Franklin Weekly Agenda Template (15-16)

Course Name:
Do Now:

Monday the 19th

Find your definition for
theme. On your Do Now
paper, write this definition
down in your own words.

Tuesday the 20th

On your Do Now paper
answer
the
following
question: What are the
important elements of an
effective narrative story?

Wednesday the 21st

Open your Write Source
textbook to page 32. On
your Do Now paper, Write
down the guidelines for the
responders role in peer
editing. Then answer, how
will these guidelines help
improve your paper?
Students will be able
to use guidance and
support
from
their
peers to strengthen
their narrative stories
by revising, editing,
rewriting, or trying a
new approach.

Thursday the 22nd

Reflect on your peer editing
experience. On your Do
Now paper, write one aspect
that you think you do well in
your writing. Then write one
aspect about your writing
that you think you need to
improve.
Students will be able to
complete their final draft of
their story by evaluating
their peers feedback and
then making the necessary
corrections to their story.

Friday the 23rd

Open your yellow anthology
to page R13. Find the
definition for nonfiction.
Write down this definition
on you Do Now paper. Then
explain what that definition
means in your own words.

Objective(s):

Students will be able to

determine
theme
by
completing a pretest and
annotating the text.

Students will be able to

determine characterization
and write a narrative story
that continues the story
Oranges By Gary Soto by
completing
the
district
commons test.

Activities:

-DGP
- Complete the Circus
Time pre-test on theme.
- Time in Text

- complete the district

common assessment for the
narrative unit
- Time in Text

- DGP
- Review the writing process
and the importance of the
writing process
- Peer Edit procedure and
model in front of the class.
- Checklist overview
- begin to peer edit with
shoulder partner.

- DGP
- Have students review their
rough drafts with their
peers feedback.
- Have the students begin
their final paper by making
the appropriate changes.

- DGP
Introduce
nonfiction
stories.
- Go over the definitions of
fiction and nonfiction. Then,
review types of nonfiction
texts. Think of specific
examples of nonfiction texts
collectively.
- Use NewsELA article,
Fleeing Cuba by boat to
one day play in baseball's
"bigs"
- Review the pathways
- Have each student
complete a Venn Diagram
on the similarities and
differences between fiction
and nonfiction.

Homework:

Work on your SSR book

reflection that is due 10/30

Work on your SSR book

reflection that is due 10/30

Work on your SSR book

reflection that is due 10/30

- Final narrative story due

Friday

Work on your SSR book

reflection that is due 10/30

Upcoming Dates:

Final narrative story due on Friday, October 23

Students will be able to

compare
and
contrast
nonfiction to fiction by
taking Cornell Notes and
then completing a Venn
Diagram.

SSR book reflection that is due 10/30

Strategies
Implemented to
Meet ALL
Student Needs:

Mark the text

Summarize the text

Narrative Construction
Mark the text
Summarize the text

Modeling
Marking the text

Narrative Construction
Self-Assessment
(reflection).

Visual
Graphic Organizer
Compare/contrast matrix