Applied 9 February 27 March 3

Monday, February 27

• Vocab Flip books for this week — words, parts of speech, and definitions
• Quote Sandwich practice
• "The Scarlet Ibis" biopoems

Tuesday, February 28

• First four pages of the vocab flip book
• Background information on "The Leap," by Louise Erdrich
• Read "The Leap" and answer questions — turn these in when you are done

Wednesday, March 1

• Next 3 pages of vocab flip books
• Independent novel reading and journal entry #8
• Introduce character trait essay: brainstorming and thesis

Thursday, March 2

• Last 3 vocab pages
• Outline first the two body paragraphs of the essay

Friday, March 3

• Vocab 3 test
• Independent novel reading and journal entry #9
• Writing effective intros: start outlining the intro for your character traits essay