1. Week of 8/14/17
Mondays will be computer day. Sign on and create your login sheet. You don’t have to write your actual passwords, but put something to remind you what it is. NOT BEING ABLE TO LOG IN WILL NOT BE AN EXCUSE FOR MISSING THE WORK WE DO!!!!
When you have logged in to the three websites, glue in your login page to the LAST PAGE of your notebook.

2. 8/15/17 Bear Time: Journal Prompt
Because Margo knows the secret of leaving, the secret I have only just now learned; leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you. Pulling life out by the roots. But you can't do that until your life has grown roots.
Read the excerpt and write a response. You can write anything you want, as long as it is about the excerpt. What do you think? What do you see? Make a prediction. etc…

3. 8/15/17 Writing Workshop
Create your About the Author page. Use third person point of view. For example:
Lindsay Lucas is a middle school English teacher in Douglasville, Georgia. She enjoys writing about the small moments in life. She does her best writing when everything is quiet except for the ambient soundscape background music Pandora station. She enjoys eating freshly baked bread, after she bakes it, and spending time with her family in Atlanta where they live.
After you are finished writing, glue it in to the back cover of your notebook.

4. 8/16/17 Bear Time: Journal Prompt
Because Margo knows the secret of leaving, the secret I have only just now learned; leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you. Pulling life out by the roots. But you can't do that until your life has grown roots.
Read the excerpt. Rewrite it adding an adjective in front of EVERY noun.

5. 8/16/17 Narrative Writing Pre-Assessment
Write a continuation of the story, “An Unexpected Trip”. Be sure to include details, that clearly show how the characters change and develop, and present a clear resolution to the story.
You will have 45 minutes to plan, draft, revise, edit and write a final copy.

6. 8/17/17 Bear Time: Journal Prompt
Because Margo knows the secret of leaving, the secret I have only just now learned; leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you. Pulling life out by the roots. But you can't do that until your life has grown roots.
Read the excerpt. Rewrite the excerpt using the third person point of view and past tense.

7. 8/17/17 Activator – Watch the video and write a response
8/17/17 Activator – Watch the video and write a response. What can you do to own your learning?

8. 8/17/17 Writing Work Shop
Fill in your beginning of the year writing self-reflection.
After you have finished, glue it in to the inside front cover of your notebook.
Then Create two pockets in your notebooks by stapling or taping two pages together. (See example)
Then Glue in a “Words to Work On” Page on the NAP (next available page) and flag it with a post it.
You may have a cursive sheet to glue in if you want.

9. 8/18/17 Bear Time: Journal Prompt
Because Margo knows the secret of leaving, the secret I have only just now learned; leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you. Pulling life out by the roots. But you can't do that until your life has grown roots.
Read the excerpt from Paper Towns by John Green again. Practice using these kinds of sentences. (yes, some of them are fragments.) Change the name and the topic to make it your own. Yes, you are stealing, but changing it.

10. 8/18/17 Activator: Author’s Spotlight
On a notecard, write the following:
Your name and today’s date
The topic and date of your writing
What did you like about it?
How would you improve it?

11. 8/18/17 Writing Workshop: Author’s Spotlight
Sharing
Using the microphone
Listening and Responding

12. 8/18 Writing Workshop: 1-2-3
First – Glue in the sheet on the NAP (next available page)
Then – Write the constructed response question.
Watch the movie trailer. Explain how the main character is the hero of the story.
Finally – Answer the constructed response question for each movie trailer we watch.