1. Monday August 11, 2014 Begin your SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) time. You have 20 minutes. Composition book passer outers, please pass out your writer’s notebooks (composition books).

2. Cognitive Commodity 8/11-8/15…Pg.3 1)Open up your writer’s notebooks to your Table of Contents to copy down the title of this slide. 2)Next, turn to page 3 and write a “3” in the top right hand corner. 3)Title it Cognitive Commodity 8/11-8/15. 4)Write the following sentences. 1- Benjamin shook in his shoes. 2- That crazy lady threw a hammer at me! 3- The tulip was massive. 4- Mr. Brady is helping me with my homework. 5) Underline the subject once and the verb twice.

3. Action/ Linking/ Helping How can I tell the difference? The girl is holding the flower.

4. Justin jumped off the diving board.

5. Alyssa is solemn.

6. Go back to your Cognitive Commodity, so we can label the verbs. 1- Benjamin shook in his shoes. 2- That crazy lady threw a hammer at me! 3- The tulip was massive. 4- Mr. Brady is helping me with my homework. action linking helping

7. Essential Question for Unit 1 How do we decide who we are? 1) Refer back to yesterday’s writing on page 2 in your writers notebook. 2) You compiled a list of 10 things that make someone who he or she is. 3) Let’s share some again to refresh our memories.

8. “Party Animals” by Kathie Lee Gifford 1-Listen as I read this book to you. ***Be thinking about a connection you can make to it (look at my chart): ~Text to World ~Text to Self ~Text to Media ~Text to Text

9. Go back to your writer’s notebook. Continue on page 2 underneath your list you compiled. Let’s write in response to what I just read to you. Remember, you were supposed to be thinking of a connection the story had with something in the world, media, yourself, or another piece of text you have read in the past. I’m going to have you write this connection, and I’m going to write with you! Let’s write for 7 minutes READY??...

10. This 9 weeks required reading and book share information. I’m so excited! Required Genre: Biography/Autobiography Book Share Project: Wax Museum

11. Text @mrslareau to (601) 812-6009.

12. Come up with a class name!!! I love ALLITERATION! Can you tell me what it is? 1)Everyone will have a list of adjectives to view. 2)Choose two that you like from the list to write down on your sticky note. 3)Now is the fun part! Share it with the group and decide on ONE adjective and a noun that you think would be FABULOUS to describe our class! EXAMPLE: Astute Analyzers

14. colorful, mind-mapped "ID cards" The idea here is for you to mind map your passions, activities, hobbies, and anything else that you really love. If you are stuck, refer back to your Student Interest Inventory to rack your brain.

16. We will paste these cards on your writer’s notebook as your identification. We will spend the rest of the time decorating your writer’s notebooks! Show yourself in this through words, drawings, photos, pictures from magazines, newspaper advertisements, etc. ***If you need scissors, let me know.**