Week Ending 05/18/12:
MCAS Math Schedule 05/15 & 05/16
Begin Green Mile by Steven King
Test on Diction Poetry, Friday, May 18th
Week Ending 05/11/12:
Update Collins Folder & Make corrections on lines above errors
Follow directions for group work on Diction Poetry, pp. 370-373.
Respond to questions & Illustrate Poems
Group Presentations
Week Ending 05/04/12:
Complete “The Speaker” unit and answer “For Study & Discussion” sections, 1-4 & 1-6, all parts
Complete Study Guide 38, Questions 1-9, Use evidence in complete sentences
Also read, “The Mirror in the Hall”
M.C/O.R. Test on “The Speaker” Poetry
Begin Diction Poems
Week Ending 04/27/12:
Finish Finding Forester
More “Understanding Poetry Notes”
Begin Text Poetry Unit, pp.358-365
Homework: Paraphrase, “Autumn Chant” p. 361
Multiple Choice Test
Week Ending 04/13/12:
Beginning of Fourth Quarter:)
Typed Final Drafts of 5 Paragraph essay on “Walter Collins Survives”
due on Wed., April 11th.
Complete “Story Map” for Holes, by Louis Sachar
Begin Finding Forester
Weeks Ending 03/30/12 & 04/05/12:
First & Final Draft of Changeling Collins Writing assignment. The Pearl, Multiple Choice & Open Response Test on Wed., April 4th. Binder check Tues., April 3rd. Quarterly ELA Assessment on Tuesday, April 3rd. The Third quarter ends on Thursday, April 5th.
Week Ending 03/23/12:
Vocabulary Test on Chapters 5 & 6
MCAS Testing Tues., 03/20; Wed., 03/21; and Thurs., 03/22
Week Ending 03/16/12:
Continue reading The Pearl Chapters 5 & 6
MCAS Practice: Complete all Multiple Choice & Open Response Questions for the following:
Poetry – “The Man Who Dreamed Questions” “Shoulders” “Negotiations with a Volcano” and “Frederick Douglass”
Nonfiction – “For Some Pain is Orange” and Fiction – “East of Eden”
Follow all directions for The Pearl Vocabulary Chapters 5 & 6: 1-10 due Wed., 03/14;
11-20 due Thurs., 03/15
Complete the First Side of “Steps to Decoding an Essay Question” Underline key words in each question & write response association titles/characters for each one.
Study for Vocabulary Test on Monday, 03/19/12
Week Ending 03/09/12:
Due on Mon. 03/05, The Changeling Plot Development Chart
MCAS Practice- Ray Bradbury’s passage from The Martian Chronicles
Multiple Choice/Open Response; Collins O.R. due Thursday, Mar. 8th;
Continue The Pearl, pp.846-856 “Reading Check” H.W. “For Study & Discussion” p.856 Restate and answer in your notebook/binder
Week Ending March 2nd, 2012: Continue reading The Pearl
Answer “For Study & Discussion” & “Reading Check” questions. Ch. 3 & 4 Vocabulary Test on Wed. Feb. 28th. Begin Nonfiction, Changeling: Attention to exposition and rising action/complications in Plot Development.
Week Ending Feb. 17, 2012:
Monday Feb. 13th, M/C & Open Response Comprehension Test on Chapters 1 & 2. New Vocabulary Words for Chapters 3 & 4 Ch. 3 & 4 Vocab Test on Day 5, Tues. Feb. 28th
Follow all directions for Vocab H.W., 1-10 due Tues., Feb. 14th & 11-20 due Wed. Feb. 15th. Begin Reading Chapter III of The Pearl
Week Ending Feb. 10, 2012:
Continue The Pearl to the end of Ch. II, p.835. Restate “Reading Check” Questions 1-5 and “For Study & Discussion” 1-3. Reminder – Vocabulary Test Wed., Feb. 8th
Welcome to the Third Quarter!
Week Ending February 3, 2012:
We’re making progress!
Begin “The Novel” pp.815-820
Open Book Test Wed., 02/01; New Vocabulary, The Pearl,Chapters 1 & 2, # 1-20 Homework, 1-10, due Thurs. 02/02; # 11-20, ALL DIRECTIONS, esp. locate author’s use of words in sentences from Text, due 02/03; Vocabulary Test on Wednesday, 02/08; Begin John Steinbeck, “About the Author” p. 821; Begin The Pearl,p. 822
Week Ending January 20, 2012: Midterm Exam Study Guide Literary Terms & Review
Week Ending January 13, 2012: Final Draft of “Antigone” Collins due, typed, double-spaced, #12 Times New Romans. Literary terms definitions, examples & Review.
Best Wishes for a Healthy & Happy New Year!
Week Ending January 6, 2012: Review “Antigone” Follow Directions for Collins Writing, Comprehension Multiple Choice/Open Response Test, 01/06/12.
Week ending 12/23: Select scene to illustrate, include 4 relevant quotes. Complete Reading Check, p. 531 & “The Play as a Whole” p.532, 1-6
Literary Elements p. 533, Language & Vocabulary, and Analogies 1-8
Week ending 12/16: Complete, “Antigone” Questions for Discussion, Complete Study Guide
Week Ending 12/09: Oedipus questions 1-20 due Mon., 12/05 Background of Antigone Quiz also on Monday. Vocabulary Test, Tues. 12/06. Using Words in Context worksheet due, Thurs., 12/08
Week ending 12/02: Antigone Vocabulary Follow all directions Words 1-10 and 11-20. Locate sentences within text. Check PROJECTS Page for Poetry Project due Dec. 2nd
Week Ending 11/25: Continue Drama Unit – Binder hand-out, Ancient Greek Drama “The Theater of Dionysos” Copy definitions & Parts of Speech for innovate, innovation, & innovative. Begin background of Sophocles and “Antigone” Assign Roles for “Antigone”
Read Prologue & Sc. 1, From page 494
Week Ending 11/18: Driving Miss Daisy; Quarterly Results & Review;
Begin Drama Unit pp. 474-489: Homework – Literary Terms Definitions in Binder: Catharsis, Comedy, Drama, Farce, Paradox, & Tragedy
Week ending 11/10 End of First Quarter:
Quarterly Assessment & Binder/Notebook Checks
Week ending 11/04 “Contents of . . .” Reading Check Worksheet, Vocab. Test, & Comprehension/Multiple Choice & Open Response Test
Overhead Notes/Chart on “Plot Development” and Literary Terms Definitions in binders/notebooks
Review for Quarterly Assessment
“Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets” Vocabulary: Follow all directions, Words 1-10 due Thurs., 10/27 and words 11-20 due Fri., 10/28
Adverb Clauses/Complex Sentences due Tuesday, 10/18
Character Chart due Tuesday, 10/18
Character’s Point of View Collins, Final Draft due Thurs. 10/20
“A Visit to Grandmother” M.C./O.R. Test Friday, 10/21
Update Collins Folders
Read “A Visit to Grandmother” pp.75-81 Week ending 10/14
>Complete “Reading Check” on p. 81
Complete Worksheet questions – use evidence from the story
Follow Directions for “Adverb Phrases” Due 10/14
“Reading Check” p. 38, 1-5 copy questions and answer in complete sentences in your notebook. Due Tue. Oct.4th
Finish reading, “The Monkey’s Paw” complete Study Guide & Worksheet
Multiple Choice & Open Response Test, Thursday, Oct. 6th
“The Monkey’s Paw” Vocabulary: Follow all directions, words 1 – 10 due Tues., 09/27
words 11 – 20 due Wed., 09/28, #’s 21-25 due Thurs., 09/29
Vocab. Test on Friday, 09/30, Day 3
Collins #1 “All About Me,” Final Draft due Tuesday, 09/20
Begin reading, “The Storyteller” on page 41 of text
Friday, 09/23 Vocabulary Test and Multiple Choice/Open Response Test
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