In Class Essay

Essential Question: What does it take to survive? 

Goal: to write an essay with strong claims and evidence

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:
1. Write your essay and turn it in.

Homework:
1. Work on your vocabulary

Individual Essay planning time

Essential Question: What does it take to survive?

Goal: to finish planning your first essay

Reading: Don't forget to read at home too.

Agenda:
1. Work on Novel Essay Planning form on GOOGLE CLASSROOM. We will work on the planning the body paragraphs.

You need to include a quote sandwich in each body paragraph.
You should use some of your vocabulary words in your essay.
You should try to use this sentence type:

S V ; (however OR therefore), S V

She exercised every day and cut back on her food; however, she didn't lose any weight.

This car looks as if it has been wrecked; therefore it's not a good buy.

Homework:
1. Finish NoRedInk assignment

Essay Planning

Essential Question: What does it take to survive?

Goal: plan your essay so you can write it in class tomorrow

Reading: You should be on your third book for this year

Agenda:
1. Use Novel Essay document on GOOGLE CLASSROOM to get reading for tomorrow's essay

Put your answers for what it takes to survive HERE

Homework:
1. Work on your vocabulary

Powering up our paragraphs

Essential Question: What does it take to survive?

Goal: to get better at strong claims, evidence, and reasoning

Agenda:
1. Work on NoRedInk assignment. Tomorrow we will begin our first essay. I will expect you have mastered the topics you have been studying.
2. Work on your vocabulary for this week
3. Play a Quizlet Live! game

Homework:
1. Finish your NoRedInk assignment
2. Read your independent reading book

Writing better body paragraphs

Essential Question: What does it take to survive?
Goal: to be able to tell the difference between topic sentences, claims, and evidence

Read: You should now be on your third independent reading book

Agenda:
1. Grade your vocabulary
2. Work on your NoRedInk assignment
3. Choose final Literature Circles roles
4. Assign chapters for this week and new vocabulary

Homework:
1. Study vocabulary
2. Begin Literature Circle work tonight

Reading test and Tic Tac Toe final day

Agenda:
1. Take the test on Google Classroom. If you take less than thirty-five minutes, then you probably didn't take your time.
2. Work on your tic tac toe assignments.

Novel Tic Tac Toe Day 3

Things to get done today:

1. Finish reading your chapters for this week. Skim them again because tomorrow you will have a test.

2. Finish your vocabulary for this week.

3. Work on your Tic Tac Toe assignments. Spend time on them. Make sure they are creative and high quality.

A little bird told me that many of you are feeling stressed about the Tic Tac Toe assignments. I have decided to give you until Sunday to finish. Of course, that means I will take the extra time you had into account when I grade your work.

Novel Tic Tac Toe Day 2

Essential Question: What does it take to survive?
Goal: to demonstrate your understanding of the chapters through creative projects

Read: You should be reading your third book this year

Tic Tac Toe assignment. You must complete three items and make Tic Tac Toe.

Make sure you also work on your assignments at home. You will be able to finish on Friday if you work hard.

Spend time working on NoRedInk assignment.

Homework:
1. Work on vocabulary.
2. Finish your reading for this week

Novel Tic Tac Toe

Essential Question: What does it take to survive?
Goal: to demonstrate your understanding of the chapters through creative projects

Read: You should be reading your third book this year

Tic Tac Toe assignment. You must complete three items and make Tic Tac Toe. Attach each thing you create to the assignment on Google Classroom.

Spend time working on NoRedInk assignment.

Homework:
1. Work on vocabulary.
2. Finish your reading for this week

102 Great Ideas

Essential Question: What does it take to survive?
Goal: to begin researching the 102 Great Ideas

Reading: Make sure you finish your chapters for this week. You will have a test at the end of the week.

Agenda:
1. Research a few of the ideas on the list of 102

2. Begin your NoRedInk assignment about argument writing
3. Work on vocabulary

Homework:
1. Do your reading every night
2. Finish your vocabulary by the end of the week

Lit. Circles Discussion

Essential Question: What does it take to survive?
Goal: to better understand the novel through talking about it

Read: Keep reading your choice book

Get in your discussion groups. Help each other understand these difficult chapters.

Homework:
1. Read the next chapters in your book over the weekend
2. Don't forget about your vocabulary

Lit. Circles Week 4 Final Day

Essential Question: What does it take to survive?
Goal: to work on literature circle work every day this week

Read: You should be reading one independent reading book outside of class

WD: 25-28
EG: 13-14
LOTF: 8-9

Each person needs to identify which quiz response belongs to them.

Make sure you break up your literature circle work by chapter. Things to do this week:

1. Take time to think about the chapter deeply
2. Keep the font and size on the document the default
3. Work on your assignment every day this week
4. Ask me questions if you need help

People I am going to meet with today:

1. Daisy
2. Hallee
3. Asha
4. Parker
5. Melody
6. Julian
7. Amber

Lit. Circles Week 4

Essential Question: What does it take to survive?
Goal: to work on literature circle work every day this week

Read: You should be reading one independent reading book outside of class

WD: 25-28
EG: 13-14
LOTF: 8-9

Each person needs to identify which quiz response belongs to them.

Make sure you break up your literature circle work by chapter. Things to do this week:

1. Take time to think about the chapter deeply
2. Keep the font and size on the document the default
3. Work on your assignment every day this week
4. Ask me questions if you need help

People I am going to meet with today:

1. Peter
2. Ryan
3. Asha
4. Karina
5. Michael
6. Daisy
7. Hallee

Reading Quiz

Today we took a test on the chapters you read for this week. If you were absent, come see me to make up the test. (This can not be done during class).

Finishing The Most Dangerous Game

Essential Question: What does it take to survive?
Goal: to finish the short story and create deep discussion questions

Read: You should be finishing your independent reading books soon.

Finish reading The Most Dangerous Game. Create discussion questions in the margins. Underline or highlight parts of the text that help answer the question.

Homework:

1. Prepare for your test tomorrow
2. Finish your vocabulary

The Most Dangerous Game continued

Essential Question: What does it take to survive?

Goal: Practice Lit. Circle roles as a class

Read: By the end of this week, you should finish 2/3 of your book

We will read The Most Dangerous Game together as a class and practice all of the Lit. Circle roles to help deepen our understanding of each role.

The Most Dangerous Game TEXT



BIBB = Bring It Back to the Book

If...Then, and What If;

AQ2 = Answer a Question with a Question

Make a Connection

Homework:

1. Vocabulary is due Thursday

2. Read your independent book

3. Test on you Lit. Circle book chapters on Thursday

The Most Dangerous Game

Essential Question: What does it take to survive?

Goal: Practice Lit. Circle roles as a class

Read: By the end of this week, you should finish 2/3 of your book

We will read The Most Dangerous Game together as a class and practice all of the Lit. Circle roles to help deepen our understanding of each role.

The Most Dangerous Game TEXT



BIBB = Bring It Back to the Book

If...Then, and What If;

AQ2 = Answer a Question with a Question

Make a Connection

Homework:

1. Vocabulary is due Thursday

2. Read your independent book

3. Test on you Lit. Circle book chapters on Thursday