TUESDAY, February 14th
BLOCKS 1-2 and 5-6
1) Read over R,S, and JC passages. My intent is to quiz you tomorrow on this material.
BLOCK 7-8
1) Read second section of Leon's: "White Only" through the end of "Fifteenth Birthday." Plan on a quiz. We will review first.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Blocks 1/2 and 5/6
1) Read Reconstruction, etc. passages tonight.
2) Plural noun quiz tomorrow.
3) Finish quotation interpretation worksheet by tomorrow.
Block 7/8
1) Read over first section of Leon reading. You will be quizzed tomorrow.
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FRIDAY, February 10, 2012
BLOCKS 1/2 and 5/6
1) Assessment Monday on Amistad - read over Amistad passage and film notes.
2) Study plural noun rules. Complete plural noun sheet #3. We will review answers on Monday. You will take the assessment next week.
3) If you did not finish the BC open-ended paragraph in class, finish it for homework. Remember that I am now in "get-it-right-or-do-it-again" mode, so please pay attention to details.
BLOCK 7/8
1) Read Leon's Story chapters "Leon" through the end of "School." You will take a reading assessment on Tuesday. I will provide grq's for this book on Monday.
2) Review parsing sheets on compound sentences, comma splices, etc. I may give you an unannounced quiz next week.
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Thursday, February 9th
Blocks 1/2 and 5/6
1) Assessment Monday on Amistad - read over Amistad passage and film notes.
2) Study plural noun rules. You will take the assessment early next week.
Block 7/8
1) Assessment tomorrow - read over Reconstruction, sharecropping, and Jim Crow passages.
2) Review grammar using parsing sheet.
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Wednesday, February 8th
Blocks 1/2 and 5/6
1) Review Amistad materials.
2) Bring in parent verification form for oral presentation project.
3) Study plural noun rules.
4) Plan for BC open-ended paragraph.
Block 7/8
1) Read sharecropping and Jim Crow packet tonight. I will not read it aloud tomorrow.
2) Research ideas for habitat and behavior for new animal prompt. We will talk about this in class today, so do not fret when you read this line.
3) Bring in parent verification form for oral presentation project.
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Tuesday, February 7th
Blocks 1/2 and 5/6
1) Review Amistad materials.
2) Bring in parent verification form for oral presentation project.
3) Study plural noun rules.
Block 7/8
1) Read Reconstruction, sharecropping, and Jim Crow packet tonight.
2) Study idioms. Assessment tomorrow.
3) Bring in parent verification form for oral presentation project.
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Blocks 1/2 and 5/6
1) Study for tomorrow's idiom assessment (42 points).
2) Review Amistad materials.
3) Finish new animal essay (if you have not finished it).
4) Bring in parent verification sheet for oral presentation.
Block 7/8
1) Amistad (+film) assessment tomorrow.
2) Idiom assessment on Wednesday.
3) Finish Castle paragraph.
4) Bring in parent verification sheet for oral presentation.
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Friday, February 3, 2012
BLOCKS 1/2 and 5/6
1) Study for Tuesday's idiom assessment.
2) Review Amistad reading material.
BLOCK 7/8
1) You will take the Amistad assessment on Tuesday.
2) You will take the idiom assessment on Wednesday.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Blocks 1/2 and 5/6
*) Study idioms. Plan on an idiom assessment Monday/Tuesday ???
*) The plan is to finish our explanatory essay in class tomorrow, so bring an independent reading book. You may be a fast finisher.
*) Grammar assessment tomorrow. (60 points)
Block 7/8
*) Study idioms. Plan on an idiom assessment Monday/Tuesday ???
*) Bring independent reading to class for fast finishers on our Castle essay.
*) Review Amistad notes.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Blocks 1/2 and 5/6
1) Read Amistad handout tonight.
2) Study grammar. You will take an assessment on Friday.
3) Study idioms.
4) Share letter about oral presentation to parents. Return tear off sheet by Monday, February 6th.
Block 7/8
1) Review Amistad materials.
2) Study grammar.
3) Study idioms.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Blocks 1/2 and 5/6
1) Finish BC tonight and prepare for a 19,20 quiz.
2) Study grammar. You will take an assessment on Friday.
3) Study idioms.
Block 7/8
1) Review Amistad materials.
2) Study grammar.
3) Study idioms.
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Monday, January 30th
Blocks 1/2 and 5/6
1) Read BC chapter nineteen tonight. Next quiz 19,20.
2) Begin to memorize idioms.
3) Review grammar concepts. Assessment later this week.
Block 7/8
1) Read over Amistad materials.
2) Begin to memorize idioms.
3) Review grammar concepts.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Block 1/2 and 5/6
1) Read BC chapter eighteen over the weekend. Monday quiz BC 15-18 (correction made).
2) Research for science prompt - this will be explained in class.
3) Review grammar if we get to it today.
4) Review idiom sheet. Yes, you will be quizzed on this eventually.
Block 7/8
1) Read Amistad packet over the weekend.
2) Review grammar sheet if we get to it today.
3) Research for science prompt - this will be explained in class.
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THURSDAY, January 26, 2012 - END of 2nd MP
Blocks 1/2 and 5/6
1) Read BC chapter seventeen tonight.
2) Review grammar sheets.
Block 7/8
1) Rewrite your "Dulce" poem, putting it into final form. It is worth 50 points. Attach the rubric before submitting.
2) Study for tomorrow's Castle II vocabulary test.
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