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 “7th Grade”
- Answer literary terms questions about “7th 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!
- Tell a story with a beginning, middle, and end
Tuesday 8/22:
- Set up notebooks (Journal, Notes, & Random sections)
- Literary Terms notes
Wednesday 8/23:
- Literary terms notes
Thursday 8/24:
- Finish literary terms notes
- Finish mapping out the parts of plot from a short story
Friday 8/25:
- Finish reading “7th Grade”
8/17 – 8/18 Class Schedule
Thursday 8/17:
- Name Tags
Friday 8/18:
- Finish name tags & share with classmates
- Expectations & routines