Week 1: January 6-10, 2020

Unit: Writer’s Workshop | Julius Caesar
Learning Objective(s) | Standards:  

• LAFS.6.W.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
• LAFS.6.RI.1.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 
• LAFS.6.RI.1.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. 
• LAFS.6.RI.1.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes). 
• LAFS.6.RI.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. 
• LAFS.6.RI.2.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text. 

 Monday: CLOSED-PD
Tuesday: 

• Warm-Up: Review Classroom Procedures/Policies. Students sign 
• Practice: 
  • Overview of the Quarter: Julius Caesar
  • Review Winter Diagnostic Strategies
• Application: Editing Task #1 
  

​Wednesday:

• Warm-Up: Article of the Week: “The Flying Tomato”
• Practice: Writer’s Workshop: 
  • PBPA #2 (Focus on Annotation and Planning stages of writing)
• Application: PBPA #2 (Focus on Annotation and Planning stages of writing)

Thursday: 

• Warm-Up: Elizabethan Projects
• Practice: Writer’s Workshop: 
  • PBPA #2 (Focus on Planning, Making a Graphic Organizer)
• Application: PBPA #2 (Focus on Planning, Making a Graphic Organizer)

Friday: 

• Warm-Up: Elizabethan Projects
• Practice: Writer’s Workshop: 
  • PBPA #2 (Focus on Planning, Making a Graphic Organizer)
• Application: PBPA #2 (Focus on Planning, Making a Graphic Organizer)

Homework: 

• Flipgrid #1
• Work on PBPA#2