Unit+2

=Here is a blank template of the calendar for the second six-weeks.=

Tuesday, October 9
CO: Structure ideas in a sustained way (using outlines, note-taking, graphic organizers, etc.) and develop drafts in timed and open-ended situations that include transitions and rhetorical devices used to convey meaning. LO: Revise and edit your draft of a well-structured cause and effect paragraph. Agenda:
 * 1) Meet in library
 * 2) ISN update - update the table of contents, add a page 16 for a unit 2 calendar, and add page 17's unit 2 goals.
 * 3) Revise and edit your cause and effect paragraph's first draft
 * 4) Write final copy - due by end of class (highlight topic sentence and transitions)

Wednesday/Thursday, October 10/11
CO: Plan a first draft; structure ideas in a sustained and persuasive way. LO: Students will be introduced to a prewriting process that they will be held accountable for using throughout the school year on STAAR writing prompts. Agenda:
 * 1) Grammar warm-up
 * 2) Write down the steps to "Attack the Prompt" on page 18 of your ISN.
 * 3) Copy the notes from the teacher's model of how to apply these steps to a real prompt. Attach this prompt to your page 18.

Friday, October 12
CO: Plan a first draft; structure ideas in a sustained and persuasive way. LO: Students will work in pairs to practice "attacking the prompt." Agenda:
 * 1) Grammar warm-up
 * 2) With your partner, use the "attack the prompt" process up until step 5 on your given prompt. Each set of partners has a different prompt.

Monday, October 15
CO: Include a thesis in an expository text. LO: Take C-notes on thesis statements and identify thesis statements in various expository essays. Agenda:
 * 1) Grammar warm-up
 * 2) View PowerPoint over thesis statements
 * 3) Carousel from station to station, identifying thesis statements.
 * 4) HW - revise thesis statements from Friday's "attack the prompt" practice.

Tuesday, October 16
CO: Make and defend subtle inferences and complex conclusions about organizational patterns. LO: Work in small groups to identify organizational patterns in different expository essays. Agenda: Reminder(s) Finished "attack the prompt" due Wednesday/Thursday
 * 1) Vocabulary warm-up
 * 2) Carousel from station to station, identifying different organizational patterns.
 * 3) HW - finish the "attack the prompt" process from Friday's prompt.

Wednesday/Thursday, October 17/18
CO: Plan a first draft by selecting the correct genre for conveying the intended meaning to multiple audiences, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies, and developing a thesis or controlling idea. LO: Work in small groups to revise thesis statements and "attack" several prompts. Agenda:
 * 1) Grammar warm-up
 * 2) While carouseling through different "prompt" stations with a partner, go through the "attack the prompt" process and revise the given thesis statements.
 * 3) Complete steps 6-7 for the prompts assigned in class by the teacher.

Friday, October 19
CO: Plan a first draft by selecting the correct genre for conveying the intended meaning to multiple audiences, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies, and developing a thesis or controlling idea. LO: "Attack" the given prompt, show your work, and write an expository essay within the given time period by the end of class. Agenda:
 * 1) Follow the steps to "attack" the prompt.
 * 2) Write an expository essay.
 * 3) Turn it in by the end of class.