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Activator Week 15 Day 1

Enhance reading skills with 20-minute silent reading sessions, group discussions, critical writing, and conjunction exercises. Sharpen narrative organization and writing techniques to boost comprehension and expression. Participate actively and learn effectively.

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Activator Week 15 Day 1

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  1. Activator Week 15 Day 1 • Read to Self or Read to Other for 20 minutes • Points can be earned for getting into position fastest • Everyone brought a book • Silent transition

  2. Read Strategically • Discuss with your partner how this picture relates to using context clues…

  3. Reading New Words in Context • After reading the example from p. 173 together as a large group, complete Lesson #1 from page 175 -Number your paper 1-20 -Write the answers on your own paper

  4. Describe a time when you had fun participating in an activity with other people

  5. Activator Week 15 Day 2 • Read to Self for 20 minutes • Points can be earned for getting into position fastest • Everyone brought a book • Silent transition

  6. Critical Writing I will strengthen my writing by…

  7. Activator Week 15 Day 2 • Read to Self for 20 minutes • Points can be earned for getting into position fastest • Everyone brought a book • Silent transition

  8. Conjunctions CC = , for Combines two independent , and clauses into one sentence. , nor , but , or , yet , so

  9. SC = although Combines a dependent when and independent clause while into one sentence. unless (until) USE A COMMA WHEN because DEP CL IN FRONT. if since

  10. CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS • ;however, Can be used to CONNECT • ; moreover, clauses, introduce ideas, • ; consequently, interrupt ideas.

  11. The forecast calls for snow on Friday. It is hot on Wednesday. • Ice on the roads is dangerous. They may cancel school. • People buy extra groceries. There is a threat of bad weather. • You have to wake up at your normal time to find out if school is closed. You can go back to bed.

  12. CW: Combine these sentences using either a subordinating conjunction or a conjunctive adverb. • I pulled out the boxes of holiday decorations. I am going to start decorating my house. • Pizza has cheese. People who can’t drink milk should not eat pizza. • My tooth broke when I bit into a walnut. I can’t see the dentist until Thursday. • Some people like grits with butter. Some people like grits with cheese.

  13. Write your own sentences. • Look at the details you have listed on your prewriting web. • Use these details to write one to two sentences that use either a subordinating conjunction or a conjunctive adverb.

  14. Narrative Organization • Intro (hook, hint at lesson learned, 3-5 sentences.) • Hook = definition, dialogue, question • Body (2 paragraphs of supporting details, appeal to senses, use transitions) • Closing (lesson learned, provide closure, nothing new, 3-4 sentences)

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