WEEK 9 AGENDA: OCTOBER 29-NOVEMBER 2

Foci: Characterization and commas

Notes:
*This Friday is the end of 1st Quarter. Friday is an early release schedule. Quarterly recognition at JHMS in the afternoon.
*All missing work is due by Wednesday, October 31.
*Halloween is weird hair day!!!
*Student Dance is November 2nd.

Homework: Final 1st Quarter HW - Tic Tac Toe - due on Wednesday, October 31. One box is required. Two boxes optional for extra credit.

MONDAY
-Finish sharing "Landlady" rewritten endings
-Discuss setting and characterization in Roald Dahl's "Landlady"
-Grade Daybooks together
-Daybook p. 46 - Characterization

TUESDAY
-Commas and Comma Splices mini-lesson
-Grammar in Context: More practice punctuating dialogue - samples taken from student narratives

WEDNESDAY - WEIRD HAIR DAY
-Tic Tac Toe due
-Share Tic Tac Toe in Base Groups
-Vocabulary List #2 - 5 words from texts: "Landlady" and Tic Tac Toe story

THURSDAY
-Read "Lamb to Slaughter" by Roald Dahl
-Make 5 CM's about characterization as we read

FRIDAY - EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE
-Quarterly Reflection