MAP Testing, Day 1

Students will be taking the MAP assessment from approximately 8:45-12:00 today.

Students will report to their regular afternoon classes. 

Objectives:

• Students will be able to write routinely over shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
• Students will be able to write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

I Cans:

• I can write a narrative paper.
• I can use descriptive vocabulary and sensory language.
• I can develop a point of view.
• I can provide a conclusion.

Task List:

• Students will write a brief narrative in response to a teacher provided writing prompt.

Class Calendar - End of Year

Please review the calendar for the rest of the year, taking note of important dates.

Class Calendar

Missing Work - MAP Review

Students wil be working on missing work or MAP review work today. Students who earned their free day by passing both MAP review tests will have it today during class!

Career Day / MAP Relays

Career Day!

MAP Review - Sentences, Day 4

Objectives:

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.
• Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
• Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
•  Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
• Spell correctly.

Essential Skill(s):

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

I Cans:

• I can demonstrate proper usage of the eight parts of speech in writing and speaking.
• I can use editing strategies.
• I can recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.
• I can use capitalization and punctuation correctly.
• I can spell correctly.

Task List:

1. Students will complete a bell work quiz on common sentence errors.
2. Students will take the post-test on sentence types, errors, and context clues. Students who earned at least an 85% on both MAP review post-tests will have a free day in class on Monday.

MAP Review - Sentences, Day 3

Objectives:

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.
• Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
• Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
•  Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
• Spell correctly.

Essential Skill(s):

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

I Cans:

• I can demonstrate proper usage of the eight parts of speech in writing and speaking.
• I can use editing strategies.
• I can recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.
• I can use capitalization and punctuation correctly.
• I can spell correctly.

Task List:

1. Students will complete a bell work activity on common sentence errors.
2. Students will participate in several review activities (this will take two days).

• Note: Students who pass the post-test with a minimum grade of 85% will earn a free day on Monday. Students who do not make the minimum grade for the free day will work in small groups with the teacher.

MAP Review - Sentences, Day 2

Objectives:

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.
• Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
• Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
•  Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
• Spell correctly.

Essential Skill(s):

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

I Cans:

• I can demonstrate proper usage of the eight parts of speech in writing and speaking.
• I can use editing strategies.
• I can recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.
• I can use capitalization and punctuation correctly.
• I can spell correctly.

Task List:

1. Students will complete a bell work activity on common sentence errors.
2. Students will participate in several review activities (this will take two days).

• Note: Students who pass the post-test with a minimum grade of 85% will earn a free day on Monday. Students who do not make the minimum grade for the free day will work in small groups with the teacher.