Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Begin Mini-Project 1 5 min: Review notes on note 10-15 min: Finish claim, Review rubric and project Finish up projects and present Go over Rubric: 5-10 min. catcher evidence and conclusion if requirements 15 min: introduce Focus 10 min: Introduce vocabulary needed. question, go over objectives, Opinion, topic 10 min: Students will read Word day: Students will and vocabulary sentence/claim, transition their strips and decide on the finish draft. 10 min: Explain expert/jigsaw words, evidence, conclusion order. Number strips and When finished, they will do groups Write in journals glue onto paper. peer editing and teacher 20 min: as a group, students 15-20 min: Create a topic 10 min: Transition words: conference and work on final will read and annotate animal sentence/claim for the focus also, in addition to, in copy and project article and take notes on note question (Use Step-Up-To- conclusion, next, then, lastly, catcher Writing: Write claim on green etc. Have students add at 15 min: Groups with the strip) least 1-2 transition words to same animal will get together 15 min: In partners, have their sentences to make it to discuss note catcher and students share their claim and flow. practice explaining discuss what evidence they 30 min. Rough draft: Go over information would need to prove or paragraph aspects: 30 min: Students will create disprove it. (Will need to do Indenting, word wrapping etc. jigsaw groups and any example first) Students will rewrite their information. Each member students will use 30 min: paragraph on lined paper. will fill out the rest of the their note catcher to cite Project: Poster/PowerPoint note catcher. evidence. One piece per Begin working on yellow strip. Need at least 3- poster/PowerPoint 5. Go over requirements: 15 min: Conclusion: One author, pictures with sentence that wraps it up. captions, claim, evidence. Write on red strip Materials: Materials: Materials: Materials: Note catcher Materials: Poster board Animal articles Green, yellow, red strips Strips groups glue
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Begin Mini-Project 1 Go over Rubric: 5-10 min. 15 min: introduce Focus question, go over objectives, and vocabulary 10 min: Explain expert/jigsaw groups 20 min: as a group, students will read and annotate animal article and take notes on note catcher 15 min: Groups with the same animal will get together to discuss note catcher and practice explaining information 30 min: Students will create jigsaw groups and information. Each member will fill out the rest of the note catcher. Materials: Note catcher Animal articles groups 5 min: Review notes on note catcher 10 min: Introduce vocabulary Opinion, topic sentence/claim, transition words, evidence, conclusion Write in journals 15-20 min: Create a topic sentence/claim for the focus question (Use Step-Up-To- Writing: Write claim on green strip) 15 min: In partners, have students share their claim and discuss what evidence they would need to prove or disprove it. (Will need to do any example first) 30 min: students will use their note catcher to cite evidence. One piece per yellow strip. Need at least 3- 5. 15 min: Conclusion: One sentence that wraps it up. Write on red strip Materials: Green, yellow, red strips 10-15 min: Finish claim, evidence and conclusion if needed. 10 min: Students will read their strips and decide on the order. Number strips and glue onto paper. 10 min: Transition words: also, in addition to, in conclusion, next, then, lastly, etc. Have students add at least 1-2 transition words to their sentences to make it flow. 30 min. Rough draft: Go over paragraph aspects: Indenting, word wrapping etc. Students will rewrite their paragraph on lined paper. Project: Poster/PowerPoint Begin working on poster/PowerPoint Go over requirements: author, pictures with captions, claim, evidence. Materials: Poster board Strips glue Review rubric and project requirements Word day: Students will finish draft. When finished, they will do peer editing and teacher conference and work on final copy and project Materials: Finish up projects and present Materials:
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