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LESSON PLANS SEPT. 28 – OCT. 2, 2015

***NOTE: PROGRESS REPORTS WERE GIVEN TO STUDENTS AND
AVAILABLE ON SKYWARD LAST WEEK.

***NOTE: STUDENTS MUST HAVE AT LEAST 1 FICTION LIBRARY BOOK READ BY WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30.

TEKS/STATE EXPECTATIONS: 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.06, 7.08, 7.09, 7.14, 7.16, 7.19,
7.20, 7.21

THIS WEEK’S HOMEWORK:
EVERY EVENING – READ LIBRARY BOOK (book test Thursday)
Monday – Study for “The Sentence” retest (doesn’t apply to every student)
Tuesday – Compound Sentences
Wednesday – Combining Sentences

MONDAY, SEPT. 28
Writing:
Bell work – compound subjects and predicates
Correct “The Sentence” test
Organize folders and interactive notebooks

Reading:
Homework – Read library book (book test Thursday)
Bell work – sustained silent reading
Read and analyze short story “Fish Cheeks” (autobiographical incident)

TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
Writing:
Homework – Compound sentences
Bell work – FANBOY conjunctions
“The Sentence” retest
Guided practice – creating compound sentences

Reading:
Homework – Read library book (book test Thursday)
Bell work – sustained silent reading
Annotate “Fish Cheeks” as model for personal narrative

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
Writing:
Homework – Combining Sentences
Bell work – ideas for writing
Pre-writing – personal narrative
(brainstorming, timeline, snapshot moment)

Reading:
Homework – Read library book (book test Thursday)
Bell work – sustained silent reading
Academic vocabulary – recall story elements

THURSDAY, OCT. 1
Writing:
Bell work – combining sentences
Create a web (organizer) for writing a personal narrative
Strategies for writing an introduction

Reading:
Bell work – sustained silent reading
Library book quiz
Comprehensive review of story elements

FRIDAY, OCT. 2
Writing:
Bell work – combining sentences
STAAR Revising – sentence structure
Draft 2 introductions for personal narrative; share

Reading:
Bell work – read/evaluate a model personal narrative
Continue draft of personal narrative

IMPORTANT!

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LESSON PLANS SEPT. 21 – 25, 2015

TEKS/STATE EXPECTATIONS:

7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.08, 7.10, 7.14, 7.16, 7.19, 7.20, 7.21

*****HOMEWORK:*****

***Fiction library book must be finished by Friday, Sept. 25

Monday – Read at least 10 pages in library book

Tuesday – Read at least 10 pages in library book

finish English – The Sentence Review

Wednesday – Read at least 10 pages in library book

English – Sentence Combining Worksheet

Thursday – Read

Friday – Read

MONDAY, SEPT. 21

Writing

Bell work – sentence fragments

Continue to review subjects/predicates and

action/linking/helping verbs

Locate subjects/predicates in varied sentence patterns

Reading

Bell work – sustained silent reading

Distinguish the characteristics of myths and epics

Read the myth “Icarus”

Analyze characterization, conflict, theme

TUESDAY, SEPT. 22

Writing

Bell work – identifying run-on sentences

Final copy of descriptive writing/self-assessment

The Sentence Review (test – Wednesday)

Reading

Bell work – sustained silent reading

Read the epic

Analyze characterization, conflict, theme

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23

Writing

Bell work – sentence combining – compound parts, compound sentence

Grade The Sentence – Review

Test – The Sentence

Reading

Bell work – sustained silent reading

Library Day

Interactive Notebooks – elements of fiction – characterization and

academic vocabulary

THURSDAY, SEPT. 24

Writing

Bell work – ideas for writing a personal narrative

Reading a personal narrative prompt

Sentence combining

Reading

Bell work – sustained silent reading

Analyze literary elements of fiction within text

FRIDAY, Sept. 25

Writing

Bell work – personal narrative prompt

Pre-writing – personal narrative

Reading

Bell work – sustained silent reading

Choice sheet – library book assignments

LESSON PLANS SEPT. 14 – 18, 2015

TEKS/STATE EXPECTATIONS: 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.08, 7.10, 7.14, 7.16, 7.19

7.20, 7.21, Fig. 19  

MONDAY, SEPT. 14

WRITING  

Bell work – subjects and predicates

Apply mnemonic device (song) to helping verbs (quiz – Thursday)

Sensory Grammar – sentence parts  

Construct simple sentences using compound parts

READING

Homework – Read at least 10 pages in library book

Bell work – sustained silent reading

Apply mnemonic device (TPCAST) to non-fiction passage

Construct literary responses to article “Worldwide Loss of Bees…”

TUESDAY,  SEPT. 15

WRITING

Homework – sentence combining

Bell work – short write – Show, Don’t Tell

Annotate a piece of descriptive writing (guided practice)

Notice – organizational strategy – spatial (guided practice)

READING

Homework – Read at least 10 pages in library book

Bell work – sustained silent reading

Review – history of storytelling and characteristics of a folktale

Pre-reading for folktale – “We Are All One”

Interactive notebook – theme and foreshadowing

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16

WRITING

Bell work – turn in sentence combining; practice listing the 23 helping verbs

Mini-lesson: action verbs vs. linking verbs; active vs. passive voice

Plan a descriptive essay using spatial organization; brainstorm relevant

details and sensory images

READING  

Homework – Reading passage and response questions – “Running A Real…”

Bell work – understanding new vocabulary/using a dictionary

Read/answer response questions – “We Are All One”

Independent practice – analyze theme in different cultural, historical, and

contemporary contexts

THURSDAY, SEPT. 17

WRITING

Bell work – precise word choice

Quiz – helping verbs

Appreciate a model descriptive essay

Begin drafting a descriptive essay

READING

Homework – Read at least 10 pages in library book

Bell work – turn in reading passage; precise word choice (continued from writing)

Continue drafting a descriptive essay

Collaborate with others: Revisit writing for examples of descriptive elements       (figurative language, vivid verbs and adjectives, etc.)

FRIDAY, SEPT. 18

WRITING

Bell work – precise word choice – finish and turn in

Revising and editing descriptive essay

Final copy of descriptive essay (test grade)

READING

Homework – Read at least 10 pages in library book.

Bell work – sustained silent reading

Library book check – Are You Really Reading?

Appreciate storytelling – videos of professional storytellers

LESSON PLANS SEPT. 8 – 11, 2015

TEKS/STATE EXPECTATIONS: 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.08, 7.10, 7.14, 7.16, 7.19

7.20, 7.21, Fig. 19  

TUESDAY, SEPT. 8

Writing  

Bell work – Notice descriptive elements in model paragraph

Universal Screener (to assess students’ prior knowledge and skills)

Short write – Show, Don’t Tell

Reading

Homework – Read at least 10 pages in library book

Homework – Analyze non-fiction:  “Worldwide Loss of Bees a Growing Concern”

Bell work – sustained silent reading

Analyze plot of a short story (review – elements of plot)

WEDNESDAY,  SEPT. 9

Library Day – during Writing class

Writing  

Homework – Sentence parts: subjects and predicates

Bell work – Notice strategy: sentence parts: subjects and predicates

Short write:  Show, Don’t Tell

Analyze descriptive examples for vivid action verbs

Revise short write, eliminating linking verbs

Reading

Homework – Read at least 10 pages in library book

Bell work – sustained silent reading

Quiz – story plot

Universal Screener (to assess students’ prior knowledge and skills)

THURSDAY, SEPT. 10

Writing

Bell work – Notice strategy: combining sentences: compound subjects and   

       predicates

Analyze descriptive examples for word choice; using precise adjectives

Revise a short write: focus on word choice

Reading  

Bell work – sustained silent reading

Read folktale “We Are All One”; analyze foreshadowing and theme

Reading response questions

FRIDAY, SEPT. 11

Writing/Reading

Bell work – reflective questions

Remembering 9-11

Notice spatial organization in descriptive writing

Pre-writing – create a visual plan to write descriptively