AMERICAN VOICES Module
MONDAY-TUESDAY
Review Ortiz’s Style,
-annotations, comprehension, and vocabulary
-close look at Narrative Structure
HW for TUESDAY, Write an Alternative ending
If able, in small groups students will work on one assigned story and complete annotations and questions.
WEDNESDAY
SSR
Total and turn in Reading Journal. NO ENTRY DUE FOR TODAY.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Consider the qualities of a “monologue”
Performance Task: NonFiction Narrative
-prewriting: Interview, or record evidence
-exposition
-dialogue
HW DUE FRIDAY: Read one of the small-group reading selections and complete the comprehension questions, no summary necessary. AND, complete the "Read It" questions under the conventions section.
HW DUE FRIDAY: Read one of the small-group reading selections and complete the comprehension questions, no summary necessary. AND, complete the "Read It" questions under the conventions section.
In-Class Small Group Work
-reading circles
-early drafting
Models
-reading circles
-early drafting
Models
Rubric
Presentation: Speaking and Listening Rubric
HW Finish Draft 1: Exposition, Body with descriptive details and "I thoughts" and Conclusion, for Tuesday.
Draft 2 for Tuesday, Prepare typed final to present from for WEDNESDAY.
