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[First
Quarter Assignments] |
| Week of October
18 to 22 |
| Mon | [Half
of class gone on choir trip] Read Saki stories aloud: "Laura," "The
Storyteller," and "The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh." Work
period. No hmwk. |
| Wed | Journal
#16. Verb phrases, pp. 359-360. Verb phrase notes on board. Do ex. 12 orally.
(Use your name or a common noun that applies to you.) Ex. 13, p. 360. (Do individually
then check answers in class.) Use ex. 3 & 6 to find verbs/verb phrases. (Go
over in class.) Circle action verbs and verb phrases in journal #15. Read "The
Adverb," pp. 360-365. Hmwk: prepare for verb and verb phrase quiz (from class
notes). |
| Week
of October 25 to 29 |
| Mon | Journal
#17. Review. Go over returned nouns, pronouns, and adjectives quiz and make corrections.
Re-submit. Review verbs and verb phrases with questions on board. Verb
& verb phrase quiz. No hmwk. |
| Tues | (Academy
Day) Short class period with 8th graders. Parts of speech review: writing sentences
with nouns, pronouns, adjectives, action verbs, linking verbs, and helping verbs. |
| Wed | (Minimum
Day: morning classes only.) Journal #18. Verbs and verb phrases review. Verb phrases
worksheet. Adverbs. [Schoolhouse Rock: Adverbs]
Rd. pp. 360-365. No hmwk. |
| Week
of November 1 to 5 |
| Mon | (Power
Week) Journal #19. Adverbs notes on board. Do ex. 14, 15, 17 on paper. Go over
ex. 16, 18 & 19 orally. No hmwk. |
| Wed | (Power
Week) Journal #20. Review returned verb phrases quiz. Do Review Ex. B, pp. 366-367.
No hmwk. |
| Week
of November 8 to 12 |
| Mon |
Journal #21. Complete Rev. Ex. B
(started Wed.) Prepositions. Preposition notes on board. [Schoolhouse
Rock: Prepositions]. Do ex. 20. Conjunctions. Do ex. 21. Hmwk: write an original
Prep mad lib to share with class on Wednesday. |
| Wed | Journal
#22. Mad libs sharing time. Adverb
wkst. Identifying words as different parts of speech. Do ex. 22. Schoolhouse
Rock: Conjunctions. Hmwk: Revise Mad Lib incorporating necessary adjustments discovered
in class. Word process Mad Lib. |
| Week
of November 15 to 19 |
| Mon | Journal
#23. Collect word-processed Mad Libs. Review
for parts of speech test [or click here
for pdf file]. Posttest I (Go over answers in class). Hmwk: continue test
review (as far as you can without textbook). |
| Wed | Mid-quarter
English notebook check. Journal
#24. Posttest II. Posttest wkst. Complete review
for parts of speech test (with textbook in class). Go over review questions
in class. Parts of speech game. No hmwk: have a great Thanksgiving!!! |
| Week
of November 22 to 26: No Classes, Thanksgiving Vacation |
| Week
of November 29 to December 3 |
| Mon | (Midterm
Reports) Journal #25. Practice test. Part of speech flashcards. Hmwk: prepare
for test on Wed. |
| Wed | Test.
Celebrate completion of chapter. |
| Week
of December 6 to 10 |
| Mon | Journal
#26 (Christmas Banquet Redux). Do Diag. Test A as intro to chapter. Go over in
class. Do orally in class: Diag. Test B, ex. 1-3. Read aloud: "The
Tailor of Gloucester," Beatrix Potter. Spelling words for final exam.
No hmwk. |
| Wed | Journal
#27 (Birthday memories). Go over Parts of Speech test, reading each section carefully.
(Blank copy of test for each student.) Go over answers. No hmwk. |
| Week
of December 13 to 16 |
| Mon | Review
for test. Identifying Verbs Worksheet
[Answer Key for Verbs Worksheet].
Identifying Verbs Worksheet 2 [Answer
Key for Verbs Worksheet 2]. Preposition
Worksheet [Answer Key for Preposition
Worksheet]. Notes on board. Hmwk: study for final exam. Here
are some helpful links: |
| Thurs | Final
Exam: 10:40 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. |
| Fri
10:35 a.m. | SA
Christmas Brunch & Assembly, PUC Fireside Room |