English 8 Plans - 11/7-11/11

Monday, 11/7
In Class
Introduce analogies
Adjectives starting sentences - for word voyage and in essay
Reader’s workshop - update
Return reader’s notebooks - comments on reading peers’ letters
HW
WV 7 - adjective starting sentence
Read

Tuesday, 11/8
In Class
Writer’s Workshop - Minilesson - introduction - background knowledge, sequencing evidence list, parallel structure
Share rubric
In writer’s notebook - adjectives starting sentences
HW
WV 7 - adjective starting sentence
Read

Wednesday, 11/9
In Class
Return letter essays - discuss why we read and respond to peers’ letters
Reader’s workshop - minilesson - focus on pacing and when to fit in the reading 30 min?
HW
WV 7 - adjective starting sentence
Read

Thursday, 11/10 - Out at a Conference
In Class
Reader’s workshop
HW
WV 7 - adjective starting sentence
Read

Friday, 11/11
In Class
Writer’s workshop - minilesson - powerful conclusions - quote or future action
Progress report - 11/22 end of term
HW

Final draft of essay due Monday with article(s)