February 8-12

Monday

In class:  Identifying Conflicts ISN practice activity, "Elevator" written extension activity

HW:  Vocabulary Study worksheet for "The Tell-Tale Heart" (using context clues and making story predictions) due Wednesday, Reading Log #10 due this Friday


Tuesday

NO SCHOOL--Primary Day

HW:  Vocabulary Study worksheet for "The Tell-Tale Heart" (using context clues and making story predictions) due tomorrow, Reading Log #10 due this Friday


Wednesday

In class:  Review Vocabulary Study worksheet answers and share predictions, Text Analysis Focus:  Suspense & Narrator, read/listen to "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe and answer Close Read questions (evaluating narrator and analyzing the techniques Poe uses to create suspense in the story)

HW:  Vocabulary Practice worksheet for "The Tell-Tale Heart" due tomorrow, Reading Log #10 due this Friday


Thursday

In class:  Review Vocabulary Practice worksheet answers, finish reading/listening to "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe and answering Close Read questions (evaluating narrator and analyzing the techniques Poe uses to create suspense in the story), plot picture sort, draw and label a plot map for "The Tell-Tale Heart" for the ISN

HW:  Reading Log #10 due tomorrow


Friday

In class:  Introduce Argument Writing Piece (Police Report), choose a position (whether the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" is sane or insane and the type of punishment he should receive) and listen to the story again to begin to gather and record evidence from the story as support for a chosen claim (take notes on Police Report template)

HW:  Keep reading your chosen independent reading book!