Monday

• Students will review expectations for coming into the class, then get out their novels for 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will be introduced to and take the Grammar Income Test.  This is designed to give students some perspective on how their ability to properly use the English language will impact their income potential.  Results will be reviewed and discussed.

• Students will them begin Grammar Lesson 1 Defining a Complete Sentence and work through activities 1-6.  This is due on Wednesday.

• We will finish the period discussing how to complete the daily reading log students will use to document their daily independent reading.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight and use their reading log to document their reading.

Tuesday

• Students will review expectations for the class before getting getting out their novels for 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will open Google Classroom to 8A Perspectives and Narrative>SU2>L3>Vocabulary, to begin the vocabulary for the lesson.

• After several minutes with the vocabulary, students will examine several student writings in preparation for details they will ad to last week's writing in an attempt to Focus on the Moment.

• Students will then revisit the painting of by Peter Bruegel making a parallel to the details they will attempt to add emotion to the moment they began focusing on last week.

• Finally, students will examine two passages and the details that are used to to covey emotion.

• If time permits, students may get an opportunity to share their work from Friday's revisions and determine whose work they will attempt to act out.

Wednesday - Early Release Day

• Students will review routines and expectations for class before being introduced to the Word Work process for adding new words to their own vocabulary from new words encountered in their independent reading.  There is a connection here to their reading log which we will illustrate.

• The Word Work process will be modeled and students will be challenged to begin their 2nd word that is due by Friday.

Thursday

• Students will review routines and expectations for class before they begin the class with independent reading.

• Stuents will then review our work from Tuesday before continuing Activity 5 from 8A SU2 L5 Focusing on the Moment.

• Students select one student writing from their table and adapt a skit to act out that moment.  Three groups will act out their work before we individually complete Activities 6-8.

Friday

• Students will begin class with a quick review of class expectations followed by 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will spend another 5 minutes finishing up their vocabulary words for this lesson before moving to Activity 3 of Lesson 24 where they will examine strategies for including details to establish tone. Students will complete activities 1-4 before ending the week.

Homework: If you have turned in your signed syllabus and completed your 30 minutes of nightly independent reading, you don't have any homework.  Enjoy the weekend.

Monday

• Students will review expectations for coming into the class, then get out their novels for 10 minutes of independent reading of their self selected novels.

• Students will be introduced to The DOG, a weekly grammar supplement to their Amplify lessons.  WE will go through the entire 5 step process breaking down the given sentence into all of its grammatical parts.

• Students will them begin Grammar Lesson 1 Defining a Complete Sentence and work through activities 1-6.  This is due on Wednesday.

• We will finish the period discussing how to complete the daily reading log students will use to document their daily independent reading.

Tuesday

• Students will review expectations for the class before getting out their novels for 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will then complete the vocabulary lesson for Red Scarf Girl 7A SU2 L3 Vocabulary.  Following the vocabulary activity students will complete Activities 2-4 examining how an author can zoom into a particular moment.

Wednesday - Early Release day.

• Students will review routines and expectations for class before being introduced to the Word Work process for adding new words to their own vocabulary from new words encountered in their independent reading.  There is a connection here to their reading log which we will illustrate.

• The Word Work process will be modeled and students will be challenged to begin their 2nd word that is due by Friday.

• Students will use remaining time to complete the Amplify Grammar Lesson 1 if they didn't complete it on Monday.

Thursday

• Students will begin class with a brief review of classroom expectations and go directly into their independent reading.

• Students will then review their progress from Tuesday's lesson Zooming in on the Moment.

• Student will then complete the remaining activities for the lesson responding to the details that they added to their own work.

Friday

• Students will begin class with a brief review of classroom expectations and go directly into their independent reading.

• We will then begin the vocabulary lesson for Red Scarf Girl 7A SU2 L1 Choosing Your Moment.

• Students will be selecting a boring moment and zooming in on details that make the moment interesting to the reader.  We will push to comlete Activities 2-5 and finish the day describing our most boring moment.

Homework: Students who have completed their independent reading minutes do not have any homework over the weekend, but are still encouraged to read.  Have a great weekend.