Week of January 26-30

Reading logs due Friday
Two pages in journal due by end of class Friday

Monday/Tuesday:
Daily Do: cause and effect
Notes on simile, metaphor, and personification
Exercise #1 on metaphor - poem: "The Garden Hose" by Beatrice Janosco
Time to read and/or write in journal

Wednesday:
Daily Do: cause and effect
Information on book project
Exercises 2 and 3 on metaphor
Time to read and/or write in journal

Thursday:
Daily Do: cause and effect
Time in library to read, write in journal, and/or begin book project

Friday:
Turn in reading logs
Complete exercise #1 on personification
Time to read and/or write in journal - need 2 full pages by end of class today!

Week of January 19-23

Reading logs due Friday
One full page in journal due Friday
Students should be reading a historical fiction book. All students must be finished with their book no later than Thursday, February 12th.

Wednesday:
Daily Do: cause and effect
Create plotline for the story "Dinorella" by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Time to read and/or write in journal

Thursday:
Daily Do: cause and effect
Look at journal examples and review guidelines
Review literary terms
Time to read and/or write in journal

Friday:
Daily Do: cause and effect
Quiz on literary terms
Time to read and/or write in journal

Week of January 12-16

** All students must find a historical fiction novel this week! **
Reading log due Friday

Monday/Tuesday:
Book Pass activity in the library
Find a historical fiction novel you would like to read this quarter

Wednesday:
Daily Do
Take notes on literary terms (test next Thursday)
Go over directions for journals this quarter
Read and/or respond in journal

Thursday:
Review literary terms - worksheet
Time in library reading and/or writing in journal

Friday:
Turn in reading log
Daily Do
Review literary terms
Time to read and/or write in journal - one complete page needed by end of class.

Welcome Back!

Here are some highlights of 3rd quarter:

continue weekly reading logs - first one due Friday, Jan. 16th
read a historical fiction novel and complete a project
respond in journal
read and analyze various poems
memorize a poem
notes on literary terms with tests

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