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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

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Learning Goals
Apply reading strategies so we can make meaning from a text;
Read different forms of texts;
Identify the elements of a variety of texts
Use evidence to support my ideas

Today, after our reading routine, we will work on answering 10 questions on our novels.

LITERARY ANALYSIS WRITING STRUCTURE

Topic Sentence
Introduce evidence
Evidence = quote/paraphrase from the story
Comment = your thinking/explanation
Comment
Transition to Introduce 2nd piece of evidence
Evidence = quote/paraphrase from the story
Comment = your thinking/explanation
Comment
Close

Then we will prepare for a literature circle by choosing our roles. Finally, if there is time, we will spend some time working with our vocabulary on Quizlet.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

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Learning Goals
Identify the elements of a variety of texts;
Use evidence to support my ideas;
Apply the conventions of English to our writing;
Apply our understanding of words to help us make meaning of a text.

I am away today, so we will return to our essays tomorrow. Please follow this agenda for today’s class. I have provided you with the time you need to use for each part of the agenda:

  1. Reading routine: Read, track your reading –20m
  2. HANDOUT: Answer questions about your current novel in your notebook. Answer in full sentences with evidence from the text. Choose 10 questions. –20m
  3. HANDOUT: Complete a mugshot paragraph. You may use this week’s work on sentences to help you remember the type of punctuation errors we have been working on. Also, complete the sentence combining section. There is a list of conjunctions on the reverse page. –20m
  4. DEVICE: Quizlet…15m

Have a terrific day of learning!