This week's objectives: correctly identify conjunctions in a sentence; identify a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (comma and coordinating conjunction); determine common characteristics of drama; identify the kind of conflict present in literary plot
Monday 1/18
No school-MLK
Tuesday 1/19
Language: Introduce the use of conjunctions
Literature: Notes on Conflict
Wednesday 1/20
Language: combining sentences using coordinating conjunctions
Literature: writing short stories with a variety of conflicts
Homework: Worksheet on conjunctions and sentence combining
Thursday 1/21
Language: Review HW
Literature: Watch "Monsters are Due on Maple Street" video
Homework: Study for quiz- conjunctions, sentence combining, drama, and conflict
Friday 1/22
Language/Literature: Quiz