Assignments
This is a basic overview of goals for
the week. Please check planner daily for
specific assignments. Assignments
are subject to change.
GRAMMAR
We will begin each day with a review of grammar (8
parts of speech) via the Daily Oral Language method. Students will keep a daily
log of DOL’s in the DOL section of the notebook. The DOL’s will be
collected at random and graded. It is very important that the DOL’s
are housed in one place and can be retrieved readily at a moment’s
notice! We will begin DOL’s the third week of school.
8/15: Orientation: Classroom procedures and overview
HW: return completed and signed form
Begin studying for the
objective test over The Lightning Thief-test
will be Thursday, 8/18
8/16: school closed
8/17: ME Activity (part 1)
8/18: Objective test over The Lightning Thief
Me
Activity (part 1) completed
8/19: Me Activity (part 2)
HW: finish part 2 if not completed in class
8/22: Grammar Pretest
Library orientation/book talk by Mr. Sims
8/23: Grammar Pretest discussion/Learning styles
inventory
8/24: Begin introduction to mythology unit
HW: finish reading section entitled “The Uses of
Mythology” p. 456
Writing
assignment: Myths were used to express, as dreams do, the deepest fears and
hopes of the human race. What might three (3) of your personal “deepest
fears and hopes” be? Why? Include three fears and three hopes.
Compose
your answer in paragraph form with a clear topic sentence for each paragraph.
You may choose to write one paragraph about three fears and one paragraph about
three hopes. Or, you might take each fear and hope and develop a paragraph per
fear or hope (total of 6 paragraphs).
8/25: continue introductory material
Share writing samples
HW: Quiz over introductory material/outline will be tomorrow
8/26: Quiz over intro
Palace of Olympus diagram
Please
remember to bring your copy (or a borrowed copy) of The Lightning Thief
later next week! I will tell you the day before we will use it! :)
8/29: Intro to 12 gods/goddesses
Read
pages 473-478 “Palace of Olympus”
Create
set of index cards for gods/goddesses
HW:
Finish the index cards for Hephaestus and Athene
8/30:
Continue making set of cards for gods/goddesses
HW: finish set of cards
8/31: vocabulary
HW: Finish Vocabulary worksheet for “In the Beginning”; make
sure your sentences are original! You
may add suffixes, but do not change the part of speech of the vocabulary word.
Complete the matching section, also.
Bring your index card set to class!
9/1: Olympic Matchup activity
HW:
complete the matching worksheet with reasons for each of your choices
9/2: Finish Olympic Matchup activity
“In
the Beginning” p. 460
9/5: NO SCHOOL (Labor Day Holiday)
9/6: Finish Olympic Matchup
Introduce
DOL format: DOL #1
Begin
reading “In the Beginning”
HW: Finish
reading pp. 460-461
9/7: Discuss “In the Beginning”
Finish
reading p. 464
Answer
questions 1-11 on page 465 (You do not have to answer in complete sentences)
Please
bring your copy of The Lightning Thief on Thursday!
9/8: DOL #2
Discuss
“ITB”; go over the questions from p.465
Introduction of the term ALLUSION; look for allusions in ch. 1 of TLT
HW: Look through
chapters 6 and 8 of The Lightning Thief and
find references (allusions) to the
mythology we have studied thus far – “The Palace of
Olympians”/”In the Beginning.” For each allusion, write
a paragraph. In your own words, tell what the situation is in TLT and then tell how it relates to a
specific character or event in mythology.
Please
bring your copy of TLT again on Friday!
9/9: DOL #3
Continue
discussion of allusions
Short quiz
(POP!!)
over “In the Beginning”
Our educational gathering will take place on Friday, 9/23/11. J
9/12: DOL #4 (possessive pronouns)
Book Fair visit
Project Discussion
HW: Decide which 5 of the 8 project options you will complete
Project Due September 23rd!!!!
9/13: DOL #5
Read
“After the Earth Appeared”
HW:
Worksheet for “After the Earth Appeared”
On side two, the drawing of Pandora’s box
(chest, or jar) is optional
Make sure your sentences are ORIGINAL and include context clues for the
top section of page two
Review the section entitled “In the Beginning” for answers
to the mythological names for column
three on the first page!
9/14: no DOL
Introduction to analogies (5 types)
HW:
Finish worksheet on analogies
9/15: DOL #6
Analogies
Greek->Roman names;metamorphosis
“Ceres and Proserpine”
HW:
Finish reading pp. 481-484
9/16: no DOL
Quiz over last night’s reading
Appositives
HW: finish worksheet on Appositives
You may use a separate sheet of paper for your answers to Ex. 3 if you
so desire
Work on your project! It is due on Friday!!
9/19: DOL #7
Grammar book distribution
Appositives/Personal Pronouns
HW: read “Narcissus” pages 488-490; pay attention to the
metamorphoses that occur in the myth
(1)Answer questions 1-9 on page 491; (2) Do the section entitled Analyzing
Language and Vocabulary:
Words from Mythology
9/20: no DOL
Discuss “Narcissus”
HW:
Work on project; bring grammar book to class
We
are in need of the following for the educational gathering:
Blue
plastic forks (25), Blue plastic spoons (25), Gallon of Blue Powerade or Gatorade, 2 bags of Blue Corn Tortilla Chips,
dips for chips, salsa for chips, Blue candy-M & M’s or jelly beans or
individually wrapped hard candy.
9/21: no DOL
Pronouns: assessment
“Phaethon” p. 501
HW: Work on project
9/22: DOL #8
Indefinite pronouns/ “King Midas’s Ears” p. 507
HW: Project due tomorrow!
Bring
goodies for our Educational Gathering
9/23: Educational Gathering
Project Due
9/26: DOL #9
Indefinite pronouns—add chart to grammar notes
Allusions worksheet
HW:
Allusions worksheet
9/27: no DOL
Writing assignment
HW: complete the writing assignment: comparison of the myth
“Phaethon” with the modern poem by the same title
9/28: no DOL
Prepositions
HW:
Workbook pages 46 and 47
Follow the directions as given
9/29: DOL #10
Prepositions
Errors in Rough Drafts
HW:
a rough draft revision is due on Monday, October 3rd. Attach your
revision to your first draft.
9/30: DOL #11
Preposition or Adverb?
HW:
rough draft revision
10/3: no DOL
Review poetry analysis
HW: WKBK:
page 48 with altered directions: (1) underline all prepositions (there are
additional prepositions in some of the sentences (2) Circle all prepositional
phrases (3) Label all adverbs above the words that are adverbs
10/4: DOL QUIZ
Review Preposition/Adverb worksheet
Edit
rough draft #2; peer editing for sentence variety; precise verbs with no
repetition of verbs;
descriptive vocabulary
Subject-Verb agreement; notes(handout)
HW: revise your draft with corrections for the above PLUS add an
appositive-due Thursday
Workbook page 117
10/5: no DOL
S-V
agreement
HW: draft due tomorrow
10/6: DOL #12
Compound Subject-Verb Agreement; Subject/Object Pronouns
Preposition or Adverb?
10/7: DOL #13
More S-V agreement; indefinite pronoun-v agreement
WKSHT: pp. 107-108
10/10: DOL #14 and 15
Pronoun agreement
HW: WKSHT: page 18 Indefinite pronouns
10/11: no DOL
Benchmark assessment
10/12:no DOL
Bullying article/TCAP prep
10/13: DOL #16
Response activity-group work
HW: Constructed response writing assignment (see below)
Constructed Response: (Persuasive/Opinion)
In the article about bullying in TFK, Elizabeth Winchester says, “Kids will make the biggest difference of all.” Do you agree or disagree? What should the role of the state government be on the issue of bullying? The school? The parent/guardian? Discuss the role of each. Make sure you begin with a well-written, concise topic sentence. All subsequent sentences should support the topic sentence.
10/14: DOL #17
Indefinite Pronouns
HW: workbook pages 119 & 127
10/17: DOL #18
Indefinite pronouns-last time! J
HW: textbook pages 196-198 do Exercises 6 and 7; follow directions given
in textbook
10/18: no DOL
Demonstrative and Interrogative Pronouns
HW: Pronoun packet: pp. 113-114 and pp. 125-126
10/19: no DOL
Pronoun review
HW: Study for pronoun test: personal(subject
and object), possessive, interrogative, demonstrative, and indefinite;know
how to find the antecedent of the pronoun; know how to make the pronoun agree
in number with the verb and other pronouns
10/20: Pronoun test
10/21: Field trip
10/24-10/28: Fall Break
10/31: DOL #19
Choose parts for Brian’s Song
HW: begin vocabulary sheet for Brian’s Song-due Thursday
11/1: no DOL
Music of the 1960’s/guest lecturer: Mr. Sims
HW:
continue working on vocabulary worksheet
11/2: no DOL
Review Mr. Sims’s lecture
Lights! Camera! Action! (terms for the
cameraman)
HW:
finish vocabulary worksheet
Redo test if score was below 73/105 NOTE: Go to Periods 1, 3 and 5 link for specific directions
11/3: DOL
Finish roleplaying camera terms
Review elements of plot: exposition Compare/contrast play and
narratives
Begin reading BS
HW:
Friendly Foes: writing assignment
11/4: DOL
Continue reading BS
Grouping for Monday
11/7: DOL
Mini-lesson on Idioms
11/8: DOL
Pop
quiz: Idioms
Rate
your group members
Idioms in play
Continue
reading
11/9: no DOL
Idiom Mini-project explained
Continue reading
HW:
Pick the 5 idioms you will use for your project; choose the project you will do
11/10: no DOL
Research in lab/work day for mini-project
HW: work on project
11/11: DOL
Turn in DOLs
Continue reading
HW: work on project
Due date: Tuesday, November 15
11/14: DOL Quiz
Bogart clip
Continue reading Part One
HW: Idiom Project due tomorrow/make sure you bring a separate sheet of
paper with the source(s) you used
Test over Part One: Wednesday
11/15: Finish reading Part One
Idiom Project DUE
Discuss Part One
HW: Test over Part One tomorrow
11/16: Test over Part One of Brian’s
Song
HW: Conflict worksheet
11/17: no DOL
Pick parts for reading of Part Two
Begin reading Part Two
11/18: DOL
Continue reading Part Two
11/21: DOL (homonym:
there/their/they’re)
Continue reading
Return projects
HW: Test over play part two will be Wednesday
11/22: DOL
finish play/discuss
HW: test tomorrow
11/23: Test over Part Two of Brian’s
Song
HW: redo test one if
grade was below a 49; use a separate sheet of paper; redo the discussion
questions ONLY
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break!
Remember to be grateful for friends and
family!
J
11/28: DOL #28
Begin complements/bring grammar book until further notice
Notes on direct objects
HW: page 57 of workbook
11/29: DOL #29
Add notes to direct object notes
HW: textbook page 121 Exercise 1 DIRECTIONS: Copy each sentence. (1)
Place parentheses around all prepositional phrases (see page 104 for list of
prepositions).
(2) Underline or circle (your choice)
the direct object(s).
11/30: no DOL
Notes on indirect objects
HW: textbook pages 123-124 Exercise 3
Directions: (1) Copy each sentence
(2) Place parentheses around each prepositional phrase
(3) Underline each direct object once OR label the word with a d.o.
(4) Underline
each indirect object twice OR label the word with an i.o.
12/1: no DOL
Interactive activity on complements
HW:
study notes on indirect and direct objects
Quiz tomorrow
12/2: no DOL
Quiz
over object complements
Notes
on predicate nominatives (see pages 125-126 of textbook for similar info)
HW:
page 62 of workbook
Additional directions: Place parentheses around all prepositional
phrases; then, follow directions as given (multi-step directions)
12/5: no DOL
Sample CRA/TCAP passages and questions
HW:
bring two sharpened #2 pencils for the next three days for testing
12/6: no DOL
Double negatives
Glencoe page 470 Exercise 3
12/7: no DOL
Notes on predicate adjectives
HW:
page 127 Exercise 5
Directions: Copy each sentence. Place parentheses around
prepositional phrases. Circle the linking verbs. Underline the predicate
adjective once.
12/8: no DOL
Predicate adjectives
Review of all complements-page 131-132 Chapter Review
B
HW: (1) workbook page 67
(2) Redo quiz part B: on a separate sheet of paper, rewrite your
paragraph from the quiz. Label the direct and indirect objects. If you scored
100% on the paragraph, you do not have to do this assignment.
12/9: DOL
Spelling Bee Pre-test
Review of complements
12/12: DOL
Punctuation: Underlining/Italics/Quotation Marks
HW: workbook pages 240, 241, and 244
12/13: DOL
Begin review for benchmark
HW: Review packet; fill in blanks and do example activities
12/14: no DOL
chorus assembly
Review for benchmark
HW: Study review packet
12/15: Language Arts Benchmark Assessment
12/16: Brian’s
Song (the movie)
Have a restful Winter
Break!
Enjoy your family and friends!
J
1/3: DOL
Simple/Compound Sentences
Spelling
Bee announcement
Overview of Term 3
1/4: no DOL
Hands-on
activity: Simple and Compound Sentences
HW:
Workbook page 106; follow ALL directions; you might want to place prepositional
phrases in parentheses-you will NOT underline ANY words within the
prepositional phrases! J
1/5: no DOL
Discussed Benchmark scores
Finished activity from yesterday
1/6: no DOL
Pop
quiz over simple/compound sentences
Library visit
1/9: DOL
Handout: Notes on Complex Sentences
HW:
page 167 Review Exercise A follow directions as given in text
1/10: DOL
Discuss comma rules for adjective and adverb clauses
HW; Workbook page 102 Ex. B only Follow directions PLUS circle the
relative pronoun or the subordinating conjunction that is the key word
1/11: no DOL
Complex sentences
1/12: DOL
Informal -> Formal Vocabulary
Partner Activity
HW:
worksheet; do both sides; use each word only once; on the back, you might have
to change the spelling of the word in order for the sentence to make sense
1/13: Snow Day
1/16: MLK Holiday
1/17: no DOL
DOL quiz
Turn in DOLs #23-present
HW: Worksheet pages 129-130. Follow directions given for both sides. Add
the following directions to page 129: Also, add an adverb.
For the example given, a possible answer would be
“trickled slowly.” [Change “ran” to
“trickled” and add the adverb “slowly.”] Use your
textbook if you need to review Adjectives and Adverbs-see index of text.
1/18: no DOL
Group activity: Precise vocabulary
1/19: DOL
Powerpoint: “How to” Explanation
Prewriting: Audience, Purpose, and Tone
“The Kid from the Land of Nowiches”
HW: Complete page 20 of worksheet based on “The Kid from the Land
of Nowiches”
Reminders:
(1)
Use numbers or
quantities
(2)
Use precise
vocabulary (verbs, adjectives, and nouns)
(3)
Use descriptive
words
(4)
Use transitional
words (see page 541 of your textbook)
(5)
The materials
section is a list.
(6)
The steps section
should be completed with complete sentences.
NOTE: You are NOT writing paragraphs. You are simply prewriting.
1/20: DOL
Group work: rubric for PBJ sandwich activity
HW: redo quiz if below a 35/50
1/23: DOL
PBJ Wars
HW: Compose three paragraphs: Introduction, body, and conclusion. (NOTE:
the body paragraph is already in rough form-see worksheet page 20-you have the
materials list which needs to be turned into a complete sentence; you have the
steps in sentence form which now need to be put into a paragraph with good
transitional words, descriptive words, and sentence variety.) Refer to page 550
for the FRAMEWORK of the paper. You will have to create an introduction (can
draw from the first half sheet I gave you about the kid from the Land of Nowiches) and a conclusion (follow the guidelines on page
550). Put the paragraphs in order: Intro, Body, Conclusion.
Put your three paragraphs on a separate sheet of notebook paper.
1/24: DOL
Self evaluation of pbj
paper
HW: IF you did not complete the following in class today, you need to do
so for homework:
(1)
Highlight the
verbs in your 3 paragraphs
(2)
Circle the
prepositions (see page 104)
(3)
Put a box around
the subordinating conjunctions (see page 165)
(4)
Put a triangle
around the transitional words (see page 488)
(5)
Replace all forms
of to GET and to MAKE with more precise verbs
(6)
Take yourself out
of the paper; DO NOT write “Hi! My name is __________. I am going to tell
you how to make a pbj.”
(7)
Delete
“going to” and “like I said”
You might need to rewrite
your paragraphs if your revisions are many.
1/25: no DOL
Additional revision of pbj paper
Delete informal language (well, gonna, going
to, etc.); take yourself out of the paper (NO “Hi! My name is Suzie Q.
and I am going to tell you about….”); Hearts around coordinating
conjunctions; clouds around relative pronouns
Look
at sentence types: rewrite to include some simple, some compound, and some
complex sentences
HW: Rewrite the three paragraphs in essay form. (No title; indent each
paragraph; do NOT skip lines between paragraphs)
After you complete the rewriting of the essay, turn to page 555 in your
textbook. Do #1, 2, and 6. Follow the directions in the TIPS column.
NOTE: This essay will be graded on mechanics, grammar, sentence variety,
and sentence structure as well as content. It will count as a TEST grade.
OPTIONAL: you may type your
paragraphs, but please use size 12 or 14 readable font-no
fancy script-do not use all capital letters.
1/26: DOL
Final, last minute editing!
Teacher notes: handout on empty expressions
Sentence
revision (cont’d.)- eliminating repetition,
wordiness, and empty expressions (see page 468 of textbook)
HW:
Do part ONE and part TWO of the worksheet; place all answers (complete
sentences) on a separate sheet of paper
NOTE: try to KEEP the more precise wording when you revise the sentences
in part ONE
You might have to add a VERB back in the sentence with some of the
sentences in part TWO
1/27: DOL
Revision techniques
HW: For EACH of the following prompts, brainstorm
(make a list, a web, an outline, etc.) THREE reasons.
(1)
Who do you admire
most? Why?
(2)
I:f you could be any age, what age
would you be? Why?
(3)
In the future, if
you could have any career, what would it be? Why?
1/30: DOL (write a thesis
statement from your HW)
Handout and discussion: The 5 Paragraph Essay
Format for 5 paragraph essay:
1st paragraph:
Introduction with a clear thesis statement
2nd paragraph: Body: develop reason #1 from thesis statement;
give examples and detail
3rd paragraph: Body: develop reason #2 from thesis statement;
give examples and detail
4th paragraph: Body: develop reason #3 from thesis statement;
give examples and detail
5th paragraph: Conclusion
Partnering Activity: Introductions/ 5 methods to develop an intro
HW: Prompt: What is your
favorite season? Why?
Using the above prompt, write a well-developed
introduction with a concise thesis statement. Use one of the methods for
writing an introduction (see handout)
1/31: no DOL
Shared thesis statements
Timed writing: On the same
sheet as last night’s homework, write the body paragraphs and the conclusion
for the season essay
HW: If you didn’t finish the essay in class, finish it. Then:
Work on revision of the season essay. Look at style. Add transitional
words; eliminate RIPs and dull wording; eliminate empty expressions; vary the
beginnings of sentences; check for a good mixture of types of sentences; etc.
2/1: no DOL
Sample
essays; critique in class
HW: Rest
well for Writing Assessment tomorrow! Bring a sharpened pencil!
2/2: Local
Writing Assessment
2/3: no DOL
Common Formative Assessment
Editing of
season essay
HW: on a
separate sheet of paper, write the five paragraphs of your season essay with
all of the corrections in place. Check your paper for the following:
1) Dull, tiresome words-replace with
precise words and action verbs
2) RIP words and phrases (get, get to
go, stuff, things, fun, want, forms of the verb –to be, good (better,
best), great, bad (worse, worst), nice – replace with specific, precise
words
3) Take yourself out of the paper
4) Be consistent with pronouns
5) Eliminate ALL empty expressions
(wordiness) and repetition of words/phrases
6) Punctuate and capitalize correctly
7) Eliminate fragments and run-on
sentences
8) Use only formal language (eliminate
well, gonna, etc.)
9) Eliminate contractions
2/6: no DOL
Peer
reading for editing of season essay
Avis Lab
A: type final copy of season essay
HW:
worksheet: beginning sentence variety using adverbs and prepositional
phrases Follow directions
given: use a separate sheet of paper to write each revised sentence.
On B #8,
the last word in the sentence is “hand.”
2/7: DOL #44
Sentence
revising: adverbs and prepositional phrases
Feedback
from CFA and PBJ essays
2/8: no DOL
Review
adverbs, prepositional phrases, and subordinating clauses
Edit
season essay; identify adverbs by highlighting; identify prepositional phrases
by highlighting
Revise so
that the essay includes ONE sentence with an adverb at the beginning and ONE
sentence with a prepositional phrase at the beginning (a minimum of one)
HW:
Vocabulary worksheet for Part One of FFA
Write original sentences (Do not take the idea from the example
sentence found after the square and reword it!). Use the FIRST definition of
the word. DO NOT use the definition that follows the sideways triangle. You can
add endings to the infinitives (suffixes such as –ed, -d, -es, -s, -ing).
2/9: DOL #45
Discuss
phonetic spelling
Anticipation activity: FFA
Take A Look:
determining character traits based on a picture of Charlie Gordon
HW: finish
the Phonetic spelling worksheet; review your last night’s homework, the
vocabulary worksheet, for sentence structure, spelling, capitalization,
punctuation, etc.
2/10: DOL #46
TAT (Thematic Apperception Test); Rorschach Test
Background info for reading of FFA
2/13: no DOL
Avis Lab: Webquest: Author Information and
Background of FFA
HW: finish webquest if you did not finish during class
2/14: DOL
#47
Discuss webquest
Discuss various terms related to webquest (see
Periods, 1, 3, and 5 assignments)
Read through entry #3 on page 230 of textbook
2/15: no DOL
Be “amazed!” (like Charlie)
Power Point on scientific vocabulary
Continue reading through page 232
2/16: DOL #48
Worksheet: Summarizing Progress Reports
Word Fragments Activity
Continue reading through March 29
HW: finish the Word Fragments worksheet; all words must be spelled
correctly and used appropriately (correct part of speech) within the context of
the sentence
2/17: DOL
#49
Continue reading
Continue summaries
2/20: DOL
#50
Continue reading through April 28
Continue summaries
HW: Characterization worksheet Read directions CAREFULLY!!!!!
Applying skills section: Answer #1 in bullet notes; answer #2 in
complete sentences
2/21: DOL
#51
Finish reading Part One
Finish summaries/allusion: review of term
HW: fill in the first column of the timeline worksheet (look at Charlie
from the beginning of the story UP TO the April 18th entry)
Begin studying for test on Thursday: vocabulary will be included!
Scientific notes will be included! Study your summaries!
2/22: no DOL
Finish discussing Part One
HW: Test tomorrow; see 2/21 homework
2/23: TEST
over Part One of FFA
HW: Vocabulary Worksheet for Part Two
2/24: DOL
#52
Begin Part Two;read
and discuss through May 18th
2/27: DOL
#53
Discuss the use of the colon in the business letter; business letters
versus friendly letters
Read through May 31
2/28: DOL
#54
Read through July 7th
Timeline column two
HW: Test over Part Two will be Thursday; begin reviewing Daniel Keyes webquest info and vocabulary
2/29: no DOL
Timeline column three
Finish reading story
HW: Test tomorrow; study vocabulary for Part Two and Daniel Keyes webquest info as well as the plot summaries
3/1: no DOL
Test
HW:
redo Part One test if you scored below a 70%. This is due at the beginning of
class tomorrow.
Gather your DOLS
3/2: no DOL
Discuss the roles of group participants
Primary/secondary sources
Powerpoint
PS/SS
Group activity
3/5: DOL
Review primary/secondary sources; reliable sources; see page 659 of
textbook
Critique versus Summary
HW:
worksheets on Critique versus Summary
3/6: no DOL
Benchmark
Assessment
HW:
Primary/Secondary Sources: FFA
3/7: DOL quiz
3/8: no DOL
Begin movie Charly
3/9: no DOL
finish viewing movie/ compare-contrast
assignment
3/19: DOL
#56
LWA Scores
3/20: DOL
#57
Review of scores for LWA and T3 Benchmark
HW:
Due Thursday: see periods 1, 3, and 5 link for directions for Mad Lib Movie
Critique
3/21: no DOL
Benchmarch results cont’d.
HW: (1) finish the Mad Lib
Movie Critique
and (2) Problematic Situation-make your decision and write it on
the front of your index card in pen
3/22: no DOL
Debate
HW: DUE MONDAY: (1) Choose Research Paper
Topic/ review the handout about research project
(2) Reflection Assignment
3/23: no DOL
Homonym Packet
HW: See 3/22
3/26: DOL
#58
Choose topics
3/27: DOL
#59
Evaluating Sources/Reliable Sources: pages 658 and 659 of textbook
HW: (1) Do page 672 Practice #1, 2, and 3
(2) Evaluating Sources Worksheet
3/28: Begin
research: Library
3/29:
Research: Library
HW: Redo page 672 if you made below a 15/20
Begin organizing your notes; practice what you have so far so that you
can “guesstimate” how much more information you need to add
3/30:
Research: Avis Lab A
Distribute rubric
HW: Bring notecards on Monday
4/2:
Research: Avis Lab B
HW: Finish
notecards; number them!
Practice, practice, practice your speech!
4/3 through
4/5: Oral Presentations (Speeches)
4/5:
Homework over the weekend: Bring your bibliographic information to class on
Monday. We will review the MLA style sheet and format your information properly
for the Works Cited page. This counts as part of your project grade.
Remember:
you are required to have two print sources and two
internet sources.
HAPPY EASTER!!!!!
4/9: DOL #60
Works
Cited vs. Bibliography
Discuss
three entries of Works Cited page: book, internet source, and encyclopedia
article (see page 658)
Step 1 of
Works Cited: alphabetize entries from your research project
HW: (1)
BRING your sources from your research project
(2) Proofreading: Formatting Sources Worksheet: Do ONLY the online
source, the book, and the encyclopedia article. You can either rewrite each
entry OR you can add punctuation, etc. on the existing entry.
4/10: DOL #61
Create a rough draft of your Works Cited page
HW:
Finish the rough draft; double check for details
4/11: no DOL
Avis
Lab B: final copy of Works Cited; turn in at end of class
HW:
Bring the green TCAP Practice Workbook with you to class for the rest of this
week and all of next week!
4/12: DOL
#62
Pop Quiz!
Begin TCAP
review; “Recycled Bicycle” questions 1-5 together in class
NOTE: All homework
assignments with TCAPPW as a label are from the TCAP Practice Workbook
HW: Read page 17 of TCAPPW “Nothing to Do Stew”; do #21-25
Read page 42 of TCAPPW “The Vacant Lot”; do #62-66
Do #80-83
4/13: DOL #63
TCAP review
HW: read page 32; do #48-54
Read pages 37-38; do #55-61
4/16: no DOL
this week!
For those of you interested in
practicing with a more up-to-date version of the TCAP practice test, here is
the link to the newer version of the practice test: (choose RLA Part 1 and/or
Part 2 of the RLA practice test)
HW: TCAPPW Read pages 13-14 “Mount Everest Then and Now”; Do
questions 14-20
Do worksheet: Fact and Opinion
4/17: TCAP
review
In class: page 8 “Kate’s Letter”
Persuasive techniques (propaganda)
HW: (1) Worksheet: Writing An Ad (2) TCAPPW: read pages 28-30
“The Election”; Do questions #42-47 (omit #45); also do questions
#35-40
4/18: TCAP
review
In class: Avis Lab: Foreign Phrases
HW: TCAPPW: read page 45 “Alexander Graham Bell”; Do
questions #67-78
4/19: TCAP
review
In class: Analogies; worksheet on analogies
Do #45 of TCAPPW
HW: TCAPPW: read page 20 “Native American Music”; Do
questions # 26-34
4/20: TCAP
review
In class: Logic-Inductive and Deductive/False Premise
Worksheets on Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
Do TCAPPW #41 and #79
4/23 through
4/26: TCAP testing each day
4/25-4/26:
begin author background information for novel study; define whirligig
4/26: read
Fleischman’s speech
HW: finish reading
Fleischman’s speech; answer questions from worksheet
Pages to review prior to the Placement test: pages 191-212; 234-238/859;
287-301
4/27:
English Placement Test
Discuss author packet (may have to do on Monday)
HW:
Chapter 1 Worksheet: do Part 1 ONLY
4/30:
Discuss vocabulary from chapter one worksheet
Begin reading chapter one of the novel Whirligig
5/1: Finish
reading chapter one
Answer questions
for chapter one from the worksheet: Questions for Chapter One AND answer
questions 2, 3, and 4 from Part Two of the worksheet that was returned to you
today (“Party Time”)
HW: Do
Part One ONLY of the worksheet for Chapter Two “Weeksboro,
Maine”
5/2: Begin
discussion of chapter one
HW: read
chapter two and complete the back of the “Weeksboro,
Maine” worksheet (part two)
5/7:
Discuss figurative language in chapters one and two
HW:
Vocabulary worksheet for “The Afterlife” Part 1 of Chapter
Three: Do Part One (front side)
ONLY!!!!
5/8: DOL #64
Discuss
vocabulary for Chapter 3 Part 1
Pop Quiz:
chapter two
Begin
reading chapter three
HW: Finish
reading Part 1 of chapter three (stops at the break about a third of the way
down page 42)
5/9: no DOL
Discuss
Part 1 of Chapter 3
HW: Do
figurative language section (Part 2 of Chapter 3/Part 1 worksheet) AND complete
the vocabulary section (Part 1) of Chapter 3 Part 2
5/10: DOL
#65
Discuss figurative language from Chapter 3 Part 1
Grade vocabulary
Begin reading Part 2 of chapter 3
HW: Finish reading chapter 3 Part 2 AND answer Chapter 3/Part 2
questions from worksheet (the worksheet has questions for chapter 3/Part 2 and
chapter 4—only do the chapter three questions!!!!)
5/11: DOL
#66
Pop Quiz
Discuss Chapter 3 Part 2
5/14: no DOL
Turn in DOLs #56 through #66
Discuss figurative language in chapter 3
Read chapter Four “Miami, Florida”
HW: Answer questions for chapter four from worksheet you received last
week
Do Part 1 ONLY (vocabulary matching) for chapter five
worksheet
5/15: DOL #
67
Grade vocabulary for Chapter 5
Discuss conflict in chapter 4
Begin reading chapter 5
HW: Finish reading chapter five AND answer the questions on chapter 5
worksheet
5/16: No DOL
Discuss chapter 5
HW: Read chapter 6 “Bellevue, Washington” pages 76-85
As you read, write down the six (6) sentences that Anthony writes as
journal entries
5/17: no DOL
Altered schedule due to TCAP CRA Math Pilot testing
Discuss chapter 6
HW: Define vocabulary for
chapter 7; read chapter 7; Pay attention to the term apprentice. Who is an
apprentice to whom?
5/18: DOL #68
Finish discussing chapter 6; discuss chapter 7
HW: Complete vocabulary for chapter 8; read chapter 8; answer questions
for chapter 8
5/21: DOL
#69
Finish discussing chapter 7; discuss chapter 8
STUDY GUIDES FOR THE FINAL
EXAM AND THE WHIRLIGIG TEST WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TODAY!!!! BEGIN STUDYING!
HW:
Complete vocabulary for chapter 9; read chapter 9
5/22: DOL
#70
Discuss chapter 9
HW:
Study for final exam and test over Whirligig
5/23: wrap
up the novel; address exam questions
HW:
study for final exam and test over Whirligig
Page references for allusions:
Hercules-page 52; Rip Van Winkle-page
93; John Henry-page 82; Cain and Abel-page 88; Arcangelo
Corelli-page 122; Auschwitz-page 104 and 114 (grandmother’s comments);
Robinson Crusoe-page 93
5/24:
English Final Exam; bring a #2 pencil that is NOT a mechanical pencil
5/25: test
over Whirligig
5/28:
holiday/no school
5/29: make
up work due (if applicable)
Distribution of Advanced English summer reading letters to those who
were recommended for Advanced English 8
5/30:
Seventh Grade Awards Assembly
8-10am
5/31:
Evaluation Day
6/1: Last
day of school!
J