Friday 4-28-17

Week #33

Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure

Bell Ringer:	10 Minutes of independent reading
Warm-Up Lesson:	Travels with Charlie * Re-read the text. * Answer the TBQs.	W.7.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Focus Lesson:
Class Work:	Finish writing the final draft of your historical fiction short story.
Homework:	30 Minutes of independent reading
OMG Fact:	India has more cell phones than toilets.

Thursday 4-27-17

Week #33

Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure

Bell Ringer:	10 Minutes library check-out
Warm-Up Lesson:	Travels with Charlie * Read the text. * Complete the Chart.
Focus Lesson:		W.7.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Class Work:	Begin writing the final draft of your historical fiction short story.
Homework:	30 Minutes of independent reading
OMG Fact:	An eyelash lives about 150-200 days before it falls off.

Wednesday 4-26-17

Week #33

Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure

Bell Ringer:	10 Minutes of independent reading	Library check-out tomorrow.
Warm-Up Lesson:	How do I Love Thee? * Read the poem. * Answer the question.	RL.7.5 Analyze how a drama's or poem's form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
Focus Lesson:	Narrative Checklist	W.7.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Class Work:	Write the rough draft of the resolution for your historical fiction short story.
Homework:	Complete the rough draft of your historical fiction short story.
OMG Fact:	It would take seven billion particles of fog to fill a teaspoon.

Tuesday 4-15-17

Week #33

Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure

Bell Ringer:	10 Minutes of independent reading	We’re going to the library on Thursday.
Warm-Up Lesson:	A Barred Owl: * Read and discuss the poem * Complete the chart and constructed response question.	RL.7.5 Analyze how a drama's or poem's form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
Focus Lesson:	Writing a historical fiction short story: * Review the job of the falling action.	W.7.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Class Work:	Finish writing the rough draft of the falling action for your historical fiction short story in your LA notebook. Begin writing the resolution.
Homework:	Write the rough draft of the resolution for your historical fiction short story in your LA notebook.
OMG Fact:	Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Monday 4-24-17

Week #33

Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure

Bell Ringer:	10 Minutes of independent reading	We’re going to the library on Thursday.
Warm-Up Lesson:	A Dream Within a Dream * Review answers to TBQs 1-5.	RL.7.5 Analyze how a drama's or poem's form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
Focus Lesson:	Writing a historical fiction short story: Planning for the falling action	W.7.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Class Work:	Write rough draft of the falling action for your historical fiction short story in your LA notebook.
Homework:	Finish writing the rough draft of the climax for your historical fiction short story in your LA notebook.
OMG Fact:	A space vehicle must travel at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape Earth’s gravity.

Friday 4-21-17

Week #32

Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure

Bell Ringer:	10 Minutes of independent reading
Warm-Up Lesson:	Analysis: Sample historical fiction short story Historical Fiction Narrative - Student Sample	W.7.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Focus Lesson:	Writing a historical fiction short story: * Review elements of plot: Climax * Slowing down time in narrative writing * short stories that slow down time
Class Work:	Write rough draft of the climax for your historical fiction short story in your LA notebook.
Homework:	30 minutes of independent reading
OMG Fact:	SWIMS and NOON are words that can be flipped backwards and upside down and be spelled the same way.

Thursday 4-20-17

Week #32

Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure

Bell Ringer:	10 Minutes of independent reading
Warm-Up Lesson:	None.
Focus Lesson:	Review planning for rising action events.	W.7.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Class Work:	Write rough draft of the rising action for your historical fiction short story in your LA notebook.
Homework:	Finish writing the rough draft of the rising action for your historical fiction short story in your LA notebook.
OMG Fact:	The creator of the board game Monopoly intended the game to demonstrate that monopolies are bad for society.

Wednesday 4-19-17

Week #32

Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure

Bell Ringer:	10 Minutes of independent reading
Warm-Up Lesson:	A Dream Within a Dream * Text-Based Discussion	RL.7.5 Analyze how a drama's or poem's form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
Focus Lesson:	Writing a historical fiction short story: Planning for the rising action	W.7.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Class Work:	Write rough draft of the rising action for your historical fiction short story in your LA notebook. * Book Fair Preview
Homework:	30 Minutes of independent reading.
OMG Fact:	Tasmania has the cleanest air in the inhabited world.

Tuesday 4-18-17

Week #32

Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure

Bell Ringer:	* 10 Minutes of independent reading * Enter scores into Google Form
Warm-Up Lesson:	A Dream Within a Dream * Re-read the poem * Complete the TBQs	RL.7.5 Analyze how a drama's or poem's form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
Focus Lesson:	Writing a historical fiction short story: * Previewing a student sample Historical Fiction Narrative - Student Sample * Planning Your Writing: Historical Fiction Short Story	W.7.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Class Work:	Write rough draft of the exposition for your historical fiction short story in your LA notebook.
Homework:	Finish writing the rough draft of the exposition for your historical fiction short story in your LA notebook.
OMG Fact:	Dolphins shut down half of their brains when they sleep.