Hi All,
This week will be another busy one, and it is important you
are keeping up with your assignments. We
will be writing two essays this week, a personal narrative and an expository piece
that connects to our current novel, Roll
of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
Monday
1.
Text
Structure Foldable
2.
Mini-quiz chapters 7, 8, and 9 ROTHMY
3.
Expository Essay (Staar writing prompt from
2012)
Word "referents" to prevent redundancy-
Word "referents" to prevent redundancy-
Hw: finish novel by
Monday, bring a cookbook to class or a copy of a favorite recipe, tic-tac-toe
#2 due Friday
Tuesday
1.
Finish Essay
Prom Night in Miss.
Prom Night in Miss.
2.
Character Recipe
3.
Create a character recipe
4.
New Vocabulary list distributed
Hw: Finish character
recipe; work on vocabulary; tic-tac-toe #2 due Friday
Wednesday
1.
STAAR
practice
Frederick Douglass's Fourth-of-July Speech (compare to the novel)
Frederick Douglass's Fourth-of-July Speech (compare to the novel)
2.
Character Recipe
Hw: Finish novel,
tic-tac-toe #2 due Friday
Thursday
1.
1930s prices (book setting) as compared to today's prices http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1930s.html
Go over vocabulary; Quiz Monday!
Go over vocabulary; Quiz Monday!
2.
Personal Narrative Review
3.
P.N. prompt:
Think about a time when you broke the rules whether you were caught
or not. Write about the circumstances and the people involved and
the consequences of your actions.
4.
STAAR practice
Hw: See above
Friday
1.
Tic-tac-toe #2 due; volunteers will share
2.
Finish Personal narrative
3.
Poetry Friday
Hw: Finish novel
Next Week: Group Body Biographies
Next Week: Group Body Biographies
