Please note that some assignments may be posted ONLY on the board. It is the students' responsibility to make sure they copy assignments onto their assignment books daily.
June 1 - 5
All Spelling and Lit. books must be returned to school on or before June 4th.
Superhero stories are due June 2nd
Scrapbooks will be due June 3/4.
May 18 - 22
May 19 - Please return your Progress Reports today.
In addition, we will tab our portfolios.
Please bring six (6) tabs to class.
Honors: Please return your Progress Reports by May 21.
You will need tabs tomorrow. (6)
May 11-15
Superhero story outline - due May 13/14
"Flowers for Algernon" worksheet - due May 19
Don't forget to buy five tabs for your portfolio.
(May 19, 2009)
Honors:
Superhero story outline - due May 19
Final draft - May 20
"Flowers for Algernon" questions due - May 20
Please buy five or six tabs for your portfolio - May 19
May 4-8
Resumes, job applications, and business letters are due on Tuesday.
Wednesday: My 5th period will be going to PCPA. Please bring your permission slips signed by a parent on Monday.
April 20 - 24
Please type your resume and turn it in on Friday.
The One-page Report on text messaging is due tomorrow. You should have arranged to divide up the assignment with your partner. You will put it together in class.
The Life Map is due on Block.
"I've Been Rooked!" page 363 will be given in class on Tuesday. You will need to complete the chart for homework. It will be due on Friday.
Honors: Please complete all of the work above. In addition, complete the Call of the Wild questions for Block. Continue to keep a learning log with each chapter.
March 30 - April 3
I will be in Washington, D.C. this week lobbying for the National Writing Project. While I am gone, students will be working on a One-page report relating to an article on text messaging. It's a cluster report done with partners. In addition, test prep materials will be reviewed prior to state testing.
March 23-27
This week we are looking at critical reading and effective strategies. Each student will conduct a survey on text messaging. Students may text their survey. It is due on Thursday.
March 16 - 20
Capitalization poster due on Friday. Please state the category (book), give and example, and add a bit of color.
Finish reading Lincoln: A Photobiography for BLOCK.
Honors: You have the above assignments plus the questions we circled for Call of the Wild.
P.S. I can't underline or italicize in this program.
March 9 - 13
Periods 2 & 6 Your short stories are due on Tues.
Use your government words to write a business letter to the editor. Use as many of the words as possible. Please underline them. It is due on Friday with the matching sheet. This applies to period 3, too.
Per. 3 - Turn in your definitions and drawings of the government vocabulary we worked on in class. They include, abdicate, allegiance, amend, anarchy, annex, decree, defect, legacy, ratify, and resolution.
Remember, you have a letter to an editor using as many of the government words as possible on Friday! Use the example I gave you in class.
Per. 4 Your short stories are due on Friday. Complete "The story of Mazy May" and Robert Frost poem questions for BLOCK.
Per. 5 - Prepare to teach a comma rule on BLOCK.
Feb. 23- 27
Spelling Unit 14 - Pages 93 & 95 due Friday
Venn Diagram - Due Tues. Compare/Contrast "The King of Mazy May" to Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". Use quotes as evidence.
Reading Log - Due Friday Use the questions your wrote down last week. Remember it is for two weeks.
Make flashcards on literature terms. You will have a test on Thursday.
Honors: We will finish debates this week. A Reading Log is due March 6th
Scrapbook check due March 2nd.
"The Scarlet Ibis" essay is due on Feb. 27. It is a five paragraph essay. Please bring your yellow worksheet and staple it to the essay.
Feb. 17-20
Bring your scrapbooks with ten additional entries to BLOCK.
The next Reading Log is due on Feb. 27th. This week:
1. Compare the protagonist in your current book to another you have read.
2. Explain and give examples of the tone in your book.
3. Give examples of diction or word choice in you book.
4. Explain the conflict.
5. Give a summary.
Honors: Bring your completed worksheet on denotation and connotation to class on Tues. In addition, bring your opening paragraph on "The Scarlet Ibis" on Tues.
Remeber to dress professionally for your debate.
Feb. 6 - Spelling Unit 20 test. Complete pages 127 and 131 for homework. Please define all of the words. Remember, your book review (5 paragraphs) and poster are also due.
Honors: Bring internet evidence on your debate topic on Friday. Debates will be on Feb. 17,19, and 20.
Feb. 2 "The Horned Toad" essay is due! Please type it.
Feb. 6 Book Review and Poster is due!
Jan.30 - All students will bring their essays on "The Horned Toad" to class. Please bring highlighters with you.
Note: The new date for the book review with poster is Feb. 6th.
Jan. 26-30
All classes will bring the first paragraph with a three-prong thesis statement and bubble cluster to class on Tuesday.
All classes will bring the entire Peer Edit on "The Horned Toad" and bubble cluster to BLOCK.
Per. 2,3,and 6 will bring their library books to BLOCK.
HONORS: Bring your Giver questions and books to BLOCK.
Jan. 20-23
Per. 2, 3, and 6
Block - Bring the completed Practice with Parallel Form and thesis statement to class. Do you have a book from the library? Remember, your book review is due on Jan. 30.
Your poem on America is due on Friday. It must be a lyric poem which uses images or word pictures to convey the mood, or show your attitude. Use vivid images!
Honors: Your poem on America is due on Friday. In addition, complete the chart on symbols and the essay for Friday. Look at motifs and conformity for discussion.
Jan. 12-16
Honors: Your biographical research paper is due on Jan. 20. I gave you the instructions before the break. You should have read a biography on someone who has made a commitment to change. It should not exceed one page. Please include the historical facts relating to the life and accomplishment of your subject.
Please follow the reading schedule for The Giver and bring the book to class.
Jan. 16 Character Relationship/Interaction Charts are due. Please bring your story to class
Jan. 30, 2009 - A book review and poster are due. Please refer to the Components of a Review given to you in class.
Dec. 15-19
Periods 2,3, and 6 will finish The Circuit and the reading log questions in class. All work must be completed by Friday.
Honors: All question on Three Cups of Tea are due on Friday. You will have an essay in class on Thursday.
Reading: You will complete a summary in class. In addition, you will complete questions on chapters 9 and 10.
Honors:
Dec. 8-12 - Periods 2,3,and 6 will write a poem, "For My People". This will be due on block.
The reading logs will be completed in class.
Dec. 12 - Bring in two examples of each of the root words. You will have a quiz tomorrow.
Here are the roots: biblio, anim, chron, dict, geo, graph, junct, man, phil, phon, port, psych, rupt, tele,therm, and uni.
Honors will write a response to their activity on Tuesday. They need to bring their written answers to questions 6 and 7.
Dec. 1-5 All Progress Reports Have Gone Home! Please have them signed and returned by Friday.
Use allwords.com to research your root for BLOCK.
Reading - Complete Literary Skills worksheet for Friday.
Honors: Bring questions 1-5 on Friday.
Due to the closed library, we will complete this reading log in class. This is for all periods
Here are the reading log questions for the next two weeks. They will be due Dec. 16th.
1. Give examples of simple, compound, and complex sentences.
2. Give an example of a prepositional phrase. Find and recored subordinating clauses.
3. Use a correlative conjunction when describing the author's style, climax, or theme. (Choose one)
4. Contrast the main character in your new book with another book you have read.
5. Summarize what you have read using complete sentences.
Week Two:
1. What qualities make the protagonist believable?
2. Give an example of the tone. What examples from the book show tone?
3. Which character would you like to see a movie with? Why?
4. Predict what a sequel would include if the author wrote another book after this one.
5. Summarize what you have read.
Honors: All of your questions are due Dec. 19th.
We will discuss question five on Thursday. Bring in any other questions you have regarding the book.
Reading: Bring you worksheet that we began in class to BLOCK.
Nov. 25 - All book reports are due. Please download the form from the Lakeview English website.
Nov. 10 -14
Spelling Unit 3 - pages 25 and 27 due Nov. 14
Ballads due Nov. 14
Book Report due Nov. 25 (Period 3)
Nov. 25 (Periods 2 & 6)
Honors: Ballads are due Nov. 14
Reading Log - due Nov. 18 (This should be level 2 or 3 questions on Three Cups of Tea.) You will use them for a Socratic Seminar on Thursday (Nov. 19)
Reading: Bring your science fiction story to BLOCK.
Nov. 3-7
Your haiku is due on Tuesday.
Spelling- Unit 2
Complete pages 19 and 23 for Friday. In addition, write a story using twelve spelling words. Add dialog to your story. Remember, you must have a separate paragraph for each speaker.
Honors - Bring your book to class on Friday. We'll begin with a discussion of Mortenson's transformation.
Oct 27-31
Monday -Bring your scary story rough draft to class.
I'm told that Michael's has a sale on scrapbooks ($5.99).
Scrapbooks (10 pictures or ticket stubs) and Scary Stories are due on Oct. 29/30.
Reading Log - Oct. 31 Download the forms on the Lakeview English site. Ask eight (8) level 2 or 3 questions and give two summaries. Basically, you should ask and ANSWER four questions each week and give a summary of what you have read for the week. It is a two week assignment.
Oct. 13-17
Quotation worksheet is due on block. You should have your setting and characters chosen for your scary story. Remember, your story must include an appositive and an absolute as well as dialogue.
Answer all of the questions in the margins on pages 248-255 in your InterActive Reader. Due Friday.
Due Dates: Scary Story - Oct. 29/30
Scrapbook: 10 entries (not 10 pages) - Oct. 29/30
Reading Log: Oct. 31
Oct. 6 - 10
All students need to finish the Individual Assignment 7: Recognizing Written Tone for Tuesday.
All students must turn in the book report pizza on
BLOCK.
Sept. 29 - Oct. 3
Periods 2,3,5, and 6
Spelling Unit 9: Complete pages 60 & 61. Use page sixty and your glossary to define all of your words.
Oct. 3 - Turn in your internal/external paper on "The Cemetery."
Finish reading "The Woman in the Snow" on page 944.
Book Report Pizzas are due Oct. 8/9.
Honors: A tritina poem will be due on Friday.
Sept. 22, 2008
English 2-6 Bring your five level 2 and 3 questions to BLOCK. Please bring your poster of Squeaky with evidence from the text if you did not turn it in to class.
All students should continue to read their book. I will give you the book report instructions on BLOCK.
Honors: Your essay will be due on Friday due to the staff development day.
Your monologues are due on Thursday.
Sept. 19 Reading logs are due for all students.
Sept. 19 All students should bring their history essay.
Sept. 19 Periods 2,3,and 6 will bring their completed Plot Diagram on "Raymond's Run".
Sept. 19 Return your Progress Report signed by a parent.
Sept. 8
Typed business letters are due on Tuesday. Include you rough draft, but do not staple them to your final copy.
Please include a stamped envelope.
Begin your reading log tonight. It is due Sept. 19th
Finish you parallel structure worksheet tonight.
HONORS: Your business letter is due on Tuesday. Please type it and include a stamped envelope.
Read chapter 6 tonight. I will give you a reading schedule tomorrow.
Begin your reading log tonight. It is due on Sept. 19th.
Sept. 2, 2008
All students will write a business letter in block style to a company, team, sports team, etc. I will give you an example of what I want in class. Please use the sheet to help you. The rough draft is due on Friday. It MUST have a parent signature at the top of the page.
The final typed copy of your business letter is due next Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008
HONORS: You will have the rough draft of the business letter due on Friday.
On Thursday, be prepared to discuss the significance of religion in the book. In addition, what can you infer about racism in Chapter 3? We will discuss this in a Socratic seminar format.
August 25, 2008
Finish "Oranges" questions for BLOCK! You need three level 1, three level 2, and three level 3.
Poems are due on Tuesday.
Please write me a friendly letter telling me about yourself. This should not be more than one page.
Honors: Read Chapter 2 in My Brother Sam is Dead for Friday. Please define garrison, vicious, treason, and agitators. Continue to keep a dialectical journal as you read.
Finish "Oranges" for Friday. Remember to have three levels of questions. You should have three level 1, three level 2, and three level 3.
August 21, 2008
All students have a "Paint Me Like I Am" poem due on Tuesday, August 26th. Please make every effort to type it. You must add pictures or graphic in the margins.
All supplies are due on Sept. 2, 2008.
Honors: The "Paint Me Like I Am" poem is due on Aug. 26th. Please add pictures or graphics in the margins. This should be typed.
Please read chapter 1 in the novel, My Brother Sam is Dead for Monday. You should keep a list of reasons that make both men, the brother and father, give for the positions they take.
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