Schedule for End-of-the-Year Activities:
SCHEDULE for the last 7 days of school:
Monday, May 13
FINALS - DAY 1 (Language Arts OR Math)
Tuesday, May 14
FINALS - DAY 2 (Language Arts OR Math)
Wednesday, May 15
FINALS - DAY 3 (Social Studies OR Science)
Promotion Practice
Thursday, May 16
FINALS - DAY 4 (Social Studies OR Science)
Promotion Practice
Friday, May 17
Promotion Practice
8th Grade Picnic/Carnival
Yearbook Distribution and Signing
(8th Grade Dance in Evening)
Monday, May 20
Disneyland
Tuesday, May 21
Promotion
Important Information:
* All students in Bjelland and Arellano are expected to donate a dozen
cookies for Friday's dance. Cookies may be dropped off in the office or
brought to the homeroom class by Friday.
*All library business needs to be taken care of by Thursday. Students with
outstanding books/fines will not be allowed to participate in activities
starting on Friday.
*Finals will NOT be returned to students. Grades for finals may be viewed on
ESPRI each afternoon.
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Classwork:
LA:
Green Group: Work on Language Arts Study Guide
Blue Group: Complete your "Stop the Sun" poster. Work on LA Study Guide.
SS:
16-3 presentations were completed. Students were assigned to complete the 16-3
handout and begin the Social Studies final study guide.
Homework:
LA: Both groups: Complete Language Arts study guide.
SS: Final exam study guide due at the end of class on Wednesday.
Bring textbooks to school tomorrow to return.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Classwork:
LA: ***Extra Credit Opportunity*** Students who attend the chorus spring
concert, tomorrow night (May 8) at 6:30 p.m. in the MPR will receive a 100
percent QUIZ grade in Language Arts. Students must sign in at the door to
receive the extra credit.
Green group: Completed "Stop the Sun" posters in class.
Blue group: Read intro to the play version of the Diary of Anne Frank. Video
on background for World War II.
SS: Students had the entire class time to work on the SS study guide.
Homework:
LA: Study for Language Arts final.
SS: Work on study guide using the online textbook.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Continue Anne Frank play
SS: Time to finish Social Studies study guide. Demonstration of the on-line
textbook and passwords re-given.
Homework:
Complete your study guide using the on-line textbook if you didn't finish.
Most students have already turned this in.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Continue with Anne Frank play.
SS: Social Studies review games.
Homework:
Study for finals! They next week!
Friday, May 10, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Continue with Anne Frank play.
SS: Social Studies review games.
Homework:
Study for finals! They next week!
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Monday, April 29, 2013 - Minimum Day
Classwork:
LA: Correct grammar. Begin reading "Stop the Sun," pg. 103 in the literature
book.
SS: Work on 15-16 group project.
Homework:
LA: Both groups - Greek/Latin practice test due tomorrow.
Green group: Finish reading "Stop the Sun." Grammar pages 605/607.
Blue group: Complete plot chart for "Stop the Sun." Grammar - Complete
packet. You will have the grammar test on Wednesday, May 1.
SS: Complete your part of your presentation. Rehearse your part at home.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Classwork:
LA:
Green group: Correct grammar and Greek/Latin practice test. Finish listening
to "Stop the Sun" and complete the plot chart. Begin a rough draft of your
poster plot chart.
Blue group: Correct Greek/Latin practice test. Review "Stop the Sun."
Students began their poster of the plot chart.
SS: Last day to practice group projects.
Homework:
LA:
Blue: Study for tomorrow's grammar test. Study Greek/Latin roots for Friday's
test.
Green: Complete grammar packet. Start studying for Grammar test, which will
be Thursday. Study for Friday's big Greek/Latin test.
SS: Complete all preparations for project preparations.
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Star Testing Today
Classwork:
LA:Decorate color ode.
SS: Social Studies review games.
Homework:
LA: Study Greek/Latin roots!
SS: Review Social Studies items for state testing.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Star Testing Today
Classwork:
LA: Correct grammar homework from last week and highlight today's notes.
Browse through literature book and decide on story or poem for Open House
triorama.
SS: Assign Ch. 15-16 project. Get in groups and read assigned section.
Homework:
LA:
Study Greek/Latin roots. Come to school tomorrow prepared with the LA story
or poem you plan on basing your triorama on.
SS:
Come to school tomorrow prepared with your chapter section read and notes
taken.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Star Testing Today
Classwork:
LA:
Blue: Correct grammar homework from last night. Work on trioramas for open
house.
Green: Work on trioramas for open house.
SS: Students worked in groups on their 15-16 projects.
Homework:
LA: Study Greek/Latin roots
Blue: Grammar pages 601/603
SS: Continue with your assignments for the 15-16 project.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Last day of Star Testing!!
Classwork:
LA: Work on trioramas for open house.
SS: Students worked in groups on their Ch. 15-16 projects.
Homework:
Tomorrow is the last day to turn in any extra credit except for field trips,
which are due on Monday, April 29th.
LA: Study for tomorrow's Greek/Latin quiz and begin to study for the final
test, scheduled for Friday, May 3, 2013.
SS: Work on Ch. 15-16 project.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Greek/Latin week 28 quiz given. Correct grammar. Chapter 1-28 practice
test given. Finish
triorama.
SS: Work on Ch. 15-16 project
Homework:
LA: Study Greek/Latin roots for the final exam.
Grammar: Blue group: pgs. 605/607. Green group: pgs. 601/603.
SS: Be sure you are up to date for your Ch. 15-16 project items.
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Star Testing Today
Classwork:
LA: Color poem assignment given.
SS: Notes on Amendments 13-15. Time to begin Cornell notes.
Homework:
LA: Complete color observation chart.
SS: Complete Cornell notes 14-4, 1-18.
Tuesday, April 15, 2013
Star Testing Today
Classwork:
LA: Grammar notes on Punctuation - periods. Hand back and review Ch. 5
Mastery Test. Discuss Color Ode assignment.
SS: Notes on post-Civil War legislation. Time to work on 14-4 Cornell notes.
Homework:
LA: Grammar pages 571/573. Rough draft of Color Ode due tomorrow.
SS: Complete Ch. 14-4 Cornell notes. Finish post-Civil War chart if you have
not already. Begin review for open-note test.
Wednesday, April 16, 2013
Star Testing Today
Classwork:
LA:
Review answers to grammar homework. Highlight next page of grammar notes.
Peer editing activity with Color Ode. Instructions for final copy of poem
given.
SS: Time in class to work on Guided Reading 14-1 to 14-4.
Homework:
LA: Grammar pages 577/579. Color Ode assignment due Friday. Follow
instructions!
SS: Complete Guided Reading 14-1 to 14-4. Organize and highlight notes for
Friday's open-note Ch. 13-14 test.
Thursday, April 17, 2013
Star Testing Today
Classwork:
LA:
Review answers to grammar homework. Highlight next pages of grammar notes.
Went over a sample poem with the class for tomorrow's assignment.
SS: Powerpoint on Emancipation Proclamation. Review of tomorrow's test
questions.
Homework:
LA: Study for G/L week 27 quiz. Grammar pages 585/587/589. Color ode due
tomorrow. Chapter 5 Mastery Test first aid due tomorrow.
SS: Organize, highlight, and study all notes for Ch. 13-14 test tomorrow.
Friday, April 18, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Greek/Latin quiz week 27. Received and brainstormed week 28 roots. Week
28 quiz is next Friday. Final 1-28 quiz is Wednesday, May 1.
SS: Civil War and Reconstruction test given.
Homework:
LA: Study G/L roots. Bring items from home you might want to decorate your
poem with on Monday.
SS: Work on extra credit items. Work on Extra Credit. All Extra Credit items
are due next Friday, April 26, with the exception of the field trip items,
which are due on Monday, April 29.
**Reminder** CST tutoring and breakfast in my room next Monday and Tuesday at
7:15 a.m.
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Monday, April 8, 2013 - Minimum Day
Classwork:
LA: Grammar notes. Begin Prep to Read for "O Captain!" pg. 632
SS: 30 minutes to work on Cornell notes 13-5
Homework:
LA: Study Greek/Latin roots and poetry terms.
Green - Grammar pages 521/523/527/529/531
Blue - Grammar pages 533-539
SS: Complete Cornell notes 13-5
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Correct grammar and answer questions. Read and analyze "O Captain!" page
634.
SS: Civil War video and notes, Part II, day 1.
Homework:
LA:
Complete Poetry analysis for "O Captain!"
Green: Complete grammar review, pages 533-539.
SS:
Guided Reading 13-5. Gettysburg address handout.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Classwork:
LA: LA test prep. Prep to Read for "I Hear America Singing/I Too." Read and
discuss poems.
SS: Complete Civil War video Part II day 2. Begin 14-1 Cornell notes.
Homework:
LA: Study for tomorrow's Grammar test. Literature questions pg. 642, 1-8.
SS: Cornell notes 14-1.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Literature quiz: Grasshopper/Thanks/O Captain/America. Grammar test on
pronouns. Time in class to complete the Ch. 5 study guide. Language Arts test
prep.
SS: Discussion of Reconstruction. Begin Post-Civil War legislation chart.
Video and quiz on U.S. after 1860.
Homework:
LA: Study for G/L quiz. Study for Ch. 5 Mastery test. Complete Ch. 5 study
guide if you did not.
SS: 14-2 Cornell notes.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Greek/Latin week 26 quiz. Week 27 roots given. Chapter 5 Poetry Mastery
Test given.
SS: Video and quiz on Reconstruction. Time to begin 14-3 Cornell notes.
Homework:
LA: Study Greek/Latin roots. Bring a book to read for after testing next week.
SS: 14-3 Cornell notes.
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Monday, April 1, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Both groups: Correct warm-up: FOS 46-48. Read and analyze "Beowulf."
Reread and summarize as a class. Answer literature questions in class.
SS: Chapter 12 multiple choice test given. 25-30 minutes given to work on
Cornell notes 13-1.
Homework:
LA:
Both groups: Focus on Standards pgs. 102-106. This is NOT tomorrow's warm-up.
Grammar pages 491-493.
Green group: Vocab handout also.
SS: Complete 13-1 Cornell. Do GR 13-1.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Correct FOS 52-56 and 102-106. Correct grammar homework. Grammar notes.
Read and study "Casey At the Bat." Class discussion and literary analysis.
SS: Review Ch. 12 multiple choice test. 13-1 notes.
Homework:
LA: Grammar page 499. Complete poetry analysis.
SS: Cornell notes 13-2
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Correct FOS 25-29. Correct grammar. Grammar notes. Quiz on Beowulf and
Casey at the Bat. Prep to Read for "Grasshopper and Cricket." Begin literary
analysis.
SS: White board review questions on sections 1 & 2. Video on the Life of
Abraham Lincoln. Time to begin 13-3 Cornell notes.
Homework:
LA: Blue - complete poetry analysis. Green - complete the front side of
poetry analysis.
Both groups: Grammar pages 503/505/509. Study G/L roots.
SS: Complete Cornell 13-3.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Correct FOS 30-34. Correct grammar. Grammar notes. Prep to Read for "Ode
to Thanks." Read/listen to/discuss poem. Begin poetry analysis.
SS: Video - Civil War 1861-1862. Notes/questions as the video progresses.
Homework:
LA: Study for tomorrow's Greek/Latin quiz. Grammar pg. 513. Complete poetry
analysis for "Ode to Thanks."
SS: 13-4 Cornell notes.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Turn in warm-up scores. Correct grammar homework. Grammar notes.
Greek/Latin quiz #25 taken. Receive and brainstorm G/L week 26 roots.
SS: Complete Civil War 1861-62 video and notes. Begin Guided Reading 13-2, 13-
3, and 13-4.
Homework:
LA:
Study Greek/Latin and poetry terms.
SS: Complete any of the guided readings that you didn't finish in class
today. (13-2, 13-3, 13-4).
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Monday, March 25, 2013 - No School - Furlough Day
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Classwork:
LA: FOS 91-92. Pronoun notes. Prep to Read: Barbara Frietchie, pg. 189.
Read/analyze poem.
SS: 12-4 open note quiz. Time to Complete 12-5 Cornell notes.
Homework:
LA: Grammar pages 477/479. Vocab handout, parts 2 & 3. Literature questions,
pg. 194, 1-9.
SS: Complete Cornell notes. Work on Road Map to Civil War.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Classwork:
LA: FOS 93-95. Pronoun Notes.
Blue group:Prep to Read: My Mother Pieced Quilts/Sweater,
pg. 498. Read and begin poetry analysis.
Green group: Discuss "Barbara Frietchie" and work on Poetry Analysis.
Begin "Prep to Read for "My Mother Pieced Quilts/Sweater."
SS: 12-5 Class notes. Complete 12-5 guided reading. Use balance of the time
for Road Map.
Homework:
LA: Both groups: Grammar pages 481/485.
Blue group: Complete poetry analysis hand out for "Quilts." Reread both poems.
Green group: Finish poetry analysis for "Barbara Frietchie." Do Prep to Read
for "My Mother Pieced Quilts/Sweater" beginning on pg. 498.
SS: Complete 12-5 G.R. Work on Road Map and Study Guide.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Classwork:
LA: FOS 96-98.
Blue group: Review poetry analysis for "Quilts." Do Prep to Read: A Word is
Dead/ The Word, pg. 508.
Green group: Work on poetry analysis for "Quilts." Begin literature questions
SS: 12-5 open note quiz. Video and quiz, "Causes of the Civil War." Time to
work on Road Map or study guide.
Homework:
LA:
Both groups:Grammar pages 487/489. Study for tomorrow's Greek/Latin quiz.
Green: Complete poetry analysis. Literature questions pg. 512: 1, 3-10.
Blue: Complete poetry analysis.
SS: Study Guide, and Road Map, all due Monday.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Poetry quiz; Greek/Latin week 24 quiz. Week 25 roots brainstormed.
Week 25 roots: surg, surrect - rise
grad, gress - to step
plor - to cry out
mania - intense craving
dorm - sleep
SS: Chapter 12 review game. Time to work on Road Map and/or ask questions.
Homework:
LA: Study poetry terms and Greek/Latin roots.
SS: Chapter 12 test, essay question, study guide, and Road Map to Civil War
due Monday.
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Classwork:
LA: - both groups: Correct Focus on Standards, pgs. 79-81.
Blue group: Turn in Thursday's poetry analysis. Poetry quiz on
Valentine/Birdfoot. Prep to read for "Cremation of Sam McGee/Dying Cowboy."
(What do you think question: "Discuss a modern day ballad you know." Hint -
any song that tells a story with a refrain." Students read "Cremation of Sam
McGee twice. Listened to the poem aloud in class. Began poetry analysis page.
Green group: Read and discuss "Birdfoot's Grandpa."
SS: - 12-2 open note quiz. Extra credit handout given. Questions taken on
Road Map project. Time to complete Cornell 12-3.
Homework:
LA: Tomorrow's warm-up: FOS 82-84.
Blue group: Complete poetry analysis on "Cremation of Sam McGee."
Green group: Complete Birdfoot poetry elements including retelling the 3
stanzas. Do letters A and B on pg. 587.
SS: Complete Cornell 12-3. Work on Road Map to Civil War. Stops 1-6, fully
completed, are due on Friday.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Benchmark testing today.
Classwork:
LA- Both groups: Correct Focus on Standards, pgs. 82-84.
Blue group: Go over the answers to yesterday's literary analysis
on "Cremation of Sam McGee." Read "Dying Cowboy" and begin analysis.
Green group: Quiz on Valentine for Ernest Mann/Birdfoot's Grandpa. Begin prep
to read for "Cremation of Sam McGee/Dying Cowboy."
SS - 12-3 class notes. Work time for Road Map to Civil War.
Homework:
LA:
Blue group: Complete "Dying Cowboy" analysis.
Green group: Complete "Prep to Read" for Cremation/Cowboy.
Study for G/L quiz. Study for poetry notes quiz. Both are Thursday.
12-3 G.R. Work on Road to Civil War map stops 5 and 6. Road Map Stops 1-6 are
to be completed by Friday, 3/15.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
Benchmark testing today.
Classwork:
LA: Both groups: Correct Focus on Standards, pgs. 85-87.
Read and began analysi of "The Dying Cowboy."
SS: 12-3 open note quiz. Balance of the time for 12-4 Cornell notes.
Homework:
LA: Study for Greek/Latin week 23 quiz and poetry quiz.
Blue group: Complete poetry analysis handout.
Green group: Reread the poem and look for poetic elements. We will finish
together in class tomorrow.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Both groups: Corrected Focus on Standards 88-90. Turned in warm-up scores
for the week. Received and brainstormed Greek/Latin week 24 roots. Took G/L
week 23 quiz and poetry quiz.
Green group: Completed analysis of "The Dying Cowboy."
SS: 12-4 notes. Time to begin GR 12-4. Balance of class time used to work on
Road Map to Civil War.
Homework:
LA:
Study Greek/Latin and poetry terms.
SS: Complete 12-4 GR if you did not in class. Work on "Road Map to the Civil
War." Completed map, stops 1-6, due by the end of class tomorrow.
Friday, March 15, 2013 - Minimum Day
Classwork:
Each class had one hour to work on their "Road Map to the Civil War."
Homework: The rest of the road map will be completed the week after spring
break. 12-4 open note quiz will be given on Tuesday, March 26, the day
students get back.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Correct Focus on Standards 63-65.
Green group: Begin poetry notes.
Blue group: Completed poetry notes.
SS: Ch. 11 test given. Time to begin Cornell notes 12-1.
Homework:
LA: Both groups: Study Greek/Latin roots. Quiz will be Thursday. Focus on
Standards pgs. 70-72.
Blue: Complete literary focus handouts pgs. 3-5.
SS: Complete 12-1 Cornell notes.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Testing Schedule: Writing assessment given to both classes today.
Classwork:
LA: Correct Focus on Standards 70-72.
Green group: Continue poetry notes.
Blue group: Complete "The Riding Lesson" and "Introduction to Poetry."
SS: 12-1 notes. "Road Map to Civil War" project assigned. Instructions given
for synopsis on slavery.
Homework:
LA: Green Group: Literary Focus page 3.
Both groups: Study Greek/Latin roots!
SS: 12-1 open-note quiz tomorrow. 12-1 Guided Reading. Write a 3-4 line
synopsis of slavery in the South for your project.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Both groups: Correct Focus on Standards 73-75.
Green group: Read and analyze poetry reading models: "The Riding Lesson"
and "Introduction to Poetry."
Blue Group: Prep to Reada for "Valentine for Ernest Mann" and "Birdfoot's
Grandpa." As a class, read, analyze, and discuss "Valentine for Ernest Mann."
Begin literature questions.
SS: 12-1 open-note quiz. Review of what's expected in the Civil War project.
Review of slavery synopsis. Hand out map. Time to work on Cornell notes.
Homework:
LA: Both groups: Study Greek/Latin roots for tomorrow's quiz.
Green group: Complete pages 4 and 5 of Ch. 5 Literary Focus.
Blue group: Complete "Ernest Mann" questions.
SS: Finish Cornell notes 12-2. Revise slavery synopsis for your Road Map.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Both groups: Correct FOS 76-78. Give Greek/Latin quiz week 22. Receive
and brainstorm roots for week 23.
Blue group: Read and analyze "Birdfoot's Grandpa."
Green group: Read and analyze "Valentine for Ernest Mann."
SS: 12-2 notes. Explanation for stops 2, 3, and 4 of Road to Civil War map
project. Time to work in class.
Homework:
LA: Study Greek/Latin roots.
Blue: Reread Birdfoot and Valentine: quiz on Monday.
Green: Complete retell and do Valentine questions.
SS: Quiz on 12-2 Monday. Guided reading 12-2. Work on stops 2, 3, and 4 on
road map.
Friday, March 8, 2013
NO SCHOOL - FURLOUGH DAY
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Monday, February 25, 2013 - Minimum Day
Classwork:
LA:
Both groups: Warm-up - Focus on Standards pgs. 40-42.
Blue group: Correct and turn in scores for FOS pgs. 21-34 and 40-42. Correct
and turn in grammar handouts from last week. Grammar notes. Begin prep to
read for "Guide to Computers."
Green group: Correct warm-up and also FOS 16-20 and 21-24. Turn in scores.
Begin prep to read for "Guide to Computers.
SS: 11-3 open-note quiz. Short video on the gold rush. Time to begin 11-4
Cornell notes.
Homework:
LA: Blue group: Grammar pages 435/437. Finish Prep to read. Vocab handout.
Green group: Finish prep to read and vocab handouts. Make sure last week's
grammar is complete - we will correct tomorrow.
SS: 11-3 Cornell notes.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Correct warm-up (Focus on Standards 43-45). Correct and hand in grammar.
Green group: Grammar notes on double negatives. Read and review "Guide to
Computers," literature book pgs. 708-714. Begin homework questions.
Blue group: Analyze "Guide to Computers" documents in small groups. Begin
literature questions.
SS: 11-4 class notes. Work on Territorial Expansion map.
Homework:
LA: Warm-up for tomorrow (both groups): FOS 49-51.
Green group: Grammar pages 435/437/439/441. Complete literature questions
pgs. 708-714, A-G and pg. 715, 1-7.
Blue group: Grammar pages 439/441/443/445/447. Complete same literature
questions as green group.
SS: 11-4 Guided reading. Work on study guide.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Both classes: Correct warm-up (FOS 49-51). Correct and turn in grammar
homework. Take "Guide to Computers" quiz.
Blue group: Begin Ch. 6 Study Guide and vocabulary review handout.
Green group: Did grammar review page 443 together in class. Begin Ch. 6 Study
Guide.
SS: 11-4 open note quiz. Work on Territorial Expansion Map.
Homework:
LA:
Green group: Grammar pages 445/447. Chapter 6 study guide. Vocab review
handout page 24. Study for Ch. 6 Mastery Test
Blue group: Complete Ch. 6 study guide and Vocab review handout pgs. 24-26.
SS:
Work on Ch. 11 Study Guide, due Monday.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Chapter 6 Mastery Test given.
SS: 11-4 Essay question discussed. 30 minutes to work on Map project.
Homework:
LA: Study for Greek/Latin and Grammar tests. Complete Focus on Standards pgs.
35-39.
SS: Essay question and study guide due Monday. Vocabulary handout due
tomorrow. Complete your map project by Monday if you did not finish in class
today.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Correct FOS 35-39 and turn in. Receive G/L roots for week 22 and
brainstorm words. Greek/Latin quiz week 21 and Grammar test given.
SS: Review video and quiz on Chapter 11. Students had the balance of the time
to work on various items for the chapter. A review sheet was offered for no
credit - fewer than half the students took advantage of this opportunity.
Homework:
LA: Study Greek/Latin roots
SS: Chapter 11 Territorial Expansion map, essay question, and study guide are
due on Monday.
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Monday, February 18, 2013 - NO SCHOOL - President's Day
Tuesday, Feburary 19, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Correct today's warm-up. Grammar notes. Prep to Read for WarpSpeed
Net/Sweet Player documents.
Green group: Read through all documents and answer questions. Complete
classwork analysis of documents.
Blue group: Begin analysis of WarpSpeed documents.
SS: 11-1 open-note quiz. Video clip on Westward Expansion. Time to begin 11-2
Cornell notes.
Homework:
LA: Study Greek/Latin roots. Grammar pages 411/415. Vocab handout.
Green: Do Literature questions pgs. 694-698, A-G, and 699, 1-6.
Blue: Be sure you have finished Prep to Read and that you have read all
documents.
SS: 11-2 Cornell notes.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Correct today's warm-up. Correct and turn in grammar. Grammar notes.
Blue group: Finish going over WarpSpeed docs. Begin Sweetplayer docs.
Green group: Go over Sweetplayer docs.
SS: 11-2 notes. Texas independence in class activity.
Homework:
LA: Study for Friday's 1-20 cum G/L test. Grammar pages 419/421/423.
Literature questions Pgs. 700-704, A-G, and pg. 705 1-6.
SS: Finish Texas independence activity if you didn't. Guided reading 11-2.
Begin study guide. 11-2 quiz tomorrow.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Correct warm-up. Correct grammar homework. Grammar notes. Review Language
Arts selections for the week. Play Greek/Latin review game.
SS: Manifest Destiny video and questions. 11-2 open note quiz. Time to work
on 11-3 Cornell notes.
Homework:
LA: Study for tomorrow's big Greek/Latin 1-20 cumulative test. Reread
literature selections for quiz. Grammar pages 427/429/431.
SS: 11-3 Cornell notes.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Classwork:
LA: Correct and turn in warm-up. Take SweetPlayer/WarpSpeed quiz. Take
Greek/Latin cumulative 1-20 test. Received and brainstormed week 21 roots.
Some students began the Focus on Standards pages.
SS: 11-3 notes. Mexican War video and quiz.
Homework:
LA: Complete Focus on Standards pages 21-24.
SS: Guided reading 11-3.