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IMPORTANT DATES
Last Day to Take an AR test for 2nd Quarter: 12-16-09
Benchmark Test for Quarter 2: 12-14-09
Poetry Day Quarter 2: 12-15-09
Homework: week 14
November 16- November 20
Monday 11/16: Make Flashcards for 2/5 words; week 5 Reading Strategy: Responding to Theme (4th page in Literature Packet)
Tuesday 11/17: Literary Analysis: Theme (5th page in Literature Packet) Finish any class work not finished in class
Wednesday 11/18: Get Progress Report week 14 signed; Re-read poems, journal pages 49-58, be ready to turn in literature packet and take test tomorrow.
Thursday 11/19: TEST DAY finish any unfinished journal pages 49-59
Friday 11/20: No Homework
Homework: week 13
November 9- November 13
Monday 11/9: Make Flashcards for 2/4 words; week 4 Finish notes in journal pages 49-50 (textbook pages 396-397)
Tuesday 11/10: Build Spelling Skills W/S (second page in literature packet)
Wednesday 11/11: Veteran's Day No School (read 15 minutes and record in SSR Log # 4)
Thursday 11/12: Build Grammar Skills W/S (third page in literature packet)
Friday 11/13: No Homework
Homework: week 12
November 2- November 6
Monday 11/2: Make Flashcards for 2/3 W/D; week 3 Do Reader's Companion pages 126-131--tear out and staple--due on Tuesday 11/3.
Tuesday 11/3: Read journal pages 43-47; read and finish all literature packet pages and read "The Tell-Tale Heart" again.
Wednesday 11/4: Get progress report signed work on W/D practice 2/3.
Thursday 11/5: Build Vocabulary Skills W/S and review W/D 2/3
Friday 11/6: No Homework
Homework: week 11
October 26 - October 30
Monday 10/26: Make new flashcards week 2 for 2/2 Word of the day; Finish notes if you didn't finish in class (page 43-44 in journal pages 520-521 in text) Build Vocabulary W/S (SSR Log # 3 due)
Tuesday 10/27: Build Spelling Skills W/S
Wednesday 10/28: Build Grammar Skills W/S
Thursday 10/29: Review W/D 2/1 & 2/2 (quiz tomorrow, Friday October 30)
Friday 10/30: No Homework
Homework: week 10
October 19 - October 23
Monday 10/19: Make flashcards for 2/1 week 1 and review for Q-1 vocabulary test
Tuesday 10/20: Bring "Features of Consumer Materials" (any warrantee information or instruction materials) Finish w/d practice
Wednesday 10/21: Textbook page 115 (1-4) Check your comprehension
Thursday 10/22 & Friday 10/23: Read 15 minutes both days and record in SSR log # 3 (Due on Monday 10/26)
Homework: week 9
October 12 - October 16
Monday 10/12: Practice Poem for Poetry Day on Wednesday
Read AR book/review 1/7 and 1/8 words (Quiz on Thursday)
Tuesday 10/13: Practice Poem for Poetry Day on Wednesday
Read AR book/review 1/7 and 1/8 words (Quiz on Thursday)
Wednesday 10/14: Read AR book/review 1/7 and 1/8 words (Quiz on Thursday)
Thursday 10/15: Check Supplies (replenish anything you are out of for new quarter) Find a new AR book for second quarter
Friday 10/16: Last day of first quarter--no homework
Homework: week 8
October 5 - October 9
Monday 10/5: Make flashcards week 8 Build Vocabulary Skills/ Build Spelling Skills (first two pages in the literature packet)
Tuesday 10/6: Reading Strategy: Interpreting Meanings (Literature Packet) AND Reader's Companion pages 267-268
Wednesday 10/7: Review all notes from your journal pages 27-34--get progress report week 8 signed Study Poem
Thursday 10/8: (HOMEWORK CHANGE) Study for literature test tomorrow, Friday 10/9. (Read all poems again, identify significant literary devices, review the literature packet, and all journal pages 27-34)
Friday 10/9: Study poem for poetry day 10/14.
Homework: week 7
September 30 - October 2
Wednesday 9/30: Make flashcards for new words and finish notes if you did not finish in class today. week 7
Thursday 10/1: Build Vocabulary W/S (first page in literature packet for poems)
Friday 10/2: No homework
Homework: week 6
September 21 - September 25
Monday 9/21: Make flashcards for week 6 ; do reading strategy (page 4 in literature packet)
Tuesday 9/22: Literary Analysis W/S (page 5 in literature packet) Study for test on Wednesday "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"
Wednesday 9/23: Word of the Day practice W/S
Thursday 9/24: Study for Word of the Day Quiz on Friday 1/5 & 1/6
Friday 9/25: No Homework
Homework: week 5
September 14 - September 18
Monday 9/14: Make flashcards for new words from your journal list on page 10-11
Tuesday 9/15: Build Vocabulary W/S practice
Wednesday 9/16: Build Spelling Skills W/S practice
Thursday 9/17: Build Grammar Skills w/S practice
Friday 9/18: No Homework
Homework: week 4
September 8 - September 11
Tuesday 9/8: Make flashcards for new words finish journal pages not completed in class (pages 19-21)
Wednesday 9/9: Review for test on Thursday (The Road Not Taken, The Choice, and All But Blind) Read notes in journal, review all pages of literature packet and be sure it is complete, and read all the poems several times before Thursday.
Thursday 9/10: Practice Vocabulary (flashcards for 1/3 & 1/4)
(Take a practice quiz)
Friday 9/11: No Homework
Homework: week 3
August 31- September 4
Monday 8/31: Make Flashcards for Word of the Day 1/3
Tuesday 9/1: Reading Strategy W/S (Literature Packet)
Wednesday 9/2: Literary Analysis W/S (Literature Packet)
Thursday 9/3 OR Friday 9/4: Finish journal pages (poetry paraphrasing)
Word of the Day
Week 3
Homework: week 2
August 24- August 28
Monday 8/24: Flashcards for Word of the Day 1/2 (quiz Friday)
Tuesday 8/25: Build Vocabulary W/S
Wednesday 8/26: Build Spelling Skills W/S and get progress report signed
Thursday 8/27: Build Grammar Skills W/S Review words 1/1 & 1/2 for quiz on Friday
Friday 8/28: No Homework
Word of the Day 1/2 (click on this link)
Homework: week 1
August 17- August 21
Monday 8/17: Make five flashcards for the Word of the Day list you wrote down in class today. (word on the front/definition on the back)
Tuesday 8/18: Finish rough draft for "My Name" essay. Review word of the day list/flashcards.
Wednesday 8/19: Revise/rewrite draft. Review word of the day list.
Thursday 8/20: Write/finish final draft of "My Name" essay. Due Friday, August 21.
Friday 8/21: No Homework
Word of the Day List 1/1
activist (n.) one who acts in rigorous support for or in opposition to an issue; a doer
reactionary (adj.) ultraconservative, or reaction strongly out of bias
retroactive (adj.) extending to a prior time
counteract (v.) to act against or make ineffective; to offset
transaction (n.) an exchange of goods, services, or funds; a business dealing