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Weekly Update - Oct. 14-16

Please remember there are NO zoom classes this quarter. There are instructional videos and independent practice for every school day located on Teams. 
 

Wednesday 

-Lesson: What is a Research Based Essay? Requirements and notes.  

-Share on Flipgrid -What makes a research-based essay different from a narrative? 

Thursday 

-Lesson: Sample Research Based Essay and “What do you notice?”  

-Reread the sample essay. Then complete the “What do you notice?” at the bottom of the same OneNote page. 

Friday 

-Lesson: Choosing a Topic 

-Submit “Choosing a Topic” page in assignments on Teams *this will be the topic you research and write about for your 5 paragraph essay. 

Weekly Update - Sept. 28 - Oct. 2

Monday 

-Meet me on Zoom: parts of speech review 

-Create a short story or poem, submit on Teams 

-Read a book of your choice for 20 minutes 

Tuesday 

-Remove words from your piece of writing from yesterday, replace with blanks and identify part of speech (Create a Mad Libs) 

-Read a book of your choice for 20 minutes 

Wednesday 

-Meet me on Zoom with your Mad Libs 

-Read a book of your choice for 20 minutes – post on Teams: Title & Author, whether or not you would recommend the book to others, and why/why not 

Weekly Update - Sept. 21-25

Hey everyone! Here is a daily checklist to help keep focused, and on track! Remember our Zoom meetings are Monday and Wednesday at 9:30-10 am. You can find the password on our LA Team or in the schedule emailed out previously.
 
Monday
-Meet me on Zoom for our lesson; editing & sentence structure
-Begin working on editing personal narrative
-Begin working on book study week 5
-Daily Practice week 5: Monday
 
Tuesday
-Continue editing personal narrative
-Continue working on book study week 5
-Daily Practice week 5: Tuesday
 
Wednesday
-Meet me on Zoom for our lesson; book talk
-Complete any missing work- it's due TODAY if it was assigned BEFORE today. 
-Continue editing personal narrative
-Continue working on book study week 5
-Daily Practice week 5: Wednesday
 
Thursday
-Finish editing personal narrative and submit final draft
-Complete and submit book study week 5
-Daily Practice week 5: Thursday
 
Friday
-Create a cover for your personal narrative including title, author, and illustration
-Daily Practice week 5: Friday,  Turn in daily practice week 5

Weekly Update - Sept. 14-18

Hey everyone! There are NO Zoom classes this week.  

Monday: 

Begin reading and working on book study chapters 13-16

Work on personal narrative: add details!  Story should be at least 3 full paragraphs

Tuesday: 

Continue reading and working on book study chapters 13-16

Work on personal narrative: add details!  Story should be at least 3 full paragraphs

Wednesday: 

Our in-person day!

Thursday: 

Continue reading and working on book study chapters 13-16

Work on personal narrative: add details!  Story should be at least 3 full paragraphs

Friday: 

Finish reading and turn in book study chapters 13-16

Work on personal narrative: add details!  Story should be at least 3 full paragraphs.  Submit updated draft.

Weekly Update - Sept. 7-11

Reading:  

No Zoom Monday, Sept. 7 – No School  

Book Study – I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 by Lauren Tarshis 

Independent assignment for this week – Read chapters 9-12 and complete the book study assignments for this week in OneNote.  Weekly book study assignments include vocabulary, comprehension, and connections to other content like art, science, and social studies. 

Writing: 

Zoom: Wednesday, Sept. 9.   9:30-10:00  

Unit: Narrative Writing 

Topic: Opening Lines 

We will take notes on starting our writing with strong opening lines 

Independent assignments for this week – Opening Lines Writing Station, Opening Lines for Narrative Writing, and Week 3 Daily Practice. 

Language Arts Schedule & To Do List for Sept. 7-11 

Monday:  

-No School, No Zoom 

-Get caught up on makeup work 

Tuesday:  

-Make sure you have finished and turned in your writing assignments from last week: Point of View Writing Station and Point of View revisions for personal narrative 

-On your own, complete Tuesday, Week 3 for Daily Practice 

-Begin reading & working on book study: chapters 9-12 

Wednesday:  

-Meet me on Zoom for our Writing Lesson; Opening Lines 

-Start working on Opening Lines Writing Station & Opening Lines revisions for your narrative 

-Continue working on reading and book study   

-On your own, complete Wednesday, Week 3 for Daily Practice 

Thursday:  

-Continue working on Opening Lines Writing Station & Opening Lines revisions for your narrative 

-Continue working on reading and book study   

-On your own, complete Thursday, Week 2 for Daily Practice  

Friday:  

-Continue working on Opening Lines Writing Station & Opening Lines revisions for your narrative 

-Finish and turn in reading and book study for chapters 9-12 

-On your own, complete Friday, Week 3 for Daily Practice and turn in Week 3 Daily Practice 

Weekly Update: Aug. 31 - Sept. 4

Reading:

Zoom: Monday, Aug. 31.  9:30-10:00

Book Study – I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 by Lauren Tarshis

Independent assignment for this week – Read chapters 5-8 and complete the book study assignments for this week in OneNote.  Weekly book study assignments include vocabulary, comprehension, and connections to other content like art, science, and social studies.

Writing:

Zoom: Wednesday, Sept. 2.   9:30-10:00

Unit: Narrative Writing

Topic: Point of View

We will take notes on various points of view and discuss continuity

Independent assignments for this week – Point of View Writing Station, Point of View for Narrative Writing, and Week 2 Daily Practice.

Language Arts Schedule & To Do List for Aug. 31- Sept. 4

Monday:

-Meet me on Zoom for our Reading Lesson; Making Inferences, Discuss chapters 1-4

-On your own, complete Monday, Week 2 for Daily Practice

Tuesday:

-Make sure you have finished and turned in your Character Station & Character Development for Personal Narrative

-On your own, complete Tuesday, Week 2 for Daily Practice

-Begin reading & working on book study

Wednesday:

-Meet me on Zoom for our Writing Lesson; Point of View

-Start working on Point of View Writing Station & Point of View revisions for your narrative

-Continue working on reading and book study 

-On your own, complete Wednesday, Week 2 for Daily Practice

Thursday:

-Continue working on Point of View Writing Station & Point of View revisions for your narrative

-Finish and turn in reading and book study 

-On your own, complete Thursday, Week 2 for Daily Practice and turn in.

Friday: *No School, but maybe a good catch up day!

Week of August 24

Reading:

Zoom: Monday, Aug. 24.  9:30-10:00

Book Study – I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 by Lauren Tarshis

Why? This book connects with our science unit for this quarter and is a quicker read that can be used as a model for narrative writing.

Independent assignment for this week – Read chapters 1-4 and complete the book study assignments for this week in OneNote.  Weekly book study assignments include vocabulary, comprehension, and connections to other content like art, science, and social studies.

Writing:

Zoom: Wednesday, Aug. 26.   9:30-10:00

Unit: Narrative Writing

Topic: Writing Process, Character

We will review the writing process, placing particular emphasis on making revisions.  Students will practice writing descriptive sentences to show readers the characters’ emotions and traits.

Independent assignments for this week – Finish Initial Writing Prompt, Character Writing Station, Character Development for Narrative Writing, and Week 1 Daily Practice.

Language Arts Schedule & To Do List for Aug. 24-28

Monday:

-Meet me on Zoom for our Reading Lesson; Background knowledge & predictions for the book, Overview of assignments for the week (Go back and watch if absent).

-Together we will make predictions to begin our book study

-On your own, complete Monday, Week 1 for Daily Practice

 

Tuesday:

-Make sure you have finished and turned in your Initial Writing Sample

-On your own, complete Tuesday, Week 1 for Daily Practice

-Begin reading & working on book study

 

Wednesday:

-Meet me on Zoom for our Writing Lesson; Writing Process & Show-Don’t-Tell Sentences (Go back and watch if absent).

-Start working on Character Writing Station & Character Development revisions for your narrative

-Continue working on reading and book study 

-On your own, complete Wednesday, Week 1 for Daily Practice

 

Thursday:

-Continue working on Character Writing Station & Character Development revisions for your narrative

-Continue working on reading and book study 

-On your own, complete Thursday, Week 1 for Daily Practice

 

Friday:

-Continue working on Character Writing Station & Character Development revisions for your narrative

-Turn in Week 1 Book Study 

-On your own, complete Friday, Week 1 for Daily Practice and turn in this week’s daily practice

Weekly Update - Aug. 17-21

Reading:

No reading assignments this week.  Be prepared to start on Monday, August 24.

Writing:

This week, I am asking students to complete a preliminary writing sample.  The prompt can be found and completed in OneNote.  This piece of writing is something we will be working with all quarter long as we practice various writing skills.