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Welcome!!. to Mrs. Jessen’s Language Arts Class Where anything can happen and often does . On Your Piece of Paper. Write your name in large, creative letters in the middle of the page In the top left corner, finish the sentence "My family…”

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  1. Welcome!! to Mrs. Jessen’s Language Arts Class Where anything can happen and often does.

  2. On Your Piece of Paper • Write your name in large, creative letters in the middle of the page • In the top left corner, finish the sentence "My family…” • In the top right corner, finish the sentence "My favorite thing to do is....“

  3. On Your Piece of Paper • In the bottom left corner finish the sentence "I really don't like....“ • In the bottom right corner finish the sentence "Other people find me...." • In the top middle finish the sentence "One day I'd love to.....“ • In the bottom middle finish the sentence and "I'd love to meet...."

  4. 9/5 and 9/6: Writing about writing • What are your feelings about writing? • What’s the most difficult part of writing? Why? • What’s the most enjoyable part of writing? Why? • Compare school writing to personal writing: How are they different? • How did you learn to write? • What type of writing do you prefer? • What’s your most memorable writing experience? • If you taught writing, how would you do it?

  5. Monday 9/9-Learning Target: I will own this place • Finish Work from Previous Week and turn in: • Name Card • 4 Person Story • Writing about Writing • Interactive Notebook • Please have one by Wednesday • Seating Choices/Chart • Select 3 people to sit with • Select 1 person to “not “sit with • Indicate if you have special needs in seating (hearing, sight, behavior) • Student Handout for class expectations • Start creating Classroom Norms

  6. 9/10-9/11- Learning Target: I will own this place • Finish previous work • Group Stories • Read Stories to class • Work on Classroom Norms • In table groups identify “Rules of the Road” for our class • Set Up Interactive Notebooks

  7. 9/12-9/13- Learning Target: I will own this place • Decorate Interactive Notebooks • Finish Working on Class Norms • Post Norms in class • Story Starter: • “Dread filled my heart; it was Friday the 13th again.” • Due Tuesday, 9/17-Wednesday, 9/18

  8. 9/16- Learning Target: I will own this place • Introduce Seating Chart • Pull out your Interactive Notebook. Under Vocabulary (p.4,Table of Contents) • Top of Page 4: “Prefix: anti: Definition: against” • Define and use in a sentence: • antiaircraft • antibiotic • antidote • antifreeze • antiseptic • antisocial • Work on Story due Wednesday (if you have not already put this in your planner, please do)

  9. 9/17-9/18: Learning Target: I’ve got it together and I’m taking it on the road • Due: Friday 13th Story • Interactive Notebook: Work on Vocabulary • Class Story: The Lie, by Kurt Vonnegut , Jr. page, 29, • Discuss question on page 29 with table group, and share out with the class • In your Interactive Notebook, • page 70, Write “Story Response” • p. 71, Summarize the story • P. 72 , write the questions from Page. 41, 1-6 and their answers.

  10. Learning Target: I can identify evidence in a story to support the author’s big ideas. • Agenda for 9/19-9/20: • Interactive Notebook: Continue/Finish Vocabulary • Class Story: “The Lie” by Kurt Vonnegut , Jr. page, 30 • Discuss the “big ideas” • In your Interactive Notebook, • A third of the way through the notebook in“ Story Responses,” • Left side: Summarize the story • Right Side: write the questions from Page. 41, 1-6 and their answers

  11. Learning Target: I can identify evidence in a story to support the author’s big ideas. • Agenda for 9/23: • Interactive Notebook: Continue/Finish Vocabulary • Class Story: “The Lie” by Kurt Vonnegut , Jr. page, 30 • Discuss the “big ideas” • In your Interactive Notebook, • A third of the way through the notebook in“ Story Responses,” • Left side: Summarize the story • Right Side: write the questions from Page. 41, 1-6 and their answers

  12. Learning Target: I can learn Root words • Agenda: 9/24- 9/25 • For Planners: • Novel (minimum 100 pages) for independent reading – Due Monday, Sept. 30 • For Interactive Notebooks: Vocabulary- Aqua, Aque: Water • Define and use in a sentence • Aqualung • Aquamarine • Aquaplane • Aquarium • Aquatic • aqueduct

  13. Learning Target: I can learn Root words • Agenda: 9/30 • Interactive Notebook • We will continue the words from last week; Aqua-Aque • Make sure you have a definition • Make sure you have a sentence that uses the word correctly • NEW: Draw an icon or image for each word • Notebook check on Friday for Vocabulary • Independent Reading Novel • Check with me about your title • Writing: Due Friday, “How has the month of September treated you? Explain “(1 typed page, min) • Missing Work? • Grades are in the grade book; Are you missing work? Do you need to turn something in?

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