Young Adult Literature and Junior English

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Monday ? Bell work:? When is it appropriate to use cause? When is it appropriate to use because?

Writers? Workshop:? ?Read Like a Writer? handout ? get this from Mrs. Hefner.? Read excerpt from Such a Pretty Girl ? get this from Mrs. Hefner

Tuesday ? Read ?Ambush? by Tim O?Brien on page 1062 in your literature book.? Note the characteristics of personal narrative employed by O?Brien.? Get notes on this from a classmate.

Wednesday ? Bell work:? When is it appropriate to use there, their and they?re?

Writers? Workshop:? Generate ideas for writing based on ?Ambush.?? Begin writing a new personal narrative incorporating all the elements in your notes (sound lead, sensory detail, sentence variety, etc.).

Thursday ? Writer?s workshop:? Get notes on incorporating dialogue and punctuating using quotation marks.? Finish personal narrative.? Identify three places in your writing where you might incorporate dialogue.

Friday ? Bell work:? When is it appropriate to use to, too and two??

Writers? Workshop:? Review items that should be in writer?s notebook for notebook check.? Make sure personal narrative begun on Tuesday/Wednesday is complete and ready to be graded.? Review commonly confused words from bell work.

4th Period – Picture Day.? Reading day in class.

7th Period – get notes from a classmate.? Write a minimum of four paragraphs based on class notes.

Library Day!? Add at least one book to your book list, and complete your reading log for today.

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Today we are improving sentence variety and style by beginning sentences with participles or participle phrases.? See a classmate for notes and definition for participles and participle phrases.? Write a new personal narrative incorporating these or revise and existing personal narrative using these.? You can refer to your excerpt from Beautiful Boy for examples.? You should have notes and a journal entry for today.

Pre-Test today.? It is important that you make this up!

Today we discussed ways to write a lead for your personal narrative.? Get notes from a classmate and practice using your own writing.? You should have notes and one writing entry in your notebook for today.

Today we discussed the characteristics of a good book talk and read independently.? Read on your own and complete reading log.

Today for bellwork we will review use of its and it’s. Finish drafting first personal narrative.??Place this work in?your class notebook.? Follow link for class syllabus.? Sign, date and have parent/guardian sign and date acknowlegment page and return it.

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Follow link for syllabus.? Student and parent/guardian should sign, date and return acknowledgment page.? Today’s assignment:? 30 minutes independent reading in class.? Fill in book log.? Create a list for books you want to read and books read.? Keep these in class folder.? When you finish a book, add it to your list of books read for the year.?

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School starts August 19!?