2. Monday, March 28 Do Now: SSR Homework: ✓ Vocabulary Word Study (Quiz on April 1) Objective: Rock the STAAR Today you will need: Independent Reading Novel Reader’s AND Writer’s Notebook Pen or Pencil

3. Motivational Monday Think-Pair- Share Share something inspiring, motivating, and/ or encouraging with your partner! Give them a SHOUT OUT!

4. DOL Use proofreading marks to edit the sentence. Then, rewrite it on your paper correctly!

5. Brain Dump 1. The order in which you should approach tomorrow’s test 2. Brain Dump for expository writing

6. Sidewalk Gallery Walk In groups of 2 or 3, you will create a sidewalk chalk poster with the following information: 1. Testing Tips and Tricks 2. Brain Dump for Expository Writing 3. Strategies for Edit/ Revise 4. Words of Encouragement and Motivation

7. STAAR KAHOOT One last thing…. https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/45feb5a0-37f6-4a1f-8caf-16c21b934610

8. Tuesday, March 29 Do Now: SSR Homework: ✓ Vocabulary Word Study (Quiz on April 1) Today you will need: Independent Reading Novel Reader’s AND Writer’s Notebook Pen or Pencil Objective: I can apply my knowledge of pre- reading strategies to meet the author, build background knowledge, and watch a short tv episode for The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.

9. DOL- Day 2 and 3 Use proofreading marks to edit the sentence. Then, rewrite it on your paper correctly!

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11. Big Question Do others see us more clearly than we see ourselves? In The monsters Are Due on Maple Street, mysterious events cause neighbors to become frightened and fearful. Use this sentence starter to develop your ideas about the Big Question: Fear can influence our perception of others by...

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15. Wednesday, March 30 Do Now: SSR Objective: I can apply my knowledge of pre-reading strategies to meet the author, build background knowledge, and watch a short tv episode for The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. Today you will need: Independent Reading Novel Reader’s AND Writer’s Notebook Pen or Pencil Homework: ✓ Vocabulary Word Study (Quiz on April 1)

16. DOL- Day 2 and 3 Use proofreading marks to edit the sentence. Then, rewrite it on your paper correctly!

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22. Thursday, March 31 Do Now: SSR Today you will need: Independent Reading Novel Reader’s AND Writer’s Notebook Pen or Pencil Homework: ✓ Vocabulary Word Study (Quiz on April 1) Objective: I can apply my knowledge of pre-reading strategies to carry out vocabulary activities for The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street and complete the first read aloud.

23. Tipster Thursday Write THREE tips and tricks for successful comprehension! What do you DO as a reader to make sure that you are understanding what you are reading?

24. DOL Use proofreading marks to edit the sentence. Then, rewrite it on your paper correctly!

25. Writing Response What do you think the differences are between plays and novels?

26. Plays are different than stories in books, but you can still imagine what’s happening while you are reading a play. Plays are written to be acted out on stage. Books are written so you can imagine the action in your head. Plays include stage directions, a set, dialogue, and some narration. With plays and theatre, you must ACT – be the character using your body, voice, emotions, and imagination. Plays still have the parts of a story and includes a theme.

27. Major Elements of Drama Dialogue – characters talking to each other. Find an example in your script. Action – the physical things the characters do in the play, including facial expressions. Setting – stage, lights, scenery.

28. Play Genres Drama – a serious subject matter. Comedy – a play that is light-hearted and funny. Tragedy – the events lead to the downfall of the main character.

29. Important Vocabulary Acts – units of action divided into parts called scenes. Dialogue – words the characters say. There are no quotation marks used in a play. Script – printed form of a play

30. Stage Directions – information usually in italics or in parentheses that tells what the stage should look like or how the character should feel or where the character should move on stage. Set – construction on stage that shows the time and place of the play. Props – moveable items or objects the actors use to make their actions more realistic.

31. Closing: T-P-S Of all the novels you have read this year, which one do you think would make the best play? What genre is it and explain why it would make a good play.

32. Vocabulary In your reader’s notebook…  Define  Use in a sentence 1. Defiant 2. Flustered 3. Metamorphosis 4. Persistently 5. Sluggishly 6. Transfixed

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34. Friday, April 1 Do Now: SSR Homework: ✓ Enjoy your weekend Objective: I can apply comprehension skills to read The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. I will be able to think critically about what I read, make inferences, and summarize the storyline of the play. Today you will need: Independent Reading Novel Reader’s AND Writer’s Notebook Pen or Pencil

35. DOL TURN IN DOL 1- 14 FOR A GRADE - 10 PTS FOR EVERY PAGE YOU ARE MISSING

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37. Summary- Write a one-paragraph summary! Make sure that you have something from the beginning, middle, and end.

38. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Critical Thinking Question: If you were a resident of Maple Street, how would you have responded to the strange events? Write an expository essay explaining why it is important to think before you act.

39. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Critical Thinking Question: How do the people on Maple Street single out Les Goodman in Act I? What does this suggest about what is really happening on Maple Street?

40. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Critical Thinking Question: Why does Charli shoot Pete Van Horn? Infer- What does the crowd’s response to this shooting suggest about how clearly they are thinking?

41. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Critical Thinking Question: Who are the monsters on Maple Street?

42. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street BIG Question: Do others see us more clearly than we see ourselves? (a) How do the neighbors regard each other in the story? (b) How do the aliens regard the residents of Maple Street? (c) Whose perspective is more clear-eyed? Explain.