1. Bellwork Sept. 17, 2015-Copy and answer.

2. Standard/I can
ELAGSE7L1: Demonstrate commands of standard English grammar and usage when writing.
ELAGSE7RL10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiency, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
ELAGSE7W10: Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
I can: I can write for a specific audience and task.

3. Watch: Abstract and Concrete Nouns
Hook: Parts of Speech
Watch: Abstract and Concrete Nouns

4. Mini-Lesson
Using the foldable we made, we will…. Turn to pgs. 3-4 of The Giver, and give an example of: 1 abstract noun: 1 concrete noun:

5. Work Session- The Giver by Lois Lowry Read Chapter Four, pgs. 33-42.
2. After reading: RAFT activity.
Role – Roberto. You will take on the role of this character. What you write should be from Roberto’s point of view.
Audience – the 12s. You will be writing to the group of twelves.
Format – Speech. You will write a speech to the 12s. Your speech should be 5 to 8 sentences.
T – Topic. In the speech, you have to explain what happens at The Release Ceremony. use your knowledge from the book to explain all the components of what release is.

6. Closing
Share RAFT from today.