1. HOMEROOM10/09/14 Write these important dates in your agenda: Thursday (10/09/14) – Hispanic Heritage Night 6:00-8:00 Friday (10/17/14) – Picture day (Standard School Attire Only!) Monday - Friday (10/20-10/24) – Conference Week (Early Release) Book Fair Week Write a letter to our troops! For every handwritten, well-thought letter that you write, you can earn a Brain Buck! We will send these letters to the Bert Show and they will ship our letters to troops who are deployed during Thanksgiving. See the handout as an example.

2. E.L.T. 10/09/14 Get a copy of Scholastic Scope and: Warm Up: Read the article on pages 4-9, “Call of Duty”. Work Session: Answer the “Find the Text Evidence” questions. Closing: Complete the “Call of Duty” quiz.

3. LANGUAGE ARTS – WARM UP 10/09/14 FRUIT  Sit in your FRUIT teams.  Get a warm up sheet.  Warm Up Irregular Verbs Past – What already happened Present – What’s happening now Future – What will happen Past Participle Examples – (have) seen, (have) spoken, (has) gone

4. 10/09/14 Essential Question: What effect does conflict have on a story and its characters? Standard: ELA.6.RL.3 – Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

5. LANGUAGE ARTS – WORK SESSION 10/09/14  “Maniac Magee” Chapters 16-21

6. IF YOU HAVE A YELLOW STICKY NOTE, FIND AN EXAMPLE OF INTERNAL CONFLICT. IF YOU HAVE A GREEN STICKY NOTE, FIND AN EXAMPLE OF EXTERNAL CONFLICT. WRITE YOUR EXAMPLE ON YOUR STICKY NOTE, THEN POST ON BOARD. External ConflictInternal Conflict

7. LANGUAGE ARTS – CLOSING SESSION 10 / 09/14 Journal (on your half sheet) At the end of Part 1, how does Maniac seem to deal with his problems/conflicts? Do you think he’s going to continue dealing with them in this manner? Why or why not? Use text evidence and specific examples to support your response. HOMEWORK: Your homework packet is due today! Test –tomorrow! Add to your reading logs. (extra credit)

8. LANGUAGE ARTS – CLOSING SESSION 10 / 09/14 Post Its Challenge: On each Post It, write an example of a conflict from “Maniac Magee” for each of the categories: Orange – Character vs. Character Green – Character vs. Self Blue – Character vs. Society Yellow – Character vs. Nature. HOMEWORK: Your homework packet is due today! Test –tomorrow! Add to your reading logs. (extra credit)

9. LANGUAGE ARTS – CLOSING SESSION 10 / 09/14 Understanding Characters’ Actions Complete this sheet and turn it in to the homework box. If you do not finish in class today, complete it for homework and submit it no later than tomorrow. HOMEWORK: Your homework packet is due today! Test –tomorrow! Add to your reading logs. (extra credit)

10. 10/09/14 Closing Session  Homework:  Homework packet – Due today!  Test – tomorrow!  Add to your Reading Record (extra credit)  Each entry needs parental initials!