Language Art – Mr. Sarudi Work for the weeks of September 19 28, 2012 Wednesday, September 19, 2012 – Meet mel

Objective: Introduce MEL-Con writing strategy

CCS: LA7-W-3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured detail. LA7-W-4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience. LA7-W-5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Bell Ringer: Identify which part of your essay you like the best. Share and explain with your neighbor

Class Activity:

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  Review homework/bell ringer
  
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  Handouts/project on Writing (Meet MEL, Blank sheet, Example, 7-steps to writing MEL, Trans/Concl)
  
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  My favorite person in my family is….
  
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  Apply strategy to your essay (use different color)
  

Homework:

1. Re-write your essay using MEL-CON writing system. Essay due on Friday, 9/14

2. If not started, read /re-read/finish Chapter 1.

Objective: Introduce literary terms of a novel

CCS: LA7-RL-3 - Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Bell Ringer: Fill out the handout for literary terms.

Class Activity:

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  Collect homework / review bell ringer (keep worksheet for reference)
  
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  Questions: Who is protagonist? What are some conflicts that Brian may encounter? Whose point of view is this story told from?
  
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  Read/Make connection
  
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  Exit: Write down at least four comments from TtT (projected chart)
  

Homework: Chapter 2 / 3(TtT reading chart)

Objectives: Introduce students to the topic of setting in literature

CCS: LA7-RI-3 - Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).; LA7-SL-1.d – Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted, modify their own views.

Bell Ringer: Listen to descriptive passage and draw a picture of it.

Class Activity:

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  Review homework
  
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  Pair and Share bell ringer drawing
  
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  Power Point on setting
  
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  Plane Dashboard activity w/ partner (if you don’t finish, you’ll have time tomorrow)
  

Homework: 1. Read Chapter 4 and “Saying, Thinking, Feeling, Wishing” worksheet (Wiki)

Objectives: Students will recall major events from Chapter 4; identify all elements of setting; predict how Brian will use his limited knowledge of tools to interact with setting in the story

CCS: LA7-RI-3 - Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).; LA7-SL-1.d – Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted, modify their own views.

Bell Ringer: Illustrate setting in Chapter 4

Class Activity: (30 min)

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  Review Bell Ringer / Homework
  
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  Finish your Dashboard / Dashboard Questions
  
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  Wrap Up: Setting
  

Homework: 1. Chapter 4 Quiz on the Wiki (Hatchet link). 2. Read Chapter 5

Objectives: Students will identify how Brian might be feeling at this point in the novel by referencing personal experience; identify character traits of Dr. Doofenschmirtz; make inferences about Doofenschmirtz’s character based on setting and prior knowledge.

CCS: LA7-RI-3 - Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).; LA7-SL-1.d – Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted, modify their own views.

Bell Ringer: Using the handout of Sample Character Traits, pick a trait from each column and describe an action that would reflect that trait.

Class Activity

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  Review bell ringer
  
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  Power Point on character traits /
  
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  Doofenschmirtz video
  
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  Character worksheets
  

Homework: 1. Read Chapters 6/7. 2. Finish Character worksheet.

Objectives: Students will identify the elements of talking to the text I perform while reading aloud; identify a commonplace survival item they have on their person and relate to Brian’s experience with a writing prompt involving that item.

CCS: LA7-RI-3 - Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).; LA7-SL-1.d – Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted, modify their own views.

Bell Ringer: Writing prompt – Brian has his Hatchet when he unexpectedly gets lost in the wild. If you were in his position and could have only one object (a real one), what would it be? Why did you choose this object? How would this object be used to help you to survive?

Class Activity

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  Pair and Share / Review bell ringer
  
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  Talking to the Text Mini-Review
  
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  Personal Survival Kit
  

Homework: 1. Read Chapter 8. 2. Prediction/Characterization Writing Prompt (handout). Due on Friday, 9/28

Objectives: Identify and use the four kinds of sentences; declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative.

CCS: LA7-L-1-A Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. LA7-L-1-B - Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.

Bell Ringer: Rewrite the following sentence as a question and as an exclamation – Everything is all right.

Class Activity

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  Review Bell Ringer / Read Page 322 (orange grammar book)
  
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  Power Point on sentences
  
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  Collaborative: Exercise 1 (323) / Individual Exercise 2 (323)
  
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  Exit: Write two sentences for each - declarative, interrogative and imperative about the geography of the states that you are studying in social studies.
  

Homework: Read Chapters 6/7

Objectives: Students will set up their writing journal; identify topics to write about; reflect on personal values and write about them

CCS: LA7-W-4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. LA7-W-5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. LA-W-10 Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Bell Ringer: Finish the following sentence: My favorite way to spend a day is ______ because _______.

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  Free Write Power Point
  
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  Set up Writing Journal
  
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  Small group: Share bell ringer and share an anecdote about spending a day engaged in their favorite activity.
  
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  Exit: Topics to Write About