Monday

• Students will  begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students then will collaboratively complete Amplify Grammar Lesson SU1 L4 - Identifying and Fixing Complete Sentences.  Students will collaboratively examine each answer and select the best choices.  Results will be reviewed and discussed.

• Students will be given remaining time to work on their weekly word work or reading.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight. Students have 4 word work words taken from their independent reading novel to complete by the end of the week.

Tuesday

• Students begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will then complete Amplify Lesson Perspectives and Narrative SU 3 L5 "A Strange Menu" Focusing on the writer's use of sensory detail in order to reflect her feelings on a family dining experience.  Students will  attempt to apply the strategies used by the author to their own writing. They will then share their writing, getting feedback from a partner before they wrap up the lesson taking another look at Amy Tan's essay.

• Students will then be given any remaining time time to work on independent reading work.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight. Students have 4 word work words taken from their independent reading novel to complete by the end of the week.

Wednesday

• Students will  begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will then begin Amplify Lesson Perspectives and Narrative SU 3 L6 "Looking Back" Focusing on Amy Tan's "Fish Cheeks" essay.  They will examine how the writer's perspective changes from the time the event takes place to the time they are looking back on the experience as an adult.  Students will  examine specific passages that reflect those changes, and defend a claim based on how Amy Tan's perspective of that dinner changes when looking back at it as an adult.

• Students will then be given any remaining time time to work on independent reading work.

Thursday

• Students will begin class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will then begin Amplify Lesson Perspectives and Narrative SU 3 L7 "The Garden"where we will complete activities 1-4 examining Kaitlyn Greenridge's narrative, "My Mother's Garden."  Students will begin with a vocabulary warm-up in activity 1 and collaboratively work their way through activity 4.

• Students will then be given any remaining time time to work on independent reading work.

Friday

• Students begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will then complete Amplify Lesson Perspectives and Narrative SU 3 L7 "The Garden"where we will complete activities 1-4 examining Kaitlyn Greenridge's narrative, "My Mother's Garden."  Students will begin with activity 5 where they will write their own narrative about a moment in time at a place where they feel particularly comfortable or uncomfortable.  They will use Greenridge's narrative as inspiration for thier own.  Students will then work their way through activity 8.

• Any remaining time will be committed to finishing their weekly reading or word work.

Monday

• Students will  begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students then will collaboratively complete Amplify Grammar Lesson SU1 L4 - Identifying and Fixing Complete Sentences.  Students will collaboratively examine each answer and select the best choices.  Results will be reviewed and discussed.

• Students who finish will be given any remaining time to work on their weekly Word Work or their daily independent reading.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight. Students have 4 word work words taken from their independent reading novel to complete by the end of the week.

Tuesday

• Students will begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will then begin Amplify Lesson 7A Red Scarf Girl SU3 L4 "The Pull of Compassion"   Students will break the scene into four sections and explore the narrator's feelings at each point in the scene as she and her classmates begin experiences in the Cultural Revolution.  We will likely work through activity 4.

• Students who finish will be given any remaining time to work on their weekly Word Work or their daily independent reading.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight. Students have 4 word work words taken from their independent reading novel to complete by the end of the week.

Wednesday

• Students will begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will then complete Amplify Lesson 7A Red Scarf Girl SU3 L4 "The Pull of Compassion"   We will review exemplary written responses from Tuesday's Writing assignment before collaboratively completing the Solo activity for the lesson.

• Students who finish will be given any remaining time to work on their weekly Word Work or their daily independent reading.

Thursday

• Students begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will Begin Amplify Lesson 7A Red Scarf Girl SU3 L5 "Revolution in the Classroom"   Students will reread the text and examine the change that has come to their school as a result of the Cultural Revolution.

• Students who finish will be given any remaining time to work on their weekly Word Work or their daily independent reading.

Friday

• Students will begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

• Students will complete Amplify Lesson 7A Red Scarf Girl SU3 L5 "Revolution in the Classroom"   Students will write examining why Ji-Li has difficulty completing the days assignment of critisizing their teachers when most of her classmates had no trouble with it.

• Students who finish will be given any remaining time to work on their weekly Word Work or their daily independent reading.