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Week 24 Day 1. Read to Self or Read to Other (Book of your choice for 10 minutes- g ather clues from passages and make inferences for 5 minutes.) Word Work (Make PowerPoint slides for commonly confused words.)
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Week 24 Day 1 • Read to Self or Read to Other (Book of your choice for 10 minutes- gather clues from passages and make inferences for 5 minutes.) • Word Work (Make PowerPoint slides for commonly confused words.) • Writing (Analyze test data, make corrections, determine whether your mistakes were careless or clueless. What do you need to review?)
Write sentences… • While • Although • If • because • Indeed • Furthermore • however
Day 2 • When told to do so, open the folder on your desk and follow the directions on the paper inside of the folder. • Tickets will be awarded to the groups who follow directions on their own. I will be looking for collaboration (taking turns talking, supporting each other in a search for answers, etc.)
Theme vs. Topic Notes • Give a seven word definition for topic. Topic is what the story is about. 2. Give a five word definition for theme. Theme is the lesson learned. • Discuss ways to distinguish between the two. Topic can be explained in one or two words. It is the main idea. Theme is more complex and needs a phrase or sentence to explain it.
“Lob’s Girl” loyalty Topic is _________________.
Scavenger Hunt (Winning team gets a prize) Work with your group using dictionaries to find the following items on a scavenger hunt: • The phonetic spelling of the word agonize. • The Latin (L) root of the word corrupt. • The two correct ways to add the suffix –ment to the word dislodge. • The guide words on the page that contains emerge. • Three synonyms for the word ponder.
CW How do you distinguish between topic and theme?
Read to Self or Read to Other page 326 lit book (Everyone will do this first.) • Word Work (Copy any two lines of dialogue from “The Dog of Pompeii” and then add your own two lines of dialogue to continue the story.) • Writing (Write examples of sensory details on the sentence strips and hang them on the correct hanger. DO NOT REPEAT EXAMPLES.)
Reading Strategies Preview: Title, pictures, captions, footnotes. Predict: What do you think this story is about? Set a purpose for reading: Identify sensory details. During reading: Ask questions. Discuss with your partners what is confusing. After reading: Make at least two connections between this story and “Lob’s Girl.”
Small Group Questions • What are your five senses? • What are sensory details? • Find examples of sensory details in “The Dog of Pompeii.” • Write your examples on sentence strips and hang them on the correct hanger. DO NOT REPEAT EXAMPLES. • CW: How does the author’s use of sensory details impact the story? Use text evidence.
Small Group Questions • What are your five senses? • What are sensory details? • Find examples of sensory details in “The Dog of Pompeii.” • Write your examples on sentence strips and hang them on the correct hanger. DO NOT REPEAT EXAMPLES. • CW: How does the author’s use of sensory details impact the story? Use text evidence.
Word Work • Copy any two lines of dialogue from “The Dog of Pompeii” and then add your own two lines of dialogue to continue the story. • Continue reading the story when you are done with the word work.
Word Work • Copy any two lines of dialogue from “The Dog of Pompeii” and then add your own two lines of dialogue to continue the story. • Continue reading the story when you are done with the word work.
Critical Writing How does the author’s use of sensory details impact the story? Use text evidence to support your answer.