3rd period week of 5/12
Monday: work on portfolio; review for EOCT
Tuesday: EOCT pt 2; work on portfolio
Wednesday: work on portfolio, EOCT reflection
Thursday: read Daily and create Daily flags; work on portfolio
Friday: work on portfolio
May 12, 2008
May 06, 2008
3rd period week of 5/5
Monday: EOCT review; read poems: The Girl Who Loved the Sky and Annibel Lee, answer questions/TPCASTT Homework: finish poems
Tuesday: teacher letters; review for EOCT
Wednesday: poetry--read and analyze; review for EOCT
Thursday: review for EOCT
Friday: EOCT part 1
April 28, 2008
3rd period week of 4/28
Monday:record stories; non-smoking packet; ipods
Tuesday:journal--listening response; vocab quiz; read and analyze poems (Dream Deferred, Dreams, The Eagle, "Hope" is the thing with Feathers)
Wednesday: read magazine article and post summary on blog; skills tutor/EOCT review; poetry lounge
Thursday: Journal--picture response; poetry terms quiz; The Raven and answer questions; new vocabulary Homework: Finish Raven packet
Friday: skills tutor/EOCT review
April 21, 2008
3rd period week of 4/21
Monday: turn in Daybreak poems; work on poetry project (due Friday); vocabulary review; poetry Homework: poetry project
Tuesday: Journal: video response; listening practice; record stories; finish U.S. packet and turn in
Wednesday: work on poetry project; read "Stopping by the Woods" and analyze
Thursday: Turn in U.S. packet; work on syllables; work on project
Friday: Poetry cafe; turn in projects; vocab review (quiz Tuesday)
April 14, 2008
3rd period week of 4/14
Monday: Read-15 minutes; Complete reading packet; Skills tutor/USA test prep
Tuesday: Journal: Write about your spring break or your imaginary spring break; Poetry--read "Women" and discuss, read "Jabberwocky" and "McCavity" and write a response; new vocabulary and complete vocab squares Homework: vocabulary squares
Wednesday: Extra credit essay due today; Media center--choose children's books to read; Work on U.S. states packet; Please follow this link to complete the survey Click here for technology survey
Thursday: Turn in vocab. squares; Go to media center to work on project; read "Daybreak in Alabama" and write your own
Friday: Practice reading your book; work on packet; work on project
April 01, 2008
3rd period week of 3/31
Monday: Read Desert Ordeal ch 7-9; R & J project practice (due Wednesday); poetry pre-test; So much depends on assignment Homework: finish your poems
Tuesday: video response journal; s/v agreement quiz; skills tutor
Wednesday: Finish Desert Ordeal and do book report; perform R & J projects; poetry terms; share So Much Depends poems
Thursday: Journal--song response "Musicology"; Reading practice--packet scanning and begin infer; I am poem
Friday: finish poetry terms; read poems "Maggie and Molly and May" and "Combing" and discuss poems/terms
March 25, 2008
3rd period week of 3/24
Monday: read magazine articles and discuss; What do YOU think worksheet and discuss; read summary and discuss
Tuesday: Journal--song response; Romeo and Juliet test; Romeo and Juliet rewrites
Wednesday: Timed name essay; Skills Tutor; My Big Fat Greek Wedding \
Thursday: no class
Friday: finish My Big Fat Greek Wedding; complete 1 page response to movie; work on Skills Tutor; complete subject/verb agreement quiz
March 17, 2008
3rd period week of March 17
Monday: Read--15 minutes; finish reading Romeo and Juliet; watch Romeo and Juliet movie; extra credit book project
Tuesday: Listening journal--"Wish you were here" by Pink Floyd; vocab review: story (finish the ending) and acting; reading practice: Name game
Wednesday: Read 15 minutes (Desert Ordeal ch 1-3); reading log: what is interesting in the story? what is confusing in the story? what do you think is going to happen?; finish Romeo and Juliet; Romeo and Juliet review--terms, etc.
Thursday: Name-game: 1. Research the meaning of your name (3 sources) 2. Interview your parents about the meaning of your name
Friday: Read Desert Ordeal 4-6; R & J review; finish movie Homework: R&J plot and irony ws; prepare for r&j test (Tues)
March 11, 2008
3rd period week of 3/10
Monday: read 15 minutes; vocabulary review; vocabulary bingo; Butterfly project reading and cloze; vocab. game
Tuesday: journal--song/video response; Romeo and Juliet open-book quiz; R and J act 2 film; Homework: read Romeo and Juliet Act 3 pgs. 21-24
Wednesday: Read--15 minutes; vocab review/stories; Skills tutor
Thursday: Journal: Romeo and Juliet have known each other for about 12 hours and now they are married. Do you think they are really in love? Why/why not? How long do you think people should know each other before they get married? Why do you think that? ¾ page; Finish reading Act 3 and Act 4 pgs. 25—39 and complete study questions; Grammar: Breakthroughs in Literature books, pg. 171-176, ex. 3, 4, 5
Friday: Read--15 minutes; share vocab stories; vocab review; Skills tutor
March 03, 2008
3rd period week of March 3
Monday: Turn in "perfect mate" hw; read 15 min; Romeo and Juliet role play; Romeo and Juliet background notes; begin Romeo and Juliet (Act 1, scenes 1-3) Homework: Finish Act 1, scenes 1-3
Tuesday: Journal--song response; reading practice--Bob Barker and questions; Skills Tutor/USA test prep
Wednesday: Quiz--Act 1, scene 1-3; read 15 minutes; read Act 1, scene 4 (green book); watch movie
Thursday: Journal--dog Download ugliest_dog.jpg; vocabulary and review
Friday: Read 15 minutes; Romeo and Juliet movie Act 1; read Act2 Homework: finish reading Act 2
