4-11-08 Worksheets pp.44-46 pp.49-50.
PRACTICE THE O.A.T. VOCABULARY WORDS BY CLICKING ON THE WORD "FLASHCARDS" AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE. THESE VOCABULARY WORDS WILL BE ON THE UPCOMING OHIO ACHIEVEMENT TEST FOR READING WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, APRIL 21.
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3-31-08 Continue working on the in class assignment "Towering Thesaurus"
4-1-08 Finish "Towering Thesaurus"
4-2-08 No homework
4-3-08 Reread pp.515 - 521 located in your textbook
"The Last Seven Months..."
4-4-08 No homework - REPORT CARDS WERE MAILED THIS WEEK
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3-17-08 Quiz tomorrow over the last six "Twelve Olympians" p. 6 in your Greek Myth booklet
3-18-08 UNIT TEST OVER YOUR GREEK MYTH BOOKLET. Students should reread stories, look at past quizzes, make sure you know the "Twelve Olympians" p.6, look over Monday's review questions and don't forget to bring your note card with literary terms in which you may use on the test.
3-19-08 No homework
3-20-08 No School
3-21-08 No School - Enjoy your vacation! School will resume on Monday, March 31, 2008
3-12-08 Quiz tomorrow over "Echo and Narcissus" pp.31-33 and "Pygmalion" pp.34-36
3-13-08 Quiz next week over the last six "Twelve Olympians" p. 6 in your Greek Myth book.
3-14-08 Quiz on Tuesday, March 18, over "Twelve Olympians" p. 6 (Dionysus, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus) Students must know about each god/goddess, symbol and Latin name).
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3-3-08 Reread both stories "The Beginning" and "The Palace of Olympus" pp. 11-20 (short 10 question quiz over both stories on Wednesday, March 5,).
3-4-08 Quiz tomorrow on "The Beginning" and "The Palace of Olympus" pp. 11-20 in your Greek Myth booklet.
3-5-08 No homework - Bring coloring supplies tomorrow.
2-25-08 PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES TONIGHT FROM 4:30p.m. - 8:00p.m.
Read: "The Palace of Olympus" pp.15-20 There will be a quiz over "The Beginning" and "The Palace of Olympus" next week.
2-26-08 Quiz on Monday, March 3, over the first six "Twelve Olympians" which is on p.6 of your Greek Myth booklet.
2-27-08 No homework
2-28-08 Quiz over "Twelve Olympians" p.6 on Monday, March 3.
2-29-08 Quiz on Monday, March 6, over the "Twelve Olympians"
2-18-08 NO SCHOOL - PRESIDENTS' DAY
2-19-08 pp. 38-41 "Prefix quad-" Test this Friday over prefixes Tri- and Quad -
2-20-08 Students need to review their notecards on the "Twelve Olympians"
2-21-08 p.14 answer questions #1-9 located in your "Greek Myth" booklet
2-22-08 No homework
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2-11-08 SNOW DAY!
2-12-08 Worksheets pp.34-37 "Prefix tri-"
2-13-08 TAKE HOME TEST PP. 137-138 "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
2-14-08 No homework
2-15-08 Bring 20 notecards for Tuesday, February 19.
INTERIM REPORTS WERE MAILED HOME THIS WEEK.
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2-4-08 Students will write a free verse poem on any topic. It must be at least two stanzas long. Due date is Friday, Feb. 8.
2-5-08 Continue working on your free verse poem
2-6-08 Free verse poem (due Friday, Feb. 8)
2-7-08 No homework
2-8-08 No homework
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1-28-08 Worksheet p.24 Figurative Language
1-29-08 Worksheet p.25 Poem Prewrite - due 2-4-08
1-30-08 Students have read many poems in class and now it is their opportunity to write a creative poem of their own. It needs to be at least two stanzas or longer. This is a "free write" which means student poems may rhyme or not rhyme. BE CREATIVE! Follow the "Rubric for Evaluation" that was given in class. The poem is due on February 8, 2008.
1-31-08 Continue working on your poem
2-1-08 none
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1-21-08 NO SCHOOL - MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY
1-22-08 None
1-23-08 None
1-24-08 Worksheet p.26 (write your revised version of the poem on a separate sheet of paper). You will read your poem in class.
1-25-08 Students will be going to the library today and will select one poem that they would like to read to the class. After reading their poem they will explain its meaning. Poems will be read on Monday, Jan. 28.
REPORT CARDS WERE MAILED THIS WEEK.
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1-14-08 none
1-15-08 Practice vocabulary flashcards, click on the word "flashcards" at the top of this page.
1-16-08 finish class vocabulary assignment
1-17-08 Peace poem (due Jan. 23)
1-18-08 TEACHER INSERVICE - NO SCHOOL
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1-7-08 Worksheet pp. 29-32
1-8-08 Reread pp.422-424 "A Journey" and
"Knoxville, Tennessee." There will be a quiz over both poems on Friday, Jan. 11.
Answer one of the following questions based on your understanding of the poems. Write the question and your answer on a separate sheet of paper. (20 points)
1. In the poem "A Journey," there is no specific destination. The point of the journey is the journey itself. What do you think the journey stands for? What can you learn about the speaker from his or her attitude toward the journey?
2. In "Knoxville, Tennessee," what word is most often repeated at the beginnings of lines? How does this repetition reinforce the poem's message?
1-9-08 Click on the word FLASHCARDS at the top of this page and make sure that you memorize the definition of each word. There will be a quiz over the words on Monday, Jan. 14. Students will also have a copy of these words in their reading notebook.
1-10-08 Quiz over "Knoxville, Tennessee" and "A Journey" tomorrow.
1-11-08 No homework
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1-3-08 Worksheet p. 6
1-4-08 Poetry Extra Credit is due today
12-17-07 Study "poetry vocabulary words" from last week.
12-18-07 Quiz over the poetry vocabulary words from last week will be tomorrow.
12-19-07 There will be extra credit over winter break. Students who want the extra credit were given worksheet information.
12-19-07 OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT IS DUE 1-4-07
12-20-07 HAPPY HOLIDAYS! The only assignment that I will give over the winter break is the optional extra credit paper on poetry. See your child's worksheet packet for details.
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12-10-07 No Homework/ Interim reports will be mailed out this week.
12-11-07 Poetry vocabulary - Students need to write the following word and definition in their reading notebook. Students may use their glossary in the back of book for the definition. Please put these words in your reading notebook. Quiz over these words will be next week on Wednesday, Dec. 19.
POETRY VOCABULARY WORDS:
COUPLET
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
FORM
FREE VERSE
HAIKU
LIMERICK
LYRIC POETRY
METAPHOR
NARRATIVE POETRY
ONOMATOPOEIA
POETRY
REPETITION
SIMILE
TONE
ALLITERATION
MOOD
STANZA
RHYTHM
RHYME
BALLAD
12-12-07 continue studying your poetry vocabulary from yesterday.
12-13-07 worksheet packet pp. 95-103 "Interpreting Poetry" we started this packet in class.
12-14-07 None
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12-3-07 Students should work on their speech
presentation
12-4-07 continue working on your speech presentation
12-5-07 EVERYONE'S SPEECH POSTER IS DUE TOMORROW,DEC.6
12-6-07 No homework
12-7-07 No homework - Interim report will be mailed
next week
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11-26-07 Reread pp. 220-232 "Flowers for Algernon"
Quiz over story on Friday, Nov. 30.
11-27-07 worksheet p.20
speech note cards are due tomorrow
11-28-07 worksheet p.18
11-29-07 Reread pp. 220-232 "Flowers for Algernon" Quiz over this story will be tomorrow.
11-30-07 Last week-end to work on your speech project.
SPEECH POSTER IS DUE ON DECEMBER 6, 2007
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11-19-07 Continue working on your speech project.
11-20-07 Speech project
11-21-07 Vacation
11-22-07 Vacation
11-23-07 Vacation
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11-12-07 Reread pp. 220-232 "Flowers for Algernon"
prefix worksheet p. 28 due Wed.
11-13-07 Speech project
11-14-07 Speech project
prefix worksheet p.32
11-15-07 Speech project
11-16-07 Speech project
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11-5-07 The students will need to type out 2 or more references for their speech by using the
WEBSITE: WWW.LEECA.ORG
USER NAME: LEECA
PASSWORD: REFERENCE
Click on - NoodleTools
This website will configure websites, books etc...
into the MLA Citation Style format. If however, you do not have access to the internet, look at the speech packet that was given in class pp. 16-18 for examples of how to type out a proper reference. Students were taught how to use NoodleTools in the LRC last week.
REPORT CARDS ARE MAILED THIS WEEK.
11-6-07 NO SCHOOL - Teacher Inservice. Continue working on your speech notecards. Remember your speech must be 3min. in length and have a introduction, main ideas and conclusion. Any size notecards and any number of notecards are acceptable, just make sure you have enough information for a 3 min. speech. All speeches are due on Thursday, December 6, 2007. Refer to your speech packet for the rubric.
11-7-07 Reread " The Great Rat Hunt" p.106 and complete worksheet p. 55
11-8-07 Open Book Quiz "The Great Rat Hunt" pp.106-114
11-9-07 Continue working on your speech
10-29-07 worksheets pp. 16-19
10-30-07 worksheets pp. 20-23
10-31-07 Happy Halloween! no homework
11-1-07 Study for Prefix Quiz which will be this Friday, over the prefixes -Mono and -Poly
*Students will be going to the LRC this Friday to research speech topic. Please know that some students still do not have a speech topic.
11-2-07 none
10-22-07 Worksheet p.14
10-23-07 There will be a test this Friday over worksheets pp.7-14. Students will be tested over the vocabulary words that start with the prefixes pre and post.
10-24-07 no homework
10-25-07 Quiz tomorrow over worksheets pp.7-14
10-26-07 no homework
10-15-07 Practice vocabulary words for "The Ransom of Red Chief." Click on the word flashcards at the top of this page to review. Vocabulary QUIZ and five short response questions will be given over this story tomorrow. Also, review worksheet p.38.
10-16-07 Your child was told to read a chapter book for this quarter's reading grade. I will be asking students three questions on their book. Several students have already taken the challenge and received their 50pts. for reading their novel. Ask your child if they have read their novel and taken the three question challenge quiz on their book. Look for your child's reading workshop grade which will be posted on the parent assist program. Time is running out, all reading workshop grades should be completed by this Friday.
10-17-07 The students will be going to the library this Friday and will be able to browse the internet and check out books on a speech topic of their choice. Students will be giving an informative speech most likely in December. All topics must be approved by the teacher. A packet of information will be coming home in the near future.
10-18-07 Worksheet pp.7-10
10-19-07 None
10-8-07 Read pp. 70-79 "The Ransom of Red Chief"
10-9-07 Worksheet p. 36
10-10-07 NONE
10-11-07 Practice vocabulary words - click on the word flashcards at the top of this page to review definitions.
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES ARE TONIGHT FROM 4:30 - 8:00p.m.
10-12-07 NEOEA DAY - No School
10-1-07 Bring coloring supplies tomorrow
10-2-07 Reread pp. 60-65
10-3-07 Study for tomorrow's QUIZ on "A Mother in Mannville" pp.60-65
Quiz Questions:
1. Why has the narrator come to live in the Carolina mountains?
2. Who is Jerry? Why does the narrator hire him?
3. What are some of the things that the narrator likes about Jerry as she gets to know him? What impresses her the most?
4. How does the narrator feel when Jerry tells her that he has a mother? Why does she feel that way?
5. What does the narrator learn about Jerry's mother at the end of the story?
10-4-07 None
10-5-07 None
9-24-07 no homework
9-25-07 Read: " A Mother in Mannville" pp.59-65
9-26-07 Worksheet p.31
9-27-07 Students may need to finish their reading
vocabulary.
9-28-07 INTERIM GRADES ARE DUE TODAY!
INTERIM REPORTS WILL BE MAILED NEXT WEEK.
9-17-07 NO SCHOOL
9-18-07 Read: "Stop the Sun" pp.48-56
9-19-07 Worksheet p.22
9-20-07 Worksheet p.24, p.26
9-21-07 TAKE HOME QUIZ
9-10-07 Read: "Raymond's Run" text pp.32-40
9-11-07 Worksheet p.17
9-12-07 Worksheet p.16
9-13-07 Study for Friday's Quiz on "Raymond's Run" pp.32-40
HERE ARE FRIDAY'S QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. Why does Squeaky have to spend so much time watching out for her brother Raymond? How does she feel about that?
2. How does Squeaky practice her running?
3. Who is Gretchen?
4. What does Squeaky's encounter with Gretchen, Rosie, and Mary Louise tell you about Squeaky?
5. How does the race change what is important to Squeaky?
9-14-07 Quiz today over "Raymond's Run" pp.32-40
Don't forget to bring your chapter book to reading today.
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9-3-07 LABOR DAY! NO SCHOOL.
9-4-07 Finish "Wonderful Life" essay
9-5-07 Silent read " Checkouts" pp.22-29 located in your reading textbook.
9-6-07 OPEN HOUSE 6:30p.m. - reread pp.22-29 and answer questions #1-4 and comprehension check questions on p.29
9-7-07 No homework - enjoy your weekend!
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