1. Upcoming, Important Dates:
01/24/2018
Upcoming, Important Dates:
Add these dates to your agenda, as they apply to you:
THIS WEEK:
Get your blue Panther Card signed and returned!
Wednesday – Manformation-sponsored jeans day $1
Thursday – Talent Show Rehearsal (4:30-6:00)
Friday – Schoolwide Geography Bee
- Wear your Converse shoes!
- Glow Lunch
NEXT WEEK:
Mon. (01/29) – Super Hero T-shirt day - $1
Wednesday (01/31) – School Store takes orders
Thursday (02/01)– Talent Show Rehearsal (4:30-6:00)
Friday (02/02) – Talent Show Rehearsal - 6:00
If you are not eating, you must read something of your choice.
HOMEROOM = SILENCE

2. Language Arts – Warm Up 01/24/18
Novel Studies – “Maniac Magee” (3rd/6th)
First, get your reading portfolio.
On the inside cover of your folder, staple your table of contents (T.O.C.) page on the LEFT, so that the TAB WITH YOUR NAME IS ON THE RIGHT.
Then, add the following items to your “Maniac Magee” T.O.C.:
Date:
Document Title:
Page #
01/16
Anticipation Guide for “Maniac Magee” (½ Sheet) 1
Song Analysis (½ Sheet) 2
Phil Collins “Another Day in Paradise” Lyrics 3
Homeless Kids NewsELA Article 4
01/23
Literature Circles 5
01/24
“Maniac Magee” Characters and Vocabulary Packet 6
Characterization S.T.E.A.L. Sheet 7

3. Language Arts – Warm Up 01/24/18
Novel Studies – “Walk Two Moons” (4th)
First, get your reading portfolio.
On the inside cover of your folder, staple your table of contents (T.O.C.) page on the LEFT, so that the TAB WITH YOUR NAME IS ON THE RIGHT.
Then, add the following items to your “Walk Two Moons” T.O.C.:
Date:
Document Title:
Page #
01/16
Author – Meet Sharon Creech (½ Sheet) 1
About the Author 2
Celebrating Native American Heritage NewsELA Article 3
01/23
Literature Circles 4
01/24
Characterization S.T.E.A.L. Sheet 5

4. Language Arts – Warm Up 01/24/18
Novel Studies – “Freak the Mighty” (5th)
First, get your reading portfolio.
On the inside cover of your folder, staple your table of contents (T.O.C.) page on the LEFT, so that the TAB WITH YOUR NAME IS ON THE RIGHT.
Then, add the following items to your “Freak the Mighty” T.O.C.:
Date:
Document Title:
Page #
01/16
Top Ten Questions for Author Rod Philbrick 1
Anticipation Guide 2
Jeremy Lin NewsELA Article 3
Background (Jeremy Lin Questions) 4
01/22
“Families, Fathers, Friends, and Fights” (½ Sheet) 5
01/23
Literature Circles 6
01/24
Vocabulary (Ch. 1-8 and 9-18) 7
Vocabulary (Ch ) 8
Characterization S.T.E.A.L. Sheet 9

5. Language Arts – Work Session 01/24/18
Essential Questions: How can talking and working with others help one analyze a novel? How do internal and external forces help people grow?
Standard: ELASE6RI1 – Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Learning Targets: Identify claims. Elect your position on these claims. Support your claim with logical reasoning and relevant evidence.

6. Language Arts – Work Session 01/24/18
Novel Studies – Characterization S.T.E.A.L.
Fill in the blanks for the definition of characterization using the two definitions below it.
Hint: What do the definitions have in common?
Now, read through the numbers. Circle the verbs in 1-5.
Write the letters of the acronym next to the numbers. Example: S=1
What could the S represent? What about the T?
Hint: Look at the verbs you circled.

7. Language Arts – Work Session 01/24/18
Novel Studies – Sentence Starters
First, write “Sentence Starters for Reader Response” on your Writing Strategies T.O.C. for page 110.
Then, trim all of the margins, and cut off the bottom of the page from “Developed by…” on so that it will fit on page 110.
Next, glue this trimmed sheet to page 110.
Put today’s date at the top.
Read through them and write stars next to the sentence starters you believe you’ll use the most.
These will help you with your double-entry journals.

8. Language Arts – Work Session 01/24/18
Novel Studies
3rd/6th – “Maniac Magee”
As we read, have your double-entry journal (p. 109) out and be ready to write down the page number of a passage that stands out to you.
You can come back and write the passage down later, as long as you know which page to revisit.

9. Language Arts – Work Session 01/24/18
Novel Studies
4th – “Walk Two Moons”
As we read, have your double-entry journal (p. 109) out and be ready to write down the page number of a passage that stands out to you.
You can come back and write the passage down later, as long as you know which page to revisit.

10. Language Arts – Work Session 01/24/18
Novel Studies
5th – “Freak the Mighty”
As we read, have your double-entry journal (p. 109) out and be ready to write down the page number of a passage that stands out to you.
You can come back and write the passage down later, as long as you know which page to revisit.

11. Language Arts – Closing Session 01/24/18
Novel Studies – Literature Circles
Complete work on your role based on what we read today.
I will collect these completed sheets (front and back) on Mondays and Thursdays beginning this Thursday (01/25).
Double-entry journals will be checked on Wednesdays and Fridays, beginning this Friday (01/26).
Homework:
Complete any incomplete folder work or double-entry journals.
Biblionasium – Postponed – T.B.A.