3. Tuesday
• Please turn in your paws passes.
Today we will:
Listen to Announcements
Watch CNN Student News
7 Habits
4. Wednesday
• Please turn in your paws passes.
Today we will:
Listen to Announcements
Transportation Codes
Watch CNN Student News
7 Habits
5. Today is February 3, 2015
Bell Work: Copy and correct the sentence below
gnarly nerd a straight A student continued to
inform harold. and classy cassandra is to
good a student to be interested in connan he
elucidated
Learning Targets
• I can determine the meaning of unknown words
and phrases choosing flexible from a range of
strategies.
• Homework: Reading Response Journals Due
Wednesday (A&B) and Thursday (C & D), Vocab Quiz
Friday
6. 23. elucidated, gnarled
Gnarly Nerd, a straight “A” student, continued to
inform Harold. “Classy Cassandra is too good a student to
be interested in Conan,” he elucidated.
gnarly nerd a straight A student continued to inform harold.
and classy cassandra is to good a student to be interested
in connan he elucidated
7. Today’s Agenda
• Reading Response Journal
• Reading Response Journal
• Vocabulary Worksheet as a Group for p.197
• Vocabulary Rap Activity
• Multiple Meaning Words Worksheet
8. Vocabulary Rap
• Your group will be assigned a word.
• Fill in the vocabulary worksheet for your word only
• One group member will come type it into the document
• The rest of the group will come up with a rap. It should
follow this format:
• “When I say (vocabulary word), you say (synonym for word)”
As groups post their words, copy them on your paper.
You will be sharing your rap with the class.
10. Thursday: Welcome Advisory
• Please get out your PAWS passes. Make sure you have
your 7habits book.
Today we will:
Announcements
7 Habits
11. Today is February 4, 2015
Bell Work: Copy and correct the sentence below.
You ___________ going to meet me at the park
yesterday, weren’t you?
a. are b. were c. is d. was
Learning Targets
• I can describe the setting of a story, including weather,
time of day, and location.
• I can analyze how setting shapes the characters or plot.
• Homework: Reading Response Journals Due
Wednesday (A&B) and Thursday (C & D), Vocab Quiz
Friday
12. Today’s Agenda
• Reading Response Journal
• Cause and Effect Activity
• Video of Honduras Hurricane of 1998 to build background
knowledge
• Reading “Storm In the Night” p.199-201 and Answer Read
and Synthesize Questions
• Vocabulary Review
13. A cause is what makes something happens. To find
the cause, you need to ask yourself , “What
happened first?”.
An effect is what happens because of something
else (the cause). To find the effect, you need to ask
yourself, “What happened second?”.
The boy was grounded because he wasn’t on green at school.
What happened first? The
boy wasn’t on green at
school. (This is the cause)
What happened second?
The boy was grounded.
(This is the effect)
14. Cause and Effect Activity: Thriller
• Watch video and listen to lyrics. Think about the cause
and effect of the monsters in the video.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA
• Fill in cause and effect on your worksheet.
• Work on writing cause and effect sentences on the back
15. Storm in the Night
1. Honduras Hurricane Video
2. Reading p.199-201 taking notes about setting
3. Answer Part 1 Questions on your worksheet
4. When you finish, study your vocabulary words
17. Friday: Welcome Advisory
Get out your paws passes. Today is cash-in day. You may
go at 8:15.
Today we will:
Announcements
CNN Student News
Silent Ball
18. Today is February 5, 2015
Bell Work: Check the inbox and begin
taking vocabulary quiz. Voice level is
zero. When you finish you may read
or draw on the back.
Learning Targets
• I can describe the setting of a story, including weather,
time of day, and location.
• I can analyze how setting shapes the characters or plot.
• Homework: Reading Response Journals Due
Wednesday (A&B) and Thursday (C & D), Vocab Quiz
Today
19. Today’s Agenda
• Mini Lesson on Setting
• Read p.202-203 as a class
• Read p.204-205 with your group alternating paragraphs
• Complete Setting Drawing Activity. You have four squares
and they must show how the main character evolves as
the setting of the story changes.
• Answer PART TWO Read and Synthesize Questions
Editor's Notes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty1A7N_typc
Paragraph (new topic)
Article (“a” before consonant)
Commas (appositive, quote)
Quotation Marks (quote)
Conjunction (don’t begin a sentence with one)
Homophone (to/to/too)