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)
Monday: Read--15 minutes; vocabulary quiz review/new vocabulary; short story review in pairs Homework: study for Wednesday's short story test.
Tuesday: journal: video response; short story review; vocab review--vocab squares Homework: study for short story test
Wednesday: Short story test; read 15 minutes; play Odyssey games (if time)
Thursday: journal: song response; short story project assigned (due 5/5); time to work on short story project; vocab review Homework: work on short story project; study for vocab quiz (Monday)
Friday: No class-yearbook assembly
Monday: Vocabulary practice; work on your own
Tuesday: Turn in extra credit projects; Discuss Of Mice and Men ch. 3 and turn in questions; Read OMAM ch. 4
Wednesday: Grammar practice; work on your own
Thursday: Turn in ch. 4 questions/discuss ch. 4; go to media center to work on project/renew books; read ch. 5 and answer questions
Friday: reading practice; work on your own
Monday: read 15 minutes; new vocabulary--complete squares; begin "One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts"
Tuesday:Turn in Odyssey project; Journal: read through book selections and choose three you like the most. Write a journal about your 3 top choices 1/2 page; Finish "One Ordinary Day with Peanuts" and complete worksheet Homework: Finish worksheet for "Peanuts"
Wednesday: Library--new book; Read 15 minutes; Discuss "One Ordinary Day" and go over worksheet; intro to "Checkouts"
Thursday: Journal: Think about a time you moved. What did you feel like when you first got there? How long did it take you to get used to it? What was most important to you?; Vocabulary review; Read "Checkouts" and complete worksheet Homework: study for vocabulary quiz and complete "Checkouts" worksheet.
Friday: vocabulary quiz; read; go over irony/Checkouts; Most Dangerous Game and story map Homework: complete Most Dangerous Game and story map
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
Monday: Turn in project; OMAM discuss reading, read ch. 1 and answer questions
Tuesday: EOCT practice; work on your own
Wednesday: OMAM turn in ch. 1 questions and discuss, ch. 2 and questions Homework: finish ch 2 questions
Thursday: I am poem; work on your own
Friday: Turn in ch. 2 questions; Discuss Ch. 2; read ch. 3 and do questions Homework: finish ch. 3 and questions
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
Monday: Read new book: One Date Too Many, ch 1-3; idioms review (quiz tomorrow); short story notes; Secret Life of Walter Mitty--read and answer questions
Tuesday: Journal--video response ; idiom quiz; read folk tale and write your own
Wednesday: Read One Date Too Many ch 4-6; Necklace movie and story map; read Necklace and answer questions
Thursday: Journal: With excitement, you tear the wrapping paper off a birthday gift, only to be disappointed with the present you see. You hide your feelings, remembering it is the thought that counts. Or, you find the exact present you were hoping for. Think about the best present you have ever gotten? What was it? Why was it “the best”? What is the worst present you have ever gotten? Why was it “the worst”? How do you decide what present to give someone else?; Discuss necklace and watch Necklace; Begin Gift of the Magi
Friday: Finish One Date Too Many; Finish reading Gift of the Magi and complete story map; the Train story; ODYSSEY PROJECT DUE TUESDAY, APRIL 15
Monday: No class
Tuesday: OMAM anticipation guide and journal (don't forget to post comments below); OMAM scavenger hunt; OMAM book
Wednesday: Vocab practice (review for social studies grad test); work on your own
Thursday: TESTING
Friday: subject/verb agreement; work on your own; OMAM journal posting due TODAY; final draft of career project due Monday
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
