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10/1 - 10/5
9/24 - 9/28
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9/17 - 9/21
Monday
Warm up: Do you agree that dogs are "Man's best friend? Explain
Instruc tion - Background info on The Call of the Wild Jigsaw activity
Exit - Group Guiding questions
Tuesday
Warm up: Wow words
Instruction - Table group presentations
Exit - Call of the Wild videos
Wednesday
No School
Thursday
Warm up - WOW words
Instruction - Call of the Wild Vocab skits
Exit - Vocab review
Friday
Warm up - Wow Words
Instruction - Chapter 1
Exit - Chapter 1 Questions
9/10 - 9/14
Monday
Play in a Day Performances
Tuesday
Warm Up: Wow words
Instruction Constructed Response
Exit: Instagram Constructed Response
Wednesday
Quiz Review
Thursday
Non Fiction Quiz
Friday
Warm up: Quiz Review
Instruction: Vocabulary Development
Exit: Vocab Square
9/4 - 9/7
Tuesday
Warm up: Words of the week
Instruction: Textual Evidence
Exit: Text Evidence Worksheet
Wednesday
Warm up: Text Evidence Worksheet
Instruction: Text Structure Notes/ Pizza and Sushi Articles
Exit: Text Structure Worksheet
Thursday
Warm up: Words of the week
Instruction: close reading, synthesis and critical response worksheets
Exit: Critical Response talk back
Friday
Play in a day
8-27 - 9-31
Monday
Warm Up - Words of the Week
Instruction - Pixar Short Organizers
Exit - plot review
Tuesday
Warm up: Words of the Week
Instruction - Review Game
Exit - One Man Band organizer
Wednesday
Quiz
Instruction: Alice in Wonderland
Thursday
Warm Up: Words of the Week
Instruction: Non Fiction Notes/ Central Claims/Text Evidence
Exit: Central Claims and Details
Friday
Warm up: News Clip Central idea and Supporting details
Instruction: Island of Sorrow Text Evidence
Exit: TExt Evidence Worksheet
8/20-8/24
Monday
Warm Up - What are the ingredients of a story? Explain.
Instruction: Elements of Fiction Power Point and Notes
Exit: What new discovery did you make today?
Tuesday:
Warm Up: 1st 2 Questions on Pixar Packet
Discuss: What does it take to be successful?
Review - Rendering and Steve Jobs, Pixar
Instruction: View the Pixar Documentary and answer guided questions
Exit: How do the elements of fiction work with Pixar’s creation?
Wednesday:
Warm Up: Review Andre and Walle B shorts, why were they important to the advancement of animation?
Instruction - Review the next 6 short films, highlight an element of fiction in each in discussion.
Thursday:
Warm up: Explain the elements of fiction plot diagram with students
Instruction; View the next 4 shorts, on the last two, the students will fill out their own charts.
Exit: Finish their own plot diagram
Friday:
Warm Up: WOW word vocab development
Instruction: Review Book Evaluations and Book Gallery Assignment, watch Geri’s Game and review for quiz.
8/13 - 8/17
Monday – Writing Benchmark
Tuesday – Netflix Group Pitch Project work day and check in
Wednesday – Pitch Presentation work day
Thursday – Journal Warm up, Introduction to annotations
Friday – Supplies due, we will build our Language Arts binders in class, TV Pitch presentations