September 2021
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Labor Day Holiday * Bellringer- sentence types
* Mentor text: Once I
Believed
* Quick write: I used to
believe . . .
* Share: Turn the quick write
into a 6 word memoir
* Class Activity: The Lion
and the Mouse- create a
kwo, and read from notes
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* Ind. Rdg./Rdg. Trkr * Brainstorm for a
* Mentor text 3- Eleven Minutes topic/Topic selection
Quick Write: A Defining * Writing in Rounds- Map
Moment
the narrative using handouts
* Intro to Narrative Writing
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* Ind. Rdg./ Rdg. Trkr
* Class Activity- Ants; read it as
a story based on the class notes
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*Intro: Reading Strategies
Focus on connections,
questions, and words you
need to look up during Ind.
Rdg)
* Ind. Rdg./Rdg. Trkr
* Reading Strategies in
response to Ind.Rdg.
* Finish Class Activity: The
Lion and the Mouse- create
a kwo, and read from notes
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* Ind. Rdg./Rdg. Trkr
* Mini-lesson- Creating a
Strong Lead/Story Telling
Cards
* Writer’s Workshop/
* 6 Things You Need to Know
workshop time
Bellringer- sentence types
Narrative mentor text-
Lost and Found
* Quick Write: “I like being a
mess (or something else that
explores some aspect of you
that was “lost and found.”
* Writing from notes- GC
4.1 The Tortoise and the
Hare
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* Writer’s Workshop/
Conferences (while I
conference with your
classmates, you should be
developing your draft)
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* Bellringer
* Ind. Rdg. /Rdg. Trkr
* Wrap-up and Submit! GC 3.1:
6 Things You Need to Know
about Me; submit today!
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* Ind. Rdg./Rdg. Trkr
* Reading Strategies in
response to Ind.Rdg.
* Revise and submit GC 4.2-
The Tortoise and the Hare:
using the four sentence
types.
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* Ind. Rdg./Rdg. Trkr
6.2 Planning & Prewriting
Conference
MAJOR GRADE
Assignment and final checklist
20 new bell schedule
-Bellringer- Create e3 folder
and grade check
-Ind. Rdg./Rdg. Trkr
6.3: Narrative Writing/
Lightning Rounds- Begin
drafting your narrative
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- Ind. Rdg/Rdg Trkr
- Bell ringer/Daily work:
summarize from notes
- Preview GC 1.2 Book
Talk Instructions
- Read “Thank you
Ma’am,” and create kwo
for book review
“Thank You, Ma’am”
“Thank You, Ma’am”
KWO
Conferences (while I
conference with your
classmates, you should be
developing your draft)
21 22 early release schedule
-Bellringer: Tell Me w/o -Bellringer
Telling Me -Ind. Rdg./Rdg. Trkr
-Gallery Walk -Writer’s Workshop-
-Gallery Walk Reflection Identify areas of your
narrative where you can tell
me without telling me
-6.3 Narrative Writing-
complete your draft
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- Bell ringer/Daily work Ind. Rdg/Rdg Trkr
- Read “Thank you Bell ringer/Daily
Ma’am,” and create a kwo work/Words on
using the Story Sequence Wednesday
Chart as a class
“Thank You, Ma’am” Read “Lamb to the
“Thank You, Ma’am” Slaughter,” and create
KWO kwo
KWO
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-Mini-Lesson: Banned Words
-Writer’s Workshop- 6.3
Revising a Draft with RADaR
Revision
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Bell ringer/Daily work=
create notes/kwo
Complete “Lamb to the
Slaughter,” in groups
KWO
24 Pep Rally/Lunch
on the Lawn Schedule
- Ind. Rdg./ Rdg. Trkr.
- Writer’s Workshop- 6.3
Revising a Draft with RADaR
Revision
UIL (gain/lose) Grade Check
6.3 Personal Narrative Essay
Final Draft Due
10/1
Ind. Rdg./Book Chat on
Flipgrid
Complete kwo for “Lamb
to the Slaughter”
- Bellringer: fragments,
sentences, and run ons
- Ind Rdg/Rdg Trkr
- Taking Notes from
Fiction “Theseus and the
Minotaur”