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Wow! It is already the second six-weeks!!
We are really getting into the swing of things. Some important things for this
six-weeks:
GRAMMAR: Your child will receive a "2nd six-weeks grammar information"
handout on Tuesday, October 7th. This maps out what grammar concepts we will
be studying this six-weeks and pages in the grammar workbook and Student
Writer's Handbook (referred to as grammar packet) student's can refer to for
notes and practice. There will be a quiz during the 3rd week and the 6th week
over these concepts. Every grammar quiz will have some E-Error (spelling)
words on it!
VOCABULARY: Our vocabulary workbooks are finally in!! We will be doing
Units 1 and 2 this six-weeks. The students will have time to work on these
assignments during their "Bell Work" throughout the week, but will most likely
need to finish at home. The weeklyschedule is as follows:
Synonyms/Antonyms (SA) will be due on the
first Wednesday of the Unit
Choosing the Right Word and Vocabulary in
Context (CTRW/VIC) will be due on the first Friday of each unit.
Completing the Sentence (CTS) will be due
the second Wednesday of each unit.
The quiz will be on the second Friday of
each unit.
The test over both units will be during
the 5th week of the six-weeks.
LITERATURE: We will be reading The House of the Scorpion by
Nancy Farmer this six-weeks. Your child needs to have the book in class
beginning Monday or Tuesday (October 6th/7th). Keep your eye on the website
for the reading schedule. The novel is split into five parts. We will read one
part per week. Students will have some class time to read, but are expected to
do the majority of it at home and during R2W time in Dragon Den.
WRITING: We will be working on literary analysis and persuasion this
six-weeks. Students will be learning the "3 chunk paragraph" format. We will
practice this format throughout the six-weeks, and will have a formal
assessment at the end of the six-weeks that will count as a test grade.
WEEK ONE
OCTOBER 6-10
06 MONDAY
Vocabulary Workbooks distributed/work on Unit 1 SA
Finish Book-in-a-Bag Presentations
Self-Evaluation: Narrative Essays and Grammar Quiz 2
Work on Literature Study Guide or Read Scorpion
HOMEWORK:
1. Unit One SA due Wednesday
2. Literature/Narrative Test-Thursday, October 9th
3. Read pt. 1 in Scorpion by next Tuesday, October 14th (pg. 2-49)
07 Tuesday
Grammar: Subject Verb Agreement
"This six-weeks grammar info" handed out
Text Prediction Stations Activity
08 Wednesday
DUE: UNIT ONE SA
Work on Unit One CTRW/VIC
Grade Unit One SA
Finish Text Prediction Activity
HOMEWORK:
1. Predictive Plot Summary due Friday-may be typed or handwritten-IF YOU HAVE
SLOPPY HANDWRITING, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE-YOU MUST TYPE!!!
2. Unit One CTRW/VIC due Friday
09 Thursday
Subject/Verb Agreement Practice
Literature/Narrative Unit Test
Read Scorpion or work on predictive plot summary
10 Friday
DUE: UNIT ONE CTRW/VIC
Work on Unit One CTS
Grade Unit One CTRW/VIC
Literary Analysis Three Chunk Paragraph Structure
Work on your prediction paragraph
HOMEWORK:
1. Prediction Paragraph in correct format due Wednesday if not done in class
2. Unit One CTS due Wednesday
3. Unit One Vocbaulary Quiz-next Friday, October 17th
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