From now on, I will be posting your work for MY CLASS on MY (very own) GOOGLE PAGE! (yay!)
It's all still "Enrichment and Review", as I previously mentioned in my last post (see below) so it's up to you---no pressure! Just wanted to make you are all aware! New work will be posted to my GOOGLE CLASSROOM every Monday morning for the week. *Please make sure you're using your "valley view" email account you were given to sign in and join. I've invited all of you!
Hang in there! I miss you guys!
P.S: I put the "class codes" up on my REMIND app, so you can find them THERE, or below:
1st PERIOD: tewvezc
3rd PERIOD: m6ydo66
5th PERIOD: frrsa4j
6th PERIOD: nmek6lo
7th PERIOD: me4al4l
Good morning 7th graders!👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼
I hope this finds you all well and rested!
*All future postings of our work will be “enrichment” in nature. Since Mrs.Keyser and I are your Reading and English (ELA) gold team teachers, our work will be combined into one weekly posting that you can find on Mrs.Keyser’s GOOGLE CLASSROOM page.
*REMEMBER: it is neither required nor is it graded—just “weekly enrichment” to keep you brushed up on your skills if you so choose!
(P.S: I miss you very much and can’t wait to get back into our regular swing of things!
On the bright side, now I can finally learn all those TIK TOK MOVES you showed me!
#madskills😂#cougarsarepawsome💙💛)
🚨PLEASE DISREGARD THE BELOW ASSIGNMENT—no work will be assigned while we are out of school. Thank you for your cooperation during this time. COUGARS ARE STILL PAWSOME!💙💛
WEEK of MARCH 16-20:
Look over pages 72 and 73 on SENTENCE STRUCTURE with the following types: simple, compound, complex and compound-complex.
*See the blue arrow notes as well as Ex.1 on page 73.
I will post the correct answers on the REMIND APP on Friday for you to check to see how you did! This assignment is based on our previous recent lesson of INDEPENDENT and DEPENDENT CLAUSES!
Good luck and ttus!💙💛
WEEK of MARCH 9-13:
MON: GERUND PHRASE intro.video and follow up worksheet.
TUES: REVIEW GAME: "A STROLL DOWN PHRASE LANE"
WED: PHRASE TEST (open notes)
THURS: Latin Quiz Kid
FRI: 1/2 day...we will file our "to be filed pile" of work
WEEK of MARCH 2-6:
MON: TDA share alouds--after a peer-edit writer's workshop, we will conduct an open critique of work volunteered. (paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the TDA required elements) *class participation points
TUES: PHRASE LESSONS begin...short introductory video on: prepositional: ADJ/ADV, then followup worksheets on each with a partner in class.
WED: review of yesterday's phrases, continue with next: intro. video on PARTICIPIAL (pres/past) then followup worksheets on each with a partner in class.
THURS: review of yesterday's phrases, continue with next: intro. video on APPOSITIVE and INFINITIVE then followup worksheets on each with a partner in class.
FRI: review of yesterday's phrases, continue with last: GERUND (intro. video to begin, etc...)
WEEK of 2/24-2/28:
MON: Morning classes will present their reviews on a TIK TOK or a book/story/cartoon, while afternoon classes will participate in CLAUSE NOODLE SOUP review.
TUES: Morning classes will have CLAUSE NOODLE SOUP review, while afternoon classes will work on a practice TDA...
WED: CLAUSE TEST FOR ALL CLASSES!
THURS: TDA work for all classes
FRI: TDA review for all classes
WEEK of 2/17-2/21:
MON: NO SCHOOL
TUES: CH.3 work: INDEPENDENT vs. DEPENDENT CLAUSES...pg. 70 an 71 identification of each.
WED: CH.3 work continued...followup worksheets on ADV and ADJ clauses with a partner
THURS: review worksheets via smart board, apply knowledge of clause types in a "REVIEW" of a book, story, movie OR TIK TOK with a partner!
MON: work from FRIDAY will be presented TODAY (early dismissal Friday)
TUES: CH. 2 TEST/CH. 3 work begins page 61, ex.1 and 62, ex.2 (4 types of sentences)
PROJECT WITH A PARTNER: describe a favorite place or product (real or made up) using the 4 sentence types we just covered as well as the 3 from CH. 2 in a paragraph and present to class.
WED: review work from CH.3 assignment from yesterday, and
VALENTINE "LOVE POEM" PROJECT ABOUT A NOUN YOU LOVE a la KOBE BRYANT'S "DEAR BASKETBALL" poem. (this example will be played in class)
THURS: VALENTINE's DAY poem presentations (CH.2 and 3 lesson applications of sentence structures.)
FRI: 1/2 day for students
WEEK of 2/3-2/7:
MON: In your writer's journals, describe your favorite Super Bowl commercial or any memorable commercial you've ever seen using DESCRIPTIVE DETAILS! Afterwards, we will work with a partner on the previous lesson on sentence fragments and sentence run-ons.
TUES: Ch.2 work continues with lesson on adding details to your writing...pg. 39-40, ex.1, and 2 with a follow up group activity on the same concept--details using a different photo..."Story Snapshot".
WED: "Story Snapshot" begins...PART I: partners will select a photo and create a story using descriptive details....
THURS: "Story Snapshot" PART II continued...apply the 3 ways to correct sentence run-ons as well as other requirements listed on smart board to your partnered story.
FRI: "Story Snapshot" PART III: pg. 49 ex.2, 3:Using Synonyms and apply them into your story, HAND IN! (25 class participation points)
pg.50-51: Formal and Informal Language
MONDAY: OPEN NOTES Ch. 2 TEST (be sure to have your worksheets and story work from this week with you in class!)
WEEK of 1/27-1/31:
MON: review TDAs in WRITER's WORKSHOP activity
TUES: return to grammar with Ch.2: EFFECTIVE SENTENCES and WORD ORDER, pg. 33-38.
WED: review work with a partner and continue with pages 34-38 due FRIDAY.
THURS: continue...
FRI: review of Chapter 2 work.
WEEK of 1/20-1/24:
MON: NO SCHOOL (MLK DAY)
TUES: finish viewing MLK speech clips and writing focus reflection on each:
"I HAVE A DREAM", "LIFE BLUEPRINT", and "MOUNTAIN TOP"
WED: practice TDA writers workshop with a partner on PSSA sample "Two Gifts"...in class...due FRIDAY.(class participation points only--not a quiz!)
THURS: continued work of TDA/RACE METHOD w/ a partner...
FRI: review samples with class aloud...
WEEK of 1/13-1/16:
MON: work on "Monsters" TDA...
TUES: continued work on "Monsters" TDA...
WED: "Monsters" TDA due (quiz grade)
THURS: "LQK quiz...OPEN NOTES!!! (Latin Quiz Kid)
FRI: MLK speeches...in class viewing and reflection
WEEK of 1/6-1/10:
MON: introduction to Rod Serling’s Sci-Fi “Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” teleplay today.
TUES: play coverage continues...
WED: play coverage (Reading/Roles) ends.
THURS: review of play w/a partner via "Monster Map"
FRI: Official TDA on “Monsters” due WEDNESDAY! (QUIZ)
WEEK of 1/1-1/3:
THURS: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
inspirational speeches from Adm. William McRaven and Prof. Rick Rigsby on what it takes to become successful in life/changing the world.
Follow up activity: “Confetti Wishes”
Students will explain on a POST IT NOTE a wish for the world and a resolution for the new year and place it on the side board where they will return to it at the end of the year to reflect on their degree of accomplishment achieved.
FRI: LATIN QUIZ KID COMPETITION.
WEEK of 12/9–13:
I FORMATIVE WRITING WORK
*essay due Monday 12/16
WEEK of DECEMBER 2-6:
MON: no school
TUES: review of the 8 POS, and continue with the last 3: prepositions, conjunctions and interjections in textbook: pages 211-214.
WED: finish coverage from work on above assigned pages.
THURS: WORKSHEET REVIEW w/a partner in class....TEST TOMORROW!
FRI: OPEN BOOK TEST on last 3 POS!
MON: CH. 8 and 9 TEST (VERBS/MODIFIERS)
TUES: LATIN QUIZ KID COMPETITION...boys vs. girls
WED: 1/2 day...HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
WEEK of NOVEMBER 18-22:
MON: test return, CH. 8 VERB coverage begins...ACTION vs. LINKING warm up with verb "mascots"...
TUES: review pg. 182 from yesterday's assignment, continue with partnered-pairing worksheet as follow up...
WED: ADJECTIVES and ADVERBS lesson begins pg.201, CH.9
THURS: Pg. 202 Ex. 1 and Ex.2 find the ADJS and ADVS. in the sample paragraphs.
FRI: Pg. 203 and 204: THREE DEGREES OF COMPARISON OF ADJS AND ADVS.
*test Monday on VERBS and MODIFIERS!!!
WEEK of NOVEMBER 11-15:
MON: NO SCHOOL
TUES: review of NOUNS and PRONOUNS lesson from last week's assignment
WED: continued review of NOUNS and PRONOUNS lesson...
THURS: partnered pairing of CHAPTER REVIEW of NOUNS and PRONOUNS lesson
FRI: TEST on NOUNS and PRONOUNS lesson
WEEK of NOVEMBER 4-8:
MON: As a final wrap up of the lesson on PLOT, students will fill out the "Frankenstein" poem and "Frankenweenie" movie Compare and Contrast Chart worksheet in class today. Afterwards, they will explain in a written response on the back which version of the story they liked better using examples and details from the chart on the front.
TUES: sharing/open discussion of classwork from yesterday and an introduction of the new work in our text: NOUNS
WED: students will have a 2nd qtr. EXTRA CREDIT opportunity to use the definition of a NOUN (person, place, thing, idea) and apply it to an artistic representation of the people, places, ect. that they are thankful for having in their lives via both a writing focus and turkey display.
HOMEWORK: pg.158 EX.2, and pg. 160 EX.1 on the NOUN due tomorrow!
THURS: REVIEW of NOUN assignment from yesterday, continue with PRONOUN work in partner pairing. (pg. 162 EX. 1, and pg. 164 EX.1...PRONOUNS, ANTECEDENTS,)
FRI: VETERAN's DAY ASSEMBLY 9:30, *work from yesterday will be reviewed on TUESDAY!
NO SCHOOL MONDAY--VETERANS DAY.
WEEK of 10/28-11/01:
MON: LATIN QUIZ KID quiz
TUES: as a "treat" for Halloween, (and fun from our "FRANKENSTEIN" poem), we will view "FRANKENWEENIE" today and tomorrow and have a follow up worksheet on compare and contrast on both works. (class part.)
TDA work on FRANKENSTEIN begins...QUIZ GRADE DUE WED!
TUES: continued class time to work on TDA...
WED: TDA due! (QUIZ GRADE)
THURS: LATIN QUIZ KID COMPETITION (boys vs. girls--last of the quarter!!!)
WHO WILL WIN??? STAY TUNED ON REMIND APP FOR UPDATES!
FRI: LQK handout of terms for LQK quiz on Monday...students will have class time to study today to prepare!
WEEK of OCTOBER 14--18:
MON: no school
TUES: "Frankenstein" poem coverage begins...clip of 1931 original movie with Boris Karloff as intro., reading together in class and discussion
WED: questions with a partner...
THURS: review of questions
FRI: PLOT diagram with a partner work, TDA prompt handout...work will continue on MONDAY.
WEEK of OCTOBER 7–11:
MON: PERSUASIVE ESSAY PEER EDIT
TUES: essay due
WED: Persuasive essay presentations
THURS: review of essays
FRI: LATIN QUIZ KIDS COMPETITION!
WEEK of SEPTEMBER 30--OCTOBER 4:
MON: TDA #1 essay due (QUIZ), LQK (Latin Quiz Kid) competition: boys vs. girls
TUES: the art of Persuasive Writing lesson begins......power point presentation
WED-FRI: persuasive writing lesson continues in class....
WEEK of SEPTEMBER 23--27:
MON: TDA "Uncle Timothy's Ships" power point review, then essay response work begins
TUES-THURS: TDA work continues.....
FRI: PEER EDIT, final copy due MONDAY! (QUIZ GRADE!)
WEEK of SEPTEMBER 16--20:
MON: Ch.12 REVIEW with a partner
TUES: Ch.12 review
WED: Ch.12 TEST
THURS: TDA tutorial
FRI: TDA tutorial continued....
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 9-13:
MON: CH.12 work begins...pages 273-278
TUES: Yesterday's work will be reviewed...
WED: CH.12 work will continue with a partner...
THURS: Yesterday's work will be reviewed as well as a brief review of Ch. 1--TEST TOMORROW ON CHAPTER 1 ONLY!
FRI: CH.1 TEST!
(if time allows, we will have our first LATIN QUIZ KID COMPETITION: boys vs. girls)
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 2-6:
MON: NO SCHOOL
TUES: Summer Narrative essay collection
WED: BENCHMARK
THURS: Ch. 1 begins....
FRI: Ch.1 continued work...
WELCOME BACK! AUGUST 26, 2019:
MON: WELCOME and the "business of day one" (hand out of NEW textbooks, alphabetical order, info. cards, etc...)
TUES-FRI: review of the writing process via "Summer" narrative essay.
(25 class participation points)
*NO SCHOOL MONDAY!!!
WEEK of MAY 27--31:
MON: NO SCHOOL--MEMORIAL DAY
TUES: RETURN of GRAMMAR RULES! ("Sunset High")
WED: GRAMMAR RULES continued....
THURS: 8 POS review....(FINAL EXAM MATERIAL)
FRI: G.Rules TEST!
WEEK of MAY 20-24:
MON: Fictional Narrative presentations
TUES: BLACKOUT POETRY PROJECT begins...
WED: continued work...
THURS: BLACKOUT POETRY presentations
FRI: NO SCHOOL!
*MON: MEMORIAL DAY--NO SCHOOL!
WEEK of MAY 13-17:
MON-WED: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (reading of story, questions, review)
THURS: TEST
FRI: video of story
WEEK of MAY 6--10:
MON: finish video of "The Miracle Worker" (Helen Keller)
TUES: follow up writing focus in class (movie/story recall)
WED: "Facing the Lion" (handout from UNIT 5 selections)
THURS: review of UNIT 5 selections
FRI: QUIZ on UNIT 5 selections
WEEK of APRIL 29-MAY 3:
MON: MATH PSSA (day 1)
TUES: MATH PSSA (day 2)
WED: UNIT 5 selections continue...
classes will continue with the next selection from unit 5: “How Helen Keller Learned To Talk” pages 505-507
*video clip first as background intro.
THURS: review of questions from pages 508-509.
FRI: video: "The Miracle Worker"
WEEK of APRIL 22-26:
MON: NO SCHOOL (Easter Monday)
TUES; PSSA
WED: Today we will begin coverage of UNIT 5: HOW DO WE OVERCOME OBSTACLES IN OUR LIFE?
FIRST, we will view a clip from WNEP on a young girl, "Sara", from our area, who was recently awarded the National Handwriting Contest (she was born without hands) as an introduction to the story from our text of Aimee Mullins' "A Work In Progress" (PERSONAL NARRATIVE) on page 493.
We will cover it together in our READING CIRCLE, but students will need to finish reading it on their own for homework and answer questions #1-5 on the COMPREHENSION CHECK on page 499.
THURS: review and discussion of questions from story yesterday, continue with group work using questions on page 500: ANALYZING TEXT
FRI: Aimee Mullins' TED TALK, "The Opportunity of Adversity", wrap up of story with work on pages 501 and 502: CRAFT and STRUCTURE
WEEK of APRIL 15--19:
MON: PSSA testing
TUES: PSSA testing
WED: 1/2 day *EASTER BREAK DISMISSAL 11;05
THURS: NO SCHOOL
FRI: NO SCHOOL
*EASTER MON: NO SCHOOL
WEEK of APRIL 8--APRIL 12th:
MON: "Mindful Mistakes" list...students will review their TDAs from all SAMPLERS and ESSENTIAL QUESTION UNIT PROMPTS from their classroom folders and make a list of common errors made on all TDA work from the year. Students will return to this list/samples on FRIDAY as end of our PSSA review time.
TUES: 1st 1/2 of class: time to finish previously assigned compare and contrast work on "Sarah" and "Hector" prompt from Friday's class.
2nd 1/2 of class: class discussion/share alouds from written response.
WED: EMBEDDED ERRORS work with a partner, PUNCTUATION BRUSH UP work.
THURS: "SAMPLER" sample (Abigail Adams) with group work review on proper TDA application.
MON: review of TDA w/ RACE method, then practice with a PSSA sample prompt--due WEDNESDAY!
TUES: continued work in class from yesterday...
WED: review of assignment from MONDAY's class...
THURS: more "in class" practice: students will review all TDAs from the year and compose a list of common errors, then they will be able to choose one to "do over" in corrected form--due tomorrow!
FRI: "do over" check, continued PSSA prep: "embedded errors" review samples with a partner.
WEEK of MARCH 25-29:
MON: *due to the SNOW DAY this past FRIDAY, the GAV ("general academic vocabulary") set 4 TEST is TODAY.
TUES: students will examine a sample "Scientific text" to assess individually in class today in preparation for the PSSAs.
WED: students will analyze sample poems today in preparation for the PSSAs.
THURS: poetry assessment continued...
FRIDAY: poetry assessment concludes today.
WEEK of MARCH 18-22:
MON: Grammar Rules
TUES: GAV set 3 review--TEST TOMORROW!
WED: GAV set 3 TEST, POETRY overview....
THURS: POETRY overview continued...
FRI: POETRY unit concludes.
WEEK of MARCH 11-15:
MON: QUIZLET review of GAV terms for TEST TOMORROW!
TUES: SET 1 TEST
WED: QUIZLET review of GAV terms for TEST TOMORROW!
THURS: SET 2 TEST
FRI: GRAMMAR RULES work (1/2 day)
WEEK of MARCH 4-8:
MON: GRAMMAR TEST
TUES: TEST RETURN, REVIEW, Grammar Rules with a partner follow up...
WED: BENCHMARK #2 work...
*THURS: G.A.V (general academic vocabulary) TERMS work with a partner...sets 1 and 2
FRI: review of sets 1 and 2, work of G.A.V TERMS
* QUIZLET review game will be on MONDAY! (set 1 only!)
*TEST on set 1 G.A.V TERMS will be TUESDAY! (after set one test Tuesday, students may return to QUIZLET and practice with set 2 terms for their next test on WEDNESDAY, etc...)
WEEK of FEB. 25-MARCH 1:
MON: hand in Argumentative Essay, continue with Sentence Structure lesson....handout
TUES: Sentence Structure continued....tutorial and handout
WED: Student Sentence Structure samples on smart board and partnered pairing review of lesson
THURS: review of DOs, IOs, PNs, PPNs, and PAdjs
FRI: GRAMMAR TEST on this week's focus lessons PUSHED TO MONDAY 3/4...
*WALL WARS COMPETITION instead today! *(winning team will be able to select a prize from the DOLLAR STORE TREASURES FROM ACROSS THE DECADES box!)
WEEK of FEB.18-22:
MON: NO SCHOOL
TUES: Argumentative essay activity: students will be in groups--each pulling from a hat a topic and then as a group will need to make a T chart of 3 reasons FOR/AGAINST it. Once groups finish, we will share aloud in class "round robin" discussion. This activity will demonstrate the necessity for not only critical thinking skills, and the CLAIM STATEMENT, but also their need to become familiar with the COUNTERCLAIM STATEMENT...2 essential elements of argumentative writing we will be progressing with this week....
WED: SAMPLE argumentative essay review, then graphic organizer work....
THURS: finish graphic organizer today...
FRI: begin peer review checklist swap of required elements of the argumentative essay, and final copy--due MONDAY! (quiz grade)
WEEK of FEB. 11-15:
MON: INTRO. to the Argumentative Essay...short tutorial video, class discussion.
TUES: (SNOW DAY)
WED: 2nd qtr. filing of "To Be Filed Piles"...
THURS: (1/2 day) Valentine template to share to create "Love Poems".
(students can write a small love poem about the people/places/things they love!)
FRI: NO SCHOOL
MON: 2/18: NO SCHOOL
WEEK of FEB.4--8:
MON: followup reflection on CONFLICTS from "To Build A Fire" viewing in Friday's class...
(25 class part. points)
TUES: SUBJECT COMPS: PNs, PPNs, PADJs: TUTORIAL and work with a partner in class
WED: More on SUB COMPS....
THURS: TYPE 2 due at end of class....(quiz)
FRI: LATIN QUIZ KID competition
WEEK of JANUARY 28-FEB.1st:
MON: review of DOs and IOs, take home TYPE 2 QUIZ on lesson--due tomorrow or next class.
TUES: DELAY...work on TYPE 2....
WEDE: TYPE 2 hand in, continue with Subject Complements lesson: PNs, PPNs, PADJs....
THURS: NO SCHOOL
FRI: "To Build A Fire" (short story) viewing.
WEEK of JANUARY 21-25:
MON: NO SCHOOL
TUES: ***********SNOW DAY...no school***********
WED: SAMPLER due tomorrow! (quiz grade)
THURS: Direct/Indirect Objects lesson
FRI: GEOGRAPHY BEE, 1/2 day.
WEEK of JANUARY 14-18:
MON: GRAMMAR RULES TEST...open notes!
TUES: LATIN QUIZ KID quiz....open notes!
WED: 3rd qtr. SAMPLER (TDA/RACE method) work in class....
THURS: 3rd qtr. SAMPLER work continued in class....
FRI: SAMPLER wrap up, hand in!
WEEK of JANUARY 7-11:
MON : NEW YEAR's QUOTE in QUOTE BOOKS,
"Essential Question" work for Unit 3 stories begins in class today.
("Based on the selections you have read, what can cause a sudden change in an individual's life?")
Students will brainstorm ideas from the selections together then receive their own graphic organizers on which to begin synthesizing their own response to the prompt.
TUES: continued essay work in class today....DUE TOMORROW! (quiz grade)
WED: essay hand in at end of class....QUIZ GRADE.
THURS: Grammar Rules work...."Ancient Greeks"
FRI: Grammar Rules work continued...
MON: GRAMMAR RULES TEST--OPEN NOTES from previous second quarter lessons!
WEEK of JANUARY 1-4:
MON: no school
TUES: no school
WED: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Students will choose 3 of the "top 10" ideas from "Ways To Change the World" by Admiral William McRaven's commencement speech at Texas University and poet Cleo Wade's "Changing the World" Students will also post their "Confetti Wishes" on the front board as their exit ticket.
THURS: Students will work on a follow up reflection writing focus on the 2 "Inspiration Presentations"
from yesterday's class.
FRI: Compare and Contrast Writing Workshop using the two speeches from Admiral McRaven and poet Cleo Wade from yesterday.
MON: 1/07: Brainstorm essential question focus point from Unit 3 material in class today--solo first, then with a partner.
ESSAY WRITING REVIEW: TDA/RACE/inverted pyramid paragraph 1, TRANSITIONAL ELEMENTS, etc.
WEEK of DECEMBER 17--21:
MON :"Clause Noodle Soup" review game via "Chez Mc" and smart board--TEST TOMORROW on BOTH CLAUSES and PHRASES! *OPEN NOTES!
**(this past Friday was the "Phrase review via "Stroll Down Phrase Lane" competition/review game.)
TUES: Phrase and Clause TEST
WED: research a Victorian Custom or tradition--presentations tomorrow! (EXTRA CREDIT POINTS!)
THURS: presentations on historical findings....
FRI: 1/2 day...Christmas Carol QUOTES.....MERRY CHRISTMAS!
WEEK of DECEMBER 10-14:
MON: G.Rules, Clause lesson
TUES: QUOTE, clause review via smart board, EXIT TICKETS!
WED: G. Rules, TYPE 2 QUIZ work on CLAUSES...in class...open notes, due at end of class TODAY!
THURS: punctuation rules work in class
FRI: QUOTE, clause and phrase review games: "Clause Noodle Soup" and "A Stroll Down Phrase Lane" * TEST MONDAY ON BOTH!!!
WEEK of DECEMBER 3--7:
MON: G. RULES, intro. to "other phrases" begins.....tutorial on Infinitive and Appositives via smart board, then brief overview in text, then follow up application of knowledge with a partner--due tomorrow.
TUES: CHRISTMAS QUOTE, review of Infinitive and Appositive phrases from yesterday, EXIT TICKETS for each, TYPE 2 QUIZ assigned today--due tomorrow!
WED: G. RULES, tutorial on Participial Phrases and Gerund Phrases via smart board, brief overview in text, follow up application of knowledge with a partner--due tomorrow.
THURS: CHRISTMAS QUOTE, review of Participial Phrases and Gerund Phrases from yesterday, EXIT TICKET for each type, TYPE 2 QUIZ assigned today--due tomorrow!
FRI: LATIN QUIZ KID COMPETITION: Boys vs. Girls--RESULTS MONDAY!!!
WEEK of NOVEMBER 26-30:
MON: NO SCHOOL
TUES: students will continue their work in the state sampler (#2) passage by reading and analyzing it for textual evidence to support the prompt today in class.
WED: students will begin writing their response in the format of TDA with RACE method and inverted pyramid model for paragraph 1.
THURS: “Writer’s Workshop”... peer edit using the state rubric.
(Class participation grade points)
FRI: LATIN QUIZ KID competition!
(Boys vs.Girls)
WEEK of NOVEMBER 19-23:
MON: TEST from FRIDAY (preps, conjs, intjs) was pushed up to today....
I sent notice out on the REMIND APP this past FRIDAY! (snow)
TUES:" Writer's Workshop" #2 on the STATE *SAMPLER passage.
(TDA w/RACE method, and inverted pyramid model for paragraph 1)
WED: (1/2 day, early dismissal) Students will continue/finish sampler.....peer editing w/ state rubric when we return on TUESDAY the 27th!
(class participation grade) HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 12-16:
MON: NO SCHOOL--VETERANS DAY
TUES: QUOTE bell ringer, “The rain in Spain...” movie clip/review of prepositional phrase types: ADJs and ADVs with a partner,
*EXIT TICKET AT END!
WED: COLLINS TYPE 2 QUIZ: "2nd 1/2" of the 8 POS Grammar Coverage Lesson: prepositions, conjunctions and interjections lesson--in class, open notes. *TEST FRIDAY!
THURS: G.RULES bell ringer, REVIEW for TEST via Wednesday's quiz return review....
FRI: GRAMMAR TEST on "2nd 1/2" Parts of Speech: preps, conjs, intjs.
WEEK of NOVEMBER 5-9:
MON: Second Quarter Lessons begin!
BELL RINGER: GRAMMAR RULES: THE ANCIENT GREEKS!
Today we will continue our individual parts of speech lesson of CONJUNCTIONS, with two brief tutorials, guided notes, and follow up application of knowledge worksheet that should be completed for tomorrow's class.
TUES: BELL RINGER: QUOTE BOOK
Review of conjunctions via smart board activity, then the lesson of INTERJECTIONS via tutorials and follow up application of knowledge worksheet activity with a partner.
WED: BELL RINGER: GRAMMAR RULES
PREPOSITIONS and PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE TYPES lesson
(tutorial, and application of knowledge worksheet/ACTIVITY: "Rescue Mission 911–WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU?” to be done with a partner, and GOOGLE MAPS ON SMART BOARD, due for tomorrow, (15pts. class participation grade)
THURS: BELL RINGER: QUOTE
Continuation of yesterday's lesson on phrases....2 types of PREP.PHRASES: ADJ/ADV classwork.
FRI: 1/2 day, VETERAN's DAY tribute
*NO SCHOOL MONDAY!
WEEK of OCTOBER 22- NOVEMBER 3:
MON: E.C.Ps (extra credit projects) due today! {GRAMMAR GRABBERS or SMAPO POEMS}
First quarter filing from "To Be Filed Pile".
TUES: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" presentation via smart board and team activity,
(Students will recall the parts of speech covered from 1st qtr. to answer the questions correctly.)
Winning team gets the TREAT tomorrow!!!
WED: 1/2 day: Periods 7,6,5,3 only. Review of 1st qtr. Grammar Rules test, and Latin Quiz Kid quiz. After filing, we will take part in a "Creepy Campfire Circle" story!
(like the old-fashioned telephone game)
THURS: BENCHMARK work. (TDA w/RACE method)
FRI: 2nd qtr. Latin Quiz Kid begins.....
WEEK OF OCTOBER 22-26:
MON: TDA and graphic organizer due! (QUIZ), G.Rules work.......
TUES: G. Rules review, final G.Rules for 1st quarter......
WED: G. Rules review,....TEST TOMORROW! (open notes)
THURS: G.Rules TEST and Latin Quiz Kid QUIZ TOMORROW! (open notes)
MON: GRAMMAR RULES, sentence types and punctuation, subject-verb agreement Power Point
TUES: QUOTE, TDA review via Power Point, graphic organizer handout.
WED: ESSENTIAL QUESTION FROM UNIT 1: “How can one generation learn from the next?” *(students will work on this using the TDA/RACE METHOD and their annotated notes from Reading class...due MONDAY, 10/22) *QUIZ GRADE!
FRI: ESSAY WORK continued....due MONDAY! (QUIZ GRADE!)
WEEK OF OCTOBER 8-12:
MON: COLUMBUS DAY--NO SCHOOL!
TUES: QUOTE, review of 6 tenses work from Friday via smart board share, follow up assignment: please conjugate the verb "write" in all 6 tenses--due tomorrow.
WED:GRAMMAR RULES, review of 6 tenses, *VERBS TAKE 2!!!
*(PREP FOR COLLINS TYPE 2 TO BE DONE TOMORROW IN CLASS--QUIZ GRADE)
THURS: QUOTE, COLLINS 2 quiz work......
FRI: Collins Type 2 Quiz return, review, LATIN QUIZ KID activities w/a partner
***1st QUARTER EXTRA CREDIT HANDOUT--due FRIDAY OCTOBER 26th!!!***
WEEK of OCTOBER 1-5:
MONDAY: 4 principal parts of verbs review, VERB BEE COMPETITION: boys vs. girls!
(Winning teams will receive 1 of the following prizes: a shiny penny, a fabulous complement, or a dozen KKs!)
TUES: remaining review for POS (parts of speech) test tomorrow. <nouns/pns/mods> via "WALL WARS" competition.
WED: GRAMMAR TEST
THURS: 6 tenses begin....see page 167 in text.
FRI: continued coverage of 6 tenses: conjugation work
*(NO SCHOOL MONDAY!)
WEEK of SEPTEMBER 24-28:
MON: G.Rules, Verb Tutorial, ACTION vs. LINKING intro. on pg.161 in text,
TUES: QUOTE, more verb work: guided notes via power point review of action vs. linking verbs, partnered pairing using guided notes to create a paragraph of 6 sentences that explains a popular Fall activities, (ACTION) and a description of a picturesque Fall landscape. (LINKING)
*PARTNERS MUST USE 3 ACTION and 3 LINKING VERBS and LABEL THEM before hand in!
(10 class part.pts. each)
WED: Tutorial on the 4 Principle Parts of regular and irregular verbs, follow up on page 180, follow up charting...
THURS: continue lesson of 4 princ.pts. of verbs...
FRI: 1/2 day for students....(P-1 only)
WEEK of SEPTEMBER 17-21:
MON: GRAMMAR RULES, ADJs/ADVs Collins 2 due, review of state sampler,
(TDA w/RACE method review)
TUES: BENCHMARK #1 given in class (TDA w/RACE method)
TUES: QUOTE, hand in BENCHMARK,
Lesson on the 3 degrees of comparison of ADJs and ADVs begins...
WED: GRAMMAR RULES, review of modifiers lesson, chart work...
THURS: QUOTE, continue modifiers lesson via “Describe Your Favorite Dish” assignment.
FRI: “Favorite Dish” presentations,
LATIN QUIZ KID work. (competition!)
WEEK of SEPTEMBER 10-14:
MON: Grammar Rules, peer edit session on the state sampler work from last week using scoring rubric
TUES: QUOTE, nouns, pronouns lesson begins....
WED: Grammar Rules, review of nouns and pronouns lesson via self-assessment Collins 2
FRI: LATIN QUIZ KID activity with a partner, review of adjectives,
adverbs lesson via self-assessment Collins 2
*MONDAY: BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT #1
WEEK of SEPTEMBER 3-7:
MON: NO SCHOOL
TUES: Quote in journal w/ follow up reflection question as class opener, TDA RACE method power point presentation
WED: "Grammar Rulz" opener, continuation of TDA RACE method power point presentation, notes via handout
THURS: Quote in journal, work on STATE SAMPLER using notes from TDA/RACE powerpoint
FRI: "Grammar Rulz" , LATIN QUIZ KID opener, wrap up TDA work--final copy will need to be finished over the weekend for Monday's class if not completed in class today.
We will have a "Writer's Workshop" peer edit session on Monday!
WEEK OF AUGUST 27--31:
MON: WELCOME BACK!
TUES: TODAY's QUOTE, follow up reflection question, class discussion,
syllabus hand out, journals, folders, i.d cards fill out
WED: GRAMMAR RULES!
THURS: TODAY's QUOTE, follow up reflection on it, class discussion
FRI: GRAMMAR RULES!
WEEK of MAY 28-JUNE 1:
MON: NO SCHOOL
TUES: review of SENTENCE TYPES and PUNCTUATION material for TEST TOMORROW!
WED: last test!
THURS: review for final....
FRI: review for final....SEE EXAM SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK!
WEEK of MAY 21-25:
MON: review of verb tenses via VERB TENSE tutorial--TEST TOMORROW!
TUES: VERB TENSES TEST
WED: Sentence types lesson with punctuation (text pages 210, 428)
THURS: more work with sentence types and punctuation.......
FRI: 1/2 day.....JINGO! (all things writing and English board game...like BINGO)
*review of this week's lessons on TUESDAY of next week, LAST TEST on WEDNESDAY!
WEEk of MAY 14--18:
MON: GRAMMAR RULZ QUIZ, verb conjugation lesson: write and recite activity: "sit" and "write" in all 6 tenses.
TUES: verb conjugation lesson continued via recitation activity review of yesterday's verbs, then we will continue with "go" and "do"--interactive activity via smart board....
WED: review of 6 tenses and GRAMMAR RULZ quiz.
THURS: LATIN QUIZ KID packet work in class....
FRI: more LATIN QUIZ KID packet work continued in class....
WEEK of MAY 7--11:
MON: final review of 4 PRINC.PTS. of VERBS
TUES: VERB TEST
WED: VERB BEE (boys vs. girls)
THURS: OTTIS LENNON TESTING
FRI: OTTIS LENNON TESTING
*GRAMMAR RULZ QUIZ on MONDAY of next week! (5/14)
*(as always,.......open notes from previous bell ringers may be used)
WEEK of APRIL 30--MAY 4:
MON: Alternative ending presentations w/ partners (25 class part. pts)
TUES: BACK TO GRAMMAR! We will return to our grammar lessons coverage this week with the 4 principal parts of verbs on page 180 with introductory video clip via smart board......follow up work: 4 principal parts chart--due tomorrow.
WED: review of 4 principal parts chart work, continue with subject-verb agreement work page 198 and follow up worksheet--due tomorrow.
THURS: review of 4 principal parts, sub-verb agreement lessons.
FRI: review of 4 princ. pts.--TEST TUESDAY!
*VERB BEE PART 1 COMPETITION WEDNESDAY! (boys vs. girls)
WEEK of APRIL 23-27:
MON: Environmental Disasters research activity via GOOGLE, presentations, LATIN QUIZ KID packet work....due tomorrow!
TUES: LATIN QUIZ KID review, NATURE poems in text--pages 403-408 coverage and questions, then create your own, using SMAPO devices--due tomorrow. (25 class participation points)
WED: "Nature" poems will be presented on FRIDAY due to 8th GRADE PSSA TESTING STILL IN PROGRESS. Continued coverage of UNIT 4: with silent reading of "Hey--Come On Out!" page 421-424, questions on 425, today with follow up activity Friday in class: guidelines on page 429: re-write the ending with a partner!
THURS: BRING YOUR CHILD TO WORK DAY/continued work on re-write ending work to short story "Hey, Come on Out!"
FRI: "Nature" poetic presentations and wrap up of alternative ending work....presentations MONDAY!
WEEK of APRIL 16-20:
MON: students will begin UNIT 4 by reading the launch text, "Rethinking the Wild" and working on follow up questions at the end of it on page 358: summary.
TUES: PSSA math testing in the morning, review of launch text in the afternoon classes with the added in class assignment of creating a HAIKU poem about nature with classes 5, 6, and 7.
WED: PSSA testing in the morning, continued conversation/review of "Rethinking the Wild" and HAIKU poems in afternoon classes of periods 5, 1, and 2.
THURS: "The Birth of Earth" video intro. into our unit 4: PEOPLE AND THE PLANET work that begins tomorrow.........
FRI: regular schedule resumes: GRAMMAR RULZ, LATIN QUIZ KID, unit 4 continues with excerpt from "Silent Spring" pages 363, 364, with follow up comprehension questions on 365, 366 assigned to groups--discussion and activities will follow Monday!
WEEK of APRIL 9--13:
MON: final review/study of TDA w/ RACE METHOD and grammar review for PSSAs which begin TOMORROW!!!
*STUDENTS: please try to get ample rest each night as well as a good breakfast each morning this week so you can DO YOUR BEST ON THE TEST!
You worked hard all year--push through and show us what you can do! COUGARS ARE PAWSOME!!!!!
WEEK of APRIL 3-6:
MON: no school--EASTER BREAK
TUES: classes will open with group presentations of "SMAPOH" poems from last week as a final review of poetic devices, then BENCHMARK #2 written responses will be returned and students will need to do re-writes and make corrections if they received scores of 0, 1, 2, or 3. (4's would be 1oo's) There will be another TDA w/RACE method written response based on a poem, entitled "Wealth" assigned in class today that will be due for homework and reviewed tomorrow.
WED: review of TDA/RACE method response assigned yesterday, as well as a review of all previous TDA written responses from the year--students will need to make a list of common errors they made for class discussion and review--due tomorrow.
THURS: TDA list review, embedded errors grammar review packet
FRI: GAV quiz on sets 3 and 4 today, more grammar/conventions review
*PSSAs begin next week on TUESDAY!!!
WEEK of MARCH 26-30:
MON: finish review of "Sarah..." *focus on written response: TDA and RACE method for question 4.
Begin next poem "Arithmetic".....find figurative language devices and sound devices previously covered---due tomorrow.
TUES: review figurative language and sound devices via smart board together, class discussion coverage on questions from second sheet together today.
WED: Follow up Sandburg poem "Soup" today. "SMAPOH" poetry fun after review.
(application of knowledge from poetry coverage this week)
THURS: finish SMAPOHs....1/2 day
FRI: NO SCHOOL------------------HOPPY EASTER!
WEEK of MARCH 19--23:
MON: Grammar Rulz, Latin Quiz Kid, review of GAV terms--quiz on set 2 tomorrow!
TUES: Set 2 quiz, (set 1 and 2 will make up "1" quiz grade)
Poetry unit begins with "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout" by Shel Silverstein coverage....
WED: poetry continues....
THURS: "Hector the Collector" (follow up review of rhyme and repetition) and "Arithmetic" by Carl Sandburg.
FRI: "Soup" by Sandburg (follow up to "Arithmetic") + Latin Quiz Kid packet #7 due!
WEEK of MARCH 12-16:
MON: Grammar RulZ quiz (open notes from previous daily worksheets)
TUES: Argumentative Essays returned, and reviewed, as well as the GRULZ quiz from yesterday, then we will review set 1 of the G.A.C (General Academic Vocabulary terms for PSSAs--set #1) handouts and classwork from yesterday's assignment.
WED: review of G.A.C (set #1...15 terms)
THURS: LATIN QUIZ KID, G.A.C vocab work (set #2...15 terms)
FRI: G.A.C vocab quiz today (set 1 only)
WEEK OF MARCH 5--9:
MON: Argumentative essay work continued in class from THURSDAY's initial introduction and example with notes.
TUES: continued work on essay....
WED: essay due today. (TEST grade), review of TDA and RACE method, then BENCHMARK #2
*THURS: GRAMMAR RULZ Chapter 1 OPEN BOOK QUIZ (use previous sheets as material)
**FRI: students will work on the new LATIN QUIZ KID packets with a partner.
*GRAMMAR RULZ open notes QUIZ will be pushed to MONDAY! (due to snow day on THURSDAY)
**LATIN QUIZ KID packet #5 will be reviewed on THURSDAY of next week!
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 26--MARCH 2:
MON: Continue HELPS sheet work from Friday's class discussion and work
TUES: Review ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY elements, Review study guide for TEST tomorrow, as well as "ALIEN MASTERS" vocab review game. (winning team will receive a "stellar" prize!)👽🌟
WED: Unit 2 test, afterwards, students will continue Argumentative Essay work we began on Monday with additional graphic organizers such as "Counterclaim and Rebuttal Sentence Starters" as well as FCA COVER SHEET.
THURS: continue essay work...
FRIDAY: Continue essay work, *due WEDNESDAY (pushed up due to snow event/no school today!)❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ (3/7 test)
😎LATIN QUIZ KID RETURNS NEXT WEEK!
WEEK of FEBRUARY 19-23:
MON: NO SCHOOL
TUES: VOCAB quiz and TDA quiz from last week will be returned and reviewed.
We will continue with GRAMMAR RULZ bell ringer as well as LATIN QUIZ KID😎packet #4--due this FRIDAY. Also, in today's class, we will discuss our prior knowledge of action and linking verbs in preparation for work on page 161 together and a follow up worksheet for homework of the same lesson.
WED: ACTION vs. LINKING lesson review via "Captain Action" and "Linking Spidey" warm up as well as "OLYMPIC WALL WARS" 🇱🇷group activity,🇱🇷 (winners will receive GOLD/SILVER/BRONZE plus points on Unit 2 Test next week!) with argumentative essay question to follow for homework. (1paragraph writing focus as prep for tomorrow's work)
THURS: Argumentative essay question and HELPS sheet handout group work
FRI: review of HELPS sheet and begin work on essay....
WEEK of Feb.5-FEB.9:
WEEK of 2/12-15: follows----
MON: review work for "Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed" (pg.144) that was assigned FRIDAY, with follow up worksheets on SYNONYMS and NUANCE in class afterwards, as well as LATIN PREFIX "sub" worksheet as follow up to "Danger...!" (pg.160) *STUDY GUIDE for QUIZ FRIDAY (handout today)
TUES: TDA prep work.....graphic organizer
FINAL COPY TDA due THURSDAY!
(QUIZ GRADE)
WED: *LATIN QUIZ KID😎 REVIEW TODAY!*
THURS: STUDY GUIDE REVIEW in class together...QUIZ on UNIT 2 WORK TOMORROW! "Broken Hearted" UNIT 2 VOCAB REVIEW GAME today!💔
FRI:UNIT 2 VOCAB QUIZ TODAY!
*NOTE: DUE TO THE DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS THIS WEEK ALL POSTED WORK ABOVE HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK A BIT FOR NEXT WEEK:❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
(2/12)MON: TDA due (quiz grade)
(2/13)TUES: VOCAB QUIZ on UNIT 2 TERMS
(2/14)WED: LATIN QUIZ KID😎packet #3 due for review.....
(2/15)THURS: 1/2 DAY for students: TBA
🚨DRE$$DOWN FEE FOR THURSDAY IS ON ME--FOR MY HOMEROOM KIDS ONLY!
WEEK of: Jan.29-Feb.2:
MON: argumentative essay writing notes....(students were shown 2 examples of this type of essay last week {Thursday}) and now will be presented notes via smart board on required elements of writing one today as well as tomorrow, (outline of 6 paragraphs) AFTER new set of GRAMMAR RULZ bell ringer drill.
TUES: notes continued....review of yesterday's presentation using "No Passion For Pennies" sample.
WED: GRAMMAR RULZ, LATIN QUIZ KID😎 packet review.
THURS: pg.145: CONVENTIONS: Comparison of ADJs and ADVs. with follow up worksheets.*handout
FRI: *LATIN QUIZ KID😎packet #3--due NEXT WEDNESDAY! *handout
We will return to our concept vocab from "Dark they Were..."👽as well as look at the concept vocab for the next story in Unit 2, "Danger..." pages 144 and 160 in text, with follow up worksheets if time permits.
WEEK of Jan.22-Jan.28:
MON: UNIT 3 TEST on PHRASE TYPES (preps/appos) and VOCAB from stories.
After test, students will need to work on defining both the next academic vocab set (pg.119--argumentative language/goals questions pg.118) as well as the next vocab set for the next story (pg. 126--"Dark They Were and Golden Eyed")👽 in new unit (UNIT 2).
TUES: "GRAMMAR RULZ", REVIEW story vocab,work from yesterday pg.126
WED: Review 😎LATIN QUIZ KID PACKET FROM FRIDAY's assignment.
THURS: Begin review of ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING samples from our text. (scores of 1 and 4)
😎LATIN QUIZ KID PACKET #2 handed out--DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY!
FRI: 🌎GEOGRAPHY BEE all morning....., 1/2 day.
WEEK of Jan.15-19:
MON: NO SCHOOL
TUES: Phrases and vocab, multiple meaning/prefix focus from unit 3 stories wrap up
WED: SNOW DAY❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
THURS: continue review from TUESDAY's plans...
FRI: FILE 2nd QUARTER PAPERS, UNIT 3 REVIEW--TEST MONDAY!
WEEK OF JAN.8-12:
MON: continue work on rough draft....
TUES: ROUGH DRAFT DUE TOMORROW!
WED: PEER EDIT SESSION, begin work on FINAL COPY--DUE tomorrow!
THURS: essay due! We will then begin grammar lessons for stories at end of unit 3....prep. and appos. phrases.
FRI: Phrase work continued....NO SCHOOL MONDAY!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
WEEK OF 1/02-1/05:
MON: NO SCHOOL
TUES: "REFLECT AND FOCUS" WRITING ACTIVITY--students will be asked to reflect on three good parts of 2017 and then focus on three things they'd like to improve upon for 2018.
🎊("Confetti Wishes"/"Resolutions")🎉
WED-FRI: mapping out of essay from Christmas Carol and begin writing....continue each day until Friday's class end--due MONDAY! (PEER REVIEW activity in second 1/2 of FRIDAY's class)
WEEK of DEC.18-22:
MON: TDA completion and hand in....
TUES: review the story via video....
WED: continued...
THURS: essay begins with "mapping out" the prompt...
FRI: *upon our return after Christmas break, students will have class time to continue and complete the informative essay on A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley--*MERRY CHRISTMAS!🎄🎅🏼
WEEK of DEC.11-15:
MON: test returned, reviewed, and TDA/RACE method QUIZ handed out.....due WED.
TUES: TDA WORK continued....
WED: TDA WORK continues today....
THURS: TDA WORK should wrap up by end of today's class, to hand in by end of Friday's class.
*based on prior knowledge of our lesson on IND. vs. DEP. CLAUSE TYPES
After intro on 295, students will have follow up worksheets with a partner, then we will review it all together.
TUES: STUDY GUIDE handout for TEST on FRIDAY in class......
WED: review of study guide work...
THURS: review continued via "CHRISTMAS COOKIE BAKE OFF" 🍪🍪🍪competition.
FRI: UNIT 3 VOCAB/grammar TEST, then handout of next TDA RE: Scrooge's main quality shown in ACT I, and Evidence that shows he has the ability to change, will be given for a head start on next week's work.....eventual QUIZ grade....
WEEK of NOV.28--DEC.1:
MON: no school
TUES: ACT 2 vocab work
WED: review ACT 2 vocab worksheets
THURS: ACT 1 vocab worksheet and review *VOCAB TEST NEXT FRIDAY!
FRI: ACT 1 summary--highlighting proper use of vocab (ACT 1 only right now) as well as grammar focuses in class today.
WEEK of NOV.20--Nov.24:
MON:classwork: PRACTICE/REVIEW of TDA using RACE METHOD....
(Comparing and Contrasting Scrooge to his nephew's views on Christmas from ACT I)
TUES: review of TDA and RACE METHOD as well as review of SUBJECT-VERB agreement POP quiz from yesterday.
WED: History of Thanksgiving handout--"Why Turkey?" 🦃with question and answer discussion....
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
WEEK of NOV 13--NOV 17:
MON: review of PRACTICE QUIZ on CLAUSES
TUESDAY: "Clause Noodle Soup"🍜activity, WITH Tutorial review videos---*quiz TOMORROW
WED; CLAUSE QUIZ, then QUICK WRITE pg.231.
THURS: review clause quizzes from yesterday, then work with CONCEPT VOCAB for "A Christmas Carol", pg.263, then an in class writing focus on the story...find descriptive details! (AKA: adjs and advs)
FRI: continue with SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT work (handouts)
NOVEMBER 6--10:
MON: CLAUSE work continues....follow up worksheets on each of the DEPENDENT CLAUSES
(ADJ and ADV)
TUES: "CLAUSE NOODLE SOUP" 🍜activity/review for quiz TOMORROW!
WED: CLAUSE QUIZ!
THURS: 1/2 day....Students will work on their 2nd qtr.EXTRA CREDIT projects in class today
(1/2 day) <creative writing poem based on Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" from last week.....
FRI: NO SCHOOL!
OCTOBER 30--NOVEMBER 3:
MON: finish work on Narrative Essays for tomorrow..
TUES: HALLOWEEN TREAT: "Jabberwocky" from "Alice In Wonderland".
Students will examine this poem via worksheet as well as watch a clip form the movie in class today.
(1/2 day)
WED: file our 1st qtr. work in our "To Be Filed Folders".
THURS: We will begin UNIT 3 by reviewing CLAUSE TYPES on pg. 79, then start "SKills Drills" follow up worksheets on CLAUSES...."Partner Packets" 👭👬 due tomorrow.
FRI: First, REVIEW of CLAUSE WORK, then pg. 226 SKILLS EVALUATION, Finally, 227 GENERAL ACADEMIC VOCAB CHART with dictionaries for synonyms search.
If time allows, the QUICK Write ON PG 231!
OCTOBER 23-27:
MON-THURS: work on non-fictional narrative this week.....
FRI: PEER EDITING SESSION for narratives. (handout with checklist of required elements)
MONDAY: NARRATIVE ESSAY DUE! (1st TEST grade of 2nd qtr.)
🎃Halloween fun with grammar,..."JABBARWOCKY" from ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
OCTOBER 16-20:
MON: *prefix, suffix, root words Latin worksheets in class *(review of items that appeared at end of stories in text from unit 1)
TUES: text pages 94 and 102: poetry concept vocab, from "Mother To Son" and "To James" poems,
Author's style: Rhythm and Repetition with follow up worksheets with a partner.
(+Denotation, Connotation work via worksheets)
WED: continue work from yesterday's class....., ACTIVITY on RHYTHM and REPETITION w/ nursery rhymes, continue AUTHOR's STYLE worksheet and CONNOTATION/DENOTATION worksheet with a partner.
THURS: wrap up poetry "Packet with a Partner" from yesterday's class.
FRIDAY: brainstorm list of memorable fall activities.....select 1, begin mapping out non-fiction narrative with thread of UNIT 1 stories in mind: "In what situations can one generation learn from another?"
OCTOBER 10-13:
MON: no school!
TUES: continue work on Compare and Contrast aspects of the stories, "A Simple Act", and "Invisible Thread" TYPE 3's in class today--due tomorrow for QUIZ grade!
WED: TYPE 3's due,...students will continue with VOCAB to next story, "Tutors Teach Seniors", page 66, PRACTICE NOTEBOOK assignment in class, as well as WORD STUDY sections of page 66--homework if not finished by end of class.....
THURS: CONVENTIONS section page 68: focus on CONJUNCTIONS! Students will be working on the READ IT and WRITE IT sections here with a partner and follow up worksheets....
FRI: MORE CONVENTIONS! On page 79, we will discuss the 2 types of clauses: INDEPENDENT vs. DEPENDENT with READ IT and WRITE IT work with a partner in class....
OCTOBER 2-6:
MON: work on TYPE 3 written response from "Two Kinds"....
TUES: TYPE 3 due today, (TEST GRADE)
"Invisible Thread" focus on Adjectives: pages 48-49 in class with a partner.
WED: TYPE 3 RETURNED,
Worksheets: Follow up on Adjectives: "Packet with a Partner' work in class today....focus on the ADJECTIVE. *HANDOUT: "A SIMPLE ACT" VOCAB review sheet....*VOCAB TEST TOM! ("A Simple Act")
THURS: VOCAB TEST, then work on COMPARING and CONTRASTING the two passages, "A Simple Act" and "Invisible Thread" *see pages 50 and 51 and VENN DIAGRAM as a guide....This work begins today and will continue tomorrow in class--QUIZ grade.
FRI: C and C work continues in class today.....and TUESDAY....due WEDNESDAY! (no school Monday)
SEPT.25-29:
MON: "Two Kinds" monologue work with a partner in class.....
TUES: "Two Kinds" vocab test, then students will define the next set of vocab words to the next short story, "A Simple Act".
WED: review of test from yesterday, as well as review of new vocab fro next story, "A Simple Act".
THURS: Continue with new vocab from next story, "A Simple Act", with the ADVERB FOCUS on page 41:
READ IT section: #1, (a,b,c,d) and #2 (find the 5 adverbs in the text from paragraphs 4-7)
FRIDAY: TYPE 3 from "Two Kinds"
(*handout of prompt will be given in class today, but THIS is the prompt: *Reread paragraphs 9 and 10 of "Two Kinds". Then, explain what these paragraphs reveal about the narrator's feelings about her mother's early efforts to make her a prodigy. Cite explicit and relevant textual evidence to support your response.)
TYPE 3 work....due at END of class MONDAY! (TEST)
SEPT.18-22:
MON: 8 POS TEST with follow up work in MY PERSPECTIVES text page 28 RE: "TWO KINDS"
(all 10 questions to be worked on after test and completed for tomorrow's class please, thank you)
TUES: review of Language Development questions from text, then work on the CONCEPT VOCABULARY worksheet and WORD STUDY/LATIN PREFIX worksheet will be done with a partner--continued in class tomorrow.
WED: review of last 2 worksheets from TWO KINDS (yesterday's work) and brush up of Nouns and Pronouns worksheet--due tomorrow.
THURS: review of yesterday's Nouns and Pronouns worksheets and work on page 29 together in class today. Continue work on page 30 with a partner in class....POV handout will follow. (point of view)
FRI: Share Alouds of re-worked POV at end of class today!
WRITING PROCESS handout will be given as info for QUIZ on WEDNESDAY!
Follow up worksheet on the ADVERB will be reviewed together in class, as well as another pos writing focus.
TUES: review of the adverb, continued lesson on the 2 types of VERBS: action/linking via in-class video tutorial and worksheets--homework due tomorrow.
WED: WRITING PROCESS QUIZ, review of Adjectives, Adverbs, Verbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections coverage via worksheet packet with a partner in class....
THURS: review of the 8 POS, TEST TOMORROW! (worksheet packet and tutorial video)
*BONUS HANDOUT ACTIVITY WILL BE GIVEN TODAY--10 extra points if returned MONDAY for test.(writing focus identifying the 8 POS)
FRI: Wrap up of grammar review,........TEST on 8 POS MONDAY!
SEPT. 4--SEPT. 8:
MON: no school
TUES: BENCHMARK #1 using the RACE METHOD on an excerpt from "Rikki-tikki-tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
WED: review of RACE method, BOOKS NEEDED TODAY!
Work with a partner on unit 1 academic vocab from page 5, and page 28 story vocab words in blue.
FRI: "Summer Memories" due. *PRESENTATIONS ARE OPTIONAL!
JUNE 5-9: REVIEW FOR FINALS.........
MAY 30-JUNE 2:
MON: MEMORIAL DAY NO SCHOOL
TUESDAY/WED: CREATIVE WRITING WEEK: students will view a movie in the form of a fictional narrative called The Sandlot and write an alternative ending from the 1st person point of view of the main character, "Smalls" and hand in on Thursday for 25 points towards their class participation grade.
THURS: students may share "alternative ending" aloud, MAG PIC DUE IN TO CLASS TOMORROW!
FRI: "SMAPO" poem work in class today for 25 points towards class participation grade.
THURS: pronoun work continues via text exercises in class...
FRI: Chapter 23 wrap up with a QUIZ on the 3 CASES of PRONOUNS MONDAY!
MAY 1-5: *NOTE: 4th quarter work with various grammar and usage lessons will continue until finals in June...4th quarter work is a concentrated coverage of certain parts of speech and usage that will benefit all students taking a foreign language next year, as well as others who will be taking one the following year in 9th grade.
All will benefit from this grammar brush up! *There will also be a small CREATIVE WRITING lesson towards the end of the quarter......
MON: VERB TEST, and afterwards, students will need to copy the 6 TENSES chart on page 502 in their notebooks. We will be working in this lesson all week with a TEST on FRIDAY!!!
TUES-THURS: 6 TENSES work.......
FRI: TEST!
APRIL 24-28:
MON-WED: PSSAs
THURS: bring your child to work day
FRI: VERB lesson will continue from last week.........
review of 4 principal parts of verbs via competition:
BOYS vs. GIRLS!!! TEST is MONDAY!!!
APRIL 17-21:
MON: Diagnostic review on the 3 Degrees of Comparison of Modifiers
TUES: review of diagnostic....TEST TOMORROW!
WED: TEST on the Three Degrees of Modifiers (Ch. 25)
THURS: VERB WORK BEGINS! (Ch.22) Students will copy the charts in their textbooks on the 4 principal parts of verbs--both regular and irregular--starting on page 492 up to and including page 496.
This work will continue into tomorrow's class--.
FRI: finish* VERB CHARTS! Upon completion of writing the charts, we will recite each chart aloud together.* WE WILL RETURN TO THIS WORK AFTER PSSAS NEXT WEEK!
APRIL 10-14:
MON: Chapter 25: 3 degrees of comparison of ADJs and ADVs work: pages 560-563, exercises 1, 2, 3, 4.
TUES: review of yesterday's in class assigned work...., continue with pages 567-568, exercises 15, 16.
WED: review of yesterday's classwork....,continue with the DIAGNOSTIC REVIEW on page 559.
3/27-3/31:MON: review assigned argumentative essay from Friday's class....
TUESDAY: work on informative essay in today's class.....
WED: finish work on informative essay today...
THURS: review TDA written response....
FRI: we will finalize/tie up any loose ends for PSSAs today...*PSSAs begin this MONDAY!
*Students should have their "review folders" home with them as of today's class with specific previous sample work with which to review every night next week of the PSSAs. I strongly encourage everyone to look over their previous work/written samples from your folders as a "mini-refresher" to become MINDFUL of what is required of you for each type of essay and written response that you will be asked to write on the PSSAs. *You worked so hard all year...please make all that hard work WORK FOR YOU!
*IT MATTERS!
3/20-3/24: MON: FILE 3rd qtr. work....
TUES: begin review of PSSA material.....
WED-FRI: continue......
3/13-3/17: MON: QUIZ on CH.27, then TEST afterwards......(short assessments)
WED: students will create a "T" chart of their regrets from last year, and their goals for this year in class today.
Upon completion, students will choose a goal from their list of 3, and explain HOW they plan on achieving it this year.
They may share with the class if they choose....
THURS: students will receive index cards, folders, and textbooks today and will record necessary information on each.
FRI: students will create a brainstorm list of 6 memorable moments from their summer break and select 3 favorites...they will eventually create a cluster map with FIRED method of development applied, which will lead them to writing a 5 paragraph Personal Narrative essay about their favorite summer moments and hand in/share with the class on Wednesday of next week for class participation points. (25)
9/5-9/9: click here
Date Assigned: 09/07/2016
Date
Due: 09/07/2016
MON: NO SCHOOL/LABOR
DAY
TUES: students will
complete their "Summer Memories" PERSONAL NARRATIVE
5 paragraph essay
today in class and be ready to hand in tomorrow.
25 Pts. of class
participation grade for 1st qtr. (sharing aloud with class optional)
WED: PERSONAL
NARRATIVE essay due today.
Afterwards, students
will have a quick TYPE 2 quiz (list) on the 5 "essentials"
of the personal
narrative.
THURS: TYPE 1:
students will be asked to briefly summarize
a recent work of
fiction they've read.
Using this focus as
a springboard activity, we will then discuss the "essentials"
of a fictional
narrative, with extra focus found in our COACHBOOKS pg.139, 140, etc.....
FRI: we will
continue analyization of a FICTIONAL NARRATIVE via the COACHBOOKS today in our
reading circle!
9/12-9/16:click here
09/13/2016
09/13/2016
MON: students will create their own "CHARACTER/SETTING/PLOT-CONFLICT" chart in class today via
the one provided in the coachbook in order to help them brainstorm a storyline to create a fictional narrative
that will be due THURSDAY for a TYPE 3 TEST grade--FCA's will follow.
TUES: students will arrange their narrative according to the story outline (graphic organizer) provided in the coachbook today and will have tomorrow's
class to continue working on their fictional narrative.....
WED: FICTIONAL NARRATIVE work continued....
THURS: FICTIONAL NARRATIVE due today! (presentations optional)
FRI: VOCABULARY UNIT 1 begins!
9/19-9/23:click here
Date Assigned: 09/20/2016
Date Due: 09/20/2016
MON-FRI: students will be using their VOCABULARY WORKBOOKS in class this week,
participating in various workbook activities, and at week's end, will have a TEST on UNIT 1 TERMS.
***VOCAB REVIEW GAME THURSDAY via SMARTBOARD: BOYS vs. GIRLS!***
(winning teams will draw from a hat a "team prize" of one of the following:
a shiny penny, a fabulous compliment, a box of munchkins, or candy assortment)
9/26-9/30: click here
09/26/2016
09/26/2016
MON: review of vocab test, COACHBOOKS: "Henry Speaks Out"
We will use this sample passage as well as "Peace Will Be My Applause" and apply TDA towards a question that relates to both passages this week.
This will count as a test grade--it will be due on Friday.
TUES: COACHBOOK work continued....
WED: COACHBOOK work continued....(VENN DIAGRAM, and transcription to working paragraph)
THURS: essay work begins.......
FRI: "Henry Speaks Out" vs. "Peace Will Be My Applause" TDA, RACE METHOD, and Compare and Contrast essay due today.
10/03-10/07:click here
10/03/2016
10/03/2016
MON: final day for TDA Compare and Contrast of "Henry Speaks Out" and "Peace Will Be My Applause" from the coachbook.
TUES-FRI: GRAMMAR UNIT via WEDNESDAY WARS handout....students will be responsible for work in their packet all week--due Friday.
10/10-10/14:click here
10/12/2016
10/12/2016
MON: no school
TUES: review of 8 POS
WED: review of 8 POS
THURS: QUIZ on 8 POS
FRI: MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET intro.
10/17--10/21:click here
10/18/2016
10/18/2016
MON: MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET teleplay/drama coverage begins......
Students will be assigned character rolls today and will begin portrayals of various characters in class.
Rolls will switch to other willing students on WEDNESDAY, after a QUIZ on material covered up to end of TUESDAY's class.
Students will share their descriptions of their "monsters" and description of the destruction that said "monsters" are capable of as an assigned
TYPE 1 writing focus from Friday's class and we will have follow up discussions of "monsters" from books, movies, dreams and real life "monsters"......
TUES: coverage of play in class up to page 255....
WED: QUIZ!
THURS: coverage continues....
FRI: video clip of portion covered thus far, follow up writing focus to be assigned and due Monday.....
MON: TYPE 1: 5 tips from the WRITER's VIDEO from Friday's class
We will continue with discussion of previous TYPE 1s RE: THANKSGIVING holiday, and then segway into a sample 10% summary article review on the HISTORY OF WHY WE EAT TURKEY FOR THANKSGIVING together, with a follow up article on THE HISTORY OF WRITING, which will be a 10% SUMMARY quiz grade due at tomorrow's end of class!
TUES: HISTORY OF WRITING 10%SUMMARY QUIZ GRADE DUE!
WED: students in the morning classes will finish work on 10% summaries
and hand in today for a quiz grade. The afternoon classes will finish and hand in on Tuesday.
TUES: students will file their 2nd qtr. grades thus far: VOCAB UNIT 2 TEST, C and C "do over" QUIZ, various TYPE 1's and 2's, and
then we will continue with 2 Christmas-themed TYPE 1's after filing.
These will "segway" us into this week's continued work of
the 10% SUMMARY.....
WED: students will receive another hand out of an article entitled, "The History of Christmas", (from the BBC.com), with my notes on it,
(as they previously received last week for our Thanksgiving-themed 10%summary), and we will use this to
discuss and review the 10% summary technique. Afterwards, we will continue with another 10%summary on "Christmas Trees", (from History.com)
Students will be able to work on a 10%summary on this article in class today and tomorrow, and will need to have it completed for FRIDAY's class.
(THIS IS A TEST GRADE....required FCA's will be posted on the smartboard)
THURS: students will continue work on their 10% summary of "History of Christmas Trees" .
FRI: 10% SUMMARY on the "History of Christmas Trees" due today! (TEST grade)
12/05-12/09:
12/05/2016
12/05/2016
MON: 10%SUMMARY hand in, work for UNIT 3 VOCAB begins.....TEST NEXT MONDAY!!!
TUES/WED: VOCAB UNIT 3 work continued......
THURS: VOCAB review....
FRI: written focus from unit 3 in class today....
12/12-12/16:
12/12/
12/12/2016
MON: VOCAB unit 3 TEST TODAY
TUES: BONUS writing focus in class today....
WED: GRAMMAR BOOKS NEEDED TODAY!
Students will review skills in chapter 21: WRITING EFFECTIVE SENTENCES via the diagnostic on page 455 in class today.
THURS: we will review chapter 21 skills today, and continue with a focus on sentence combining techniques....
FRI: more work in chapter 21 today......
(ULTIMATELY, starting MONDAY of next week, the students will be asked to use the techniques from chapter 21 in an upcoming TDA test next week, as well as all essays that follow.....)
12/19-12-23:
12/19/2016
12/19/2016
MON: CH.21 WRITING EFFECTIVE SENTENCES....sentence combining techniques in textbook using the coordinating conjunction.
TUES: CH.21 continued.....sentence combining using subordinating conjunctions, review of run-ons, fragments, misplaced modifiers, and double negatives.
WED: TYPE 3 TEST: "Yes, Virginia,....There Is A Santa Clause" (handout with follow up writing focus using recent lessons in chapter 21 as FCA's)
THURS: TYPE 3's DUE TODAY!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
1/03-1/06:
01/03/2017
01/03/2017
MON: NO SCHOOL
TUES: HAPPY NEW YEAR! Students will file 2nd qtr. work thus far and
receive a brief explanation on the NYC CONFETTI DROP with a TYPE 1 on follow up on THEIR top 3-5 "NEW YEARS WISHES".
WED: CH.21 REVIEW of sentence combining techniques in preparation of a TYPE 3 w/ FCAs from Chapter 21 lessons......due FRIDAY.
THURS: TYPE 3 work (in class)
FRI: TYPE 3 hand in (TEST GRADE)
1/09-1/13:
01/09/2017
01/09/2017
MON: TYPE 3 TEST due,......then students will use their COACHBOOKS in class and read and analyze a student sample ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
with which to record all of the essential requirements of an argumentative essay as they read it silently in class to themselves.
This will be reviewed tomorrow in class together and then students will have a choice of prompts from which to respond in their own argumentative essay---due THURSDAY!
TUES: essay work.....in class....
WED: essay work....in class.....
THURS: essay DUE! (TEST GRADE!)
FRI: *due to the cancellation of school on Wednesday, the student's ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY will be finished up in class on Tuesday!
1/16--1/20:
01/18/2017
01/18/2017
MON: NO SCHOOL
TUES: finish up Argumentative essay....
WED: essay due!
Students will read silently from their coachbooks a student sample INFORMATIVE ESSAY and answer questions from it, in prepartaion of eventually writing one themselves soon....
THURS: student sample review....
FRI: students will begin their own Informative essay..
1/23--1/27:
01/29/2017
01/29/2017
MON: review informative essay essentials in COACH BOOKS
TUES: SNOW DAY--off
WED: students will begin mapping out their own INFORMATIVE ESSAY
in class today and tomorrow.
THURS: continued essay work
FRI: checks of essay thus far....continued Monday.........
1/30-2/3:
01/30/2017
01/30/2017
MON: review of 5 paragraph INFORMATIVE ESSAY essentials
TUES: students continue writing their essay in class and for homework if needed--DUE TOMORROW!
WED: INFORMATIVE ESSAY DUE! (TEST#1 of 3rd qrt.)
THURS: COACH BOOK in class reading and analysis of a scientific text