January 6, 2016 ELA Agenda

1) Brain Buzzer: On a whiteboard,

write down the song lyric from
yesterday and also the way you rewrote it with less powerful word
choice.
2)
Learning target: I can identify
good word choice in a passage.
3) Sharing some of your examples of
song lyrics from yesterday / Song
Lyric Wall of Fame
4) Wessleys activity about the voice
of someone in Wal-Mart.
5) (If time! If not time, move this to
Thursday before the i-assignment.)

Whiteboard review for your iassignment tomorrow / Tiger Bucks for

top scores
6) Study with a partner

***Song challenge:

Write down any line from a song you know.

Then, take the line, and re-write it in a way that

actually shows weaker word choice.

Example:
I came in like a wrecking ball

I approached you in a strong way.

Great examples of the day:

Wessleys Voice Activity!!!! You are a character

that you have seen at Wal-Mart

I-ASSIGNMENT REVIEW:
1) What does Show, Dont Tell mean?

2) Write one sentence that tells how

you feel about summer break.

3) Write one sentence that shows

how you feel about summer break.

4) Write one sentence that tells about

your favorite restaurant.

5) Write one sentence that shows

something about your favorite
restaurant.

Write a better word choice for the

bolded words in the following
sentences:
6) Kevin is nice.

7) The motorcycle looked good.

8) The dog ran through the yard.

9) I climbed the tree.

10) What does Voice mean when we

are talking about narrative writing?

11) Write a five sentence paragraph

about your favorite room in your
house. Make sure to use voice.
***SHOW, DONT TELL

12) Write a five sentence paragraph

about the best present you ever
received. Make sure to use voice.
***SHOW, DONT TELL