Monday

Objectives:

• Identify elements of setting in your book and explain how they influence the character and plot.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 4 (Monday – parts of speech). In your Writer’s Notebook, begin taking notes on the setting in the book you chose for your book project.  At the top of the page, write the date, the title of your book, the author, and “Setting.”  Then draw a line down the middle of your paper.  Label the left column, “Setting Elements.”  In this column you will write down details from the story that describe the place, time, or environment.  Choose details that impact the story.  Include the author’s last name and page number in parentheses after each detail.  Label the right column, “Why it matters.”  Beside each detail, describe in your own thoughts how this part of the setting impacts the story.  Consider how changing this part of the setting might change the story.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice. Study prefixes, roots, and suffixes from Groups 1 and 2.

Tuesday

Objectives:

• Answer close reading questions about “The Space Rock.”

Daily Grammar Practice Week 5 (Tuesday – sentence parts).  Read “The Space Rock” by Roland Smith in Scope magazine.  After reading the story, answer the three close reading questions.  Follow the steps in RATS:  1) Restate the question in a complete sentence.  2) Answer the question. 3) Tie it to the text.  4) Support your answer with details from the text.  Turn in your answers at the end of class.  If you have extra time, read!
Homework: Read a book of your choice for 15-30 minutes.   Study prefixes, roots, and suffixes from Groups 1 and 2.

Wednesday

Objectives:

• Identify types of conflict in stories and the elements of plot.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 5 (Wednesday – clauses, sentence type and purpose).  What is conflict?  Students will brainstorm different conflicts from stories.  Then we will group them into the four common types of conflict in literature (character vs. character, character vs. self, character vs. nature, character vs. society).  Using Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson, we will identify the types of conflict and list the important events of the story on a plot diagram.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  Study prefixes, roots, and suffixes from Groups 1 and 2.

Thursday

Objectives:

• Identify the elements of plot.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 5 (Thursday – Correct capitalization and punctuation).  Using the picture books you read to complete character maps, you will identify the type of conflict and put the important events from the story on a plot diagram.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  Study prefixes, roots, and suffixes from Groups 1 and 2.

Friday

Objectives:

• Identify the elements of plot.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 5 (Sentence Diagramming).  Set reading goal for the week (See how many pages you can read comfortably in 10 minutes.  Then use your math skills to figure out how many pages you could read in 2 hours.  This is your reading goal for the week.)  Take quiz over Greek prefixes, roots, and suffixes.  The quiz will include prefixes, roots, and suffixes over both Groups 1 and 2!  Finish your plot diagrams from yesterday.  For your book project, you will need to complete a plot diagram for your novel.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.