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Mon.-First Day of School Activities-1.  School and Class procedures. 2.  Index Card grouping icebreaker 3.  Literary terms from newspaper-board and orally

 Tues. 1.  Icebreaker activity-students guess grouping. 2.  Boardwork-to,too,two,your, you're,their,there,here,hear,than,that,then,further,farther,-meanings and spelling. 3.  TAKS Vocab. 4.  If time NP literary terms

Wed.  Icebreaker Activity-About Me-group accordingly, students guess how and why grouped. 2.  Short Story-"The Martian Child"-Prior knowledge, what do students think it's about?, overview of story and author.

Thurs. 1. TMC-appropriate vocab., student def., def. from short story, sentences2.  Begin reading Short story

Friday-Writing Prompt-hereafter will be on board at beginning of each class, students will write for 5 minutes.,2. Real World Writing, Reading, or Grammar3. Basic Writing Skills, Janet Shaffer Writing, Grammar Lab