1. Dictation sentence of the day - #5. Students need to write it on a separate piece of paper and hand it in for a grade.
2. Students view the video "Fly Over States" by Jason Aldean. Discussion of rural/country elements of video and lyrics.
3. Students will get paper copies of paragraph excerpts of "Miracle Boy." Using a highlighter, students will highlight phrases that either give explicit or implicit clues to the setting of "Miracle Boy." Class discussion.
4. Students will add vocabulary words to their Literary Terms dictionary section in their yellow spirals:
implicit -
explicit -
textual evidence -
5. Independent reading time or finishing up assignments on computer from the week for the remainder of the class period.
2. Students view the video "Fly Over States" by Jason Aldean. Discussion of rural/country elements of video and lyrics.
3. Students will get paper copies of paragraph excerpts of "Miracle Boy." Using a highlighter, students will highlight phrases that either give explicit or implicit clues to the setting of "Miracle Boy." Class discussion.
4. Students will add vocabulary words to their Literary Terms dictionary section in their yellow spirals:
implicit -
explicit -
textual evidence -
5. Independent reading time or finishing up assignments on computer from the week for the remainder of the class period.