Language Arts

Week of 8/28/17 - 9/1/17

We will finish up creating class rules and norms before beginning our narrative writing unit this week.  This week's focus is on choosing a topic to write about, beginning a story, and introducing characters. Our daily schedule is below.  I look forward to diving into our first writing project together. Please let me know how I can support you as we get started.

Mon. 8/28	Tue. 8/29	Wed. 8/30	Thu. 8/31	Fri. 9/1
Finish setting rules and norms as entire class	Prewriting activities for narrative writing	How to begin a story HW: Create a timeline for your story	Grammar work: Subjects & Verbs: Sentence smackdown HW: Begin searching for and recording 2-word sentences in your reading.	Characterization: Giving characters a physical appearance