Agenda 1-31 - 2-4

Monday, January 31st

• Continue research for persuasive essay.
• Use online graphic organizer to focus essay
• Use paragraph organizer to begin writing out essay

Tuesday, February 1st

• SSR
• Grammar - Complements
• Appetizers - PRESS passages
• Enrichment for Novels (On Level: Number the Stars; Pre AP: Star Girl)
• Begin Draft for Persuasive Essay
• Begin Reading Novels (On Level: Ch 1-4 this week; Pre AP: Ch. 1-8 this week)

Wednesay, February 2nd

• SSR
• Gramar
• Appetizers - PRESS passages
• Continue drafting persuasive essay
• Read novels & disscuss comprehension and vocabulary

Thursday, February 3rd

• SSR
• Grammar
• Appetizers - PRESS passages
• Analyze news program for pupose and levels of formality
• Revise & Edit persuasive essay
• Teacher Conference with students about essay
• Read novels & disscuss comprehension and vocabulary

Friday, February 4th

• SSR
• Grammar
• TAKS Practice - PRESS strategies
• Analyze digital media
• Revise & Edit persuasive essay
• Teacher Conference with students about essay
• Read novels & discuss comprehension and vocabulary

HW - Watch superbowl commercials and analyze for persuasive techniques and faulty reasoning.

Pre AP Research

Online Graphic Organizer - Persuasion Map

Should Physical Education be Mandatory?

Should Physical Education be Required?

Articles on the Web about Physical Education

We need mandatory physical education back in schools.

Lack of Mandatory PE is Making our Kids Fat

The Danger of Mandatory PE

On Level Research

Online Graphic Organizer - Persuasion Map

Using cell phones as teaching tools

New Technology, Old problems in the classroom

From Toy to Tool

Supporting Cell Phone Use in the Classroom

Cell Phones in the Classroom

Pros of Cell Phones in School

Cons of Cell Phones in School

Should Public School Ban Cell Phones

Cell Phones in the Classroom

Students and Cell Phones

Students agree: Cell Phones in Class are Distracting

Cell Phones in Classroom: Bad Idea, Inevitable, or Both?

Agenda 1/24-1/28

Monday, January 24th

• SSR - nonfiction sharing board
• Writing Prompt: Persuasive writing
• Grammar - Review prepositions, verbs, subjects & direct objects. Introduce indirect objects.
• Analyze persuasive texts and write editorials based on school issues.
• Persuasion in Advertising: Promises, Dares & Flattery.  Introduce Faulty reasoning
• HW: "Persuasion is all around you" - find a persuasive piece (commercial, advertisement, letter to the editor, etc.) and analyze.

Tuesday, Janurary 25th

• SSR - nonfiction sharing board
• Writing Prompt: Persuasive writing
• Grammar - Direct & Indirect Objects
• Analyze persuasive texts with faulty reasoning (TEXT 512-514)
• Share advertisements brought from home (last night's homework)

Wednesday, January 26th

• SSR - nonfiction sharing board
• Grammar
• Writing Prompt
• Analyze persuasive texts (Reader's notebook: 199-201)
• Commercials/advertisements reviewed and analyzed for faulty reasoning

Thursday, January 27th (Substitute teacher)

• Research in Library - begin researching for persuasive speech
• Take notes
• Fill out graphic organizer(s)
• Begin forming support and evidence for stated claim
• MLA Citations review
• On Level - need at least 2 sources
• Pre AP - need at least 3 sources

Friday, January 28th (Substitute teacher)

• SSR
• Grammar
• Use graphic organizer to begin drafting persuasive speech
• Agree or disagree - state support for your claim

Agenda 1/17-1/21

Monday, January 17th
NO SCHOOL

Tuesday - Thursday
- SSR (nonfiction)  We will begin our new SSR activities with the nonfiction sharing board.  Students will take notes in their journal.
- Grammar: Simple Step #4 (Complements: Direct Objects)
- Read and analyze examples of persuasive texts

Friday, January 21st
- SSR - I will check journals for notes about their nonfiction book (main idea, chart/graph about information learned, important vocabulary)
- Grammar quiz: prepositions, verbs, subjects, direct objects
- TAKS Practice - utilize test strategies
- Read and analyze examples of persuasive texts

Agenda 1/10-1/14

Monday, January 10th
Review for Semester Exams
SSR

Tuesday, January 11th
1st Period Exam - English/Grammar
SSR

Wednesday, January 12th
2nd Period Exam - Reading Comprehension
4th Period Exam - English/Grammar
SSR

Thursday, January 13th
5th Period Exam - Reading Comprehension
SSR

Friday, January 14th
NO SCHOOL!

Agenda 1/3-1/7

Monday - Friday: This week we will focus on reviewing for our final exam which we will take next week.  Please be prepared to participate in class as we review independently, in groups, and whole class!

SSR

Continue working on Simple Step #3 - Subjects

Review activities: Grammar, Genres, Imaginative stories, sensory details, personal narratives, logic & reasoning, predicting outcomes, figurative language, poetry, inferencing, cause & effect, reading comprehension, and following directions!