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Monday 5/2



Unit: Evaluating Literature



Objective: Analyze and evaluate a novel. Create and share a book review.



Learning Activity: Read and discuss notes from Giver. Share out vocabulary. Continue class reading.



Assessment: Instructor monitoring.





Differentiation: Read aloud/Pause and Reflect



Tuesday 5/3



Unit: Evaluating Literature



Objective: Analyze and evaluate a novel. Create and share a book review.



Learning Activity: Read and discuss notes from Giver. Share out vocabulary. Continue class reading.



Assessment: Instructor monitoring.



Differentiation: Read aloud/Pause and Reflect



Wednesday 5/4



Unit: Evaluating Literature



Objective: Analyze and evaluate a novel. Create and share a book review.



Learning Activity: Read and discuss notes from Giver. Share out vocabulary. Continue class reading.



Assessment: Instructor monitoring.



Differentiation: Read aloud/Pause and Reflect



Thursday 5/5



Unit: Evaluating Literature



Objective: Analyze and evaluate a novel. Create and share a book review.



Learning Activity: Read and discuss notes from Giver. Share out vocabulary. Continue class reading.



Assessment: Instructor monitoring.



Differentiation: Read aloud/Pause and Reflect



Friday 5/6



Unit: Evaluating Literature



Objective: Analyze and evaluate a novel. Create and share a book review.



Learning Activity: Read and discuss notes from Giver. Share out vocabulary. Continue class reading.



Assessment: Instructor monitoring.



Differentiation: Read aloud/Pause and Reflect



Monday 5/8-Tuesday 5/9



Unit: Evaluating Literature



Objective: Identify and apply new vocabulary correctly.



Learning Activity: In collaborative work groups, students will choose 10 vocabulary words for class to be responsible for from The Giver. We will compile list as a class. 



Assessment: Instructor monitoring.



Differentiation: Student-created vocabulary list



Wednesday 5/10-Thursday 5/11



Unit: Evaluating Literature



Objective: Analyze and evaluate a novel. Create and share a book review.



Learning Activity: Read Chapters 21-23. 



Assessment: Instructor monitoring.



Differentiation: Read aloud/Pause and Reflect



Friday 5/12



Unit: Evaluating Literature



Objective: Analyze and evaluate a novel. Create and share a book review.



Learning Activity: Vocabulary review (instructor led)

Assessment: Instructor monitoring.



Differentiation: Student-created vocabulary list



Monday 5/16



 



Unit: Literary Analysis The Giver



Objective—Read and comprehend a grade-level novella. Use the writing process to plan, and create a formal essay that answers a writing prompt using textual evidence to support main ideas.



 



Learning Activity: Giver vocabulary test. Distribute and discuss essay choices.



Assessment: Instructor monitoring



Differentiation:  Class created vocabulary lists.



 



Tuesday 5/17



 



Unit: Literary Analysis The Giver



Objective—Read and comprehend a grade-level novella. Use the writing process to plan, and create a formal essay that answers a writing prompt using textual evidence to support main ideas.



 



Learning Activity: Drafting essays



Assessment: Instructor monitoring



Differentiation: collaborative group works. Class created vocabulary lists.



 



Wednesday 5/18



 



Unit: Literary Analysis The Giver



Objective—Read and comprehend a grade-level novella. Use the writing process to plan, and create a formal essay that answers a writing prompt using textual evidence to support main ideas.



 



Learning Activity: Drafting Essays. Instructor conferences.



 



Assessment: Instructor monitoring



Differentiation: collaborative group works. Class created vocabulary lists.



 



Thursday 5/19



 



Unit: Literary Analysis The Giver



Objective—Read and comprehend a grade-level novella. Use the writing process to plan, and create a formal essay that answers a writing prompt using textual evidence to support main ideas.



 



Learning Activity:  Drafting Essays. Instructor conferences



 



Assessment: Instructor monitoring



Differentiation: collaborative group works. Class created vocabulary lists.



 



Friday 5/20



 



Unit: Literary Analysis The Giver



Objective—Read and comprehend a grade-level novella. Use the writing process to plan, and create a formal essay that answers a writing prompt using textual evidence to support main ideas.



 



Learning Activity:  Drafting Essays. Instructor conferences



 



Assessment: Instructor monitoring



Differentiation: collaborative group work.

Monday 5/23

Unit: Final Exam--Summative Review

Objective: Identify sentences vs. fragments, subjects and predicates, classify sentences by purpose

Learning activity: Instructor-led review using chapter 10 diagnostic preview. Practice test

Assessment-Instructor monitoring. Practice test

Tuesday 5/24

Unit: Final Exam--Summative Review

Objective: Define and identify nouns, pronouns, adjectives

Learning activity: Instructor-led review using chapter 11 diagnostic preview. Practice test

Assessment-Instructor monitoring. Practice test

Wednesday 5/25

Unit: Final Exam--Summative Review

Objective: Define and identify verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunction, interjection

Learning activity: Instructor-led review using chapter 12 diagnostic preview. Practice test

Assessment-Instructor monitoring. Practice test

Thursday 5/26

Unit: Final Exam--Summative Review

Objective: apply correct capitalization, end marks, commas, semicolons and colons

Learning activity: Instructor-led review using chapter 23 diagnostic preview. Practice test

Assessment-Instructor monitoring. Practice test

Friday 5/27

Unit: Final Exam--Summative Review

Objective: Improve spelling using specific rules and recognizing commonly confused words

Learning activity: Instructor-led review using chapter 25

 diagnostic preview. Practice test

Assessment-Instructor monitoring. Practice test

Tuesday 5/31

Final Exam. Turn in books

Wednesday 6/1

Test reflection. Summer reading lists.

Instructor Evaluations