Benchmark: LA.A. 2.3.1 Main Idea and Supporting Details
Instructional Focus: Identifying Main Idea and Supporting Details
Objective: Students will determine main idea and identify relevant supporting details and facts.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
• Forged by Fire book reports due on FRIDAY 1/29.
• Tears of a Tiger book reports due on FRIDAY 1/29.
Monday 1/19 – No School – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Tuesday 1/20
Per. 1, 3, 6:
1) Warm-Up – Word and/or Analogy of the Day
2) Vocabulary TEST
3) HOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes every night!
Per. 2:
1) Warm-Up – Word and/or Analogy of the Day
2) Make-Up Vocabulary Tests (3)
3) Go over Vocabulary Test WITH Review
4) Preparing for FCAT wkbk – Read pages - and do #’s - (students pre-write answer frames using rubric)
5) HOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes every night!
Per. 4, 5:
1) TeenBiz – Finish Mid-Test
2) Complete Today’s article and 5-step activities
3) HOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes every night!
Wednesday 1/21
Per. 1, 3-6:
1) Warm-Up – Word and/or Analogy of the Day
2) Word Wisdom workbook (purple cover) – Read “Recording Memories” pg. 72
3) Complete pg. 75 (V.I.S. Chart) for all 10 words.
4) Complete “Process the Meanings” 7-15 on pg. 76. (Answers only)
5) HOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes every night!
Per. 2:
1) Warm-Up – Word and/or Analogy of the Day
2) Word Wisdom workbook (purple cover) – Read “The Science of Forecasting” pg. 28
3) Complete pg. 31 (V.I.S. Chart) for all 10 words.
4) Complete “Process the Meanings” 1-10 on pg. 32. (Answers only)
5) HOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes every night!
Thursday 1/22
Per. 1, 3-6:
1) Warm-Up – Word and/or Analogy of the Day
2) FCAT Prep and Practice Packet – Do entire packet pgs. 1-16 (Be sure to put your name on it!)
(Read all articles and do questions 1-37…or as much as you can.)
3) HOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes every night!
Per. 2:
1) Warm-Up – Word and/or Analogy of the Day
2) Read TeenBiz article (in packet) “Russian Teens Ready for Change?”
3) Complete questions 1-10 on a separate piece of paper. (Students MUST write questions AND answers.)
4) HOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes every night!
Friday 1/23
Per. 1, 3-6:
1) Warm-Up – Word and/or Analogy of the Day
2) Reading Strategies for Nonfiction workbook – “Use Visuals” - Read introduction on pg. 30
3) Read “Exploring the Strategy – Home Run Kings” on pg. 31.
4) Complete questions 1-5 on pg. 31. (Write questions AND answers….instead of placing a check, write the word out.)
5) Read “Studying the Strategy – Allowance Survey Results” pg. 32-33.
6) Complete questions 1-6 on pg. 33. (Write questions AND answers….instead of placing a check, write the word out.)
7) Silent reading when finished.
8) HOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes every night!
Per. 2:
1) Warm-Up – Word and/or Analogy of the Day
2) Preparing for FCAT workbook (orange) – Read “No Time to Read” pg. 97-98.
3) Complete questions 1-5 on pg. 98-99. (You must use your blank rubrics for short-response questions.)
4) Read “How I Bagged that Smelt” pg. 100-101
5) Complete questions 1-9 on pg. 101-103. (You must use your blank rubrics for short-response questions.)
6) Silent reading when finished.
7) HOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes every night!
Week of 1/25 - 1/29
Benchmark: LA.A. 2.3.2 Author’s Purpose and Point of View (P.O.V.)
Instructional Focus: Identifying the Author’s Purpose and Point of View
Objective: Students will identify the author’s purpose and point of view in a variety of literary texts.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
•Forged by Fire book reports due on FRIDAY 1/29.
•Tears of a Tiger book reports due on FRIDAY 1/29.
* Per. 3, 4, 5, 6 - Vocabulary Test Thursday 1/28.
Monday 1/26
Per. 1, 3-6:
1) Warm-Up – Word and/or Analogy of the Day
2) Word Wisdom workbook (red cover) – Read “Leonardo da Vinci” pg. 84.
3) Complete “Define the Words” (1-10) pg. 87
4) Complete “Process the Meanings” (1-15) pg. 88
5) Complete “Apply What You’ve Learned” (6-10) pg. 89
6) HOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes every night!
Per. 2:
1) Warm-Up – Word and/or Analogy of the Day
2) Word Wisdom workbook (purple cover) – Read “Not Enough Water” pg. 40.
3) Complete “Define the Words” (1-10) pg. 43
4) Complete “Process the Meanings” (1-10) pg. 44
5) Complete “Apply What You’ve Learned” (1-10) pg. 45
6) HOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes every night!
Tuesday 1/27
Per. 1, 3-6:
1) Warm-Up – Word and/or Analogy of the Day
9) Reading Strategies for Nonfiction workbook – “Evaluate the Author’s Purpose” - Read introduction on pg. 42
2) Read introduction on pg. 42
3) Read “Exploring the Strategy – Women in the Civil War” on pg. 43.
4) Complete questions 1-3 on pg. 43. (Write questions AND answers.)
5) Read “Studying the Strategy – The Juice Box Debate” pg. 44-45
6) Complete questions 1-3 on pg. 45. (Write questions AND answers.)
7) HOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes every night!
Per. 2:
1) Warm-Up – Word and/or Analogy of the Day
2) Sharpen Up, Grade 8 – Read “Author’s Purpose” introduction on pages 130-131.
3) Read paragraph #’s 1-3 on page 131-132 and answer questions 1-7 on page 132.
(Write questions AND answers.)
4) Read page 133-134 (Tip #4 and Tip #5) and TAKE NOTES (they will be given points)
5) Complete questions 9-18 on pg. 135.
(Write questions AND answers.)
6) HOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes every night!
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