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GOALS FOR WEEK 7
By the end of this week, you will:
  1. Write a cause-effect essay.
  2. Continue to practice how to correctly form identifying and non-identifying subject relative clauses.
  3. Continue to learn special vocabulary for cause-effect essays and interpreting graphs.
  4. Practice active reading skills through our novel and prediction skills through our reading text.
  5. Learn academic vocabulary through our novel, textbooks, and other sources.
  6. Hold mid-term conferences.
MONDAY
NO CLASS--
COLUMBUS DAY

HOMEWORK

-Read The Giver chapters 8-10 and finish homework 4.
-Work on cause-effect essay first draft
-Continue working on Reading Explorer online homework Chapter 2





TUESDAY
-Warm-up
-Giver Homework 4 discussion
-Practice identifying vs. non-identifying relative clauses


HOMEWORK
-Work on relative clauses homework packet and study for quiz Friday
-Cause-effect essay first draft due Thursday

-Continue reading Giver Chapter 11-12 and begin Homework 5.
-Journal 7 due Friday

WEDNESDAY
-Warm-up
-Subject relative clauses
-Discuss transition words for cause-effect essays
-Work on cause-effect essay
-Midterm conferences


HOMEWORK
-Cause-effect essay first draft due Friday
-Work on relative clauses homework packet and study for quiz Friday
-Continue reading Giver Chapter 11-12 and begin Homework 5.
-Journal 7 due Friday


THURSDAY
-Warm-up
-Subject relative clauses
-Discuss transition words for cause-effect essays
-Work on cause-effect essay
-Midterm conferences


HOMEWORK
-Cause-effect essay first draft due tomorrow
-Work on relative clauses homework packet and study for quiz Friday
-Continue reading Giver Chapter 11-12 and begin Homework 5.
-Journal 7 due Friday


FRIDAY
-Warm-up
​-Quiz: Subject relative clauses
-Peer Review: Cause-Effect Essay


HOMEWORK
-Final draft of cause-effect essay due Monday
-Continue reading Giver Chapter 11-12 and finish Homework 5 for Monday.
-Continue to work on Reading Explorer Chapter 2 online homework




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