Monday - Wednesday
Drafting - Persuasive Essay
Thursday
Introduction to Unit Ten Vocabulary - Due after Persuasive Essay Peer Review
Friday
Reading Day!
Monday
Blog/Digital Portfolio Update
Tuesday
Review website: https://literacyideas.com/how-to-teach-opinion-writing/persuasive-essays/
Journal and discuss website
Wednesday
Prewrite and research for persuasive essay - due tomorrow
Thursday
Unit Nine Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit Nine Vocabulary Test
Monday
Introduction to Unit Nine Vocabulary
Tuesday - Friday
Peer Review - Narrative Essay
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday
Core Project Training
Wednesday - Thursday
Peer Review - Narrative Essay
Friday
Core Project Training
Monday
Students will include the "This I Believe" essay and on Website
Students will write a blog - due tomorrow - write about your experiences in school and your life with stories - movies/books/tv/who tells stories/family stories
Tuesday
Class Discussion - Narrative Writing - Plot, Character, Setting, Point of View, Theme
Assign - "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell - Due Tomorrow
Wednesday - Friday
Review Personal Narrative and "Shooting an Elephant."
Writing Workshop - Narrative Essay - Draft due on Tuesday, September 16th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Wednesday
Presentations of "This I Believe"
Thursday
Unit Eight Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit Eight Vocabulary Test
Monday - Tuesday
"This I Believe" Discussion
"This I Believe" Workshop
Wednesday
Introduction to Unit 8 Vocabulary - Due Monday, September 8th
Thursday - Friday
Circle Share - "This I Believe"
Monday
Journal
Introduction/Syllabus Review
Appropriate Use of Screens
Workshop - Vocabulary - Blog - Portfolios
AR Requirements/Ten Page Paper
AR Approval and Reading day on Thursday/Friday
Blog Writing Review - Due Wednesday - 7:00 AM
Tuesday
Introduction to "This I Believe" - Circle Share tomorrow - Students will pick an essay and read and review with the whole class in circle discussion. Students may not duplicate.
Wednesday/Thursday
Writing Blog Due
AR Approval
Circle Share "This I Believe"
Friday
Reading Day