QUARTER TWO ASSIGNMENTS:
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Finish "Rikki-tikki-tavi" mode organizer AND story map.
2) Finish journal entry if you didn't in class today.
3) Get "Amigo Brothers" Test signed.
Dickens Block:
1) Complete mode organizer for "The Veldt."
Poe Block:
1) Finish "Rikki-tikki-tavi" mode organizer AND story map.
2) Finish journal entry if you didn't in class today.
3) Get "Amigo Brothers" Test signed.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Type final copy of "Rikki..." BCR and bring all drafts and the rubric next
class!
Dickens Block:
NONE--Journal entry has been postponed...
Tolkien Block:
1) Get "Through the Tunnel" Test signed.
2) Complete mode organizer for "The Veldt."
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Finish "Rikki..." BCR prewrite wksht.
2) TYPE Rough Draft of "Rikki..." BCR (double-spaced).
Dickens Block:
1) Journal entry for Scat: Chapters 5-6 will be due on Friday...topic is your
own choice!
Poe Block:
1) Finish "Rikki..." BCR prewrite wksht.
2) TYPE Rough Draft of "Rikki..." BCR (double-spaced).
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009
Frost Block:
1) "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Test will be next Wednesday, 11/18.
2) If you didn't finish your journal entry in class, please complete it for
homework.
Dickens Block
1) Journal entry for Scat: Chapters 5-6 is due tomorrow!
2) Finish "Characterization in 'The Veldt'" activity if you didn't in class.
Tolkien Block:
1) Journal entry is due NEXT CLASS!
2) Complete "Characterization in 'The Veldt'" activity.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Type final copy of "Rikki..." BCR and complete portfolio reflection.
Bring all portfolio items next class.
2) "Rikki..." Test will be on Thurs., 11/19.
Dickens Block:
1) "The Veldt" Test will be on Fri., 11/20.
Poe Block:
1) Type final copy of "Rikki..." BCR and complete portfolio reflection.
Bring all portfolio items next class.
2) "Rikki..." Test will be on Thurs., 11/19.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Get persuasive project paper signed.
2) Finish persuasive essay brainstorming activity.
3) Study for "Rikki..." Test NEXT CLASS!
Dickens Block:
1) Finish reading "The Ransom of Red Chief."
2) Complete "Irony in 'The Ransom of Red Chief'" wksht.
3) Study for "The Veldt" Test on Fri., 11/20!
Tolkien Block:
1) Study for "The Veldt" Test on Fri., 11/20!
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Get persuasive project paper signed.
2) Finish persuasive essay brainstorming activity.
3) Study for "Rikki..." Test NEXT CLASS!
Dickens Block:
1) Study for "The Veldt" Test on Friday!
Poe Block:
1) Get persuasive project paper signed.
2) Finish persuasive essay brainstorming activity.
3) Study for "Rikki..." Test NEXT CLASS!
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete persuasive essay pre-writing organizer.
Dickens Block:
1) Get persuasive project paper signed.
2) Complete persuasive essay brainstorming wksht.
3) Study for "The Veldt" Test on Friday!
Tolkien Block:
1) Get persuasive project paper signed.
2) Complete persuasive essay brainstorming wksht.
3) Study for "The Veldt" Test next class!
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Complete persuasive essay pre-writing organizer.
2) Review Unit 2 vocabulary.
Dickens Block:
1) Study for "The Veldt" Test TOMORROW!
2) Due on Tues., 11/24...Complete persuasive essay pre-writing organizer.
Poe Block:
1) Complete persuasive essay pre-writing organizer.
2) Review Unit 2 vocabulary.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete story map for "Sarah Cynthia..."
2) Make flashcards for Unit 1B vocabulary.
Dickens Block:
1) Due on Tues., 11/24...Complete persuasive essay pre-writing organizer.
2) Review Unit 2 vocabulary.
Tolkien Block:
1) Complete persuasive essay pre-writing organizer.
2) Review Unit 2 vocabulary.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Based on today's lesson, revise your persuasive essay pre-writing
organizer (if necessary).
Dickens Block:
1) Persuasive essay pre-writing organizer is due TOMORROW!
Poe Block:
1) Based on today's lesson, revise your persuasive essay pre-writing
organizer (if necessary).
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Get "Rikki..." Test signed.
Dickens Block:
1) Based on today's lesson, make revisions to your persuasive essay
pre-writing organizer (if necessary).
2) Begin looking for sources for your persuasive essay.
Tolkien Block:
1) Based on today's lesson, make revisions to your persuasive essay
pre-writing organizer (if necessary).
2) Begin looking for sources for your persuasive essay.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Visualizing Vocabulary for Unit 2 will be due Friday, 12/4.
Dickens Block:
1) Visualizing Vocabulary for Unit 2 will be due Friday, 12/4.
2) Due Thurs., 12/3...bring 2-3 printed sources to use for your persuasive essay.
Poe Block:
1) Visualizing Vocabulary for Unit 2 will be due Friday, 12/4.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Visualizing Vocabulary for Unit 1B is due NEXT CLASS!!!
Dickens Block:
1) Complete "Red Chief" story map...due tomorrow!
2) Visualizing Vocabulary for Unit 2 will be due Friday, 12/4.
3) Due Thurs., 12/3...bring 2-3 printed sources to use for your persuasive essay.
Tolkien Block:
1) Complete "Red Chief" mode organizer...due NEXT CLASS!
2) Visualizing Vocabulary for Unit 2 will be due Monday, 12/7.
3) Due NEXT CLASS...bring 2-3 printed sources to use for your persuasive essay.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Visualizing Vocab for Unit 2 is due NEXT CLASS!
2) Typed Persuasive Essay Body Paragraphs will be due on Tues., 12/8.
Dickens Block:
1) Visualizing Vocabulary for Unit 2 will be due Friday, 12/4.
2) Due TOMORROW...bring 2-3 printed sources to use for your persuasive essay.
Poe Block:
1) Visualizing Vocab for Unit 2 is due NEXT CLASS!
2) Typed Persuasive Essay Body Paragraphs will be due on Tues., 12/8.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Typed Rough Draft #1 of Persuasive Essay Body Paragraphs is due NEXT
CLASS! Please print each body paragraph on a separate page.
2) Complete "Adjectives vs. Adverbs" HW wksht. (2-sided).
Dickens Block:
1) Visualizing Vocabulary for Unit 2 is due TOMORROW!
2) Due Mon., 12/7...Complete "Adjectives vs. Adverbs" HW wksht. (2-sided).
3) Work on persuasive essay notes.
Tolkien Block:
1) Visualizing Vocabulary for Unit 2 is due NEXT CLASS!
2) Due NEXT CLASS...Complete "Adjectives vs. Adverbs" HW wksht. (2-sided).
3) Work on persuasive essay notes.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Get "Rikki..." Test signed.
2) Typed Rough Draft #1 of Persuasive Essay Body Paragraphs is due NEXT
CLASS! Please print each body paragraph on a separate page.
3) Complete "Adjectives vs. Adverbs" HW wksht. (2-sided).
Dickens Block:
1) Due NEXT CLASS...Complete "Adjectives vs. Adverbs" HW wksht. (2-sided).
2) Work on persuasive essay notes.
Poe Block:
1) Typed Rough Draft #1 of Persuasive Essay Body Paragraphs is due NEXT
CLASS! Please print each body paragraph on a separate page.
2) Complete "Adjectives vs. Adverbs" HW wksht. (2-sided).
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Bring typed Rough Draft #2 of body paragraphs next class...be sure to make
revisions using peer feedback.
2) Finish "Adjectives vs. Adverbs" CW wksht.
Dickens Block:
1) Typed Rough Draft #1 of all four persuasive essay body paragraphs is due
on Fri., 12/11. Please print each paragraph on a separate sheet of paper.
Tolkien Block:
1) Typed Rough Draft #1 of all four persuasive essay body paragraphs is due
on Fri., 12/11. Please print each paragraph on a separate sheet of paper.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Bring typed Rough Draft #2 of body paragraphs next class...be sure to make
revisions using peer feedback.
2) Finish "Adjectives vs. Adverbs" CW wksht.
Dickens Block:
1) Due Thursday...complete "Adjectives vs. Adverbs" CW wksht (front side is
mandatory; back side is optional)
2) Due Friday...type Rough Draft #1 of all four persuasive essay body
paragraphs. Please print each paragraph on a separate sheet of paper. Also
bring your notes and citation sheets to class!
Poe Block:
1) Bring typed Rough Draft #2 of body paragraphs next class...be sure to make
revisions using peer feedback.
2) Finish "Adjectives vs. Adverbs" CW wksht.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Complete "Prepositional Phrases" HW wksht.
2) Q2 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 will be next Tues., 12/15!
Dickens Block:
1) Due TOMORROW...complete "Adjectives vs. Adverbs" CW wksht (front side is
mandatory; back side is optional)
2) Due Friday...type Rough Draft #1 of all four persuasive essay body
paragraphs. Please print each paragraph on a separate sheet of paper. Also
bring your notes and citation sheets to class!
Tolkien Block:
1) Due NEXT CLASS...complete "Adjectives vs. Adverbs" CW wksht (front side is
mandatory; back side is optional)
2) Due NEXT CLASS...type Rough Draft #1 of all four persuasive essay body
paragraphs. Please print each paragraph on a separate sheet of paper. Also
bring your notes and citation sheets to class!
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2009
Twain Block:
1) Complete "Prepositional Phrases" HW wksht.
2) Q2 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 will be next Wed., 12/16!
Dickens Block:
1) Due TOMORROW...type Rough Draft #1 of all four persuasive essay body
paragraphs. Please print each paragraph on a separate sheet of paper and
double-space! Also bring your notes and citation sheets to class!
2) "Prepositional Phrases" HW wksht will be due on Monday...for now, review
your notes!
3) Q2 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 will be next Thurs., 12/17.
Poe Block:
1) Complete "Prepositional Phrases" HW wksht.
2) Q2 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 will be next Wed., 12/16!
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009
Frost Block:
1) Q2 Assessment Prep Quiz #1 is NOW on THURS., 12/17!
2) Type your rough draft of your ENTIRE persuasive essay--add your
introduction and conclusion paragraphs to the body paragraphs you have already
done!
Dickens Block:
1) "Prepositional Phrases" HW wksht is due on Monday!
2) Typed Rough Draft #2 of body paragraphs will be due on Tues., 12/15. Be
sure to make revisions using peer feedback.
3) Q2 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 will be next Thurs., 12/17. Complete
sample problems on study guide by next Wednesday!
Tolkien Block:
1) "Prepositional Phrases" HW wksht is due next class!
2) Using the information you received in class today about how your peers
will review your body paragraphs, make revisions if you know that you are
missing any of the paragraph requirements! Bring your revised body paragraphs
to be peer reviewed next class.
3) Q2 Assessment Preparation Quiz #1 will be next Thurs., 12/17. Complete
sample problems on study guide by next class!