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ELA (Period HR12)

Course Description

Welcome back! This week in ELA we will be discussing, creating, and writing about New Year's Resolutions. In addition, we will be learning about the author of our upcoming story, Cynthia Rylant. Our new story is called Stray, which we will begin reading next week. To prepare for our new story, we will practice using context clues to determine the meaning of our new vocabulary words!

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Monday, 3/30 -> Review of Main Idea

Please see the video above so we can go through today's lesson together. This nearpod lesson is a review of Main Idea. It is intended to refresh your memory of the skill and practice applying it. Tomorrow we will continue with a different nearpod lesson that allows you to practice the skill more in depth.  The code for Monday's nearpod lesson is: DCTNJ In the event that you have any questions about the Remote Learning activities  posted, you can email me at [email protected] - I will do my best to respond in a timely matter!

ELA Wednesday 3.25 &Thursday 3.26-Wanted Poster

This activity is intended to take two days to complete. It is okay if you need more time to complete it. The students are encouraged to use their imaginations and express their creativity for this project. 
 
The 1st page of this packet is a template students can use to complete the novel summary presented on page 4. This is the only portion of the book report that students need to follow the story, Dragon, Dragon for. If need be, the study guide attached to yesterday's work can help fill in the blanks on the summary template.
 
The 2nd page of the PDF can be filled out as follows:
Title: Dragon, Dragon
Author: John Gardiner
Genre: Fairytale
Wanted: Dragon
 
The remainder of the sections (Reward Amount, Physical Description, Wanted For, and Last Seen) can be completed using nothing but the students' imaginations. 
 
As mentioned above, the novel summary will be completed using the template provided on page 1 of the packet.
 
You do not need to arrange the sections to create a poster-- you can leave it in packet format.

ELA Friday 3/27 Reading Comprehension (Based on Movies)

Students have the opportunity to choose which movie they want to read and answer questions about. The options for this assignment are Toy Story (pg. 1) or Cars (pg. 2). Please read one of  the passages and answer the questions. Students do not need to write out their answers. They just need to underline the answer in the color that is assigned to the question.

ELA Week of 3.9-3.13

This week in ELA students will finish reading Dragon, Dragon. As we read, we will be analyzing the different characters, identifying their internal traits, and locating supporting evidence. The students will be having a test next Wednesday, March 18th. A study guide will be sent home at the end of the week.

ELA Week of 2.24-2.28

This week in ELA we will prepare to read our new story, Dragon, Dragon by John Gardiner. On Monday, we will be discussing the different characteristics of a fairytale. On Tuesday, we will begin to discuss the new vocabulary words presented in the story. Students will use context clues to determine the meaning of the unknown words. On Wednesday, we will be discussing the importance of character traits, both internal and external. We will be learning about how identifying different character traits based on a characters words and actions give readers more information about them. Students will be able to examine their own character traits and create a picture of themselves. On Thursday and Friday, we will be reading the new story and examining the different characters.

ELA Week of 2.10-2.14

This week in ELA we will be participating in the ELA Winter Olympics. Students will work with a partner and represent a country. Each day we will be reviewing a different skill that has been taught. They will review and practice these skills through a series of Olympic games. The schedule is: Monday-Blurt, Tuesday-Grammar Hoop, Wednesday-Inferencing Bowling, and Thursday- Homophone Tag!

ELA Week of 2.3-2.7

This week in ELA we will be learning how to write a formal letter. We will be writing a letter to the owner of the pound in Stray to complain about its conditions. The students will be writing to convince the owner to improve the conditions and offer suggestions on how to do so.

ELA

This week in ELA we will be taking a test on the story, Stray. We will also be learning about irregular past tense verbs and practice using irregular past tense verbs in written sentences. Lastly, we will be reading an article on Groundhog Day and answering comprehension questions to practice referring to the text to locate an answer.

ELA Week of 1.21-1.24

This week in ELA we will be finishing our story. Students will be working on a review packet that focuses on using text evidence to support their answers and using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words. Students will be having a test on Tuesday, January 28th. I have attached a copy of the study guides.

ELA Week of 1.13-1.17

This week in ELA we will begin analyzing the plot of the short story, Stray. We will be reading the story as a class and students will independently be answering the comprehension questions. Students will work with a partner to complete a plot diagram. Please do not have the students go ahead in their comprehension packets. The questions will be assigned based on how far into the reading we get each day.

ELA Week of 1.4-1.10

Welcome back! This week in ELA we will be discussing, creating, and writing about New Year's Resolutions. In addition, we will be learning about the author of our upcoming story, Cynthia Rylant. Our new story is called Stray, which we will begin reading next week. To prepare for our new story, we will practice using context clues to determine the meaning of our new vocabulary words!