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GOALS FOR WEEK 11
By the end of this week, you will:
  1. Learn how to form the present and future unreal (2nd) conditional and the past unreal (3rd) conditional.
  2. Write an in-class compare-contrast essay.
  3. Begin to learn about persuasive writing.
  4. Learn academic vocabulary through our novel, textbooks, and online homework.
MONDAY
Materials:
​GAB, The Giver

-Warm-up 
-Introduce unreal conditionals
-Book Club


HOMEWORK
-Work on Journal 10 for Friday (Open topic--use at least 2 2nd conditionals in your work to get full credit).

-GAB Online Workbook Unit 25 on unreal conditionals due Friday by class time.
-Read Chapters 15-17 (pp. 149-173) of The Giver and complete Homework 7 for Monday, 4/6, as well as your book club job.
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TUESDAY
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Materials:
​GAB, Great Writing

-Warm-up: "If I Were a Boy"
-Start GAB Unit 25
-Distribute The Giver homework 7

-Return cause-effect essays
-Last work on compare-contrast essay


HOMEWORK
-Study compare-contrast essays for in-class essay tomorrow
-Work on Journal 10 for Friday (Open topic--use at least 2 2nd conditionals in your work to get full credit).

-GAB Online Workbook Unit 25 on unreal conditionals due Friday by class time.
-Read Chapters 15-17 (pp. 149-173) of The Giver and complete Homework 7 for Monday, 4/6, as well as your book club job.
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WEDNESDAY
Materials:
​GAB

-Warm-up
​-GAB Unit 25
​-Timed writing compare-contrast essay


HOMEWORK
​​-Work on Journal 10 for Friday (Open topic--use at least 2 2nd conditionals in your work to get full credit).
-GAB Online Workbook Unit 25 on unreal conditionals due Friday by class time.
-Read Chapters 15-17 (pp. 149-173) of The Giver and complete Homework 7 for Monday, 4/6, as well as your book club job.
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THURSDAY
Materials:
Upfront website, GAB, Q

-Warm-up: Read-Around
​-GAB Unit 25
-Q Unit 3 Reading 2

HOMEWORK
​-Work on Journal 10 for Friday (Open topic--use at least 2 2nd conditionals in your work to get full credit).
-GAB Online Workbook Unit 25 on unreal conditionals due Friday by class time and study for quiz.

-Read Chapters 15-17 (pp. 149-173) of The Giver and complete Homework 7 for Monday, 4/6, as well as your book club job.
-Begin to work on Q Unit 3 online homework--due on same day as quiz, Wednesday, April 8
. Do all of Reading section, just the 2 parallel structure exercises in the Writing section, the Vocab Review in the Review and Reflect section, and the Unit 3 test (won't be counted as a test).
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FRIDAY
​Materials:
​GAB, Upfront website

​-Warm-up
-Conditionals quiz
-Upfront Debate Analysis


HOMEWORK
-Read Chapters 15-17 (pp. 149-173) of The Giver and complete Homework 7 for Monday, 4/6, as well as your book club job.
-Start Great Writing Unit 4 homework, due next Friday, 4/10
-Begin to work on Q Unit 3 online homework--due on same day as quiz, Wednesday, April 8
.Do all of Reading section, just the 2 parallel structure exercises in the Writing section, the vocab review in the Review and Reflect section, and the Unit 3 test (won't be counted as a test).
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