| Date | Class Activities | Homework |
| Thursday, January 5, 2012 | Daily sentences 31-32 Begin vocabulary for "Bargain" |
Think about the author you want to use for your author study. Also think about the time period you want to use for your historical fiction research and children's book. NO journal this week. |
| Friday, January 6, 2012 | Short library visit to check out books Finish vocabulary for "Bargain" |
Read AR |
| Monday, January 9, 2012 | Hand out information for author project - due January 31 (Tuesday) Begin reading "Bargain" aloud in class |
Begin research for your author project Check journal topic Read AR |
| Tuesday, January 10 | Library lesson with Mrs. Potter | Research for your author project Read AR |
| Wednesday, January 11 | Continue reading "Bargain" in class. Discuss Justice/Revenge | Finish journal 16 Read AR |
| Thursday, January 12 | Read AR Work on Journal (band field trip) |
Read AR |
| Friday, January 13 | Group work - prosecution and defense finding evidence in the text to cite Each student will turn in the list of arguments |
Author project Read AR |
| Monday, January 16 | No school - Martin Luther King Day | Author project Read AR |
| Tuesday, January 17 | Teach note card research method Assign written summary of prosecution/defense arguments |
Author project Read AR |
| Wednesday, January 18 | STAR testing | Author project Read AR |
| Thursday, January 19 | AVL lesson with Mrs. Potter in the library |
Finish Journal 17 |
| Friday, January 20 | Journal 17 due Write prosecution or defense argument
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Author project Read AR |
| Monday, January 23 | Research in library | Author project Read AR |
| Tuesday, January 24 | Quiz on "Bargain" Begin "Aschenputtel" page 746 |
Author project Read AR |
| Wednesday, January 25 | Continue "Aschenputtel" and begin "Dinorella" and "Interview" - assign comparison/contrast paper (in class work) | Author project Read AR |
| Thursday, January 26 | Begin diagramming |
Author project Read AR |
| Friday, January 27 | Work on comparison/contrast paper (in class work) | Author project - due Tuesday Read AR |
| Monday, January 30 | Write comparison/contrast paper | Read AR Check Journal 19 topic |
| Tuesday, January 31 | Author project due Diagramming lesson 2 Finish comparison/contrast paper |
Read AR |