April 10-12
This Week:Important Due Dates:
April 10: Winterdance Final Exam |
April 10: Finish Test/Winterdance Creative Writing Activity
April 11: Finish Test/Winterdance Creative Writing Activity April 12: Finish Test/Winterdance Creative Writing Activity |
April 4-7
This Week:Important Due Dates:
April 10: Winterdance Final Exam |
April 4: Winterdance Lesson 22: The real people, animals, and places in non-fiction; Winterdance 242-251: Lesson 23: Communication between the dogs and Gary
April 5: Winterdance Lesson 24: Point of View; Winterdance 252-256: Lesson 25: Theme of Endings; Lesson 26: Conflict/Time April 6: Review Day April 7: Winterdance Final Exam |
March 28-31
This Week:Important Due Dates:
April 10: Winteredance Final Exam |
March 28: Winterdance 195-210: Lesson 17: Survival and Safety; Lesson 18: Setting
March 29: Winterdance 211-223: Lesson 19: Other Characters: The Donut Man (Characterization) March 30: Winterdance Lesson 20: Positive Experiences March 31: Winterdance 224-241: Lesson 21: Extreme Weather as a Character |
March 21-24
This Week:Important Due Dates:
March 24: Book Project March 24: Winterdance Creative Writing Activity |
March 21: Winterdance 164-180: Lesson 13: Author's Writing Style; Lesson 14: Character Interactions/Mood
March 22: Author's Writing Style; Lesson 14: Character Interactions/Mood March 23: Winterdance 181-194: Lesson 15: Descriptive Writing; Lesson 16: Reality vs Fantasy March 24: Catch up Day/Eng of QTR |
March 14-17
This Week:Important Due Dates:
March 24: Book Project |
March 14: Winterdance 89-106: Lesson 7: Transformation; Lesson 8: Dialogue
March 15: Winterdance 107-123: Lesson 9: Learning March 16: Winterdance 127-147: Lesson 10: Background; Lesson 11: Foreshadowing and Understatement March 17: Winterdance 148-163: Lesson 12: More Foreshadowing and Lessons Learned |
March 7-9
This Week:Important Due Dates:
March 24: Book Project |
March 7: Winterdance 23-38; Leeson 3:
March 8: Winterdance 38-54; Lesson 4: Figurative Language (handout) March 9: Winterdance 55- 71: Lesson 5: Humor; Lesson 6: Info and its Reliability |
February 27-March 3
This Week:Important Due Dates:
March 1: Musher Poster March 2: Lesson 1 March 3: Lesson 2 |
February 27: In Lab, musher poster
February 28: In Lab, musher poster March 1: Present Musher poster; Winterdance Lesson 1 March 2: Winterdance Lesson 2 March 3: Toughest Race on Earth Ep 2 |
February 21-24
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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February 21: Iditarod Introduction; What do you know?; "The Toughest Race on Earth" episode 1
February 22: Iditarod 2016 Rules fact hunt February 23: Iditarod 2016 Rules fact hunt February 24: Musher Poster introduction |
February 14-17
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Feb 17: Book Project Due Feb 17: Portfolio Due |
Feb 14: Poetry Portfolio
Feb 15: Poetry Portfolio Feb 16: Poetry Portfolio Feb 17: Poetry Portfolio |
February 7-10
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Feb 17: Book Project Due Feb 17: Portfolio Due |
February 7: Paint Sample Poems
February 8: Fibonacci Poems February 9: Catch up on Poems February 10: Introduce Portfolio Assignment/Work Day/Hand back poems |
January 31-February 3
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Feb 17: Book Project Due |
January 31: Haiku
February 1: Ode, Concrete February 2: Work/Catch Up Day February 3: Where the sidewalk ends poem |
January 24-27
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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January 26: NWEA Test
January 27: Sound Devices in Songs January 28: Limerick, Cinquain, Acrostic January 29: Figurative Language in Songs |
January 17-20
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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January 17: "Sonic Boom"-John Updike
January 18: January 19: January 20: |
January 10-13
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Jan 10: Paul Revere's Ride "quiz" Jan 11: Poem from Today Jan 13: Book Project |
January 10: Finish "Paul Revere's Ride"
January 11: Secret Heart January 12: "Sisters"-Lucille Clifton January 13: Work Day: Finish everything so far |
January 3-6
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Jan 13: Book Project ![]()
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January 3: Reading Day
January 4: Introduction to Poetry January 5: Continuing with Poetry Prezi January 6: Paul Revere's Ride |
December 19-22
Have a Wonderful Holiday!!!
December 13-16
December 6-9
November 29-December 2
November 21-23
November 8-11
This week:Important Due Dates:
Nov 21: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Exam |
Nov 8: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Nov 9: Silent Reading Nov 10: Silent Reading Nov 11: Silent Reading |
Quarter 2
November 1-4
This week:Important Due Dates:
Nov 3: Bell Ringer Exam #2 Nov 4: Book Project |
Nov 1: Mystery in Pop Culture (Michael Jackson "Thriller" and "Smooth Criminal")
Nov 2: Mystery in Pop Culture (Michael Jackson "Beat It" and "Little Susie"; Fiddler on the Roof "Sunrise, Sunset") Nov 3: Bell Ringer Exam #2 Nov 4: Mystery Story Pass Around; Fig Lang (Similes, Metaphors) |
October 25-28
This week:Important Due Dates:
Oct 27: Edgar Allan Poe Exam Nov 4: Book Project |
Oct 25: "The Raven"
Oct 26: The Raven movie clip, Compare/Contrast, Exam TOMORROW! Oct 27: Edgar Allan Poe Exam Oct 28: Criminal Minds Episode |
October 17-19
This week:Important Due Dates:
Oct 27: Edgar Allan Poe Exam Nov 4: Book Project |
Oct 17: Mysterious Fiction Introduction; Edgar Allan Poe Introduction
Oct 18: Read "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" Oct 19: Read "The Black Cat" |
October 11-14
October 4-7
September 27-30
This Week:Important Due Dates:
September 30: Bell Ringer Exam October 4: Rough Draft October 7: Short Story Ending ![]()
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Sept 27: The Hitchhiker
Sept 28: The Hitchhiker Twilight Zone episode; Compare and contrast the two; Introduce essay assignment Sept 29: Prewriting activities Sept 30: Bell Ringer Exam |
September 20-23
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Sept 30: Bell Ringer Exam ![]()
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Sept 20: "The Believing Child" (Plot Diagram, Study Guide)
Sept 21: Finish "The Believing Child" Sept 22: "The Landlady" (Plot Diagram, Study Guide) Sept 23: Finish "The Landlady" |
September 13-16
This week:Important Due Dates:
Sept 30: Bell Ringer Exam ![]()
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Sept 13: Short Story introduction; Short story terms (in groups, posters)
Sept 14: Present short story terms Sept 15: Plot Diagrams; "Monkey's Paw" Sept 16: Finish "Monkey's Paw" and plot diagram |
September 6-9
This week:Important Due Dates:
Sept 9: Animal Paragraph Sept 30: Bell Ringer Exam ![]()
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Sept 6: Welcome back; Syllabus; SMART goals; Brainstorm for animal paragraph
Sept 7: 6 + 1 Traits of Writing; Thesis statements; Write animal paragraph Sept 8: Animal paragraph editing and revising; in Lab Sept 9: Animal paragraph presentations; assign book project (Find assignment under "Book Projects" tab) |