Monday

Objectives:

• Create a plan for writing.

Daily Grammar Practice Week  13 (Monday – parts of speech). Check out the writing invitation under the Student Blog Connection.  Today we will read the invitation and create a plan for writing your opinion after considering the pros and cons for each option.  What are reasons or arguments that would convince your argument.  Just because you like or don’t like something is not a compelling argument.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  I have nominated seven bloggers/students for a Sunshine Award.  Each of them will then nominate seven more students.  Once you are nominated, complete the directions as given here and check out the other posts here.

Tuesday

Objectives:

• Write your opinion and support with reasons and examples.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 13 (Tuesday – sentence parts).  Using the plan you created yesterday, write a blog post that explains what you think is the best option for making up the days we’ve missed.  State your opinion clearly and support it with reasons and examples.
Homework: Read a book of your choice for 15-30 minutes.  I have nominated seven bloggers/students for a Sunshine Award.  Each of them will then nominate seven more students.  Once you are nominated, complete the directions as given here and check out the other posts here.

Wednesday

Objectives:

• Read “Sierra Oscar Sierra” and answer constructed response questions.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 13 (Wednesday – clauses, sentence type and purpose).  We will apply what you learned last week to practice on some past tests.  How does your answer RATE?
Homework: Read a book of your choice for 15 -30 minutes.  I have nominated seven bloggers/students for a Sunshine Award.  Each of them will then nominate seven more students.  Once you are nominated, complete the directions as given here and check out the other posts here.

Thursday

Objectives:

• Read and answer questions about an article from SCOPE Magazine.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 13 (Thursday – Correct capitalization and punctuation). With a partner, read the article from SCOPE Magazine.  At each subheading, you should summarize what you just read to your partner.  Take turns sharing details from the stor.  Answer the constructed response questions from the SCOPE article.    
Homework: Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  I have nominated seven bloggers/students for a Sunshine Award.  Each of them will then nominate seven more students.  Once you are nominated, complete the directions as given here and check out the other posts here.

Friday

Objectives:

• Set reading goals for the week.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 13 (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. After you finish your reading, tell your partner what you read today.  If you can’t remember anything you read, you are reading too fast.  Take quiz over Group 7 Roots.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  I have nominated seven bloggers/students for a Sunshine Award.  Each of them will then nominate seven more students.  Once you are nominated, complete the directions as given here and check out the other posts here.