1. Agenda for the week of: December 7-11, 2015

2. Monday, December 7, 2015 “An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.” ~Orrlando Battista Orlando A. Battista

3. 1. Warm-up: KA Hots Word -play 2. Mini-lesson: Review SG 3. Work Session: paired passages with poetry. Writing work shop: Constructed response. Using the poems on pages 100-103 of textbook.

4. Directions for constructed response: Write a brief response in which you compare and contrast the two poems. Explain two ways the poems are alike. Next, contrast the two poems by explaining one way the poems are different. Make sure that you cite evidence from the text, and make sure that you refer to the poems as poem 1 and poem 2.

5. Closing: Peer editing if time permits. QPA Review if time permits. Homework: Study for QPA & finish classwork Continued on next slide

6. Paired passages with poetry. Writing work shop: Constructed response. Using the poems on pages 100- 103 of textbook. Directions for constructed response: Write a brief response in which you compare and contrast the two poems. Explain two ways the poems are alike. Next, contrast the two poems by explaining one way the poems are different. Make sure that you cite evidence from the text, and make sure that you refer to the poems as poem 1 and poem 2.

7. Tuesday, December 8, 2015 “Just because something is difficult doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try, it just means you should try harder.” ~ Author unknown

8. 1. Warm-up: KA Hots Word -play 2. Mini-lesson: Paragraph organization 3. Work Session: Writing work shop: Constructed responses with text evidence. 4. Peer editing

9. Directions for constructed response: Write a brief response in which you compare and contrast the two poems. Explain two ways the poems are alike. Next, contrast the two poems by explaining one way the poems are different. Make sure that you cite evidence from the text, and make sure that you refer to the poems as poem 1 and poem 2.

10. Closing: 1. Kahoot Figurative Language 2. QPA Review if time permits. Homework: Study for QPA

11. Wednesday, December 9, 2015 “People may forget what you said, but they will never forget the way you made them feel.” ~ Author unknown

12. 1. Warm-up: KA Hots Word -play 2. Mini-lesson: none 3. Work Session: Stations 1 st, 2 nd, and part of 3 rd period will be interrupted due to the field trip.

13. Homework: Study for QPA Thursday is the 1st part of the exam. The writing portion is Friday.

14. Thursday, December 10, 2015 “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, then you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams

15. Warm-up: 5 minute review Work Session: QPA part I Closing: Silent Reading

16. Friday, December 11, 2015 “”You were made to be AWESOME, keep going.” Kid Presiden

17. Warm-up: 5 minute review Work Session: QPA part 2 Closing: Silent Reading

18. Homework: Do something kind for someone and expect nothing in return!!