1. November 5
6TH GRADE ELA – Benchmark Unit 4 – Fix up Monitoring /Summarizing
Reading Log – “A Year Down Yonder”
Benchmark – Summary + Video + Practice
Paired Reading –”Dorothea Lang- A Sensitive Eye” – Read 1
Elements of Plot- Plot the Paired Reading
INDEPENDENT WORK – DURING GUIDED READING
Pronoun Practice –Pg.3-4
Word Gen – Complexity
Journal Response – plot your favorite movie on the plot diagram
7TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES- Chapter 5 – Fertile Crescent
Give One Get One Due
Chapter 5 section 4 Video + Notes Jigsaw
Chapter 5 section 4 questions #1-3

2. Summarize
To summarize information is to state the most important ideas briefly in your own words
A summary connects and sums up key ideas from the text
A summary gives the general idea and omits most details
Identifying key words and phrases in a text helps readers discover its big ideas

3. Summarize
1. Turn and Talk - State the big ideas, or key ideas, in the picture
Sentence Starters:
One important idea that this picture shows is _______
One way the key ideas are connected is _______
A good summary of the picture is _______
2. Write the summary in your journal – Title it “The Duel” Summary- Who, What, Where, When and Why

4. Plot- Answer the following questions about your favorite movie - Nov
Plot- Answer the following questions about your favorite movie - Nov. 5 Journal
1. What is the exposition?
2. What is the rising action?
3. What is the climax?
4. What is the falling action?
5. What is the resolution?

5. November 7
6TH GRADE ELA – Benchmark Unit 4 – Fix up Monitoring /Summarizing
Reading Log – “A Year Down Yonder”
Benchmark –Summary- “Iktomi and the Muskrat”
Paired Reading –”Dorethea Lang” – Read 2
Elements of Plot/Character Response to Plot Review – Quiz Tomorrow
INDEPENDENT WORK – DURING GUIDED READING
Pronoun Practice –Pg.5-6
Word Gen – Culture
Journal Response Plot
Independent Reading
7TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES- Chapter 5 – Fertile Crescent
CNN10 journal response
Chapter 5 section 4 questions #1-3 Due
Epic of Gilgamesh W.S.

6. Plot- Write a scary story
Plot- Write a scary story. Then answer the following questions about your story- Nov. 7 Journal
1. What is the exposition?
2. What is the rising action?
3. What is the climax?
4. What is the falling action?
5. What is the resolution?

7. November 8
6TH GRADE ELA – Benchmark Unit 4 – Fix up Monitoring /Summarizing
Reading Log – “A Year Down Yonder”
Benchmark –Summary- “Learning About Ancient Greece”
Paired Reading –”Dorethea Lang” – Read 3
Elements of Plot/Character Response to Plot Review – Quiz
INDEPENDENT WORK – DURING GUIDED READING
Pronoun Practice –Pg.7-8- Due Mon
Word Gen – Element
Journal Response
Word Gen – Quiz retake
7TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES- Chapter 5 – Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia stations Activity
Review – Chapter 5 /Hunters and Gatherers – Vocab Assignment
Test Monday

8. Chapter 5 – Vocab Assignment- Define each term, put each term in a sentence of your own, and draw an illustration of each term
Fertile Crescent
silt
irrigation
surplus
division of labor
Sumer
city-state
Empire
Polytheism
Social hierarchy
cuneiform
scribe
ziggurat
Babylon
Hammurabi’s Code 
chariot

9. November 9- Half Day 1,2,3
6TH GRADE ELA – Benchmark Unit 4 – Fix up Monitoring /Summarizing
Reading Log – “A Year Down Yonder”
Elements of Plot/Character Response to Plot Review – Quiz
Assembly
7TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES- Chapter 5 – Fertile Crescent
Chapter 5 /Hunters and Gatherers Test Monday
Review Vocab Assignment due Monday
Chap. 5 Review
INDEPENDENT WORK – DURING GUIDED READING
Pronoun Practice –Pg.9-10 Due Mon
Journal Response

10. Student Jobs – You will be asked to perform the students jobs assigned to you for one month – Please write down your job
1st Hour - Student Helper for November
Paper Passer – William
Maintenance-Frans
Materials Passer- Fadi J
Supply Monitor - Marko
Agenda Writer -Isabel
Direction Expert-Kaylin
Librarian - Joseph
Date Changer - Marceon

11. Student Jobs – You will be asked to perform the students jobs assigned to you for one month – Please write down your job
2-3rd Hour - Student Helper for November
Paper Passer - Isabella
Maintenance- Yousif
Materials Passer –Byron
Supply Monitor – Hailey
Direction Expert-Yen
Agenda Writer – Serena

12. Student Jobs – You will be asked to perform the students jobs assigned to you for one month – Please write down your job
4-5th Hour - Student Helper for November
Paper Passer – pass out papers- I’yana
Maintenance – wipe desks, wipe counters, sweep floor if necessary – Andew C.
Materials Passer – boxes of materials – Dylan
Supply Monitor – give students pens/pencils if they need to borrow them- take their ID- Alexis
Direction Expert- listen so students can ask you questions – Christian
Librarian – fix the bookshelf – Dima
Desk Checker- check if there is anything in the desk – Andew H
Plant Waterer – water the plants – Joseph

13. 6th Grade ELA Weekly Learning Targets
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2
I can determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through details.
I can summarize the text without including my personal opinions or judgments.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
I can determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details.
I can summarize the text in a way that doesn’t include my personal opinions or judgments.
RL.6.3- I Can:
 Describe the series of events that are part of a plot
 Describe how a character changes throughout the story
 Define resolution

14. 6th Grade ELA Weekly Learning Targets
CCSS.ELA-L I Can:
 Use grade appropriate words and phrases
 Find the meaning of unclear vocabulary words
CCSS.ELA-W.6.10
I can write over long and short time frames or many tasks, purposes, and audiences

15. Conventions of Standard English
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1.A I can ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1.B I can use intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1.C I can recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.* CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1.D I can recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).* CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1.E I can recognize variations from standard English in my own and others' writing and speaking. I can identify and use strategies to improve my expression of conventional language.*
Language 6.1.A-E
Conventions of Standard English
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1.A-E

16. Speaking & Listening 6.1.A-D
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1.A I can come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material. I can draw on my preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1.B I can follow rules for collegial discussions, set specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1.C I can pose and respond to specific questions with elaboration and detail by making comments that contribute to the topic, text, or issue under discussion. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1.D I can review the key ideas expressed and demonstrate understanding of multiple perspectives through reflection and paraphrasing.
Speaking & Listening 6.1.A-D
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1.A-D

17. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
I can change my way of speaking to fit different situations and tasks. I can use formal English when the situation calls for it.
Speaking & Listening 6.6
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.6

18. 7th Grade Social Studies Standards
7 – W1.1.1 Explain how and when human communities populated major regions of the Eastern Hemisphere (Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia) and adapted to a variety of environments.
7 – W1.1.2 Explain what archaeologists have learned about Paleolithic and Neolithic patterns of living in Africa, Western Europe, and Asia.

19. 7th Grade Social Studies Standards
7 – W1.2.1 Explain the importance of the natural environment in the development of agricultural settlements in different locations (e.g., available water for irrigation, adequate precipitation, and suitable growth season).
7 – W1.2.2 Explain the impact of the Agricultural Revolution (stable food supply, surplus, population growth, trade, division of labor, development of settlements).
7 – W1.2.3 Compare and contrast the environmental, economic, and social institutions of two early civilizations from different world regions (e.g., Yangtze, Indus River Valley, Tigris/Euphrates, and Nile).
7 – W2.1.1 Describe the importance of the development of human language, oral and written, and its relationship to the development of culture.