Do Now
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Essential
Learning
(Objective)
TLW- / *Journal Writing
*Channel One Sentences
*Book Presentations
*Improv
*W 8.2 Write informative/explanatory texts / *Journal Writing
*Grammar Bytes Work
*Channel One Sentences
*W 8.2 Write informative/explanatory texts / *Journal Writing
*Grammar Bytes Work
*Channel One Sentences
*W 8.2 Write informative/explanatory texts / *Journal Writing
*Grammar Bytes Work
*Channel One Sentences
*W 8.1 Write arguments
*W 8.2 Write informative texts / *Journal Writing
*Grammar Bytes Work
*Channel One Sentences
*RI 8.1 Text evidence
*RI 8.2 Central Idea
*RI 8.6 Author’s purpose/point of view
Engage/Excite
(Strategies for Involvement) / *Channel One – current news stories for teens
*Improv! - dramatization
*Journal Writing – free writing
*Essay Work – helping students/reading student’s great work to the class / *Channel One – current news stories for teens
*Improv! - dramatization
*Journal Writing – free writing
*Essay Work – helping students/reading student’s great work to the class / *Channel One – current news stories for teens
*Improv! - dramatization
*Journal Writing – free writing
*Essay Work – helping students/reading student’s great work to the class / *Channel One – current news stories for teens
*Improv! - dramatization
*Journal Writing – free writing / *Channel One – current news stories for teens
*Improv! - dramatization
*Journal Writing – free writing
Practice to
Product
(Student Work) / *Students work on their informational ssays in class / *Students work on their informational essays in class / *Students work on their informational essays in class / *Students examine sample prompts to determine:
a. what they’re specifically being asked to do
b. what type of essay they need to write
*Students examine sample essays to determine quality / *Students examine sample prompts to determine:
a. what they’re specifically being asked to do
b. what type of essay they need to write
*Students examine sample essays to determine quality
Evaluate
(Mastery/
Reteach/
Enrichment)
(Assessment) / *Rubrics provided for students to follow / *Rubrics provided for students to follow / *Rubrics provided for students to follow / *Students graded on their prompt examinations and essay examinations / *Students graded on their prompt examinations and essay examinations
Reflections / *How well does each student understand how to write a great compare/contrast essay? / *How well does each student understand how to write a great compare/contrast essay? / *How well does each student understand how to write a great compare/contrast essay? / *How well does each student understand how to read various prompts and determine what they’re being asked to do? / *How well does each student understand how to read various prompts and determine what they’re being asked to do?
HOMEWORK / Vocabulary / Vocabulary / Vocabulary / Vocabulary
Teacher/Subject: Wood APEXELA Week: February 29 – March 4
Guiding Question: What it does it take to write an excellent essay?
Materials:laptops; novel; Promethean board; movie; Roberts Smalls novel; sample essay & rubrics; Scholastic articles