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[First
Quarter Assignments]
[Second Quarter Assignments] |
| Week of January 10
to 14 |
| Mon | Journal
28 (New beginnings: new year, new semester, new goals, new . . .?). Pass back
final exams. Grammar review: verbs & prepositions. Hmwk: 1) Review syllabus
for quiz. 2) Study spelling words for quiz. 3) Complete
"Identifying Verbs Worksheet 2." |
| Wed | Journal
29 (Academic performance last semester: what I liked, what I'm going to change
and how). Collect "Identifying Verbs
Worksheet 2." Spelling quiz. Syllabus quiz. Class activity: inventing
and sharing silly/funny complete subjects and predicates. Hmwk: Write 10 sentences.
Underline complete subjects once. Underline complete predicates twice. Circle
simple subjects and verbs (include helping verbs). Due Wed. |
| Week
of January 17 to 21 |
| Mon | No
School: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| Wed | Journal
30 (What I wish people really understood about me: what I like, what I care about,
and what I really like about life). Collect sentences (from Wed.) Do chpt. 13
grammar exercises: 1-4. Go over exercises in class. In pairs, do ex. 5 & 6
(two names on one paper). Turn in before end of class. No hmwk. |
| Week
of January 24 to 28 |
| Mon | Journal
31 (Why I'm really glad I live here and not somewhere else OR why I wish I lived
somewhere else and not here). Dictate spelling words. (You must check the spellings
of the words AND make sure you know how to use them in sentences. Any words missed
on the quiz will need to be written out 25 times each.) Do Rev. Ex. A, p. 383
on your own (as a check of your understanding of the chapter so far). Subject
and predicate notes on board. (Add to Notes section of your notebook.) Return
previous spelling quiz. Begin ex. 7 to 12. To be continued on Wed. Hmwk: study
for spelling quiz. Write out any words missed on the previous spelling quiz 25
times each. Due Wed. |
| Wed | Journal
32 (My best winter thought and/or memory). Spelling quiz. Continue with ex. 7
- 12 in green grammar text. Use class notes from Monday, and explanations and
samples in the text to assist you--if you have questions. At the end of the class
period, turn in what you have completed. If you finish before the end of class,
read quietly (or work on other homework) while your classmates finish their work.
Hmwk: write out 25 times each any words missed on the spelling quiz. Due Mon. |
| Week
of January 31 to February 4 |
| Mon |
Journal 33 (If you hadn't chosen
to be here, where would you be? Dream. Imagine!). Collect spelling words (from
previous two quizzes) written out 25 times. Dictate spelling words for Wed. Review
of subjects in odd places. Do Rev. Ex. B. Intro complements. Notes on board (add
to Notes section in English notebook). Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz. Check the
spelling of the words and know how to use them in sentences. |
| Wed | Journal
34 (Sports). Spelling quiz. Continue with intro to complements. Do ex 15 -17 aloud
in class. Do ex 19 & 20 aloud in class. Write out ex. 21. Hmwk: Do ex. 18
(Using each of these as a complement, write five sentences. Underline the subject
once, the verb twice, and circle the complement in each sentence. Words: pencil,
bellhop, shrewd, sluggish, clown.) Complete ex. 18 (if not completed in class).
Write out words missed on spelling quiz 25 times. |
| Week
of February 7 to 11 |
| Mon | No
School: Staff Development Day. |
| Tues | (Monday
Classes) Collect hmwk (ex. 18 sentences--if not completed last Wed.) & spelling
words written out 25 times (if required). Journal 35 (What do your "toys"
do when you are not there? Make up a story about one of your toys.). Do complements
worksheet. No hmwk. |
| Wed | (PUC
Basketball Tournament) Journal 36 (Basketball, etc.). Do ex. 22 & Rev. Ex.
E. (New directions for assignment: 1) Cross out prepositional phrases. 2) Underline
verbs (including helpers) twice. 3) Identify verbs as VI, VT, or VL. 4) Circle
all complements. 5) Identify complements as P.A., P.N., D.O., or I.O. Hmwk: complete
ex. 22 & Rev. Ex. E. Due Mon. |
| Week
of February 14 to 18 |
| Mon | Check
off ex. 22 & Rev. Ex. E. Go over exercises. Journal 37 (Valentine's Day spectrum:
National Single Awareness Day to Mushy! Mushy! Mushy!). Dictate words
for spelling quiz on Wed. Do ex. 23 & 24 (directions: write down and identify
the complements--p.n., p.a., i.o., d.o.), Rev. Ex. F, and ex. 25. Hmwk: complete
exercises (if not completed in class). Study for spelling quiz. |
| Wed | Journal
38 ("Me": aspects of my life). Spelling quiz.
Posttests 1 (A & B) & 2. Hmwk: Chapter
review worksheet (Do the 3rd section. We'll do the 1st and 2nd sections in
class on Tues). Due Tues. |
| Week
of February 21 to 25 |
| Mon | No
School: President's Day |
| Tues | (Monday
Classes) Journal 39 (What is grace? What does grace look like?). Write out missed
spelling words 25X. Complete Posttests (if not completed last class period). Do
1st & 2nd sections of chapter
review worksheet. Hmwk: complete pink chapter
review worksheet. Due Wed. |
| Wed | Check
off completed chapter review worksheet.
Journal 40 (Looking forward: snow day, spring break, trips? etc.). Go over worksheet,
sharing sentences and checking answers. Review for test. (Make-up spelling quiz
for those who missed it last week) Hwmk: study for test. Click
here for Practice Worksheets and Answers. |
| Week
of February 28 to March 4 |
| Mon | Test:
Parts of the Sentence. Read aloud: "The Dog That Bit People,"
by James Thurber. No hmwk. |
| Wed | No
Classes: Prep Ski/Snow Day |
| Week
of March 7 to 11 |
| Mon | Journal
41 (3rd quarter retrospective: What did you do well? What do you wish you had
done differently? Plot for success for 4th quarter). Robert Louis Stevenson's
writing about the Napa Valley: "The
Silverado Squatters," "In the Valley," and "The Petrified
Forest." No hwmk. |
| Wed | (Choir
in England) Watch The Count of Monte Cristo (103 min., 1974). No hmwk. |
| Spring
Break. Classes resume March
28. |