AUGUST 24,25 2009
1. DISCUSS CLASS PROCEDURES
(Please be sure to check the student "Code of conduct" for district makeup work policy)
Class makeup work procedures will be discussed today. Questions about makeup work throughout the year can be e-mailed to me directly.
2. DISCUSS DISTRICT "Code of Conduct".
3. Hand out forms
4. Introduce journal procedures. Students will write daily in their journal.
5. Introduce Step Up to Writing activity.
AUGUST 26,27, 2009
1. Introduce journal procedures. Students are required to write daily in their journal upon entering the classroom. The journal remains in the classroom.
2. BK English Pre-test (test over grammar and mechanics) in class.
3. Discuss pre-test
4. Introduce "the sentence" in BK textbook. Do pp. L2-L8. (in class) Textbooks will be issued soon.
Please bring a box of kleenex if you can! We don't have much!!
AUGUST 28-31, 2009
1. Introduce journal procedures. Discussed rules and class procedures.
2. BK Pre-test (1-50)
3. Intro to "the sentence", BK pp. L2-L8
(assignment to be completed in class)
No textbooks have been issued yet. Students need to have a spiral notebook that remains in the classroom to be used as a journal by Monday, August 31st.
Check student agenda daily for student specific assignment.
AUGUST 31, 2009
1. Writing pre-test (in class) BK English
2. Persuasive essay pre-test (in class)
AUGUST 27, 2008
1. BK Writing pre-test (inclass)
2. Write Source, pp. 500-503.
3. Wkbk. pp. 69-70. (in class)
September 1, 2009
1. PH Literature, Read "Papa's Parrot", pp. 437-442; Complete p. 437, character analysis activity. Read the selection, complete p. 442-questions. Review subj/predicate in BK textbook. Literature books were assigned to students to take home today. Students are to bring books back and forth to school daily. We also reviewed subj/predicates in BK textbook in class. Students will take test on reading selection when they come to class next time. Read carefully!
SEPTEMBER 2,3, 2009
1. Journal
2. Review pp. L4-L11---complete and grade exercises in class.
SEPTEMBER 4,8 2009
1. Journal
2. Read "Pappa's Parrot", pp. 436
3. Review "characterization", p. 437--Practice, discuss in class.
4. Take "Open Book" Test (in class)
5. Review pp. L6-L13 BK textbook--test next Wednesday--complete,simple subjects/predicates
6. Write a paragraph, 5-sent SUTW practicing sentence parts. In class
REMEMBER TO BRING TEXTBOOKS EACH DAY!!!!
SEPTEMBER 9,10, 2009
PH Literature
Students read "Pappa's Parrot" and complete interactive questions in class and then study again at home. Also complete p. 442, "Review and Assess" in PH Literature book. Students will take the selection test when they come to class on Friday. Also study in BK pp. L3-L12. Test Tuesday over these pages.All incomplete asssignments are homework and due the next class period.
See agenda for student specific assignment and accomodations.
STUDENTS MUST BRING BOTH BK ENGLISH AND PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL DAILY!!!!!
SEPTEMBER 11,14 2009
1. Read selection in PH Lit book again silently--Pappas Parrot
2. Take Selection TEST (in class)
3. Complete Support Skills work---#1-5 (in class)
4. Discuss Complex Sentences before completing skill work--BK p. L269.
SEPTEMBER 15,16 2009
Periods 2,4, 6
Test over Subjects/predicates
Handed out DOL #2 This is not due until the last week of the nine weeks. It is to be completed in class. Test review. Selection Test for "Pappa's Parrot".
PERIOD
Test review
Test--Subjects/Predicates
Gave out DOL #2 to be completed in class prior to the end of the nine weeks.
Assigned pp. C474-475 in BK textbook.
Homework assignment- pp. L13-L14
Complete exercises on pp. L14-L15. Review Linking verbs at home with someone
September 17,18 2009
Review clauses and complex sentences, pp. BK L248-L268. Test over everything about clauses on 9-25-26. See agenda for student specific assignment.
DECEMBER 5,8,9,10,11,12, 2009
STUDENTS IN ALL CLASSES NEED TO STUDY THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER (semantic web) that they created for non-fiction elements from the Prentice Hall Literature textbook--Introductory pages IN 4-5. Next week students who have me on silver days will be studying Lesson 9 vocabulary words and all classes (silver and gold days) will continue to read/study nonfiction in the literature textbook. See agenda for student specific assignments.
January 6,7,8,9, 2010
Make sure that you check your child's agenda for student specific assignments as assignments may vary.
In Prentice-Hall Literature book, read, study, complete questions about the selection: "The Cat Who thought she was a Dog and the Dog Who Thought He was a Cat", pp. 4-13. Complete individually assigned questions. Study "elements of fiction" on pp. xxvi and IN1-3. Review and reproduce your own semantic web with the analysis of fiction elements. Study nightly until tested the week of January 19th. Check agenda for specific test dates. Review and study transitions from handouts. Practice writing topic and supporting sentences using transitional phrases. Review clauses from BK textbook. Use index to find page numbers.
FEBRUARY 9-18
BK textbook, pp. L111-L120
Study all modifiers.
Adjectives and Adverbs.
Complete all exercises on those pages.
In PH Literature text read "Stolen Day". Complete exercises.
SEE STUDENT AGENDA FOR DAILY SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENTS
WEEK OF: February 23-27
Assignments: Vocabulary Lesson 15--hw due on Wednesday, Vocabulary test on Friday-spell words only.
BK, pp. L1117-L118 due Tuesday or Wednesday.
PH Literature: Complete open book test over "Stolen Day", complete multiple para essay for #13 of the essay questions in addition to 1-11 of the short answer questions. All are due on Tuesday or Wednesday at the close of each class period. Then take "Stolen Day" comprehension selection test with one short essay to complete. Review focus skills: point of view, author's purpose. Then do the exercises assigned each class period on the selection support workbook. See agenda assignment daily for specific pages. Study for the the test over "adverbs" on Thursday and Friday. '
STUDY for the test over adverbs in BK, pp. L111-L117.
Start preparing for FCAT by getting a good night's sleep and eating a healthy breakfast each day!!!!
March 2-6
All classes read "Informational Text", PH literature pp. 235-237. Answer Review and Assess. Take selection test. Discuss
Vocabulary Lesson 15
Study Prepositions, BK pp. L189-L200. See agenda for daily differentiated assignments.
March 9,10,11,12,13
FCAT TESTING-TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY Morning
Monday--Vocabulary Lesson 16 words, Complete "Informational Text" lessons in PH Lit, pp. 234-241. Study elements of informational text and cause and effect. Study prepositions, in BK text, Complete pp. L189-L193, prepositional phrases. Prepare for FCAT by getting a good night's sleep and eating a healthy breakfast. The Last block of each FCAT testing day will be spent completing the assignments for informational text and prepositional phrases.
NOTE: If you have allergies, a cold, or persistent sinus problems, you will need to bring Kleenex for your own personal use as we have none available in the classroom !!!!!!
MARCH 23,24,25,26,27
Students are to continue working on "Cat on the Go" in Prentice Hall literature, pp. 340-350. They will take the selection test and then complete the reading strategies exercises. They will also be working on learning how to write a persuasive essay. We will review "using transitions". In BK English textbook, pp. L217, "Verbals". Students should read/study and complete these exercises this week and the week following Spring Break. Test over "verbals" the week of April 6th. Advanced classes have vocabulary 17 this week. Please check student agenda for specific assignments. Students with extra time accomodations should be sure to ask for extra time before the assignment is due.
March 30 Spring Break
April 6,7,8,9
Vocabulary Workshop Lesson 18--Gold only...Test on Monday April 13. Assignment due on Wed. 4-8.
BK English--Word Origins, pp. C506-C509. Read, study and complete all exercises.
BK pp. L400-L414 Common agreement problems in our language. Check student agenda for daily assignment.
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