Unit 1: Narrative and Argument
In this unit, we will be exploring the narrative through reading short stories and writing our own.
Lesson Plans for the First Week of School
Lesson Plans for the Second Week of School
This week, we will mostly focus on the Pre Common Growth Assessment, but we will also be starting our narrative unit. The goal of this unit is for each student to not only write a narrative but also be able to identify and explain each part of a narrative.
Lesson Plans for the Third Week of School
This week, we will be spending three days on the NWEA MAP test. Should a student finish early, there is a Type 3 narrative due Friday so we can practice a Type 4 peer edit.
Lesson Plans for the Fourth Week of School
We will be starting our Utopia unit this week with Flowers for Algernon as well as continuing our story edits as well as starting our "My Michigan Hero" essays.
Lesson Plans for the Fifth Week of School
We will be focusing on writing this week, from starting to explore the 11-sentence paragraph format for argumentative essays to finishing up our stories into Type 5s. We will have a quiz on Flowers for Algernon on Tuesday and a vocabulary quiz on Friday as well.
11-Sentence Paragraph Graphic Organizer
Lesson Plans for the Sixth Week of School
We will finish up Flowers for Algernon this week and have our test on Thursday. The reading homework is due Friday.
Lesson Plans for the First Week of School
Lesson Plans for the Second Week of School
This week, we will mostly focus on the Pre Common Growth Assessment, but we will also be starting our narrative unit. The goal of this unit is for each student to not only write a narrative but also be able to identify and explain each part of a narrative.
Lesson Plans for the Third Week of School
This week, we will be spending three days on the NWEA MAP test. Should a student finish early, there is a Type 3 narrative due Friday so we can practice a Type 4 peer edit.
Lesson Plans for the Fourth Week of School
We will be starting our Utopia unit this week with Flowers for Algernon as well as continuing our story edits as well as starting our "My Michigan Hero" essays.
Lesson Plans for the Fifth Week of School
We will be focusing on writing this week, from starting to explore the 11-sentence paragraph format for argumentative essays to finishing up our stories into Type 5s. We will have a quiz on Flowers for Algernon on Tuesday and a vocabulary quiz on Friday as well.
11-Sentence Paragraph Graphic Organizer
Lesson Plans for the Sixth Week of School
We will finish up Flowers for Algernon this week and have our test on Thursday. The reading homework is due Friday.