Attend "The Little Mermaid" school play. Write a half page summary and attach your ticket. OR
Read the play "Blanca Flor" (pg. 91 - 105 in the literature book). Page 98 answer questions 1-4 AND page 106 questions 5-8.
Monday, February 2
Part 1 TSB quiz today.
TSB chapters 14 and 15: read and complete study guide
Symbolism packet due tomorrow
Tuesday, February 3
Characterization packet due tomorrow
TSB chapters 16 and 17: read and complete study guide
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Part 1 TSB quiz: Friday, Jan. 30
Monday, January 26
Introduced Unit 6 Vocabulary words. Vocabulary cards due Wed.
Continue working on symbolism packet. Due Tues. Feb. 3
Characterization packet due Wed., Feb. 4 (working in class, in groups to complete this assignment.)
Read chapters 10 and 11. Complete Study Guide for these chapters. Time was given in class to complete this assignment.
Tuesday, January 27
Unit 6 Vocab. cards due tomorrow
TSB Study Guide Chapter 12 due tomorrow
Unit 6 Vocabulary Worksheet due Friday.
Continue to work on symbolism packet due Tues., Feb. 3
Wednesday, January 28
Unit 6 Vocabulary WS due Friday.
Read and complete study guide for Ch. 13
Thursday, January 29
Review for TSB Part 1 quiz. Quiz is tomorrow
Arrowhead Ranch Science Camp packet was sent home today
Unit 6 Vocab. W.S. due tomorrow
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Wednesday, January 21
Unit 5 Vocabulary test was taken today
TSB symbolism packet was introduced on Friday. This packet will be due when we finish Chapter 13
TSB study guide (Ch. 1-7) is due tomorrow
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Unit 5 Vocabulary Test: Wednesday, January 21
Monday, January 12
"All American Slurp" characterization WS due tomorrow
TSB Study Guide Ch. 1 due tomorrow. Remember to restate the question and use complete sentences
Tuesday, January 13
TSB Study Guide Ch.2 due tomorrow. Remember to restate the question and use compete sentences
Write 3 questions for Friday's guest speaker
Wednesday, January 14
TSBStudy Guide Ch. 3 due tomorrow. Remember to restate the question and use complete sentences
Thursday, January 15
TSB study guide chapters 4,5,6, and 7 due on Thursday, January 22
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Commas, semicolons, and colons quiz: Thurs., Dec. 4
Unit 4 Vocabulary Test: Fri., Dec. 5
AR Goals Due: Wed., Dec. 17
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Monday, November 3
Write the conclusion for your narrative
Write the rough draft (in colors) Remember to skip lines and indent for new paragraphs - Due tomorrow
Tuesday, November 4
Narrative rough draft due today
Proof read your narrative. Fix mistakes and make any final changes. You will begin typing
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Unit 3 Vocabulary Test: Wednesday, October 29
Personal Narrative Essay Due: Wednesday, November 12
Monday, October 27
Finish T-charts and Web-Off-the-Word for all 3 body paragraphs (narrative essay)
Unit 3 vocabulary test: Wednesday
Tuesday, October 28
Unit 3 vocabulary test tomorrow
Finish narrative shaping sheets for beginning and middle body paragraphs
Wednesday, October 29
Unit 3 vocabulary test today
Finish narrative shaping sheet for end body paragraph
Thursday, October 30
Finish the conclusion for your narrative
Begin writing the rough draft (in colors). Skip lines and indent paragraphs
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
AR Goals due: Thursday, October 16
Unit 3 Vocabulary Test: Wednesday, October 29
Monday, October 13
We have begun the prewriting stages of a personal narrative essay
Narrative: 3 topics (yellow paper) due tomorrow
Unit 3 Vocabulary cards due on Wednesday.
Tuesday, October 14
Personal Narrative: Brainstorm (yellow paper) and Lesson, Beginning Middle and End (yellow paper) due tomorrow.
Unit 3 Vocabulary cards due tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 15
Read for AR - Goals due tomorrow
Begin thinking about how you will organize your narrative. Add to the brainstorm if you have thought of more details
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Unit 2 Vocabulary Test: Tuesday, October 7
Unit 1 Literature Test: Friday, October 10
AR Goals Due: Thursday, October 16
Monday, September 29
Laptops used today in class to work on advanced project
Read "Just Once" in the literature book pgs. 6-14
Tuesday, September 30
Laptops used today in class to work on advanced project (project due on Friday)
Continue to work on project at home
Wednesday, October 1
Advanced project due Friday
Read for AR
Thursday, October 2
Advanced project due tomorrow. Email your project to me if you have trouble printing at home.
Literature Book Pg. 15. (1-5). Fill in the Plot Chart for question #1. Use complete sentences and restate the question in your answer. Remember these questions have more than one answer each. (you should have very little LA homework since you had the whole period to work on this assignment)
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Monday, September 22
Literature Book Pg. 16: You pick 3 questions to answer from questions #6 to 10. Remember to use complete sentences and restate the question in your answer.
Tuesday, September 23
Simile, Metaphor, Personification Activity (white worksheet both sides)
Wednesday, September 24
Introduced Advanced "All Summer in a Day" Project Due Thursday, Oct. 3
You will have laptops on Mon., Tues., and Wed., next week to work on the advanced project.
Read for AR
Thursday, September 25
Simile, Metaphor, Personification Activity (drawings) due Tuesday
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Pronoun Quiz on Wednesday, September 17 - Study your notes, the worksheets and the pink pronoun notes paper I gave to you on Thursday.
Monday, September 15
Pronoun worksheet pages 32 and 39 due tomorrow - remember this one is for a grade
Unit 2 Vocabulary words were introduced today. Vocabulary cards on due on Wednesday.
Tuesday, September 16
Unit 1 graded vocabulary tests were sent home today.
Unit 2 vocabulary cards due tomorrow
Study for the Pronoun Quiz. Use your pink notes paper. Quiz is tomorrow.
Wednesday, September 17
Literature Book Pg. 26 - Quickwrite - One paragraph (at least 5 sentences)
Thursday, September 18
Unit 2 Vocabulary worksheet Part B
Literature Book Pg. 26 #1-5. Use complete sentences and restate the question in your answer.
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Unit 1 Vocabulary Test: Friday, September 12
Monday, September 8
Pronoun notes for reflexive and intensive pronouns
Pronoun worksheet pages 9,10 and 29
Tuesday, September 9
Pronoun notes for demonstrative and relative pronouns
Pronoun worksheets pages 11,12,30
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Monday, August 25
"Zoo" questions (1-3). Restate the question in your answer and highlight the restate part.
Tuesday, August 26
"Zoo" questions (4 and 5). Restate the question in your answer and highlight the restate part.
Unit 1 Vocabulary cards due on Thursday.
Benchmark #1 results were sent home today
Wednesday, August 27
Unit 1 Vocabulary cards for ALL words due tomorrow
STAR tested for Accelerated Reading levels today. Students will receive their AR logs on Tuesday.
Thursday, August 28
Used laptops today to set up personal user names and passwords.
Begin to study Unit 1 vocabulary words.
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Monday, August 18
Welcome to South Pointe!!!
Review Language Arts Letter with your parent(s) /guardian
Tuesday, August 19
"Who Am I?" work sheet - due tomorrow
"Who Am I?" collage due Friday - you may get materials from me if you are having difficulty finding pictures, etc.
Wednesday, August 20
Benchmark #1 done today in class
Continue to work on "Who Am I?" collage
"Who Am I?" worksheet due today
Thursday, August 21
Back to School Night - I look forward to meeting our parents!