QUARTER ONE ASSIGNMENTS:
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2009
Frost Block (Blue 1):
1) Get "Student Information Form" completed and signed.
2) All supplies are due on September 8th.
Dickens Block (Everyday):
1) Get "Student Information Form" completed and signed.
2) All supplies are due on September 8th.
Tolkien Block (Blue 6):
1) Get "Student Information Form" completed and signed.
2) All supplies are due on September 8th.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
Twain Block (White 1):
1) Get "Student Information Form" completed and signed.
2) All supplies are due on September 9th.
Dickens Block:
None!
Poe Block (White 6):
1) Get "Student Information Form" completed and signed.
2) All supplies are due on September 9th.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
Frost Block:
1) All supplies are due NEXT CLASS--9/8!
2) Take textbook home.
Dickens Block:
1) All supplies are due on 9/8!
2) Take textbook home.
Tolkien Block:
1) All supplies are due NEXT CLASS--9/8!
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
Twain Block:
1) All supplies are due NEXT CLASS--9/9!
2) Take textbook home.
3) Review Unit 1 vocabulary words.
Dickens Block:
1) All supplies are due NEXT CLASS--9/8!
Poe Block:
1) All supplies are due NEXT CLASS--9/9!
2) Take textbook home.
3) Review Unit 1 vocabulary words.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete "Verb Identification HW" worksheet (2-sided).
Dickens Block:
1) Complete "Verb Identification HW" worksheet (2-sided)--DUE THURSDAY!
Tolkien Block:
1) Complete "Verb Identification HW" worksheet (2-sided).
2) Take textbook home.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Complete "Verb Identification HW" worksheet (2-sided).
Dickens Block:
1) Complete "Verb Identification HW" worksheet (2-sided)--DUE TOMORROW!
Poe Block:
1) Complete "Verb Identification HW" worksheet (2-sided).
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Create Unit 1A Vocab flashcards.
2) Review Circle of Stories Notes, especially the mode characteristics.
Dickens Block:
1) Review Circle of Stories Notes, especially the mode characteristics.
Tolkien Block:
1) Review Circle of Stories Notes, especially the mode characteristics.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Review Circle of Stories Notes, especially the mode characteristics.
Dickens Block:
1) Continue reviewing Circle of Stories Notes, especially the mode
characteristics.
Poe Block:
1) Review Circle of Stories Notes, especially the mode characteristics.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete "Identifying Simple Subjects" wksht.
Dickens Block:
DUE WEDNESDAY--Complete "Identifying Simple Subjects" wksht.
Tolkien Block:
1) Complete "Identifying Simple Subjects" wksht.
2) Review Unit 1 vocabulary words.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Complete "Identifying Simple Subjects" wksht.
2) Finish your journal entry if you didn't in class today!
Dickens Block:
DUE TOMORROW--Complete "Identifying Simple Subjects" wksht.
Poe Block:
1) Complete "Identifying Simple Subjects" wksht.
2) Finish your journal entry if you didn't in class today!
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Answer "Amigo Brothers" questions on loose-leaf.
2) Review new Circle of Stories notes.
Dickens Block:
1) Finish "Through the Tunnel" Quickwrite if you didn't in class.
Tolkien Block:
DUE TUES., 9/22...
1) Finish reading "Through the Tunnel" (p. 1-14 in Jr. Great Book).
2) Complete "Child vs. Adult" activity (wksht.).
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Answer "Amigo Brothers" Post-Reading questions on loose-leaf.
2) Review NEW Circle of Stories notes.
Dickens Block:
DUE MONDAY, 9/22--Complete "Child vs. Adult" Activity (wksht.).
Poe Block:
1) Answer "Amigo Brothers" Post-Reading questions on loose-leaf.
2) Review NEW Circle of Stories notes.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete "Subject-Verb Agreement HW" wksht.
2) Finish "Amigo Brothers" story map activity if you didn't in class.
Dickens Block:
DUE MONDAY, 9/22--Complete "Child vs. Adult" Activity (wksht.).
Tolkien Block:
1) Finish reading "Through the Tunnel" (p. 1-14 in Jr. Great Book).
2) Complete "Child vs. Adult" activity (wksht.).
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Complete "Subject-Verb Agreement HW" wksht.
2) Finish "Amigo Brothers" story map activity.
Dickens Block:
1) DUE WED...Finish journal entry for Ch. 1-2 of Scat.
Poe Block:
1) Complete "Subject-Verb Agreement HW" wksht.
2) Finish "Amigo Brothers" story map activity.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete Unit 1A Vocab wksht.
2) Finish your journal entry if you didn't in class today.
Dickens Block:
1) Journal Entry for Scat Chapters 1-2 is due tomorrow!
2) Complete "Subject-Verb Agreement HW" wksht.--due Thurs.
Tolkien Block:
1) Finish your journal entry for Chapter 1A of The Graveyard Book if you
didn't in class today.
2) Complete "Subject-Verb Agreement HW" wksht.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Complete mode organizer for "Amigo Brothers."
2) Begin studying for your Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 on Wed., 9/30.
Dickens Block:
1) "Subject-Verb Agreement HW" wksht. is due tomorrow.
2) Begin studying for your Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 on Tues., 9/29.
Poe Block:
1) Complete mode organizer for "Amigo Brothers."
2) Begin studying for your Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 on Wed., 9/30.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete mode organizer for "Amigo Brothers."
2) Study for your Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 NEXT CLASS.
Dickens Block:
1) Complete "Through the Tunnel" mode organizer...due tomorrow!
2) Study for your Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 on Tues., 9/29.
Tolkien Block:
1) Complete "Through the Tunnel" mode organizer.
2) Study for your Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 on Tues., 9/29.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Study for your Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 NEXT CLASS.
2) Journal entry for The Outsiders Chapter 1B will be due by Friday, 10/2.
Dickens Block:
1) Study for your Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 NEXT CLASS.
2) Complete story map for "Through the Tunnel."
Poe Block:
1) Study for your Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 NEXT CLASS.
2) Finish journal entry for The Outsiders Chapter 1B...due next class.
3) Finish "Following the Fight" activity for "Amigo Brothers."
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Finish "Amigo Brothers" story map.
2) "Amigo Brothers" Test will be on Friday, October 9th!
Dickens Block:
1) "Through the Tunnel" Test will be on Friday, October 9th!
Tolkien Block:
1) Complete story map for "Through the Tunnel."
2) "Through the Tunnel" Test will be on Friday, October 9th!
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Complete Visualizing Vocabulary for Unit 1.
2) Finish "Amigo Brothers" story map.
3) "Amigo Brothers" Test will be on Monday, October 12th!
Dickens Block:
1) Complete Visualizing Vocabulary for Unit 1...DUE MON., 10/5.
2) "Through the Tunnel" Test will be on Friday, October 9th!
Poe Block:
1) Complete Visualizing Vocabulary for Unit 1.
2) Finish "Amigo Brothers" story map.
3) "Amigo Brothers" Test will be on Monday, October 12th!
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete "Simple vs. Compound Subjects Homework" wksht.
2) Study for "Amigo Brothers" Test on Fri., 10/9.
Dickens Block:
DUE MONDAY, 10/5...
1) Complete "Simple vs. Compound Subjects Homework" wksht.
2) Complete Visualizing Vocab for Unit 1.
3) "Through the Tunnel" Test will NOW be on Tues., 10/13.
Tolkien Block:
1) Complete "Simple vs. Compound Subjects Homework" wksht.
2) Complete Visualizing Vocab for Unit 1.
3) "Through the Tunnel" Test will NOW be on Tues., 10/13.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009
Frost Block:
DUE FRIDAY...
1) Finish "Amigo Brothers" Compare/Contrast Pre-Writing Organizer.
2) Get Q1 Assessment Prep Quiz #1 signed.
3) Study for "Amigo Brothers" Test...NOW ON TUES., 10/13!
Dickens Block:
1) Due Friday...Complete "Passport to Ancient Greece" packet (all but page 1).
2) Due tomorrow...Get Q1 Assessment Prep Quiz #1 signed.
3) Study for "Through the Tunnel" Test on Tues., 10/13.
Tolkien Block:
DUE FRIDAY...
1) Complete "Passport to Ancient Greece" packet (all but page 1).
2) Get Q1 Assessment Prep Quiz #1 signed.
3) Study for "Through the Tunnel" Test on Tues., 10/13.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Get Q1 Assessment Prep Quiz #1 signed.
2) Complete "Simple vs. Compound Sentences" HW wksht.
3) Study for "Amigo Brothers" Test on Mon., 10/12.
Dickens Block:
1) Due Friday...Complete "Passport to Ancient Greece" packet (all but page 1).
2) Study for "Through the Tunnel" Test on Tues., 10/13.
Poe Block:
1) Get Q1 Assessment Prep Quiz #1 signed.
2) Complete "Simple vs. Compound Sentences" HW wksht.
3) Study for "Amigo Brothers" Test on Mon., 10/12.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Finish your compare/contrast essay prewriting organizer & bring it next class.
2) Study for "Amigo Brothers" Test on Mon., 10/12.
Dickens Block:
1) Finish "Through the Tunnel" symbolism wksht.
2) "Passport to Ancient Greece" packet is due tomorrow!
3) "Through the Tunnel" Test is next Tues., 10/13!
Poe Block:
1) Finish your compare/contrast essay prewriting organizer & bring it next class.
2) Study for "Amigo Brothers" Test on Mon., 10/12.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete "Using Commas" HW wksht.
2) Study for "Amigo Brothers" Test NEXT CLASS! Bring your prewriting organizer.
Dickens Block:
1) Study for "Through the Tunnel" Test on Tues., 10/13!
Tolkien Block:
1) Study for "Through the Tunnel" Test on Tues., 10/13!
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2009
Twain Block:
None...Take a break!
Dickens Block:
1) Study for "Through the Tunnel" Test TOMORROW! Bring your Jr. Great Book!
2) Due Thurs...Complete "Using Commas" HW wksht.
Poe Block:
None...Take a break!
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Review Unit 1A vocab words...you will use them in a journal entry next class!
Dickens Block:
1) Due Thurs...Complete "Using Commas" HW wksht.
Tolkien Block:
None!
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Complete "Using Commas" HW wksht.
2) Finish journal entry if you didn't in class.
Dickens Block:
1) "Using Commas" HW wksht. is due tomorrow!
2) Scat Ch. 3-4 journal entry will be due on Mon., 10/19.
Poe Block:
1) Complete "Using Commas" HW wksht.
2) Finish journal entry if you didn't in class.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete Visualizing Vocabulary project for Unit 1A.
2) If you didn't finish your journal entry in class using 3 Unit 1A vocab
words, please finish it for homework!
Dickens Block:
1) Scat (Ch. 3-4) journal entry will be due on Mon., 10/19.
Tolkien Block:
1) The Graveyard Book (Ch. 1B-2A) journal entry will be due next class.
2) Complete "Using Commas" HW wksht.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Be sure to have your commas worksheet and journal entry done for
Wednesday's class!
2) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #2 will be this Friday, 10/23! Study guide
is posted on the "Documents" page.
Dickens Block:
1) Complete "Sentence Combining & Sentence Revising" HW wksht...DUE WEDNESDAY!
2) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #2 will be this Friday, 10/23! Study
guide is posted on the "Documents" page.
Poe Block:
1) Complete "Sentence Combining & Sentence Revising" HW wksht.
2) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #2 will be this Friday, 10/23! Study
guide is posted on the "Documents" page.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete "Sentence Combining & Sentence Revising" HW wksht.
2) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #2 will be NEXT CLASS!
3) Unit 1A Vocabulary Test will be on Mon., 10/26.
Dickens Block:
1) Complete "Sentence Combining & Sentence Revising" HW wksht.--due tomorrow
2) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #2 will be this Friday, 10/23!
Tolkien Block:
1) Complete "Sentence Combining & Sentence Revising" HW wksht.
2) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #2 will be NEXT CLASS!
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Complete "Sentence Combining & Sentence Revising" HW wksht. (2-sided)
2) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #2 will be NEXT CLASS!
Dickens Block:
1) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #2 will be this Friday, 10/23!
Poe Block:
1) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #2 will be NEXT CLASS!
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Study for Unit 1A Vocabulary Test NEXT CLASS! Format is posted on the
"Documents" page.
2) Finish reading "Rikki-tikki-tavi" (textbook pages 15-28).
3) Complete mode organizer for "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
Dickens Block:
1) Study for Q1 Assessment Prep Quiz #2 TOMORROW!
2) Unit 1 Vocab Test will be on Wed., 10/28. Format is posted on the
"Documents" page.
Tolkien Block:
1) Unit 1 Vocab Test will be on Wed., 10/28. Format is posted on the
"Documents" page.
2) Review figurative language notes and complete practice wksht.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Study for Unit 1 Vocab Test NEXT CLASS!
2) Review figurative language notes and complete practice wksht.
Dickens Block:
1) Study for Unit 1 Vocab Test on Wed., 10/28!
2) Review figurative language notes and complete practice wksht.
Poe Block:
1) Study for Unit 1 Vocab Test NEXT CLASS!
2) Review figurative language notes and complete practice wksht.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete "Commonly Confused Words" HW wksht.
2) Finish Point of View BCR pre-write and rough draft #1 (wksht.) for
"Rikki-tikki-tavi."
2) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #3 will be on Friday, 10/30!
Dickens Block:
1) Complete "Commonly Confused Words" HW wksht.
2) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #3 will be on Friday, 10/30!
3) Study for Unit 1 Vocab Test on Wed., 10/28.
4) Get "Through the Tunnel" Test signed.
Tolkien Block:
1) Complete "Commonly Confused Words" HW wksht.
2) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #3 will be on Friday, 10/30!
3) Study for Unit 1 Vocab Test on Wed., 10/28.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Complete "Commonly Confused Words" HW wksht.
2) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #3 will be on Mon., 11/2!
3) Read "Rikki-tikki-tavi" (p. 15-28 in your textbook).
Dickens Block:
1) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #3 will be on Friday, 10/30!
2) Study for Unit 1 Vocab Test TOMORROW.
3) Due Thurs...read "The Veldt" (p. 1-20 in your new Jr. Great Book).
Poe Block:
1) Complete "Commonly Confused Words" HW wksht.
2) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #3 will be on Mon., 11/2!
3) Finish reading "Rikki-tikki-tavi" (we stopped on p. 23 in your textbook).
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete "Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement" HW wksht.
2) Complete figurative language practice wksht.
3) Study for Q1 Assessment Prep. Quiz #3 NEXT CLASS!
Dickens Block:
1) Q1 Assessment Preparation Quiz #3 will be on Friday, 10/30!
2) Due Mon...read "The Veldt" (p. 1-20 in your new Jr. Great Book).
Tolkien Block:
1) Complete "Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement" HW wksht.
2) Study for Q1 Assessment Prep. Quiz #3 NEXT CLASS!
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Complete "Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement" HW wksht.
2) Complete practice assessment.
3) Study for Q1 Assessment Prep. Quiz #3 NEXT CLASS!
4) Get grammar quiz signed.
Dickens Block:
1) Complete "Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement" HW wksht.
2) Due Monday--read "The Veldt" (p. 1-20).
3) Study for Q1 Assessment Prep. Quiz #3 NEXT CLASS!
4) Get grammar quiz signed.
Poe Block:
1) Complete "Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement" HW wksht.
2) Complete practice assessment.
3) Study for Q1 Assessment Prep. Quiz #3 NEXT CLASS!
4) Get grammar quiz signed.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Study for Q1 English Assessment NEXT CLASS!!! Bring sharpened #2 pencils!
2) Binder check will be on 11/5...be prepared to turn your binder in for the
weekend!
Dickens Block:
1) Complete practice assessment.
2) Finish reading "The Veldt" by Monday!
3) Study for Assessment on 11/3 and 11/4.
4) Binder check will be on 11/5...be prepared to turn your binder in for the
weekend!
Tolkien Block:
1) Study for Q1 English Assessment NEXT CLASS!!! Bring sharpened #2 pencils!
2) Get grammar quiz signed.
3) Binder check will be on 11/5...be prepared to turn your binder in for the
weekend!
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Study for Q1 English Assessment NEXT CLASS! Bring sharpened #2 pencils!
2) Get vocab test signed.
3) Binder check will be NEXT CLASS! Be prepared to turn your English binder
in over the long weekend!
Dickens Block:
1) Study for Q1 English Assessment NEXT CLASS! Bring sharpened #2 pencils!
2) Get vocab test AND grammar quiz signed.
3) Binder check will be on Thurs., 11/5! Be prepared to turn your English
binder in over the long weekend!
Poe Block:
1) Study for Q1 English Assessment NEXT CLASS! Bring sharpened #2 pencils!
2) Get vocab test signed.
3) Binder check will be NEXT CLASS! Be prepared to turn your English binder
in over the long weekend!
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Binder check will be NEXT CLASS! Use provided rubric to organize your
binder. Be prepared to turn your English binder in over the long weekend!
2) Get vocab test, "Amigo Brothers" test, and Q1 Assess. Prep Quiz #2 and
Quiz #3 signed (4 total signatures).
Dickens Block:
1) Study for Q1 English Assessment NEXT CLASS! Bring sharpened #2 pencils!
2) Binder check will be on Thurs., 11/5! Be prepared to turn your English
binder in over the long weekend!
Tolkien Block:
1) Get vocab test AND grammar quiz signed.
2) Read "The Veldt" (p. 1-20) by next class.
3) Binder check will be NEXT CLASS! Use provided rubric to organize your
binder. Be prepared to turn your English binder in over the long weekend!
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Get grammar quiz signed.
2) If you did not turn in your binder today for the binder check, it MUST be
turned in by tomorrow! No exceptions!
Dickens Block:
1) Binder check will be NEXT CLASS! Use provided rubric to organize your
binder. Be prepared to turn your English binder in over the long weekend!
Poe Block:
1) Get grammar quiz signed.
2) If you did not turn in your binder today for the binder check, it MUST be
turned in by tomorrow! No exceptions!
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete story map for "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
2) Type Rough Draft #2 of "Rikki-tikki-tavi" point of view BCR (double-spaced).
Dickens Block:
1) Complete story map for "The Veldt."
Tolkien Block:
1) Complete story map for "The Veldt."