Wednesday:
English: Write steps for your how-to in your WNB
Reading: -Read for lit circles and do your journal response in your lit
circle journal.
- Take home essay(story elements test) due tomorrow
- November book blog due Monday
Monday 11/20/09
English: Answer questions on how-to topic in WNB
Reading: Literary elements test tomorrow
Monday 11/23/09
English: Where I'm From poem is due for decorating tomorrow(bring in 2 copies
-one to decorate and one to grade; bring in decorations, clip art, magazines,
etc.)
Reading: Review plot elements; quiz on Wed on identifying setting and plot
Monday 11/16/09
English: Finish brainstorming chart for I'm From poem
Get memoir and vocab test signed by parent
Reading: Independent Reading - books need to be finished by 11/23
Monday 11/9/09
English: Parent signature on memoirs
Reading: Read chapters 10 and 11 in On My Honor
On My Honor project due Friday 11/13
Tuesday 11/3/09
English: Vocabulary test tomorrow (don't forget packet and index cards with
sentences); memoir drafts will be collected tomorrow - incorporate all
revisions for opening, closing and dialogue.
Reading: Book talks continue
You must have an independent reading book and a reading schedule in
your agenda book by Monday.
Monday 11/2/09
English: Draft two more conclusions using different strategies; don't forget
the conclusion dance (look to the future, touch back to the main idea, go to
the heart, end with a zinger)
Bring in 8 index cards with sentences on them
Vocab review tomorrow
Vocab test on Wed. (don't forget packets and index cards)
Reading: You need a new free choice book by Wednesday
Thursday 10/29/09
English: Choose a spot in your memoir to add dialogue
Vocab index cards with a sentence for each word is due next Tuesday
Vocab test will be next Wed.
Reading: Prepare your book talk using the graphic organizer
Monday 10/27/09
English: Typed, double spaced copy of memoir due for revising
Reading: Independent reading
Thursday 10/22/09
English: Create a storyboard with at least 6 frames for your memoir
Bring a flash drive to school tomorrow
Vocab index cards are due tomorrow
Gmail account permission slip
Reading: Independent REading
Wednesday 10/21/09
English: Continue building the web for you moment with an important person in
your life. After you've completed the web, tell the story. All this should
be done in your WNB.
Reading: Create an It Says, I Say and So chart in your Reading Journal and
make at least 3 inferences about the main character from your independent
reading book.
Tuesday 10/20/09
English: Freewrite on two of the people from your Important People chart (at
least one page each in your WNB)
Reading: Independent Reading
Monday 10/19/09
English: Complete "Analyzing a Memoir" sheet for Crow Call.
Reading: Independent Reading
Reading Journals will be collected this week.
Friday: 10/16/09
English: None
Reading: Use rubric to check/review reading journal.
Wednesday 10/14/09
English: Memoir due tomorrow (two copies -double space)
-check directions part of rubric for papers to hand in.
Reading: Independent Reading
Tuesday 10/13/09
English: Final paper due tomorrow for editing
(check rubric for directions)
Continue creating word of the day index cards
Word of the Day test is on Friday
Reading: Independent reading
Plan out your reading goals for next week
(write it into your agenda book)
Friday 10/9/09
English: Revise memoir based upon writing group's comments; revisions should
be typed into draft; bring revised, typed draft to school on Wednesday; final
paper is due on Wed.
Reading: Independent reading - make sure you are meeting your weekly reading
goals. Books must be completed by 10/30.
Thursday 10/8/09
English: Index Cards and Me Folder due tomorrow
Type and revise This I Believe/Memoir
Reading: Read independent reading book (don't forget it for tomorrow's R5 day)
Wednesday 10/7/09
English: Index cards and me folder are due Friday
Read over memoir draft and comments and score using ideas rubric
Reading: Read independent reading book
Period 5 only: Finish prediction chart for On My Honor
Tuesday 10/6/09
English: see Monday
Reading: Read independent reading book
Finish "The King Who Waned To See Paradise." - continue with
predict, support, adjust, confirm.
Monday 10/5/09
English - vocabulary index cards are due on Friday
- collect at least 10 re- words by Friday
- Me Folders are due on Friday
Reading - plan your independent reading in your agenda book
- read your independent reading book
Thursday 10/1/09
English: -Memoir draft due tomorrow
-Get hw graph signed
Reading: -Bring independent reading book to class tomorrow
-REad the rest of "Everything Will Be Okay" - do 4 more notes
practicing the Recognizing the Author's Experience strategy.
Tuesday 9/29/09
English: Finish discovery draft in your WNB. Use the My Story- Memory Chart
to guide you. Your moment should be based upon the moment you wrote about on
that chart.
Reading: You need an independent reading book by Friday.
Monday 9/21/09
English: Finish Values Activity Sheet (don't forget to put stars next to your
five most important values.
Reading: Reading Faces in Crazy Places is due tomorrow
Thursday 9/17/09
Reading: Reading Faces in Crazy Places typed paragraph is due tomorrow (final
decorated project is due Tues 9/22)
Bring summer reading novel to class if you can
English: Add an entry to your WNB -free choice
Bring in a momento
Monday 9/14/09
Reading: Reading Faces in Crazy Places photograph is due on Thursday.
Optional: bring summer reading novel to class on Friday
English: None
Thursday, 9/10/09
Reading: Reading Faces in Crazy Places due Tuesday 9/15/09
English: Steps for Success and Parent/Student signature page due tomorrow, 9/11
(optional: bring in a box of tissues for 5 Scholar Dollars)
(optional: check out and respond to Mrs. Skoller's blog - another Scholar
Dollar opportunity)
Remember to wear red, white and blue tomorrow
