Google Classroom links for material: 2nd Hour and
Week Four: Sept. 28th - Oct. 2nd
Monday: Final day to work on myth. Illustrations, printed myths - all turned in.
Tuesday: Get Ready for "Women in Aviation" large group - go over the Essential questions. Read "Women in Aviation" online: make annotations and complete the Check for Understanding.
Wednesday: Post-reading questions (handout) and Vocabulary (HMH). Language Conventions, Verb Tense (HMH).
Thursday: Quiz on "Women in Aviation" NRI - verb tense.
Friday: Fastbridge assessment.
Week Three: Sept. 21st - 25th
Monday: Get Ready - "The Flight of Icarus" Quick Start Discussion. Myth structure - theme, etc. Review Critical Vocabulary. Read "The Flight of Icarus" and do the check for understanding.
Tuesday: Post-reading assignment (worksheet) and vocabulary (HMH).
Wednesday: "Icarus's Flight," p. 37. Quick start discussion. Poetry elements: notes. Reading "Icarus's Flight". Check for Understanding. Post-reading handout.
Thursday: Writing our own Myth! Write a short explanation of the myth as to "why something is the way it is". Completing our own "myths" - print off, draw a picture, and turn in the basket. Reading quarter books when done.
Friday: Working on our myth. Create a picture that goes with your myth.
Week Two: Sept. 14th - 18th
Monday: Note-taking - expectations, pace, and PLOT diagram notes.
Tuesday: Begin reading "Rogue Wave" p. 7. Students use sticky notes/notebook to write notes: setting, conflict, and tension created as we read the story.
Wednesday: Post-reading handout. Quiz on "Rogue Wave".
Thursday: Vocabulary for "Rogue Wave" GC.
Friday: Time to complete this week's work. Setting up our Journals and getting books from the media center to read. Friday focus - go over expectations. Mr. Beast word activity.
Week One: Sept. 7th - 11th
Tuesday: NO Class - due to all school activities
Wednesday: Classroom introduction, pencil pledge, and handwriting practice.
Thursday: Handwriting self-assessment and reflection handout, discussion and expectations for the school year and written assignments.
Friday: The Legibility Challenge (handout) and spelling challenge.