Eng+ILA+Sem.+1

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= Welcome to English ILA - Introduction to Language Arts! =

= Week 1 - August 17-20 - Know the Show: = I__owa Core__: Listen for information & understanding__Real-World Application:__ Mastering these listening & interaction skills will help you get along in school, home, work, and society. = >Tuesday 8/17: =

Grab a notebook/journal from your class box; grab a few markers, colors, etc. to decorate the front sheet of your journal (including your name); and then introduce yourself in your journal, telling what you feel is important for me to know.

** *Look for independent reading book **
= >Wednesday 8/18: = = = ===** Describe what you feel respect is all about. Use specific examples - words, actions, thoughts - of what is and is not respectful to you. What speech and behavior help you feel respected? What speech and behavior make you feel disrespected? **===

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>Consider what “rules,” as society defines them, are helpful in creating a good, safe, comfortable, and productive classroom?
Behavior (to classmates & teacher) Speech Work ethic Gum/candy/drinks iPods/phones Bathroom ????

>In groups, decide what you would like included in our classroom agreement.
Which “behaviors” from above? What about student-to-teacher expectations? What about teacher-to-student expectations? >Compose & print out contract of class rules for students/parents to sign.

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DUE TOMORROW - Classroom Compact - Everyone bringing back their classroom compact signed by both student and parent will get the full 10 points AND a TREAT!
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= = = >Friday 8/20: = = Introduction =

__Iowa Core:__ Use a variety of skills and strategies to comprehend complex nonfiction & informational text.__Real-World Application__: Developing reading strategies and your reading-writing connections improves all your comprehension skills, whether it is in English, math, history, newspaper reading, work, or whatever you read and write about in the real world.

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= Week 2 - August 23-27 - Show the Know: = __Iowa Core__: 1) Use an effective writing process, 2) Write on demand, and 3) Adhere to conventions generally established in spelling, punctuation, grammar, usage, syntax, and style __Real-World Application__: Developing and mastering grammar and writing skills increases your ability to effectively communicate in all other classes, in addition to work, civic, and personal life situations both now and as an adult. = = = >Monday 8/23: = "What Adults Can Learn From Babies" = __2 things to remember when using Achieve3000__: =

2) Resize your window so that when you get to the //Thought Question// you will be able to refer to and see the pop-up window that shows the article you are writing about.


__Iowa Core__: Use a variety of skills and strategies to comprehend complex nonfiction & informational text.__Real-World Application:__ Developing reading strategies and your reading-writing connections improves all your comprehension skills, whether it is in English, math, history, newspaper reading, work, or whatever you read and write about in the real world.

= >Tuesday 8/24: = =** Listen to Mrs. Hartwig's [|jing] **=

===Grammar Quiz**[| **http://www.quia.com/quiz/1896434.html**]** ===

= >Wednesday 8/25: =

[[image:atstudentdesk.gif width="110" height="131" align="left"]]
= = =>Discuss Read-100-Books Pizza Party!=

What are the different parts of speech? Write an example of each.
===>What do you know about GRAMMAR? ===

**>Grammar Games (Label Parts of Speech - Basketball Style)**
= >Thursday 8/26: =

**>Discuss the writing process and 6-traits writing (terms and rubrics).**


= >Friday 8/27: =

 >Writing Process Activity >Work on R.A.F.T. writing assignment from yesterday

= Week 3 - August 30-September 3 - COMMUNICATION: = = >Monday 8/30: =

[[image:achieve3000.jpg width="140" height="56"]] "Hi! How May I Help You?"
===J: When you deal with a customer service representative (either in person or over the phone), what are the ways that person helps you? What does he or she do that irritate you and make the situation worse? ===

>Communication Activity
**>First, put pairs back to back on floor, one with a copy of a drawing and one with a white board and marker. The one with the drawing has to explain only verbally how to draw the drawing.**

>Communication Assessment: What did you discover helped you communicate effectively? What did you discover hurt your effective communication?
= >Tuesday 8/31: = =** Silent Reading 10 minutes **=

=>Wednesday 9/1: =

=== What different ways do you personally communicate (text, phone [cell or land], email, twitter, snail-mail, notes, heart-to-heart)? Whom do you communicate with and why? What is your favorite form of communication? ===

>Communication Model Presentation


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DUE FRIDAY - Create your own model of the communication process that incorporates all the elements of communication and indicates the process (continuous) aspects of communication. Your model should be a specific example of a communication situation. You may draw, cut out magazine pictures, use photos - your choice.



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<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">[[file:communication verbal.ppt]]
<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">>Verbal Communication Quick Draws

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:assignment_book.jpg]]DUE FRIDAY: Communication Process Model Project
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= Week 4 - September 7-10 - LISTENING SKILLS: = = >Monday 9/6: LABOR DAY =

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>Communication Process Workshop
= >Wednesday 9/8: =

>Good Listening Skills

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Observer: Make note of active listening skills used and give feedback.
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>Good Listening Skills
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>Do we understand a speaker better if their non-verbal matches their verbal?
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Observer: Make note of active listening skills used and give feedback.
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>Share: Did the differences Tracey talked about show up in the responses we got in our class ?

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= Week 5 - September 13-17 - DYNAMICS OF GROUP COMMUNICATIONS: =

= >Monday 9/13: =

*Strong Listening Skills
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= >Tuesday 9/14: =

>Group Dynamics - School: From a Student Perspective

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===**>** Think about the kind of listening skills you use in group discussions that are different than or similar to those you use when you are listening and speaking one-on-one. Describe 3 strong communication skills you use in group discussions in class and explain whether they are different than or similar to those skills you would use in one-on-one communication. (Use complete sentences.) === >Think about some feelings you experience when you are in whole class or small group discussions in school. Describe 3 examples of communication (either good or bad) that happen in class discussions and describe how they make you feel. (Use complete sentences.) >Think about some feelings you experience when you are in whole group situations in a school setting but not in a class. Describe 3 examples of communication (either good or bad) that happen in non-class situations in school and describe how they make you feel (e.g. lunch, class meetings, study hall, passing time). (Use complete sentences.)

=== >Think about some feelings you experience when you are in group discussions in a new place or one you are not used to. Evaluate and explain how you normally communicate and interact with people in places either new to you or places you are not used to or not comfortable in. (Use at least 3 complete sentences.) ===

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= **>Wednesday 9/15:** =

***DOMINATOR - talks too much (more than one's share); pushes own ideas over others' ideas**
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= **>Thursday 9/16:** =

**[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] Silent Reading **
= **>Friday 9/17** =

**>The dynamics of group work: Apply what you've learned in PLAYING GAMES!**
= **Week 6 - September 20-24 - Personal Narratives: Richard Wright's "The Night I Won the Rights to the Streets of Memphis"** =

= **Monday, 9-20** =

= **Tuesday, 9-21** =

**>Continuing to Get the GIST**
= **Wednesday, 9-22** =

= **Silent Reading (10 minutes)** =

= **Thursday, 9-23** =

= **Silent Reading (10 minutes)** =

[[image:journaling.jpg]] **Write about a time in your life when you had to do something difficult.**
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= **Friday, 9-24** =

= **Silent Reading (10 minutes)** =

**Grammar Games**
= **Week 7 - Sept. 27- Oct. 1 - Personal Narratives: Your Own Story** =

= **Monday, 9-27** =

= **Search for and choose an article that is of interest to you in your life and be ready to explain how that topic reflects you.**=

**>Richard Wright's Personal Narrative: Review his story & learn more**
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= Tuesday, 9-28 = = Silent Reading (10 minutes) =

Paragraph 4: Your best friend
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= Wednesday, 9-29 =

Paragraph 7: An important memory of a person or an event that has influenced who you are today
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Paragraph 8: Your Future (marriage, career, home, life, activities, etc.)
= Friday, 10-1 = = Silent Reading (10 minutes) =

>Your Own Personal Narrative: Autobiographical Poem
Line 1: Your first name Line 2: Four traits that describe you Line 3: Sibling of... Line 4: Who likes (people, ideas) Line 5: Who feels... Line 6: Who needs.... Line 7: Who gives... Line 8: Who fears... Line 9: Who would like to see... Line 10: Resident of (your city, or state) Line 11: Your last name

= Week 8 - Oct. 4-8 - Personal Narratives: Maya Angelou's "Mrs. Flowers" from //I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings// = = Monday, 10-4 =

>Maya Angelou Biography

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= **Tuesday, 10-5** =

**>Continuing to Get the GIST**
= **Wednesday, 10-6** =

= **Thursday, 10-7** =

= **Silent Reading (10 minutes)** =

**Paragraph 5: __Conclusion__: example of transition/topic sentence: The most interesting things I learned about Maya Angelou were... or From what I learned about Maya Angelou, I feel...**
= **Friday, 10-8** =

= **Silent Reading (10 minutes)** =

**>__CHOOSE TWO WORDS__ that you would use to tell about Maya Angelou. __Explain why you picked__ each word. __Use examples from the story__ in your answer. __Use your own ideas__ as well.**
= **Week 9 - Oct. 11-15 - Personal Narratives: Revising & Editing Your Own** =

= **Monday, 10-11** =

**>Complete Sentence Wrap-Up from last Friday**
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= **Tuesday, 10-12** =

= **Silent Reading (10 minutes)** =

**[[image:laptop.jpg width="154" height="113"]]>TYPE & REVISE Your Own Personal Narrative: Introducing yourself & Family & Friends**
= **Wednesday, 10-13** =

**[[image:laptop.jpg width="154" height="113"]]>TYPE & REVISE Your Own Personal Narrative: Personal Features & Home**
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= **Thursday, 10-14** =

**[[image:laptop.jpg width="154" height="113"]]>TYPE & REVISE Your Own Personal Narrative: Your Defining Moment/Memory & Your Future**
= **Friday, 10-15** =

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**[[image:reading_icon.jpg]]When done typing your personal narratives and decorating your cover, silently read** **.**
= **Week 10 - Oct. 18-21 - Back to Basics: Writing Effectively** =

= **Monday, 10-18** =

=**"Talking with Pictures"**=

**[[image:reading_icon.jpg]]Silent Reading when you are done**
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= **Tuesday, 10-19** =

= **Wednesday, 10-20** =

= **Thursday, 10-21** =

**>Make Predictions:**
===**-Look at the poster and create a paragraph to describe your predictions about this picture (Who are these people? What are these people doing? Where are they? Where are they going? What will they do later?)**===

= **Week 11 - Oct. 25-29 - Back to Basics: Writing Effectively (& ITEDs)** =

= **Monday, 10-25** =

== **Choose your own article for today through the search tool and complete all five components (pre-reading response, reading connections, activity, thought question, and poll)** ==

**>Summarize:**
===**-Look at the poster and create a paragraph summarizing what you see happening in the picture. Make sure you are summarizing only what you see, not what you think happened before or after the scene in the poster.**===

= **Tuesday, 10-26** =
 * [[image:i_have_a_plan_iowa.jpg width="172" height="146"]] Move to the Media Center to begin I Have a Plan Iowa Surveys **

= **Wednesday, 10-27** =


 * [[image:i_have_a_plan_iowa.jpg width="172" height="146"]] Move to the Media Center to complete I Have a Plan Iowa Surveys **

= **Thursday, 10-28** =

[[image:reading_icon.jpg]]Silent Reading 10 minutes
**Daily Oral Language with your own sentences**

= >REVISE YOUR PARAGRAPHS FROM LAST WEEK = = =

= Friday, 10-29 =

[[image:quiz.jpg width="115" height="131"]]GRAMMAR QUIZ
=<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Week 12 - Nov. 1-5 - Louis Sachar's Holes =

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Monday, 11/1 = ==<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Love These Gloves" ==

= = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Tuesday, 11/2 =

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Silent Reading
= <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Daily Oral Language (DOL): =

Quick Draw what you picture in Chapter 1
=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wednesday, 11/3 =

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Silent Reading
= <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Daily Oral Language (DOL): =

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Silent Reading
= <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Daily Oral Language (DOL): =

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Friday, 11/5
==<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Daily Oral Language (DOL): <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> QUIZ ==

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_cover.jpg width="74" height="112"]]Continue reading __Holes__ Chapters 6 & 7.
=<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Week 13 - Nov. 8-12 - Louis Sachar's Holes =

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Monday, 11/8 = ==<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Second Chances" ==

= = = = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Tuesday, 11/9 =

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Silent Reading
= <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Daily Oral Language (DOL): =

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">>Quick Write about Zero's character.
=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wednesday, 11/10 =

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Silent Reading
= <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Daily Oral Language (DOL): = ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7 <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. mother she go to the store last night ===

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_cover.jpg width="74" height="112"]]Continue read-aloud of __Holes__.
=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Thursday, 11/11 =

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Silent Reading
= <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Daily Oral Language (DOL): =

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_cover.jpg width="74" height="112"]]Continue reading __Holes__.
=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Friday, 11/12 = ==<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Daily Oral Language (DOL): <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> QUIZ ==

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_cover.jpg width="74" height="112"]]Complete Chapters 10-11 Reflection of __Holes__.
=<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">>Begin watching the movie __Holes__. =

=<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Week 14 - Nov. 15-19 - Louis Sachar's Holes =

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Monday, 11/15 = ==<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Can You Dig It?" ==

= = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Tuesday, 11/16 =

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Silent Reading
= <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Daily Oral Language (DOL): =

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_cover.jpg width="74" height="112"]]Continue read-aloud of __Holes__.
=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wednesday, 11/17 =

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Silent Reading
= <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Daily Oral Language (DOL): =

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_cover.jpg width="74" height="112"]]Continue read-aloud of __Holes__.
=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Thursday, 11/18 =

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Silent Reading
= <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Daily Oral Language (DOL): =

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_cover.jpg width="74" height="112"]]Continue reading __Holes__.
= = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Friday, 11/19 = ==<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Daily Oral Language (DOL): <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> QUIZ ==

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_cover.jpg width="74" height="112"]]Continue reading __Holes__.
=<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Week 15 - Nov. 22--24 - Louis Sachar's Holes =

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Monday, 11/22 = ==<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"A Man Changes Lives in Sudan" ==

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:writing-color.gif width="61" height="72"]]Inductive Reasoning: Re-organize Friday's paragraph about the pizza party?
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= = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Tuesday, 11/23 =

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wednesday, 11/24 =

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_movie.jpg width="76" height="108"]] Continue watching //Holes// movie.
=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday, 11-25 - NO SCHOOL- HAPPY THANKSGIVING! = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> = = = = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday, 11-26 - <span style="color: #893a12; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">NO SCHOOL - HAPPY THANKSGIVING =

=<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Week 16 - Nov. 29-Dec.3 - Louis Sachar's Holes =

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Monday, 11/29 = ==<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read your choice of the newest articles in your mail inbox ==

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:writing-color.gif width="61" height="72"]]Inductive Reasoning: Re-organize Friday's paragraph about the pizza party?
=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Tuesday, 11/30 =

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:writing-color.gif width="61" height="72"]]Inductive Reasoning: Re-organize Friday's paragraph about the pizza party?
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> ===<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Continue read-aloud of __Holes__, starting at Ch. 21 & completing reading responses. ===

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=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wednesday, 12/1 = <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_cover.jpg width="74" height="112"]]Continue read-aloud of __Holes__ & completing reading responses.
==<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Roundtable descriptive paragraph - choose a character in our story and take turns in your group writing expressive sentences describing that character. ==

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_movie.jpg width="76" height="108"]] Continue watching //Holes// movie, if time allows.
=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Thursday, 12/2 =

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Silent Reading
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<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_cover.jpg width="74" height="112"]]Continue read-aloud of __Holes__ & completing reading responses.
==<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Re-write your group's character description using different expressions, different syntax, different organization, and different words (synonyms). ==

=<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Week 17 - Dec.6-10 - Louis Sachar's Holes =

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Monday, 12/6 =

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_cover.jpg width="74" height="112"]]Continue read-aloud of __Holes__, starting at Chapter 27.
==<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Trapped on a Mountain" ==

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Tuesday, 12/7 = ==<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Begin class by completing the response journal for Chapter 30, where you tell the warden what you think about Zero's situation and why he probably won't be coming back for water like she thinks. Then get out another piece of paper so that you can paraphrase Chapter 33 as Mrs. Hartwig reads it. Remember that paraphrasing is not the same as summarizing. When you summarize, you tell the main points; when you paraphrase, you retell the same information in your own words. == <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

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=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wednesday, 12/8 = <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_movie.jpg width="76" height="108"]] Continue watching //Holes// movie.
=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Thursday, 12/9 =

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Silent Reading
=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Friday, 12/10 = ==<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chapter 40 Response Journal DUE TODAY == ===<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Continue read-aloud of __Holes__, starting at chapter 41 & completing reading responses. ===

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_movie.jpg width="76" height="108"]] Continue watching //Holes// movie.
=<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Week 18 - Dec.13-17 - Louis Sachar's Holes =

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=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Tuesday, 12/14 = <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> ===<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Complete read-aloud of __Holes__, starting at Ch. 47, and then complete reading responses. ===

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=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wednesday, 12/15 - Mrs. Hartwig will be gone. =

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:holes_movie.jpg width="76" height="108"]] Continue watching //Holes// movie.
==Write a four-paragraph essay both comparing and contrasting the book to the movie. This means you should have what is similar between the book and the movie AND what is different. Your introductory paragraph should introduce the book and its author and end with a sentence something like the following: "There are both similarities and differences between the book and the movie." Then your two middle paragraphs should organize the similarities in one paragraph and the differences in the other paragraph. Then you should end your essay with a concluding paragraph that begins something like this: "Although the book and the movie have both similarities and differences, the plot of the story is about the same," and then end that paragraph with your opinion of the book, including why you liked or disliked the book.== ===<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">When done with the essay, please read silently. ===

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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:assignment_book.jpg]]4-paragraph essay DUE FRIDAY
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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">[[image:quiz.jpg width="106" height="119"]]Final Test over //Holes//
=<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">>Semester In Review: = =<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Discuss what we've done this semester and what the semester test will be like.** =

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Friday, 12/17 = ==<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4-paragraph essay DUE TODAY ==

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Silent Reading
=<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">>Semester In Review: = =<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Discuss what we've done this semester and what the semester test will be like.** =

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= Week 19 - December 20-25 //Semester Final Projects// = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday, 12-20 =

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Silent Reading
=<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">>Semester In Review: = =<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Discuss what we've done this semester and what the semester test will be like.** =

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=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday, 12-21 - Semester Exams for periods 1, 3, 5 & 7 =

=<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">>Semester Test =

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:reading_icon.jpg]] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Silent Reading
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=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday, 12-22 - Semester Exams for periods 2, 4 & 6 =

= Enjoy a very merry, blessed, and relaxing Christmas break!! =

= WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL and SEMESTER 2!!!! =

= Week 19 - Jan. 5-7 - : = = Wednesday 1/5/11: = = =