This page will provide additional details and links for language arts assignments. It can be helpful to students who miss my class:
June 1:
7th GOLD TEAM Language Arts ASSIGNMENT PAGE 2003-2004
This page is created to provide you and your parents a guide for activities, assignments, themes, assessments scheduled in your language arts class.
It will be edited throughout the week wh en necessary, so along with keeping Agenda book, check for updates on Assignment Board.
See 2nd link below for additional details and previous language arts assignments. It can be helpful to students who miss my class.
This is only a courtesy over view, not a classroom instruction replacement or requirement.
Aaron Lane asked for a summer reading list and a site to visit regularly for reading suggestions. The kidsreads.com nd teanreads.com links below are still the ones I would suggest. Here is one page from this week's newsletter and it includes some classic suggestions. Aaron and all my summer readers should find the closest library and start "worming" your way through your favorite subject shelves. I visit at least one library a week, so look for me in the stacks!!:
TEENREADS link:
Thinking about Starting a Book Club? Trying to find new ideas for your Club? Wondering what the heck a Book Club is?! Never fear, Teenreads has all the answers to your Book Club questions, and some guides to help you lead a good discussion with your friends. Book Clubs are easy to start and lot of fun, so if you love books, this is for you!
Guides to Get You Started
* Starting a Book Club
* Running a Book Club
* Choosing What to Read
Popular Titles:
• BEGINNER'S LUCK by Laura Pedersen
• A BEND IN THE ROAD by Nicholas Sparks
• THE BROKEN PLACES by Susan Perabo
• THE BOX CHILDREN by Sharon Wyse
• THE DISTANCE FROM NORMANDY by Jonathan Hull
• DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD by Rebecca Wells
• THE EARTH, MY BUTT, AND OTHER BIG ROUND THINGS by Carolyn Mackler
• THE HUNGRY OCEAN by Linda Greenlaw
• I CAPTURE THE CASTLE by Dodie Smith
• I KNOW WHY CAGED BIRDS SING by Maya Angelou
• THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold
• MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE by Nicholas Sparks
• NIGHTS IN RODANTHE by Nicholas Sparks
• THE NOTEBOOK by Nicholas Sparks
• THE PERFECT STORM by Sebastian Junger
• THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver
• THE RESCUE by Nicholas Sparks
• SEABISCUIT by Laura Hillenbrand
• THE SONG READER by Lisa Tucker
• STONE GARDEN by Molly Moynahan
• SUMMER SISTERS by Judy Blume
• THE TIGER RISING by Kate DiCamillo
• THE TORN SKIRT by Rebecca Godfrey
THE USUAL RULES by Joyce Maynard
• A WALK TO REMEMBER by Nicholas Sparks
• WISH YOU WELL by David Baldacci
Don't Miss:
• HENRY VIII by Alison Weir
• MARIE ANTOINETTE: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
Classics:
• ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
• ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
• THE BELL JAR by Sylvia Plath
• BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
• DAVID COPPERFIELD by Charles Dickens
• DEATH BE NOT PROUD by John Gunther
EAST OF EDEN by John Steinbeck
• EMMA by Jane Austen
• THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien
• NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
• 1984 by George Orwell
• THE PEARL by John Steinbeck
• THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER by Mark Twain
• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
• A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith
• UNCLE TOM'S CABIN by Harriet Beecher Stowe
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ by L. Frank Baum
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Weekend: CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY!
Bring Thursday's Montrose Sun front page article about Ashley to school on Tuesday, if you didn't bring her a copy on Friday.
HW: Clean up and bring your Elements of Literature to class on Tuesday. Replacement cost: $22.20
June 1-4:
TUES/WED:
- Practice/Present "Brian's Song"
- HW: G/C: Define columns 3 and 4, pg. 511
- Continue S.S.R.: Roll of Thunder and take Accelerated Test in your Fundamentals class (one copy of grade sheet to me)
THURS:
- Continue S.S.R.
- Study for spelling test over columns 3/4 from pg. 511
HW: Chapter 30 review A, B, C on pgs. 512-513 in G/C
- Clean/Bring Grammar Compostion to class:
Replacement cost $14.00.
FRI:
- Vocabulary/spelling Quiz
- 8th period: Attend student play
- Exam poetry modeled, so you can practice this weekend for presentations next week.
- Exam posted on last link, below, practice with an audience, at home, over the weekend.
- Bring stamped (2 stamps), self-addressed envelope to class by Wed. of next week
- Continue S.S.R. and Roll of Thunder Accelerated Reader tests in your Fundamentals class
_______________________________________________________
PARENTS:
- Allergy season abounds or achoos.....Kleenex contributions would be appreciated :)))
- See exam on last link, below, and be an audience for your student this and next week.
- Thanks for your help and support all year, enjoy your summer with my student!
Ms. Sturkey
MON-FRIDAY: MAY 24-28
• Nightly G/C vocabulary work instead of W.O.D.'til 6/1
• Complete Folktale Presentations by Tuesday
• HW: G/C: pg. 511 Define: vocabulary columns 1 and 2
• Quiz on Thursday; cast play
• Continue your present S.S.R. book: Deadline 6/4
- BOOK REPORT: Schedule your S.S.R. blurbs' taping with Mrs. Chermak for PBS/A.M.Reading corner and do Accelerated Reader on Roll of Thunder with Fundamentals teachers, copy to me.
• PLANNING AHEAD:
- Oral part of Final Exam: POETRY CORNER COMES ALIVE:
Starts 6/7. See link below for poetry and start memorizing and practicing the two required poems
Good Luck Ashley Yates @ State Oratorical Contest in Columbus, Friday, April 23! "I'm going with her to the competition, you'll have a substitute."
April 19-26:
Monday:
- Harvard notes on Ohio authors continues
- Fill in questions on each author (use new form as format)
- Plan ahead for Magical Theatre Whooping Crane performance, May 3
Tues-Friday:
- Notes continue on Ohio Writers
- Continue nightly homework writing your chapter summaries in roughdraft form and then type and submit: Next Wed. April 28 last day for final copy of Book Report
- Three l iterature section checks this week and one W.O.D. in gr ammar section
Wed:
- Authors Keene-Dunbar
Thurs:
- Notes for 10 Ohio Authors to be completed outside of #410 Thurber to Draper: Use last two links below for notes on Sharon Draper, Virginia Hamilton and Toni Morrison
HW: Complete Thurber vocabulary worksheet
-Complete Research on authors 10, 11, 12 by Monday - see links below
- Bands in the Round 5:30-7
Fri:
- Complete Author notes using the "Why Ohio Authors" Handout #1
- Read:"The Dog that Bit People" James Thurber E/L pg. 117
- Do Worksheets #2 and #3 pgs. 12, 13 and 153, 154
- Do A Creative Response E/L: #1 pg. 121
- STUDENT CREDIT: See Friday's BEACON FRAZZ comicstrip regarding W.O.D.; bring to class on Monday or add the "fun word"-eructation- and its definition onto your yellow sheet
HW:
- Complete any worksheets not finished in class on Friday
-Prepare for quiz on Monday on anthropomorphism and "The Dog....People" read in class on Friday
- Since Ms. Fleming collected your vocabulary handouts, there will be no vocabulary questions on Monday's quiz.
April 13-23:
Tues:
- Grades posted in classroom
- Book report format set up for this nine weeks
• Chapter summaries, daily rough drafts
• Final copies to be typed and submitted, as books are finished
- April 2nd journal update= 20 minutes
- Individual Reading Scantron conferences
HW: Signed Reading Scantron forms due Wed.
Wed-Thurs.:
- Harvard notes on Ohio Reading Rd. authors
- Thurber, Wright, Anderson, Dove, Keene
- Walter Mitty definition
HW: Complete next S.S.R. chapter summary roughdraft
- Type and submit when finished
Friday:
- S.S.R. Lab
- Summary paragraphs to be checked
- ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY worksheets provided
- Label length of time read daily on roughdraft summary sheets
HW:
See today's BEACON pg. A2 for article on Rita Dove. She was in Cleveland, last night, reading the poems you were introduced to in class on Thursday. She talked about Montrose and the Maple Valley Library that you saw in video!! Bring to class on Monday, if you are a student who has learned that Language Arts lives outside of #410.
FIRST TRACK MEET after school today at HS.....see you there!
Weekend: Attend Darlene Dies Spag./Pizza scholarship dinner on Saturday 5-8 at the high school........see you there!
TAB $$= 4/22
Monday:
- Harvard notes on Ohio authors continues
- Fill in questions on each author (use new form as format)
- Plan ahead for Magical Theatre Whooping Crane performance, May 3
Tues-Friday:
- Notes continue on Ohio Writers
- Continue nightly homework writing your chapter summaries in roughdraft form and then type and submit: Next Wed. April 28 last day for final copy of Book Report
- Three literature section checks this week and one W.O.D. in grammar section
- Current Grades available on line
Thurs:
- Notes for 10 Ohio Authors to be completed: Thurber to Draper
- "Why Ohio Authors" handout
HW: Thurber vocabulary worksheet
Fri:
PARENTS:
_ Acme tapes CAN still be submitted until May 15, so keep
them coming. Thanks for on-going support!
- Attend Copley Historical Society mtg. 7 P.M. @ CFMS
- Attend ABC Breakfast honoring outstanding academic efforts: Wed. April 21 9:20 A.M. in Cafeteria
- Take your child to work day: Thursday April 22
- "READERS, WRITERS, & RAINBOWS" Reading Extravaganza
Reading Rainbow's Host: LeVar Burton/Scholastic Book Fair
• Akron Civic Theatre
- 6 P.M. Doors Open
- 7:30 Program Begins
- $5
BANDS in the ROUND and Spag. Dinner @ HS
- PICTURE DAY: Friday April 23
April 13-19:
Tues:
- Grades posted in classroom
- Book report format set up for this nine weeks
• Chapter summaries, daily rough drafts
• Final copies to be typed and submitted, as books are finished
- April 2nd journal update= 20 minutes
- Individual Reading Scantron conferences
HW: Signed Reading Scantron forms due Wed.
Wed-Thurs.:
- Harvard notes on Ohio Reading Rd. authors
- Thurber, Wright, Anderson, Dove, Keene
- Walter Mitty definition
HW: Complete next S.S.R. chapter summary roughdraft
- Type and submit when finished
Friday:
- S.S.R. Lab
- Summary paragraphs to be checked
- ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY worksheets provided
- Label length of time read daily on roughdraft summary sheets
HW:
See today's BEACON pg. A2 for article on Rita Dove. She was in Cleveland, last night, reading the poems you were introduced to in class on Thursday. She talked about Montrose and the Maple Valley Library that you saw in video!! Bring to class on Monday, if you are a student who has learned that Language Arts lives outside of #410.
FIRST TRACK MEET after school today at HS.....see you there!
Weekend: Attend Darlene Dies Spag./Pizza scholarship dinner on Saturday 5-8 at the high school........see you there!
TAB $$= 4/22
Monday:
- Harvard notes on Ohio authors continues
- Fill in questions on each author (use new form as format)
- Plan ahead for Magical Theatre Whooping Crane performance, May 3
PARENTS:
_ Acme tapes CAN still be submitted until May 15, so keep them coming. Thanks for on-going support!
- Attend Copley Historical Society mtg. 7 P.M. @ CFMS
- Attend ABC Breakfast honoring outstanding academic efforts: Wed. April 21 9:20 A.M. in Cafeteria
- Take your child to work day: Thursday April 22
- PICTURE DAY: Friday April 23
FRI./WEEKEND March 19-21:
FRI:
- Check on S.S.R. and edit posted grades
- Last day for Tab$$
- Start last two chapters of Watsons....1963
- Review for test and start if time allows.
Have a good weekend!
Mr. Brumfield's students: Make/bring him a congratulatory card on Monday.
Thank you notes to Healthy Community Committe for Incredible Kids Day ice cream, on Fri day
••Here are review questions that will help you prepare for WATSONS essay test. Answer them in your WATSON section:
* Some kids in Kenny's school make fun of him because he's smarter than most and because of his "lazy" eye. Then they pick on R ufus because of his clothes and his Southern accent. How does the teasing affect each of the two boys? How does it feel to be made fun of? How does it feel to make fun of someone else?
* Byron often seems like a mean kid, and sometimes he acts as though he hates Kenny. How do you know that he has deeper, nicer feelings than those? Why do you think Byron hides his feelings of love and tenderness?
What does Kenny see at Colliers' Landing?
*Is Kenny a good friend to Rufus?
*If you have brothers and sisters, do you ever fight? What do you fight about? Do you think there will ever be a time when you don't fight?
*Why did Byron vomit after hitting the bird?
*Does Byron deserve to be teased while being punished?
*Even though the topic is very serious there is a lot of humor in this book. Find the scene in the book that you think is funniest and retell it in your journal.
(Practice writing an expository essay in which you answer these questions. Seek examples from events which occured in Madrid and Bagdad, this week and compare)
•How does the bombing of the church in Birmingham change members of the Watson family, especially Kenny? Discuss how you felt when you read about the bombing and the children who were hurt or killed. Have you read or heard about similar events that have taken place recently? Why do such things happen? Do you think anything can stop them from happening?
Next Week: March 22-26:
Monday:
- Will accept edited grade sheets before I submit final grades for this marking period
- Have pre-writing prompts # 15 and #16
- Complete Watsons essay test (roughdraft)
HW:
- Edit essay test; use Checklist for Revising Expository paragraphs: E/L pg. 386 and Friendly Letter pg. 461. See rubric given you in class
- Type (1.5) or ink in cursive
- Address envelope: See E/L pg. 469
- Plan to also submit Watson section and #15/16 prompts (see list, below)
TUES:
Collect:
Watson Section, prompts, 1st edited draft, final copy, envelope
- Song of the Trees in E/L as intro to Roll....Thunder
Tues/Wed:
- Intro Mildred Talyor's themes
- Start "Song of the Trees" vocabulary
THURSDAY:
Complete and review vocabulary
Continue -reading "Song of the Trees" pg. 108 in E/L
HW: ATTEND DARE Celebrity Server Dinner 6-9 @ Chambrel
"I won't be there until almost 8, so save me some dinner. Bring proof of attendance to class on Friday."
- Review vocabulary
- Bring new S.S.R. book to class
FRIDAY:
- Copy 12 W.O.D. words for upcoming three days: Mr. Ruof's Julius Caesar play preparation
- Complete "Song of the Trees"
- Restate questions 2,4,6 answer in complete sentences
- Full paragraph #9
Review Vocabulary: Start quiz on story
S.S.R. when you finish
March 12-21:
If you missed any of THE WATSONS:
Discussion Topics:
Warning! Some of the questions contain key elements of the plot. Do not read if you don't want to know what happens!
Some kids in Kenny's school make fun of him because he's smarter than most and because of his "lazy" eye. Then they pick on Rufus because of his clothes and his Southern accent. How does the teasing affect each of the two boys? How does it feel to be made fun of? How does it feel to make fun of someone else?
Byron often seems like a mean kid, and sometimes he acts as though he hates Kenny. How do you know that he has deeper, nicer feelings than those? Why do you think Byron hides his feelings of love and tenderness?
What does Kenny see at Colliers' Landing?
Is Kenny a good friend to Rufus?
If you have brothers and sisters, do you ever fight? What do you fight about? Do you think there will ever be a time when you don't fight?
Why did Byron vomit after hitting the bird?
Doe Byron deserve to be teased while being puncished?
Even though the topic is very serious there is a lot of humor in this book. Find the scene in the book that you think is funniest and read it aloud.
How does the bombing of the church in Birmingham change members of the Watson family, especially Kenny? Discuss how you felt when you read about the bombing and the children who were hurt or killed. Have you read or heard about similar events that have taken place recently? Why do such things happen? Do you think anything can stop them from happening?
Weekend HW:March 12-13
When and what are the IDES of MARCH and "Et tu Brute"?
Write answer in Watsons section of notebook: Know what was meant in last chapter of WATSONS by "Et tu Brute" in relationship to the parents.
Prompt #15 will be graded when we meet Grandma Sands
MARCH 15-19:
- "I will post your grades since midterm, on Monday. Keep track on your own grade sheet and share with your parents, please."
- Next chapters of WATSONS... will be finished this week.
- Research author and take Harvard Notes on link below:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/authorsandbooks/events/curtis/index.htm
- When we finish: Take test on WAT SONS...in your Fundamentals/Intervention classes or during study hall in my lab
MONDAY:
Grades posted in my room.
Quiz on Ides of March homework
Graded book reports returned for editing
HW:
S.S.S. book due No Later Than Friday
TAB $$ orders in on Friday, too.
TUESDAY:
SNOW DAY
WED:
Accelerated Reader tests on Roll of Thunder can be
taken in your Fundamentals, Intervention, study hall
( Print out two copies: one graade for them...one for me)
Ides of March handout
- Chapter 13 WATSON in class
THURS:
New grades posted on-line
Complete novel
Congratulations to Mr. Brumfield Presidential Award for Excellence
See today's Beacon Journal pg. B1
Ashley Yates won the MLK Oratorical speech contest, tonight at Firestone High School. On to Columb us to state contest. Congratulations, Ashley!!
FRI:
- Check on S.S.R. and edit posted grades
- Last day for Tab$$
- Start last two chapters of Watsons....1963
- Review for test and start if time allows.
Have a good weekend!
Next Week: March 22-26:
Monday:
- Have pre-writing prompts # 15 and #16
- Watsons essay test
Chapter Review and test
March 8-12:
"Thank you so much for supporting the scholarship craft show on Saturday. Be sure to let me know if you were there in case I didn't see you or sign your attendance slip."
MON-FRIDAY:
- 8th grade scheduling video
- Present Book Report Sandwiches
- Continue Watsons....1963
- Math classes figue out trip
- Check prompts for grade
- Check W.O.D. sentences for grade
G/C:
- Ch. 17 Other Punctuation
- Possessive Nouns/contractions
THURS:
- Ch.17 Punctuation Diagnostic test in class
- Sharing Sandwiches
- Check W.O.D. homework sentences
HW:
-Add Rules 17 a,b,c to Harvard notes with examples and possessive pronouns
- G/C:
pg. 251- Ex. 3 and 5 (Put in grammar section)
- Skillbook: pg. 37 and highlight answers
FRI:
- Grade HW
- Present/collect roughdrafts and sandwiches
- Next chapters of WATSONS... will be finished next week.
- Take test on WATSONS...in your Fundamentals/Intervention classes when we finish
- "I will post your grades since midterm, on Monday. Keep track on your own grade sheet and share with your parents, please."
Weekend HW:
When and what are the IDES of MARCH and "Et tu Brute"?
Write answer in Watsons section of notebook: Know what was meant in last chapter of WATSONS by "Et tu Brute" in relationship to the parents.
Prompt #15 will be graded when we meet Grandma Sands
March 1-5: Food-for-thought is on our agenda:
- Collect and "eat" Book Report sandwiches
- Prepare/donate baked good s: Colors of Spring Craft Show
Congrats to Tolkein Fans on 11 Oscar awards!
MON:
- Collect and "eat" submitted book report sandwiches
- Watsons go to Birmingham...1963 Ch. 5 and 6
HW:
- Confirm parent appearances for READACROSSAMER I CA
- Confirm baked goods donations for Catalano Scholarship Colors of Spring Craft show on Saturday**
TUE:
- READ ACROSS AMERICA: Celebrate 100th birthday of Dr.Suess
"Tribute in N.Y. Times, this morning!"
Laughter Perennial at the Doctor Seusse nt ennial
March 2, 2004
By DOUGLAS BRINKLEY
LA JOLLA, Calif., March 1 - Dr. Seuss is getting a United
States postage stamp, a statue and, on March 11, a star on
Hollywood's Walk of Fame. It's all part of a bicoastal
celebration of the centennial of Th eodor Geisel, best known
as Dr. Seuss, the man responsible for the Grinch, the Cat
in the Hat and the Lorax, among other unforgettable
creatures.
Here in his hometown, the University of California, San
Diego, has a Geisel Library, which on Tuesday wi ll u nveil a
bronze statue showing "Ted sitting at his desk, one of his
legs plopped on its top with `The Cat in the Hat' standing
behind him," his wife, Audrey, said. "It's perfect because
that man never had both feet on the ground. One leg
represents re ality, the other his imagination."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/02/books/02SEUS.html?ex=1079223298&ei=1&en=ca0a2218c1ea8cff
HW:
" If you are willing to bake some cookies for the craft show, I will provide the dough. You know I don't cook!!
See **Parent Notice, below, and let me know."
WED:
- WATSON: Chapter 7
HW: Take home STUDENT SCHEDULING Form
- Complete #'s 11 and 12 prompts.
- Check out home page: www.cfmsindians.org and ask for autographs tomorrow!!
THURS.
- Discuss prompt # 12
- WATSON: Chapter 8 and 9
HW:
Try to locate and bring in some 1960's MOTOWN music
Write on prompts: #13 and #14
Work on roughdrafts of book report/sandwich (See E/L: 50 #7 for Climax info)
FRI:
- Chapter 9 and 10
- Check prompts
HW:
Complete your book report sandwich
Plan to turn in first of the week and present to class
Last day for "eating" sandwiches will be Friday 3/12/04 (NONE will accepted late)
SAT:
- Attend Colors.....craft show: 9 A.M.-4 P.M.
PARENTS:
• Open invitation to your child's class on March 2:
READ ACROSS AMERICA Day. Bring a favorite to read to or share plot with to my students. Happy Birthday, Dr. Suess!
** BAKERS NEEDED
Reminder of upcoming Shirley Catalano Scholarship Craft Show: Saturday March 6 9A.M.-4 P.M.
Organizers need to receive response from fliers sent home two weeks ago. If you ar e willing to oversee some baking in your home, I'll provide the cookie dough.
Bring donations to Mrs. Borstein in Guidance Office on Friday.
Feb. 23-26:
Mon:
- Record quiz grades from Friday
- Share opening of McDowell library opening (congrats to those who got their new library cards, i.e. Nick Belay!)
- Purchasing trip to Scholastic Book Fair
- Review myth quizzes
- Watsons' trek: Chapter 3
- Start paragraph #7 in Plot Jounaling: racism prompt
- Share Anne Horning's Book Report Sandwich on Milkcarton....
HW:
- Edit myth quiz (remember student credit option of pg./paragraph))
- Review "The Palace of Olympus" E/L pg. 472
- Complete your Plot-Journaling prompts: 1-7
- Book Fair $$
- SSR and work on Sandwich, if finished
Tue:
- Check HW and give question worksheet on "Palace" ( replacement grade for Friday's quiz, if desired)
- Scholastic Book Fair
- FAT TUESDAY treats as we listen to Chapter 4 and 5
- Watsons' Trek continues
HW:
- Write on #8 and #9 plot-journaling plots
Wed:
- Grade/Record "Palace Quiz"
Thursday:
- Chapter 6
- Complete # 10 plot prompt
HW:
Plan ahead for Tuesday's READ ACROSS AMERICA
"Invite a parent to come read to your class, Tues. March 2: Dr. Suess' 100 birthday celebration.
Fri:
No school (Work on your book reports; try to submit sandwiches on Monday!)
Feb.2/17-20:
• Home readings of Greek/Roman Mythology for Mr. Ruof's class
• In Class: Novel study of The Watson s Go to Birmingham
MON:
• Presidents Day: No School
TUES:
• Grades posted, please edit
• Review Book Report Sandwich requirements given on Friday
• Add Plot Journaling prompts to Literature section
• Chapter 2: The Watsons Go to Birmingham...1 963
Hw:
• Read "Narcissus" and pgs.517-21 by Thursday
• Start writing on Plot Journaling prompts: Expository
WED
• Continue Watson Trek: Ch. 3 and 4
* Set up study notes for Friday's myth quiz
THURS:
- Period 4: Mr. Coon will cover your class
- Visit Library in prep for Scholastic Book Fair
- S.S.R. after we return from library
HW:
- Descriptive Plot Journaling prompts
- Review myths read last/this week for plot quiz, tomorrow
Use your notes.....you'll be fine.
FRI:
- Complete myth quiz
H W: S.S.R. work on roughdrafts of book sandwich, if ready
WEEKEND ADVENTURE:
Hope you'll be able to attend the NEW McDowell Library ribbon-cutting @ 1:45 and the library FINALLY opens its NEW doors @ P.M.
"Bring me proof that you attended, if you can!"
Feb.9-13:
- Watsons....Birmingham Ch. 1-2
- Book Report Sandwich assigned and demonstrated
- Myths for Mr. Ruof's class assigned
- Plot Journaling assigned and started
- Grades posted
FEBRUARY 1-6:
Weekend: Check Best Books of 2003 Award winners: Plan to use for PBS taping and Mrs. Houser's elementary classes visitations Storytelling Hour: See KidsReads and BookReporter.com links,below. "I visited four local libraries, Saturday, and have some copies to share."
Mon:
- Share Literary Finds/S.S.R.
- TAB $$ = 2/13
- Collect W.O.D. K/J sentences
HW:
- Add G/C Pgs.241-44: 16C,D,E,F to Grammar Section: Harvard Notes
- Direct Quotations: Pg. 242 Ex.3,4
- Highlight editing
Tues:
- S.S.R.
- Grade HW:QUOTATION MARKS
HW:
- G/C: Pg. 244-5 Ex. 5
- Highlight editing
** Yearbook Orders due tomorrow
Wed:
- Grade homework
- Skillbook practice
Th:
• Preview Mrs. Hanna's prof. video with you as STARS!
_ Continue grading of homework
Fri:
- Record grades
- Bring Mr.Ruof Civil Rights notes
- Intro Novel: The Watsons Go to Birmingham...1963
••Mr. Brumfield's science students: I added two time-line links, below, for the question regarding "Flash-back-in-history" question.
Parents:
• PTA mtg.Feb.10 9:30 library
January 28-29-30:
BBrrrrr!
"Since we have already gone outside and tasted the first snowflakes and I have read my two favorite winter poems, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee", to you, tomorrow we probably should read/listen to Jack London's TO BUILD a FIRE!" :))
- Collect Skillbook: pgs. 41-44
- Return/File book reports
- Check final grades on-line or posted in class
• We'll do another round of Literature Circles for a couple of days next week.
• Bring your new S.S.R. to class, daily.
Keep warm,
Ms. Sturkey
P.S. Continue your acts of Kindess/Justice and collect as many Boxtops for Education as you can and bring them in, please. Thanks, our adopted class is having a competition next week, so maybe we can help.
K/J: Words of the Week:
Tues: RESPECT
Wed: RESPONSIBILITY
THUR: PERSEVERANCE
FRI: REFLECTION/CELEBRATION
________________________________
FRIDAY:
- Complete reading of "To Build a Fire"
Weekend: K/J: Act of kindness suggestion:
Plan to attend the ••DIES PANCAKE BREAKFAST, Sunday at the HS 7:30-11. See you there!!!
**Attention Mr. Brumfied's science students. See Helping Hand link, below, for your research paper format. G/C and Write Source books will be provided for you in library. Copies of Works Cited format also available.••
PARENTS:
••DIES PANCAKE BREAKFAST: See 1/29's Montrose Sun, pg. C3 for details.
• "Thank you parents for Poetry Ginger Snap/drink treats for our Poetry visit, last Friday."
January 19-23:
MON:
• Commit ONE act of KINDNESS or JUSTICE on this Holiday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Record this act in your Journal. This one can be used on the first day of the all-school KINDESS/JUSTICE CHALLENGE.
• STUDENT CREDIT: See *link, below, and read "Letter from the Birmingham Jail" by MLK, Jr.
• Complete the final copy of your S.S.R. summaries' book report. Design its sequel book cover and practice presenting rationale for the design.
• Prepare for NEW SEMESTER: Replinish supplies pouch, New W.O.D. set up, Daily Journal current, new grade sheet, new paper in each section, prepare new Harvard Note paper for use
TUES:
• Check MLK/Acts of K/J jounal entries
• Submit book reports: "None will be accepted after 1/20"
- S.S.R. rubric assessment, PBS READ IT
• Complete Readers' Theatre of Great Expectations
• Start new S.S.R. book for next book report
• Intro Ch.16: "Underlining and Quotation Marks"
HW:
- Complete rubric, if needed
G/C:
- Add Rules 16A,B to Grammar Rules/Harvard Notes
- Do: pgs. 239,40 Ex. 1,2
WED-FRI:
• Grades closed: Check posted ones for editing, BEFORE, I submit them for end-of-first-semester-grades.
• In-class work on Ch.16 during Book Report Conferences:
- Begin Book Report Conferences with me: Oral plot summaries and understanding of theme (this will probably take a week)
• Following Mr.Ruof's intro to historical perspective of Civil Rights Movement, we will begin a novel from that time period written from a different point of view, so take good notes in his class this and next week.
WED:
- S.S.R. conferences continue
HW:
• G/C/Skillbook:
- Complete classwork, if needed
• Plan for OPEN POETRY MIC (Thus./Fri).....
Per. 4: "Volunteers for fingersnapping treats for visiting poet,on Friday? Let me know."
Per. 1,5,7,8: See Thurs*
THURS:
- Complete SSR assessment rubric in class
- Conferences continue
- Open Poetry Mic
HW:
• Skillbook due Friday
* Parent, Mrs. Tomayko, (former student) poet visiting/reading in period 4, tomorrow
Per:1,5,7,8 Poets, if you would like to be apart of audience during per. 4, let me know and I'll arrange for you to attend.
FRI:
• Click, Click, Snap, Snap = Welcome Parent Poets
CONGRATS TO BRIAN ORCHOSKY FOR SPELLING BEE PARTICIPATION!
January 9-16:
* Tab book orders $$ Jan. 12
** ATTENTION WRITERS/ARTISTS: UPDATE: I checked with the MLK coordinator and ALL of your entries need to be post-marked by Friday, the 16th. This will give those entering the essay and oratorical parts of the competition a few more days to edit and prepare final copies. The art work, received today will certainly represent the GOLDEN STARZ well! Remember, I will mail all entries.
Friday/Weekend:
HW: Look for word/phrase of the year (See**..."Yuk, liked our choices much better!"
Complete your S.S.R. book and start working on summaries
- Use Harvard notes format given in class, Friday
- Submit roughdraft and final copy, font 12, standard type
- "Thank you for my very thoughtful card..... Remember you are the students that I 'educate'!"
- Plan to participate in Spirit Week:
Monday= Hat Day
Tuesday = Twins Day.
Wednesday = Get up and go (no slippers)
Thursday = Favorite Sport Team
Friday = Blue and Gold
- Read Sunday's Beacon pgs. A1 and 10 about Literacy and invite your parent to come to your class and talk about reading favorites and read to us!
Let me know which day during your class we can expect an adult "Read It" parent who is willing to share reading secrets. ("Read It" is a book sharing segment on PBS starring some of your fellow CFMS students/Sherlock Readers. Hope you have seen it.)
Mon-Friday: READ IT WEEK
Sherlock Readers:
- S.S.R. Reading/Writing lab all week
- PBS video shared for planning of next one
- Updated grades submitted on Monday, should be posted by Tuesday.
Wed:
- Participation in CITY READS program was a success....over 1,000 CFMS students being read to by parents, teachers between 11-11:30! :)))
HW:
- Bring roughdraft of chapter summaries and your S.S.R. book to class on Thursday and earn your class an extension on due date.
Fri:
- Final copies of MLK essays and art work to be submitted for mailing before period 1
January 5-9:
Monday:
- Bring S.S.R. daily: Book report due January 20 (changed from 14th)
- W.O.D. starts again (#2003 Word of the Year out on Friday)**
• A CHRISTMAS CAROL test: (see last link below, if needed)
- Submit packet from Literature section
- Media entries since Thanksgiving, research,
- Personal Project input/assessment (Prompt will be on bellwork bd.)
HW:
- S.S.R. chapter summaries for Book Report
- 2-3 sentences per chapter
Bring one item of trivia or a quote of his to celebrate on e of Ms. Sturkey's favorite character's birthday, tomorrow.* = Clue
Question and answer on 3/5 card. Turn in before homeroom for extra credit. (name, period, question on front, answer on back),
HW: Tuesday-Friday:
- S.S.R. Chapter summaries con't
- Type: Final summaries: Due N.L.T. 1/16
TUESDAY:
- Author birthday trivia
THANK YOU, KARLY, for the delicious and beautiful cookies you brought period 1 class for our Sherlock Holmes birthday party, Tuesday!!
Wed-Friday:
- Complete Dr. John Watson, prologue and "The Adventures of Speckled Band" in Sherlock Holmes Reader
- Continue Great Expectations Readers Theatre
- S.S.R. time; work on Book Reports in Fundamentals and computer lab,if needed
- Conference with me regarding Dickens test, so updated grades can be submitted over the weekend.
* Tab book orders $$ Jan. 12
** ATTENTION WRITERS/ARTISTS: Remember to pick up an entry packet for the MLKing essay, oratorical(speech), art(cover for a calendar) contest. If you're interested, see me today and we can work something out regarding YOUR book report summary due date.
Friday/Weekend:
HW: Look for word/phrase of the year (See**..."Yuk, liked our choices much better!"
Complete your S.S.R. book and start working on summaries
- Use Harvard notes format given in class, Friday
- Submit roughdraft and final copy, font 12, standard type
- "Thank you for my very thoughtful card..... Remember you are the students that I 'educate'!"
- Plan to participate in Spirit Week: Monday= Hat Day
PARENTS:
Tuesday: PTA mtg. 9:30 A.M.
"Thank you for on-going support and I am honored to represent you and my students @ the District 13 level, next month." Ms.Sturkey (1/8/04)
Thank you for diaperwipes and tissue! Team members go through them, quickly, so please keep them coming!
Your continued support of Gold Team project: brown paper grocery bags and Acme grocery receipts is really appreciated, too!
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<Dec.15-19
- Complete Christmas Carol project presentations
- View video
- "Thank you parent volunteers!"
December 5-12:
Weekend HW:
"Keep up Dickens/Victorian media Watch"
- Be sure to locate and read "Behind A Christmas Carol" in Friday's Beacon, pg.E4. This excellent article will provide you with a review of everything researched and discussed in class, so far, as well as a very thorough explanation of what we will be looking for in our Dickens Readings for the next two weeks.
We should have gone to the Book Discussion in Barberton on Wednesday and then we wouldn't have had to read material on our own!:) We could have just skipped right to George C. Scott's movie version of novel that we will be watching starting Dec. 16. Looking forward to this part of unit and especially your wassail!
- Start to plan your Dickens projects based on your research and your talents. Write out and submit your idea for approval,next week. (partners allowed)
- Thanks to Mrs. Hershey for providing all the Dickens research materials in the library. They were very helpful to you last week and will remain pulled for your use throughout the unit. Wonderful ideas available for your projects!
MONDAY:
- Midterms closed; grades posted by end of day
- Share media finds
- Continue in-class readings from Dickens packet
- Discuss and plan projects
TUESDAY-FRIDAY:
- Complete Dickens packet reading
- Share media finds and any completed projects, daily
- Listen to and read Stave 1 and 2 of A Christmas Carol
- Time for Open Mic will be provided for my poets!
December 1-5: DICKENS/VICTORIAN UNIT KICKOFF
MONDAY: No School
TUESDAY:
- Portfolio preparations in class
HW:
- Start Harvard Notes on Dickens: Due Thursday
- SKILLBOOK pgs. 11 and 12
WEDNESDAY:
- Finish filing in portfolio, if needed
HW:
- Commas in a series review (SKILLBOOK)
G/C: 15 G/H
- Ex. 5, 6 pgs.228-29
- "See you at ABC Breakfast"
THURSDAY:
- Use and add to Dickens Notes from handout
- Check Dickens Harvard Notes via quiz
HW:
-TIME Out for Review pg. 230
- Remind parents of Wooly Breakfast and bring coin donations for soldiers' phone cards
FRIDAY:
- Comma quiz on chapter 15
DICKENS readings start in class
- Check Dickens extra credit from Thursday's WSLeader
Weekend HW:
"Keep up Dickens/Victorian media Watch"
- Be sure to locate and read "Behind 'A Christmas Carol'
in Friday's Beacon, E4. This excellent article will provide you with a review of everything researched and discussed in class, so far, as well as an excellent explanation of what we will be looking for in our Dickens Readings for the next two weeks.
We should have gone to the Book Discussion in Barberton on Wednesday and then we wouldn't have had to read material on our own!:) We could have just skipped right to George C. Scott's movie version of novel that we will be watching starting Dec. 16. Looking forward to this part of unit and especially the wassail!
- Start to plan your Dickens projects based on your research. Write out and submit your idea for approval,next week. (partners allowed)
November 27-Dec. 1:
THANKGIVING WEEKEND:
Visit library or bookstore and get your new SSR book, you'll need it on Tuesday!
• Dickens/Vict orian Unit Preparation: Start to notice and record examples in the media of references to Charles Dickens'works and all things Victorian. These will come in handy as we start The Christmas Carol
** CLUE: See top of front page of Friday's Beacon a nd Section E. Cut out and attach in Literature section in your notebook and you'll have a jump on upcoming unit.
WEEKEND HW:
- Work on book report due no later than 11/26
- Roughdraft of BookReport or final copy, if ready
JOURNAL UPDAT E:
- 11/22: JFK 40 yr. memorials
- 11/24: Thanksgiving interviews: Use G/C. pg. 241
Prompt: Interview one adult, at home, about Thanksgiving memories;include your one reason to be thankful. Record answers in journal.
November 24-26
- GRADES UPDATED
WRITING-READING Lab all three days:
MONDAY:
- Complete comparison/contrast news article on A Cry in the Wind vs Hatchet started in class on Friday
- Work on SSR Book Report editing with partner
TUESDAY:
- Periods: 5, 7, 8: Share completed book reports
WEDNESDAY:
- Periods: 1,4: Share completed book reports
THURDAY: Remember and be thankful! Save room for dessert!
November 17-21
WEEKEND:
Current grades are posted
S.S.R. (a chapter a day)
Collect 10 cans for Turkey Trot donations
Brown paper bags really needed for next week
MONDAY-FRIDAY:
- Quote of the Day: See link below and add to your journal, daily and share
- Continue S.S.R. and book report: G/C pgs. 451-453; pg. 459
Submit roughdrafts and final copies before Thanksgiving Break
- S.S.R./W.O.D. in class, dai ly
- Continue P.O.D. Open Mic preparation
-G/C and Skillbook Endmarks and commas review continues this week
- Punctuation Power and Hatchet videoes
MONDAY:
Surprise:
- "I fo und the movie, Cry in the Wild, based on Hatchet, that I told you about, so we'll watch it and continue our grammar review!"
- Comparison to novel Harvard Notes to be taken during film
- List differences
Per.1: "I might be 5-10 minutes la te due to dental app't."
HW:
- Add rules 15e-f, pgs.225-226 to Grammar section notes
TUESDAY:
- Continue Cry...Wild video
- Review "conjunction-junction" song and compound sentences (pg. 111, if needed)
HW:
- G/C: pg. 112 Ex. 2
-G/C: pgs. 226-27 Ex. 3-4
• Bring BookFair money with you for our trek to the Library,tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY:
Continue Hatchet video
- Go to BookFair; shop and possibly decide on something to buy, tomorrow.......the last day!
THURSDAY:
- Make purchases at Book Fair, if you wish.
- S.S.R reading time
- Record Tuesday's homework
HW:
- Don't forget your S.S.R.
- OPEN MIC, tomorrow
Friday:
- Copy homework assignment from side board. This is your daily responsibility. Entries on the websi te are a courtesy, only. Primary source for your assignments is your agenda book. Renew your STUDY BUDDY contact for missed assignments.
- P.O.D.= Open Mic
- S.S.R. (use computer lab to type book reports, if ready)
- Set up: Journal entries: JFK and In terview of parent
- Write comparison/contrast review of A CRY IN THE WILD vs HATCHET (Use Harvard notes taken in class during movie)
- Finish in class on Monday, if needed
HW:
JOURNAL UPDATE:
- 11/22: JFK 40 yr. memorials
- 11/24: Thanksgiving interviews: Use G/C. pg. 241
Interview one adult, at home, about Thanksgiving memories and your one reason to be thankful. Record answers in journal.
Work on book report due no later than 11/25
November 3-13:
MONDAY-THURSDAY:
Due to Whooping Crane lessons on Thursday and Friday, last week, we will make every effort to complete HATCHE T audiotape and prepare for test out by Friday.
Monday:
- Set up notebooks for new 9 wks:
- Collect W.O.D. yellow sheets; set up new ones
- Collect Whooping Crane 5 W's newspaper articles
- Assign S.S.R. book report format: G/C: pgs. 451-453
- Share Buck eye Book Fair finds from last weekend
- Share Language Lives out side classroom, i.e. Mark Twain
HW: Read S.S.R. for book report
Tuesday:
- Open Mic: P.O.D. coffee house
- Read Ch. 14-15 of HATCHET
HW: Read S.S.R.
Wednesday:
- Discuss Ch.15-16
• Emphasis on predicting and relating (cooking outdoors)
- Components of summarizing/retelling for use in next book report
HW:
- W.O.D. "kenetic" sentence
- Read S.S.R.for book report
Thursday:
-Ch. 17,18 HATCHET
FRIDAY:
- Ch. 19-Epilogue:"Whew! Finale!"
- Prepare:Using Harvard Note forms
- Crib Sheet for ch.14-epilogue test
• E/L: pg. 700 (#1,3,5=vocabulary worksheet,#11)
- Pg. 701 (A Creative Response: #1)
- Test Review:
- Part 1 of HATCHET test
•• Gradecards home (Posted grades for Oct.27 are current,grades closed Oct.31)
- New grades from this week:
Book report= 100pts.
Open Mic= 15 pts.
WOD packet= 25 pts.
W.O.D.kenetic sentence= 5 pts.
HW:
- Take Home te st:
• Roughdraft of Part 1 test: Due Monday
• Part 2 of HATCHET test: Monday in class
- Brown paper bags
P.S. I will leave this on here until HATCHET testing is completed and then update specific assignments, daily
MONDAY: Collect roughdraft, test on Ch.14-Epilogue
HW: G/C Ch. 15
Using Harvard Note format:
- Copy rules a-d pg. 223-4
- Do: Ex. 1 and 2 on separate paper
• Wear Red, White,Blue tomorrow
TUESDAY: Veterans Day assembly (Invite your parents to attend @ 9:15)
- Journal Entry: Veteran Day assembly
- Diagnostic Test on End Marks: Ch. 15 Pg. 222 in G/C
- Collect homework
- SSR (intro book report format, pgs. 451-53 in G/C)
HW:
SKILLBOOK: pg. 3-4 (highlight edits)
WEDNESDAY:
Open Mic poetry
- Grade SKILLBOOK homework
-G/C: Ex. in clas s
THURSDAY: Chapter 15 and Skillbook in class work
FRIDAY: NO SCHOOL
October 26-31:
WEEKEND: Grades posted (check them for accuracy)
Check out www.buckeyebookfair.com and maybe you can go meet some of the 95 famous Ohio authors who will be in Wooste r next Saturday! Share with someone in your family whose passion is READING!
MONDAY:
- Open Mic Coffee shoppe for P.O.D.
- Review ch. 11-12 on audiotape
- In class essay: Trick or Treat
HW: Camp Christopher CD purchase opportunity
TUESDAY:
- P.O.D. original poetry
- Return ch. 7-13 quiz
- Continue Hatchet: ch. 11-12 audiotape
- 9wks. gradesheets sent home for sharing with parents and editing, if there are any errors
- Attend choir concert @ 7:30 P.M.
Wednesday:
- Finish ch. 13 review and discussion of "cutting" incident
- Edit worksheet pg. 916 prompt and add details regarding main character's coping skills
- Finish for HW, if needed
- Ch. 14-Epilogue worksheet
THURSDAY:
- OPEN Mic of original/favorite poems
- Share Trick or Treat essays
- Whooping Crane Cause and Effect article
- Collect edited prompts
- Listen to Ch. 14
HW: Students dressed as their favorite literary character get extra credit
FRIDAY:
- Finish ch.14-Epilogue in A.M. classes
- Period 7-8: Whooping crane video
- Gra des close for your 1st grading period, as a 7th grader!!
- Halloween Dance after school
October 20-24
MONDAY:
- Update Grade Sheet.......latest grades posted in class
- Camp Christopher Haiku returned from M s.Herro and Mrs. Dobbins
- Book report Jobs returned and grades posted
- P.O.D.(poetry) replaces W.O.D. until we finish HATCHET
• OPEN POETRY MIC ( bring a favorite to share any day!)
- Poetry Salute to all who made the CFMS basketball teams!!
MONDAY-TH URSDAY:
- HATCHET: Ch.7-13
- Audio-listening of chapters in class
- Discussion of literary elements in each chapter
HW:
- Accompanying vocabulary and grammer-usage worksheets for each chapter
FRIDAY:
- Quiz: Ch. 7-13
- Last day to turn in S.S.R. book report jobs/reading journals for this grading period
- Grades close for me, but will include this quiz
- Check your grades and make sure that yours agree with mine before I submit them for posting.
Enjoy your weekend!
October 10-17
- ACSta ndard: V= Literary Text; A-E;1-7;IU/team
Daily BW:
- S.S.R. with you in class daily
- S.S.R. Readi ng and personal Journal entries
- W.O.D. copy, define, original sentence
- Upgrade grade sheets and check cfmsindians.org for updates w hen posted
Daily HW:
- Complete classwork, if needed
- Work on S.S.R. and if finished, start/complete/submit Job
- Submit Tab $$
- Check cfmsindians.org for updates of this page
FRIDAY-MONDAY:
- No School
HW:
- Complete an S.S.R. Job; submit w ith plot summary
- Complete Gary Paulsen research; Harvard Note Style
- Complete ch. 5 of HATCHET
TUESDAY:
- Welcome Back!
- Tab $$
- BW: Divorce prompt
- HATCHET: Review ch.1-4
- Check Harvard Notes: Gary Paulsen
- HATCHET: Vocabulary worksheet replaces W.O.D.
HW: Complete ch. 5-6, if needed
- Complete ch. 1-6 HATCHET vocabulary
- Harvard Notes: Add to literary novel terms from E/L
- Review plot for QUIZ
WEDNESDAY:
- Intro Pyramid/S.S.Team Unit: (Mr.Ruof)
- HATCHET: QUIZ ch.1-6
- Extended answer: Letter to Gary Paulsen using your research
- Return Haiku, CCC, BookReport jobs
- HW:
Prepare for survival @ Camp Christopher:
- Complete setting and conflict worksheets: Ch. 1-6
- Dress for the weather
- Pack lunch/drink/name on disposable lunch bag
THURSDAY:
- CAMP CHRISTOPHER!!!!
HW: Write a thank you note to a teacher or volunteer regarding a particular memory of your day at Camp Christopher. I'll provide names, if needed. We'll deliver/send them on Friday
FRIDAY:
- BW: Comparison promp t Brian vs you
- Deliver camp thank you notes
- Grade ch.1-6 quiz; record grades
- Continue HATCHET...Audio of stopping place from Tuesday
- Will post latest grades before I leave, today.
THANKS to all parents who volunteered on Thursday!!
____________ _______________________________ _________________
Oct.6-10
Start: Change format of Foliage poem into one of Haiku for use in Language Arts station @ Camp next week.
- See E/L: pgs. 300-01 (Use foliage poem or favoite season's moment-in-time
TUES DAY:
- Classtime to work on 17 syllable Haiku
- Introduce survival literature in preparation for Camp Christopher
- Discuss Mr. Ruof's Egyptian literature/writing component to interdisciplinary unit
HW:
Remind parent chaperones about mtg. tomorrow e vening at Camp Christoper, 6 P.M.
- Complete BW's survival writing prompt
WEDNESDAY:
- Intro to Elements of a novel and Hatchet
HW:Due 10/14:
-Fill in info about Gary Paulsen on Harvard Notes in Literature section of notebook:
• Biographical influences on writing
• Major works list
• Canadian influences
- See Random House link, below, for Paulsen info or E/
- Due: Tuesday 10/14
THURSDAY:
- "I'll be out part of day."
- Listen to first chapters of Hatchet
HW: No school Friday/Monday:
- Use E/L books at home to complete the next 5 chapters.
-Do another Job on your SSR book. Review for Quiz on Wed.
TUESDAY:
Welcome back!
- Last day for Tab $$
- Prepare:QUIZ: Gary Paulsen, Hatchet chapter quiz-Wed.
- See ne w HOMEWORK HELP link,below:http://homeworkspot.com/middle/english/
Bookmark and use all year!
September 29-October 3
- ACStandard: VII= Writing Conventons Indicator: #2: Capitalization Usage
MONDAY:
• Tab book orders are in!
- Complete Foliage Poem presentations
- Classwork: Extended response Capitalization Review worksheet
• Daily BW:
- S.S.R. with you in class daily
- S.S.R. Reading Journal entries
- W.O.D. copy, define, original sentence
- Upgrade grade sheets
• Daily HW:
- Complete classwork, if needed
- Work on S.S.R. and if finished, start/compl ete Job
TUESDAY:
- Review of Cap. rules
HW: Study missed items on Review sheet, pg. 218 for test
WEDNESDAY:
- Mastery Test of Capitalization Usage
- Start extended response paragraphs revisions
HW:
• Return signed password slips to Mr. Ruof, if you haven't already.
• Camp Christopher permission slips to be signed and returned to me, N.L.T. Oct. 6
THURSDAY:
- Complete test and edited extended responses on Planet Marvu paragraphs
- Grade Cap. test
FRIDAY:
- Share S.S.R.jobs, submitted this week
- Share Planet Marvu final drafts
Robert Frost will be proud of me, NEXT weekend: "I am going
Apple Pickin* at Bauman's in Rittman. Apple Crisp, anyone?"
Don't forget to remind your parents if they are attending the Volunteer Train ing session at Camp Christopher, next week!
*AFTER APPLE-PICKING
My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree
Toward heaven still,
And there's a barrel that I didn't fill
Beside it, and there may be two or three
Apples I didn't pick upon some b ough.
But I am done with apple-picking now.
Essence of winter sleep is on the night,
The scent of apples: I am drowsing off.
I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight
I got from looking t hrough a pane of glass
I skimmed this morning from the drinking tro ugh
And held against the world of hoary grass.
It melted, and I let it fall and break.
But I was well
Upon my way to sleep before it fell,
And I could tell
What form my dreaming was about to take.
Magnified apples appear and disappear,
Stem end and blossom end,
And every fleck of russet showing dear.
My instep arch not only keeps the ache,
It keeps the pressure of a ladder-round.
I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend.
And I keep heari ng from the cellar bin
The rumbling sound
Of load on load of apples coming in.
For I have had too much
Of apple-picking: I am overtired
Of the great harvest I myself desired.
There were ten thousand thousand fruit to touch,
Cherish in hand, lift down, and not let fall.
For all
That struck the earth,
No matter if not bruised or spiked with stubble,
Went surely to the cider-apple heap
As of no worth.
One can see what will trouble
This sleep of mine, whatever sleep it is.
Were he not gone,
The woodchuck coul d say whether it's like his
Long sleep, as I describe its coming on,
Or just some human sleep.s
September 15-19
Monday:
BW:
- S.S.R. with you in class, daily
- S.S.R. written record in Reading Journal
"Even though I thoroughly enjoyed y our Tom Swiftie, adverbial puns, I was disappointed with the transitional behavior between the presentations. Also, the results of the capitalization diagnostic test, exercise scores and homework formats indicated another need to regroup, review your perf ormance goals and my expectations for this year."
Help me Raise the Standards in your class and I will make sure we reach them, together!
Starting Monday: It will be 8/27/03 in #410.
I will edit this page based upon daily results. Keep y our agenda books current from in-class assignment board.
Monday
- SKILLBOOK pg. 49-50 (pencil/highlight)
HW: Finish Skillbook assignment, if needed
Tuesday:
- S.S.R.
- Readers Journal entry
HW:
- S.S.R.: Read next two chapters
- SKILLBOOK: pg. 51-52
Wednesday:
- Bellwork: Reading Journal: Plot updates
- S.S.R.
- Grade HW: Skillbook
- Collect missing papers from grammar packet
- Start Thursday's review if results of graded HW meet our goals of improvement
HW:
No homework for me!
Thursday:
- Review rules applicable to missed item in Skillbook
- Use G/C rules: pgs. 210-11
- Bell Work:
- G/C: Practice using Ex. 8-9 Pgs.211-12
HW:
- Complete Bellwork,if needed
- S.S.R.: Complete next chapter
- Tab $$ deadline, tomorr ow
Friday:
- - Check on progress of our new goal of "Raising our Standards, together!"
- Assembly schedule for afternoon classes
- S.S.R.: Reading Journal:
- Grade and record HW; update grade sheets
- G/C: pg. 213 Time-Out for review
Re minders:
- ONE STOP STUDYING: Daily check of cfmsindians.org (Classrooms l ink)
- Golden Starz Community Service projects (keep donations coming) "Thanks to our first contributors!"
- Magazine Sales in on Wednesdays to your homeroom!
- 1st Pep Assembly: Wear your Copley colors!
- TAB Orders $$ Deadline:9/19
- Remember to give me a warning if you are planning a birthday treat for class
- WRITERS: See me if you are interesting in a writing contest being sponsored by local VFW
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