Weekly Assignments
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Students and parents can check here for assignments completed throughout the week. Assignments will be updated in this area by the end of the week. Upon return, absent students should check with me for worksheets and notes that they may have missed.
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Week 7: February 16- February 20
February 16
Review Informative Essay and Transitions
February 17
Turn in Burmese Python Essay
Informative Text and Transitions
February 18
Freewrite: Describe your Dream Tree House. The sky is the limit.
HW: Finish your freewrite
February 19
Draw your Dream Tree House
Create a plot around your dream treehouse
February 20
Share and Respond: Dream Tree House
Week 6: February 9- February 13
February 9
Level Up Tutorial- Informative Notes and Source Materials
February 10
BW: Transition Notes and Reading
Transition Practice
HW: Finish Transition Practice
February 11
Turn in Transition Worksheet
Revision Checklist: Self Evaluation pg. 54
HW: Finish Self Evaluation
February 12
BW: Peer Review TAG
Wok on Burmese Final Draft
HW: Work on Burmese Final Draft
February 13
Review Informative Essay
Week 5: February 2- February 6
February 2
Performance Assessment: Planning and Prewriting pg. 50
Wok on short Story Final Draft
HW: Work on Burmese Python Final Draft
February 3
Performance Assessment : Find Evidence pg. 51
Finalize your Plan pg. 52
HW: Work on Burmese Python Story Final (must be in pen)
February 4
Turn in Final Draft of Burmese Python short Story
Finish Drafting Essay
-Edit Marks
February 5
BW: Review Informative Purpose
Finish Drafting your Essay
Edit Marks
February 6
BW: Importance of Revision
Revision Checklist: Self Evaluation
Week 4: January 23- January 27
January 23
BW: Burmese Encounter
What would you do if you were ever to encounter a Burmese python? Would you fight or flight?
Flight or Flight Notes
Write a short story on Burmese Python
January 24
Work on Burmese Python short story
Edit your Burmese Python Draft
January 25
Snuggle up with a Good Book
January 26
BW: Peer Review TAG
TAG Peer Review Classmates essay
January 27
Finish TAG
Work on Final Draft
Week 3: January 20- January 23
January 20
Performance Assessment
Mark the Text pg. 46-47
Discuss and Decide Response pg. 47
January 21
Finish pg. 46-47
Review the Informative Reading
January 22
Review for the Writing Process Test
HW: Study for the Writing Process Test
January 23
Writing Process
Week 2: January 12- January 16
January 12
BW: Informative Purpose
What is an Informative Essay?
What is the author's purpose for writing an Informative Essay?
Unit 2 Informative Essay
Research Civil War Drummer Boys
Notes on Structure of an Informative Essay
January 13
BW: Strong Informative Writing
What are the characteristics of strong informative writing?
Model Essay: "A Universe of Knowledge"
Analyze the Student Models pg. 38-41
January 14
BW: Evaluate the Effectiveness
1) On a scale from 1-10 (one being the worse and ten being the best), how would you rate Anita's essay overall?
2) On a scale from 1-10 (one being the worse and ten being the best), how would you rate Joseph's essay overall?
Terminology of Informative Essays pg. 42
Restate the Claim
January 15
Complete and Review the Terminology of Informative Essays
January 16
Performance Assessment: Pg. 43-45
Week 1: January 6- January 9
January 6
Syllabus
Class Rules and Expectations
Be Prompt. Be Prepared. Be Polite. Be Productive. Be Positive.
Discipline Log
About Me Survey
HW: Sign Discipline Log due January 8
January 7
BW: Tracing the Writing Process
What are the steps of the writing process? Define each step in detail.
Create Writing Process Posters
1) What is the importance of the Writing Process?
2) Prewriting vs. Drafting
3) Editing vs. Revising
4) Sharing and Responding vs. Publishing
January 8
Turn in Discipline Log
Review Creative Writing Genres and Techniques
Finish Writing Process Posters
January 9
Performance Assessment Scavenger Hunt
February 16
Review Informative Essay and Transitions
February 17
Turn in Burmese Python Essay
Informative Text and Transitions
February 18
Freewrite: Describe your Dream Tree House. The sky is the limit.
HW: Finish your freewrite
February 19
Draw your Dream Tree House
Create a plot around your dream treehouse
February 20
Share and Respond: Dream Tree House
Week 6: February 9- February 13
February 9
Level Up Tutorial- Informative Notes and Source Materials
February 10
BW: Transition Notes and Reading
Transition Practice
HW: Finish Transition Practice
February 11
Turn in Transition Worksheet
Revision Checklist: Self Evaluation pg. 54
HW: Finish Self Evaluation
February 12
BW: Peer Review TAG
Wok on Burmese Final Draft
HW: Work on Burmese Final Draft
February 13
Review Informative Essay
Week 5: February 2- February 6
February 2
Performance Assessment: Planning and Prewriting pg. 50
Wok on short Story Final Draft
HW: Work on Burmese Python Final Draft
February 3
Performance Assessment : Find Evidence pg. 51
Finalize your Plan pg. 52
HW: Work on Burmese Python Story Final (must be in pen)
February 4
Turn in Final Draft of Burmese Python short Story
Finish Drafting Essay
-Edit Marks
February 5
BW: Review Informative Purpose
Finish Drafting your Essay
Edit Marks
February 6
BW: Importance of Revision
Revision Checklist: Self Evaluation
Week 4: January 23- January 27
January 23
BW: Burmese Encounter
What would you do if you were ever to encounter a Burmese python? Would you fight or flight?
Flight or Flight Notes
Write a short story on Burmese Python
January 24
Work on Burmese Python short story
Edit your Burmese Python Draft
January 25
Snuggle up with a Good Book
January 26
BW: Peer Review TAG
TAG Peer Review Classmates essay
January 27
Finish TAG
Work on Final Draft
Week 3: January 20- January 23
January 20
Performance Assessment
Mark the Text pg. 46-47
Discuss and Decide Response pg. 47
January 21
Finish pg. 46-47
Review the Informative Reading
January 22
Review for the Writing Process Test
HW: Study for the Writing Process Test
January 23
Writing Process
Week 2: January 12- January 16
January 12
BW: Informative Purpose
What is an Informative Essay?
What is the author's purpose for writing an Informative Essay?
Unit 2 Informative Essay
Research Civil War Drummer Boys
Notes on Structure of an Informative Essay
January 13
BW: Strong Informative Writing
What are the characteristics of strong informative writing?
Model Essay: "A Universe of Knowledge"
Analyze the Student Models pg. 38-41
January 14
BW: Evaluate the Effectiveness
1) On a scale from 1-10 (one being the worse and ten being the best), how would you rate Anita's essay overall?
2) On a scale from 1-10 (one being the worse and ten being the best), how would you rate Joseph's essay overall?
Terminology of Informative Essays pg. 42
Restate the Claim
January 15
Complete and Review the Terminology of Informative Essays
January 16
Performance Assessment: Pg. 43-45
Week 1: January 6- January 9
January 6
Syllabus
Class Rules and Expectations
Be Prompt. Be Prepared. Be Polite. Be Productive. Be Positive.
Discipline Log
About Me Survey
HW: Sign Discipline Log due January 8
January 7
BW: Tracing the Writing Process
What are the steps of the writing process? Define each step in detail.
Create Writing Process Posters
1) What is the importance of the Writing Process?
2) Prewriting vs. Drafting
3) Editing vs. Revising
4) Sharing and Responding vs. Publishing
January 8
Turn in Discipline Log
Review Creative Writing Genres and Techniques
Finish Writing Process Posters
January 9
Performance Assessment Scavenger Hunt