Assigned on Friday, November 19, 2009
BLOCK 1/2
1. Read Bridge chapter five by Monday.
2. Essay in final form due next Wednesday.
3. Vocabulary test on Monday after Thanksgiving break.
4. Complete wiki sentence by next Wednesday.
BLOCK 3/4 and 5/6
1. Read Bridge chapter seven by Monday.
2. Essay in final form due next Wednesday.
3. Vocabulary test on Monday after Thanksgiving break.
4. Complete wiki vocabulary sentence by next Wednesday. Your word assignment is on the wiki page.
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Ooops, I wiped out Thursday's HW by mistake.
On Thursday night, the students from block 1/2 reviewed chapters 3/4 for Friday's quiz, and blocks 3/4 and 5/6 read chapter six.
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Assigned on Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Block 1/2
1. Finish reading chapter four of Bridge.
2. Bring completed essay (4 paragraphs) to class in draft form, either handwritten or typed.
3. Study vocabulary words. Test - Monday after Thanksgiving vacation.
Blocks 3/4 and 5/6
1. Finish reading chapter five of Bridge.
2. Bring completed essay (4 paragraphs) to class in draft form, either handwritten or typed.
3. Study vocabulary words. Test - Monday after Thanksgiving vacation.
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Assigned on Tuesday, November 17, 2009
All Blocks
1. Write the Brian "resourcefulness" paragraph tonight. Bring it to class tomorrow.
2. Study Bridge to Terabithia vocabulary words.
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Assigned on Monday, November 16, 2009
Block 1/2
1. Read Bridge chapter three by tomorrow.
2. By tomorrow, you should have the Brian determination paragraph completed.
3. Study vocabulary words.
Blocks 3/4 and 5/6
1. Read Bridge chapter four by tomorrow.
2. By tomorrow, you should have the Brian determination paragraph completed.
3. Study vocabulary words.
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Assigned on Friday, November 13, 2009
I CHANGED THE ASSIGNMENT!!
Block 1/2
1. Review Bridge chapters one and two to prepare for Monday's quiz.
2. Write one more determination supporting detail for Brian essay over the weekend. Be sure it has a direct quotation. I will post today's PP on my web site for reference.
3. Study Bridge vocabulary words.
Block 3/4 and 5/6
1. Read Bridge chapter three over the weekend.
2. Write one more determination supporting detail for Brian essay over the weekend. I will post today's PP on my web site for reference.
3. Study Bridge vocabulary words.
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Assigned on Thursday, November 12, 2009
All Blocks
1. Read the first two chapters of A Bridge to Terabithia.
2. Complete your wiki vocabulary sentence by tomorrow. If it is not (near) perfect by the time I look at it tomorrow night, you will not receive credit.
3. On-going - Study types of pronouns and new vocabulary words by using Quia flashcard activity below.
4. Write one Brian supporting detail tonight. We will create the introductory paragraph on another day after we finish writing the body paragraphs. I will show you a model of it before you write.
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Assigned on Wednesday, November 11, 2009
All Blocks
1. For tomorrow - Read through and fill in new Bridge vocabulary words (first section).
2. For Friday - Complete the wiki vocabulary sentence.
3. On-going - Study types of pronouns by using Quia flashcard activity below.
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Assigned on Tuesday, November 10, 2009
All Blocks
1. Vocabulary assessment on Wednesday.
2. Write your one vocabulary wiki sentence by Friday (5 point HW assignment).
3. Read the characterization essay packet.
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Assigned on Monday, November 9, 2009
Block 1/2
1. Study vocabulary words. You will take the assessment on Wednesday.
2. Write PBworks vocabulary sentence by Friday.
Block 3/4 and 5/6
1. Study vocabulary words. You will take the assessment on Wednesday.
2. Study for tomorrow's Shackleton quiz on chapters thirteen through epilogue.
3.Write PBworks vocabulary sentence by Friday.
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Assigned on Wednesday, November 4, 2009
To do: Hand in essays and put journals on back pod.
Block 1/2
1. Persuasive business letter due on Monday.
2. Study vocabulary words. You'll have a test next week.
Block 3/4 and 5/6
1. Finish reading Shipwreck.
2. Study vocabulary words. You will be tested next week
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Assigned Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Block 1/2
1. Work on persuasive business letter tonight. By tomorrow, you should have the introduction, first body paragraph, and second body paragraph done in final form.
2.Study vocabulary- test next Tuesday.
3. You will take a grammar quiz tomorrow - parsing simple sentences with linking verbs and subject complements.
4. Bring your journal to class.
Blocks 3/4 and 5/6
1. Business letter due tomorrow in final form.
2. Read "The Cave" and "The Southern Ocean" by tomorrow.
3. Study vocabulary words. Test date to be determined.
4. Bring your journal to class.
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Assigned on Monday, November 2, 2009
Block 1/2
1. Prepare for tomorrow's open-book reading quiz from page thirty-six to the end of book.
2. You will have writing homework - to be determined in class today.
3. Study vocabulary words.
4. You may have a grammar quiz on Wednesday to assess your mastery of linking verbs, etc.
Block 3/4 and 5/6
1. Read the "Open Boat..." and "The End of the Open Boat.."
2. Finish letter by Wednesday.
3. Study vocabulary words.
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Assigned on Friday, October 30, 2009
Block 1/2
1. Make revisions to and edit more closely the second body paragraph of the persuasive letter by Monday.
2. Finish reading Trail by Ice by Monday.
3. Continue to study vocabulary words. You will take the test on the Tuesday after our long weekend.
Block 3/4 and 5/6
1. Persuasive business letter due in final form to me on Wednesday. Write the final paragraph. Revise and edit this weekend.
2. Read the next two chapters of Shipwreck: "Passage" and "Dry Land."
3. Study vocabulary words 21-40.
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Assigned on Thursday, October 29, 2009
*** My long range plan is to take the persuasive letters home with me over the long weekend to grade.
*** There is a chance that we might read the poems aloud tomorrow.
Block 1/2
1. Write second body paragraph for persuasive business letter.
2. Prepare for tomorrow's open book Trial by Ice quiz on pages foreward through thirty-five.
3. Study vocabulary words and linking verb practice sheets.
Blocks 3/4 and 5/6
1. Prepare for tomorrow's Shipwreck quiz chapters seven through twelve ("Face of Deep" through "Escape from Ice").
2. Study vocabulary words.
3. Draft paragraph three of persuasive business letter and bring it to class tomorrow.
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Assigned on Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Block 1/2
1. Read pages thirty-four through forty-nine.
2. Take another look at first body paragraph of business letter. Revise/edit as needed.
3. Study vocabulary.
Blocks 3/4 and 5/6
1. Read "Into the Boats" and "Escape from the Ice."
2. Revise/edit second body paragraph.
3. Review twenty-one through forty on vocabulary list.
4. Grammar quiz tomorrow.
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Assigned on Tuesday, October 27, 2009
***Everyone should try to enter the wiki site.
Block 1/2
1. Write first body paragraph of business letter.
2. Study vocabulary words.
Blocks 3/4 and 5/6
1. Write second body paragraph of business letter.
2. Vocabulary test tomorrow - Shipwreck Unit I - be sure to study synonyms.
3. Grammar quiz Thursday.
4. Shipwreck reading quiz on Friday.
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Assigned on Monday, October 26, 2009
Blocks 1/2
1. Read Trial by Ice pages 24-33.
2. Revisit/ re-edit introductory business letter paragraph.
Blocks 3/4 and 5/6
1. Read "Mutiny" and "Patience."
2. Revisit/ re-edit first body paragraph
3. Shipwreck vocabulary test on Wednesday.
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