Do Now
______
Essential
Learning
(Objective)
TLW- / *Journal Writing
*Giggles Voc Sketchnotes
*W 8.1 Writing arguments / *Journal Writing
*Giggles Voc Sketchnotes
*W 8.1 Writing arguments / *Journal Writing
*Giggles Voc Sketchnotes
*W 8.1 Writing arguments / *Journal Writing
*Giggles Voc Sketchnotes
*W 8.1 Writing Arguments / *Journal Writing
*Giggles Voc Sketchnotes
Engage/Excite
(Strategies for Involvement) / *Journal Writing
*Independent Reading (2)
*Class Discussion
*Questions on Readings
*Voc Analysis / *Journal Writing
*Independent Reading (1)
*Analysis of Exemplar TEXAS Paragraph
*Independent Writing / *Journal Writing
*Independent Reading (1)
*Independent Writing / *Journal Writing
*Choosing an Argument to Write About
*Independent Writing / *Journal Writing
*Creativity & Imagination Friday
Practice to
Product
(Student Work) / *Analyzing voc – What does it tell you about the character?
*Class Discussion on Article: “Should School Sports Be Eliminated?”
*Independent Reading of Article: “Should School Sports Be Eliminated?” / *Analyzing the Exemplar TEXAS paragraph
*Independently writing their own paragraph after choosing which side of the argument they support / *Finish writing their own paragraph after choosing their side of the argument / *Choose which argument to write your second argumentative paragraph on (using last year’s Junior Scholastic magazine)
*Write a second argumentative paragraph on the topic of your choice / *Students work alone or in groups to prepare one of the following presentations:
*poem *short story
*novel *iMovie
*play *screenplay
*story brought to life
*improve scenes
*Shakespeare Today
Evaluate
(Mastery/
Reteach/
Enrichment)
(Assessment) / *What I Learned Today section of binder
*Higher-Order Questions Throughout (Formative) / *Turning in paragraph for evaluation (PRACTICE) / *Turning in paragraph for evaluation (PRACTICE) / *Turning in paragraph for an evaluation (GRADE) / *Each student must present at least once every 9 weeks
Reflections / *How well did each student understand the voc and 2 readings today? / *How well did each student understand how to write an excellent argumentative paragraph? / *How well did each student understand how to write an excellent argumentative paragraph? / *How well did each student understand how to write an excellent argumentative paragraph? / *How well did each student understand the objective of today’s group work?
HOMEWORK
/ Voc Sketchnotes
Due Friday / Voc Sketchnotes
Due Friday / Voc Sketchnotes
Due Friday / Voc Sketchnotes
Due Friday / Have a wonderful weekend! :)
Teacher/Subject: Wood / Exceptional ELA Week: August 15 - 19
Guiding Question: What does it take to write an excellent argumentative essay?
Materials: article, TEXAS example, Giggles story, voc words, paper, pencil