August 13 17, 2012 Dr. Harpers Plans & Agendas Language
Arts, Social Studies, & Study Skills
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Language Arts Monday, August 13, 2012 Target Learning: I can
analyze the influence of setting on the problem and its resolution.
RD 3.3. Daily Writing Prompt: Annie Oakley was born on this date in
1860. Would you liked to have lived back in the Wild West days of
cowboys, cowgirls, and stagecoaches? Why or why not?
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Language Arts Monday, August, 13, 2012 Target Learning: I can
analyze the influence of setting on the problem and its resolution.
RD 3.3. Sub Day 1. Vocabulary Diagnostic Test last of entry-level
tests. 2. Common and Proper Noun practice worksheet. 3. Writing
literary verse using the literary device of alliteration.
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Social Studies Monday, August 13, 2012 Target Learning: I can
explain the importance of themes and specialized historical
vocabulary in understanding historical events. HSS 6.1 (Sub Day).
1. Introduce Job Description Project, worksheet, p. 1from
Uncovering the Past Focus on Writing. Project is due August 24,
2012. 2. Introduce the themes of studying history, p. 4. Have
students work in groups to generate information about each theme,
then share with class. (Developing collective knowledge using
previous knowledgescaffolding activity).
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Social Studies Monday, August 13, 2012, p. 2 3. Direct students
attention to the specialized historical vocabulary chart on p. 4.
Have students read the chart in table groups and discuss each terms
importance in studying history. 4. Complete You Try It! p. 5. 5.
Create a glossary for their Unit one folders using the key terms
and people on p. 5. Timelines due tomorrow!
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Study Skills Monday, August 13, 2012 Target Learning: : I can
identify strategies that will help me to better manage my time.
Read/discuss, p. 14 then complete survey on p. 16. Tell students a
score of 0 or 1 = needs improvement. A score of 2 or 3 = good.
Read/ discuss pp. 18-19 and compare Brad and Joshs planners.
Complete Planner Checklist and How Do I Spend My Time, pp.
20-21.
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Language Arts Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Target Learning: I can
clarify an understanding of informational texts by creating
outlines and logical notes. R2.4. Word of the Day: Setting the
place or places where a story takes place. Name a childhood fantasy
story and identify its setting. Writing Prompt: Describe a time
that you had to solve a problem with a friend or family member.
What was the problem and how was it resolved?
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Language Arts Tuesday, August 14, 2012, page 2 KWHL: What do
you know about taking notes? What do you want to learn about taking
notes? Discussion: In study skills class we are learning how to be
better organizers. Why is organization important for successful
learning? Outlining helps us to organize information we have read
or we plan to write. Three steps to outlining: 1. Getting the main
idea. 2. Taking notes. 3. Putting the notes into outline form.
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Language Arts Tuesday, August 14, 2012, page 3 Guided Reading
and Note-taking, Literature text, p. 64: Identify the four main
ideas of The Wind People, pp. 65- 66. Write each main idea on a
note card. Independently read the The Wind People. No note- taking
yet! Guided reading and note-taking: write at least two supporting
details for each main idea note card. KWHL Chart: complete the H
and L columns. Turn-In note cards and KWHL Chart (put name on lined
side of card in top right corner with number of class period).
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Social Studies Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Learning Target: I can
prepare a Double Door Fold Note to help me categorize key terms
from Unit 1 as either geographical or historicalUncovering the
Past. HSS 6.1 1. Students share personal timelines. 2. Teach
procedure for creating a Double Door Fold Note to place terms into
geographical and historical. Directions found in the teacher
textbook edition on p. 5. 3. After completing the Double Door Fold
Note, students create a glossary for their unit folders for terms
on p. 5.
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Study Skills Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Learning Target: I can
create a personal schedule and reflect on how I chose to spend my
time. Discussion: What do you spend most of your week nights doing?
Brainstorm daily priorities: Write down the things that you want to
accomplish each day or what you consider to be your daily
priorities. Time Estimation Activity: Estimate how much time is
spent on each activity. Are there any times that could be adjusted
to allow more time for tasks with a higher prioritylike
homework?
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Language Arts Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Learning Target: I can
clarify an understanding of informational texts by creating
outlines and logical notes. R 2.4. Journal Writing: Word of the Day
from Word Dynamo (App) Category: The Structure of Plot: Exposition
writing intending to explain; a detailed statement or
explanation.
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Language Arts Wednesday, August 15, 2012, p. 2 Writing Prompt:
On this day in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad was completed.
Describe how you think the men working on this railroad may have
felt when they saw their goal achieved?
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Language Arts Wednesday, August 15, 2012, p. 3 1. KWHL Charts:
Hand-out charts to students and ask What do you know about
outlining? (5 minutes) What do you want to learn about taking
outlining? (5 minutes) 2. Putting the notes into outline form, p.
64. Roman numerals mark the main sections (main idea). Each main
section includes two supporting points or detailsmarked by capital
letters A, B, C, and so on.
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Language Arts Wednesday, August 15, 2012, p. 4 How to find a
main idea? Look for key- detail sentences in each paragraph and ask
What is this part of the piece mainly about? Whats the big idea
here? 4. Finish outlining The Wind People, pp. 65- 66. Begin by
copying the first main idea as outlined on p. 64. Students will use
note cards to outline main ideas three, four, and five. 5. KWHL
Chart: complete H and L then turn-in.
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Social Studies Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Learning Target: I
can take Cornell Notes to document important information found in
textbook reading assignment HSS 6.1. Review Cornell Notes rubric
and note-taking template. Guided Reading and Note-Taking: Chapter
1, section 1, pp. 6-11. Peer Evaluation of Notes using the Cornell
Notes rubric. Suggest areas of improvement. Turn-in notes and Peer
Evaluation.
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Study Skills Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Learning Target: I can
explain how to break a long-term assignment into manageable chunks.
Present the CUCC Model: Circle, Underline, Count, Complete on p.
5-24. Discuss What is Task Analysis? p. 4-17 Examine Task Analysis
Example on p. 4-19 Teach strategies for analyzing tasks (Steps 1-5,
p. 4-17 and 4-18): Reference the Task Analysis Template on p. 28 in
the Student Guide. Practice on Project Recycle, p. 25 Break down
all the steps into manageable chunks of work.
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Language Arts Thursday, August 16, 2012 Learning Target: I can
identify the difference between common nouns and proper nouns and
revise sentences. WOC 1.2. Journal Writing: Word of the Day from
Word Dynamo (App) Category: The Structure of Plot: Dialogue
conversation between two or more people. Writing Prompt: Today is
National Joke Day. Think about some of your favorite jokes and then
write one of your own.
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Language Arts Thursday, August 16, 2012, page 2 KWHL Chart.
Complete K and W columns about :What I Know and want to learn about
nouns. Review/Test: The Wind People. Return Common and Proper Nouns
worksheet. Discuss any difficult or challenging sentences.
Diagnostic Preview, p. 24: (Independent work). identify each of the
italicized words as a noun, pronoun, or adjective. Check/discuss.
Taking Notes, p. 25: Included the definition of a noun and examples
of persons, places, things, and ideas. Also identify compound nouns
and spelling as one word, hyphenated words, and two words. 6.
Independent Practice: Exercise 1, #1-10, pp. 25-26.
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Social Studies Thursday, August 16, 2012 Learning Target: I can
imagine a tribe or group of people that might have lived a long
time ago and write a short essay about their culture. (Study Guide
Challenge Activity) HSS 6.1. Assessment Questions, p. 11: Answer
each question in complete sentences then trade/grade/discuss.
Chapter 1:1 Study Guide, worksheet pp. 2-3. Read and answer reading
guide questions. Use critical thinking skills to complete the
challenge activity by writing a short essay about an imaginary
culture.
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Social Studies Thursday, August 16, 2012, p. 2 Writing a
Summary (Literature textbook, p. 699) 1. Read each section
carefully and restate the main idea in your own words. 2. Identify
important details that support each main idea in the summary. 3.
Write the main ideas and the supporting details in a paragraph
using your own words.
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Study Skills Thursday, August 16, 2012
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Language Arts Friday, August 17, 2012 Learning Target: I can
identify the difference between common nouns and proper nouns and
revise sentences. WOC 1.2. Journal Writing: Word of the Day from
Word Dynamo (App) Category: The Structure of Plot: Monologue any
writing in which a single person speaks alone for a long time.
Writing Prompt: On this day in 1786, Frontiersman Davy Crockett was
born. Before turning 15, Davy was on his own, helping drive cattle
from Tennessee to Virginia. What do you think were some of the
obstacles Davy encountered on his journeys?
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Language Arts Friday, August 17, 2012, p. 2 Writing Prompt: On
this day in 1786, Frontiersman Davy Crockett was born. Before
turning 15, Davy was on his own, helping drive cattle from
Tennessee to Virginia. What do you think were some of the obstacles
Davy encountered on his journeys?
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Language Arts Friday, August 17, 2012, p. 3 KWHL Chart. Add to
chart created during Part 1 in the K and W columns about: What I
Know and want to learn about the differences in common and proper
nouns. Group Work: In groups, create a common and proper noun chart
with a list of 10 concepts or ideas for each type of nouns that are
related to going to school at Almeria. Share and compare
charts.
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Language Arts Friday, August 17, 2012, p. 4 Independent work:
Exercise 2, pp. 26 27. Identify the nouns in the sentences and
label them common or proper. Check and discuss. Independent work:
Exercise 3, pp. 27-28. Substitute proper nouns for each italicized
common noun. Check and discuss. Collect all independent work.
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Social Studies Friday, August 17, 2012 Learning Target: I can
create a study plan for studying for my social studies test on
Monday. KWHL Chart: What do I know about studying for a test? What
do I need to know? Writing a Study Plan. Identify the key terms and
people you need to know. Make flash cards. Practice writing a
summary of what you learned (PPT writing guide). Make it funstudy
with a friend.
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Social Studies Friday, August 17, 2012 Relay Review. Complete
KWHL Chart. Homework: Study for Chapter 1:1 test.
