Date

 MONDAY

 TUESDAY

 WEDNESDAY

 THURSDAY

FRIDAY 

Innovation Hall 326

8:30-10:20am

Innovation Hall

336

10-11:30am

Innovation Hall

326

8:30-10:20am

Innovation Hall

336

10-11:30am

Innovation Hall

326

 8:30-10:20am

IN CLASS

Chapter 2 pages 26-33

Intro to Inferences

Weekend HW Q&A:  Check your E-portfolio

AWL Challenge:

Do you KNOW how to USE those new Sublist I words?

Chapter 2, page 40 

1. Author's Tone:  the attitude a writer takes towards a subject
2. Author's Purpose:  Why is it written?
3. Theme of the writing:  Big ideas

Practice

Practice with longer readings

Words of the day:  Worther & Abood

author's tone & purpose

Review HW 

Tone/purpose Practice with longer readings

Peer feedback  e-portfolio Summaries 

1.  Review MI's of reading

2.  Help your partner edit and improve their writing=use Academic Summary Writing.doc

Review HW:  Writing about inferences/Drawing conclusions

Finish Chapter 2

Brave and daring individuals:

Helen Keller

Charles Lindburgh

Christopher Columbus

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Apollo Astronauts

Albert Einstein

Sept. 11 Responders

Essay #1 Assignment

HOMEWORK

Great work Teams! No HW tonight!

Read the following:

Neat People Vs. Sloppy People

by Suzanne Britt

Thesaurus.com for any unknown words!

1. Theme?
2. Purpose?
3. What is the Tone?
4. Are there any implied main ideas? What are they?

Writing about inferences=
implications/drawing conclusions

Write 5 sentences which summarize the IMPLIED main ideas from Neat People vs. Sloppy People 

Typed and printed to use in class Friday

Chapter 2:  read and complete pages 46-49

Essay #1

ESSAY_1_Assignment.doc 

Select a topic for

your first Essay about

a brave and daring individual. 

Be prepared to share who and why you've chosen this person on Monday

Word/Phrase

Of the Day

Mansour

acquisition

Sumayah

conduct

Worther

features

Abood

distinction

Christine 

sought

BRING

Paper PORTFOLIO?