Writing Enrichment
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Rewrite a story plot
Lesson Outline
Take a story plot that PJ was disappointed in and rewrite it.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
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Lesson Topic
MAP Test
Lesson Outline
Nico completed his reading MAP test.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
How to writing
Lesson Outline
Write down the rules to play the game designed earlier. Include a description of the game.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Informational writing
Lesson Outline
Finish lesson about what types of grabber sentences would be good for beginning an informational piece about baseball. Using the plan for the writing from before, begin to create an introductory paragraph that starts broad and ends with the topic sentence.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Informational writing
Lesson Outline
Go over what was written down about the history of baseball and determine how to put it together for an informational piece. Determine what the two or three detail paragraphs will include and separate the information found into their appropriate spots.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Prepositions
Lesson Outline
Introduce prepositions using pg 33 in the grammar workbook. Have PJ tell me what the preposition is in 5 sentences that I say to him and he copies.
2nd half of class we attended a presentation for middle and high school students.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Editing
Lesson Outline
Reread what was written for his review piece. Look first to how it sounds and if any sentences need to be changed to flow better. Discuss how this is an opinion piece as he is not including the section about potential positives as he would for an argumentative piece.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
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Lesson Topic
Absent
Lesson Outline
Jason was not present for class today: he left early
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
0
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Homophones
Lesson Outline
Review what homophones are- Complete an activity to practice. Play an online homophone game.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Writing a story
Lesson Outline
Read "Knights Before Christmas" and talk about how it is the same and different from "The Night Before Christmas. Write a retelling of a favorite story and illustrate it.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45