8th Week 3 Agenda 09/17/12-9/21/12 Monday – Tuesday: Raymond’s - PowerPoint Presentation

8th Week 3 Agenda09/17/12-9/21/12 Monday – Tuesday: Raymond’s Run Wednesday: Gentleman of Rio en Medio Thursday: Descriptive Writing Friday: Grammar/Vocab

Daily Writing: Argument 09/17/12 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail : Should you have to take tests in school? Why or why not? Give at least 3 arguments. Should cell phones be allowed in school? Why or why not? Give at least 3 arguments.

Monday: New System Hand in your homework: 1 – 8 on A Retrieved Reformation worksheet.Homework due Friday: Write a sentence for each comma rule (make sure to label the rule).Absent? New system!You are responsible for getting the materials from the appropriate folder (labeled by day) for the day you were absent, and for checking my website* for what you missed and when things are due.You have one extra day to turn in your homework.Write the date you were absent clearly in the right corner.If your homework is not clearly marked or you hand it in later than a day after the due date, it will be marked late. *Don’t have internet at home? Go to the public library, or ask Sister Amina during lunch to bring you to the computer lab. NO EXCUSES.You are responsible for handing in the homework due the day you were gone as soon as you get back. Write the date you were absent clearly in the right corner.If your homework is not clearly marked or you hand it in later than the day you come back, it will be marked late.

Monday: Raymond’s Run Sister Amina’s lesson on Raymond’s Run: Pre-reading activity: KWLWhat do you know about Down Syndrome?What do you want to know?After reading… What have you learned?Quaker Reading of Raymond’s RunExit slip. On the back of your KWL chart, write the most important thing you learned today from the story.

Daily Writing: Memories 09/18/12 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail (OR just talk about your most vivid memory): “I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it.” ~Dawn French “Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.” ~Thomas Fuller

Tuesday: Raymond’s Run Textbook Agreement In order to check out a textbook, your parent/guardian needs to sign a textbook agreement contract. How many copies should I make? Raise your hand if you ever want to check out a textbook. Finish reading Raymond’s Run and the KWL chart.Hand in your KWL chart.Journal title: Raymond’s Run New EndingImagine how the ending of the story would have been different if Gretchen had won the race. Write a new ending to show how Squeaky might react to losing.Write the new ending the way Squeaky would tell it.Make sure to use pronouns I, me, and my to describe her thoughts, feelings and actions after losing.Make sure your voice and style of writing match Squeaky’s personality.At LEAST 1 page (more especially if you have large writing). Make sure to address all characters.Due tomorrow what you don’t get done in class.

Daily Writing: Sports 09/19/12 Choose a picture, and start a story:

Wednesday: MK Who wants to share their creative ending? Think. Pair. Share. 5 mins : First think about, and then turn to your partner and discuss:What was the author’s purpose for writing Raymond’s Run? Was she effective?Share a serious incident where either you bullied someone, someone bullied you, or you just witnessed someone being bullied.Pre-reading for Gentleman of Rio en Medio:Directions: Read each sentence/passage. Look at the underlined word. Then, find other words in the passage that can be used as context clues to help you find the meaning. Write the context clues on the first line, and then write the meaning on the second line.Take Cornell Notes on the different types of conflict.Read Gentleman of Rio en Medio (pg. 52)Journal title: Dear Mr. Anselmo (due tomorrow what you don’t get done in class)Write a letter to Don Anselmo thanking him for trying to secure the children’s right to play in the orchard. Keep your audience in mind and: Review the story for facts about Don Anselmo . What is important to him? How does he feel about the children in the village? Keep the answers to these questions in mind, and use this information in your letter to Don Anselmo . Homework due Friday: Write a sentence for each comma rule (make sure to label the rule).

Internal and External Conflict Plots of most stories centers around conflict. Conflict: struggle between opposing forces. 2 main kinds of conflict: external and internal.

Internal and External Conflict Internal Conflict: Man against himself. Struggle inside character's mind Deciding between right and wrong or between two solutions to a problem. Mixed feelings or emotions. External Conflict:Man against man. Man against nature. Struggle between a character and an outside force: another character, the community, forces of nature (ex: weather).

Importance of Conflict Conflict: is necessary to every story. adds excitement and suspense to a story. usually becomes clear to the beginning of a story. As the plot unfolds, the reader starts to wonder what will happen next and how the characters will handle the situation. The excitement usually builds to a high point, or climax. The climax is the turning point of the story. Something has happened to resolve the conflict.

Reading for Conflict As you read a story: identify the main characters decide what conflict they face look for steps they take to settle that conflict see if the steps cause other conflict watch for clues and try to predict what the characters will do enjoy the buildup of suspense put yourself in the story decide if you would have solved the conflict in the same way

Wednesday: MK Read Gentleman of Rio en Medio (pg. 52)Journal title: Dear Mr. Anselmo (due Friday what you don’t get done in class)Write a letter to Don Anselmo thanking him for trying to secure the children’s right to play in the orchard. Keep your audience in mind and:Review the story for facts about Don Anselmo. What is important to him? How does he feel about the children in the village?Keep the answers to these questions in mind, and use this information in your letter to Don Anselmo.

Daily Writing: Humans 09/20/12 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail:“Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for everything.” ~Dixie Lee Ray“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” ~Margaret Mead

Thursday: Descriptive Writing Finish Gentleman of Rio en Medio (pg. 52)Journal title: Dear Mr. Anselmo (due at the end of the period)Write a letter to Don Anselmo thanking him for trying to secure the children’s right to play in the orchard. Keep your audience in mind and:Review the story for facts about Don Anselmo. What is important to him? How does he feel about the children in the village?Keep the answers to these questions in mind, and use this information in your letter to Don Anselmo.When you’re done with your letter, work on your comma assignment due tomorrow.When you’re done with your letter and your comma assignment:Read handout of examples of character descriptions (just for inspiration!).Journal title: Descriptive Writing Part II (due Monday what you don’t get done in class)Add to the descriptions for each of the people you listed from your previous entry.Write four sentences for each of the four people in your previous description writing.

Daily Writing: Twain09/21/12 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail:“A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.” ~Mark Twain“Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.” ~Mark Twain

Vocab/Grammar Friday Hand in your journals! Reminder: Are you missing any work? CHECK JMC! Where can you find extra copies of homework that you lost?I need 12 volunteers to write one of their sentences on the board (make sure to label which rule you used).Vocab builder:Take 3 minutes to individually work on the crossword puzzle (no talking!).When I say time, you have 2 minutes to walk around the room and find answers from your peers.Finally, look up the answers in your textbook!Notebook title: Vocab IWrite the words and the correct definitions in your notebook (words inside the left margin, definitions to the right of the margin line).Due by the end of the periodNotebook title: Vocab I SentencesWrite your own sentences using the vocabulary wordsMake sure your sentences are detailed enough to prove to me you understand what the word means. Be creative! Due by next Friday

Vocab/Grammar Friday Vocab across: 4. (n.) Widely-held opinion about a person, whether good or bad 5. (v.) Look forward to, expect 7. (adj.) showing sound judgment wise and careful 10. (n.) Punishment for wrongdoing11. (n.) Children, grandchildren, and continuing generation12. (n.) great suffering from worry15. (adj.) tolerant; not strict or critical16. (v.) ready to spring out, attack existing undiscovered17. (v.) make logical assumption about future events18. (n.) unfortunate or unlucky accidents Vocab down: 1. (n.) reason or motive used to hide one’s real intentions 2. (adj.) causing worry or anxiety 3. (adv.) without calling attention to oneself 6. (adj.) too many to be counted 8. (adj.) weighted down by work, duty, or sorrow 9. (adj.) introductory preparatory 13. (n.) fancy clothing and accessories 14. (adj.) moral upright 19. (n.) a wonder an unusually talented person Notebook title: Vocab I Write the words and the correct definitions in your notebook (words inside the left margin, definitions to the right of the margin line). Due by the end of the period Notebook title: Vocab I Sentences Write your own sentences using the vocabulary words Make sure your sentences are detailed enough to prove to me you understand what the word means. Be creative! Due by next Friday