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Week of: November 16th

Monday November 16th:  "yeti..." "eeking" + notes + test practice
Tuesday November 17th:  review test practice; final review; spiral clean-up 
Wednesday November 18th:  last day for make-ups; final; bring s.s.r. book; spiral check ; journal check
Thursday November 19th:  return papers; grades
Friday November 20th:  narrative sharing

Week of: November 9th

Monday November 9th:  Three Skeleton Key; suspense focus 
Tuesday November 10th:  Three Skeleton Key; quiz
Wednesday November 11th:  HOLIDAY
Thursday November 12th:  vocabulary in context; notes and practice
Friday November 13th:  grammar day

 
Week of: November 2nd
Monday November 2nd: Vocabulary 5; Show narrative samples
Tuesday November 3rd: Assign narrative; w/ graphic organizer; essay due Monday November 9th
Wednesday November 4th: narrative strategies
Thursday November 5th: writing day
Friday November 6th: vocabulary 5 test; narrative rough draft due; writing day; final draft due monday!





Week of: October 26th

Monday October 26th:  roots/spelling 4; dialogue, punctuation, single+double
Tuesday October 27th:  star samples; identify plot
Wednesday October 28th:  descriptive leads; dialogue and punctuation test
Thursday October 29th:  narrative strategies
Friday October 30th:  roots/spelling 4 test; roots/spell homework due; graphic organizer 


Week of: October 19th: 

Monday October 19th:  Vocabulary #4; summaries; "The Mouse"
Tuesday October 20th:  finish "The Mouse" and summary 
Wednesday October 21st:  chapter 1 plot, character, setting ect. w/ duffy jacket (Summary assigned; due Fri)
Thursday October 22nd:  Duffy's Jacket questions: 1,2,3; foreshadowing 
Friday October 23rd:  Vocabulary #4 test, dialogue practice; single and double quotes. 
                                                                                                                                                                                 
Week of: October 13th: 

Monday October 13th:  holiday no school
Tuesday October 14th:  roots/spelling 3; novel literary elements ie: themes genre setting
Wednesday October 15th:  project due; oral report
Thursday October 16th:  go over literary terms; novel trivia
Friday October 17th:  roots/spelling test; novel test

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Week of: October 5th
Monday October 5th: vocabulary 3 + return papers + "sounds like" exercise
Tuesday October 6th: Nothing but the Truth + Patriotism.
Wednesday October 7th: Yellow journalism + Nothing but the truth + novel should be finished
Thursday October 8th: Nothing but the truth.
Friday October 9th: vocabulary 3 test; homework due; project due wednesday


Week of: September 28th
 
Monday September 28th: spell/roots + nothing but the truth

Tuesday September 29th: Nothing but the truth + response questions

Wednesday September 30th: Nothing but the truth 

Thursday October 1st:  theme/point of view; nothing but...+ nothing but test (character identification and response to literature)

Friday October 2nd:  spelling/ vocabulary test; spelling/vocabulary homework 







Week of:  September 14th
(Keep reading your choice novel)
Monday September 21st:  Vocabulary 2; homework; Nothing But...

Tuesday September 22nd:Dialogue; punctuation; Nothing But

Wednesday September 23rd:  Nothing But...; journal writing; dialogue 

Thursday September 24th:  Nothing But...; group discussion

Friday September 25th:  Vocabulary 2 test; Nothing But...vocabulary paper/ flashcards due 

 
Week of: September 14th

Monday September 14th:  Spelling/roots Lesson 1; National Anthem as played by Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Jimi Hendrix. 
For homework, find 5 facts about the National Anthem and listen to Roseanne Barr's Anthem rendition from the 1990 Padres baseball game.  

Tuesday September 15th:  Patriotism Discussion; Begin Nothing but the Truth; Assign book project; Return papers

Wednesday September 16th:  Nothing but the Truth

Thursday September 17th:  Nothing But...; check novel choice

Friday September 18th:  Spell/roots test; Spell/roots homework due. Plus Nothing But the Truth

Wednesday October 7th-book must be finished
Wednesday October 14th-due!! 
 
 

Week of: September 7th

Monday September 7th:  Labor day holiday (no school)

Tuesday September 8th:  finish "The Sword in the Stone"; questions 1-9

Wednesday September 9th:  parts of speech TEST; practice vocabulary one          

 Thursday September 10th:  vocabulary test 1; flash-cards due; "Merlin and the Dragon"                    

Friday September 11th:  spotlight;"Merlin and the Dragons"; "Merlin and the Dragon" TEST

 Week of: August 31st 

Monday August 31st:  Planner and binder set-up

Tuesday September 1st:  Journal intro; Vocabulary Unit 1; finish "Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady"
 
Wednesday September 2nd:  Stress marks and parts of speech review, with PowerPoint
  
Thursday September 3rd:  Parts of Speech exercise. King Arthur/legend notes; Start "The Sword in the Stone"

Friday September 4th:  Vocabulary Unit 1 worksheet due - to be corrected in class. Continue with "The Sword in the Stone"

Parts of Speech Quiz Wednesday 
Vocab #1 test Thursday
 
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