Finish up our work from last Thursday: 

•  share and discuss reader's responses. See the "What makes a great reader's response?" assignment in the Reading Workshop section of our Google Classroom.

• Score responses using the formative work rubric posted here. 

Writing Workshop: 

• Review Writing Workshop Objectives

• Continue work on  “The SAT: Multiple Meaning Words: List #1”. Quiz: Monday, 9/8.  

Reading Workshop:

• Review Reading Workshop Objectives

• Read “One Day, Now Broken in Two” by Anna Quindlen on p. 1156 in our lit. books

• Once you have finished reading, retrieve your Reader’s & Writer’s Notebook from the bookcase below the clock.

• Turn to the next clean page and enter this heading: 

Entry #2

 “One Day Now Broken in Two” 

Quindlen 

9/2/25

p. 1156 in lit. book

• In the space below the header, copy a passage from  “One Day Now Broken in Two” . Be sure to put quotes around the passage and add a parenthetical citation that includes the author’s name and the page you found the passage on. It should look like this: (Quindlen 1156) 

• Lastly, below the passage, write a brief paragraph that includes one or more of the following:  

  • questions you have about the passage and this part of the reading

  • comments you have about the passage and the part of the reading where the passage occurs

  • connections ("text to text", "text to world" "text to self") you made to the passage and the part of the reading where the passage occurs.

We'll finish up this response in class tomorrow.

Finish-up response to “One Day, Now Broken in Two” from yesterday. 

Writing Workshop:

• Review Writing Workshop Objectives

• Continue work on  “The SAT: Multiple Meaning Words: List #1”. Quiz: Monday, 9/8.  

Reading Workshop:

• Review Reading Workshop Objectives

• Read “The Names” by N. Scott Momaday p. 1076  in our lit. books

• Once you have finished reading, retrieve your Reader’s & Writer’s Notebook from the bookcase below the clock.

• Turn to the next clean page and enter this heading: 

Entry #3

 “The Names” 

Momaday

9/3/25

p. 1076 in lit. book

• In the space below the header, copy a passage from “The Names”. Be sure to put quotes around the passage and add a parenthetical citation that includes the author’s name and the page you found the passage on. It should look like this: (Momaday 1076) 

• Lastly, below the passage, write a brief paragraph that includes one or more of the following:  

  • questions you have about the passage and this part of the reading

  • comments you have about the passage and the part of the reading where the passage occurs connections ("text to text", "text to world" "text to self") you made to the passage and the part of the reading where the passage occurs. 

If you haven't done so already, finish-up your response to “The Names” from yesterday. 

Writing Workshop:

• Review Writing Workshop Objectives

• Continue work on  “The SAT: Multiple Meaning Words: List #1”. Quiz: Monday, 9/8.  

Reading Workshop:

• Review Reading Workshop Objectives

• Read “Mint Snowball” by Naomi Shihab Nye p. 1081  in our lit. books

• Once you have finished reading, retrieve your Reader’s & Writer’s Notebook from the bookcase below the clock.

• Turn to the next clean page and enter this heading: 

Entry #4

 “Mint Snowball”

Nye

9/4/25

p. 1081 in lit. book

• In the space below the header, copy the following prompt (in bold):

PROMPT: Choose a food or drink that holds a powerful, personal memory for you. 

• Below the prompt, write a richly detailed response several paragraphs in length. What you choose could be something you ate on a special occasion, comfort food from your childhood, or a dish that reminds you of a particular person. As you write, consider the following questions: 

  • What does the food taste, smell, and feel like? Use descriptive language to engage all of the senses.

  • What memory does it unlock? Describe the event, the people involved, and the emotions you felt.

  • What is the significance of the memory now? How has the meaning of this food or drink changed over time?

Writing Workshop:

• Review Writing Workshop Objectives

• Continue work on  “The SAT: Multiple Meaning Words: List #1”. Quiz: Monday, 9/8.  

Reading  Workshop:

• Review Reading Workshop Objectives

• Read “Suspended” by Joy Harjo p. 1083  in our lit. books

• Once you have finished reading, open the assignment titled “Response to ‘Suspended’”. Follow the directions posted there and submit once you have finished.  If you don't finish in class, finish this for homework. 

Heads-Up! We’re headed to the LMC on Monday, September 8th to select independent reading texts and more! See you there! 

Reading Workshop

🎯Review Reading Workshop Objectives

📙Head up to the LMC to select a book for Independent Reading. 

📕Mrs. Wooding will guide you through all of the options for reading - fiction, non-fiction etc. Once you have made your choice for your first book, check it  out and then click here to fill out the “What’cha Reading?” form.  And keep in mind that  we’ll be going back to the LMC once a month to renew books and select new ones.

📖Once you’ve got your book, start reading! We’ll be adding reader’s responses and tracking your progress in the days to come. Keep in mind that the expectation is 40 minutes of reading per week.  

Writing Workshop

🎯Review Writing Workshop Objectives

• Click here to take Vocab Quiz #1 on:  “The SAT: Multiple Meaning Words: List#1”. You can do this in class or for homework. 

• Click here to continue developing your vocabulary with “The SAT: Words to Capture Tone- Week 1”. Quiz: Monday, 9/15