Monday   

 3/9

Nonfiction Article & 

Walk Two Moons  

 Tuesday

 3/10

 Thesis Statements 

Using your worksheet & article from yesterday, 

create a thesis statement for our upcoming essay assignment.

Wednesday

 3/11

  Write introduction   

  Finish typing your introduction if necessary.

Thursday

 3/12

   Review of topic & closing sentences 

 Begin first & second body paragraphs

 None

Friday

 3/13

  Review of introducing text evidence

 & explaining text evidence

   Edit & revise, & complete body paragraphs

  Finish first two body paragraphs if necessary.

Monday   

 3/2

Read ch. 40, 41, & 42

Finish reading Walk Two Moons, ch. 43 & 44

 Tuesday

 3/3

 Discussions related to 

 - foreshadowing

 - symbolism

 Check over your notebook.  You will need notes on dashes, contrast, & point of view

for Thursday's & Friday's assessment.  (You will be able to use your notebook)

Wednesday

 3/4

  Lessons from discussions

  Introduce assessment

Check over your notebook.  You will need notes on dashes, contrast, & point of view

for Thursday's & Friday's assessment.  (You will be able to use your notebook)

Thursday

 3/5

  First day of Walk Two Moons

assessment

  Second day of Walk Two Moons assessment will be tomorrow.  The cold read will be tomorrow. 

Friday

 3/6

  Second day of Walk Two Moons

assessment

 None :)

Monday   

 2/24

-Read ch. 28 & 29

-Analyze poem from novel

Answer the following question in a paragraph.  Make sure to use text evidence.  Question: Which character's reaction to "The Tide Rises" was most like yours?  Explain.

 Tuesday

 2/25

 Ch. 30 & 31

 Finish reading ch. 31 if necessary

Wednesday

 2/26

  Ch. 32 & 33

 Finish reading ch. 33 if necessary

Thursday

 2/27

  Ch. 34 & 35

 Finish reading ch. 35 if necessary

Friday

 2/28

  Ch. 36, 37, 38, & 39

 None 

Monday   

 2/17

 No School

 Tuesday

 2/18

 No School

Wednesday

 2/19

  Focusing on the positives 

  Begin ch. 24

 Read ch. 24

Thursday

 2/20

  Read ch. 25 & 26

  Finish ch. 26 if necessary

Friday

 2/21

  Read ch. 27

 None 

Monday   

 2/10

 Notes on punctuation usage & chapter 19

 None

 Tuesday

 2/11

  Read ch. 20 & paragraph

 None

Wednesday

 2/12

  Revise paragraph and read ch. 21

 Finish ch. 21 if necessary

Thursday

 2/13

  Read ch. 22

  Chapter 22 questions

Friday

 2/14

  Read ch. 23

 None - Enjoy the long weekend! 

Monday   

 2/3

 Review ch. 11 & 12

 Reac ch. 13 & 14

 Take notes on the Point of View video

 Tuesday

 2/4

  Review Points of View - notes & ch. 14

  Read ch. 15

 None

Wednesday

 2/5

  Rewrite ch. 15 from a different point of view

 Quiz Friday on ch. 1-16

Thursday

 2/6

  Read and analyze ch. 16

  Quiz Friday on ch. 1-16

Friday

 2/7

 Ch. 17 & 18

 Finish ch. 18 if necessary

Monday   

 1/27

Ch. 6, focusing on contrasts between characters (Hiddles vs. Winterbottoms chart)

 Read ch. 7

 Tuesday

 1/28

Review ch. 6 & 7 (Review STEAL with ch. 6).  Make a prediction for ch. 8 & start reading

Finish reading ch. 8 & respond to your prediction.

Wednesday

 1/29

  Read ch. 9 & look for transitions from setting to setting

Finish 9 if necessary

Thursday

 1/30

Review STEAL, transitions, & contrasts.  Read ch. 10 & 11, focusing on those skills.

 Finish 10 & 11

Friday

 1/31

Review ch. 11 and all skills.  Read ch. 12

 Finish reading ch. 12 if necessary

Monday   

 1/20

No School

 Tuesday

 1/21

- Begin Walk Two Moons

- Ch. 1 & 2

Final poem and analysis due tomorrow.

Wednesday

 1/22

 Ch.  3

Settings Chart

Thursday

 1/23

- Ch. 4, adding to settings chart

 Read ch. 5, adding to settings chart.  Reading check tomorrow on ch. 1-5, focus

on characters & settings

Friday

 1/24

- Reading check on ch. 1-5

- notes on contrast

-Read ch. 6, focus on contrasts

 None

Monday   

 1/13

-Introduce poem project

-model brainstorming for poem

-brainstorm

Complete this brainstorming sentence twice for 2 different ideas.

“I am writing about _______; I feel ______ about it, which leads me to wonder/realize _________.

 Tuesday

 1/14

- Model pre-writing/ figurative language etc.

- Pre-write

Finish pre-writing if you were not able to finish in class or if you are not sure about which topic

you're going to turn into the final poem.

Wednesday

 1/15

- Model breaking the pre-writing into lines and stanzas

(poem structure & ending on an image)

-Students break up pre-writing

Continue to structure your poem if necessary

Thursday

 1/16

Finish poem/ create final draft & begin analysis

  Final poem & analysis due Wednesday (there will be no more time given in class)

Friday

 1/17

 Introduction to Walk Two Moons

 Final poem & analysis due Wednesday (there will be no more time given in class)

Monday   

 1/6

 Model Poem Analysis, “Introduction to Poetry,” to review figurative language, sound devices, and poetic conventions

 None

 Tuesday

 1/7

Group Poem Analysis, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”

   None

Wednesday

 1/8

 Independent assessment of yesterday’s poem

  “Vocabulary Workshop” worksheet on connotation vs. denotation

Thursday

 1/9

 Independent Poem Analysis based on yesterday’s work

  Respond to a classmate’s post-it note

Friday

 1/10

  Group discussion & poster on poem of choice

 None

Monday   

 Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

 12/19

  - Review Figurative Language 

  None

Friday

 12/20

  - Practice with figurative language 

   Complete the HW assignment that was written on your classwork activity today. 

Monday   

 12/16

  Finish reading

scene 4 of Act II     

 None

 Tuesday

 12/17

  Read/view the resolution of 

A Christmas Carol

  Answer: Which ghost do you think affected Scrooge most?  Why? 

Wednesday

 12/18

- Themes 

- Write a new version of A 

Christmas Carol

  Complete the last row of the Theme worksheet

Thursday

 12/19

  - Finish your version 

  None

Friday

 12/20

  - Review several versions of

A Christmas Carol

   None.  Have a wonderful break!  See you next year!

Monday   

 12/9

  - Read Act I, scene v (only the first 3 pages) 

- We will be reading Act I, scenes v (the rest) tomorrow.

Be ready to read if your role is in that scene.  Quiz Wednesday 

on Act I vocabulary.

 Tuesday

 12/10

   -Read Act I, scene v (the rest of the scene)

  - Quiz tomorrow on Act I vocabulary.

  - We will read Act II, scenes i & ii on Thursday.  Be ready to read

if your role is in those scenes.

Wednesday

 12/11

   -Quiz

   - Paragraph on Scrooge’s changes

   -We will read Act II, scenes 1 & 2 tomorrow.  Be ready if your role is in those scenes.

Thursday

 12/12

 -Read Act II, scenes 1 & 2 and start scene 3.

  -Finish reading scene 3 (pages will differ by class.  The text can be found on google classroom).

Friday

 12/13

  -Review Act II, scene 3.  Begin reading scene 4 (stop at p. 789 when Present disappears)

   None

Monday   

 12/6

  - Prepare for assigned role in 

A Christmas Carol 

A Christmas Carol 

 Tuesday

 12/7

 - vocabulary in A Christmas Carol

- Act I, scene i   

  - We will be reading Act I, scene ii tomorrow.

Be ready to read if your role is in that scene.

Wednesday

 12/8

 -Read Act I, scene ii

  - We will be reading Act I, scenes iii & iv tomorrow.

Be ready to read if your role is in those scenes.

Thursday

 12/9

  -Read Act I, scene iv

  - We will be reading Act I, scene v (only the first part) 

tomorrow.  Be ready to read if your role is in that scene.

Friday

 12/10

  - Read Act I, scene v (only the first 3 pages) 

   - We will be reading Act I, scenes v (the rest) on Monday.

Be ready to read if your role is in that scene.

Monday   

 11/25

 Practice with Elements of Drama

 Tuesday

11/26

- Quiz on Elements of Drama

  None

Wednesday

 11/27

 -Thanksgiving Play

  None

Thursday

 11/28

  No School

Friday

 11/29

    No School 

Monday   

 11/18

-Finish infographic

 Tuesday

11/19

-Gallery Walk of infographics

  None

Wednesday

 11/20

 -Introduce Elements of Drama

  Answer the questions about today's notes (on google classroom)

Thursday

 11/21

-Practice with Elements of Drama

- Begin reading "Sorry Wrong Number"

  Do the Elements of Drama worksheet

   Quiz Tuesday on Elements of Drama

Friday

 11/22

-Finish reading "Sorry Wrong Number" 

   Quiz Tuesday on Elements of Drama

Monday   

 11/11

-Group project assigned

-Begin independent research on expert question

 Tuesday

11/12

-Continue independent research on expert question.  Finish 2nd source in class.

   Research needs to be done by Wednesday during class.  Begin 3rd source tonight.

Wednesday

 11/13

-Finish independent research (3rd source) in class

-Write paragraph to fully answer expert question

  Finish paragraph if necessary

Thursday

 11/14

-Group work on infographic (plan and begin)

  Bring in any materials for your infographic tomorrow (art supplies, printed-out images, etc)

Friday

 11/15

-Group work on infographic (Finish) 

   All research, paragraphs, and infographics will be collected on Monday!

Monday   

 11/4

 Station activities with nonfiction 

Quiz tomorrow on:

1) nonfiction audience

2) nonfiction purpose

3) nonfiction text structures 

 Review all nonfiction 

  Quiz tomorrow on:

1) nonfiction audience

2) nonfiction purpose

3) nonfiction text structures 

Wednesday

 11/6

  Nonfiction quiz

  Have a great long weekend!

Thursday

 11/7

 No School

Friday

 11/8

No School

Monday   

 10/28

 Intro to nonfiction reading skills 

Tuesday

 10/29

  Author's Audience and purpose 

in nonfiction 

  Read and annotate article 

Wednesday

 10/30

  Organization of nonfiction

  Read and annotate article

Thursday

 10/31

  Halloween nonfiction reading and fiction writing 

Friday

 11/1

  Nonfiction practice - audience, purpose, structure with satirical articles 

Monday   

 10/21

 -Discuss novel’s resolution

Tuesday

 10/22

-Review argumentative terms & write

  Test Friday on 1) predictions & inferences, 2) argumentative terms, 3) signposts (AA & CC only) and 4) characterization

Wednesday

 10/23

   -Review another skill for Friday’s test (students choose skill & activity for practice)

Prepare for Friday’s test by completing another review activity (Chosen during class)  

Test Friday on 1) predictions & inferences, 2) argumentative terms, 3) signposts (AA & CC only) and 4) characterization

Thursday

 10/24

 Jeopardy Review Game

 Test tomorrow on 1) predictions & inferences, 2) argumentative terms, 3) signposts (AA & CC only) and 4) characterization

Friday

 10/25

 Test

   None

Monday   

 10/14

 -Continue working on argumentative essay (due tomorrow)

-argumentative essay due tomorrow

Tuesday

 10/15

Read ch. 18 & 19

      None

Wednesday

 10/16

    -Read ch. 20, stopping for inferences & predictions

Thursday

 10/17

 Read ch. 21 through  23

  Finish reading ch. 23 tonight if necessary

Friday

 10/18

  Read the book - chapters 24 & 25

   None

Monday   

 10/7

-Review ch 13-15

- Read ch. 16 & 17, highlighting evidence of Kenny’s guilt and innocence

 Based on highlighting, decide if you think Kenny is guilty or innocent.

Tuesday

 10/8

Rubric for upcoming assignment (Kenny Kane argumentative writing)

-notes on argumentative terms

-add reasons to last night’s HW

   No Red Ink (due Friday)

Wednesday

 10/9

Thursday

 10/10

 Plan out & start typing argumentative writing

  No Red Ink (due tomorrow)

Friday

 10/11

  Continue argumentative writing.  We will finish on Monday.

 Make sure you have completed your introduction and two body paragraphs by Monday. 

Monday   

 9/30

  Review signposts from last year (Contrast & contradiction, again and again, 

and words of the wiser)

  Go over ch. 8-10

 Signpost practice worksheet

Tuesday

 10/1

 Go over signpost practice

 Read ch. 11 focusing on signpost and skill of choice 

  Finish ch. 11 & skills activity

Wednesday

 10/2

  Read ch. 12 & 13.  Do 3 post-its: one for each signpost we reviewed this week.  

Thursday

 10/3

 Review 3 other signposts (memory moment, aha moment, and tough questions)

Read ch. 14

  Read ch. 15

Friday

 10/4

  Read ch. 16 & 17

 Finish ch. 17 if necessary. 

Monday   

 9/23

  Notes on Characterization

 Begin reading ch. 5  

 Finish reading ch. 5 if necessary     

Tuesday

 9/24

 Review characterization

Read ch. 6 & complete formal chart on characterization   

  Ch. 6 chart

Wednesday

 9/25

  Graded assignment - characterization, inferences, & predictions 

Read ch. 7   

Thursday

 9/26

 PERIODS 1, 7, & 9: Continue to practice with characterization, 

inferences, & predictions while reading ch. 8

  PERIODS 3 & 4: MAP TESTING

  Finish reading ch. 10 and doing the corresponding work by Monday.

Friday

 9/27

  PERIODS 1, 7, & 9: Continue to practice with characterization,

inferences, & predictions while reading ch. 9 & 10   

   PERIODS 3 & 4: MAP TESTING

 Finish reading ch. 10 and doing the corresponding work by Monday. 

Monday   

 9/16

 Konstruct-A-Kid

Opinion article: CRISPR

Debate   

 None

Tuesday

 9/17

 Introduce Reader's Notebooks (Focus on predictions)

Make predictions about our first novel, Freak the Mighty    

Begin reading ch. 1

 Make a real-life prediction (write it down) at home.  Remember to support it with real-life evidence.  

Wednesday

 9/18

  Finish reading ch. 1 & practice making predictions

Thursday

 9/19

Read ch. 2 together; 3 independently.  

Demonstrate ability to make accurate predictions using text to support 

 Finish reading ch. 3 if necessary.  

Friday

 9/20

 - Have a great weekend!

-Finish reading ch. 4 if necessary.

-Write at least one inference in your Reader's Notebook.

Monday   

 9/9

 Policies/Procedures

Assign E-mail to go along with the shelfie (shelfie e-mail)   

 Shelfie due tomorrow (e-mailed)

Shelfie e-mail due Friday (printed)

Tuesday

 9/10

 E-mail writing lessons/ work on shelfie e-mail   

 Shelfie e-mail due Friday (printed)

Wednesday

 9/11

  Grammar activities/ work on shelfie e-mail

Thursday

 9/12

 Grammar activities/ work on shelfie e-mail   

 Shelfie e-mail due tomorrow (printed

Friday

 9/13

Monday   

 9/2

Tuesday

 9/3

Wednesday

 9/4

Thursday

 9/5

Ice Breakers   

- Create a butterfly (directions given in class &  on HW portal) 

Friday

 9/6

Policies/ Procedures

Assign shelfie 

 - Have a great weekend!

 - Shelfie due on Tuesday (e-mailed to your own Bernards e-mail account)