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The book list for accelerated language arts is:
The Cay (Theodore Taylor)
Letters from Rifka (Karen Hesse)
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
GRADES AND PROJECTS: AR QUIZ: Students should be checking out a mystery/suspense AR book to be reading. These books will have both a gray/brown and an orange dot on the spine. Students will have approximately 3 weeks to read the book and take the AR quiz for a grade. Due date TBA.
PREPOSITION QUIZ: Thursday, Oct. 9. Students will need to be able to list all 46 prepositions. See below for list.
BOOK REPORTS DUE OCT. 22. (See handout for directions on project and grading rubric.)
REGULAR CLASSES have a quiz almost every Friday on their story for the week from the literature book. These are typically open-book quizzes. (Some longer stories will require us to spend two weeks.)Tests will be given on each completed unit of the literature book.
Any classwork assignments can be counted as a daily grade. Grammar quizzes and other grades will be given as announced.
ACCELERATED CLASSES have a vocab/spelling quiz each Thursday and a quiz on their story for the week every Friday, unless we are in the middle of a novel study. Quizzes and tests will be announced for novel studies. Grammar quizzes and other grades will be given as announced.
Week of November 10-14 Monday Regular:
warm-up
vocab sheet on "The Twelve Labors of Hercules"
read "The Twelve Labors of Hercules"
complete active reading graphic organizer
Accelerated:
warm-up
pop quiz on Letters from Rifka previous reading
read Feb. 25-March 17, 1920
vocab sheets (2)
Tuesday Regular:
no school
Accelerated:
no school
Wednesday Regular:
warm-up
library
answer questions 1-6, p. 656 in lit book
do "Write about your Reading" p. 656
Accelerated:
warm-up
library
read July 29-Sept. 14, 1920
do study guide section
Thursday Regular:
warm-up
Accelerated:
warm-up
Friday Regular:
warm-up
Accelerated:
warm-up
Week of November 3-7Monday Regular:
brain pop: immigration
read aloud: Ch. 1-2 of "Journey to Ellis Island"
vocab word search for "Journey to Ellis Island"
Accelerated:
brain pop: immigration
pre-reading vocabulary sheet
read Sept. 2, 1919 letter from Letters from Rifka
vocabulary match
Tuesday Regular:
read/discuss Ch. 3-4 of "Journey to Ellis Island"
crossword puzzle for vocab
write words and definitions
Accelerated:
read Sept. 3, 1919 and Oct. 5, 1919 letters
complete study guide questions for Sept. 2-Oct. 5
Wednesday Regular:
warm-up
library
vocab match for "Journey to Ellis Island"
discussion/review of "Journey to Ellis Island" Ch. 1-4
Accelerated:
warm-up
library
pre-reading vocab sheet
read November 3, 1919 letter
Thursday Regular:
warm-up
vocab cloze activity for "Journey to Ellis Island"
journal entry: "Immigration"
Accelerated:
warm-up
library
pre-reading vocab match
read November 27, 1919 letter
Friday Regular:
warm-up
read Ch. 5 and Epilogue of "Journey to Ellis Island"
discussion of book
review vocabulary words for "Journey to Ellis Island"
Accelerated:
warm-up
review previous reading
read November 30, 1919 letter
Pushkin reflection (1 page)
Week of October 20-24 Monday Regular:
Warm-up: DLP 23
vocab worksheet for "Hurricane Heroes"
Read "Hurricane Heroes" pp. 628-631 in literature book
brainpop: hurricanes
Accelerated:
Warm-up: DLP 23
purple book-p. 29
read-aloud chapters 1-2 of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Tuesday Regular:
Warm-up: DLP 24
begin answering questions 1-22, p. 633 in literature book
Accelerated:
warm-up: DLP 24
read-aloud chapter 3 of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
begin sharing book report projects
Wednesday
Regular:
warm-up: DLP 25
library time (mystery/suspense AR)
finish answering questions 1-22, p. 633 in lit. book
journal article: Title: Spooky (write a one-page spooky story)
Accelerated:
warm-up: DLP 25
library time (mystery/suspense AR)
define vocab for "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" crossword puzzle
HW: study for vocab lesson 4 qui
Thursday
Regular:
Warm-up: DLP 26
read "Witches' Brooms" poem
identify adjectives in poem
capitalization worksheet
share book report projects
HW: read AR mystery/suspense book, quiz on "Hurricane Heroes" tomorrow
Accelerated:
Warm-up: DLP 26
take vocab/spelling quiz lesson 4
read-aloud chapter 4 of "Sleepy Hollow"
share book report projects
Friday Regular:
Warm-up: DLP 27
take "Hurricane Heroes" quiz
share book report projects
Accelerated:
Warm-up: DLP 27
read-aloud: Ch. 5 of "Sleepy Hollow"
share book report projects
Week of October 15-17 Wednesday Regular:
Warm-up: DLP 20
Library
Unit 5 Vocabulary Review Sheer (for grade)
ARMT Test Practice, pp., 610-613 in literature book
Accelerated:
Warm-up: DLP 20
Library
Read "La Bamba" pp. 45-49
Thursday Regular:
Warm-up: DLP 21
read "The New Kid on the Block", p. 583 in lit. book
complete Active Reading Graphic Organizer
Answer questions 1-14, p. 584 in lit. book
Accelerated:
Warm-up: DLP 21
Grammar Link worksheet: Verb Tenses
Answer questions 1-6, p. 50 in literature book
Friday Regular:
Warm-up: DLP 22
Turn in DLPs 16-22
Unit 5 Test
Accelerated:
Warm-up: DLP 22
Turn in DLPs 16-22
"La Bamba" Quiz
copy lesson 4 vocab words from purple book
Week of October 5-10Monday Regular:
Warm-up: DLP 16
define vocabulary for "Bullies in the Park" and "The Bully Battle"
read "Bullies in the Park" and "The Bully Battle" pp. 588-595 in literature book
fill out problem/solution chart on stories
Accelerated:
Warm-up: DLP 16
words to own worksheet for "The All-American Slurp"
Read "The All-American Slurp" pp. 32-38 in literature book
Purple book pp. 20-21 (Lesson 3 words and definitions)
Tuesday Regular:
Warm-up: none
prefixes, pp. 374-375 in language arts book
vocabulary worksheet for "Bullies in the Park" and "The Bully Battle"
answer questions 1-8, p. 596 in literature book
Accelerated:
warm-up: none
No classes today-Diavolo
Wednesday
Regular:
warm-up: DLP 17
library time
answer questions 9-20, p. 597 literature book
Venn Diagram (compare/contrast "Bullies in the Park" and "The Bully Battle")
Accelerated:
warm-up: DLP 17
library time
purple book pp. 24 and 26 (answers only in spiral notebook)
answer questions 1-5, p. 41 in literature book
Thursday
Regular:
Warm-up: DLP 18
preposition memory quiz
Brain Pop: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Accelerated:
Warm-up: DLP 18
preposition memory quiz
vocab lesson 3 quiz
Brain Pop: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Friday Regular:
Warm-up: DLP 19
"The Bully Battle" and "Bullies in the Park" Quiz
Journal Entry: "Clocks" *What do you think would happen to you if all the clocks and watches in the world suddenly started to go backwards?"
HW: work on book report project
Accelerated:
Warm-up: DLP 19
"All-American Slurp" Quiz
Prefixes,LAT pp. 374-375, #1-20
Week of September 29-October 3Monday Regular:
Warm-up: DLP 11
LAT pp. 424-425
Vocabulary worksheet for "Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite"
Accelerated:
Warm-up: DLP 11
LAT pp. 424-425
Purple vocab book lesson 2
Read "President Cleveland, Where Are You?" p.54+
HW: due Thursday: President Card
On the front of the index card, write the name of your assigned president, the years he served in office, and include a picture of your president. On the back of the index card, put the name of your president at the top, write five interesting facts about that president, and put your name at the bottom.
Tuesday Regular:
Warm-up: DLP 12
review prepositions
commas with introductory phrases worksheet
read "Bedbugs" (p.570) and complete graphic organizer
HW: finish reading and filling out graphic organizer
Accelerated:
warm-up: DLP 12
review prepositions
purple book p. 16 (in spiral notebook)
commas with introductory phrases worksheet
finish reading "President Cleveland, Where Are You?" p.54+
HW: work on President Card
Wednesday
Regular:
warm-up: DLP 13
library time
answer questions 1-10, pp. 580-581 in lit. book
Accelerated:
warm-up: DLP 13
library time
purple book, p. 19 (put answers in spiral notebook)
answer questions 1-6, pp. 66 in lit. book
HW:study vocabulary for quiz tomorrow
Thursday
Friday Regular:
Warm-up: DLP 15
Turn in DLPs 6-15
Quiz on "Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite"
Accelerated:
Warm-up: DLP 15
Turn in DLPs 6-15
Quiz on "President Cleveland"
Copy down words and definitions for lesson 3 vocabulary
PREPOSITIONS TO MEMORIZE
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
by
down
during
except
for
from
in
inside
into
like
near
of
off
on
over
past
since
through
throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
with
within
without
RULES FOR FORMING PLURAL NOUNS
1. Add -s to form the plural of most nouns.
brothers, clouds, mountains, flames, stones
2. Add -es to form the plural of nouns ending in s, x, z, ch, or sh
lenses, taxes, waltzes, patches, dishes
3. Add -es to words ending in a consonant plus o. Add -s to words ending in a vowel plus o.
tomato=tomatoes stereo=stereos
4. When a noun ends in a consonant plus y, change the y to i and add -es. When a noun ends in vowel plus y, just add -s.
puppy=puppies holiday=holidays
5. There are some exceptions to the rules above for forming plurals.
men, women, children, geese, mice, data
Rules for forming possessive nouns
1. Add 's to the end of all singular nouns.
2. Add ' to the end of plural nouns already ending in s.
3. Add 's to the end of plural nouns not ending in s.
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