11/17/08
Reading/LA: jrnl on Johnny murderer or not? Read p. 68-77. Explication
of "Nothing Gold Can Stay". Page 12 of packet.
Period 8 Reading: Journal. Read p.68-76 and poem explication.
11/18/08
Reading/LA: illustrate front of Outsiders packet. Write simile on
construction paper and post around room. Read Outsiders pages 77-84. Finish
packet p.8. Vocab unit 13 p.81-85. Checked grades in lab.
11/21/08
Reading/LA: Outsiders pages 101-110. Packet page 13 #1-4. Creating Figurative
Language activity. Library visit. Vocab 13/14 Bonus sheet for homework.
11/10/08
Reading/LA: Outsiders Ch. 2. Flashback Wksht. Started vocab unit 12.
11/11/08: No School
11/12/08
Reading/LA: Outsiders ch. 3. Packet pages 3-4. Vocab p. 75-76.
10/27/08
Reading/LA: Lesson 10 Vocab. Scary Story should be here and signed by a
parent. Listened to "The Blue Girl" on moonlitroad.com.
10/28/08
Reading/LA: Lesson 10 Vocab Continued. Completed Portfolio Front Pages. Edit
and turned in final drafts of scary stories.
10/20/08
Reading/LA: Looked at Headless Horseman drawing and made a KWL. Made
Storyboard for scary story writing assignment. Read Sleepy Hollow p. 43-45.
Lesson 9 Vocab preview.
10/21/08
Reading/LA: SH p.45-47. ER on a time you were bullied or you bullied someone-
connect it to Ichabod and Brom. Explained Scary Story plan to a partner.
Lesson 9 vocab.
10/22/08
Reading/LA: Typed scary stories. Read stories on www.prairieghosts.com.
Finish Lesson 9.
10/23/08
Reading/LA: writer's workshop of scary stories. Make changes. Review for
Short Story Exam.
10/24/08
Reading/LA: Short Story Exam. Work on LC 5 projects. Visit AR store. Send
home story to parent.
10/14/08
Reading/LA: Started Vocab Lesson 8. Library to read RL Stine books and
rewrote the last chapter.
10/15/08
Reading/LA: Read "The Tell-Tale Heart" aloud in class. Answered active
reading questions. Continued Vocab lesson 8.
10/16/08
Reading/LA: Reading with expression activity for TTH in class. Watched video
of Tell Tale Heart. Lit Circle Reading time. Bookmarks Due Tommorrow! Vocab
7/8 Test Tommorrow!
Reading 8: LC Reading time. Watched Tell Tale Heart. Test tommorrow.
10/6/08
Reading/LA: Vocab Lesson 7 preview. Listened to "The Hitchhiker" online and
followed along in Literature book. Assigned scary movie/show homework.
Period 8: started listening to "Hitchhiker". Assigned Scary Movie HW.
10/7/08
Reading/LA: Vocab Lesson 7 pages 44-45. Read and write two paragraph extended
response. Read first chapter of scary book (we went to the library in class)
and write a one paragraph prediction about what you think will happen in the
rest of the novel. Scary Movie/Show assignment due this week!
Period 8: Library. Listened to Hitchhiker.
10/8/08
Reading/LA: Finish Vocab Lesson 7. Read Lit Circle books for meeting
tommorrow. Write out ten line convo between girl hitchhiker and police using
correct quoatation marks. "The Hitchhiker" project time.
9/29/08
Reading/LA: Start Vocab Lesson 6. Start reading "Drummer Boy of Shiloh" p.316.
9/30/08
Reading/LA: Finish Drummer Boy. Work on Vocab unit. Made a mural of setting
of story.
10/1/08
Reading/LA: Finish vocab. Read Lit Cirlce book and work on bookmark. Write
out dialogue between Joby and General using quoatation marks correctly!
10/2/08
Reading/LA: Flashcards to practice for Vocab Test tommorrow. Test on Drummer
Boy with ER. Lit Circle bookmark due tommorrow!
9/22/08
Reading/LA: Did Role Play Activity on p. 397. Set a Purpose for reading
worksheet. Read p.398-400 as class answering A, B, C as we read. Then
finished reading the article with a partner and answering through letter I.
Previewed vocab unit 5. Completed p. 39 vocab. Checked in mindwebs/pre-
writing plans for myhero essays.
9/23/08
Reading/LA: Vocab p. 30-31 and ER on p.31. Mindweb for myhero essay. Started
typing essays. Library visit.
Reading 8: Read up to half of LC book. Outside chalk activity.
9/24/08
Reading/LA: Read Lit Circle books. Read "Letter from New Orleans" and took
test. Finished Set a Purpose Sheets.
9/15/08
Reading/LA: Turned in Vocab Bonus 3/4. Read p.132 in book and completed
Discuss It activity as a journal (must be five sentences). Read p.133. Read
Paul Revere's Ride poem and complete paraphrasing sheet.
Preview Vocab Lesson 4 words. Complete p. 23 in vocab book.
9/16/08
Reading/LA: Open book test on "Paul Revere's Ride". Take notes on p.140-141
using the subheading model on p. 140. Went to the book fair. See me to
preference books you want to read with your lit circle group.
9/17/08
Reading/LA: vocab book p.23 and 24. ER to story on p.23 "Orpheus is the story
of a young man that loses trust. Describe a time in your life when you lost
someone's trust or a time when someone did something to lose your trust. Be
sure to connect your experience to the story". Completed quotations worksheet
one. Homework: Comics to Quotes
Reading 8: Read "Paul Revere's Ride". Completed Paraphrase sheet. Started
projects.
9/18/08
Reading/LA: Finished vocab book. Studied for test tommorrow with flashcards.
Direct Quotations worksheet. (Period 4/5 went to lab to do myhero.com
assignment). Started partner dialogues.
9/19/08
Reading/LA: Vocab test on 3/4. Started first lit circle: assigned books and
complete predictions sheet. (Period 2/3 went to lab to do myhero.com
assignment). Period 5 must have person to write about for hero essay by
Monday.
Reading 8: First lit circle meeting. Completed Predictions sheet.
9/8/08
Reading/LA: Watched the Book Fair Preview in class. Read p. 160 in Literature
book and complete "ACTIVITY". Preview Vocab words in Unit 3. Complete page 15
in vocab book.
HW: Finish Reader's Workshop Handout.
9/9/08
Reading/LA: Vocab book pages 16-17 and two paragraphs for the extended
response. "List it" activity on page 168. Start reading first three pages
of "Lemon Brown".
9/2/08
Reading/LA: Read p. 46 in book and complete "List it" Activity. Watch clip
found at first link on the Links tab to the left (its a clip from "Home
Alone"). Write a one paragrpah prediction of what you think will happen in
this movie. Explain how the robbers plan is not "foolproof".
9/3/08
Reading/LA: Vocab book all of unit 2 completed.