- Warm-Up
- Discuss Fiction Friday guidelines
- Choose a fiction book to bring to class by Friday. You will read your fiction book and write a reading log during the hour. The log will include a summary, analysis, and personal reaction to your choice book. The reading log will be due at the end of the hour for 20 points.
- Fiction Friday will occur every other Friday and will last during the entire class period.
- Activity: Noun or Verb?
- Use each of the words on the handout as both nouns and verbs. Write one sentence using the word as a noun and another sentence using the word as a verb. We discuss the answers immediately after finishing the activity.
- Finish and turn in "Noah and the Flood" questions
- Discuss "Noah and the Flood"
- HW: Bring fiction book to class by Friday!
Tuesday, September 16:
- Warm-Up
- Parts of Speech Practice 2 - complete the activity in groups. We will go over the answers as a class.
- Begin reading "Popul Vuh" aloud in groups, with students taking turns reading aloud (p. 76). After a few paragraphs, we will discuss our findings as a whole class before reading as a whole class (and continuing the cycle of discussion.
Wednesday, September 17:
- Warm-Up
- Finish reading "Popul Vuh" (p. 76) in groups and discussing the reading
Thursday, September 18:
- No warm-up - substitute teacher
- Complete the Parts of Speech review in groups. Some of the questions are tricky! We will go over and discuss on Monday.
- Complete the chart for "Popul Vuh" on p. 86. Due at the end of the hour.
Friday, September 19:
- Fiction Friday #1:
- Read your choice book. Continue to do so even after you finish your reading log.
- Complete your reading log: write one summary paragraph, one analytic paragraph, and one personal reaction paragraph. Follow the directions on the handout given to you. This is due at the end of the hour.
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