Literacy - Mr. Rowan Assignments

Finish Reading the Graveyard Book

Chapter 6 due Monday

Chapter 7 due Thursday

Chapter 8 due Friday

Final Compare and Contrast Draft is due on Tuesday. The rough draft and feedback are located in their OneNotes.

Annotation and Questions due for Kaa's Hunting from the Jungle Book

Annotations and questions answered for the Mowgli's Brothers section of The Jungle Book.

Pre-reading questions completed for The Jungle Book/Graveyard Book unit: What is a normal family, a normal household, importance of parents, what is an orphan, what is a guardian and what does the word Nobody mean to you.

Outsiders Rough Draft Due

Crankie Final Scroll Done

The Outsiders Persuasive Essay Outline

The Outsiders Reading Comprehension Test

Analysis of Robert Frost poem Nothing Gold Can Stay

Fill out Plot Diagram for The Outsiders using the blue Plot sticky note annotations

Read chapters 6-12 of The Outsiders and Annotate Characters, Setting, Plot and Theme with different colored sticky notes.

Chapters 3-5 of The Outsiders read with sticky note annotations for Characters, Setting, Plot and Theme 

Chapters 1-2 of The Outsiders read with sticky note annotations

Pre-Reading and Background to The Outsiders

This is all done on OneNote

Final Draft of Passion Project Magazine Due

Rough Draft for Passion Project due

All research and notes taken for Passion Project

Topic Chosen for Passion Project

Non Fiction Essay: Read either an essay on Greek or Egypt, annotate and answer questions.

Lizards Informational Text Lesson: Focus on Summaries and Text Features

Wonder Epilogue Final Draft Due

Simple and Compound Sentences

Grammar Lesson 2 Subjects and Predicates

Grammar Lesson 1: Types of Sentences and Sentence Fragments

Rough Draft for the Epiloge to Wonder.

Wonder book discussion pages 204 -309

Characterization Poster

Each table will be responsible for a Character Sketch of one of the main characters in Wonder.

 

Due to the power outage on Friday, this assignment has been moved to Wednesday.

 

 

Wonder Discussion Director Questions: Students were given an assignment to focus on 20 pages of the final section of Wonder and write 5 questions that can be used in our class discussion of the final 100 + pages of the book.

 

Literature Circles Role Sheet

Discussion Director*

 

Name_____________________________Circle__________________________

                                                                                                (group’s name)

Book____________________________________________________________

 

Meeting Date________________Assignment Pages_________to________

 

Discussion Director: Your job is to develop a list of questions that your group might want to discuss about this part of the book. Don’t worry about the small details; your task is to help people talk over the big ideas in the reading and share their reactions. Usually the best discussion questions come from your own thoughts, feelings, and concerns as you read. You can list them below during or after your reading. You may also use some of the general questions below to develop topics for your group.

 

Possible discussion questions or topics for today

 

1. ______________________________________________________________

 

2. ______________________________________________________________

 

3. ______________________________________________________________

 

4. ______________________________________________________________

 

5. ______________________________________________________________

 

Sample Questions

 

• What was going through your mind while you read this?
• How did you feel while reading this part of the book?
• What was discussed in this section of the book?
• Can someone summarize briefly?
• Did today’s reading remind you of any real-life experiences?
• What questions did you have when you finished this section?
• Did anything in this section of the book surprise you?
• What are the one or two most important ideas?
• What are some things you think will be talked about next?

 

Topic to be carried over to the next session: __________________________

 

Assignment for next session: Pages_______to________

 

 

Notebook Number 3: Students have "Do Nows" and Exit Tickets as well as other work such as math problems they are asked to do throughout the week. This grade reflects their work in this area based on rubrics they have pasted in their notebooks as well as completion of various math problems or interactive activities.

 Reading pages 119-204 with 3 sticky notes for each day:

Question/Comment

Word you don't know

Prediction

 The Article of the Week is due on Friday.

 Read pp. 19 - 117 and do discussion questions through p. 44

 Notebook Writing Prompts #2

This is a grade for the work students do in class as their warm-ups.

 Language Arts Reading and Writing Pre-Assessment

 Read PP 1-18 of Wonder and Answer Discussion Questions

 Wonder Writing Prompts Due: Students will be given a writing prompt and they are to write for the first 10 minutes of class. They should write 6-10+ sentences about each prompt. We will use these prompts later in the quarter to allow students to pick their favorite prompt, add on to it, revise, edit and publish this piece.