1. Check In: Write to the following prompt: How do I maintain interest to complete a difficult task? 5 Minutes…1/2 page

2. How to Raise Your I.Q. 1.Finish…How does the text say it. 2.Brainstorm…what does the text mean? 3.Check in tomorrow: Set up your writer’s notebooks to answer: SO WHAT?

3. BAD BOY Lesson 4 What is a memoir? 1.Personal recollections from a certain period of someone’s life. 2.A narrative written in 1 st person. 3.Pre-reading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iISyPz5XRyI&f eature=related 4. How do kids get a bad boy image? Is it fair?

4. Tuesday, February 4th So What? In your writer’s notebook, write an answer to “SO WHAT!” and explain what the author’s message or theme from the IQ article means to you or someone you know.

5. Modifiers Practice Review notes on modifiers Add kinds of modifiers… ing verbs Practice

6. Brown Bag Book Report Highlight assignment How to find the lexile What if you can’t find the lexile? Library

7. Friday, February 4 In your writer’s notebook, add a modifier with a present participle (ING verb) to the beginning of this sentence: Mr. Smith tripped over the chair. HOOK IT ON WITH A COMMA!!!

8. Bad Boy Chapter 2 1. Set up note sheet. 2. Explain focus for reading. 3. Tracks of your thinking. 4. Listen or read 5. Answer Focus question 6. Silent read your memoir