ENRICHED / MONDAY / WEDNESDAY / TUESDAY / THURSDAY / FRIDAY
SPI / 0601.1.1 (n/prn/obj)
0601.1.2 (v)
0601.1.3 (adj/adv)
0601.3.3 (thesis) / 0601.1.4 (prep phr)
0601.3.3 (thesis)
0601.3.6 (supp sent) / 0601.1.12 (commas, cd s)
0601.3.3 (thesis)
0601.3.6 (supp sent) / 0601.3.3 (thesis)
0601.3.6 (supp sent)
0601.6.2 (main idea)
0601.5.7 (Inf/Conc)
0601.6.1 (Form Q)
0601.6.5 (Inf/Pred) / 0601.1.15 (roots)
0601.1.16 (roots)
0601.1.20 (roots)
0601.5.7 (Inf/Conc)
0601.6.1 (Form Q)
0601.6.5 (Inf/Pred)
LEARNING TARGET / I can identify nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives & adverbs in a sentence.
I can identify key words when given a writing prompt. / I can identify the subject, predicate, DO, IO, prep phrase in a sentence.
I can identify important details and evidence from an exemplar essay. / I can identify clauses and sentence types and purpose. I can correctly capitalize & punctuate a sentence.
I can identify ways to improve a weak essay. / I can correctly identify suffixes and their meaning.
I can dissect information from non-fiction articles on poverty. / I can correctly identify suffixes and their meaning.
I can complete the POW TIDE graphic organizer with details from the poverty articles.
BELLWORK / TCAP Q. / DGP – M / What Does the Nervous System Do? p. 20 #27 / DGP – Tu/ p. 21 #28 / DGP – W-Th/ p. 21 #30 / Latin Roots / p. 21 #29 / NONE (Latin roots was done for HW)
CLASSWORK / *Go over Parts of Speech Test
*Introduce POW-TIDE PWPT & Bookmarks / Expository essay tips
*Break apart zoo prompt w/ partner & analyze whether their CFA addressed the actual prompt.What was your thesis statement? Did you just give facts from the articles? / *Review thesis statements from journal entries & revise
*Examine an “exemplar” essay sample. Highlight/color code details from the essay w/ partner.
*Do 1st paragraph as whole group*
*Discuss as whole class / *Finish exemplar essay
*Examine a “weak” essay sample. Highlight/color code details from the essay w/ partner.
2nd: Online Safety Pres 9 / *Discuss how to improve weak essay
*Create newsela.com accounts / Read 2 non-fiction articles on poverty in preparation for the unit on Michael Oher’s, I Beat the Odds. (See below for article links.) Take newsela.com quizzes / *check & go over Latin Roots II
*Finish quizzes on newsela
*Exp Essay slideshow
*Introduce POW TIDE graphic organizer / show scoring rubric that will be used
*Complete G.O. w/ details from poverty articles that address the prompt. Share G.O. with group
HOMEWORK / NONE / NONE / Examine weak essay / Latin Roots part II / NONE
EXIT TICKET/ FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT / Clickers:Which is a strategy to break apart the prompt? / Clickers:Enter the thesis statement for your journal entry. / Clickers: Write an example of a weak thesis statement for the zoo prompt. / Clickers:Why is the “D” in TIDE so important? / NONE – Graphic organizer is assessment today.
Links to poverty articles from (Lexile levels can be changed in newsela.com to include differentiation.)
Article 1: Sleeping under a roof, but homeless nonetheless
Article 2:Hiking the Appalachian Trail, and breaking poverty's grip
Prompt: You have read two articles on the difficulty in breaking the cycle of poverty. Write an explanatory (informative) essay that compares and contrasts the evidence from each source to support this claim. Be sure to cite evidence from each source to support your response.