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GOALS FOR WEEK 14
By the end of this week, you will:
  1. Review question formation, negative questions, and tag question formation.
  2. Work on persuasive essay skills.
  3. Learn about final reading/writing project and watch movie version of The Giver.
  4. Develop academic reading skills.
MONDAY
Materials:
​GAB, The Giver
-Warm-up
-Review Grammar Test 5 on adverb clauses
-Book Club 9


HOMEWORK
-Upload first draft of persuasive essay to Blackboard Discussion Board by class time tomorrow
-Journal due Friday (use 2 questions using do).
-GAB Unit 14 online HW due Friday





TUESDAY
Materials:
​GAB
-Warm-up
-Begin Unit 14 on question formation
-Persuasive essay peer review


HOMEWORK
-Work on final persuasive essay draft, due Thursday
-Journal due Friday (use 2 questions using do).
-GAB Unit 14 online HW due Friday


WEDNESDAY
Materials:
​GAB, Q

-Warm-up
-Continue work on GAB 14

-Q Unit 4
-Time for persuasive essay questions

HOMEWORK
-Work on final persuasive essay draft, due Thursday
-Journal due Friday (use 2 questions using do).
-GAB Unit 14 online HW due Friday

THURSDAY
Materials:
​GAB, Q
-Warm-up

-Continue work on GAB 14
-Q Unit 4

-Introduce final reading/writing project

HOMEWORK
-Journal due Friday (use 2 questions using do).
-GAB Unit 14 online HW due Friday



FRIDAY
Materials:
​The Giver Movie
-NO LIVE CLASS: WATCH THE GIVER MOVIE--write your reaction to the film (3-5 sentences) on the Blackboard Discussion Board forum by 11:59 PM tonight.


HOMEWORK
-Begin working on final reading-writing project, first draft due Wednesday.
-Work on Q Unit 4 online homework (all of Unit 4 and Unit 4 practice test, except activities 13, 14, 15), due Tuesday (test same day)






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