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Week
of August 16 to 20 |
| Mon | No
class |
| Wed | Journal
#1, syllabus, "E-mail to Teacher" assignment,
"Getting to Know You" assignment, grammar pretest |
| Week
of August 23 to 27 |
| Mon | Journal
#2, syllabus quiz, read p. 18 in lit text, read "The Open Window" (pp.
19 to 21), do qstns. #1-14 on p. 22 |
| Wed | Journal
#3, read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (pp. 116-120) aloud, do qstns
#1-14 (p. 121). Hmwk: Creative Writing: Mitty Steps Up to Bat, p. 122. Bring neat,
revised, edited version to class on Monday. |
| Week
of August 30 to September 3 |
| Mon | Journal
#4, read Walter Mitty stories aloud in groups, revise as necessary to include
"elements that link the daydreams with the narration of the story."
Nominate class officers. Work on class banner. Hmwk: Type up and illustrate your
Walter Mitty daydream for bulletin board (on display for Back-to-School Night) |
| Wed | Journal
#5. (Vote for freshman class officers.) Collect and display Walter Mitty daydream
assignments. Vote for freshman class officers. Read silently "Before You
Read," p. 44, and read aloud "The Lady, or the Tiger," pp. 45-50.
Do qstns #1-15 (skip #12 & 13). Hmwk: "Creative Writing, And the Decision
Is . . . ," p. 52. Read instructions carefully. Write out your ending, proofread
and revise to make your story meet the requirements listed in the assignment description,
and then send it in an e-mail message to teacher (due by Fri., Sept. 10--even
though we have no class next week). Those without access to e-mail can hand write
or word process the assignment and hand it to the teacher by Fri. |
| Week
of September 6 to 10 |
| Mon | No
class: Labor Day. |
| Wed | No
class: Teacher In-Service Day. Submit homework for Sept. 1 (Wed.) in an e-mail
message by Fri., Sept. 10. Those without access to e-mail can hand write or word
process the assignment and hand it to the teacher by Wed. |
| Week
of September 13 to 17 |
| Mon | Journal
#6. Spelling words for Wednesday (on board). Write out words 5X, use in a sentence,
and write out definitions for pairs. (Due by end of class.) Turn back old assignments.
Revise "The Lady or the Tiger" endings as per comments on papers. Hmwk:
complete revision. (Due Wed.) |
| Wed | Journal
#7. Collect final drafts of "The Lady or the Tiger" ending. Spelling
quiz. Read "The Leap" (pp. 57-63). Do qstns #1-5 & 13-15. Read "Flashback"
on p. 64 and answer the 3 questions after the explanation. Turn in by the end
of class. Hmwk: Write a news report about the last time the narrator's mother
saved her life (from the burning house). Use the 5 W's & H to start the newspaper
article. Due Mon. Print out your grades in RENweb, have your parent/guardian sign
the paper, and put it in the "Assignments" section of your notebook.
I'll check it for credit on Monday. |
| Week
of September 20 to 24 |
| Mon | Journal
#8. Check off grade sheets from RENweb. Check off newspaper articles based on
"The Leap" rescue. Peer review of newspaper article to check for 5 W's
& H. Revise article, re-write, and submit before end of class. |
| Wed | (Partial
class because of ITED testing) Journal #9. Noun scavenger hunt. No hmwk. |
| Week
of September 27 to October 1 |
| Mon | Journal
#10. Circle proper nouns in your journal entry. Nouns, continued. [Schoolhouse
Rock: Nouns] Noun test notes on board. Go back to your journal entry. Pick
out 10 common nouns. Write them on notebook paper and demonstrate that they pass
the noun tests. Complete Ex. 1, 2 & 3, p. 343 during class. Read pp. 346 &
347. Hmwk: Write 10 sentences about you and your friends. (Leave at least one
space between each sentence.) Underline one noun in each sentence and write above
it a pronoun that could be used to replace it. Due: Wed. |
| Wed | Journal
#11. Noun quiz. Collect hmwk from Mon. Review nouns. Intro pronouns [Schoolhouse
Rock: Pronouns]. Pronoun notes on board. Do ex. 4 & 5 in class. Hmwk:
Writing Assignment, p. 349. (Can be done as a paragraph rather than as minutes.)
Due Mon. |
| Week
of October 4 to 8 |
| Mon | Collect
writing assignment homework. Journal #12. Review nouns and pronouns. Intro adjectives
[Schoolhouse Rock: Adjectives]. Guidelines
for grammar exercises. Read pp. 349-352, then do ex. 6 & 7, pp. 352-353, in
class. Hmwk: complete exercises. Due Wed. |
| Wed | Collect
ex. 6 & 7. Journal #13. Use journal nouns for notes. Review of adjectives.
Adjective notes (adjective sentence positions, "Pronoun or Adjective?"
& "Nouns used as Adjectives") on board. Review Exercise A, pp. 353-354.
Hmwk: Write out spelling words 10X each. Write out a definition for each word
in the usage group and use it correctly in a sentence. Spelling words: spoke,
lady, field, stinky, aggressive, annoying, scrumptious, squeak, superstitious,
stationery/stationary, jewelry, rotten, received, lavender, sandwiches, mischievous,
tired, greasy, sour. Due Mon, Oct. 11. |
| Week
of October 11 to 15 (End of First Quarter) |
| Mon | Collect
spelling quiz preparation assignment. Spelling quiz.
Journal #14. Noun, pronoun, adjective quiz. Verbs.
[Schoolhouse Rock: Verbs] Hmwk: Using five
friends' names as subjects, write two sentences for each friend. Make sure one
contains an action verb and the other contains a linking verb. Underline the verb
in each sentence and label it "action" or "linking" at the
end of the sentence. |
| Wed | English
notebook check today! Collect
homework sentences. Journal #15. Verb notes on board. Read pp. 354-357. Exercises
9, 10, 11. No hmwk. |