WEEK 13: "American Street" (Ch. 21-32)

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MONDAY

1. Warmup: Author's Claim

2. CommonLit: Shut the Door Speech

3. Class Discussion using Annotations

TUESDAY

1. Warmup: Author's Claim

2. Writer's Workshop: Score, Revise and Edit 2-Point Writing from CommonLit

WEDNESDAY

1. Warmup: Author's Claim

2. Chapter Expert: In Nearpod add quote, sentence summary, and symbol for assigned chapter

3. Test Review

THURSDAY

1. Warmup: Author's Claim

2. Quiz (chapters 21-32)

WEEK 12: "American Street" Chapters 11-20

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MONDAY

1. Warmup: Context Clues 

2. Mini Lesson: Allegory

3. Analyze "Two Distant Strangers" for elements of an allegory and write a paragraph in Classkick.

HOMEWORK: Finish paragraph, read chapters 11-20 and complete double-entry journals (2 quotes/chapter)

TUESDAY

1. Warmup: Context Clues 

2. Writer's Workshop: Edit and Revise paragraph from Monday using teacher feedback.

WEDNESDAY

1. Warmup: Context Clues 

2. Chapter Expert: Using Nearpod for your assigned chapter, choose 1 quote that best captures the purpose of the chapter and summarize in 1 sentence

3. Silent Reading/Double-Entry Journals

THURSDAY

1. Warmup: Context Clues 

2. Test on Chapters 11-20 and daily vocab

HOMEWORK: Read chapters 20-30 and update journals. 

WEEK 11: “American Street” Chapters 1-10

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MONDAY

1. Warmup: Capitalization of Proper Nouns

2. CommonLit: America’s Shifting Views on Immigration

TUESDAY

1. Warmup: Capitalization of Proper Nouns

2. Discussion: What groups were excluded from immigrating to America and on what basis? How has Haiti’s History impacted immigration to US?

3. Writer’s Workshop: Use teacher feedback on CommonLit paragraph and revise in Classkick using RACER Writing Template. 

WEDNESDAY

***Read chapters 1-10***

THURSDAY

1.  Warmup: Capitalization of Proper Nouns

2.  Nearpod: Write a sentence summary and choose one memorable quote for your assigned chapter in novel. Transfer any new quotes to double-entry journals. 

3.  Read chapters 9-10 and update journals. 

FRIDAY

1. “American Street” Quiz on chapters 1-10