October 30 - November 3, 2017

Detail of activities / strategies used to engaged students:

·       Monday:

§  Opening:  USATESTPREP Amnesty Week Directions

§  Work Session –

§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review new vocabulary words (Pre-Test Vocab)

§  Guided Practice (We do): We will begin reading Chapter 8 of Animal Farm.

§  Independent Practice (You do):  Students should continue working on their Double Entry Journals &/or their character analysis sheets in their interactive notebooks.

§  Closing: Ticket out the Door: Teacher will check to make sure everyone has completed Chapters 1 – 5’s Double Entry Journal.

·       Tuesday:

§  Opening:  Vocabulary Review (Freyer Model Activity)

§  Work Session -

§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review Symbolism & Motif in Animal Farm

§  Guided Practice (We do): We will begin reading Chapter 9 of Animal Farm. (Popcorn Reading)

§  Independent Practice (You do): Students should continue working on their Double Entry Journals &/or their character analysis sheets in their interactive notebooks.

§  Closing: Ticket Out the Door: Students will review S.I.F.T. Strategy

·       Wednesday:

§  Opening:  Common Assessment #8

§  Work Session -

§  Guided Practice (We do):  We will read the last chapter of Animal Farm; Chapter 10(Popcorn Reading)

§  Independent Practice (You do):

1. Students should continue working on their Double Entry Journals &/or their character analysis sheets in their interactive notebooks.

2. Students will complete a S.I.F.T. Chart for one Chapter of the novel.

§  Closing:  Ticket Out the Door: Teacher will check to make sure everyone has completed Chapters 6-8 Double Entry Journals.

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·       Thursday:

§  Opening:  Vocabulary Review (Page 49)

§  Work Session -

§  Instruction (I do): We will discuss how the characters are evolving so far in the story. Who seems to be a Dynamic, Static, Flat or Round Character thus far?

§  Guided Practice (We do): Students will play a review game for Animal Farm and complete a Character Activity (Individual/Group)

§  Independent Practice (You do): Students should work to complete ALL Double Entry Journals & character analysis sheets in their interactive notebooks.

§  Closing:  Ticket Out the Door: Students will write down one “Theme” found in the Novel and be prepared to discuss it on tomorrow.

·       Friday:

§  Opening:  Theme Discussion (Ticket Out the Door yesterday)

§  Work Session -

§  Instruction (I do): We will discuss how the characters evolved in the novel based on the activity from yesterday.

§  Guided Practice (We do):  Students will watch a film version of Animal Farm and compare and contrast the film to the novel. (Graphic Organizer)

§  Independent Practice (You do): Present their Character Chart to the class.

§  Closing:  Ticket Out the Door: Glow & Grow Discussion.