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GOALS FOR WEEK 12
By the end of this week, you will:
  1. Finish work on conditionals.
  2. Learn about ways of connecting ideas, including correlative conjunctions.
  3. Begin work on a persuasive essay.
  4. Learn how to use parallel construction in writing.
  5. Learn academic vocabulary through our novel, textbooks, and online homework.
MONDAY
Materials:
​GAB, The Giver

-Warm-up 
-Review conditionals test.

-GAB 26
-Book Club


HOMEWORK
-Continue 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).
-Work on Journal 12 for Friday (Open topic--use at least one correlative conjunction and the word YET as a conjunction to get full credit).
-GAB Online Workbook Unit 26 on conjunctions due Friday by class time.
-Read Chapters 18-20 (pp. 174-203) of The Giver and complete Homework 8 for Monday, 4/13, as well as your book club job.
-Finish Great Writing Unit 4 online homework by Monday, 4/13

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TUESDAY
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Materials:
​GAB, Great Writing

-Warm-up
-Distribute The Giver homework

-GAB Chapter 26: Conjunctions
-Do Q Unit 3 p. 75 on parallel construction
​-Introduce persuasive essay (GW 4)


HOMEWORK
-Finish work on Q Unit 3 online homework and study for quiz--due tomorrow, 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).
-Work on Journal 12 for Friday (Open topic--use at least one correlative conjunction and the word YET as a conjunction to get full credit).
-GAB Online Workbook Unit 26 on conjunctions due Friday by class time.
-Read Chapters 18-20 (pp. 174-203) of The Giver and complete Homework 8 for Monday, 4/13, as well as your book club job.
-Finish Great Writing Unit 4 online homework by Monday, 4/13

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WEDNESDAY
Materials:
​GAB

-Warm-up: Parallel Structure exercise
​-GAB Chapter 26
​-Q Unit 3 Test


HOMEWORK
​​-Work on Journal 12 for Friday (Open topic--use at least one correlative conjunction and the word YET as a conjunction to get full credit).
-GAB Online Workbook Unit 26 on conjunctions due Friday by class time.
-Read Chapters 18-20 (pp. 174-203) of The Giver and complete Homework 8 for Monday, 4/13, as well as your book club job.
-Finish Great Writing Unit 4 online homework by Monday, 4/13

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THURSDAY
Materials:
GAB, Great Writing

-Warm-up
-Review Q Unit 3 test
-GAB 26

-Persuasive essay work (GW 4)

HOMEWORK
​-Work on Journal 12 for Friday (Open topic--use at least one correlative conjunction and the word YET as a conjunction to get full credit).
-GAB Online Workbook Unit 26 on conjunctions due Friday by class time.
-Read Chapters 18-20 (pp. 174-203) of The Giver and complete Homework 8 for Monday, 4/13, as well as your book club job.
-Finish Great Writing Unit 4 online homework by Monday, 4/13

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FRIDAY
​Materials:
​GAB, Great Writing

-Warm-up 
-GAB 26
​-Persuasive essay work (GW 4)
-Introduce Persuasive Essay project


HOMEWORK
-Read Chapters 18-20 (pp. 174-203) of The Giver and complete Homework 8 for Monday, 4/13, as well as your book club job.
-Finish Great Writing Unit 4 online homework by Monday, 4/13
-Persuasive Essay Development Worksheet, due Tuesday 4/14

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