IMPORTANT DATES
5/28: Set 1 of troublesome words due in class: definition, part of speech, sentence
5/29: Test: Literature Collection 4
6/4: Final Exam Review: Grammar study guide must be complete and due in class - definition and specific examples
6/4: Test: Grammar Chapter 10
6/5: Set 2 of troublesome words due in class: definition, part of speech, sentence
6/7: Final Exam Review: Literary Terms study guide must be complete and due in class - definition and specific examples
6/13: FINAL EXAM 8:30
WEEKLY HOMEWORK SCHEDULE
Unit of Study: Grammar - Agreement
May 28 - 31, 2013
5/30: hw p 218 10-9; 10-10
5/31: hw p 222 10-13; 10-14
Unit of Study: Literature Collection 4/Grammar Indefinite
May 20 - May22
5/20: HW: p 493 "Thinking Critically" #1-3
5/21: Grammar p213 10-4
5/22: Grammar p 216 10-7
Unit of Study: Literature Collection 4 Themes/Main Idea
May 13 - 17, 2013
5/13: Finish reading IR - assessment in class tomorrow
5/14 and 5/15: we will be finishing our research paper in class
5/16: HW p 495 #3-6
5/17: HW p 491
Unit of Study: Literature Collection 4 Themes/Main Idea
May 6 - 10, 2013
Students should be reading their IR book this week and writing journal entries
5/8: HW p 486 #7
April 29 - May 3,2013
4/29: Outlines completed in class
4/30: HW: Read Isaiah 40:4-5 and summarize
5/1 - 3: working on Research Paper introductions and drafts in class
Unit of Study: Research Paper - constructing an outline
April 22 - 26, 2013
April 22 - 24: No Class - Terra Nova Testing
4/25-26: Outline writing - make sure all of your research is in class
Unit of Study: Literature Collection 4 Theme/Main Idea
April 15 - 19, 2013
4/15: IR book due in class today; 1 page reader response for first two chapters of IR book
4/16: 5 facts about the Civil Rights Movement
4/17-19: read IR and journla
April 8 - April 12
4/8: Practice 2 and 3 from "The People Could Fly"; bring in a folder to class tomorrow with looseleaf paper
4/9: we will be discussing your research paper today; please be in class
4/10: finish vocabulary on page 468
4/11: Finish reading "Camp Harmony"; p 477 2,3 "Think Critically"
4/12: bring in 5 interesting facts about the Gettysburg Address adn Abraham Lincoln
Unit of Study: Prepositions, conjunctions, and Interjections
March 18 - 22, 2013
3/18: HW: p 141-145 7-12, 7-13, 7-15, 7-16
3/20: HW p 149 7-21
3/21: p 145-147: 7-14, 7-17, 7-18
3/22: p 150-152: 7-22, 7-23, 7-24
Unit of Study: Grammar Adverbs and Adventures of Tom Sawyer
March 11 - 14, 2013
3/11: In Class Writing Assignment
3/12: Test: Adventures of Tom Sawyer
3/13: HW p 131 7-2; p 133 7-5
3/14: HW: p 136 7-8
3/15: p 138 7-10
February 25 - March 1, 2013
2/25: Vocab due 31-40
2/26: Ch XVIII-XXV and chapter questions due
2/27: In Class Reading
2/28: Ch XXVI-XXIX and chapter questions due (quiz)
3/1: Vocab quiz
March 14 - March 8, 2-13
3/4: Vocab 41-50 due
3/5: In Class Reading
3/6: Due: Ch XXVII - XXXV and chapter questions
3/7-3/8: Group work
February 11 - 15, 2013
2/12: vocab #21-30 due
2/13: Tom Sawyer chapters XIV-XVII due and discussion questions
2/14: Adverb Test
2/15: Vocab Quiz 21-30
February 4 - February 8
2/4: Chapters I-IV due and chapter questions; Vocab 1-20 due
2/6: Chapters V-VII and chapter questions due
2/7: Vocab quiz
2/8: Chapters VIII - X and chapter questions
1/28: Test- Adjectives
Unit of Study: Adjectives
January 22 - 25
1/23: HW p 108 5-14
1/25: Study for test onMonday
January 14 - 18, 2013
1/15: HW p 97 5-2
1/16: HW p 102 5-7
1-18: HW p 107 5-12
January 7 - 11, 2013
Unit of Study: Collection 3 - Setting and Mood
1/7: 5 facts about the Cold War; finish Vocab p 265
1/8: Finish reading "There Will Come Soft Rains"; p 273 "Reading Check"; "Thinking Critically" #2-4; p 274 Practice 2
1/9: Finish reading "The Circuit"; p 2897 3-4 and "Reading Check"
1/10: P 292 "Test Practice"
Unit of Study: Grammar - Pronouns
December 10-14, 201
December 11: HW p 79 4-2
December 12: HW p82 4-4
December 13: HW p 84 4-6
December 14: HW p 86 4-8
Unit of Study: Literature - Characterization and motivation
December 3 - 7, 2012
December 4: HW finish reading "Drummer Boy of Shiloh"; p212 #3,4
December 6: work on Compare Contrast essay (comparing literture/sources)
November 26 - 30, 2012
November 26: HW finish reading "Too Soon A Woman" and complete "Reading Check" on page 175
November 27: HW list five interesting facts about Maya Angelou
November 28: HW Finish reading "Mrs. Flowers" and answer question #2 on page 191
November 30: HW What was the role of a drummer boy in war?
November 19-23, 2012
November 19: HW p 162 Vocabulary - write the definition and your own sentence
Unit of Study: Grammar - Verbs Chapter3
October 22- 26, 2012
October 22: HW p 52 3-11 and p 62 3-20
October 23: HW p 65 3-22
October 24: HW p 67 3-24
October 25: HW Find 1 direct and 1 indirect characterization in your IR book
October 26: IR assignment due
October 15 - 19, 2012
October 15: HW p 46 3-4
October 16: Compare/Contrast essay due
October 17: HW p 48 3-6
October 18: HW p54 3-13
October 19: HW p 57 3-16
Unit of Study: Literature Collection 1 - Elements of A Plot
October 9-12, 2012
10/9: HW: finish compare/contrast outline
10/10: Finish draft of compare/contrast essay
10/11: Literature Test
10/12: Final compare contrast essay due on Monday
10/1: HW write about two stories where the number 3 is important
10/3: HW p100 #4; fill in "comparing stories"
10/4: Finish reading "Third Wish"; p 108 #6
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9/25: HW p 64 #2-4;6
9/27: HW p81 "Reading Check"
September 17 - 21, 2012
9/17: HW Use today's vocabulary in a paragraph
9/18: HW read "Flowers for Algernon" up to page 39. What subplot is developing? What parallel episodes are developing?
9/19: HW read "Flowers for Algernon" up to page 49; page 50 "Reading Check" a-c AND p 50 #3,4
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Unit of Study: Grammar Verbs/Nouns
September 5-7, 2012
9/9: HW Grammar p 9 1-8 A and B
September 10 - 14, 2012
9/10: HW Grammar p 25 2-4; p 26 2-7; IR book due in class
9/11: HW p 32 2-11; p 35 2-14
9/12: HW write a plot diagram for a Bible Story/Fairy Tale
9/13 Test: Sentences and Nouns
9/14: HW finish reading "Wise Old Woman" and give a plot diagram