Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Tuesday 3-14-17

Week #28
Unit 5: Comparing Authors’ Choices
Bell
Ringer:
10 minutes of independent reading
Next library visit is this Thursday!
Warm-Up
Lesson:
Re-read Allied with Green a short story by Naomi Shihab Nye.

Answer the TBQs.
Standard RL.7.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.
Focus Lesson:
Standard W.7.1
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Class Work:
Today we will be writing the rough draft of the editorial essay (in LA notebook).
Homework:
Finish the rough draft of your editorial essay. (In your LA notebook)
Tomorrow we will be doing peer-revisions.
OMG Fact:
Humans shed around 600,000 particles of skin every hour. That means we’ll lose 105 pounds of skin by the age of 70.