Monday

Objectives:

• Plan “Sneak Attacks of Kindness” and write about them.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 10 (Monday – parts of speech).  Take two minutes to brainstorm a list of possible “sneak attacks of kindness.”  These acts of kindness should be quick, but should focus on being kind.  As you go through this week, look for ways to perform a sneak attack of kindness or watch for them being done at school.  Write a story or poem about the experience either in your Writer’s Notebook or on our class blogs.  Jot a short note about sneak attacks of kindness you see or do on an ornament for our bulletin board.  You still need to write two entries in your Writer’s Notebook or on the class blog this week.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  Vocabulary Quiz over Groups 1 – 6.  Period 1 will turn in Writer’s Notebooks and/or blog posts today.  There should be five entries, including the favorite things about middle school post.

Tuesday

Objectives:

• Read “Homeless” by Anna Quindlin on page 368.
• Identify author’s purpose through analyzing word choice.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 10 (Tuesday – sentence parts).   Read the nonfiction essay “”Homeless” by Anna Quindlin (page 368).  To take notes for tomorrow’s discussion, label your paper with the title and author of the article.  Divide the paper into four boxes.  In one box, write down direct statements, descriptive words, and other details that you think are important or confusion.  In the second box, write questions you have while reading the article.  In the third box, write down connections from your own knowledge or experience.  In the last box, look for words that are based on our vocabulary roots.

Homework: Read a book of your choice for 15-30 minutes.  Vocabulary Quiz over Groups 1 – 6.  Period 2 will turn in Writer’s Notebooks and/or blog posts today.  There should be five entries, including the favorite things about middle school post.

Wednesday

Objectives:

• Discuss “Homeless” by Anna Quindlin (page 368).
• Identify author’s purpose.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 10 (Wednesday – clauses, sentence type and purpose).   Use your notes to discuss “Homeless” by Anna Quindlin.  Look at the details you wrote down to infer the author’s purpose.  Why did she choose the words she uses?  What do they tell you about her attitude toward this subject?
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.   Vocabulary Quiz over Groups 1 – 6.  Period 3 will turn in Writer’s Notebooks and/or blog posts today.  There should be five entries, including the favorite things about middle school post.

Thursday

Objectives:

• Compare and contrast theme of “What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything?” and the author’s purpose of “Homeless.”
• Use RUPR to understand a writing prompt.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 10 (Thursday – Correct capitalization and punctuation).    Use RUPR to understand what is asked in the writing prompt on page 373.  Complete a plan for writing the essay.  No, you don’t have to write this essay, but your plan should include everything you would need to write in the essay.
Homework: Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  Vocabulary Quiz over Groups 1 – 6.  Period 4 will turn in Writer’s Notebooks and/or blog posts today.  There should be five entries, including the favorite things about middle school post .

Friday

Objectives:

• Set reading goal.
• Define vocabulary roots.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 10 (Friday – Sentence diagramming).  Fill out the reading goal slip with the title and author of your book and write down what page you begin on.  Read for 10 minutes and write down what page you end on.  Subtract the beginning page from the ending page to find out how many pages you read in 10 minutes.  Multiply that number by 6 to discover how many pages you should be able to read in 1 hour.  Double that answer to find out how many pages you should be able to read in 2 hours.  That is your reading goal for the week.  If you finish or switch to a book that has a very different reading rate, you will need to redo your goal and let me know the new one.  Take vocabulary quiz over Groups 1 – 6.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  Vocabulary Quiz over Groups 1 – 6.  Periods 6 and 7 will turn in Writer’s Notebooks and/or blog posts today.  There should be five entries, including the favorite things about middle school post.