Monday - Writer's Notebook: "Reflect on your first 7 weeks of school. What have you done well? In which areas could you have improved (academics, social, extracurriculars)? Moving forward, what will you change in order to better succeed?"
Tuesday - Grammar Nugget - Fragments handout
Wednesday - Writer's Notebook: "What would you do if you could travel back in time? To when would you go? Who would you meet? What events would you witness as a time tourist?"
Thursday - Grammar Nugget - Run-ons/Fragments handout
Friday - Writer's Notebook: "Friday Freewrite!!!"
- Introduce Narrative Essay assignment
- Review rubric
Tuesday - Grammar Nugget - Fragments handout
- Introduction to Vocabulary List # 4
- Brainstorm story ideas for narrative essay
- HW - Read parallel novel
Wednesday - Writer's Notebook: "What would you do if you could travel back in time? To when would you go? Who would you meet? What events would you witness as a time tourist?"
- Discuss the ways the 19 master plots embody all fiction
- Brainstorm story elements and compose elevator speeches
- HW - Have brainstorming and elevator speeches ready for tomorrow; Read parallel novel
Thursday - Grammar Nugget - Run-ons/Fragments handout
- Check brainstorming and give elevator speeches
- Give out Freytag's Pyramid outlines for stories
- HW - Read parallel novel
Friday - Writer's Notebook: "Friday Freewrite!!!"
- Work on outlines and character sketches
- HW - Read parallel novel; outlines (Freytag's Pyramid) are due Monday