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This week in review covers essential classroom activities from September 24-28, focusing on writing drafts, understanding internal and external conflicts, and exploring vocabulary. Students are asked to prepare their rough drafts and engage in discussions about foreshadowing and themes in literature. Assessment activities include peer editing, reading logs, and comprehension checks related to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." The week culminates with benchmark preparation and a look into persuasive writing techniques.
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September 24-September 28 A week in review
Do Now: 9/24-9/25 • Please have your rough drafts out on your desk! • What is the difference between an external and an internal conflict? Give an example of each. (10mins) • 20L • Table of Contents: Benchmark Review Day 1………p. 20
Agenda • Vocabulary Words/Activity • ATS Chps. 26/27 + Questions • Draft/Peer Edit Workshop • Textbook Review p. 1135-1141 + Activity • Practice aloud your speech (5-7min) • DRA Assessments (Must be quiet during independent work!)
Vocabulary 20R: Please Define and include part of speech • Trifle • Tempest • Melancholy • Venture • Jubilant • Shoal • Mutiny • Humble • Commenced • Corpse
ATS Chps. 26/27: Separate piece of paper • 1. Identify the mood of chapter 26 and chapter 27 (Use mood chart) and explain. • 2. Identify one external conflict from either chapter 26 or 27. • 3. Pick one character and pick two traits for that character. Use either direct or indirect evidence to support your answer. • 4. Give three details from the text that show we are in the climax.
Do Now 9/26 • Drafts on your desk • Do Now: What is foreshadowing? Please give an example from the class novel. What is recurring theme? How is this different from a parallel episode? • 10mins • 21L • Table of Contents: Persuasive Samples…………..p. 21
Agenda • Librarians distribute all materials • HW reminders • Readers Response Journals + Reading Logs • Reading Program Launches 9/27-9/28 • Sample Persuasive speeches/Point of View
Reader’s Response Journals • Title (on the front cover): Reader’s Response Journal • Name (First and Last) Period • Table of Contents: Skip five pages • Number each page front and back up until 20 • All of your comprehension activities will be recorded in this book. Each entry will count towards your grade. Your IR book and notebook never leave this room.
ATS: Please answer on a separate sheet of paper • 1. Why does Tom think his adventure was a dream? • 2. Who do Tom and Huck run into on their adventure? • 3. Summarize these two chapters, make sure to include a clear beginning, middle and end.
Do Now 9/27-9/28 • Vocab out on your desk! • Librarians pass out all reading materials! • Please draw and label the plot diagram and explain each step. Also, define satire and the three different types of irony. (10mins) • Table of Contents: Benchmark Review Day 2……….p. 22 • REMINDER: Benchmarks are next week! Please study and get plenty of rest!
Agenda • ATS 29-31 (audiobook) • Textbook 513-523 + Questions (in partners) • Mini Lesson: The Forceful Four (to be completed with IR book) 10mins • Independent Reading/Comprehension activity 25mins • Vocab Quiz 10/4-10/5 • Final Paper 10/4-10/5
ATS: Please answer on a separate paper (Novel Test) • 1. What is the main conflict of this novel? • 2. How has this conflict developed throughout the book? • 3. How has Tom changed since the start of the novel? What has he learned? • 4. What do you think the theme or universal message/idea is for this novel? What details from the text show this? • 5. How has the author’s life shaped the story? (Be specific) • 6. How does the setting influence/shape this story?
Textbook: pp. 513-523: In partners on a separate sheet of paper • 1. What details from the text can you use to support the main idea of the story? • 2. What perspective is the story written in? • 3. How does the life of the author, Maya Angelou, influence the text? (Use the background information to answer) • 4. What is an autobiographical narrative? • 5. How does the author use images to create meaning in the text?