5.6 ELA Do Now Voice 0

Write on your NEW Do Now

TITLE: A Lesson Before Dying

Read the quote. THINK.

1. What does this quote mean?

The quote means…

2. How can we decide to be something else?

We can decide to be something different by…

“That's what we all are, Jefferson, all of us on this earth, a piece of drifting wood, until we--each one of us, individually--decide to become something else.” ―

5.7 ELA Do Now Voice 0Write on your Do Now

TURN to COMMA RULES and SENTENCE PATTERNS Sheet:

1) write the sentence2) mark the subjects (S) - there is two3) mark the verbs (V) - there are two4) put commas in the right place

My English teacher Ms. Morgan is very picky about where we put our backpacks. Which pattern is being used? Pattern ___ is being used.

5.8 or 5.9 ELA Do Now Voice 0

Title: CB Compare/Contrast

Respond on your Do Now sheet:

What was something you

learned from your challenge

book?

I learned…

How was your book different

or similar to books you

usually read?

My book was

different/similar…

5.10 ELA DO NOW Voice 0

Write on Do Now:

What is something you learned or thought about this week?(In school or out of school)This week I learned/thought about…