12/6/10

12/1B-12/3B

Benchmark Testing-12/2-12/3


J19: Take out the model brainstorm given to you for the performance task, and start your own brainstorm. Remember the essay is due 12/9.


Exit slip 15: 1)What type of inferences are we using to help understand The Devil and Tom Walker? 2)What literary elements impact the mood in a story? 3)What is the mood of the exposition of the story? 4)Explain how you know this is the mood using story details.

Turn in W5-Vocab 2 foldable-with fixes for test grade*Differentiated Instruction: Class splits into 3 groups. If you failed the pre-test for main idea-take out the main idea packet, label it A5-lesson, and listen to Ms. Batten as she takes you through the packet. For homework, do pg 82 bottom paragraph, mark pg 83, Answer or label question/directions on pg 84 in right hand column, also use the table of contents strategy on pg 84 by giving titles to each chunk. Then on pg 85, fill out the chart and answer question 1.

-If you passed the main idea pre-test, Ms. Batten gives one of the following assignments:
*Choose a word from pg 189: Write the word at the top of the paper, draw a picture illustrating the word, use the word in context. Make this visible.
*On pg 191, read the setting of the story, now draw a scene that shows the setting and include a quote from the setting. Put your name on this and turn in.

Everyone: Part 1-Tom Walker pg 291-Complete R28-Predictions while reading the story.

Columns: Pg/Clues/Predictions/Actual Events. Must come up with 15 predictions throughout the reading.