Week of November 5-9

Monday, November 5
Benchmark Test

Tuesday, November 6

1.  Do Now-Comprehension Activity
2.  Begin PowerPoint presentation on text structures, take notes
3.  Read the "Galveston Hurricane" article.
4.  Answer questions
5.  Have students write down hint words of sequence of events.
6.  Find text structures with crayons
7.  Give out stickies and have them create two FAT questions to be answered
8.  Have students find one word they do NOT know the definition of, write on a sticky, and look up in a dictionary.
9.  Summarize the article with three DETAILS.
10.  If possible, return vocabulary tests and go over


Wednesday, November 7

1.  Do Now-Journal Entry-What constitutes a good friend?
2.  Pop Quiz on To, Two, and Too
3.  Finish activities from Tuesday.
4.  Have students do next two vocabulary words with 5 activities.

Thursday, November 8

Writing Day-Imagine that you have just moved to a city under the sea.  The next morning you decide to explore.  Write a story about what happens next.

Friday, November 9, 2012

In conjunction with Mr. Conner's research paper....

Students will learn how to do a research paper with a PowerPoint presentation.
Discuss MLA referencing.
Give student pairs four books/articles and have them write biographies (MLA) style on each.