Agendas: August 26 - 31
Week of August 26 - 31
Monday, August 26
- Establish norms for partners/groups
- Independent Reading Book Criteria
- Read 2 independent reading books/Semester
- Semester 1 - each book needs to be a minimum of 150 pages
- (Will be accountable for an in-class writing following the completion of each book)
- Book Card (include your name and period, book title, author, genre, and number of pages)
- HOLT textbook checkout
- Library: Independent Reading Books checkout
Homework:
- Bring book and card on Tuesday
Tuesday, August 27
- SSR (15 minutes for period 6; 10 minutes for period 7)
- Period 6 - brainstorm 4 stereotypes with partner
Homework:
Wednesday, August 28
Homework:
- Finish chunking article and identifying main ideas
Thursday, August 29
Homework:
- Finish Cornell Notes for article
- Independent reading books for Friday
Friday, August 30
- AoW - Understanding Author's Purpose (handout chart)
- AoW in-class writing assignment (model)
Homework:
- Have a wonderful 3 - day weekend!! YAY!
- Aow #1 assignment due