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| Syllabus
| Third Quarter's Assignments |
Revised:
Mar. 19, 2007 |
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| [First
Quarter's Assignments] [Second Quarter's
Assignments] |
Week
of January 22 to 26 (Beginning of Second Semester and Third Quarter) |
| Mon |
Begin
reading The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli. No
hmwk. |
| Tues |
Continue
reading The
Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli. No hmwk. |
| Thurs |
[Music
Festival: nine students gone] Continue reading The Door in the
Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli. No hmwk. |
| Fri |
[Music
Festival] Finish reading The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite
de Angeli. No hmwk. |
| Week
of January 29 to February 2 |
| Mon |
Spelling
words for quiz on Friday (equivalent to exile).
Review of parts of speech. Parts of Speech game. (Each student is
dealt eight parts-of-speech
cards. Trade with classmates and/or the teacher to get the cards
you need. Goal: write an eight-word sentence incorporating all of
the parts of speech on your cards.)
Hmwk: Add three more "free" parts of speech to
the eight you collected in class. Create a total of five eight-word
sentences using the parts of speech on your cards. (Three will not
be used in each sentence.) |
| Tues |
Due:
Parts of Speech game sentences. Label the words in the sentences
appropriately. Share sentences with a partner. Are all words labelled
correctly? Make adjustments in sentences--as necessary.
Hmwk: Complete Parts
of Speech Worksheet. Prepare for a quiz on the Parts
of Speech Worksheet. |
| Thurs |
Due:
Parts of Speech Worksheet.
Review (with notes on board) of parts of speech characteristics
and definitions.
Hmwk: study for spelling quiz. Include a review of Words
you should already know how to spell. Make necessary revisions
to Parts of Speech Worksheet. |
| Fri |
Spelling
quiz. Go over Parts of
Speech Worksheet. Drill on usage pairs in Words
you should already know how to spell. |
| Week
of February 5 to 9 |
| Mon |
Journal
#37 (Travel adventure: real/imaginary). Spelling
words for quiz on Friday (existing to fairly).
Continue with Parts of Speech review. In today's journal writing,
circle at least one example of each of the eight parts of speech.
Copy sentences with circled items onto a new piece of paper (so
that you don't have to turn in your journal writing).
Hmwk: finish writing out sentences that include all eight
parts of speech and the second list on the board: proper noun,
action verb, helping verb, linking verb, object
of preposition, indefinite pronoun, adjective after
a linking verb, adverb modifying an adj or adv, correlative
conjunction). |
| Tues |
Due: parts-of-speech sentences. Journal #38 (On a day like today,
I'd like to . . .). Parts of Speech quiz. Finish up ex. 3 &
5 wkst (from before parts-of-speech review) & ex. 7. Due today.
No hwmk. |
| Thurs |
Journal
#39 (My favorite form of precipitation . . .). Continue with parts
of the sentence, chpt. 13. Note on board for chapter definitions.
Hmwk: study for spelling quiz. |
| Fri |
Journal
#40 (Writing option or drawing option). Spelling
quiz. [Words you should already
know how to spell] Continue with examples on board of subjects
in unusual places. No hmwk. |
| Week
of February 12 to 16 |
| Mon |
No
School: Staff Development |
| Tues |
[Small
choir people missing] Spelling
words for quiz on Friday (familiar to frame).
Write sentences with subjects in unusual places. Share sentences
on board. Begin underlining simple subjects once and simple predicates
(verbs) twice. No hmwk. |
| Thurs |
Work
on Subjects in Unusual
Places Worksheet.
Hmwk: study for spelling quiz (re-scheduled to next Tuesday) |
| Fri |
Class
Cancelled: schedule change for special college assembly. |
| Week
of February 19 to 23 |
| Mon |
No
School: Presidents' Day |
| Tues |
Journal
#41 (long weekend, basketball tournament, I would like to . . .).
Spelling quiz (re-scheduled
from last Friday). Spelling
words for quiz on Friday (fraud to golden). Continue
Subjects in Unusual
Places Worksheet. Go over worksheet. No hmwk.
Hmwk: complete Subjects
in Unusual Places Worksheet. Double check the sentences to make
sure you have completed all steps outlined in class. |
| Thurs |
[PUC
Basketball Tournament] Journal #42 (I'm in charge of my own success:
agree/disagree). Go over Subjects
in Unusual Places Worksheet. Turn in Subjects
in Unusual Places Worksheet. Quiz over subjects, predicates
& prep phrases. Drill on words
you should already know how to spell.
Hmwk: study for spelling quiz. |
| Fri |
[PUC
Basketball Tournament] Spelling
quiz. [Words you should already
know how to spell] Review of subjects and verbs. Do ex. 11 &
, pp. 390-1, aloud. Write out Rev. Ex. B. Due by end of class. No
hmwk. |
| Week
of February 26 to March 2 |
| Mon |
Spelling
words for quiz on Friday (govern to homeless).
Journal #43 (Basketball tournament, my weekend, spring break plans?).
Begin complements. Do ex. 15, 16, 17 aloud in class. Do ex. 18 on
paper to turn in before end of class. No hmwk. |
| Tues |
No
Class: Half day of school for teacher inservice. |
| Thurs |
Journal
#44 (Snow Day!). Notes on board about subject complements and direct
objects. Do ex. 20 on back of paper with Rev. Ex. B (from last Friday).
Hmwk: study for spelling quiz. Complete ex. 20 and Rev. Ex.
B. |
| Fri |
Due: ex. 20 and Rev. Ex. B. Go over hmwk.
Spelling quiz. [Words you
should already know how to spell] Begin subject
complements sentence activity. Write out sentence components.
No hmwk. |
| Week
of March 5 to 9 |
| Mon |
Spelling
words for quiz on Friday (honest to index). Continue
with subject complements
activity. Trade sentence components with classmates to construct
sentences. Write ten sentences, each containing a subject, verb,
and subject complement. Label the subject complements as "pred
adj" or "pred nom"--as appropriate. No hmwk. |
| Tues |
Direct
objects. Notes on board. Direct
Objects worksheet. Do ex. 21. (Directions for ex. 21: Make three
columns on your paper. Write subjects in first column, verbs (including
helping verbs) in second, and direct objects in third.)
Hmwk: Complete Direct
Objects worksheet and Ex.
21. (See directions for ex. 21 above.) |
| Thurs |
NB:
Spelling quiz
has been moved up to today--instead of Friday. (Band members will
be gone on Friday.) Due: Direct
Objects worksheet and Ex.
21. Spelling quiz.
Indirect objects. Notes on board.
Indirect Objects worksheet. (Do NOT diagram the sentences.)
Hmwk: Complete the
Indirect Objects worksheet. |
| Fri |
[Band
members gone] Extended class period: Watch Driving Miss Daisy.
No hmwk. |
| Week
of March 12 to 16 |
| Mon |
Due:
Indirect Objects worksheet. Spelling
words for quiz on Friday (inevitable to inspector).
Do ex. 24 using the Indirect
Object worksheet directions. Rev. ex. E [review of subject complements
(predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives) and objects (direct
and indirect)]
Hmwk: Complete ex 24 & Rev. ex. E. |
| Tues |
Due:
Rev. ex 24 & Rev. ex. E. Notes on board: Review of subject complements
(predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives) and objects (direct
and indirect). Rev. ex. F and ex. 25. Do Posttest 1-A, pp. 413-414.
Do Posttest 1-B, p. 414.
Hmwk: Complete Posttest 1-A and B, pp. 413-414. |
| Thurs |
Due:
Posttest 1-A and B, pp. 413-414. Do Posttest 2, pp. 414-415.
Hmwk: Complete Posttest 2, pp. 414-415. Study for spelling
quiz. |
| Fri |
Spelling
quiz. [Words you should already
know how to spell] Begin Parts
of the Sentence Review. No hmwk. |
| Week
of March 19 to 20 (End of Third Quarter) |
| Mon |
Parts
of the Sentence Review. Review for test.
Hmwk: Prepare for Chpt. 13 Test, Parts of the Sentence. |
| Tues |
Test:
Chpt 13, Parts of the Sentence. No hmwk. |
| March
21 to April 1: Spring Break |