Monday - Tuesday
Finish Peer Review
Wednesday
Digital Portfolio Update/Blog Update
Thursday
Unit Ten Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit Ten Vocabulary Test
Monday - Tuesday
Workshop Persuasive Essay - Due Thursday
Wednesday
Introduction to Unit Ten Vocabulary - Due When Peer Review is Complete
Thursday
How is the Persuasive Essay graded?
Peer Review
Friday
Reading Day
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday - Wednesday
Workshop Persuasive Essay - Due Monday, October 19th
Thursday
Unit Nine Vocabulary Due - Review
Friday
Unit Nine Vocabulary Test
Monday
Introduction to Unit Nine Vocabulary - Due next Thursday - Test on Friday
Tuesday
Blog/Digital Portfolio Update
Wednesday
Review website: https://literacyideas.com/how-to-teach-opinion-writing/persuasive-essays/
Journal and discuss website
Prewrite and research for persuasive essay - due Friday
Thursday
Workshop prewriting and research for persuasive essay
Friday
Discuss prewriting
Workshop Persuasive Essay - Due Monday, October 19th
Monday
Finish Peer Review
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit Nine Vocabulary
Wednesday
Blog/Digital Portfolio Update
Thursday
Review website: https://literacyideas.com/how-to-teach-opinion-writing/persuasive-essays/
Journal and discuss website
Prewrite and research for persuasive essay - due Monday
Friday
Reading Day
Monday - Wednesday
Review Personal Narrative and "Shooting an Elephant."
Writing Workshop - Narrative Essay - Draft due on Thursday.
Thursday - Friday
Peer Review
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday
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
Wednesday
Class Discussion - Narrative Writing - Plot, Character, Setting, Point of View, Theme
Assign - "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell - Due Monday, September 21st
Thursday
Unit Eight Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit Eight Vocabulary Test
Monday
No School - Labor Day
Tuesday
Journal
Introduction to Unit One Vocabulary - Due Next Thursday
Wednesday - Thursday
Journal
Circle Share - "This I Believe"
Friday
Reading Day
Monday
Journal
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.
Tuesday
Journal
"This I Believe" Circle Share
Wednesday
Journal
Introduction to Digital Portfolio/Blog
Blog Post # 1 - Due tomorrow by 6:30 AM
Thursday - Friday
Journal Thursday only
"This I Believe" Discussion and Workshop
"This I Believe" Due on Tuesday, September 8th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
No School - Teacher In Service
Wednesday
Welcome Back!
Journal
Review syllabus and introduction
Remind
Appropriate use of personal devices
AR Requirements Approval - Eight/Ten Page Paper
Workshop - Vocabulary - Nonfiction - Group Share - Journal - Poetry Memorization Activity - Blog - Online Portfolio
AR Book Approval/Share tomorrow
Thursday
AR Book Approval and Share
Friday
Reading Day