Week of September 1-4 Wednesday Sept.2nd- Fill out forms, review rules and expectations, and discuss curriculum Thursday Sept. 3rd- Pass out textbooks and do Student Inventory September 7th-11th 9/8 Read Lean On Me Textbook Do Board questions 9/9 Go over questions Copy notes for Swallowing Stones Begin Reading 9/10 4Sight Tests 9/11 4Sight Tests September 14th-18th 9/14 Copy vocabulary homing transversing ricochets vulnerable parallel raspy manslaughter lunge unobstructed accessory Begin reading "And Sarah Laughed" 9/15 Finish "And Sarah Laughed" Copy board questions 9/16 Go over question Read novel "Swallowing Stones" Take home quiz 9/17 Turn in quiz Continue reading "Swallowing Stones" Study for Vocabulary quiz 9/18 Vocabulary Quiz Continue reading "Swallowing Stones" September 21st-25th 9/21 Copy vocabulary trajectory cordoned drone methodically impede steep sacred potpourri veneer gurney Textbook Read "Justin Lebo" Copy board questions 9/22 Go over questions Textbook read "Starfix" Copy questions 9/23 Go over questions Read "Swallowing Stones" Sept. 28th-Oct.2nd 9/28 Wrap up Friday's work Begin reading "Barrio Boy" 9/29 Vocabulary Words accommodate awkward metallic scavenge anxiety canopy reassure audible conspirator rummage Read "Barrio Boy" and copy board questions 9/30 PSSA Coach Book Get Pg.11 signed and complete Ch.1 for next Wednesday Oct.7th Read Swallowing Stones 10/01 Read Swallowing Stones 10/02 Vocabulary Quiz and read Swallowing Stones Week of October 5th-9th Monday Vocabulary extend resemble vain humid remote(n) commit quitch deceit ridiculous fate Read"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Pgs. 30-39 Do board questions Tues. Correct board questions Read "Scaffolding" and do board questions Wed. PSSA Coach Book Ch.1 Due Begin Ch.2 Thurs. Vocab. defs. and quiz Read Swallowing Stones Week of October 12th-16th Monday-Columbus Day No School Tuesday vocabulary definitions and quiz due Friday tempt dense melodramatic dimension poised santuary ration deranged scuff merely Read "Neighbors" Textbook Pgs. 78-85 Do board questions Wednesday-PSSA Coach Book Do Ch.2 complete for homework Thursday-Read Swallowing Stones Complete Worksheet for homework Friday- Vocabulary Quiz and read Swallowing Stones Week of October 19th-23rd Monday Read "Oliver Hyde's Dishcloth Concert" and do questions Vocabulary lethal irrational exclusive hypocrite renegade competent hideous eerie snide mortified Tuesday Read "Winter Hibiscus" Questions due on Friday Wednesday-PSSA Coach Book Complete Chapter 3 Thursday- Read Swallowing Stones Friday- Vocab.Definitions and Quiz Read Swallowing Stones Begin Swallowing Stones Chapter Questions Worksheets Due Thursday Oct.29th. Nov.2nd-6th Monday-Read Swallowing Stones Copy Vocabulary remorse jostling goatee vivid furtive circumstantial contorted tactic incessant speculate Tuesday- Read Swallowing Stones and copy Board questions=Due Friday 1.What happens to Jenna at the movie theater? 2.Who helps her? 3. What does Michael find out that Darcy did to Amy? 4. How does Darcy break up with Michael? 5. Why do Joe and Michael meet in the baseball park? 6. What does Jenna tell Andrea she wants to do the the killer? 7. Describe the letter from Amy to Jenna? 8. What strange things happen around the Ward house? 9. How does Josh influence the police? 10. Describe the car accident. 11. What is Jenna doing when she helps with her father's closet? 12. Describe the police investigation so far. Wednesday-PSSA Coach Book Ch.5 Do Chapter 5 Test for homework Thursday-continue reading Swallowing Stones Friday- Vocabulary Quiz and finish Swallowing Stones Week of Nov. 9th-13th Monday- vocabulary- explicable prodigious enigma savant abyss infamous ironic voracious Protestant equilibrium Read "Tell-Tale Heart Do board questions 1. Whgat is the significance of the title? 2. What aspect of the old man bothers the narrator the most? 3. What effect does the beating of the old man's heart have on the narrator? 4. Why does the narrator hear the dead man's heart? 5. Do you think the police purposely extend their stay ? Explain Tuesday-Read "Monkey's Paw" Do board questions 1. What is the spell on the monkey's paw? Who put the spell on it? 2. Do you think the monkey's paw really moves in Mr. White's hand? 3. What do you notice about the amount of compensation Maw and Meggins offers? 4. What is the second wish? 5.What is the third wish? Wednesday-Veteran's Day No School Thursday-Swallowing Stones Test Begin 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Friday-Read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Week of November 16th-20th Monday 4Sight Test Tuesday 4Sight Test Wednesday-Parent/Teacher Conferences Thursday-Read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Friday-Read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Vocabulary-DEFINITIONS AND QUIZ ON MONDAY 11/23/09 disdain opaque audacious labyrinth annihilate taciturn perpetual carnage diorama ambient Week of November 21-23 Monday-Vocabulary quiz Read "Duffy's Jacket" and do board questions 1. How does the narrator's mother explain Duffy's being scatterbrained? 2. Why does the narrator's mother and Aunt Elise take the children camping? 3. what is meant by 'a walking memo pad'? 4. What is scrawled on the bedroom wall? 5. What does the Sentinel of the Woods do when he finds the children? Read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Tuesday- Read "The Dinner Party" and do board questions Finish 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Wednesday Watch 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea movie THANKSGIVING BREAK READ RUNNING BROOK OF HORROR Week of December 1st-4th Begin novel "FREAK THE MIGHTY" Tuesday Read "Highway Man" Textbook Vocabulary Quiz Wednesday Read "Monster Mash" Textbook Thursday-Friday Continue Reading FREAK Friday Vocabulary quiz Week of December 7th-11th Monday Read FREAK Tuesday Reread Textbook "Monster Mash" and "Highway Man" Wednesday Read FREAK Thursday Read Friday Continue Novel vocabulary element spastic flit wedge regurgitate intrude deplete finale tenement cretin Thursday Quiz on textbook stories