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THE FOLLOWING WORK IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. MAKE SURE THAT YOU WRITED DOWN THE
MATERIAL THAT IS COVERED AND DUE EVERY DAY!!!
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Weekly Overview
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16 THROUGH NOVEMBER 20
READING: TEST TUESDAY ON LAST WEEK'S POEMS
BEGIN DICKEN'S CHRISTMAS CAROL
ENGLISH: TEST WEDNESDAY ON SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT
BEGIN NOUNS
FIELD TRIP CHRISTMAS CAROL MOVIE NOVEMBER 19
Monday Nov. 16
Reading: SSR read and respond
Christmas Carol notes and vocabulary for Staves 1-3 TEST FRIDAY
English: Dol DT 96
PEER EDIT PERSUASIVE ESSAY IN BUSINESS LETTER FORMAT
Tuesday Nov. 17
Reading: SSR read and respond
TEST ON POEMS THAT HAVE BEEN COVERED
Christmas Carol Stave 1
English:
Subject/verb agreement review
Continue nouns
Wednesday Nov. 18
Reading: SSR read and respond
CC quiz Stave 1
Continue CC Stave 2 Vocabulary
English: DOL DT 98
TEST SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT
Nouns continue
Thursday Nov. 19
Reading: SSR read and respond
CHRISTMAS CAROL MOVIE FIELD TRIP
Friday Nov. 20
Reading: SSR read and respond
Stave 2 quiz
Read Stave 3 with quiz
VOCABULARY TEST ON STAVES 1-3
English: DOL DT 100
Nouns continue in purple text
HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY!!
SCHOOL RESUMES NOVEMBER 30
FIRST DAY OF GIRLS' SOCCER TRYOUT
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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9 THROUGH NOVEMBER 13
READING: POETRY TERMS
POEMS
ENGLISH: PERSUASIVE ESSAY
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
Monday Nov. 9
Reading: SSR read and respond
Personification
English: DOL
Subject/verb Agreement
Spelling Unit 8 and Vocabulary Unit 5(honors)
Tuesday Nov. 10
Reading: SSR read and respond
POETRY TERMS TEST
Poems begin
English: Letter format
Continue Unit in Spelling/Vocabulary
Wednesday Nov. 11
Reading: SSR read and respond
Poems continue
English: DOL
Letter format
Continue Unit in spell/voc
Sub/Verb work
Thursday Nov. 12
Reading: SSR read and respond
Poem work continues
English: Letter format
Quiz on letter format
SPELLING UNIT DUE
VOCABULARY UNIT DUE
Friday Nov. 13
Reading: SSR read and respond
Poems continue
Possible assessment on poems covered
English: DOL
SPELLING UNIT TEST
VOCABULARY UNIT TEST
SUBJECT VERB QUIZ
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2 THROUGH NOVEMBER 6
READING: POETRY
LOUISIANA PASS WRITING LAB MONDAY CHOTTO
WRITING LAB TUESDAY LIDDELL
ENGLISH: VERBS
PERSUASIVE WRITING ESSAY
Monday Nov. 2
Reading: SSR read and respond
POETRY TERMS - STRUCTURE
English: DOL DT 34
PERSUASIVE WRITING BEGINS
Verb work continues
Tuesday Nov. 3
Reading: SSR read and respond
Poetry terms / Structure
English:
Wednesday Nov. 4
Reading: SSR read and respond
Speaker in poems
English: DOL DT 35
PERSUASIVE WRITING ESSAY
ASSESSMENT TROUBLESOME VERBS
Verb work
Thursday Nov. 5
Reading: SSR read and respond
Poetry terms - ALLITERATION;ASSONANCE; CONSONANCE
English:
PERSUASIVE WRITING
Verbs
Friday Nov. 6
Reading: SSR read and respond
Poetry continues
English: DOL DT 36
PERSUASIVE WRITING
FINAL DRAFT OF ESSAY DUE MONDAY
Verbs
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WEEK OF OCTOBER 26 THROUGH OCTOBER 30
READING: "THE OLD GRANDFATHER AND HIS LITTLE GRANDSON"
"THE WISE OLD WOMAN"
ENGLISH: FINISH VERBS
SPELLING/VOCABULARY UNIT 7 AND UNIT 4(H)
Monday Oct. 26
Reading: SSR read and respond
Begin "The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson"
Worksheet and textbook assignments
English: DOL DT 31
FINAL DRAFT OF COMPARE/CONTRAST ESSAY DUE
Continue verbs
Begin SPELLING/VOCABULARY Unit 7 //SPELLING/VOCABULARY Unit 4 (H)
Tuesday Oct. 27
Reading: SSR read and respond
"Wise Old Woman"
Continue short stories work
QUIZ
English: Journal: persuasive
Continue verb work and unit work
Wednesday Oct. 28
Reading: SSR read and respond
Short stories continue
English: DOl DT 32//Journal: persuasion
QUIZ TROUBLESOME VERBS
Thursday Oct. 29
Reading: SSR read and respond
Continue short story work
INTERACTIVE READER/WRITER
English: Journal:oersuasive
SPELLING/VOCABULARY UNIT DUE
Continue verbs
Friday Oct. 30
Reading: SSR read and respond
TEST:"OLD GRANDFATHER AND LITTLE GRANDSON" //"WISE OLD WOMAN"
English: DOL DT 33
Journal: CHOOSE ONE FOR NEXT WEEK'S ESSAY
SPELLING/VOCABULARY TEST
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WEEK OF OCTOBER 19 TRHOUGH OCTOBER 23
READING: " THE MEDICINE BAG" AND " WHO ARE YOU, TODAY, MARIA" IN
GREEN LITERATURE BOOK
ENGLISH: BEGIN NOUN WORK
COMPARE/CONTRAST ESSAY
Monday Oct. 19
Reading: SSR read and respond
"MEDICINE BAG" with worksheet and classwork
English: DOL DT 28
Verb work continues
CHOOSE ONE JOURNAL ENTRY TO USE FOR WRITING COMPARE/CONTRAST ESSAY
Compare/Contrast handouts
Tuesday Oct. 20
Reading: SSR read and respond
"WHO ARE YOU, TODAY, MARIA"
QUIZ ON "MEDICINE" AND " MARIA"
English:
Verb work
Begin compare/contrast essay
Wednesday Oct. 21
Reading: SSR read and respond
Continue "Medicine" and "Maria" worksheet and classwork
English: DOL DT 29
VERB TEST
CONTINUE JOURNAL ESSAY WORK - COMPARE/CONTRAST
Thursday Oct. 22
Reading: SSR read and respond
ESSAY USING COMPARE/CONTRAST STRATEGY FOR "MEDICINE" AND "MARIA"
English:
NOUN WORK BEGINS
CONTINUE ESSAY on JOURNAL ENTRY USING COMPARE/CONTRAST STRATEGY
Friday Oct. 23
Reading: SSR read and respond
TEST ON "THE MEDICINE BAG" AND " WHO ARE YOU, TODAY, MARIA"
FINAL ESSAY ON "MEDICINE" AND "MARIA"
English: DOL DT 30
Noun work continues
Work on final draft of journal essay using compare/contrast essay
FINAL ESSAY DUE MONDAY OCT. 26
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WEEK OF OCTOBER 12 THROUGH OCTOBER 16
READING: "MOUSTACHE" (RED LITERATURE BOOK)
"THE TREASURE OF LEMON BROWN" (GREEN LITERATURE BOOK)
ENGLISH: JOURNAL COMPARE/CONTRAST JOURNALS
VERB WORK
SPELL/VOC UNIT WORK
THURSDAY OCTOBER 15 MOUSTACHE TEST
FRIDAY OCTOBER 16 SPELL/VOC TEST
Monday Oct. 12
Reading: SSR new sheet
"Moustache"
English: DOL DT 25
Verb work
Spell/Voc unit due WEDNESDAY
Tuesday Oct. 13
Reading: SSR
Continue "Moustache" work
English: DOL DT26/ Journal
Verb work; Spell/Voc
Wednesday Oct. 14
Reading: SSR
"Moustache" - Connotation/Denotation
English: DOL Dt 27
Check SPELL/VOC LESSON
Verb work
Thursday Oct. 15
Reading: SSR
TEST MOUSTACHE
English: Journal
Verb work with possible assessment
Friday Oct. 16
Reading: SSR
"The Treasure ofLemon Brown" with RASS
English: Journal
SPELL/VOC TEST
Verb work continues