Quarter 2 Lessons
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January
Weekly Three Parts: 1.Prewrite and Conventions; 2. Genre Skill and Application 3. Six Trait
08
Power Write
Skillbook page 9 and paragraph writing
If time: Lesson I-1 Authority List
09
Add Details to AL
SB 9&10 finish with application
Lesson I-4 Dig up buried stories
About Me
Interview practice
10
SB 9&10 finish with application commas
About Me
Interview practice
11
Power Write
About Me? What’s different? Questions-- why? What else?
Can you add anything else? Can you give me an example?
Projects: Eagles/4 Modes/Historical Food Essay/Essay of choice
14
Entry--
SB: 10 and follow up
Interview Project
Alternative Assignment Practice
Projects: Eagles/4 Modes/Historical Food Essay/Essay of choice
15
Spelling Paragraph practice
Figurative Language -- vivid verbs
Interview Project
16
Entry: write three strong verb sentences
Essay and prewrite organizer review
17
Projects: Eagles (letter, broster, poem)/4 Modes/Historical Food Essay/friend essay/Essay of choice
Projects: Eagles/4 Modes/Historical Food Essay/Essay of choice
18, 22, 24 Review: Review: vivid verbs, nifty nouns, alliteration in entry task
Projects: Eagles (letter, broster, poem)/4 Modes/Historical Food Essay/friend essay/Essay of choice
with figurative language and essay conferences/models/lessons
Essay outline (18)
Spelling; nifty nouns (22)
23 See sub plans
24 Review: vivid verbs, nifty nouns, alliteration
Work on projects
25 Review essay form and requirements with model
Follow up: alliteration and
29 Final Drafts: historical Food Essay
Use elaboration techniques: strong verbs, nifty nouns, add experience , example, ask questions
12/11/07 to 01/07/08
12/11, 12, 13
Power Write
Projects:
thank you
eagle broster
4 paragraphs (expository, descriptive, narrative, persuasive)
Revise for: figurative language, action verbs, alliteration, imagery.
12/14 and 12/17 See sub plans
12/18 1/2 day (snow)
12/19 Dress Rehearsal
01/03,
Power Write
Edit
Skillbook: end punctuation
04
Power Write
Edit
Skillbook: end punctuation and dialogue
07
Power Write
Spelling -- review procedures
Skillbook: dialogue
Write dialogue with correct punctuation; choose two objects and create a conversation between them.
Review page 7 Sb; Write a conversation with partner using correct punctuation
12/04 - 12/10 Persuasion
12/10 Persuasive Strategies/ Eagles Project
Power Write
Spelling
Action Verbs
Make-up
How are golden eagles like Nespelem Eagles?
Project Work:
Eagle Project: facts on blue sheets, broster, thank you letter
If time or Tuesday: Persuasive language practice: Disney Prompt
12/07 Persuasive Strategies/ Eagles Project
Power Write
Spelling Test
Practice Action Words
Review and practice: specific nouns (names), action verbs, imagery
12/06 Persuasive Strategies/ Eagles Project
Power Write
Position Statement and Introduction Review: Analyze introductions
Action Verbs Emotive Words: Word choice in persuasion
How are golden eagles like Nespelem Eagles?
Project Work:
1. Persuasive Introduction
2. Eagle Project: facts on blue sheets, broster, thank you letter
12/05 Persuasive Strategies/ Eagles Project
Power Write
Page 5 Skillbook; end punctuation
Position Statement and Introduction Review
How are golden eagles like Nespelem Eagles?
Project Work:
1. Persuasive Introduction
2. Eagle Project: facts on blue sheets, broster, thank you letter
12/04 Persuasive Strategies/ Eagles Project
Power Write
Page 4 Skillbook; end punctuation
Position Statement and Introduction Review
How are golden eagles like Nespelem Eagles?
Project Work:
1. Persuasive Introduction
2. Eagle Project: facts on blue sheets, broster, thank you letter
11/14 - 11/26 Persuasion
12/03 Persuasive Strategies/ Eagles Project
Power Write
Spelling
Position Statement and Introduction Review
How are golden eagles like Nespelem Eagles?
Project Work:
1. Persuasive Introduction
2. Eagle Project: facts on blue sheets, broster, thank you letter
11/30 Persuasive Strategies/ Eagles Project
Power Write
Spelling Test
Position Statement and Introduction Review
Three Samples of Introductions
Read each sample and:
1. Underline the position statement.
2. Mark the persuasive strategies used:
a. Mark any anecdotes with an A.
b. Circle any question marks.
c. Mark and facts/statistics with an S.
d. Circle any parts that show emotions.
11/29 Eagles Project
Power Write
Eagle Project Game
11/28 Persuasive Strategies/ Eagles Project
Power Write
Unit: Persuasive Writing Practice Packet
Introductions
Write introduction draft: Checklist of requirements.
Neat Sheet
olden Eagles work.
11/27 Persuasive Strategies/ Eagles Project
Power Write
Spelling
Unit: Persuasive Writing Practice Packet
Introductions
Write introduction draft: Checklist of requirements.
Neat Sheet
Share Golden Eagles work.
Discuss:
Big Question--
How are golden eagles like Nespelem Eagles?
Golden Eagles:
What have you done? What did you learn? What categories? What order should you put it in?
What drawing should you make?
Golden Eagle Project
11/26 Inservice
11/21 Thanksgiving Assembly
11/20 Persuasive Strategies/ Eagles Project
Power Write
Spelling -- Thanksgiving
Unit: Persuasive Writing Practice Packet
Individual conferences with students.
Paragraph 1 -- grabber beginning and position statement
Share position statements from last week. What's effective?
Share Golden Eagles work.
Discuss:
Big Question--
How are golden eagles like Nespelem Eagles?
Golden Eagles:
What have you done? What did you learn? What categories? What order should you put it in?
What drawing should you make?
Golden Eagle Project
11/19 Persuasive Strategies/ Eagles Project
Power Write
Spelling -- Thanksgiving
Unit: Persuasive Writing Practice Packet
Individual conferences with students.
Paragraph 3 prewrite.
Golden Eagles:
What did you know? What do you know now? What do you still want to know?
Golden Eagle Project
Big Question--
How are golden eagles like Nespelem Eagles?
11/16 Persuasive Strategies/ Eagles Project
Power Write
Spelling Test
Unit: Persuasive Writing Practice Packet
Individual conferences with students.
Paragraph 2: Concession and Rebuttal prewriting
Golden Eagles:
Share and continue:
What did you know? What do you know now? What do you still want to know?
Golden Eagle Project
Big Question--
How are golden eagles like Nespelem Eagles?
11/15 Persuasive Strategies/ Eagles Project
Power Write
Unit: Persuasive Writing Practice Packet
Individual conferences with students.
(Basketball at Orient)
Golden Eagles:
What did you know? What do you know now? What do you still want to know?
Golden Eagle Project
Big Question--
How are golden eagles like Nespelem Eagles?
11/14 Persuasive Strategies/ Eagles Project
Power Write
Unit: Persuasive Writing Practice Packet
Paragraph 1 prewriting
Golden Eagles:
What did you know? What do you know now? What do you still want to know?
Golden Eagle Project
Big Question--
How are golden eagles like Nespelem Eagles?
11/05-11/13 Persuasion
11/13 Persuasive Strategies
Power Write
Spelling
Unit: Persuasive Writing
Persuasive writing cycle
Audience Awareness
“Clear Position Statements”
Continue BEARS
If time: Game 2 or 3: Write letter to person for new ________.
11/12 Veterans Day
No School
11/9 Persuasive Strategies
Power Write
Unit: Persuasive Writing
Persuasive writing cycle
Audience Awareness
Continue BEARS
If time: Game 2 or 3: Write letter to person for new ________.
Move to “Clear Position Statements”
11/8 Persuasive Strategies
Power Write
Unit: Persuasive Writing
Persuasive writing cycle
Audience Awareness
Continue BEARS
If time: Game 2: Write letter to person for new ________.
End of week: Move to “Clear Position Statements”
11/7 Persuasive Strategies
Power Write
Unit: Persuasive Writing
Persuasive Strategies
Review: What worked? Game 1
Persuasive writing cycle
Audience Awareness
Persuasive Strategies: (BEARS)
Band wagon
Statistics
Rhetorical questions
Counter Arguments
BEARS: Bandwagon; Emotion, Experts; Anecdote, Rhetorical Questions, Rule of Three, Repetition; Statistics, Strong Verbs
If time:
Game 2: Write letter to person for new ________.
11/6 Geo-Cache
Power Write
Spelling
Geo-Cache Information
11/5 Field Trip
11/2 Compound Sentences
Compound sentence paragraphs due.
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