Drill 1 August 28 Homework: Get Parent Letter Signed. Bring in
all supplies by Friday. One tissue box for next week. Objective:
Students will become familiar with the ELA seminar procedures and
policies. Drill: Identify the subject (noun) and predicate (main
verb) in the following sentences. (The sentences are on your
handout.)
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Drill 1 Answer Albert Einstein is reading an anti-gravity book.
The book is impossible to put down. Mrs. Demos usually takes steps
to avoid elevators. Joey could not quite remember how to throw a
boomerang, but eventually it came back to him. Mummies are bound to
be uptight. Catherine was going to look for my missing watch, but
she could never find the time.
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Drill 2 8/29 Homework: All Supplies Due Friday 8/31. Bring a
box of tissues for a project. Objective: SWBAT identify parts of
speech in order to ensure correct usage. Drill: Use the same
sentences from drill 1. Highlight all of the adjectives pink and
all of the adverbs green.
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Drill 2 Answer Albert Einstein is reading a an anti-gravity
book. The book is impossible to put down. Mrs. Demos usually takes
steps to avoid elevators. Joey could not quite remember how to
throw a boomerang, but eventually it came back to him. Mummies are
bound to be uptight. Catherine was going to look for my missing
watch, but she could never find the time.
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Drill 3 8/30 Homework: All supplies tomorrow. Tissue box for
project. Objective: SWBAT explore word function in order to expand
their writing. Drill: Combine these two simple sentences into one
sentence. 1. Catherine was going to look for my missing watch. 2.
She could never find the time. 1. Compare answers with your team.
Be prepared to share.
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Drill 4 8/31 Objective: TSW set measurable goals for the coming
year in order to measure progress. Drill: Create a list of all the
activities (sports, clubs, reading, computer games) in which you
are successful. Pick one of your successful activities and list at
least three reasons why you think you are successful.
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Drill 9/4 Bring in your Falcons Nest basket items by Friday.
Objective: The students will demonstrate the ability to combine and
compose sentences in order to improve sentence fluency. Drill: Put
your name, date, period 1 and Diagnostic 1 on the scantron. Think
about two things you can do to be successful on this pre-test.
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Drill 9/6 Objective: The student will recognize and use phrases
in order to improve sentence fluency. Drill: Pick any of the
phrases you reviewed yesterday and add one to the following
sentences. Toby Chases.
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Drill 9/5 answers Prepositional Phrase: Shows location and
time. Begins with a preposition and ends with a noun. Appositive
Phrase: Renames the noun. Set off by commas. Participial Phrase:
Verb used as an adjective. Ends in ing or ed Infinitive Phrase: The
word to plus a verb. Used as a noun, adjective, or adverb. Absolute
Phrase: Modifies the rest of the sentence. Begins with a personal
pronoun and is set off with commas.
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Drill 9/10 Objective: The students will analyze the diagnostice
in order to set goals. Drill: Put your name, date, period 1 and
Diagnostic 2 on the scantron. Think about two things you can do to
be successful on this pre-test.
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Drill 9/11 Objective: Students will analyze and evaluate
figurative language in order to understand its contribution to
meaning and/or style. Drill: Compare the following two sentences.
The rain falls on the forest. The ancient yet ageless oaks reach
their tired arms to the sky, drinking in the drops of cool water
like an old lady reaching for the last bit of her youth. Why might
an author choose to write one sentence over the other? What
examples of figurative language can you identify in this
sentence?
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Drill 9/12 Objective: Students will analyze and evaluate
figurative language in order to understand its contribution to
meaning and/or style. Drill: Identify the figurative language used
in this quote. Explain what the author is trying to communicate to
the reader. An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a wounded
snake and sleep did not visit Rainsford, although the silence of a
dead world was on the jungle(Connell).
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Drill 9/13 Objective: The student will be able to analyze and
evaluate how specific language choices contribute to meaning in
order to interpret the text. Drill: Review the directions for
annotation. Make a list of all the types of skills a reader needs
to do in order to effectively annotate the text.
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Drill 9/14 Objective: SW review sentence structure and phrases
in order to improve sentence fluency. Drill: Add an appositive
phrase to this sentence. The jaguar must know fear.
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Drill 9/18 Objective: Students will cite the textual evidence
that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text in order to
understand characterization. Drill: Combine the following sentences
to form a complex sentence. Joe Flacco could not throw a complete
pass on Sunday. The Eagles beat the Ravens by one point.
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Drill 9/19 Objective: Students will cite textual evidence that
supports an analysis of what the author is trying to tell the
reader (theme). Drill: Identify the figurative language and explain
what Richard Connell is trying to say. Then, as he stepped forward,
his foot sank into the ooze. He tried to wrench it back, but the
muck sucked viciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech. Why
do authors use figurative language?
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Drill 20 Homework: Complete and turn in any missing assignments
by Monday 9/24. Objective: Students will cite text evidence to
support explicit and inferential information in the text. Drill:
What are the different parts of plot? Example Setting
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Drill 9/21 Objective: Students will demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or
speaking in order to communicate effectively. Drill: Write three to
four sentences describing the character Laurie. Use your character
chart and include traits from both Laurie and Charlie in your
description. Include the text support.
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Drill 9/24 Objective: Students will determine a theme or
central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course
of the text. Drill: Copy down the definition of theme. Theme is the
authors message about a topic.
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Drill 9/25 Objective: Students will determine a theme or
central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course
of the text. Drill: Read the poem A Boys summer Song by Paul
Laurence Dunbar.
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Drill 9/26 Objective: Students will determine a theme or
central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course
of the text. Drill: Do you agree or disagree with the following
quote? Explain your answer. If growing up means it would be beneath
my dignity to climb a tree, I'll never grow up, never grow up,
never grow up! Not me! J.M. BarrieJ.M. Barrie
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Drill 9/27 Objective: Students will determine a theme or
central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course
of the text. Drill: Take out your theme paragraph and proof read it
for conventions.
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Drill 10/1 Objective: Students will revise their writing in
order to more clearly introduce their topic and organizational
structure of the response. Drill: What does ACE stand for?
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Drill 10/2 Objective: Students will use sentence diagramming in
order to understand the function of words in a sentence. Drill:
Write the sentence on your drill sheet. Underline the subject once
and the predicate twice. Identify any other parts of speech that
you know. Toby, the frisky puppy, spent the entire weekend chasing
the leaves falling from the sky.
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Drill 10/3 Objective: Students will use sentence diagramming in
order to understand the function of words in a sentence. Drill: On
your own paper, diagram the following sentences. 1. Toby chases. 2.
Toby and Hercules sleep. 3. The black dog and the grey cat eat
quickly.
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Drill 10/4 Objective: Students will use sentence diagramming in
order to understand the function of words in a sentence. Drill: On
your own paper diagram the following sentences. 1. The students
play. 2. The students and teachers discuss the novel. 3. The eager
students carefully discuss the novel. 4. The teacher and the
students enjoy the conversation.
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Drill 10/5 Objective: Students will use knowledge of
conventions and format in order to write informative texts to
examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through
the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Drill: Review for the diagramming quiz.
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Drill 10/8 Objective: Students will use knowledge of
conventions and format in order to write informative texts Drill:
Diagram this sentence. What does the prepositional phrase modify?
The Terrapins beat Wake Forest at home.
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10/8 answer Label each part of speech in the sentence. The
Terrapins beat Wake Forest at home.
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Drill 10/9 Objective: Students will annotate Raymonds Run in
order to cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an
analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text. Drill: Diagram this sentence and label all the
words. Toby and Hercules sleep in the bed.
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Drill 10/9 answer Toby and Hercules sleep in the bed.
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Drill 10/10 Objective: Students will annotate Raymonds Run in
order to cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an
analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text. Drill: Diagram the following sentence. The
sweet potatoes in the vegetable bin are green. (Hint: What question
does the prepositional phrase in the vegetable bin answer? )
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Drill 10/10 answer The sweet potatoes in the vegetable bin are
green.
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Drill 10/11 Objective: Students annotate Raymonds Run in order
to cite the text evidence that supports analysis of what the text
says. Drill: Diagram the following sentence. The sweet potatoes are
green with mold. I will be collecting drills from 10/8,9,10,11
today.
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Drill 10/11 answer The sweet potatoes are green with mold.
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Drill 10/12 Objective: Students will use text support in order
to determine a theme of a text and analyze its development over the
course of the text. Drill: Diagram the following two sentences.
Notice how the prepositions are used in each sentence. The book on
the table is mine. I read the book in the library.
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Drill 10/12 answer The book on the table is mine. I read the
book in the library.
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Drill 10/15 Objective: Students will demonstrate a command of
words as they function in a sentence in order to produce more
precise writing. Drill: Diagram the following word group. The
adjective noun adverb verb direct object preposition adjective
noun.
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Drill answer The adjective noun adverb verb direct object
preposition adjective noun.
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Drill 10/16 Objective: Students will select and analyze
relevant content in order to write informative/explanatory texts to
examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information. Drill:
Consider everything we have learned about Squeaky. Is she a dynamic
or static character. Explain your answer with evidence from the
text.
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Drill 10/17 Objective: Students will select and analyze
relevant content in order to write informative/explanatory texts to
examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information. Drill:
Log on to the computer and continue working on your draft.
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Drill 10/18 Objective: Students will develop and strengthen
writing as needed by revising, editing, or rewriting in order to
produce papers in final form. Drill: Log on to the computer and
continue working on your draft. Finals are due today.