1. Friday August 29 {TEK: 8; ELPS:4J, 4K} Today you will read a nonfiction piece, then explain the controlling idea and specific purpose by creating a six word memoir within a collaborative group. DO NOW-

2. Today you will read a nonfiction piece, then explain the controlling idea and specific purpose by creating a six word memoir within a collaborative group. A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. Friday August 29 {TEK: 8; ELPS:4J, 4K}

3. Today you will read a nonfiction piece, then explain the controlling idea and specific purpose by creating an analytical paragraph. Brainstorm the following questions. Be prepared to discuss them in depth in about 15 minutes: 1. Overall, would you recommend the novel to friend? Explain. 2. Why do you think it was an option for your summer reading assignment? 3. You were to focus on figurative language in your responses. What was one you focused your attention on? Why? 4. Go back and read the opening scene? Why do you think the author began his/her novel with this scene? OR 4. How else would you imagine it could have ended? 5. Choose one of the responses you wrote for your assignment and be prepared to read it to your group. Friday August 29 {TEK: 8; ELPS:4J, 4K}

4. Friday August 29 Advisory Period If have your completed Health card, turn it in at the top tray next to the windows by my desk. READ OR DO HOMEWORK! STAY QUIET! IF I DO NOT HEAR YOUR VOICE, YOU WON’T HEAR MINE!

5. Today you will read a nonfiction piece, then explain the controlling idea and specific purpose by creating a six word memoir within a collaborative group. His room smelled of cooked grease, Lysol, and age." ~from Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, page 255

6. Let’s look at six-word memoirs-six-word memoirs You may be familiar with this form of expression