Welcome Back!!  A Week of Snow Days!!  

 

Journal: Write about your week off!

 

SUP

 

Finish "Energy Drinks..." article.

-Mark Up Text

-Paragraph Response; Answer question, provide evidence from text

 

Definitions

 

Take A Stand Activity

 

 

Welcome Back!  Two straight Snow/Ice Days!!  

 

Journal: Free Write

 

Finish reading article: "Should Energy Drinks Be Banned."  Mark up the text and write response.  Response should be 5-8 sentences using evidence from the article.  No Opinions!  

 

SUP

Journal: Write about your weekend.

 

SUP

 

Argument Paragraph-MAISA Writing Unit

 

- Article Practice; Read Article, "Should Energy Drinks be Banned?"  Mark up the text.  Try to provide anecdotal and factual evidence to support your claim.  

Journal: Free Write

 

SUP

 

Complete newsela.com articles; Quizzes, Power Words, Writing Prompts.

 

Some students will be getting AIMS Web tested today and next week.  

No Journal

 

SUP

 

Choose 3 articles from newsela.com.  Read the articles and complete all assigned activities (power words, writing, quiz) for each article.  

STAR Testing- Official Winter Testing

 

SUP/Finish Newsela articles if not completed already. 

Finish watching "A Christmas Carol."  

 

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!!  

 

 

Journal: Write a review of "A Christmas Carol." What did you like/dislike? Why? What do you think the themes of the story are?  

 

Watch first half of "A Christmas Carol."  We are watching the 1999 version starring Patrick Stewart as Scrooge.  

No Journal Today

 

Finish reading "A Christmas Carol."  We need to finish Scene 5.  

 

Watch "Mickey's Christmas Carol."  

 

We will begin watching "A Christmas Carol" tomorrow.  

Journal: Make predictions for the end of "A Christmas Carol."

 

SUP

 

Read Act II, Scene 4 of "A Christmas Carol."

 

Discuss Scene 4.

 

 

Journal: Write about your weekend.

 

SUP

 

Begin reading Act II of "A Christmas Carol."  We will read Scenes 1,2, and 3 today.  

 

Discuss the first 3 scenes of Act II.

 

 

Journal: Write a summary of the first 4 scenes of "A Christmas Carol."

 

Finish reading Scene 5 of "A Christmas Carol."

 

Begin questions on Page 281 of the purple literature book.

-Responding to the Selection 1-8, Analyzing Literature 1-4, and Critical Thinking and Reading 1-2; All need to be restated. 

 

 

Journal: What are some of your holiday family traditions?  

 

SUP

 

Continue reading "A Christmas Carol"  

 

Media Center visit tomorrow to renew/return/check out books.  

Journal: Write about your weekend

 

SUP

 

Finish assigning parts for "A Christmas Carol."  

-Begin reading "A Christmas Carol."