Week of February 11-15

Monday, February 11, 2013
1.  Test-Literary Elements
2.  Handout book report ideas, DUE FEBRUARY 28.
3.  Work on Vocabulary

Tuesday, February 12, 2013
1.  Do Now-I got caught...
2.  Review quotation marks.
3.  Using prefixes and suffixes to build new words (semi-vocab review) PowerPoint
4.  Go over
6.  Vocabulary-work on next 5 activities for a word

Wednesday, February 13, 2013
1.  Do Now-Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
2.  Introduce Poetry
3.  Brainpop video
4.  Review...
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
5.  Extensive definitions on Simile/Metaphor
6.  Use Whiteboards to do activity on poetry

Thursday, February 14, 2013
Writing Day-Biopoem

Friday, February 15, 2013
1.  Do Now-"Good Smells"
2.  Answer Questions
3.  Introduce Personification and Alliteration
4.  Show sample poems
5.  Have students complete alliteration activity on PowerPoint