Thursday: Class set of Continue embedded instruction The The YouTube clip will by Lois I will collect the activity for chapter 13 by watching Giver, help students generate YouTube clip Lowry composition the YouTube clip, and stronger word choice “Shirley books and assess Jenny: Two Elephants Reunited and make their re- Free write journal response and Jenny: the free writes, After More Than 20 Years.” “Shirley writing of the passage Two Elephants focusing on Students do a ten minute free write from chapter 13 more TDQs for chapter 13 Reunited After sensory details, journal response putting the engaging because they More Than 20 figurative YouTube clip characters into the will be more invested in Years.” language, and the passage from chapter 13 to it after seeing the use of specific personalize it more and practice example from the video. Packets for the words to create a using the writer’s powerful word The video breathes life students with mood. choice techniques into the words in the TDQs and reflective passage and gives it journal questions. Complete the TDQs for chapter 13. movement, which will help them also breathe more life into their re- written passage. Friday: Copies of Provide small groups with Teacher modeled critical Assuage (14) Look at strong student the best thinking, making photo copies of the best examples of descriptive student inferences, looking Ominous (14) student examples from writing. examples closely in the text (“I yesterday’s descriptive from write. do”) and small group Collaborative work yesterday’s work takes them to the brainstorming qualities that descriptive I will put the students into do” strategy. “You make each student example write. groups and will give each strong group a packet with four or Packets for the five student examples. The Different vocabulary word students with their groups will read the free map TDQs and reflective writes together and will journal questions, brainstorm qualities that make each example strong. Class set of The by Lois Giver, Lowry Go through chapter 14’s vocabulary words independently with a different, more simplified word map.
Thursday: YouTube clip Free write journal response TDQs for chapter 13 Class set of The Giver, by Lois Lowry “Shirley and Jenny: Two Elephants Reunited After More Than 20 Years.” Packets for the students with TDQs and reflective journal questions. The YouTube clip will help students generate stronger word choice and make their re- writing of the passage from chapter 13 more engaging because they will be more invested in it after seeing the example from the video. The video breathes life into the words in the passage and gives it movement, which will help them also breathe more life into their re- written passage. I will collect the composition books and assess the free writes, focusing on sensory details, figurative language, and the use of specific words to create a mood. Continue embedded instruction activity for chapter 13 by watching the YouTube clip, “Shirley and Jenny: Two Elephants Reunited After More Than 20 Years.” Students do a ten minute free write journal response putting the YouTube clip characters into the passage from chapter 13 to personalize it more and practice using the writer’s powerful word choice techniques Complete the TDQs for chapter 13. Friday: Look at strong student examples of descriptive writing. Collaborative work brainstorming qualities that make each student example strong Different vocabulary word map Copies of the best student examples from yesterday’s descriptive write. Packets for the students with their TDQs and reflective journal questions, Class set of The Giver, by Lois Lowry Teacher modeled critical thinking, making inferences, looking closely in the text (“I do”) and small group work takes them to the “You do” strategy. Assuage (14) Ominous (14) Provide small groups with photo copies of the best student examples from yesterday’s descriptive write. I will put the students into groups and will give each group a packet with four or five student examples. The groups will read the free writes together and will brainstorm qualities that make each example strong. Go through chapter 14’s vocabulary words independently with a different, more simplified word map.
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