Agenda, January 31

• Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class.   
• Do Saturday and Sunday: Read for 30 minutes.
• Late: Mango St. Character Map

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can reflect on my reading.
• I can actively participate in a small group discussion.
• I can both offer help and receive help.

Today's Agenda:

1. Reading Journal / Independent reading
2. Organization Friday
3. Elements of Style in Section 6 - Answers
4. Reading Groups: Help each other read aloud AND help other find quotes. If you have signed an Honors Agreement, you need five responses (but two can come from earlier in the book).

Agenda, January 30

• Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class.   
• Do Tonight: Read for 15 minutes.
• Due Now: Mango St. Character Map

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can actively participate in a small group discussion.
• I can both offer help and receive help.

Today's Agenda:

1. Independent reading
2. Excellent answers from the practice test
3. Thematic Statements in Section 5
4. Elements of Style in Section 6

Agenda, January 29

• Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class.   
• Do Tonight: Read for 15 minutes.
• Due Thursday: Mango St. Character Map

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can actively participate in a small group discussion.
• I can both offer help and receive help.

Today's Agenda:

1. Independent reading
2. Thematic Statements in Section 5
3. Excellent answers from the practice test

Agenda, January 28

• Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class.   
• Do Tonight: Read for 15 minutes.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can read aloud.
• I can actively participate in a small group discussion.
• I can both offer help and receive help.

Today's Agenda:

1. Independent reading
2. Small group reading
3. Character Map - last chance for in class work.

Agenda, January 27

• Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class.   
• Do Tonight: Read for 15 minutes.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can use a journal to express my thoughts.
• I can read aloud.
• I can actively participate in a small group discussion.

Today's Agenda:

1. Independent reading
2. Journal #5: Are boys and girls different?
3. Small group reading
4. Character Map

Agenda, January 23

• Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class.   
• Do Friday, Saturday, and Sunday: Read for 15 minutes.
• If you signed an honors agreement, your 1st project is due on January 23. You also need to meet with me this week to discuss your progress.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can connect to my reading.
• I can show what I know on a practice test.
• I can capture the relationships between characters in a novel.

Today's Agenda:

1. Reading Journal #3 / Independent reading
2. Practice Reading Work Sample
3. Character Map

Agenda, January 22

• Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class.   
• Do Tonight: Read for 15 minutes.
• If you signed an honors agreement, your 1st project is due on January 23. You also need to meet with me this week to discuss your progress.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can capture the relationships between characters in a novel.

Today's Agenda:

1. Independent reading / Dialectical Journals
2. Character Map

Agenda, January 21

• Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class.   
• Do Tonight: Read for 15 minutes.
• If you signed an honors agreement, your 1st project is due on January 23. You also need to meet with me this week to discuss your progress.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can read closely and carefully.
• I can identify elements of style as I read.
• I can track the development of a theme over the course of a novel.

Today's Agenda:

1. Independent reading
2. Journal #4: Are you a grownup?
3. The House on Mango Street read aloud
4. Character Map

Agenda, January 17

• Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class.   
• Do Saturday, Sunday, and Monday: Read for 30 minutes each day.
• If you signed an honors agreement, your 1st project is due on January 23.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can organize my belongings.
• I can express my thoughts about my personal reading.
• I can read for pleasure.
• I can read closely and carefully.
• I can identify elements of style as I read.
• I can use the elements of style in my own writing.

Today's Agenda:

1. Organization Friday / Independent reading
2. The House on Mango Street read aloud
3. "Hairs" Model

Agenda, January 16

• Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class.   
• Do Tonight: Read for 15 minutes.
• If you signed an honors agreement, your 1st project is due on January 23.
• Due Now: Finish your Mango St. Graphic Organizers.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can read closely and carefully.
• I can identify elements of style as I read.
• I can use a graphic organizer to clarify my understanding.

Today's Agenda:

1. Independent reading
2. Sentence Modeling Exercise
3. The House on Mango Street read aloud
4. Dialectical Journals

Agenda, January 15

• Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class.   
• Do Tonight: Read for 15 minutes.
• If you signed an honors agreement, your 1st project is due on January 23.
• Due Tomorrow: Finish your Mango St. Graphic Organizers. There won't be any class time for this. Take advantage of Mentor Team Time. If you need to check out a book, let us know.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can read closely and carefully.
• I can identify elements of style as I read.
• I can use a graphic organizer to clarify my understanding.
• I can use a freewrite to clarify my thinking.

Today's Agenda:

1. Independent reading
2. Dialectical Journals
3. Journal #3: Invisible Borders
4. The House on Mango Street read aloud
5. Dialectical Journals

Agenda, January 14

• Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class.   
• Do Tonight: Read for 15 minutes.
• If you signed an honors agreement, your 1st project is due on January 23.
• Due Thursday: Finish your Mango St. Graphic Organizers. There won't be any class time for this. If you need to check out a book, let us know.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can read closely and carefully.
• I can identify elements of style as I read.
• I can use a graphic organizer to clarify my understanding.
• I can use a freewrite to clarify my thinking.

Today's Agenda:

1. Independent reading
2. Journal #2 Discussion
3. The House on Mango Street read aloud
4. Dialectical Journals

Agenda, January 13

• Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class.   
• Do Tonight: Read for 15 minutes.
• If you signed an honors agreement, your 1st project is due on January 23.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can read closely and carefully.
• I can identify elements of style as I read.
• I can use a graphic organizer to clarify my understanding.
• I can use a freewrite to clarify my thinking.

Today's Agenda:

1. Independent reading
2. The Elements of Style
3. Mango Street Graphic Organizer
4. Journal #2 
5. The House on Mango Street read aloud

Agenda, January 10

Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class. Due Now: Your thematic statement paragraph, if you didn't turn it in yesterday. Do This Weekend: Read for 30 minutes on Saturday and Sunday
 
Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can read closely and carefully.
• I can identify elements of style as I read.
• I can use a graphic organizer to clarify my understanding.

Today's Agenda:

1. Organization Friday / Independent reading
2. Reading Log #1
3. The Elements of Style
4. The House on Mango Street read aloud
5. Mango Street Graphic Organizer

Agenda, January 9

Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class. You may check one out from the classroom library today or tomorrow, check one out from the library tomorrow, or bring one from home.
Due Now: Your thematic statement paragraph, if you didn't turn it in yesterday.
Do Tonight and Every Night: Read for 15 minutes.
 
Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can think on paper.
• I can actively participate in a whole class discussion.
• I can read closely and carefully.
• I can identify elements of style as I read.
• I can use a graphic organizer to clarify my understanding.

Today's Agenda:

1. Independent reading
2. The House on Mango Street Journal #1
3. The Elements of Style
4. The House on Mango Street read aloud

Agenda, January 8

Due Thursday: Bring an independent reading book to class. You may check one out from the classroom library today or tomorrow, check one out from the library tomorrow, or bring one from home.
Today's Learning Targets:

• I can write a well organized paragraph.
• I can support my opinion with evidence.

Today's Agenda:

1. Book Talk
2. The House on Mango Street Pre-reading Paragraph
3. Library Orientation

Agenda, January 7

Due Thursday: Bring an independent reading book to class. You may check one out from the classroom library today or tomorrow, check one out from the library tomorrow, or bring one from home.
Today's Learning Targets:

• I can plan ahead.
• I can support my opinion with evidence.
• I can actively participate in a small group and whole class discussion.
• I can write a thoughtful paragraph.

Today's Agenda:

1. Three, two, one
2. Book Talk
3. The House on Mango Street Pre-reading opinionaire.
4. Small Group Discussion
5. Whole Class Discussion
6. Writing Time