November 26-30, 2018

Tutoring this week: Tuesday 8:05-8:35

Monday

1st & 2nd Period: “Roberto Ignacio Torres Bakes”  by Steven Frank               Homework: Questions 1-7

 

3rd Period: Class Newspaper Introduction

Tuesday

1st & 2nd Period: “The Dreamer” by Pam Muñoz Ryan                                        Homework: Questions 1-6

3rd Period: Class Newspaper Assignments & Planning

Wednesday

1st & 2nd Period: Unit 2 Touchstone II

3rd Period: News / Ad writing

Thursday

1st & 2nd Period: “Travels with Charley” by John Steinbeck page 142

3rd Period: News / Ad writing

Friday

1st & 2nd Period: Write an essay describing how you and the characters change.

3rd Period: Draft meeting

November 12 -16, 2018

Tutoring will resume Tuesday morning 8:05-8:35, after Thanksgiving break. Please be sure to get your agenda signed so you can meet in the classroom.

Helpful links: Authors Purpose  Text Structure Signal Words

Monday

1st & 2nd Periods: Vocabulary practice – Prefixes and Suffixes

Tuesday

1st & 2nd Periods:

• Black Friday Every Day Edit
• Black Friday Non Fiction Test Practice 1-10
• Homework: Black Friday Nonfiction Long Response Questions (Use RACE to frame your response.)

3rd Period: Comma Rules

• Homework: Write 1 sentence for each of the listed comma rules.

Wednesday

1st & 2nd Periods:

• Fact vs. Opinion handout
• Text Structure Practice Test

3rd Period: Spelling and Writing with commonly confused words

Thursday

1st & 2nd Periods:

• Write a nonfiction response based on “Black Friday.” What traditions do you have during the last months of the year? Do you celebrate holidays? Do you make plans for the new year? Select an organizational structure and use transition words to demonstrate that structure in your writing.

3rd Period: Evaluating nonfiction writing. Have your completed informational texts for class.

Friday

1st & 2nd Periods:

• Write a narrative based on a tradition you have during the last months of the year. If you do not have one, what tradition would you like to practice? You may use fictitious characters and setting in your writing.

3rd Period: Spelling and Writing with commonly confused words

• Narratives based on non-fiction writing

November 5-9, 2018

Tutoring Monday morning: 8:05-8:35.

Monday :

• 1st & 2nd Periods: Discuss Touchstone 1
  • Homework – Finish Theme Practice
• 3rd Period: Begin Informative Essay; discuss rubric

Tuesday: Election Day. Student Holiday. No school for students.

Wednesday

• 1st & 2nd Periods: Practice Constructed response 1.
• 3rd Period: Informative Essay body paragraphs due.

Thursday

• 1st & 2nd Periods: Practice Constructed response 2.
• 3rd Period: Informative Essay introduction and conclusion due.

Friday

• 1st & 2nd Periods: Evaluating Constructed Responses.
• 3rd Period: 1st draft informative essay due.