Transcript January 31 Bad Boy 4

Check In:
Write to the following
prompt:
How do I maintain interest
to complete a difficult
task?
5 Minutes…1/2 page
How to Raise Your I.Q.
1.Finish…How does
the text say it.
2.Brainstorm…what
does the text mean?
3.Check in tomorrow:
Set up your writer’s
notebooks to answer:
SO WHAT?
BAD BOY Lesson 4
• What is a memoir?
1. Personal recollections
from a certain period of
someone’s life.
2. A narrative written in 1st
person.
3. Pre-reading:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iISyPz5XRyI&f
eature=related
4. How do kids get a bad
boy image? Is it fair?
Tuesday, February 4th
So What? In your
writer’s notebook, write
an answer to “SO
WHAT!” and explain
what the author’s
message or theme from
the IQ article means to
you or someone you
know.
Modifiers Practice
Review notes on
modifiers
Add kinds of
modifiers…
ing verbs
Practice
Brown Bag Book Report
Highlight assignment
How to find the lexile
What if you can’t find the
lexile?
Library
Friday, February 4
In your writer’s notebook,
add a modifier with a present
participle
(ING verb) to the beginning of
this sentence:
Mr. Smith tripped over the
chair.
HOOK IT ON WITH A
COMMA!!!
Bad Boy Chapter 2
• 1. Set up note sheet.
• 2. Explain focus for
reading.
• 3. Tracks of your
thinking.
• 4. Listen or read
• 5. Answer Focus
question
• 6. Silent read your
memoir