Thursday, August 6, 2009 Students received a copy of my instructional guidelines. I have very high expectations of my students because I know what they are capable of achieving. We are going to have a great year with few complications. Please make sure that your child has a spiral notebook (70-or 80 sheets)that will be used for journal writing.
Friday, August 7, 2009 I will issue textbooks and students will create a positive-quote bookmark. Students will also start on their first writing assignment.
Monday, August 10, 2009 - Friday, August 14, 2009
Review ALL types of nouns. Test on Thursday. Read the short story "Charles" in your literature book. Learn the definition(s) for the five vocabulary words in the story. Bring your 70-80sheet spiral writing tablet to class EVERY day.
Monday, August 17, 2009 Welcome to another week of learning how the English language works. Standards taught today: ELA8R1f; ELA8R2b and ELA8C1a.
Homework: Review the third standard and complete page 33/34 in your grammar handbook. Please turn in this assignment during homeroom unless you have a tardy slip. Quiz tomorrow on the third standard taught today.
Tuesday: Quiz on pronouns and antecedents; review the rest of the pronouns; a short story exercise and journal writing
Wednesday: Extra practice on identifying pronouns and journal writing. In lieu of journal writing, students were given their reading range for AR books. 8/18/09
Thursday: Test on pronouns
Changed to next Friday 8/19/09
Friday: Drop everything and read and AR testing
Review ALL of the pronouns
Monday, August 24, 2009 ELA8C1a: The student declines pronouns by gender and case, and demonstrates correct usage in sentences. ELA8C1g: The student produces final drafts that demonstrate accurate spelling and the correct use of punctuation and capitalization.
Homework: Test Friday on ALL types of pronouns.
Complete Review F on page 177 (grammar book) according to instructions given in class.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Same GPS
Homework: Prepare for Friday's test
Wednesday, August 25, 2009 MAP testing for ELA and Reading
Homework: Prepare for Friday's test
Thursday, August 26, 2009 GPS per Monday and Tuesday
Homework: Prepare for Friday's test
Friday, August 27, 2009 Test on pronoun/antecedent usage
Monday, August 31, 2009 ELA8C1f: The student analyzes the structure of a sentence. Students reviewed adjectives and their placement in sentences. Students in 2nd, 3rd, and 5th blocks did not complete Exercise #9 on page 41 in their grammar handbook. Therefore, this exercise must be turned in tomorrow morning no later than 8:25. Students were given the following information concerning their three-part Hispanic project.
1. Students must type a seven-sentence paragraph prepared in Microsoft Word. They must also import a small picture (3x3)into the document.
2. Students must also appear on "The Maggie Thomas Show" in the persona of their topic and answer 3-4 questions.
3. Students must hand in a typed bibliography or Works Cited Page with 4 sources: 1 Internet; 1 magazine; 2 books.
All three components of this project must be ready on September 25, 2009 or before. No excuses!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Students will review adjectives and go over their homework. Students will learn the steps in the writing process and the steps in the research process. Students will identify the parts of a paragraph and write a descriptive paragraph.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 Students will review adverbs, parts of a sentence, and work on their paragraphs.
Thursday, September 3, 2009 Test on adjectives. Students will use the rest of the class period to complete their paragraph or read an AR book.
Friday, September 4, 2009 Research day in the library
Monday, September 7, 2009 Labor Day
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Reading MAP test
Homework: Work on a draft of your bibliography: 1 Internet source, 1 magazine, and 2 books.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 Introduce verbs and complete your descriptive paragraph
Homework: Work on draft of bibliography; continue research, and work on draft of your seven-sentence paragraph with a topic sentence and conclusion sentence
Thursday, September 10, 2009 Practice writing a bibliography
Homework: Same as Wednesday; bring the draft of your bibliography to class.
Friday, September 11, 2009 Peer editing of bibliographies; reading
Monday, September 14, 2009 MLA quiz; Discuss how to write a topic sentence for the Hispanic Month paragraph; Review sentences based on structure (compound sentences); Review parts of a Sentence
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Review Action Verbs; Helping Verbs and Main Verbs; Verb Phrases and Linking Verbs
September 14, 2009 The quiz was NOT given today; it will be given tomorrow. (8:36 p.m.)
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Review Transitive and Intransitive Verbs; Verb quiz
Thursday, September 17, 2009 Read and discuss "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe; Define narrator, foreshadow and the Words to Own; Reading Comprehension quiz; class activity
Friday, September 18, 2009 Drop Everything and Read a couple of AR Books and take AR tests
Homework: Get ready for the Hispanic project on the 25th; Get ready for a test on "The Tell-Tale Heart" and the vocabulary words
Monday, September 21, 2009 ELA8R1c,g,; ELA8R2a,b; Review of the following vocabulary words from "The Tell-Tale Heart": narrator; foreshadowing; wary; audacity; vehemently; suavity; acute; vexed; sagacity; refrained; gesticulations; derision
Discuss c and g of ELA8R1
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 ELA8C1d,f
Review of verbs and quiz on vocabulary words
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Test on "The Tell-Tale Heart" and vocabulary words
Thursday, September 24, 2009 Computer lab
Bring rough draft of paragraph and bibliography
Friday, September 25, 2009 Recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month. All parents are invited.
Monday, October 5, 2009 Class review of the following verbs: helping, verb phrases, action, linking, transitive (with objects), intransitive (without objects).
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Test on ALL verbs. Silent reading after the test.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 The writing process: Introduction to the expository essay. Students will look at examples and begin writing on a topic.
Thursday, October 8, 2009 Students will continue expository writing and I will incorporate a mini lesson on adverbs.
Friday, October 9, 2009 Students will continue expository writing and I will incorporate a mini lesson on punctuation.
Week of October 12 - 16, 2009
The primary focus for this nine weeks will be the writing process. Students will use the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. They will demonstrate competence in a variety of genres: expository and persuasive. They will be required to produce two maybe four multi-paragraph compositions. The AR requirement for this nine weeks is 6 books: 1 informational text and 5 fictional texts. I will continue to incorporate mini lessons on grammar and test for understanding and control of the rules of the English language.
Test this Friday on ALL types of adjectives: 10/16/09.
Review adverbs in preparation for the test next week.
Parents, you can help with the writing process by asking your child to write a paragraph for you on ANY topic. This will give you an opportunity to assess and evaluate the quality of your child's writing.
October 19 - 22, 2009 The five-paragraph expository essay is due this Thursday at the end of class. The writing of the essay is done in class. Homework for Monday night is Exercise #9 on page 63 in the grammar handbook. I will give a test on adverbs this Wednesday. Students, please review all examples on adverbs.
Week of October 26 - 30, 2009
This week we will focus on reading comprehension (ELA8R1a,c,d,h) and (ELA8R2a,b) by reading "Flowers for Algernon" in the literature book. There are ten Words to Own (vocabulary words) that students must learn how to spell and define. Today, students wrote the Words to Own and definitions in their notebook. They also participated in an exercise using a graphic organizer that was designed to activate and construct schema. Readers make use of their schema when they can relate what they already know about a topic to the facts and ideas appearing in a text. The richer the schema is for a given topic the better a reader will understand the topic. Prior knowledge can enhance a reader's interaction with the text.
I will teach mini-lessons on grammar to enhance students reading comprehension.
Homework: Learn the vocabulary words; read part 1 of the story and come prepared to read aloud and discuss the story.
Week of November 2 - 6, 2009 Same standards as above
Monday's homework: Use the Internet to find examples of multiple intelligences. Come to class ready to discuss them.
Tuesday's homework: Complete the study guide that was given in class today and bring it to class tomorrow. Test on Thursday to include the following words: plot, misled, conflict, internal conflict, external conflict, context clues and protagonist.
Wednesday we will go over the study guide. Students who did a poor job on their expository essays will be given an opportunity to rewrite them.
Thursday: Test on part one of "Flowers for Algernon" and the words listed above.
Friday: We will begin part two of "Flowers for Algernon" and talk about the structure of a persuasive essay. Students who are behind on their AR requirement will have an entire day next Wednesday (Veteran's Day) to catch up at HOME.
Week of November 9 - 13, 2009
Monday: Parents, have you checked your child's AR progress for the beginning of the second nine weeks which began on October 9, 2009?
Test tomorrow on Part 1 and 2 of "Flowers for Algernon."
Tuesday: Test on "Flowers for Algernon." Students will begin learning key prefixes.
Wednesday: NO SCHOOL
Thursday: The writing process: persuasive writing
Friday: Quiz on prefixes. Continue the writing process
Week of November 16 - 20, 2009
Sometimes ..."the best laid plans of mice and men..."
This week the focus will be ELA8C1f: The student analyzes the structure of a sentence (prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections). The focus will also be ELA8R2: The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing (prefixes). We will also look at ELA8W2:Examples of Persuasive Writing. Test on Thursday which will cover the following: prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, and prefixes.
Week of December 7 - 11, 2009
Monday, ELA MAP test
15 root words/parts were given in class today
Students must look up some of the definitions tonight. I will give a quiz one day this week. Persuasive essays are due tomorrow at the end of class: NO EXCUSES!
Tuesday, Complete persuasive essay. Study the fifteen root words/parts. Read an AR book. AR book cutoff is December 17, 2009.
Wednesday, Review sentences based on their structure.
Thursday, Continuation of sentences and their structure.
Friday, Drop Everything And Read.
Week of December 14 - 18, 2009
Students in my 2nd and 3rd period class, who have zeros on their progress report for HOMEWORK assignments, were given a deadline of Monday morning during homeroom to hand in the assignments for a late grade. Progress reports for my 5th period class were not e-mailed because the Muscogee County server was down at 5:00. Students in 5th period can makeup their zeros Monday night at home and turn their papers in Tuesday morning during homeroom.
Monday, December 14, 2009 Students will read a short story in their literature book and answer questions.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Test on the short story and Words to Own.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sentence structure
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Sentence structure
Friday, December 18, 2009
Various Christmas Break activities
January 8, 2010
Black History projects were assigned this week. The projects are due February 16, 2010. I will NOT accept late work. Test next Tuesday on prefixes, root words and suffixes. Please encourage your child to read AR books.
January 25, 2010 Students were given an example of how their typed interview should look. Rubrics were given last Friday. Black History projects are due on February 16, 2010. I will give a test this Friday on the following vocabulary words: epidemic, romantic, myriad, probable, appalling, contagious, ruthless, intentional, eminent, and picturesque. The students must know how to use each word correctly in a sentence.
January 26, 27, 28, and 29, 2010
Historical Background--The Holocaust and The Diary of Anne Frank.
Important Dates:
February 5, 2010: Do Now test
February 8, 2010: Computer lab (one day) to type projects
February 10, 2010: Test on sentence structure and direct/indirect objects
February 16, 2010: Black History projects are due
February 17, 2010: Test on vocabulary lesson #2
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