Up Next in ELA

Looking at the week ahead in ELA:

• Monday, February 5
• Class 501:  ReadyGen Lesson 4B.6 : read pp. 36–43 of The World Made New with a reading focus to analyze cause effect relationships to understand consequences of a historical event or movement and a writing focus to address an opposing viewpoint.
• Class 502:  ReadyGen Lesson 4B.7: read pp. 44–49 of The World Made New with a reading focus to analyze cause-effect relationships within and among sections of a text to understand a historical event or movement and a writing focus to add transitions to strengthen an editorial.
• Tuesday, February 6th
• Block A - Math Mock Test Day 1
• Block B:  Class 501:  ReadyGen Lesson 4B.7: read pp. 44–49 of The World Made New with a reading focus to analyze cause-effect relationships within and among sections of a text to understand a historical event or movement and a writing focus to add transitions to strengthen an editorial.
• Wednesday, February 7th
• Block A:  Math Mock Test Day 2
• Block B:  Social Studies Catch Up Day:  Chapter 3 Section 2 and small group projects
• Thursday, February 8th
• ReadyGen Lesson 4B.8: read pp. 50–58 of The World Made New with a reading focus to analyze text structures throughout a text and a writing focus to write a conclusion that develops a solution or answer to the issue in an editorial.
• Friday, February 9th
• Friday Skill Review through the use of Time For Kids. The focus article is A Monumental Fight.   After reading the cover article and one other article in this edition of Time for Kids, students will practice skills used in ELA and take a short assessment to test for understanding.  
• Social Studies:  End of Chapter 3 Assessment as well as a look ahead at Chapter 4.

Homework:

• Homework Packet #20 will be passed out on Monday.  Each day, students should read the first article and do ONE page of the homework packet.  By Thursday, they should have practiced close reading well enough that they can show mastery by reading the last article and doing 8 multiple choice questions and one written response (this models the state test!)
• Reading Response Journals are to be completed 5 nights out of the 7 days of the week.  Students are expected to read for 30-45 minutes on their own.  Then they should spend 5 minutes writing a brief summary of what happened in the pages they read.  They should spend another 5 minutes writing a reflection toward what they read.  What it meant to them.  What they felt.  How they can connect and relate to it.  This is part of STUDYING to be a better reading, writer and thinker.