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Monday
September 7, 2009
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NO SCHOOL |
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Tuesday
September 8, 2009 |
Book Fair/Textbook Checkout (class set only)
Read Chapter Two/Three of The Giver
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Reading Passage "The Hungarian Gold Train"
Students must annotate/write notes in the margin for credit. Due Thursday.
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Wednesday
September 9, 2009
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Read Chapter Three/Four of The Giver
Work on Dialectical Journal Entries and Vocabulary Log
Memoir mini lesson
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Reading Passage "The Hungarian Gold Train"
Students must annotate/write notes in the margin for credit. Due Thursday.
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Thursday
September 10, 2009
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Read Chapter Four/Five of The Giver
Work on Dialectical Journal Entries and Vocabulary Log
Memoir mini lesson
Homework Passage Due
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Friday
September 11, 2009
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Read Chapter Five/Six of The Giver
Work on Dialectical Journal Entries and Vocabulary Log
Spelling Practice # 3
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Monday September 14, 2009
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The Giver- Chapters Six-Eight
Work on Dialectical Journal Entries and Vocabulary Log
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Tuesday September 15, 2009
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The Giver- Chapters Nine-Eleven
Work on Dialectical Journal Entries and Vocabulary Log
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Reading Passage "Ratty-Bratty Reputation"
Students must annotate/write notes in the margin for credit. Due Thursday.
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Wednesday September 16, 2009
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The Giver- Chapters Twelve-Thirteen
Work on Dialectical Journal Entries and Vocabulary Log
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Thursday September 17, 2009
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Picture Day
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Friday September 18, 2009
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The Giver- Chapters Fourteen - Seventeen
Work on Dialectical Journal Entries and Vocabulary Log (due at the end of reading The Giver- test grade)
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Monday September 21, 2009
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The Giver- Chapters Eighteen-Twenty
Work on Dialectical Journal Entries and Vocabulary Log (due at the end of reading The Giver- test grade)
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Tuesday September 22
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The Giver - Chapters Twenty-One- Twenty Three
Work on Dialectical Journal Entries and Vocabulary Log (due at the end of reading The Giver- test grade)
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"A Man as Good as His Words" reading passage # 4- students must annotate/write notes in the margin for credit. Due Thursday.
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Wednesday September 23
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Work on Dialectical Journal Entries and Vocabulary Log (due at the end of reading The Giver- test grade)
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Thursday September 24
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Dialectical Journals and Vocabulary Log for The Giver- due!!!
Reading and Literary Terms Assessment- The Giver
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HW # 4 due |
Friday September 25
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Spelling Practice # 5/Warm Up 1
Creative Writing Assignment- pick one topic, write three paragraphs, and have a partner write comments. Due at the end of class.
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Monday September 28
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Begin Personal Narrative
Read essay by Mark Twain "Roughing It"
Concept- Main Idea
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Tuesday September 29
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Work on Personal Narrative
Read essay by Mark Twain "Roughing It"
Concept- Problem/Solution
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HW # 5- "Cats and Dogs"- analogies- students must annotate/write notes in the margin for credit. Due Thursday.
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Wednesday September 30
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Work on Personal Narrative
Read Essay "One Million Volumes"
Concept: Sequence
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Thursday October 1
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Work on Personal Narrative
Concept: Cause and Effect
Graphing Assignment: Students will graph out their homework (reading passages # 1-4) progress.
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HW # 5 Due
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Friday October 2
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Work on Personal Narrative
Concept: Compare and Contrast
Discuss 6 +1 Writing Traits- Evaluate History DBQ papers based on 6+1 Writing Traits Rubric
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| Monday October 5 |
Work on Personal Narrative
Discuss 6 +1 Writing Traits- Evaluate History DBQ papers based on 6+1 Writing Traits Rubric
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| Tuesday October 6 |
Work on Personal Narrative
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HW # 6- "Sport or Spectacle?" due Thursday- Students must annotate/write notes in the margins for credit. |
| Wednesday October 7 |
Work on Personal Narrative
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| Thursday October 8 |
Work on Personal Narrative |
HW# 6 Due |
| Friday October 9 |
Work on Personal Narrative
Peer Edit U.S. History DBQ # 2
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| Monday October 12 |
No School- Columbus Day |
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| Tuesday October 13 |
Cause and Effect- "The Sinking of the Sultana"
Urban Legends
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"No Simple Answers" HW Assigned |
| Wednesday October 14 |
Analyzing Text Features/Structures- How to read and analyze a magazine and textbook |
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| Thursday October 15 |
Analyzing Text Features/Structures- How to read a Social Studies, Science, and Math textbook |
"No Simple Answers" HW Due |
| Friday October 17 |
SSR- reading time
Spelling Practice
Grades- Review
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| Monday October 19 |
"The Lady, or The Tiger?"- read short story |
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| Tuesday October 20 |
Early Release- Literary Elements/Devices in The Wizard of Oz |
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| Wednesday October 21 |
Upfront Scholastic Magazine- Adam Sandler/Lunch Lady Parody and Literary Devices |
HW- "Running Dry" due Monday (due to early release) |
| Thursday October 22 |
Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe |
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| Friday October 23 |
Field Trip- St. Edward's University |
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| Monday October 26 |
Finish "The Raven" handout- vocabulary, poetic devices, plot, setting elements
Illustrate a scene from "The Raven"
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| Tuesday October 27 |
Common Assessment # 2- Test Grade- Corrections may be made once it is graded |
NO homework this week |
| Wednesday October 28 |
"The Treasure of Lemon Brown" - Short Story
Assignment: Discuss at least one literary device/element used in the story and why the author used it (what is the effect on the reader?)
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| Thursday October 29 |
"The Tell-Tale Heart" and Literary Devices
The Simpsons- "The Raven"
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| Friday October 30 |
SSR Reading Time
SSR Project Discussion
Finish "The Tell-Tale Heart"
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| Monday November 2 |
Finish SSR projects and turn in
Show Grades
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| Tuesday November 3 |
read "The Monkey's Paw" |
HW: "A Monumental Architect" due Thurs. |
| Wednesday November 4 |
finish "The Monkey's Paw" and watch silent movie clip from 1923
Conflict Lesson- types of conflicts and how they are resolved in Literature
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| Thursday November 5 |
Student Assignment: Begin "The Monkey's Paw" Advertisement Project
Read Science article about 2012 and discuss as a class
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HW: " A Monumental Architect" due |
| Friday November 6 |
Student Assignment: Work on "The Monkey's Paw" Advertisement Project
Plot Structure Analysis
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| Monday November 9 |
Theme and Thematic Statements- Analysis |
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| Tuesday November 10 |
Begin Literary Device/Element Analysis Chart for "The Monkey's Paw," and "The Tell-Tale Heart" |
HW Reading Passage
"An Uphill Climb"
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| Wednesday November 11 |
Continue Literary Device/Element Analysis Chart for "The Monkey's Paw," and "The Tell-Tale Heart" |
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| Thursday November 12 |
Short Answer Questions for "The Monkey's Paw" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" |
"An Uphill Climb"-
HW passage due no later
than November 30th (Monday).
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| Friday November 13 |
Finish Letters to Veterans/Servicemen and Servicewomen
Grammar fun!
Types of Sentences- Simple, Compound, Complex...Also, the differences between complete sentences, run-ons, and fragments
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| Monday November 17 |
ELAR Benchmark |
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| Tuesday November 18 |
| ELAR Benchmark |
HW: "An Uphill Climb" due Nov. 30th |
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| Wednesday November 19 |
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| Thursday November 20 |
ELAR Benchmark |
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| Friday November 21 |
Grades (Review), Spelling, SSR |
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