Grade 6 ELA:
> Write in your private journal or read silently
> Organize portfolios and preview final exam study guide
Grade 7(B) ELA Enrichment:
> Write in your private journal or read silently
> Organize portfolios and complete past work
Grade 10 ELA:
> Write in your private journal or read silently; then complete a Read with a Purpose ticket
> Preview final exam study guide
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Grade 6 ELA:
> Write in your private journal or read silently
> Read and discuss Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise". Begin writing an optional essay using this Menu of Literary Elements and Devices, this chart and this sample essay
Grade 7(A) ELA Enrichment:
> Write in your private journal or read silently
> Complete and turn in past work (and an optional literary analysis essay about "Still I Rise")
Grade 10 ELA:
> Write in your private journal or read silently; then complete a Read with a Purpose ticket
> Work in Literature Circles using "How to Read a Narrative" and Lit Circle Procedures
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Grade 6 ELA:
> Write in your private journal or read silently
> Write a literary analysis essay about "Still I Rise" using this Menu of Literary Devices
Grade 7(A) ELA Enrichment:
> Write in your journal or read silently
> Begin to write an essay about Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise"
Grade 10 ELA:
> Write in your private journal or read silently
> Work in Literature Circles using "How to Read a Narrative" and Lit Circle Procedures
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Grade 6 ELA:
> Write in your private journal or read silently and/or tinker with your iPad
> Work on the literary analysis essay about "Still I Rise". Use as a tool, this chart and sample essay
Grade 7(A) ELA Enrichment:
> Write in your journal or read silently and/or tinker with your iPad
> Work on the essay about "Still I Rise". Use as a tool, this chart and sample essay
Grade 10 ELA:
> Write in your private journal or read silently and/or tinker with your iPad
> Work in Literature Circles using "How to Read a Narrative" and Lit Circle Procedures
Friday, December 13, 2013
Grade 6 ELA:
> Write in your private journal or read silently and/or tinker with your iPad
> Turn in essay
> Play "I Have Who Has?" with some of the literary terms
Grade 7(A) ELA Enrichment:
> Write in your journal or read silently and/or tinker with your iPad
> Turn in essay, then play word games (Parts of Speech Bingo, Boggle, Scrabble, etc.)
Grade 10 ELA:
> Write in your private journal or read silently and/or tinker with your iPad
> Write a Literature Circle Reflection and discuss upcoming literary analysis essay and final exam
HOMEWORK ALL WEEK FOR GRADE 6: Study for the final exam
HOMEWORK ALL WEEK FOR GRADE 10: Study for the final exam