Monday 1/22

7th Grade

Objective
I will analyze elements of an expository essay.
Agenda
Planner/prep
Bellwork: Copy and solve:

1. I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

2. What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

3. What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
Lesson: Vocab throwdown (finding definitions for the vocabulary terms included in the Close Reader on pages 51-54)
Homework
Reading log S2W2 due by 1/26

8th Grade

Objective
I will identify and analyze the key elements of historical fiction.
Agenda
Planner/prep
Bellwork: Copy and solve:

1. I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

2. What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

3. What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
Lesson: Continue reading "A Mystery of Heroism" in Close Reader workbook
Homework
Reading log S2W2 due by 1/26
Finish reading "A Mystery of Heroism" (periods 7 and 8 only)