Monday

Students will use the paragraph written on Friday and make it a paragraph with sparkling sentences.

Students will revise/edit with a partner after they finish writing.

Students will select a non fiction article to read and then write a brief constructive response.

Tuesday

Students will with their non fiction book article. These stories are taken from the book How They Crocked. Students will finish this assignment.

Wednesday

Students will present their product to the class.

Thursday

I will introduce the reading genre mystery. We will talk about the reading skill character. I will give the students a handout of examples of character traits.

Students will share information about the author Betty Ren Wright. I will introduce the vocabulary for the day’s reading.

We will then read chapters 1-4 of the class novel Dollhouse Murders. Students will select 1 of the major characters to do a character analysis as we read the chapters aloud.

Friday

The class will read chapters 5-8 of the class novel Dollhouse Murders. Students will continue adding to their character sketch.

TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.6, 6.8, 6.14, 6.16, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.22, 6.23, 6.24, 6.25, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28