3Mass+Media+(10)+-+Persuasive

Current Unit of Study: Mass Media - Persuasion Reading Lesson Idea 1: I Wanna Iguana Reading Lesson Idea 2: Reading Lesson Idea 3:
 * Vocab Map - Persuasion
 * Students write persuasive letters (I am having mine write to get a free lunch bunch or extra computer time)
 * Vocab Map - Persuasion
 * Whole class lesson on internet - Disney.com and other safe sites - what are the asking you to buy and how (pictures, sales, etc)
 * Vocab Map
 * Have students or teams divide papers in half. Using magazine clippings, then sort into persuasive/informational or entertaining.

Word Work: Unit 29 Activity of Choice:
 * word sort (required)
 * CUPS/Hot Cocoa Sentence: 5 meaningful sentences with words, undelining them and using CUPS.
 * Silly story: How many words can you use with the patterns in a silly story
 * Word Adventure: Scavenger hunt- on word list (1 pt), not on word list but at the end of the word(2 pts) and phoneme in the middle (5 points)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Writing:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Writer's Workshop Activities/Reader Responses of choice