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media type="file" key="youngster digital .mov"The Week Ahead  MONDAY (APRIL 20) Intro to Digital Stories TUESDAY (APRIL 21) WEDNESDAY (APRIL 22) THURSDAY (APRIL 23) FRIDAY (APRIL 24)

Monday (April 6) --CHARACTER MOTIVATION; CHARACTER DIALOG (WORK ON WIKIS) Tuesday (April 7) --SHORT STORY STRUCTURE Wednesday (April 8) --FABLES / FAIRY TALES Thursday (April 9) --WRITE FABLES Friday (April 10) --REVISE FABLES...START SHORT STORIES 

POETRY WEBSITES [|poetry rhythm exercise] [|One-Word writing exercise] []  Academy of American Poets [|(Poets.org)] Poetry 180[| __(__poetry180)]  [|"Introduction to Poetry"] by Billy Collins [|BumperSticker Haiku] Creative WEBSITES to Explore... [|Character Generator]  [|ANAGRAMS!]  The Week Ahead [|DIGITAL DICE] (Use this for your [|JOURNAL #4]) Limericks!
 * Monday** - March 16: New Journal 4.1 (see above)

Limericks!
 * Tuesday** - March 17

Journal 4.2 (due Thursday) Finish Limericks
 * Wednesday** - March 18

Share limericks Intro to character
 * Thursday** - March 19

SHORT DAY: JOURNAL 4.3 Prepare for next week (Ms. Berryhill will be gone)
 * Friday** - March 20

**Monday** - March 9: rhythm (Quia rhythm exercise-see link at top of the page)
Introduce: Ballads  The Week Ahead (March 2-6)
 * Tuesday** - March 10: Blank Verse
 * Wednesday** -Finish Blank Verse
 * Thursday** - Ballads
 * Friday** - Ballads (Due Monday)

**Monday** - March 2: Share Photo Essays Poetry Terms
Share "Good Poems" Tips for Writing Poetry Counting Syllables Haiku (POST TO YOUR WIKI) Haiku Cinquain (POST TO YOUR WIKI) Free Rice Extra Practice on Grammar The Week Ahead (Feb 23-27)
 * Tuesday** - March 3: Poetry Terms
 * Wednesday** - March 4: Poetry Terms
 * Thursday** - March 5 - Poetry Terms
 * Friday** - March 6 - Poetry Terms

Monday - Feb 23 - Introduce Picture/Cartoon/Ad Powerpoint
Tuesday - Feb 24- Finish Picture/Cartoon/Ad Powerpoint Wednesday - Feb 25 - SHORT DAY: JOURNAL AND WORK ON ESSAY ASSIGNMENT Thursday - Feb 26 - FINISH PHOTO ESSAYS Friday - JOURNAL, FREE RICE, EXTRA PRACTICE ON GRAMMAR (FEB 16-20)

Monday - Feb 16 - Valentine Party (and poem game)
Tuesday - Feb 17 - Dog Stories and Narrative Essays Wednesday - Feb 18 - Dog Stories and Narrative Essays Thursday - Thursday - Feb 19 - BONDING: ComicLife Cartoons (Due Monday, Feb. 23) Friday - Feb 20 - Anne Lamott's essay; assign Journal #3.1 (Due by Monday class time) [|JOURNAL#3.1 http://www.quia.com/quiz/1730696.html]

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Monday - Feb 9
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Share "What I Want Is" Discuss Stafford Poem Read "Acolyte"

Tuesday - Feb 10
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Review (clickers) [|Journal #2 (4th entry)] - due by Wednesday, class time Assignment: Dog or Narrative Essay

Wednesday - Feb 11
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal #2 (4th entry) due Assignment: Dog or Narrative Essay ASSIGN: VALENTINES! <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">

Thursday - Feb 12
<span style="font-size: 180%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(47, 156, 22);">REMIND ME: READ TRENTON'S FISH STORY! MAKE** VALENTINES
 * Work on Dog / Narrative Essay (due Friday, end of class)

Friday - Feb 13 Valentine PARTY <3 <span style="color: rgb(232, 33, 33);">Assignment: Read Anne Lamott Journal #3.1 (1st of 4)

POST: One journal revision (from Journal 2) POST: Dog story or Narrative essay

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Monday - Feb 2
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">"What I Want" poems due "Important Things" due Assignment: Word Strings

Tuesday - Feb 3
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Word Strings due Assignment: "A Way of Writing" [|Journal #2 (1st entry)] - due by Wednesday, class time

Wednesday - Feb 4
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal #2 (1st entry) due Poems **[|Journal #2 (2nd entry)]** - due by Friday, class time

Thursday - Feb 5
Valentine Stories (Due Friday, class time)**
 * MsB one (Literacy Cadre)

Friday - Feb 6 Share Valentines William Stafford Poem "Extra Practice" and "Free Rice" <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 200%; color: rgb(255, 101, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The Week Ahead (Jan. 26-30):
 * [|Journal #2 (3rd entry)]** - due by Monday, Feb. 9, class time

Monday - Jan. 26
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">CREATIVITY CIRCLES DUE! THIRD JOURNAL ENTRY DUE [|(JOURNAL Link HERE)] Writing Our WIKI Rules Group Acrostics Finish Intro PowerPoint

Tuesday - Jan. 27 Opening Your Writer's Eyes (Field Trip)

**POST: WRITER'S EYES: What I Noticed (Due Wednesday, Jan 28)**
Assignment: JOURNAL #4 [|(JOURNAL Link HERE)]

Wednesday - Jan. 28

**POST: One polished journal entry (Due <span style="color: rgb(234, 16, 16);">CHANGE FRIDAY, Jan 30)**
Writing Concepts: Play-Dough Activity

Thursday - Jan. 29

POST: 10 Important Things (Due<span style="color: rgb(234, 16, 16);"> CHANGE MONDAY, FEB 2)
Friday - Jan. 30 JOURNAL ENTRY #5

POST: "What I Want Is" poem (Due Monday, Feb. 2)
|| <span style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 136);">DATE ||
 * <span style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 136);">YOUR WIKI POSTS
 * WHAT I NOTICED (WRITER'S EYES) || 1/28 ||
 * JOURNAL ENTRY (POLISHED!) || 1/30 ||
 * IMPORTANT THINGS || 2/2 ||
 * "WHAT I WANT IS" POEM || 2/2 ||

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