Weekly Agenda Feb 8-12

MON
Review Chapter 1 of Whale Talk
-3Q class discussion
Brainstorm Issues relevant to SaMOHI students
-"Hard News" Handout: Journalistic Writing Tips
--techniques and steps to reporting news
HW Ask friends, teachers, parents, neighbors about random news going on in your communities
AND Read Chapter 2 and 3-level Qs

TUES
Review Community News
Structure of a news story
-inverted triangle
Whale Talk
-identify digression
-characterization
HW Read Chapter 3 and 3-level Qs

WED
Short Book Talk and Student Book Recommendations
SSR
Journal Entry #1
No HW

THURS
Review Journal Article Assignment
due
Freewrite: How do High School stereotypes shape identities?
Review Chapter 3, class discussion
HW Read Chapter 4 and 3-level Qs

FRI
Introduce character chart and rubric
Review Chapter 4, class discussion