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ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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INDEPENDENT READING ASSIGNMENT #2:
DUE WEDS. DECEMBER 9th
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MONDAY, NOV. 9
- SIGNED: last week's paragraph practice grade
- New Paragraph Practice - due: Friday
- Book Condition Form: Tuck Everlasting
TUESDAY, NOV. 10
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11
THURSDAY, NOV. 12
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MONDAY, NOV. 2
- SIGNED:
- Independent Reading Assignment - MUST BE RETURNED FOR WRITING FOLDER! Sorry.... no redos this time!
- COMPLETE the WRITING REFLECTION that is attached to the rubric!
- WS - Eleven
- Graphic Organizer - I Can't Believe.....
- DUE FRIDAY: Paragraph Practice
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MONDAY, OCT. 26
- SIGNED:
- Paragraph Practice Grade
- All-American Slurp Selection Test
- Summer Reading Rewrite (not all students did this)
- Independent Reading Rubric: Students should be using this to guide their writing for the Independent Reading Assignment which is due Weds.
TUESDAY, OCT. 27
- INDEPENDENT READING ASSIGNMENT DUE TOMORROW
- Complete: Social Skills Inventory (for Literature Circles)
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28
- Work on Science Lab... we haven't really discussed the procedure yet - this will be the REAL ELA writing piece. In the meantime, make sure that your hypothesis, variables, and your materials list are completed.
THURSDAY, OCT. 29
- No ELA related HW at the moment. Students should be reading independent reading books as the next Independent Reading Assignment is due Weds., 12/9.
- Students will select one of the remaining 7 questions to work on from the list of response choices.
FRIDAY, OCT. 30
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MONDAY, OCT. 19
- SIGNED:
- Paragraph Practice: Last week's grad
- Paragraph Practice: This week's assignment
- WS
- Graphic Organizer: All American Slurp
- SELECTION TEST:
- THURSDAY - ALL AMERICAN SLURP
TUESDAY, OCT 20
- Draft an answer to this question for HW. It is the response question for Thursday's selection test on All-American Slurp.
- Pick ONE of the following events.
- When the narrator tries on jeans and a T-shirt at Meg's house, she thinks she looks more American.
- At the Lakeview Restaurant, the harpist stops playing, and the Lin's slurping becomes extremely loud. The narrator hides out in the bathroom for the rest of the meal.
- *Explain what these events tell you about the personality of the narrator. Think about the narrator's cultural background and how that experience is affecting her 'transition' to American life.
- *PREDICT what you think this author's life will be like. Do you think she'll stay in Amercia, or do you think she'll go back to China once she becmes an adult. EXPLAIN your opinion.
- INDEPENDENT READING ASSIGNMENT DUE WEDS., 10/28.
- Follow guidelines (see IMPT. DOCS)
- Use the 6 traits writing rubric
WEDNESDAY, OCT 21
- See info above re: Selection Test
- WS - Subject Verb Agreement
THURSDAY, OCT 22
- Paragraph Practice is due tomorrow... follow guidelines
- Independent Reading - due next Weds.
FRDIAY, OCT 23
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TUESDAY, Oct. 12th
- Tomorrow:
- LINCS vocab: All American Slurp
- Due Friday:
- Paragraph Practice
- Scholastic Book $ - CHECK payable to scholastic
- INDEPENDENT READING ASSIGNMENT #1
- Due: Weds., 10/28
- See IMPORTANT DOCS above, for info if sheet is lost.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 13th
- Work on your Paragraph Practice and on your Independent Reading Assignments
- Scholastic Book $$$ due Friday: Check to SCHOLASTIC only please!
THURSDAY, Oct. 14th
- Paragraph Practice
- Work on your Independent Reading Assignments
- Scholastic Book $$$ due Friday: Check to SCHOLASTIC only please!
FRIDAY, Oct. 15th
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MONDAY, Oct. 5th
- .SIGNED:
- Paragraph Practice Grade (from last week)
- Pop Quiz: Students were told on Weds. that there would be a 'pop' quiz on Meet the Writer (pg.9)
- COMPLETE:
- RESPONSE Worksheet - Use to prepare for test!
- TEST: WEDNESDAY - JUST ONCE
- STUDY -
- Words to Own
- Troublesome Verbs
- Conflict
- Response question is on Worksheet that was done in class today!
TUESDAY, Oct. 6th
- .SIGNED:
- SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT.
- Must be signed! If lost, student will have to redo and grade will remain the same!
- COMPLETE: Reflection assignment.
- REDO's are due on Friday.
- TEST: WEDNESDAY - JUST ONCE
- STUDY -
- Words to Own
- Troublesome Verbs
- Conflict
- Response question is on Worksheet that was done in class today!
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7th
- .Work on Summer Reading re-dos.
THURSDAY, Oct. 8th
- .CHANGE IN DUE DATE:
- SUMMER READING RE-DOs are Due on Tuesday.
- If students do not Do a Re-Do...they must bring a note. The only students excused are those that did well, but who I have asked to focus on a particular aspect of the Summer Reading Re-Do.
- SIGNED:
- MONTHLY REWARD TOMORROW - NO HW
FRIDAY, Oct. 9th
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TUESDAY, Sept. 29
- SIGNED:
- GRADE for Paragraph Practice
- Grades are letter grades. To see numerical equivilant, go up to top of this page, click on Home, and you'll see the scrolling marquee with these grades.
- NEW Paragraph Practice - DUE FRIDAY
- NEW Extra Credit: Book Review assignment. Read and sign.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30
THURSDAY, Oct. 1
FRIDAY, Oct. 2
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MONDAY, Sept. 21
- .SIGNED:
- SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT: Too be done in class on FRIDAY.
- WEEKY PARAGRAPH PRACTICE assignment: DUE FRIDAY.
- ROUGH DRAFT
- Paragraph from weekly assignment
- Any one
- Use yellow paper: SKIP LINES to make room for revision
TUESDAY, Sept. 22
- .WS:
- Just Once: LINCS vocabulary. It is important that the 'reminding word' comes as close as possible to the vocabulary word so that it serves as a trigger (Devestation: Devour, Nurturing: Nutrition, etc...)
- DUE FRIDAY:
- Paragraph Practice
- FINAL DRAFT QUALITY
- Heading (Topic is Paragraph Practice)
- Neat and Clean... no ripped out pages, etc. Handwritten clearly or typed.
- Checked for readability, mechanics, etc.
- Topics numbered (do not need to be in order, but must be numbered)
- Skip line between topic responses.
- IMPORTANT MUST HAVE:
- Intro/Topic sentence
- Several supporting sentences
- Conclusion
- See information sheets if not sure what these types of sentences are.
- FRIDAY IN CLASS: Summer Reading Assignment. See sheet!
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 23
- .WS: Just Once Words to Own
- Sentence Completion
- Matching
- Students may use the LINCS vocab to do this assignment
- The sentence completion is a little tough because we haven't read the story Just Once yet...but we have discussed the meaning of the words. I'd like students to try to write a sentence to show that they understand what the meaning of the word means.
- DUE FRIDAY:
- Paragraph Practice
- FINAL DRAFT QUALITY
- Heading (Topic is Paragraph Practice)
- Neat and Clean... no ripped out pages, etc. Handwritten clearly or typed.
- Checked for readability, mechanics, etc.
- Topics numbered (do not need to be in order, but must be numbered)
- Skip line between topic responses.
- IMPORTANT MUST HAVE:
- Intro/Topic sentence
- Several supporting sentences
- Conclusion
- See information sheets if not sure what these types of sentences are.
- FRIDAY IN CLASS: Summer Reading Assignment. See sheet!
THURSDAY, Sept. 24
- .PARAGRAPH PRACTICE DUE TOMORROW.
- See assignment sheet and above for details
- SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT
- Be prepared. You will be writing 'cold'.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 24
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MONDAY, Sept. 14
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COMPLETE:
- Draft: Self-Portrait Poem
- SCHOLASTIC $ DUE:
- Friday, Sept. 18
- MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO SCHOLASTIC
TUESDAY, Sept. 15
- SIGNED:
- NBTS STUDENT PERMISSION SLIP
- WORKSHEET:
- Topic Sentences: both sides
- SCHOLASTIC $ DUE:
- Friday, Sept. 18
- MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO SCHOLASTIC
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16
- WORKSHEET (WS):
- Paragraph and Topic Sentence
- SCHOLASTIC $ DUE:
- Friday, Sept. 18
- MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO SCHOLASTIC
THURSDAY, Sept. 17
- WORKSHEET (WS):
- Topic Sentences and Support
- REMEMBER:
- Yellow Legal Pad
- Scholastic $ - Check made out to Scholastic
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MONDAY, Sept. 21
TUESDAY, Sept. 22
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 23
THURSDAY, Sept. 24
FRIDAY, SEPT. 24
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