Agenda for Friday, November 6th
Objective: students will evaluate the effectiveness of transitions and apply to their own writing
- Start-up Activity- take out your rough draft
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Underline the three metaphors/ similes
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highlight your lead
Focus Lesson: transitions
refer to previous notes
Read an example article and find two effective transitions and two ineffective transitions
Independent work: Writer's Workshop
add 4 transitions to your article and circle
edit using the rubric
Closure
Homework: Word Dropper quiz on Monday
Picture for your weather article due on Monday
FD of weather article due on Tuesday
Agenda for Thursday, November 5th
Objective: students will develop effective analogies to represent their climate article
- Start-up Activity-
- Simile and metaphor focus lesson
- Check off flash cards
Vision and hearing testing
Independent work:
Write 3 analogies for your article
Continue brainstorming (you may use g.o.)
Ask questions about rubric
Closure
Homework: Finish RD of 3-5 paragraph weather article
Agenda for Wednesday, November 4th
Objective: students will evaluate the effectiveness of leads and apply to their own writing
Start-up Activity-
Read from your free reading book
When called, pass in your news article and rubric, and put away the copy for your group
Focus lesson: lead sentences
Think, Pair, Share
Evaluate effectiveness
Independent work:
Write a lead sentence for your weather article
Begin brainstorming (you may use g.o.)
Ask questions about rubric
Closure
Homework: Use a study technique to prepare for vocab. quiz on the last 12 words
Flash cards
Or drawings
Or sentences, etc.
Agenda for Monday, November 2nd
Objective: students will identify and analyze the effectiveness of their verbs
Start-up Activity- Define new word droppers:
Concise
Aesthetic
Plausible
Focus lesson: Finding Vivid Verbs
Work independently or with a partner on the worksheet
Independent work: Self-edit
You may use my red pens
Circle all vivid action verbs
Square all vague action verbs
Self edit for other problem areas
Pass in rough draft and worksheet when done
If you are unprepared for class today (no rough draft) or if you are struggling with verbs, you can use the available grammar books:
Go to red pg. 38
Read and complete sections A, B, and C
Go to red pg. 48
Read and complete sections A, B, and C
Group work:
Discuss titles and fonts for newspaper
Closure
Homework: Bring in a picture to represent your article
This picture may be hand-drawn or printed off the internet
