August 29 - September 2

Post date: Aug 29, 2016 1:47:1 AM

Monday, August 29

• Reading Response #2

• Journal Writing

• Reading: "Thank You M'am" by Langston Hughes - full text, graphic organizer, film clip, practice quiz

• Story Map/Static and Dynamic Characters

• Glossary of Literary Terms

• Practice evaluating narrative leads

Tuesday, August 30

• Everyday Edit

• "Thank You, M'am" Quiz

• Journal Writing

• Review Figurative Language

Wednesday, August 31

• Tone and Mood

• Comparing Authors' Styles: Langston Hughes and Walt Whitman

  • "I Hear America Singing" read by Billy Collins

  • "I, Too, Sing America" read by Langston Hughes

• Grammar: Plurals

• Figurative Language Review

  • Baseball game

  • Rags to Riches

Thursday, September 1

• Review Topic Sentences and Paragraphs (from Quick Practice Writing Skills)

  • Additional practice from Townsend Press

• Grammar: Plurals

• Comparing Authors' Styles: Biography and Summary

Friday, September 2

• Reading Response #2 Follow-Up: Evaluating leads

• Summarizing news articles with NewsELA

• Graded essays returned (Prompt #1)