Thursday, November 19, 2009
Spelling Unit 9 Workbook and Test tomorrow
Book Reports (only 1 per trimester this time) due tomorrow
The class is working on a Literary Analysis activity that takes two days to
complete. IMPORTANT...I HAVE DOWNLOADED "A DAY'S WAIT" UNDER PHOTOS/DOCS so
that you can work on this open book test/activity at home. You are only
responsible for questions 1-3
There will be no homework assigned over the Thanksgiving holiday.
KEEP THOSE READING LOGS CURRENT.
Happy Thanksgiving :)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Complete reading "A Day's Wait", pp. 74-76. Read carefully; we will have a
quiz on this selection tomorrow.
Review and Assess p. 76, question #1. Make sure that your answer is written
in paragraph form. Remember the great hamburger...opening statement, detail,
detail, detail, closing. Your paragraph should be 6-9 sentences.
Be able to discuss question #4 in detail.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
We just covered background information for the next story today. No homework
Book Reports are due by Friday. Make sure your READING LOG is kept up. It
will be due Tuesday, December 1st.
Spelling Test and Workbook, Unit 11, Friday
Monday, November 16, 2009
Spelling - Unit 11 Pretest. Write missed words 3 times, have a parent sign
Book Reports are due by Friday. Make sure your READING LOG is kept up. It
will be due Tuesday, December 1st.
Selection Support Workbook: p. 26 Vocabulary, p. 27 Spelling
Friday, November 13, 2009
Homework Free Weekend! We took the "Beowulf" final test today, packets were
handed in, and spelling tests graded.
DON'T FORGET TO READ FOR YOUR READING LOG. It will be due Monday, December
1st. A book report for this grading period will be due no later than November
21st. No Mercy!!! :)
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Spelling Test and Workbook - Unit 10 Friday
"Beowulf" Final Test - Friday
"Beowulf" Packet - due Friday
This seems like a lot of information is due on Friday, but remember, ample
time has been given to you in class to complete your packet. For the test,
you will need to know the five elements of an epic poem, Beowulf's three major
opponents, be able to identify who Aschere was and what happened to him, and
why Beowulf was so upset after he killed the Firedrake (hint-there is more
than one reason).
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The "Beowulf" packet is due on Friday. Make sure that it is neat.
"Beowulf" Final Test - Friday
Spelling Unit 10 and Workbook due Friday
Monday, November 9, 2009
Spelling Prestest - Unit 10 (corrected and signed)
Complete the "Beowulf" packet. The packet is due on Friday
"Beowulf" final Friday
If anyone was absent and needs to catch up, please see me to get a book.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Spelling Test - Unit 9 and Workbook due Friday
Activities 3-6 due tomorrow
**CONTINUE THINKING ABOUT YOUR DEBATE ARGUMENTS AND REBUTTALS. Debate on
Friday after the spelling test.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Happy November!!!
Spelling Pretest - Unit 9. Make corrections and get a parent signature.
Write each missed word 3 times.
"Beowulf" packet. Your vocabulary should be finished. We worked on this in
class. Complete Activities 3-6. Please note that Activity 6 is actually
labeled Activity 7, but it is the activity that has you write Grendel's last
words.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
October Reading Log is due on Friday - No Mercy
Spelling Workbook and Test - Unit 8 Friday
Work on your Dark Ages Chronicle. Bring it to class tomorrow so that you can
peer edit and get any needed help from me.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
October Reading Log is due on Friday - No Mercy
Spelling Workbook and Test - Unit 8 Friday
Writing: Dark Ages Chronicle. Write an eyewitness account from the first
person point of view. Assume that you are a reporter from the nearby village
who comes to hall Heorot the day after Grendel has killed the warriors in the
hall. Interview servants, the king, Hrothgar, his wife, Wealhtheow, Unferth,
etc. Make sure to end your article with a call to action, or reminding people
of the village to be watchful for the menace that is Grendel.
This is due Friday.
Friday, October 23, 2009
The October Reading Log is due next Friday. Remember, No Mercy!
Begin thinking about how you will write an eyewitness account of the attack on
hall Heorot. You can refer to an interview with King Hrothgar and Queen
Wealhtheow, Unferth, or even make up names of servants. You will write this
next week.
Have a good weekend.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
1.) Spelling workbook and test Friday
2.) "Beowulf" packet VOCABULARY-chpts 4-6 due Thursday
Map Activity due Thursday
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
1.) Spelling Test - Unit 7, and Workbook due Friday
2.) Your Descriptive Paragraph is due in final form tomorrow. Attach it to
the front of your drafts. This should be typed (Times New Roman, Font Size
12, Double Spaced) or neatly written in blue or black ink, also double spaced.
3.) "Beowulf" packet: Vocabulary, Chapters 4-6 and MAP ACTIVITY due on
Thursday. The map must be neatly drawn (or traced) and labeled correctly.
Monday, October 19, 2009
1.) Spelling Pretest, Unit 7. Make corrections and get your parent's signature
2.) Review your descriptive paragraph. Today you underlined the key idea(s)
in your topic sentence. Now go through each sentence and lightly draw a line
from those sentences up to the key ideas.
3.) "Beowulf" Packet. If you need to download it, please do so. Tonight
complete the bullet points for the background information. Then complete the
vocabulary terms, chapters 1-3 (after the map activity page).
I will begin reading "Beowulf" tomorrow in class.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Write out your topic sentence for the description of a place in or around your
house. Remember that a topic sentence is a general statement that introduces
a paragraph. Try to make it interesting, but do not pack all of the good
information into the first sentence. Circle your main idea, or key concepts.
Complete writing your paragraph, making sure that each of the sentences that
are in the body of your paragraph directly relate to the main idea.
Keep trying to sell Raffle Tickets for the Halloween Carnival.
Do not forget to bring back the signed yellow copy of your Progress Report.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Study words for Friday Spelling
Create a word bank with POWER WORDS that you can use to describe a small area
in your house. You will be writing a paragraph where you describe, in vivid
detail, something in your house so that the reader can "see" it through your
words.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Finish reading "The Third Level" in the textbook, pp. 64-68. Look at the
Review and Assess questions on p. 68 and be able to discuss them in depth.
Complete Selection Support Workbook, pp. 56 (Vocabulary) and 57 (Spelling). I
will check to see that you have completed these pages neatly.
Friday, October 9, 2009
I was in a training session today. The substitute teacher assigned homework
based on the amount of time that it took to get through the lesson I left.
Here is my gift to you. You will not be responsible for homework tonight.
Have a good weekend.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Complete your Spelling Workbook - Unit 5
Spelling Test tomorrow
REMEMBER, I will not be in class tomorrow. I will be on campus at a training
session, but you will have a substitute. I expect that all students will be
on their best behavior. Thank you,
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Unit 5 Workbook and Spelling Test Friday
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
1.) Spellling Workbook and Unit 5 due Friday
2.) Complete reading "My Furthest Back Person" in the text, pp. 46-54. Be
ready to discuss the Review and Assess Questions.
3.) Bring your Compare and Contrast paragraph ( with ALL of the papers that
you have written along the way). Staple it to the front of these pages.
Monday, October 5, 2009
1.) Spelling Pretest for Unit 5. Make corrections and get a parent signature
2.) Using the ideas we have been discussing about "building a better burger,"
revise ONE of your compare and contrast paragraphs. Remember that your
paragraph needs to have a topic sentence. All of the details add to the
flavor of your paragraph. A concluding sentence wraps up the idea. Check
Photos/Docs for "Build a Better Paragraph" for ideas.
3.) Remember to log your reading on your Reading Log. I will be checking
them during the month.
Friday, October 2, 2009
The only homework this weekend is to make sure that the reading log has been
downloaded. All reading must be logged in. I will be collecting the reading
logs periodically during the month. Points will be awarded accordingly.
Next week we will "perfect" those compare and contrast composition. They must
be brought back and forth to class so that we can work on them.
Have a good weekend.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
1.) Spelling Workbook - Unit 4, Due Friday
2.) Spelling Test - Unit 4 Friday
3.) Write out two specific sentences that indicate how you will improve your
writing. We will continue to work on the compare and contrast composition.
4.) Download the Monthly Reading Log found in the Photos/Doc section of this
website. This will be collected periodically throughout the month of October
so monitor progress. Please ask me about any books that you are reading to
make sure that they will be accepted. This is very much an honor system, but
parents should be aware of nightly reading. Parents will sign that their
students have been reading.
YOU WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR READING "My Furthest Back Person"
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 (oops...yesterday was the 29th)
1.) Spelling Workbook - Unit 4, Due Friday
2.) Spelling Test - Unit 4 Friday
Students will once again revise their compare and contrast composition.
Tonight all anyone has to do is look over my red pen marks. Do not revise
tonight.
Tuesday, September 28, 2009
1.) Spelling Pretest - Unit 4 (Correct it and have it signed)
2.) Spelling Workbook - Unit 4, Due Friday
3.) Spelling Test - Unit 4 Friday
4.) Selection Support Workbook, p. 16 (Vocabulary) and p. 17 (Build Spelling
Skills)
Friday, September 25, 2009
Most students elected to keep their Compare and Contrast composition and work
on revising them. DON'T FORGET TO BRING THEM ON TUESDAY.
Have a good long weekend
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Your spelling workbook, Unit 3, is due tomorrow. Make sure that all sections
are complete and neat.
The spelling test will be given tomorrow.
Compare and Contrast composition:
We spent class time to edit your compare and contrast paper. Each student
was given a rubric that stated what will be graded. These compositions may be
handed in tomorrow. As an option, all students may take the extra time on the
weekend to complete their work. Be careful about this, though. It is a long
weekend, and any work submitted after Tuesday will not be accepted. REMEMBER
TO ATTACH YOUR RUBRIC BEFORE HANDING IN YOUR FINAL (along with the prewrites
and draft(s).)
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Workbook Unit 3 and Spelling Test - Friday
COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY: Thoroughly read the directions for writing a
compare and contrast essay on p. 43 in your literature text. For the
prewriting section, prepare a Venn Diagram and complete it. Then write your
draft. Make sure that it is complete and detailed. Bring this to class
tomorrow for peer editing and working with me. You will be given a rubric
tomorrow so that you know exactly what you will be graded on.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Workbook Unit 3 and Spelling Test - Friday
Reread the two poems on pp. 38 and 39 in your text. Answer question #1 in
Review and Assess, p. 39. Your response to literature must be in a complete
paragraph. Check your paragraph for complete sentences, correct punctuation
(watch those commas), and plenty of supporting detail. Check for spelling and
interesting vocabulary choices.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Spelling Pretest - Unit 3
Students correct their work. Have a parent sign
Workbook Unit 3 and Spelling Test - Friday
Selection Support Workbook:
p. 11 - Vocabulary
p. 12 - Build Spelling Skills
Write down an analogy about yourself.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Happy Friday! I would like to thank all of you who were able to attend the
Back to School Night last night. For those of you who were unable to attend,
just email any questions or comments.
Homework: There is no homework unless you need to hand in your First Person
Narrative. That will be due on Monday.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
BACK TO SCHOOL night - Minimum Day
1.) Spelling Workbook due Friday
2.) Spelling Test - Friday
3.) Hand in your First Person Narrative. If typed, make sure that you use
Times New Roman, font size 12, and that it is double spaced.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
1.) Spelling Workbook due Friday
2.) Spelling Test - Friday
3.) Do the Prewrite and Drafting assignment on p. 31 in your literature text.
Take an event from the story we read. Write a paragraph, but instead of
writing it from the point of view of the daughter, retell the same incident as
if the mother was the narrator. Be sure to use rules of dialogue, and try to
make the mother's exact words sound like they do in the story.
We will go over your paragraphs in class tomorrow.
REMEMBER TO GET YOUR BOOK REVIEW IN BY FRIDAY IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
1.) Spelling Workbook due Friday
2.) Spelling Test - Friday
3.) Complete reading "Two Kinds", pp. 14-28 in literature text. Be prepared
to discuss the Review and Assess questions p. 28
4.) Summer Reading due Friday
Monday, September 14, 2009
1.) Spelling Pretest - Unit 2
You need to have a parent give you the words. You need to correct
it right away and then have the parent sign the pretest. DUE TUESDAY
2.) Selection Support Workbook - p. 6 Vocabulary, p. 7 Building Spelling
Skills. Make sure that the work is neat. You will not get credit for messy
or incomplete work.
3.) Spelling Test and Workbook due Friday
4.) Summer Reading due Friday.
Friday, September 11, 2009
There is no homework over the weekend unless you decided to hand in your Fable
on Monday. If you needed to bring your Prewrite and First Draft, remember to
do so.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
1.) Spelling Test - Unit 1 Friday
2.) Spelling Workbook - Unit 1 due Friday. All pages must be complete and
neat to earn full points
3.) Fable is due. Be sure to attach your Prewrite and Draft copies along
with the final. Pay close attention to rules of dialogue and complete sentences.