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Wilkes-Barre Area School District

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Meyers Jr. Sr. High School

Plans for the week of September 28

Warm-ups for the week
Monday: Logic Links 7
Tuesday: Homophone practice
Wednesday: Poem Analysis
Thursday: Homophone practice and Graphic Organizer reading
Friday: Review Quiz

Lessons
Monday: Build background about Sioux Indians and Indian Treaty (Global Read Aloud novel)
Tuesday: Begin Novel - Prairie Lotus with demonstration and practice of active chapter note taking
Wednesday: Analyze the poem  and Chapter 3
Thursday: Chapter 4 of Prairie Lotus with active chapter note taking
Friday: Chapter 5 and Finalize Letter writing to our Global Read Aloud connection schools

Homework: 
Monday  - If you believe that one chart
Tuesday - Story elements
Wednesday - Academic A (provide synonym, antonym, picture)
Thursday - There, Their, They're

READING SKILLS

A PowerPoint, from Morraine Valley Community College, to be used for practice identifying facts and opinions.
The PowerPoint used in class to teach context clues.
By studying the meaning of root words, prefixes, and suffixes the students' context skills should be enhanced.
A chart containing numerous text features. This is to be stored in the student's binder for reference purposes.
The PowerPoint used in class to teach Descriptive Text Structure.
The PowerPoint used to teach Sequence Text Structure.
The PowerPoint used to teach Compare and Contrast Text Structure.
The PowerPoint used to teach Cause and Effect Text Structure.
The worksheet was used in class to practice identifying main idea.
The PowerPoint used during class.