Lesson Plans Sept 2-5 Welcome Back!

Lesson Plans Sept 2-5

Homework for Language Arts Class

• READ for 30 minutes every night. 
• Summer Reading Project - work on this. Due Fri, Sept 12
• Really You - Project: Essay, mini-poster, presentation - work on this - due next week
• Close Reading - Read and take Cornell Notes for pages vi,vii,viii
• Get all papers signed and turn in
• Core 1: read Writing categories on the Scholastic Writing Awards site
• Reminder: Pictures next Monday
• Reminder: Open House Thursday, Sept 18 

Language Arts 

Essential Questions

• How do you organize for learning success?
• How do good writers answer questions completely?
• How do Cornell Notes improve learning?
• What are good reading strategies and how do we use them?
• How do we improve listening?
• How can we work in pairs and groups effectively?

Readings

• Texts issued: Close Reader

Writing -Friday's Reflection

• Think and then write answers in complete sentences with a focus on development

Common Core State Standards 

8W2 – Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. 

8W2a – Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

8W2b – Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

8W2c – Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.

8W2d – Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

8W2e– Establish and maintain a formal style. 

8W2f– Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.

                
Skills 
Reading Strategies: Connect, Predict, Visualize, Question, Summarize, Clarify
Close Reading of "Close Reading" 
Writing to inform

Core 1

Writing 
Writing through the Genres
Scholastic Art and Writing: close up look at categories
Writing well developed answers to questions
Freewriting

Reading
Close reading
Reading procedures
Reading Inventory

Speaking
Presentation of rules by teams

Cores 2, 3 

Writing 
Friday's reflection (see other post)
Writing well developed answers to questions
Freewriting

Reading
Close reading
Reading procedures
Reading Inventory

Speaking
Presentation of rules by teams

Poetry

Poem "Summer Ends". (see other post)

Poem read to class.

Discussion of literary devices: simile, metaphor