Monday, March 16th:
Grammar warm-ups: sentence fragments, adverbial clauses, etc. Rewrites of sentence fragments on the white board.
Class divided into 2 groups to correct and rewrite a short paragraph while 2 representatives from their groups correct and rewrite the short paragraph on the white board.
Read THE GREAT GATSBY, chapter 4; up to page 37
Period 2: Grammar Warm-ups: Error Corrections for Sentence Fragments
"What Makes a Complete Sentence?" Brief Review
Same game as 1st period.
Read pages 39 - from THE BLUEST EYE
Tuesday, March 17th:
Grammar Warm-ups: Students pair up and work on correcting a paragraph with major grammatical problems - sentence fragments, etc. Class as a whole correct the paragraph.
Introduction of the "In-Class Reading Scaffold" to be used during class reading time:
Wednesday, March 18th:
1st Period:
Read and discuss THE GREAT GATSBY
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Connections: Characters, History/Sociology
Work on the "In-class Reading Scaffold"
2nd Period:
Read and discuss THE BLUEST EYE
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Connections: Characters, History/Sociology
Work on the "In-class Reading Scaffold"
Thursday, March 19th:
1st Period:
8:00 - 8:15: Vocabulary "Password"
Read and discuss THE GREAT GATSBY
Read up to page 86
Discussion: comprehension, vocabulary
Work on the "In-class Reading Scaffold"
2nd Period:
Read THE BLUEST EYE
Read up to page
Discussion: comprehension, vocabulary
Work on the "In-class Reading Scaffold"
