Weekly Agenda

10/2 – 10/6 Class Schedule

Monday 10/2:

Chapter 8
Update notes

Tuesday 10/3:

CTA
Context Clue Practice 2 – in Teams

Wednesday 10/4:

Finish Context Clue Practice 2
Chapter 9
Discuss rules & how the community treats Jonas differently.

Thursday 10/5:

Chapter 10
Update Euphemisms chart

Friday 10/6:

Finish updating Euphemisms chart
Read chapter 11

9/25 – 9/29 Class Schedule

Monday 9/25:

Journal #2
Finish chapter 4
Update notes

Tuesday 9/26:

Kahoot review of chapters 1-4 of The Giver.
Context Clue video
Context Clue Practice 1 in Teams

Wednesday 9/27:

Read chapters 5 & 6
If you could begin your career at the age of 12, would you? Explain your answer. What would you gain? What would you lose? – Think-Pair-Share

Thursday 9/28:

Chapter 7
Journal: The Chief Elder describes how children have been taught how to fit in and “curb anything that sets them apart.” Make a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast your childhood with the childhood of the community members (i.e., Jonas & Lily)

Friday 9/29:

No School - Teacher PD Day

9/18 – 9/22 Class Schedule

Monday 9/18:

Reflect on the Rogue Wave RACE paragraph grade
Finish watching 2081
2081 Forms assignment - due in Teams by the end of class

Tuesday 9/19:

Parts of Speech practice
Set-up the notebooks for The Giver – Rules, Euphemisms, Characterization, Symbols

Wednesday 9/20:

Parts of Speech last practice
Read chapter 1 & 2 of The Giver

Thursday 9/21:

Parts of Speech Quiz
Journal #1: What can you infer about Jonas? What can you infer about his community? Use examples from the story.

Friday 9/22:

Chapter 1 & 2 Questions
Read chapter 3
Journal #2: Pretend like you are Asher getting in trouble and having to apologize in front of the class. What would you get in trouble for in class, that you would have to apologize for? Create a little story, complete with dialogue, with you apologizing to the class. Your writing should sound like you are living in the world of The Giver.

9/11 – 9/15 Class Schedule

Monday 9/11:

Dystopia Notes

Tuesday 9/12:

Parts of Speech Bell Ringer
Finish dystopia notes
If there’s time, start reading “Examination Day”

Wednesday 9/13:

The Giver book checkout
Read “Examination Day”

Thursday 9/14:

Parts of Speech Practice 2
Examination Day Assignment in Teams
Watch “Examination Day”

Friday 9/15:

Journal: What type of Utopian society would you create? What problems would you try to eliminate? How would you try to create this society?
Watch 2081 & Discuss

9/4 – 9/8 Class Schedule

Monday 9/4:

No School!

Tuesday 9/5:

Finish reading "Rogue Wave"
Complete the "Rogue Wave" Analysis assignment in Teams.

Wednesday 9/5:

Grammar bell ringer – Sentence types practice 1
Review RACE paragraph writing & introduce the Rogue Wave RACE paragraph assignment.

Thursday 9/6:

Grammar bell ringer – Sentence types practice 2
Write Rogue Wave RACE Paragraph – in Teams

Friday 9/7:

Finish the Rogue Wave RACE paragraph - DUE TODAY
Introduction to Utopia & Dystopia (if there's time)

8/28 – 9/1 Class Schedule

Monday 8/28:

Capitalization Grammar Bell Ringer
Finish reading “7^th Grade”
Answer literary terms questions about “7^th Grade”

Tuesday 8/29:

Capitalization Practice 2
Nautical Notes
Being reading “Rogue Wave”

Wednesday 8/30:

Finish reading “Rogue Wave” and discuss.

Thursday 8/31:

Rogue Wave analysis assignment in Teams

Friday 9/1:

Library Visits

8/21 – 8/25 Class Schedule

Monday 8/21:

Practice Write – Write about a time that you last experienced something exciting or fun.
- Tell a story with a beginning, middle, and end
  - Use your senses: What did you see, hear, taste, smell, touch?
  - If there are people in the story – describe them in clear detail.
  - Use strong and interesting adjectives.
  - Indent your paragraphs
  - Capitalize the start of sentences & names
  - Put periods or ?! at the end of sentences
  - Write in as much detail as possible!