Dec. 12-16
- Monday--Conjunctions
- Tuesday--Benchmark 1st, 3rd
- Wednesday--Benchmark 2nd, 4th
- Thursday--Benchmark 5th, 6th, 7th
- Friday--2-Hour Day
Dec. 5-9
- Monday--Main Idea vs. Theme; Analogy Sheet *ACT Practice Test--Science, 3:00 (35 minutes)
- Tuesday--Vocabulary Boxes List 1; Wordle help
- HW: Vocab Boxes for List 1 due block day
- HW: Vocab Boxes for List 1 due block day
- Wed/Thurs--Wordles and Vocab Boxes due; Main Idea, Theme practice
- Friday--Conjunctions
Nov. 28-Dec. 2
- Monday--Main Idea, Details, and Summarizing--A Wall of Remembrance; ACT Main Idea Practice
- HW: Main Idea Practice Sheet (Click here for the passage)
- Tuesday--Main Idea, Details, and Summarizing--Steve Jobs' Stanford University Commencement Speech
- Wed/Thurs--Main Idea, Details, and Summarizing Wordles
- Friday--Club Pictures!!! Review graded work; Letter Writing Contest
Nov. 21-22
- Monday--ACT Practice Test English
- Tuesday--ACT Practice Test Reading
Nov. 14-18
- Monday--Stations (Expository structures; fragments and run-ons)
- HW: Text Structures writing sheet
- Tuesday--Finish stations; Review homework
- Wed/Thurs--Analogies; Text Structure assessment; Fragments and Run-Ons
- Friday--Misplaced Modifiers
Nov. 7-11
- Monday--Finish writing poems; publish poems
- HW: finish reading Superman and Me if needed
- HW: finish reading Superman and Me if needed
- Tuesday--NO SCHOOL
- Wed/Thursday--Superman and Me discussion
- Friday--Non-Fiction text structures
Oct. 31-Nov. 4
- Monday--Analogy Sheet; Idiom notes and class book creation
- HW: Symbolism essay rewrites due tomorrow
- HW: Symbolism essay rewrites due tomorrow
- Tuesday--Finish creating page for class book
- HW: none
- HW: none
- Wed/Thursday--Allusions--Group research and presentations of allusions
- HW: none
- HW: none
- Friday--Simile and Metaphor; Read Superman and Me
- HW: none
- HW: none
Oct. 24-28
- Monday--Non-Fiction File Folder project--Students will work in class to continue creating their non-fiction file folder on their chosen historical event. All projects will be due at the end of class Tues/Wed.
- HW: None, unless you need to do something in order to have your project completed by the end of class on your next class day
- HW: None, unless you need to do something in order to have your project completed by the end of class on your next class day
- Tuesday/Wednesday--Non-Fiction File Folder project--Students will work in class to continue creating their non-fiction file folder on their chosen historical event. All projects will be due at the end of class Tues/Wed.
- HW: None
- HW: None
- Thursday--Early Dismissal--Writing Conferences if needed; Analogies
- Friday--"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" video--Students will compare and contrast the written teleplay with the video version.
Oct. 17-21
- Monday--Finish close read of "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"
- HW:
- Tuesday--Background Literature Review for Non-Fiction File Folder project (rubric, non-fiction text features chart)
- HW:
- Wednesday--Database Research and Source Evaluation with Mrs. Svarda
- HW:
- Thurs/Fri--Non-Fiction File Folder creation
- HW:
Oct. 10-14
- Monday--Review MIST Subtest 1 and Benchmark
- HW: Read for FUN!
- Tuesday--Expository Essay Structure; Class Write/Teacher Model
- HW:
- Wed/Thurs--Essay ReWrites and Writing Conferences
- HW: Finish essay rewrite. Due Monday 10/17.
- Friday--read and annotate "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"
Sept. 26-30
- Monday--Symbolism
- HW: decide on a historical figure to use for your symbolism shield assignment; bring in anything you may need to work on your shield tomorrow (printed pictures, magazines, etc.)
- Tuesday--work on symbolism shields
- HW: Based on individual progress in class, you may need to work on your symbolism shield. While you will have class time, plan accordingly and do not wait until the last minute.
- Wednesday--work on symbolism shields/begin writing essays
- HW: Based on individual progress in class, you may need to work on your symbolism shield. While you will have class time, plan accordingly and do not wait until the last minute.
- Thursday--finish writing symbolism shield essays--All Essays and Shields are due at the end of class today!!
- Friday--Pig Out, Pep Rally
Sept. 19-23
- Monday--Theme
- HW: Complete SLIME chart and theme paragraph
- Tuesday--Practice Assessment
- Wednesday/Thursday--Symbolism
- Friday--Benchmark 1
Sept. 12-16
- Monday--Informative Essay Structure; Roman Legacy Essay
- HW: Story Mosaic due block day
- HW: Story Mosaic due block day
- Tuesday/Wed.--Roman Legacy Essay
- HW: Essay due Friday if not finished
- HW: Essay due Friday if not finished
- Thursday--Early Dismissal; Grammar Redo
- HW: Essay due Friday if not finished
- HW: Essay due Friday if not finished
- Friday--Character Analysis
- Character Analysis due Friday, Sept. 23
- 1st Benchmark Friday, Sept. 23
- Character Analysis due Friday, Sept. 23
Sept. 6-9
- Tuesday--Character Presentations; Informative Paragraph structure; Begin "The Highwayman" close read
- HW: Read "The Highwayman" and answer close read questions (click here for the example we started in class)
- Wed/Thurs--Literary Elements crossword; Class Analysis of "The Highwayman"
- HW: narratives due Friday; finish literary elements crossword
- Friday--story mosaic (due next block day)
Aug. 29-Sept. 2
- Monday--Analogy Sheet; Grammar pg. 366 Ex. 2 (dialogue); Narrative Endings
- HW: read one of the stories listed for Body Biography assignment. All stories can be found in your textbook.
- "Zebra"
- "The Scholarship Jacket"
- "A Retrieved Reformation"
- "The Three-Century Woman"
- HW: read one of the stories listed for Body Biography assignment. All stories can be found in your textbook.
- Tuesday--Complete organization chart for Body Biographies; Review grammar pg. 366 ex. 2
- HW: finish completing individual planning for Body Biography--be ready to being group work on block day
- Wed/Thurs--GUM workbook pg. 241; Body Biography creation
- HW: none
- Friday--Body Biography presentations and paragraphs
- HW: finish Body Biography Paragraph if needed (due Tuesday, Sept. 6)
Aug. 22-26
- Monday--finish presentations; subject/predicate review; finish story maps if needed
- HW: none
- Tuesday--"Thank You, Ma'am" discussion preparation; Analogy sheet 4
- HW: finish "Thank You, Ma'am" questions if needed
- Wed/Thurs--"Thank You, Ma'am" discussion; Narrative Writing Assignment; Analogy sheet 6; Narrative Writing--How to Begin
- HW: Narrative essay due Friday, Sept. 9
- Friday--Analogy Sheet 7; Narrative Writing--Using Dialogue
- Narrative essay due Friday, Sept. 9; Finish story map for prewriting if needed (due Monday)
Aug. 15-19
- Monday--Adding details to narratives
- HW: "It's My Life" project due on Block Day
- Tuesday--grammar wkbk pg. 36, TN Ready Narrative Writing RubricAnnotating Text Intro, Read and annotate "Thank You, Ma'am" for narrative elements
- HW: "It's My Life" project due on Block Day
- Wednesday/Thursday--grammar wkbk pg. 54, "It's My Life" presentations, Annotating Text Intro, Read and annotate "Thank You, Ma'am" for narrative elements
- HW: Finish annotating "Thank You, Ma'am"
- Friday--grammar wkbk pg. 55, "Thank You, Ma'am" story map
Aug. 8-12
- Monday--Syllabus, Textbooks, Procedures
- HW: Get Syllabus letter signed, turn in forms to 1st Period teacher
- Tuesday--Parts of Speech review, "It's My Life" project
- HW: "It's My Life" project due next block day (Aug. 17 or 18)
- Wednesday/Thursday--Finish Parts of Speech foldable, Introduction to Narratives, Identifying Narrative Elements
- HW: "It's My Life" project due next block day (Aug. 17 or 18)
- Friday--Rewriting Narratives for Details
- HW: "It's My Life" project due next block day (Aug. 17 or 18)