Freewrite:
• Supply: If I were a blank check, I . . .
• If I were a masterpiece of art I. . .
• If I were a garbage can I .. .
Lesson:
Sustained Silent Reading:
Timer is set for 30 minutes.
Students read silently for the full time. They may read any BOOK of their choosing.
BUT it is suggested that they read their Independent reading books for their assignment.
Last 10-18 minutes of class
Continue to read and/or do Reader Response Journal.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Objectives:
• To introduce students to Greek Mythology through an easy to read version of the Perseus story
Supply:
***A textbook for each student
Lesson:
Guided reading of the story in the textbook.
• Use photos displayed on the projector of characters
Wednesday, September 22
Objectives:
• To understand how to read poetry.
• To improve reading comprehension of poetry.
• To write poetry
Lesson: **SEATING CHART***
Review the figurative language PowerPoint. Discuss hyperbole in depth and then give the assignment below.
Assignment:
Search Google Images
Find a picture that represents “home.” Then find a picture of a place that represents the opposite of that place. Write a poem based on the contrast (10 lines at least.)
Share with me on Google Docs.
Tuesday, September 21
Objectives:
- Students will think with literature
- Students will develop inductive and analytical questions which they will use to guide their independent/SSR reading.
Proposal’s are due tomorrow!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Lessons:
Sustained Silent Reading:
Timer is set for 30 minutes.
Students read silently for the full time. They may read any BOOK of their choosing.
BUT it is suggested that they read their Independent reading books for their assignment.
Last 10-18 minutes of class
Continue to read and/or do Reader Response Journal.
Friday, September 17
Objectives:
- To understand how to read poetry.
- To improve reading comprehension of poetry.
**SEATING CHART***
TO library to work on proposals and to get help in finding books.
Thursday, September 16
Objectives:
Students will read independently and practice synthesizing, comprehension, and composition
Lessons:
**SEATING CHART***
Went over the Independent reading assignment.
Proposal’s are due September 22
The proposal must list the three books that each student is going to read.
See the Tab above marked SSR Instructions
Wednesday, September 15
Objectives:
- To understand how to read poetry.
- To improve reading comprehension of poetry.
Lessons:
**SEATING CHART***
Cut 5 pieces of butcher paper for Discussion on Dreams
Write Dreams in the middle of each piece of paper and ask the students to do the Silent Chalk Talk procedure.
After the discussion read Dreams and talk about the image of what a dream is.
Ask students to write a paragraph defining dreams and talk about what it means to dream, what happens when dreams go unfulfilled. Support with details from the poems.
Tuesday, September 14
Objectives:
- To understand how to read poetry.
- To improve reading comprehension of poetry.
Lessons:
To begin Writer’s workshop we need to discover a list of topics that we can write about. You will be asked to write about things that interest you this year. You will be asked to write four major essays and complete one Multi-genre project that will be a culmination of the whole of your independent reading.
We’ll work together to come up with personal lists of writing territories today. We’re going to do a couple of brain drain ideas to mine for ideas. First in your notebook list.
- a. Five people important to you (living, dead, famous or not, real or imaginary, etc.)
- b. Five places you would like to visit (real or imaginary)
- c. Five movies you like
- d. Five activities you love.
Now from these 25 things we’ve listed, there have to be stories attached. What are some of the stories.
From the stories look for things that could add to the territories.
- I do (my own territories on the board)
- We do (discuss together)
- They do (get ideas from each other)
Monday, September 27, 2010
Lessons:
Sustained Silent Reading:
Timer is set for 30 minutes.
Students read silently for the full time. They may read any BOOK of their choosing.
BUT it is suggested that they read their Independent reading books for their assignment.
Last 10-18 minutes of class
Continue to read and/or do Reader Response Journal.
Friday, September 10
Objectives: To understand how to read poetry.
To improve reading comprehension of poetry.
Freewrite: What are your dreams? Life, future, scary, happy, sappy, sad, blank…
Lessons:
Page 798 and 799 Dream Deferred and Identifying figurative language.
Have students posterize in groups the figurative language that they find in Dreams and Dream Deferred.
Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the images of Dreams in Dreams and Dream Deferred.
Thursday, September 9
Objectives:
- To understand how to read poetry.
- To improve reading comprehension of poetry.
Finish Figurative Language PowerPoint and notes.
Handout Progress Reports…Get everyone caught up on grades.
Wednesday, September 8
Objectives: To understand how to read poetry.
To improve reading comprehension of poetry.
Lessons:
Finished yesterday’s assignment and
Figurative Language PowerPoint and notes.
Tuesday, September 7
REFLECTION ON LAST WEEK
Objectives:
- To understand how to read poetry.
- To improve reading comprehension of poetry.
Present the text of “the Eagle without any visual stimulus
What is he describing?
Work the students through the reading strategies we talked about yesterday.
Discover “Hope is a thing with Feathers”
Do reflection on the week.
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