Academic Plan: January 2nd through 6th
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Important
Info:
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Short
Story Due - Wednesday 1/11/06
DOL QUIZ -
Wednesday 1/11/06
School Wide Writing
Assessment - Thursday
1/12/06
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Daily
Agendas:
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MONDAY
1/2
Holiday
Break
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TUESDAY
1/3
Teacher work
day
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WEDNESDAY
1/4
CW:
1.
Bell Ringer - DAN
2. Sustained Silent
Reading or work on story in Writer’s
Notebook
3. IR: “A Retrieved
Reformation” by O.
Henry
HW:
1.
Relax and
Read
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THURSDAY
12/1
CW:
1.
Bell Ringer - DAN
2. Library
Visit
3. IR: “A Retrieved
Reformation” by O. Henry
4. Small
group activity - Write the next chapter of the
story
HW:
1.
Relax and
read
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FRIDAY
12/2
CW:
1.
Bell Ringer - DAN
2. IR: “A
Retrieved Reformation” by O.
Henry
--> Complete 3
Skillbuilders
--> Video and
discussion
HW:
1.
Relax and
Read
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AKS
Objectives:
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Section
A: Listening, Speaking, and Viewing
1.
Listen to, interpret, and evaluate oral instructions, directions, and
descriptions in a variety of genres and media. (GPS, CE)
(7LA_A2005-1)
Section B:
Reading/Literature (Comprehension, Strategies, and
Genre)
8. Read for a variety of purposes in
all content areas; expect reading to make sense, to answer questions, or to
stimulate ideas. (GPS, ITBS, ACT, CE)
(7LA_B2005-8)
9. Relate literary work to
information about its setting or historical moment. (GPS)
(7LA_B2005-9)
12. Modify predictions based on
evidence in text. (CE) (7LA_B2005-12)
17.
Evaluate quality of reading material and its content based on author’s
purpose. (GPS, ITBS, ACT, CE)
(7LA_B2005-17)
18. Read, identify, and compare
characteristics of various genres: folklore, fables, mythology, short stories,
poetry, nonfiction, and novels. (GPS, CE)
(7LA_B2005-18)
19. Interpret and analyze
character traits and actions to make inferences supporting evidence about
motives or events in a story. (GPS, ITBS, ACT, CE)
(7LA_B2005-19)
22. Distinguish between concepts
of theme in a literary work and the author’s purpose in expository text.
(GPS) (7LA_B2005-22)
24. Identify and analyze
plot structure: action, foreshadowing, climax. (GPS)
(7LA_B2005-24)
25. Analyze dynamic and static
characterization in prose and plays through narrator’s description and
characters’ thoughts, words, and actions. (GPS)
(7LA_B2005-25)
Section C: Reading
(Vocabulary)
27. Expand vocabulary through
reading, etymology, and the use of dictionaries and other references; use
dictionary, glossary, thesaurus, electronic and other references to identify
word meanings. (GPS) (7LA_C2005-27)
29.
Identify and create word analogies. (GPS)
(7LA_C2005-29)
31. Use context clues to
identify unknown words. (GPS, ITBS, ACT)
(7LA_C2005-31)
Section F: Writing
(Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics)
51.
Distinguish between subject and object pronouns. (GPS, ITBS)
(7LA_F2005-51)
53. Follow word usage
conventions of American English. (GPS, ACT)
(7LA_F2005-53)
54. Use present, past, and
future perfect verb tenses to match intended meaning. (GPS, ITBS, ACT)
(7LA_F2005-54)