Monday, November 21, 2016

Werber/Rossiter - 11/21/2016

What We Are Doing this Week
Monday
Reading: Hour of the Bees - Deepening an existing claim by citing evidence
Writing: Continue working on our Four Square (claim about Winnie), using evidence and transitions

Tuesday  
Reading: Continue reading Hour of the Bees and noting character details/author's purpose & your thinking in your independent books
Writing: Introduction and Conclusion formulas and write out Winnie essay in notebook

Wednesday
Reading:  Continue reading Hour of the Bees and noting character details/author's purpose & your thinking in your independent books
Writing:  Introduction and Conclusion formulas and write out Winnie essay in notebook

Homework
Read (spend at least 20 min a night)
Next AR book due Monday 11/28 (In order to write an essay about your character)
Students should be filling in a chart about their main character while reading - Page #/Actions/Author's Purpose & My Thinking

Discussion Starters
What is a literary essay? How do you organize a literary essay?
How is the new read aloud, Hour of the Bees? What is it about?

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