2nd QuarterWeek 14Brewer, LA7

Monday 11/7/16 / Tuesday 11/8/16 / Wednesday 11/9/16
Unit/Objective:
How can a reader use parts of a story to ascertain meaning from a text? / Unit/Objective:
How can a reader use parts of a story to ascertain meaning from a text? / Unit/Objective:
How can a reader use parts of a story to ascertain meaning from a text?
Materials/Resources:
Traitspace handouts, Discovery Education, SmartBoard, computer lab (for some classes) / Materials/Resources:
CFA / Materials/Resources:
Writing unit notes and prewriting, narrative prompts
Bellwork:
1. Copy Week 14 Bellwork / Bellwork:
2. Domain Specific Essential Vocab: Dependent Clause, Independent Clause, Simple Sentence / Bellwork:
3. Which prompt have you selected for your story? What is your internal or external conflict for your story?
Activities:
1. Narrative Writing Unit: Ideas—Focusing the Topic
  • Go over Ideas Student Scoring Guide
  • Benchmark paper
  • Ideas Traitspace activity
2. Twilight Zone Narrative Prompt Option:
  • Review prompt options from Discovery Education.
  • Have students select a topic, research, brainstorm, and complete a plot development map for their topic.
/ Activities:
1. Cold Read CFA (test grade) on:
  1. elements of a story (RL 7.3)
  2. compare and contrast fictional and historical accounts (RL 7.9)
  3. analyze how multiple authors writing on the same topic shapes key information (RI 7.9)
  4. narrative writing (W 7.3)
2. Narrative writing (W 7.3)
  • finish plot development map and work on rough draft of story
/ Activities:
1. Students will write their narrative based on one of the 3 given prompts:
  • Science Fiction
  • Good vs. Evil
  • Personal Narrative
Story must be completed in class and turned in, along with all writing unit work and prewriting for this unit.
This will count as a Major grade.
Closing:
Allow students to share their ideas with the class or turn and discuss with a partner. / Closing: / Closing:
Items to turn in/Homework:
Bellwork Weeks 12-13 Due / Items to turn in/Homework:
CFA Unit 1 / Items to turn in/Homework:
Narrative Writing
Writing Unit Work and Prewriting
Thursday 11/10/16 / Friday 11/11/16 / Notes:
Unit/Objective:
How can a reader use parts of a story to ascertain meaning from a text? / Unit/Objective: / Honors:
Turn in Act 2 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 11/7/16.
Read Act 3 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Packet for Act 3 will be due by Friday, 11/10/16.
Work on Discovery Education A Midsummer Night’s Dream Board independently.
Materials/Resources:
Twilight Zone episode “Eye of the Beholder”, SmartBoard, viewing guide / Materials/Resources:
Bellwork:
4. What does the word “behold” mean? Use it in a sentence. / Bellwork:
Activities:
1. Go over Annotated Articles and answers for “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” Reading Warm-Up A and B.
2. Twilight Zone episode “Eye of the Beholder”:
  • Introduce vocabulary from the episode (L 7.4)
  • Watch episode, stopping to discuss theme and analyzing its development over the course of the story (RL 7.2)
  • Write an objective summary of the episode.
/ Activities:
Veteran’s Day: No School / Accommodations:
IEP students will be allowed to test and write narratives in small-group setting with extended time.
Closing: / Closing: / Comments:
Students will participate in a classroom Spelling Bee during Week 15. The winner will go on to the school-wide Spelling Bee.
Items to turn in/Homework: / Items to turn in/Homework: