February 1-February 5

• Please go to your Google Classroom to access the materials and submit your assignments.

• We will have a daily (except Wednesday) Google Meet at the beginning of class. If you cannot attend a Google Meet, please email me (eenns@wcpss.net) before 2:30 PM that day.

Monday, February 1

Learning Goal: Students will analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.

• Warm-up

• "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou

  • Read/watch

  • Complete the poetic devices chart

• Homework - Prefix test Friday, February 12

Tuesday, February 2

Learning Goal: Students will analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.

• Warm-up

• "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou

  • Respond to a question using the READ strategy

• Homework - Prefix test Friday, February 12

Wednesday, February 3 (asynchronous day - no Google Meet)

Learning Goal: Students will use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

• Study for the prefix test - Make a Quizlet or flashcards

AND/OR

• Make up any Q3 missing assignments

• Homework - Prefix test Friday, February 12

Thursday, February 4

Learning Goal: Students will determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.

• Warm-up

• "The Hill We Climb" by Amanda Gorman

  • Read/watch

  • Complete a free write

• Homework - Prefix test Friday, February 12

Friday, February 5

Learning Goal: Students will analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

• Warm-up

• "For My Sister Molly Who in the Fifties" by Alice Walker

  • Read

  • Answer the questions

• Homework - Prefix test Friday, February 12