Thursday, November 7, 2013

Learning Focus:

I can…

• read aloud with fluency and tone
• preview the next unit of study
• respond to Essential Questions with detail and clarity
• write a prediction based on evidence from the text

Opening:

1. Who's like to read his or her short story aloud?

• Sharing is Caring, after all…

2. Turning the page…

• Please tear out pages 115-126 (if it is digital, I'll catch up to you soon…)
• Staple these pages together, write your name on the front of the packet, and submit it to Mr. Busse
• Please tear out pages 69-114
• Staples these pages and place them in your Working Folder, along with any other ELA work (Independent Reading Logs, etc.) that you have compiled over the last few weeks

Work Period:

3. Turn to page 1 in your SpringBoard book and take a look at the two Essential Questions and the Unit Overview.

• Highlight important words and phrases that seem to let you know what we'll be studying next.

4. Preview the Table of Contents

• Highlight genres we'll be reading
• Highlight "Academic Vocabulary" we'll be studying
• What's familiar?
• What unfamiliar?
• What will we learn?

Closing:

5.  Discuss page 5:

     1. What is the relationship between change and growth?

     2. How do writers use different types of writing to express their ideas?

Tonight, read the Learning Focus on page 4, then respond to the first THREE questions on page 5.