For the week of May 5th - May 9th, students will
finish studying William Shakespeare's play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The students will begin reviewing for the test on the play. We will have our 4th quarter Blue Diamond assessments. In addition, the students will work on a critical response paper.
For the week of May 5th - May 9th, students will
have the following assignments:
Monday, May 5th: Study for the vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.
Tuesday, May 6th: Study for the vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.
Wednesday, May 7th: Study for the test on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" on Friday.
Thursday, May 8th: Study for the test on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" on Friday. Finish the critical response essay due on Tuesday. Review for the vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.
Friday, May 9th: Finish the critical response essay due on Tuesday. Review for the vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.
For the week of April 28th - May 2nd, students will
continue studying William Shakespeare's play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In addition, students will finish their interdisciplinary unit that ties in all four of their core classes. The unit deals with water usage, and in Language Arts, the students will write a short paper to summarize their water usage results.
For the week of April 28th - May 2nd, students will
have the following assignments:
Monday, April 28th: No homework.
Tuesday, April 29th: No homework.
Wednesday, April 30th: Finish the water usage summary paper due on Thursday.
Thursday, May 1st: Study the vocabulary list for the quiz on Wednesday.
Friday, May 2nd: No school, teacher workday.
For the week of April 21st - April 25th, students will
begin reading William Shakespeare's play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In addition, students will do EOG review activities in class.
For the week of April 21st - April 25th, students will
have the following assignments:
Monday, April 21st: No homework
Tuesday, April 22nd: No homework
Wednesday, April 23rd: No homework
Thursday, April 24th: No homework
Friday, April 25th: No homework
For the week of April 14th - April 18th, students will conclude the unit on poetry. In addition, they will identify themes across various poems. After we conclude the poetry unit, we will begin our introductory material on drama before reading William Shakespeare's play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
For the week of April 14th - April 18th, students will
have the following assignments:
Monday, April 14th: Write a poem about spring which is due on Wednesday.
Tuesday, April 15th: Finish the poem about spring which is due on Wednesday and finish the poetry worksheet on poet's purpose.
Wednesday, April 16th: No homework.
Thursday, April 17th: No homework.
Friday, April 18th: No homework.
For the week of April 7th - April 11th, students will
focus on poetry, as well as effective reading strategies for poetry and explaining literary elements in poetry.
For the week of April 7th - April 11th, students will
have the following assignments:
Monday, April 7th: Teacher work day
Tuesday, April 8th: Study the vocabulary words for the quiz on Thursday. Work on the book report due April 11th which involves summarizing a book that you have read by illustrating key points, themes, and/or characters in the book. Make sure your summary is in the 5 paragraph essay format with an introduction, 3 supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion. You may type or handwrite your report. Plus students must compare and contrast the book to another book that they have read in addition to providing a summary of the book. Handwritten reports must be at least two pages in length and typed reports must be at least 1 ½ pages using a size 14 font.
Wednesday, April 9th: Study the vocabulary words for the quiz on Thursday. Work on the book report due April 11th which involves summarizing a book that you have read by illustrating key points, themes, and/or characters in the book. Make sure your summary is in the 5 paragraph essay format with an introduction, 3 supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion. You may type or handwrite your report. Plus students must compare and contrast the book to another book that they have read in addition to providing a summary of the book. Handwritten reports must be at least two pages in length and typed reports must be at least 1 ½ pages using a size 14 font.
Thursday, April 10th: Work on the book report due April 11th which involves summarizing a book that you have read by illustrating key points, themes, and/or characters in the book. Make sure your summary is in the 5 paragraph essay format with an introduction, 3 supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion. You may type or handwrite your report. Plus students must compare and contrast the book to another book that they have read in addition to providing a summary of the book. Handwritten reports must be at least two pages in length and typed reports must be at least 1 ½ pages using a size 14 font.
Friday, April 11th: No homework.
For the week of March 24th - March 28th, students will
focus in conjunctions (coordinating, correlative, and subordinating). In addition, they will begin in class EOG review exercises.
For the week of March 24th - March 28th, students will
have the following assignments:
Monday, March 24th: Start working on the book report due April 11th which involves summarizing a book that you have read by illustrating key points, themes, and/or characters in the book. Make sure your summary is in the 5 paragraph essay format with an introduction, 3 supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion. You may type or handwrite your report. Plus students must compare and contrast the book to another book that they have read in addition to providing a summary of the book. Handwritten reports must be at least two pages in length and typed reports must be at least 1 ½ pages using a size 14 font.
**Vocabulary review extra credit is due on Wednesday**
Tuesday, March 25th: Conjunction worksheet. Work on the book report/independent reading. **Vocabulary review extra credit is due on Wednesday**
Wednesday, March 26th: Work on the book report/independent reading.
Thursday, March 27th: Work on the book report/independent reading.
Friday, March 28th: Work on the book report/independent reading.
For the week of March 17th - March 21st, students will focus on identifying author's purpose, analogies, and locating similes in poetry. They will also have an in class exercise to create their own poems using figurative language like simile, metaphor, and/or personification.
For the week of March 17th - March 21st, students will have the following assignments:
Monday, March 17th - Finish the author's purpose sheet.
Start working on the book report due April 11th which involves summarizing a book that you have read by illustrating key points, themes, and/or characters in the book. Make sure your summary is in the 5 paragraph essay format with an introduction, 3 supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion. You may type or handwrite your report. Plus students must compare and contrast the book to another book that they have read in addition to providing a summary of the book. Handwritten reports must be at least two pages in length and typed reports must be at least 1 ½ pages using a size 14 font.
Tuesday, March, 18th - Finish the poem using figurative language. Finish the analogy packet due on
Monday, March 24th. Work on the book report.
Wednesday, March 19th - Finish the analogy packet due on Monday, March 24th. Work on the book report.
Thursday, March 20th - Finish the analogy packet due on Monday, March 24th. Work on the book report.
Friday, March 21st - Work on the book report due on April 11th.
For the week of March 10th - March 14th, students will focus on indefinite and interrogative pronouns. They will analyze a short story by drawing text-self, text-world, and text-text parallels.
For the week of March 10th - March 14th, students will have the following assignments:
Monday, March 10th - No homework.
Tuesday, March, 11th - No homework.
Wednesday, March 12th - No homework.
Thursday, March 13th - Finish the pronoun (indefinite and interrogative) worksheet.
Friday, March 14th - No homework.
For the week of March 3rd - March 7th, students will take a mock writing test and a Blue Diamond assessment. They will also re-examine the 5W Model to analyze newspaper articles, as they prepare for the mock writing test on writing an article summary. In grammar, we will examine two types of pronouns (possessive and demonstrative).
For the week of March 3rd - March 7th, students will have the following assignments:
Monday, March 3rd - No homework.
Tuesday, March, 4th - No homework.
Wednesday, March 5th - No homework.
Thursday, March 6th - Finish the pronoun (demonstrative and possessive) worksheet.
Friday, March 7th - No homework.
For the week of February 25th - February 29th, students will examine figurative language and literary devices like simile, mataphor, and personification.
For the week of February 25th - February 29th,
students will have the following assignments:
Monday, February 25th - Finish the figurative language worksheet.
Tuesday, February 26th - Finish the figurative language worksheet.
Wednesday, February 27th - Review for the test on The Giver on Friday.
Thursday, February 28th - Review for the test on The Giver on Friday.
Friday, February 29th - No homework.
For the week of February 18th - February 22nd, students will examine various themes in The Giver and do various theme exercises.
For the week of February 18th - February 22nd,
students will have the following assignments:
Monday, February 18th - No school
Tuesday, February 19th - Teacher Workday
Wednesday, February 20th - Study for vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
Thursday, February 21st - No homework
Friday, February 22nd - No homework
For the week of February 11th - February 15th, students will continue reading The Giver by Lois Lowry in class.
For the week of February 11th - February 15th, students have the following assignments:
Monday, February 11th - None
Tuesday, February 12th - None
Wednesday, February 13th - Finish the love poems.
Thursday, February 14th - Study for the vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.
Friday, February 15th - Study for the vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.
For the week of February 4th - February 8th, students have the following assignments:
Monday, February 4th - Study for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday. Finish your rite of passage paragraph.
Tuesday, February 5th - Study for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
Wednesday, February 6th - Study for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
Thursday, February 7th - None
Friday, February 8th - None
For the week of January 28th - February 1st, students will begin reading The Giver by Lois Lowry in class. In addition, we will focus on key concepts in the book including the significance of the community, utopian communities, and rules.
For the week of January 28th - February 1st, students have the following assignments:
Monday, January 28th - None
Tuesday, January 29th - None
Wednesday, January 30th - Finish any incomplete essay assignment (the book recommendation letter and/or the mock writing test) by Monday.
Thursday, January 31st - Finish any incomplete essay assignment (the book recommendation letter and/or the mock writing test) by Monday.
Friday, February 1st - Finish any incomplete essay assignment (the book recommendation letter and/or the mock writing test) by Monday.
For the week of January 22nd - January 25th, students
will take a mock writing test. In addition, we will work on analogies in class.
For the week of January 22nd - January 25th, students have the following assignments:
Tuesday, January 22nd - Finish your book recommendation letter rough draft which is due on Wednesday. **Plus students must compare and contrast their book to at least one book in their letter in addition to providing a recommendation**
Wednesday, January 23rd - None
Thursday, January 24th - None
Friday, January 25th - None
For the week of January 14th - January 17th, students will finish working on drawing inferences and creating book recommendation letters for their writing folders. In grammar, we will focus on apostrophes and appositives.
For the week of January 14th - January 17th, students have the following assignments:
Monday, January 14th - Study for the vocabulary quiz and complete the vocabulary review extra credit.
Tuesday, January 15th - Study for the vocabulary quiz and complete the vocabulary review extra credit.
Wednesday, January 16th - Finish your book recommendation letter rough draft which is due next Wednesday. **Plus students must compare and contrast their book to at least one book in their letter in addition to providing a recommendation**
Thursday, January 17th - Finish your book recommendation letter rough draft which is due next Wednesday. **Plus students must compare and contrast their book to at least one book in their letter in addition to providing a recommendation **
The week of January 7th - January 11th, students will finish working on main idea. In grammar, we will review capitalization rules and focus on appositives.
For the week of January 7th - January 11th, students will have the following assignments:
Monday, January 7th - The book report project is due January 11th for the book report challenge. Plus students can only choose 1 of 7 selected, enriched tasks.
Tuesday, January 8th - The book report project is due January 11th for the book report challenge. Plus students can only choose 1 of 7 selected, enriched tasks.
Wednesday, January 9th - Finish the capitalization worksheet and finish the book report project due this Friday.
Thursday, January 10th - Finish the appositive worksheet and finish the book report project due this Friday.
Friday, January 11th - Study the vocabulary for the quiz on Wednesday and complete the extra credit due on Wednesday.
The week of January 2nd - January 4th, we will work on counter arguments, main idea, and drawing conclusions.
For the week of January 2nd - January 4th, students will have the following assignments:
Wednesday, January 2nd - The book report project is due January 11th for the book report challenge. Plus students can only choose 1 of 7 selected, enriched tasks.
Thursday, January 3rd - The book report project is due January 11th for the book report challenge. Plus students can only choose 1 of 7 selected, enriched tasks.
Friday, January 4th - The book report project is due January 11th for the book report challenge. Plus students can only choose 1 of 7 selected, enriched tasks.
For the week of December 17th - December 21st, students will have the following homework assignments:
Monday, December 17th - Finish the commercial/propaganda project due Friday.
Tuesday, December 18th - Finish the commercial/propaganda project due Friday.
Wednesday, December 19th - Finish the commercial/propaganda project due Friday.
Thursday, December 20th - Finish the commercial/propaganda project due Friday.
Friday, December 21st - Independent reading in preparation for the book report due mid-January.
For the week of December 10th - December 14h, students will have the following homework assignments:
Monday, December 10th - Finish the advertising packet due on Thursday.
Tuesday, December 11th - Finish the advertising packet due on Thursday.
Wednesday, December 12th - Finish the advertising packet due on Thursday.
Thursday, December 13th - Finish the advertising packet due on Thursday.
Friday, December 14th - Commercial/propaganda project due next Friday.
For the week of December 3rd - December 7th, students will have the following homework assignments:
Monday, December 3rd - Study for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday. Students should complete the vocabulary review activity due on Thursday. Plus students should complete the vocabulary tic tac toe review activity due on Thursday.
Tuesday, December 4th - Study for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday. Finish the vocabulary review activities due on Thursday.
Wednesday, December 5th - Study for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday. Finish the vocabulary review activities due on Thursday.
Thursday, December 6th - Advertising packet due next Thursday.
Friday, December 7th - Finish the advertising packet due on Thursday.
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