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April 29 - May 3

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 6-10

Week of May 13 - 17

Monday

May 13
The Outsiders
Character Project
 

 

 

Tuesday

May 14
The Outsiders
Character Project / movie
 
 
 
 

 

Wednesday

May 15
he Outsiders
Character Project / movie
 
 
 
  

Thursday

May 16
FIELD DAY

 

Friday

May 17
T
he Outsiders
Character Project / movie
 
  

 

May 6-10

Monday

May 6
The Outsiders
DQ on Chap 11 
DG on climax

 

 

Tuesday

May 7
The Outsiders
DQ on Chap 12
DG on climax
 
 
 
 

 

Wednesday

May 8
The Five Aprils
 
 
  

Thursday

May 9
Finish 5 Aprils
Review for test

 

Friday

May 10
The Outsiders
TEST on entire book
  
 
 
 

 

April 29 - May 3

Monday

April 29
The Outsiders
Chapter 7 due
Character Assignment
Start 8

 

 

Tuesday

April 30
The Outsiders
Chapter 8 due
 
Start chapter 9
 

 

Wednesday

May 1
The Outsiders
Chapter 9 due
 
Start chapter 10
  

Thursday

May 2
The Outsiders
Chapter 10 due
 
Start chapter 11

 

Friday

May 3
The Outsiders
Chapter 11 due
 
Start chapter 12
  

 

April 22-26

Monday

April 22

NO School

 

 

Tuesday

April 23
Outsiders Chap 6 -7
 

 

Wednesday

 April 17

 Outsiders Chap 6 & & quiz questions 6 & 7 due at end of class.  

Thursday

April 18

no class due to testing

 

Friday

April 19

Chap 8 with questions

  

 

April 15-19

Monday

April 15

Chap 4 completed with questions. 

Begin Chap 5 in class

 

 

Tuesday

April 16
Finish chp 5
Questions in class for Chap 5 
Begin Chap 6

 

Wednesday

 April 17

 No class due to testing  

Thursday

April 18

Finish Chapter 6 with questions.  Start Chapter 7

 

Friday

April 19

No SCHOOL!!
Good Friday

  

 

April 8-12

Monday

April 8

Begin Outsiders: Chap 1 due

(Daily quiz over chapter at beginning of class. weekly quizzes combined for one grade)

 

 

Tuesday

April 9
Outsiders Chap 2 due

 

Wednesday

 April 10
Outsiders Chap 3 due

 

Thursday

April 11

Outsiders Chap 4 due

 

Friday

April 12

Test: Outsiders Chap 1-3, Irony, figurative language

  

 

April 1- 5

Monday

April 1

   Read and Discuss "Nightmare"

 

 

Tuesday

April 2

 read and Discuss "Sniper"

 

Wednesday

 April 3
Read and Discuss "Those 3"

 

Thursday

April 4

Quiz over short stories and irony

 

Friday

April 5

Intro Outsiders

  

 

March 25-29

 

Monday

March 25

Final draft for 3rd quarter writing promote

 

 

Tuesday

March 26

 Standardized test practice

 

Wednesday

 march 27
Read "Across 5 Aprils" 
and answer questions

 

Thursday

March 28

 

 

Friday

March 29

 

  

Week 26 Feb 25- March 1

Monday

Feb 25

Final draft of timed writings

 

 

Tuesday

Feb 26

 Field Trip

 

Wednesday

 Feb 27

 Anne Frank whole book test

 

Thursday

Feb 28

Voc quiz

 

Friday

March 1

Anne Frank Project

 

 

Week 25 Feb 18-22

Monday

Feb 18

School Holiday

 

 

Tuesday

Feb 19

 Edit writing assignment

 

Wednesday

 Feb 20

 Case 21

 

Thursday

Feb 21

Case 21

 

Friday

Feb 22

Quiz over Act 2 

Final test will probably be Friday 2/27

 

 

Week 24 Feb 11-15

Monday

Feb 11

Anne Frank Act 2 Scene 2-3

 

 

Tuesday

Feb 12

 Anne Frank Act 2 Scene 3-4

 

Wednesday

 Feb 13

 Anne Frank Act 2 Scene 4-5

 

Thursday

Feb 14

Finish Anne Frank work on packet

 

Friday

Feb 15

Finish Packet-due at end of class

Quiz over Act 2 will probably be Wed 2/20.

Final test will probably be Friday 2/22

 

 

 

 

Week 23 Feb 4 - 8

 

Monday

Feb 4

Anne Frank Act 1 Scene 5

 

 

Tuesday

Feb 5

 Anne Frank Act 1 review and packet completion

 

Wednesday

 Feb 6

 Anne Frank Act 1 Test

 

Thursday

Feb 7

Anne Frank Act 2 scene 1

Expectations for next 3 days

 

Friday

Feb 8

Anne Frank Act 2 scene 2

Academic Voc continued (5 words due on Wednesday)

 

 

 

Week 22 Jan 28-Feb 2

Monday

Jan 28

Voc

Anne Frank Act 2 and 3

 

 

Tuesday

Jan 29

 Study Sync Anne Frank

 

Wednesday

 Jan 30

 Voc quiz

 

Thursday

Jan 31

Anne Frank Act 4

 

Friday

Feb 1

Anne Frank Act 5

 

 

 

Week 21 Jan 21-25

 

Monday

Jan 21

Holiday - no school

 

 

Tuesday

Jan 15
Man that changed the world - video
Poem Daily grade

 

Wednesday

 Jan 16

Start Dairy of Anne Frank

 

Thursday

Jan 17

Timed Write on Poetry

 

Friday

Jan 18

Act 1 Scene 1 

Begin Packet

 

 

 

Week 20 Jan 14-18

Monday

Jan14

WW II video

WW II Everyday

 

 

Tuesday

Jan 15
Activity with WW II Everyday
 
Read First They Came

 

Wednesday

 Jan 16

Quiz over historical background information 

 

Thursday

Jan 17

Poem Hangman

 

Friday

Jan 18

Timed Writing

 

 

 

Week 19 Jan 7-11

Monday

Jan 7

Finish and share suspense trailers

 

 

Tuesday

Jan 8

 "Teaching History through Fiction"

 

Wednesday

 Jan 9

Teaching History through Fiction"

 

Thursday

Jan 10

Intro to Dairy of Anne Frank

 

Friday

Jan 11

Dairy of Anne Frank

 

 

 

Weekly Agenda ELA

 

week 18 Dec. 17-21

 

Monday

Dec 17

Make - up Day

Watch the Hounds of the Baskerville

 

 

Tuesday

Dec 18
 
Suspense Trailer with Technology department 

 

Wednesday

Dec 19

Theater Presentation

 

Thursday

Dec 20

Library Day

 

 

Friday

Dec 21

Finish watching Hounds of the Baskerville

 

 

week 16 Dec. 3-7 

Monday

Dec 3

Discuss Chap 8-10

Read 11 &12

 HW: Question 11 &12

 

Tuesday

Dec 4

Suspense Activity for Daily Grade

 

Wednesday

Dec 5

Write Intro paragraph for quarter writing assignment - Daily grade

 Read Chap 8 and answer questions

Thursday

Dec 6

Write Intro paragraph for quarter writing assignment - Daily grade

Quiz on  Chapters 9-12

 

Friday

Dec 7

Read Chap 13 and 14 in class

 

 

week 17 Dec. 10-14

 

Monday

Dec 10

Discuss Chap 13 and 14

Review sentence types

write intro paragraph

 HW: Read Chapter 15

 

Tuesday

Dec 11
Paragraph outlines
Review Chap 15
Review for test
 

 

Wednesday

Dec 5

Test over THotB including quotews

and sentence structure

 

Thursday

Dec 6

Write body paragraph quarter writing assignment - Daily grade

 

 

Friday

Dec 7

Finish paragraph and watch THotB

 

 

week 16 Dec. 3-7 

Monday

Dec 3

Discuss Chap 8-10

Read 11 &12

 HW: Question 11 &12

 

Tuesday

Dec 4

Suspense Activity for Daily Grade

 

Wednesday

Dec 5

Write Intro paragraph for quarter writing assignment - Daily grade

 Read Chap 8 and answer questions

Thursday

Dec 6

Write Intro paragraph for quarter writing assignment - Daily grade

Quiz on  Chapters 9-12

 

Friday

Dec 7

Read Chap 13 and 14 in class

 

 

 

 

week 15 Nov 26-30 

Monday

Nov 26

THotB Chap 6

 HW: Chap 6 questions

 

Tuesday

Nov 27

Discuss Chap 6 

Read Chap 7

HW: Chap 7 questions

Wednesday

Nov 28

Quiz on  Chapters 5-7

 Read Chap 8 and answer questions

Thursday

Nov 29

Write Intro paragraph for quarter writing assignment - Daily grade

 

Friday

Nov 30

Read Chap 9 and 10 in class

 HW: questions on Chapter 9 and 10

 

Week 14 Nov 12-16

Monday

Nov 12

 Complete Parts C and D of test

THoTB Chap 5

 

 

Tuesday

Nov 13

Discissn Chapter 5 and 6

 THOTB Chapter 5-6 due

 

Wednesday

Nov 14

Case 21

 THOTB Chapter 7-8 due Friday

 

Thursday

Nov 15

Discuss THOTB Chap 7-8

 

Friday

Nov 16

Suspense in  THOTB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Week 12 Nov 5-9
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week 11Oct 29 - Nov. 2
 
 

Monday

Nov 5

Read The Adventures of the Speckled Band 

THOTB Chapter 2 due Tuesday

 
 
 

Tuesday

Oct 23

Short class

 THOTB Chapter 1-3 due Thursday

  

Wednesday

Oct 24

Finish Speckled Band for

Discuss THotB Chap 1-3

 THOTB Chapter 4 due Friday

  

Thursday

Oct 25

 Test on Case 21 skills part 1
 Comprehesion  questions on Speckled Band for grade
  

Friday

Oct 26

QUIZ over THOTB Chapters 1-4

 
  
 
 
 
Week 11Oct 29 - Nov. 2
 

Monday

Oct 29

Complete TTH graded assignment

Intro Monkey's Paw
 
 

Tuesday

Oct 23

Read Monkey's Paw

Comprehesion and Think questions

 

  

Wednesday

Oct 24

Compare movie to text of Monkey's Paw

 

  

Thursday

Oct 25

 Intro Sherlock Holmes using a web quest
 THOTB Chapter 1 -2 due Friday
  

Friday

Oct 26

Half test over TTH and MP
THOTB Chapter 3-4 due Monday

 
  
 
 
Week 10 Oct 22 - 26
 

Monday

Oct 22

Sentence Structure

Intro Edgar Allan Poe
 
 

Tuesday

Oct 23

Read Tell Tale Heart

 

  

Wednesday

Oct 24

Defense Activity

 

  

Thursday

Oct 25

 Tell Tale Heart argumentative  writing prompt
 
  

Friday

Oct 26

Tell Tale Heart  comprehension questions.

 
  
 
Week 9 Oct 15 - 19 (scroll down to see this week)
 

Monday

Oct 15

Watch To Kill a Mockingbird
HW: Name 3 differences in movie and book 
 

Tuesday

Oct 16

Watch To Kill a Mockingbird

 

 HW: Name 3 differences in movie and book 

Wednesday

Oct 17

Finish Watch To Kill a Mockingbird

 

 HW: Name 3 differences in movie and book 

Thursday

Oct 18

 TK a M  book vs Movie writing prompt
 
  

Friday

Oct 19

INTRO and DEAR

The Hounds of Baskerville

 
  
 
 
Week 8 Oct 1-5
 
 

Monday

Oct 1

Discuss Chap 28-31

Write conclusion paragraph sample
 
Study TKaM
Write Outline of Body Paragraph

Tuesday

Oct 2

Write body paragraph in class.

 

 Study TKaM

Wednesday

Oct 3

Finish body paragraph and proof read partner

 

 Study TKaM

Thursday

Oct 4

 TK a M FINAL TEST (half of last test grade)
 
  Have 3 paragraphs ready to go for Friday.

Friday

Oct 5

Finalize and submit partner essay (half of last test grade)

combine intro + 2 body + WRITE conclusion

 
 Clean room and be nice to parents while you are off:)
 
Week 7 Sept 24 -28
 
 

Monday

Sept 24

Finish paragraph for 10 mintues

Discuss 20-21

Read Born Worker

comprehension.
 
 HW Chap. 22-25 with questions due Tuesday 

Tuesday

Sept 25

Chap 22-25 with. questions due

 

 HW Chap. 26-27 with questions due Thursday 

Wednesday

Sept 26

Born Worker reading 

Think writing questions

 
 HW Chap. 26-27 NO questions due Thursday 
 
Quiz on Chapter 17-27 Thursday

Thursday

Sept 27

 Quiz on 17-27
 
  

Friday

Sept 28

 TKaM Chap 28-31 in class together.

 
 HW Finish 28-31 Due Monday
 
 
Week 5 Sept 10 -14
 

Monday

Sept 10

Chap 17 - 19 with. questions due

Quiz Chap 11-16
 
 HW Chap. 20-21 with questions due Thursday 

Tuesday

Sept 11

Case 21

Start writing

 HW Chap. 20-21 with questions due Thursday 

Wednesday

Sept 12

Case 21

Work on writing

  HW Chap. 20-21 with questions due Thursday 

Thursday

Sept 13
Discuss Chap 20 -21
Writing due
   

Friday

Sept 14

 Extra day for writing if needed.  

DEAR Chap 22-25

 
 HW Finish 22-25 
 
 
 
Week 4 Sept 3 -7
 

Monday

Sept 3

Holiday
 HW: Chap 5-8 questions from previous week due Tuesday.
 

Tuesday

Sept 4

Quiz Chap 5-8

Discuss 5-8

Begin reading 9-11 
HW: Finish reading 9-11 -  no questions required, but might want to look at

Wednesday

Sept 5

Review for test

Begin writing on "Mother to Son

  
 HW: Review for TKaM Chap 1-8 test
 

Thursday

Sept 6

 

 

Complete outline for writingStart final paragraph

   

Friday

Sept 7

Test

 
  Begin 12-14
 
 
 
Week3 Aug 27- 31
 

Monday

Aug 27

TKaM Chap 3 discuss of questions.  

Visit book fair

Begin chap 4
 HW: Read Chapter 4 and complete questions by Tuesday
 

Tuesday

Aug 28

Discuss Chap 4 and work on questions
HW: Finish Chap 4 questions and study for quiz over Chap 1 to 4
 

Wednesday

Aug 29

Quiz over Chap 1-4

  
 
 

Thursday

Aug 30

 

Drop everything and read Chapter5 -8

   

Friday

Aug 31
 Discuss "Mother to Son".  Classwork grade on comprehension.
 
 HW: Finish questions.
 
 
Week 2 Aug 20- 24
 

Monday

Aug 20

TKaM Chap 1
 HW: Read Chapter 2 by Tuesday
 

Tuesday

Aug 21

Discuss Chap 1 and 2

  HW: questions Chap 1 and 2

Wednesday

Aug 22
 Abeula Invents the Zero
 
   HW: questions Chap 1 and 2

Thursday

Aug 23

 Abeula Invents the Zero - writing

   HW: questions Chap 1 and 2

Friday

Aug 24
 
 Finish writing
 
TKaM go over Chap 2
 
 TKaM read and do questions on Chap 3 
 
Week 1 Aug 13 - 17
 

Monday

Aug 13

ELA policy and procdures

  

Tuesday

Aug 14

To Kill a Mocking Bird Pre reading activity

 HW: Read Chapter 1 

Wednesday

Aug 15
To Kill a Mocking Bird Pre reading activity
 
 HW: Read Chapter 1

Thursday

Aug 16

To Kill a Mocking Bird Pre reading activity

 HW: Read Chapter 1 

Friday

Aug 17
TKaM Chap 1
 
 
 HW: Read Chapter 2 by Monday