The Week Ahead: May 4-May 8

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“That’s all it took to solve problems – just sense.”
― Gary Paulsen, Hatchet

Learning Objective: Students will be able to analyze a novel using Notice and Note strategies

Featured Skill: Character and plot development

Other Key Skills: Key ideas and supporting details, author’s craft, sentence diagramming

Essential Questions: How can you use reading strategies to understand a novel? How do flashbacks help us connect with characters? How would you survive in the wilderness without any help?

Monday
  1. ISTEP Practice Test
  2. Read Novel Notes for Hatchet
  3. Read Hatchet Chapter 1 with Notice & Note Signpost Journal
  4. Student Blog Peer Review
Tuesday
  1.  Make a “Signpost Journal” category and save draft of chapter 1 signpost entry
  2. Introduce and explain Sentence Diagramming Lesson 1 with practice
  3. Read Hatchet Chapter 2 with Notice & Note Signpost Journal
Wednesday
  1. Review Sentence Diagramming Lesson 1
  2. Type chapter 2 signpost journal entry and save draft
  3. Sentence Diagramming Lesson 2: Adjectives
  4. Read Hatchet Chapters 3 and 4 with Notice & Note Signpost Journal
Thursday
  1. Review Sentence Diagramming Lesson 2
  2. Type chapter 3 signpost journal entry and save draft
  3. Sentence Diagramming Lesson 3: Adverbs
  4. Read Hatchet Chapter 5 with Notice & Note Signpost Journal
Friday
  1.  Review Sentence Diagramming Lessons 1, 2, & 3
  2. Sentence Diagramming Races
  3. Read Hatchet Chapter 6 with Notice & Note Signpost Journal
  4. Publish Signpost Journal Post
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