
Essential Question: How do I want to share/publish my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing plan to create your project and identifying next steps
- Last day to work on project
- Do you have any missing work?
- Closure:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can present my work and its message by using proper body language and inflections of voice
Essential Question: How do I want to share/publish my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing Gallery Walk Procedures
- Gallery walk and performances
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text (video) and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text (video) and inspire my own writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering materials for Writing Practice
- Writing Practice #18 (Summative): “Shetland Pony Grand National” and “Soul of a Scrapyard”
- Closure: Turning in Summative Writing Practice
The week of 2/24/20
MONDAY 2/24
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify theme of a peer’s writing and provide my understanding of how it is represented
Essential Question: How can I help someone else understand the message of their writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use narrative techniques and descriptive details to better tell a story
Essential Question:
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can map a story by its plot to better understand how stories are told
Essential Question: What are the elements of a basic plot structure?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can give and receive feedback to improve my writing
Essential Question: What do I want my partner to focus on when they review my writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing
Essential Question: What changes do I need to make to my writing to create a final draft?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify theme of a peer’s writing and provide my understanding of how it is represented
Essential Question: How can I help someone else understand the message of their writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gather materials and get ready for writing practice
- Writing practice #17: Rough Drafts
- You are not making changes or editing
- Focus on theme and what you want to know more about the story
- Closure: Find your rough draft and review comments
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use narrative techniques and descriptive details to better tell a story
Essential Question:
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Describing a scene
- Show Vs. Tell Lesson
- Closure: Revisiting initial scene
WICOR
Learning Target: I can map a story by its plot to better understand how stories are told
Essential Question: What are the elements of a basic plot structure?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Aligning story by plot
- Plot Mini-lesson
- Closure: Revisiting initial plot alignment
WICOR
Learning Target: I can give and receive feedback to improve my writing
Essential Question: What do I want my partner to focus on when they review my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Reviewing rough draft and Mr. Ruth’s Feedback
- Mr. Ruth’s Feedback
- Peer writing conference
- Exit Note: What advice did you get and how are you going to use it?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing
Essential Question: What changes do I need to make to my writing to create a final draft?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What feedback have you received?
- Finishing Peer Writing conference
- Working on Final Draft
- Final Draft’s Due Monday first thing
The week of 2/17/20
MONDAY 2/17
WICOR
Learning Target: Literary devices and techniques in our writing
Essential Question: What are the main literary devices and why do we use them in our writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate Assessment to help my teacher better understand my proficiency
Essential Question: What are the best ways to take a test?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate Assessment to help my teacher better understand my proficiency
Essential Question: What are the best ways to take a test?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate Assessment to help my teacher better understand my proficiency
Essential Question: What are the best ways to take a test?
Agenda:
- No School: President’s Day
WICOR
Learning Target: Literary devices and techniques in our writing
Essential Question: What are the main literary devices and why do we use them in our writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Getting Notes ready and copying topic and essential question
- Literary devices lesson
- Part 1: Symbols
- Part 2: Setting
- Part 3: Theme
- Part 4: Plot
- Part 5: Characterization and Archetype
- Part 6: Allusion
- Group Project: Frayer model of literary device
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate Assessment to help my teacher better understand my proficiency
Essential Question: What are the best ways to take a test?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering materials and Goal Setting for Evaluate
- Evaluate Testing
- SSR when finished
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate Assessment to help my teacher better understand my proficiency
Essential Question: What are the best ways to take a test?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering materials and Goal Setting for Evaluate
- Evaluate Testing
- SSR when finished
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate Assessment to help my teacher better understand my proficiency
Essential Question: What are the best ways to take a test?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering materials and Goal Setting for Evaluate
- Evaluate Testing
- SSR when finished
The week of 2/10/20
MONDAY 2/10
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to write narratives
Essential Question: What do I need to do to finish my rough draft?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use punctuation to indicate a pause
Essential Question: What did I get wrong on my test and how can I correct it?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify skills to improve on for the Evaluate test
Essential Question: What do I want to know about the skills I need to improve?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify skills to improve on for the Evaluate test
Essential Question: What can I learn about the skills I want to improve?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify theme of a peer’s writing and provide my understanding of how it is represented
Essential Question: How can I help someone else understand the message of their writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to write narratives
Essential Question: What do I need to do to finish my rough draft?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and Updating planner
- Working on rough draft
- Rough Draft due
- Exit Note: Rough Draft Reflection
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use punctuation to indicate a pause
Essential Question: What did I get wrong on my test and how can I correct it?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Identify punctuation mistakes in these sentences
- Reviewing punctuation test and making changes
- Working on fixing test mistakes
- Making Word Wall Cards
- Exit Activity: Turning in corrected sentences
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify skills to improve on for the Evaluate test
Essential Question: What do I want to know about the skills I need to improve?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Filling out Evaluate goal sheet with common skill
- Evaluate mini lesson on common skill to improve
- Start identifying your personal skills to improve if time
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify skills to improve on for the Evaluate test
Essential Question: What can I learn about the skills I want to improve?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What is the difference between active and passive voice?
- Identify and research evaluate skills to improve
- Exit Note: Share one skill that you have identified to work on
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify theme of a peer’s writing and provide my understanding of how it is represented
Essential Question: How can I help someone else understand the message of their writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gather materials and get ready for writing practice
- Writing practice #17: Rough Drafts
- You are not making changes or editing
- Focus on theme and what you want to know more about the story
- Closure: Find your rough draft and review comments
The week of 2/3/20
MONDAY 2/3
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use other works to inspire my own narrative writing
Essential Question: What stories do I have to tell?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify a genre that fits my writing and its message to write my narrative
Essential Question: How do I want to tell my story?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to write narratives
Essential Question: What ideas do I have for my writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to write narratives
Essential Question: What ideas do I have for my writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to write narratives
Essential Question: What do I need to do to finish my rough draft?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use other works to inspire my own narrative writing
Essential Question: What stories do I have to tell?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and Updating Planner
- Writing Practice #16: “Repetition” By Phil Kaye
- Closure: Sharing our story ideas with a partner
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify a genre that fits my writing and its message to write my narrative
Essential Question: How do I want to tell my story?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering materials and preparing our notes
- More Slam Poetry:
- More Examples
- Team examples
- How to write Poetry
- Intro to assignment
- Exit Note: What type of narrative writing do you think you will explore?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to write narratives
Essential Question: What ideas do I have for my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Reviewing assignment
- Project proposals (due today)
- Exit Note: Share your writing ideas with a partner?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to write narratives
Essential Question: What ideas do I have for my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: How do we best focus to write?
- Writing day
- Rough Draft due next week
- Exit Note: Creating a writing to-do list
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to write narratives
Essential Question: What do I need to do to finish my rough draft?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Checking writing to-do list
- Writing Rough Draft
- SSR when finished
- Exit Note: What did you finish today and what do you still need to work on?
The week of 1/27/20
MONDAY 1/27
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text (video) and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text (video)?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify themes and/or central ideas of a piece of literature
Essential Question: What is the message of the story “Sea Prayer”?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify themes and/or central ideas of a piece of literature
Essential Question: What is the difference between a topic and a theme?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a literary text propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision
Essential Question: How does the genre or style of a piece of writing affect my understanding of it?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine the theme of a text and provide a brief summary to demonstrate my understanding
Essential Question: What makes a book worth reading?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text (video) and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text (video)?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and updating schedule
- Writing Practice #15: “Acceptance” and “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost
- Exit Note: Sharing writing with a partner
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify themes and/or central ideas of a piece of literature
Essential Question: What is the message of the story “Sea Prayer”?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Grid of Awesome Friendship-Time-Power
- Reading a short story:
- Sea Prayer
- Watching video
- Discussion
- Exit Note: What is the message behind the story we read?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify themes and/or central ideas of a piece of literature
Essential Question: What is the difference between a topic and a theme?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What is the difference between a topic and a theme
- Turning Topics into theme lesson
- Reviewing our writing journal topics and creating theme strips to guide our writing
- Exit Note: Providing thoughts or plot ideas for potential themes
WICOR
Learning Target: I can analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a literary text propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision
Essential Question: How does the genre or style of a piece of writing affect my understanding of it?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: How short can a short story be?
- 6 word Memoirs:
- What is it?
- What is the story behind it?
- Flash Fiction
- What is it?
- How do we craft a good piece of flash fiction?
- Exit Note: Providing more thoughts or plot ideas for potential themes
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine the theme of a text and provide a brief summary to demonstrate my understanding
Essential Question: What makes a book worth reading?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering materials and updating reading record
- SSR
- Filling out book reflection in writing journal
- Exit note: Sharing what you read with a partner
The week of 1/20/20
MONDAY 1/20
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use goals that I have set on specific skills to improve my overall score on the Evaluate Test
Essential Question: What do I know about the skills I would like to improve on?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use goals that I have set on specific skills to improve my overall score on the Evaluate Test
Essential Question: What do I know about the skills I would like to improve on?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use goals that I have set on specific skills to improve my overall score on the Evaluate Test
Essential Question: What do I know about the skills I would like to improve on?
Agenda:
- No School: MLK Day
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use goals that I have set on specific skills to improve my overall score on the Evaluate Test
Essential Question: What do I know about the skills I would like to improve on?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing Evaluate Goals
- Researching Evaluate Skills and preparing for the test
- Event Sequence Mini lesson
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use goals that I have set on specific skills to improve my overall score on the Evaluate Test
Essential Question: What do I know about the skills I would like to improve on?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing Evaluate Goals
- Evaluate Testing
- Work on late/missing work when finished
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use goals that I have set on specific skills to improve my overall score on the Evaluate Test
Essential Question: What do I know about the skills I would like to improve on?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Reviewing Evaluate Goals
- Evaluate Testing
- Work on late/missing work when finished
- Last Day of Semester
- No School: Teacher Work Day
The week of 1/13/20
MONDAY 1/13
WICOR
Learning Target: I can demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Essential Question: How do I identify and correct mistakes in my writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text (video) and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text (video)?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify skills worth improving on the Evaluate test
Essential Question: What are two skills I can improve on for the Evaluate test?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify skills worth improving on the Evaluate test and practice those skills
Essential Question: What are two skills I can improve on for the Evaluate test and how can I practice them?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine the theme of a text and provide a brief summary to demonstrate my understanding
Essential Question: What makes a book worth reading?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Essential Question: How do I identify and correct mistakes in my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and Update Planner
- Reviewing notes and checking homework answers
- L.1 and L.2 Summative
- Exit Note: Are you interested in sending your letter for change to the agent of change?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text (video) and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text (video)?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Who is interested in creating an electronic Writing Journal
- Writing Practice #14: “Rebuilding in Miniature”
- Exit Note: Sharing our writing
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify skills worth improving on the Evaluate test
Essential Question: What are two skills I can improve on for the Evaluate test?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gather materials: iPad and Writing Journal
- Electronic Writing Journal Organization Lesson
- Notability
- Notes App
- Introduction to Evaluate Goal Setting
- Exit Note: What is one skill you need to work on?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify skills worth improving on the Evaluate test and practice those skills
Essential Question: What are two skills I can improve on for the Evaluate test and how can I practice them?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Review identified skills
- Evaluate Goal Setting continued
- Practice on identified skills
- Exit Note: Google Form
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine the theme of a text and provide a brief summary to demonstrate my understanding
Essential Question: What makes a book worth reading?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Gathering books and updating reading record
- SSR
- Exit Note: Turning in SSR handout
The week of 1/6/20
MONDAY 1/6
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text (video) and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text (video)?
Essential Question:
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine the theme of a text and provide a brief summary to demonstrate my understanding
Essential Question: What makes a book worth reading?
Essential Question:
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can reflect on my reading habits and create reading goals based on the patterns I have noticed in my reading
Essential Question: What makes a book worth reading?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Essential Question: How do I identify and correct mistakes in my writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Essential Question: How do I identify and correct mistakes in my writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text (video) and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text (video)?
Essential Question:
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and Updating Planner
- Writing Practice #13: “My Grandfather’s Memory Book”
- Exit Note: Sharing your writing with a partner
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine the theme of a text and provide a brief summary to demonstrate my understanding
Essential Question: What makes a book worth reading?
Essential Question:
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Updating Reading Record
- SSR
- Exit Note: Sharing some of your reading with a partner
WICOR
Learning Target: I can reflect on my reading habits and create reading goals based on the patterns I have noticed in my reading
Essential Question: What makes a book worth reading?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What are the benefits of setting goals?
- Setting a Reading Goal using the Goal, Plan, Action Sheet
- Exit Note: Sharing your goal and plan with a partner
WICOR
Learning Target: I can demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Essential Question: How do I identify and correct mistakes in my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What is wrong with these sentences?
- L.1 and L.2 Lesson and activity
- Updating Letters for Change and Preparing to Mail
WICOR
Learning Target: I can demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Essential Question: How do I identify and correct mistakes in my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What is wrong with these sentences?
- L.1 and L.2 Summative
- Updating Letters for Change and Preparing to Mail
The week of 12/16/19
MONDAY 12/16
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify the characteristics of an analytical paragraph and apply them to my own writing
Essential Question: How do I create an analytical paragraph?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can write an analytical paragraph to explore the deeper meaning of a poem and artwork
Essential Question: What is the deeper meaning of your poem and artwork?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can write an analytical paragraph to explore the deeper meaning of a poem and artwork
Essential Question: What is the deeper meaning of your poem and artwork?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can present my claims and findings to share my analysis
Essential Question: What do you want to share about your poem, artwork, and/or analysis?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can present my claims and findings to share my analysis
Essential Question: What do you want to share about your poem, artwork, and/or analysis?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify the characteristics of an analytical paragraph and apply them to my own writing
Essential Question: How do I create an analytical paragraph?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and Update Planner
- Does our paragraph meet our expectations? Applying example paragraphs to our detailed rubric
- Intro to attached artwork project
- Working on individual analytical paragraphs and Artwork
- Exit Check-in: How confident are you in finishing your paragraph and your artwork by the end of Wednesday?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can write an analytical paragraph to explore the deeper meaning of a poem and artwork
Essential Question: What is the deeper meaning of your poem and artwork?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering materials for work on analytical paragraph
- Working on individual analytical paragraphs and Artwork
- Exit Note: What do you still need to do to finish your paragraph by the end of class tomorrow?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can write an analytical paragraph to explore the deeper meaning of a poem and artwork
Essential Question: What is the deeper meaning of your poem and artwork?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering materials for work on analytical paragraph
- Working on individual analytical paragraphs and Artwork (Due today)
- Artwork due before you leave class today!
- Preparing for sharing on Thursday
- Exit Note: What do you plan on sharing of your poem and analysis with the class tomorrow?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can present my claims and findings to share my analysis
Essential Question: What do you want to share about your poem, artwork, and/or analysis?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering materials for presenting analytical paragraph
- Presenting poetry and analyses
- Closure: What stood out to you about presenting today?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can present my claims and findings to share my analysis
Essential Question: What do you want to share about your poem, artwork, and/or analysis?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering materials for presenting analytical paragraph
- Finishing presenting poetry and analyses
- Self-Assessment of Analytical Paragraph
- Message from Mr. Ruth
The week of 12/9/19
MONDAY 12/9
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text (video) and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text (video)?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text (video)?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can understand the historical context behind the poetry and artwork
Essential Question: What were the living conditions at the Terezin Concentration Camp?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can do my best on the Evaluate test to show my growth on the 8th-grade standards
Essential Question: What is the difference between Active and Passive Verb Voice?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can do my best on the Evaluate test to show my growth on the 8th-grade standards
Essential Question: What is the difference between Active and Passive Verb Voice?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text (video) and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text (video)?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking Class Website and Updating planner
- Writing Practice #12: “I Have a Message For You”
- Exit Note: Sharing favorite sentence
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text (video)?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing poetry analysis overview
- Sharing thoughts and questions on assignment
- Intro to I Never Saw Another Butterfly
- Choosing a poem
- Marking the text
- Number paragraphs or stanzas
- Highlight main ideas/details
- Write thoughts in margins
- Exit quick write: Initial thoughts and theories on chosen poem
WICOR
Learning Target: I can understand the historical context behind the poetry and artwork
Essential Question: What were the living conditions at the Terezin Concentration Camp?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Getting Writing Journal out and ready for notes
- Terezin Camp Overview
- Working on individual analytical paragraphs
- Exit Note: What is one question you still have about this assignment?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can do my best on the Evaluate test to show my growth on the 8th-grade standards
Essential Question: What is the difference between Active and Passive Verb Voice?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Active vs. Passive Verb Voice
- Evaluate testing
- SSR/Poetry Analysis when Finished
WICOR
Learning Target: I can do my best on the Evaluate test to show my growth on the 8th-grade standards
Essential Question: What is the difference between Active and Passive Verb Voice?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Preparing for Evaluate Test
- Evaluate testing
- SSR/Poetry Analysis when Finished
- Dialogue Journals
The week of 12/2/19
MONDAY 12/2
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text (video) and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text (video)?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can participate in a range of collaborative discussions to analyze the theme of a text
Essential Question: How can discussion inspire a deeper understanding of a text?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can participate in a range of collaborative discussions to analyze the theme of a text Essential Question: What can we do to prepare for discussion?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can participate in a range of collaborative discussions to analyze the theme of a text
Essential Question: How can discussion help me explore a text further?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text (video) and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text (video)?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking Class Website and Updating planner
- Writing Practice #11: “Holding On to the Farm”
- Exit Note: Sharing favorite sentence
WICOR
Learning Target: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text and ask questions inspired by this theme to analyze its development
Essential Question: How can essential questions inspire a deeper understanding of the text?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering materials and preparing for writing practice
- Writing Practice #12: Poetry Exploration: “My Mother” by Magdalena Klein
- Marking the text
- Analyzing the poem
- Writing
- Exit Note: Provide one quote from the poem and your thoughts/analysis of the poem based on that quote.
WICOR
Learning Target: I can participate in a range of collaborative discussions to analyze the theme of a text
Essential Question: How can discussion inspire a deeper understanding of a text?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What does it mean to
- Poetry Exploration day 2: Small group work and processing
- Creating Level 2 and 3 questions
- Creating analytical statements that create and further discussion
- Exit Note: What statement can you make about the poem?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can participate in a range of collaborative discussions to analyze the theme of a text Essential Question: What can we do to prepare for discussion?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What makes a successful discussion?
- Preparing for Socratic seminar:
- Statements to help further discussion
- Questions to help begin discussion
- Practice discussion
- Exit Note: What do you need to do to be prepared for tomorrow’s discussion?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can participate in a range of collaborative discussions to analyze the theme of a text
Essential Question: How can discussion help me explore a text further?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Preparing for Socratic Seminar
- Poetry Exploration Day 4: Socratic Seminar
- Turning discussion preparation sheet
The week of 11/18/19
MONDAY 11/18
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate test to showcase my proficiency on the 8th grade ELA standards
Essential Question: What are some techniques to help you do your best on a standardized test?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can give and receive feedback to help plan revisions.
Essential Question: What is something you need to change in your letter?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can give and receive feedback to help plan revisions.
Essential Question: What is something you need to change in your letter?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can properly introduce and cite evidence to support my reasoning
Essential Question: What do you need to include when citing evidence?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use feedback and revision to create a final draft.
Essential Question: What do you need to change in your writing to make a final draft?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate test to showcase my proficiency on the 8th grade ELA standards
Essential Question: What are some techniques to help you do your best on a standardized test?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and Updating Schedule
- Finishing Evaluate Testing
- Make-up or missing work
- Filling out Evaluate Goal Sheets for conferences
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can give and receive feedback to help plan revisions.
Essential Question: What is something you need to change in your letter?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing rough draft letters and looking at Mr. Ruth’s Feedback
- Setting up for Peer-Writing conference record
- Peer-writing conferences
- Exit Note: Filling out Assignment Tracker with suggested changes
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can give and receive feedback to help plan revisions.
Essential Question: What is something you need to change in your letter?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing feedback you have received
- Finishing peer-writing conferences
- Creating final draft
- Exit Note: What have you accomplished so far on your final draft?
WICOR
Learning Target: I can properly introduce and cite evidence to support my reasoning
Essential Question: What do you need to include when citing evidence?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What elements do you need to have when you are citing evidence?
- Citing evidence lesson
- Working on Final Draft
- Exit Note: Updating Assignment Tracker
WICOR
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use feedback and revision to create a final draft.
Essential Question: What do you need to change in your writing to make a final draft?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Review everything you have done so far for your final draft letter
- Final Draft Due
- Final Draft Reflection
- Exit Note: Filling out envelopes for those letters being sent out
The week of 11/11/19
MONDAY 11/11
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify the theme of a text and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further
Essential Question: How can inquiry help inspire our writing?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can form/use verbs in various moods as appropriate; I can use the imperative voice.
Essential Question: What are the different forms of verb moods? What is the “imperative” verb mood?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate test to showcase my proficiency on the 8th grade ELA standards
Essential Question: What are some techniques to help you do your best on a standardized test?
Agenda:
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate test to showcase my proficiency on the 8th grade ELA standards
Essential Question: What are some techniques to help you do your best on a standardized test?
Agenda:
- No School: Veteran’s Day
WICOR
Learning Target: I can identify the theme of a text and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further
Essential Question: How can inquiry help inspire our writing?
Agenda:
- Checking Weekly Schedule and Updating Planner
- Writing Practice 10: Diving for Scallops (Chance to make-up missing Summative)
- Closure: Sharing some of their writing with a partner
WICOR
Learning Target: I can form/use verbs in various moods as appropriate; I can use the imperative voice.
Essential Question: What are the different forms of verb moods? What is the “imperative” verb mood?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Setting up Writing Journal for notes
- Lesson on Verb Mood
- Exit Note: Filling in the gaps of your notes
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate test to showcase my proficiency on the 8th grade ELA standards
Essential Question: What are some techniques to help you do your best on a standardized test?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing notes on Mood and Verb Voice
- Evaluate
- SSR when Finished
WICOR
Learning Target: I can put forth my best effort on the Evaluate test to showcase my proficiency on the 8th grade ELA standards
Essential Question: What are some techniques to help you do your best on a standardized test?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing notes on Mood and Verb Voice
- Evaluate
- SSR when Finished
- Dialogue Journals
The week of 11/4/19
MONDAY 11/4
Learning Target: I can use my pre-writing and research to create a rough draft
Essential Question: How do I know I have a finished rough draft? Did I include all the elements of a good argument?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can identify the theme of a text and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further; I can write an evidence based summary of the how the theme is represented in the text.
Essential Question: How can inquiry help us explore how a theme is represented in a text?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can identify the theme of a text and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further; I can write an evidence based summary of the how the theme is represented in the text.
Essential Question: What are the characteristics of a successful discussion?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can participate in a range of collaborative discussions; I can discuss the theme of a text using inquiry and textual evidence
Essential Question: What questions and answers do you want to bring to the discussion?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can use my pre-writing and research to create a rough draft
Essential Question: How do I know I have a finished rough draft? Did I include all the elements of a good argument?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Checking Weekly Schedule and updating planner
- Working on Rough Draft: Due Today
- SSR when finished
- Closure: Rough Draft Reflection; what do you want focused on the most for your rough draft?
Learning Target: I can identify the theme of a text and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further; I can write an evidence based summary of the how the theme is represented in the text.
Essential Question: How can inquiry help us explore how a theme is represented in a text?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What is the difference between a level 2 and level 3 questions?
- Writing Practice #9: Tell Tale Heart
- Marking the text:
- Before reading: Numbering the Paragraphs
- During reading: Mark Moments that indicate the narrator’s mental state
- Creating level 1, 2 and 3 questions
- Marking the text:
- Exit Note: Sharing Questions and preparing to answer them with evidence
Learning Target: I can identify the theme of a text and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further; I can write an evidence based summary of the how the theme is represented in the text.
Essential Question: What are the characteristics of a successful discussion?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What are the characteristics of a successful discussion?
- Observing a successful discussion:
- Identifying what went well and less well
- Creating successful characteristics posters
- Preparing for Discussion: Answering questions created yesterday with evidence from the text
Learning Target: I can participate in a range of collaborative discussions; I can discuss the theme of a text using inquiry and textual evidence
Essential Question: What questions and answers do you want to bring to the discussion?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Selecting questions and answers you want to bring up in the conversation
- Socratic Seminar (Summative)
- Socratic Seminar Reflection
- Dialogue Journals
- No School: Teacher Work Day
The week of 10/28/19
MONDAY 10/28
Learning Target: I can identify the central idea of a text (video) and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further.
Essential Question: How can inquiry influence my understanding of a text?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can determine the theme of a text and provide a brief summary to demonstrate my understanding
Essential Question: What makes a book worth reading?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can use a mentor text to guide my writing process
Essential Question: How do I expand my outline into a finished rough draft?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can use my pre-writing and research to create a rough draft
Essential Question: How do I incorporate evidence in my writing?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can use my pre-writing and research to create a rough draft
Essential Question: How do I know I have a finished rough draft? Did I include all the elements of a good argument?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can identify the central idea of a text (video) and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further.
Essential Question: How can inquiry influence my understanding of a text?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and Updating Planner
- Writing Practice #8 (Summative): "Summer’s Choice”
- Exit Note: Sharing some of your writing
Learning Target: I can determine the theme of a text and provide a brief summary to demonstrate my understanding
Essential Question: What makes a book worth reading?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Updating reading record and getting books ready
- SSR
- Exit Note: Sharing some of your reading from today
Learning Target: I can use a mentor text to guide my writing process
Essential Question: How do I expand my outline into a finished rough draft?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What is a mentor text?
- Reading Mr. Ruth’s rough draft letter and how it changed from his outline
- Working on Rough Draft: How do you want to start your letter?
Learning Target: I can use my pre-writing and research to create a rough draft
Essential Question: How do I incorporate evidence in my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What makes a source credible?
- Identifying credible sources
- Incorporating evidence Mini Lesson (How to use semi-colon and ellipsis)
- Working on Rough Draft: How do you want to incorporate evidence?
- Exit Note: What have you accomplished so far on your rough draft? Updating Project Steps Tracker
Learning Target: I can use my pre-writing and research to create a rough draft
Essential Question: How do I know I have a finished rough draft? Did I include all the elements of a good argument?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Reviewing Project Steps Tracker and updating if necessary; What do you need to do still for your rough draft?
- Working on Rough Draft: Due Today
- Closure: Rough Draft Reflection; what do you want focused on the most for your rough draft?
The week of 10/21/19
MONDAY 10/21
Learning Target: I can identify the central idea of a text (video) and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further.
Essential Question: What is something that you would like to see changed?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can identify something worth changing and who can help make that change
Essential Question: What is an agent of change and how do determine who that is?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can identify what makes an argument convincing
Essential Question: What are the elements of a convincing argument?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can research claims to aid my argument
Essential Question: How do I create questions to guide my research?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can research claims to aid my argument
Essential Question: How do I create questions to guide my research?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can identify the central idea of a text (video) and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further.
Essential Question: What is something that you would like to see changed?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and Updating Planner
- Writing Practice #7: Serving Up School Lunches of Tomorrow
- Identifying topics
- Brainstorming things that “bug” you (that you want to see changed)
- Who would you talk to about making this change?
- Exit Note: Share something from your list of things that “bug” you.
Learning Target: I can identify something worth changing and who can help make that change
Essential Question: What is an agent of change and how do determine who that is?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing the assignment overview and steps to take in creating it
- Reviewing potential topics for your letter of change
- Identifying agent of change
- Creating project proposal
- Getting Mr. Ruth’s stamp of approval and beginning research
Learning Target: I can identify what makes an argument convincing
Essential Question: What are the elements of a convincing argument?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What is an outline? Updating our vocabulary list
- Reverse outlining an example letter
- Working on our own outlines (due tomorrow)
Learning Target: I can research claims to aid my argument
Essential Question: How do I create questions to guide my research?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What is a claim? Updating our vocabulary list
- Finishing Outline and turning in
- Beginning research
- Identifying claims
- Create research questions
- Exit Note: Share a claim and a question you created to guide your research
Learning Target: I can research claims to aid my argument
Essential Question: How do I create questions to guide my research?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Did you finish your outline and research questions? Make sure they are finished and turned in before you read today
- Finishing outline and research questions
- SSR when finished
- Dialogue Journals
The week of 10/14/19
MONDAY 10/14
Learning Target: I can identify the central idea of a text (video) and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further
Essential Question: How might inquiry influence a discussion?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can use evidence to support my claims
Essential Question: How do I incorporate evidence in my argument?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can take the Evaluate Test to showcase my proficiency on the 8th grade ELA Standards
Essential Question: What techniques help the best with taking a standardized test?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can take the Evaluate Test to showcase my proficiency on the 8th grade ELA Standards
Essential Question: What techniques help the best with taking a standardized test?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can identify the characteristics of an argumentative essay
Essential Question: What are the characteristics of an essay?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can identify the central idea of a text (video) and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further
Essential Question: How might inquiry influence a discussion?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering Writing Journal to prepare for Poster Discussion
- Identifying Topics:
- Preparing for Poster Discussion
- Topics
- Essential Questions
- Exit Note: How would you answer your groups essential question?
Learning Target: I can use evidence to support my claims
Essential Question: How do I incorporate evidence in my argument?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing Poster Topics and Essential Questions
- Poster Discussion
- Poster Discussion Reflection
Learning Target: I can take the Evaluate Test to showcase my proficiency on the 8th grade ELA Standards
Essential Question: What techniques help the best with taking a standardized test?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What is the difference between active and passive verb voice?
- Verb voice mini-lesson
- Evaluate Testing (if time)
Learning Target: I can take the Evaluate Test to showcase my proficiency on the 8th grade ELA Standards
Essential Question: What techniques help the best with taking a standardized test?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Reminder of Verb Voice
- Continuing Evaluate Testing
- SSR when finished
Learning Target: I can identify the characteristics of an argumentative essay
Essential Question: What are the characteristics of an essay?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What are the characteristics of an essay
- Sharing and discussing potential characteristics of an easy
- Identifying these characteristics in a real-world essay
- Exit Note: How would you adjust our list of characteristics of an essay?
The week of 10/7/19
MONDAY 10/7
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use feedback and responses to my writing to create a 2nd draft; I can explain how elements of a text (literary devices) influence the meaning of a text to further my analysis
Essential Question: How can I use feedback to improve my writing?; How were the literary devices being used in my story?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can identify the central idea of a text (video) and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further
Essential Question: How can inquiry influence my understanding of a text?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can determine the theme of a text and provide a brief summary to demonstrate my understanding
Essential Question: What makes a book worth reading?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can maintain an organizational system to help my learning;
I can explain how elements of a text (literary devices) influence the meaning of a text to further my analysis
Essential Question: How do I maintain an organized writing journal?
Agenda:
No School: Statewide Teacher In-Service
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use feedback and responses to my writing to create a 2nd draft; I can explain how elements of a text (literary devices) influence the meaning of a text to further my analysis
Essential Question: How can I use feedback to improve my writing?; How were the literary devices being used in my story?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and Updating Planner
- Final Draft Due Today
- Final Draft Reflection
- Literary Device Postcard
Learning Target: I can identify the central idea of a text (video) and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further
Essential Question: How can inquiry influence my understanding of a text?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering writing journals and getting ready for writing practice
- Writing Practice #5: "Kaboom"
- Closure: Sharing some of your writing with a partner
Learning Target: I can determine the theme of a text and provide a brief summary to demonstrate my understanding
Essential Question: What makes a book worth reading?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering books and updating reading record
- SSR
- Exit Note: Identify Central ideas and provide a brief summary of your reading today
Learning Target: I can maintain an organizational system to help my learning;
I can explain how elements of a text (literary devices) influence the meaning of a text to further my analysis
Essential Question: How do I maintain an organized writing journal?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What are the benefits of staying organized?
- Organization day:
- Writing Journal Table of Contents
- Literary Device Journal
- Literary Device Postcard (if not finished)
- Dialogue Journals
No School: Statewide Teacher In-Service
The week of 9/30/19
MONDAY 9/30
Learning Target: I can identify the central idea of a text (video) and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further
Essential Question: How can inquiry influence my understanding of a text?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use feedback and responses to my writing to create a 2nd draft
Essential Question: How can I offer valuable feedback?
How can I use feedback to improve my writing?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use feedback and responses to my writing to create a 2nd draft
Essential Question: How can I offer valuable feedback?
How can I use feedback to improve my writing?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use feedback and responses to my writing to create a 2nd draft
Essential Question: How do I identify what I need help with the most?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use feedback and responses to my writing to create a 2nd draft
Essential Question: How can I use feedback to improve my writing?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can identify the central idea of a text (video) and create questions inspired by this central idea to explore the text further
Essential Question: How can inquiry influence my understanding of a text?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and Updating Planner
- Writing Practice #4: “Climbing the Shark’s Fin”
- Closure: Sharing some of your writing with the a partner
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use feedback and responses to my writing to create a 2nd draft
Essential Question: How can I offer valuable feedback?
How can I use feedback to improve my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Finding Mr. Ruth’s feedback
- Reviewing Mr. Ruth’s Feedback
- Peer Writing Conference
- Exit Note: What is your plan for revision? What do you need to work on in your short story?
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use feedback and responses to my writing to create a 2nd draft
Essential Question: How can I offer valuable feedback?
How can I use feedback to improve my writing?
Agenda:
- Reviewing feedback and gathering materials to finish any writing conferences
- Continuing Peer Writing Conference
- Finishing plan for revision and starting revisions
- Exit Note: What is your plan for revision? What do you need to work on in your short story?
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use feedback and responses to my writing to create a 2nd draft
Essential Question: How do I identify what I need help with the most?
Agenda:
- Entrance note: What is something you need to improve on your writing?
- Mini-lesson gallery walk:
- Dialogue formatting
- Character development
- Introductions
- Replacing "So" and "Very"
- More TBD
- Beginning revision
- Dialogue journals
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use feedback and responses to my writing to create a 2nd draft
Essential Question: How can I use feedback to improve my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Review short story checklist
- Continuing revisions, conferences, and final touches, final drafts due next week
- Reading if finished
- Exit note: What have you accomplished so far on your final draft?
The week of 9/23/19
MONDAY 9/23
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use my pre-writing to write a rough draft narrative
Essential Question: How do I expand my pre-writing ideas into a finished rough draft?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use my pre-writing to write a rough draft narrative
Essential Question: How do I expand my pre-writing ideas into a finished rough draft?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use my pre-writing to write a rough draft narrative
Essential Question: How do I expand my pre-writing ideas into a finished rough draft?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can take the Evaluate Test to showcase my proficiency on the 8th grade ELA Standards
Essential Question: What techniques help the best with taking a standardized test?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can take the Evaluate Test to showcase my proficiency on the 8th grade ELA Standards
Essential Question: What techniques help the best with taking a standardized test?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use my pre-writing to write a rough draft narrative
Essential Question: How do I expand my pre-writing ideas into a finished rough draft?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and Updating Planner
- Narrative Overview
- Working on Rough Draft
- Exit Note: What questions do you have about the narrative?
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use my pre-writing to write a rough draft narrative
Essential Question: How do I expand my pre-writing ideas into a finished rough draft?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing assignment overview and progress so far
- Working on Rough Draft
- Exit Note: How confident are you in getting your rough draft finished by tomorrow?
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing; I can use my pre-writing to write a rough draft narrative
Essential Question: How do I expand my pre-writing ideas into a finished rough draft?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing work finished so far
- Turning in Rough Draft
- Rough Draft Reflection
Learning Target: I can take the Evaluate Test to showcase my proficiency on the 8th grade ELA Standards
Essential Question: What techniques help the best with taking a standardized test?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Setting up Evaluate Tracker
- Evaluate Testing
- Exit Note: Updating Evaluate Tracker if finished
Learning Target: I can take the Evaluate Test to showcase my proficiency on the 8th grade ELA Standards
Essential Question: What techniques help the best with taking a standardized test?
Agenda:
- Finishing Evaluate Testing
- SSR if Finished
- Dialogue journals
The week of 9/16/19
MONDAY 9/16
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing
Essential Question:
What is the story you want to tell?
Agenda:
Learning Target:
I can determine the theme of a text and provide a brief summary to demonstrate my understanding
Essential Question:
What makes a book worth reading?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can analyze how elements of a text (literary devices) interact to demonstrate my understanding of the text
Essential Question:
How do authors use literary devices in their writing?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can participate in a range of collaborative discussion
Essential Question:
What are the characteristics of a successful discussion?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing
Essential Question:
How can I use literary devices to enhance my writing?
Agenda:
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing
Essential Question:
What is the story you want to tell?
Agenda:
- Checking class website and updating planner
- Writing Practice #3: Words and Images
- Exit Note: Share a favorite sentence from your writing
Learning Target:
I can determine the theme of a text and provide a brief summary to demonstrate my understanding
Essential Question:
What makes a book worth reading?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Gathering Materials and updating our reading record
- SSR
- Exit Note: Sharing our reading
Learning Target: I can analyze how elements of a text (literary devices) interact to demonstrate my understanding of the text
Essential Question:
How do authors use literary devices in their writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: Preview list of literary devices: what ones do you know? What ones do you want to know?
- Choosing Short Stories for Literature Circles
- Reading Story, looking for key moments and literary devices
- Exit Note: What is a favorite literary device and how was it used?
Learning Target: I can participate in a range of collaborative discussion
Essential Question:
What are the characteristics of a successful discussion?
Agenda:
- Entrance Note: What can a literary device add to a story?
- Literature Circle Discussion:
- Moments that stood out to you
- Literary devices used
- Creating Literary Device Journal
Learning Target: I can use the writing process to improve my writing
Essential Question:
How can I use literary devices to enhance my writing?
Agenda:
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing Literary Device Journal
- Exploding a moment Mini Lesson: Using literary devices
- Work on rough draft of narrative, Due Wednesday
- Dialogue Journals
The week of 9/9/19
MONDAY 9/9
- Entrance Note: What makes a question “essential?”
- Writing Practice #1: “Picture Day”
- Exit Note: Sharing a favorite sentence from your writing
- Entrance Note: What makes a book worth reading?
- SSR
- Exit Note: Updating our Reading Record
- Entrance Activity: Sign up for Google Classroom
- Google Classroom/Website Scavenger Hunt
- Exit Note: What questions do you still have about Google Classroom?
- Entrance Note: Organizing notes for brainstorming narrative ideas
- Writing Practice # 2 (part 1): “Who Speaks Wukchumni?”
- Creating list of moments where you lost/found your voice
- Closure: Sharing moments from your list
- Entrance Note: Reviewing list of moments where you lost/found your voice?
- Writing Practice # 2 (part 2):
- Reviewing “Rules of Writing Practice”
- Writing potential narrative
- Closure: Sharing our writing
- Dialogue Journals
The week of 9/2/19
MONDAY 9/2TUESDAY 9/3
- Entrance Note: Two facts and one question about you
- Introduction to me
- “My Name” by Sandra Cisneros
- Exit Note: Summarize your understanding of theme from “My Name”?
- Entrance note: Reviewing “My Name”
- Name Questionnaire
- School Expectations
- Exit Note: What is an expectation we should have as a class?
- Entrance Note: Reviewing potential expectations for class
- Creating a social contract
- Exit Note: Signing social contract
- Entrance Note: Reviewing potential expectations for class
- Finishing social contracts
- Intro to Essential Questions and Costa’s Levels of Thinking
- Dialogue Journals