Tuesday – 6th, 7th, & 8th grade

Lesson 1 from “Powerful Writing Strategies”

The POW + WWW, What=2, How=2 strategy will be introduced in this lesson. The teacher and students will collaboratively locate the story parts Who, When, Where, What=2, How=2 in two stories. The students will begin to learn the two strategies. They will establish writing partners and concept of transfer.

Wednesday – complete Lesson 1

Thursday

Lesson 2 – The POW + WWW, What=2,  How=2 strategies will be reviewed. The students will examine a story that they had previously written and look for the number of story parts. This  current progress for each students will be graphed and a goal set to get all seven story parts next time. The students will record their transfer efforts.

Friday – complete Lesson 2

All classes will continue reading with the  teacher selected readings and answer the comprehension questions at the end of the stories.

This week classes will begin studying a novel. The focus will on understanding the elements of plot and character development.

6th Grade – Charlotte’s Web

This week the students will listen/read to chapters 1-5.

Using a graphic organizer, the students will organize the elements and structure of plot.

Students will draw evidence of character development onto a “web” and write/draw their response.

7th Grade – The Dollhouse Mystery

This week the students will read/listen to chapters 1-5.

Introduce  Mystery vocabulary and discuss points of view, 1st and 3rd person.

Using a graphic organizer, the students will organize the elements and structure of plot.

Students will draw evidence of character development onto a “web”  and write  a response describing a conflict between two characters.

English- Pronouns – 1st and 3rd person