LEARN Romano Butler Middle School: Middle School Literacy-Fofana- Week of January 28

Important Updates:

All scholars must log on to Compass Learning daily to work on folders. They must compete at least a quiz a week. Compass learning grades will be recorded every Monday for the previous week's activities.
All Study Island assignments must be completed by due dates in order to receive credit. All grades for Study Island assignments will be recorded on Mondays.
Scholars will be given the opportunity to re-take a tests if they qualify. This does not apply to quizzes. The first re-take is scheduled for 1/31/2013 from 8:00 to 8:30 in room 306.

Objectives: SWBAT

Monday: Analyze how an author evokes mood by interpreting sensory details.

Tuesday: Read, interpret and answer questions about poetry.

Wednesday: Determine the central idea of a poem by interpreting the title and generating an alternate title.

Thursday: Determine how an author creates a visual in the mind of the reader by interpreting imagery.

Friday: Complete a unit assessment with 70% mastery.
Lesson Packet for 6A

Word Study: Greek/Latin Roots

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circum-

hyper-

malus-

polis-

trans-

bi-

duo-

tri-

unus-

Monday: Use prior knowledge to help make predictions

Tuesday: Determine author’s purpose for writing a text.

Wednesday: Define main idea

Identify the main idea of a given passage.

Thursday: Make inferences, draw conclusions and make generalizations

Friday: Use main idea and supporting details to create a summary.
Weekly Lesson Packet for 6B

Word Study:Homographs

7th Grade

Monday: To use clues in a fiction text along with real-life experiences to make an inference about a given text.

Tuesday: Analyze details and draw conclusions to help gain a deeper understanding of a given text.

Wednesday: Define generalization.
Differentiate between “good” and “bad” generalizations.

Thursday: Define main idea

Identify the main idea of a given passage.

Friday: Analyze a passage for main idea
Determine of the main idea of a given passage is stated or implied.

Word Study: Greek/Latin Roots

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