Work for the Week

Weekly Syllabus Name ______September 9 - 13, 2013 WORK FOR THE WEEK READING WRITING Mon Reading lesson: figurative language Writing lesson: transitions & □ Revised Learning Reflection for dialogue Reading. □ Discuss transitions. Analyze your □ Discuss STAR assessment. draft for use of transitional □ Vocabulary for the week language. □ Lesson on simile, metaphor, & □ Discuss dialogue and types of personification. quotations. Analyze your drafts. HOMEWORK: HOMEWORK: □ Study this week's vocabulary □ Second draft of autobiographical words. Test on Friday. incident is due tomorrow. Tues Reading lesson: figurative Writing lesson: transitions language, making inferences □ Submit second draft of □ Lesson on symbols autobiographical incident. □ Read "Charles" by Shirley □ Transitions worksheet. Jackson, pages S21-S27. HOMEWORK: HOMEWORK: □ Diagramming lessons 4-6 and the □ Study this week's vocabulary review are due tomorrow. words. Test on Friday. Wed Silent sustained reading Grammar □ Read "A Mother in Mannville" by □ Check Lessons 4-6. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, pages □ Review for Friday's test. 60-65. Answer questions. □ Parts of speech. □ Independent reading. HOMEWORK: HOMEWORK: □ Poem analysis assignment, □ Study Grammar Lessons 1-6 for "Valentine for Ernest Mann," is Friday's test. due tomorrow. □ Complete parts of speech □ Questions for "A Mother in worksheet—due next Wednesday. Mannville" are due Friday. □ Study this week's vocabulary words. Test on Friday. Thurs Poem Analysis: figures of speech Writing workshop in computer lab: □ Check homework assignment. formatting dialogue □ Poem analysis: metaphor, simile, theme. HOMEWORK: □ Video clips. Discuss recitation □ Study Grammar Lessons 1-6 for due for next Thursday. tomorrow's test. HOMEWORK: □ Complete parts of speech □ Prepare for next week's poem worksheet—due next Wednesday. recitation. □ Questions for "A Mother in Mannville" are due tomorrow. □ Vocab test tomorrow. Fri Testing, discussion, etc. Testing, quick writes, etc. □ Vocabulary/Spelling test. □ Grammar test. □ Discuss "A Mother in Mannville." □ Activity HOMEWORK: Prepare for next week's poem recitation. Weekly Syllabus Creative Writing Exercise Focus: Using dialogue correctly

Points to consider: 1. Indent every time someone else begins to speak. 2. Use quotation marks to indicate which words are spoken. 3. If it is unclear who is speaking, be sure to let the reader know by including an attribution. 4. Place periods, commas, exclamation marks, and question marks within quotation marks.

CHECKLIST Types of quotations:

____ 1. Single quotation, followed by attribution. "I'm going to the store," she said. ____ 2. Single quotation, preceded by attribution. He said, "But the car is broken." ____ 3. Double quotation, interrupted by attribution. Quotation is actually a single sentence. "Well, I figured," she said, "that I would walk." ____ 4. Double quotation, interrupted by attribution. Quotation is actually two separate sentences. "I hate to walk," he said. "You know I hate it more than almost anything." ____ 5. Single quotation, followed not by attribution, but description. "Sorry you feel that way." She stood up from the chair. ____ 6. Single quotation, preceded not by attribution, but by description. He grabbed his sneakers. "Don't leave me here alone."

Vocabulary words: from "A Mother in Mannville" 1. inadequate 2. blunt 3. kindling 4. clarity 5. predicated 6. instinctive 7. communion 8. impel 9. abstracted 10. ecstasy 11. subterfuge 12. anomalous

Parts of Speech 1. Everything is going well. 2. All is well with us. 3. Well, I can't believe. 4. The well is almost dry. 5. Tears well up in her eyes.