Unit 1 Essential Question
Welcome Back to School
What can one generation learn from another?
September 2017
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Unit 1 Performance Task
September 7th: School Begins September 10th: Please have required ELA supplies September 13th: Summer Reading Due September 21st & 22nd: School ClosedRosh Hashanah September 26th: Back to School Night at IS27 4:30-7:30 September 29th: RR 1-10 DUE (Moving forward you will have 15/month)
Write a nonfiction narrative in which you use dialogue, description, and precise words to develop and convey experiences and events. Your narrative should respond to the following prompt: In what situations can one generation learn from another?
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What we are learning this marking period: Reading o o
Analyze Character CLOSE Read Strategy
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Point of View List skills for the week Central Idea AQR Strategy (annotate/question/ respond)
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Nouns/Pronouns Adverbs Adjectives Conjunctions Independent and Dependent Clauses
Writing o o
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Summarizing Nonfiction Narrative Composition Writing to Compare
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Sentence Structure Writing Process
Contact Information Melanie
[email protected] Speaking & Listening o Working as a Team o Public Speaking