May 11/12
- Review poetry + poetry practice "Walrus and the Carpenter" - Review Main Idea & practice with groups Homework = Return novel and textbook May 9/10 - Review novel - Novel assessment - Watch movie for Outsiders and analyze differences Homework = Finish movie analysis and/or finish comic from last block May 5/6 - Hand back and review graded work - Centers:
May 3/4
- Dictionary Review + Assessment - Review Outsiders Homework (Ch.9 Frame) - Open book quiz - Read Ch.10 and answer questions - Begin homework Homework=
April 29/May 2
- (3A) Check Dictionary WS - Check homework - Ch.7 Quiz - Mood Activity for Ch.8 - Begin homework (Ch.9) Homework = 1. finish Ch.9 and do Chapter Frame for Chapter 9
April 27/28
- (5B) "Nothing Gold Can Stay" poem analysis - (random) those who haven't finished Monday/Tuesday city-wide test have a testing location to finish their test - Dictionary activity - Review Ch.6 questions and chapter information - Cause/Effect discussion + activity (graded) - Begin homework with literature group Homework = 1. read Ch.7 + questions (due next block) 2. Quiz on Ch.7 next block April 25/26 - Cite Wide Post - test for Reading: Released SOL - Independent reading of Ch. 6 Homework = 1. Finish Ch. 6 + questions by next block April 19/20 Homework = Read Chapter 4-5 and complete questions April 6/7 - Signpost introduction with videos Homework = Study vocabulary from Energizers April 4/5 - Vocabulary Lesson - Essential ? - Life and Death Introduction & Character Words - Wes Moore with Connection to self Homework =
March 15/16 - Writing SOL!!! Do your best :) March 11/14 - Revise and Edit 3,4 - Review GAMES :) Homework = Review for Tuesday's MC and Wednesday's Essay SOLs March 9/10 - Centers!
March 7/8 - Released SOL and test corrections Homework = Continue to PRACTICE & REVIEW for SOL by
March 3/4 - Centers!
Mar. 1/2 - Speed Writing Practice Homework = IXL Practice, Review Energizers, Review Writer's Notebook/POWER Essay Feb. 26/29 - Review testing strategies (highlighting, slashing trash, brain dump) - Work with partner to develop a brain dump - Work with partner to complete Mock SOL Homework = IXL Practice, Review Energizers, Review Writer's Notebook/POWER Essay Feb. 24/25 - Centers!
Feb. 22/23 - Revise and Edit = hand back and review mistakes - Review Energizers + Kahoot Review game - Energizer Assessment - Nonfiction Stretch article - Teach the class = Develop plan for prompt Homework = IXL Practice EE.4 Good, Better, Best... Feb. 18/19 - Centers!
Feb. 16/17 - Energizer - Appositives and Combining Sentences with Appositives - Review graded work and review mistakes - Intro to Research & Avoiding Plagiarism Quiz Homework = 1. Prompts 22 and 23 2. Review Energizers (assessment next block) Feb. 11/12 - Centers!
Feb. 9/10 - Energizer Homework check - Analyze next two prompts in Writer's Notebook - Intro to Research Notes Homework -
Feb. 5/8 - Centers!
Feb. 3/4 - Energizer: Quotation Marks - Cold Read III - Check prompt 14 and 16 + hand in POWOWOWER on Lincoln Homework = Transitions Energizer (and finish Connotation paper if incomplete) Jan. 29/Feb. 2 - Centers!
Jan. 27/28 - Energizer test overview - add to notes - Review and document homework completion (prompts 12,13) - Read and analyze poem "Oh Captain, My Captain" - Introduce POWER paragraph analyzing Lincoln's greatness (look at Unit II docs for copy) Homework = 1. Finish POWER 2. Break down prompt 14 & 16 Jan. 25/26 - Energizer Review & assessment - Review "Mysterious Mr. Lincoln" - Summary vs. Retell - Summary practice - Somebody Wanted But So Then strategy for main idea - Achieve 3000 "Amelia Earhart" Homework = 1. Prompts 12 and 13: Break down the question & develop thesis Jan. 21/22 - Energizer = Rambling Sentences - Review Vocabulary and Assessment from Tubman story - Introduction to "Mysterious Mr. Lincoln"
Jan. 19/20 - Introduction to Centers - Center Topics:
Jan. 14/15 - Energizer = Compound vs. Complex - Prompts 15 and 18 - Read "Fugitive Slave Acts" and connect to "Harriett Tubman" story - complete What Surprised Me chart while reading Tubman story - Achieve 3000 "Is It Honestly Abe" Homework = Finish / review Tubman story for assessment next block Jan. 12/13 - Energizer = Complex Sentences Practice - (B day) Reading MidYear Assessment - (A day) Everybody Wanted But So Then skill for main idea = notes - (A day) Vocabulary lesson - (A day) begin reading "Harriett Tubman" story Homework = (3A) write introduction for Prompt 15 or 18 Jan. 8/11 - Energizer = Complex Sentences - (B day) Everybody Wanted But So Then skill for Main Idea = notes - (B day) Vocabulary lesson - (A day) Reading MidYear Multiple Choice Homework = (3B) write introduction for Prompt 10,11,15,18 Jan. 6/7 - Energizer = Independent vs. Dependent Clauses - Introduction to Unit II "What do you know about the Civil Rights Movement?" - Flocabulary video on Fact vs. Opinion - Achieve 3000 (now graded!) story "She Did What Was Right" Homework = complete MidYear Persuasive essay by Friday (B) next Monday (A) Jan. 4/5 - Welcome back :) - Writing persuasive essays review activity - MidYear Writing Multiple Choice assessment...have you improved??? - MidYear Persuasive writing task - writing time Homework = Finish your essay by Friday (B) Monday (A) Dec. 18/21 - Review expectations with Persuasive Writing - Review grading rubric - Choose a prompt - Develop a plan with students who chose the same prompt - Begin drafting Persuasive Essay Homework = finish plan if you didn't finish in class Dec. 16/17 - Achieve 3000 "No More Plastic Bags" - Test corrections - (3B and 3A) Persuasive Writing - peer edit + counter argument Homework = (3B and 3A) Draft POWER counter argument Dec. 14/15 - SRI testing for updated lexile information - Persuasive Writing - continue with your argument and move into counter argument Homework = Draft POWER Body paragraph Dec. 10/11 - Introduction to Persuasive Writing - Notes + videos + sample writings Homework = submit Holt essay online if incomplete still....OVERDUE now Dec. 8/9 - Review Cold Read Study Guide HW - teacher review - Cold Read 2 (Reading Skills 2 test) using study guide if completed - Type final draft of essay and submit online to Holt Homework = Submit essay online at home if incomplete at end of class Dec. 4/7 - Those Three Wishes - hand back and review appropriate answers - (3B) "Tell Tale Heart" story with activity (review for Cold Read next block) - Begin revising and typing essays Homework = Reading Skills/Cold Read Study Guide **may use when taking test!** **If you didn't read "Tell Tale Heart" PLEASE do it as another review story before the test!** Dec. 2/3 - Transitions video + notes - Review writing folders, transitions, POWER body paragraphs - Continue working on POWER body paragraph(s) for essay - Conclusion vide0 + work on conclusion for essay Homework = Finish body and conclusion paragraphs if not finished by end of class Nov. 30/Dec. 1 - Thesis Review - (5B) Hook notes + video - Update essay with better hook-bridge-thesis (introduction) - Review POWER body paragraph - Update essay with better POWER body paragraphs Homework = Review essay writing tips for next block (look on this site) Nov. 24/25 - (3B and 3A) Hook notes + video - Writer's Notebook application practice - Review "Monkey's Paw" story and assessment - "Those Three Wishes" application of skills - Achieve 3000 Homework = Have a great break :) Nov. 20/23 - Thesis Assessment - Check Energizer review - Energizer Set 2 Test - Character, Irony, Flashback, Foreshadowing Notes - Irony Practice Homework = 1. Finish notes and practice Nov. 18/19 - Thesis Statement Practice - Check Energizer homework - Introduce and practice Openers and Closers - Vocabulary and Analogies Practice Homework = 1. Energizer Review WS 2. Energizer Test next block Nov. 16/17 - Thesis Statement Practice (3B) - Energizer = Check Good vs. Well HW and intro Commas with Adjectives - Monkey's Paw retest using notes Homework = Commas with Adjectives WS Nov. 12/13 - Deliberate Word Choice = video review and check homework - Good vs. Well = introduction and practice - (5B) Finish reading "The Monkey's Paw" and complete IR pg. 178, 179 - Check homework IR pg. 178, 179 and ensure understanding - Video review of "The Monkey's Paw" - Assessment on analyzing "Monkey's Paw" - Essay revisions Homework - Good vs. Well + FANBOYS Practice WS Nov. 9/10 - Hand in Thesis Statement homework - Deliberate Word Choice = introduction, video, practice - Reading "The Monkey's Paw" Homework = 1. Deliberate Word Choice WS 2. (3B only) IR pg.178 (Superstition) & pg.179 (Assessment Practice) Nov. 5/6 - Check Energizer homework - Writer's Workshop = POWER Paragraph practice! - Quickwrite on Superstitions - Begin applying Narrative Elements understanding while reading "Monkey's Paw" Homework = Thesis Formative assessment Nov. 2/4 - Writer's Workshop = Thesis vs. Topic Sentence - Energizer = Comparative vs. Superlative - Check One Pagers & use to complete Formative Assessment - Check your own assessment = What do we need to spend more time on? Homework = 1. Comparative vs. Superlative WS Oct. 29/30 - SSR (some students opted to take a Parts of Speech RETAKE during this time) - Energizer Test review & add to notes - Introduction to "Setting, Mood, Imagery, Theme, Symbols" - Complete notes Homework = 1. One Pager DUE next block 2. Assessment using One Pager Oct. 27/28 - Kahoot review for Energizer Test - Energizer test - Review graded papers = ask questions, clarification, etc. - Achieve 3000 for nonfiction reading practice Homework = Optional Parts of Speech RETEST next block **Study** Oct. 22/23 - SSR - Energizer = check homework - Review Power Paragraph expectations - Reading Skills "Cold Read" test 1 - Independently complete Power Paragraph on Animals! Homework = 1. Power Paragraph DUE next block 2. Energizer TEST next block ***Optional Parts of Speech Quiz RETAKE next week!*** Oct. 20/21 - SSR - Energizer Review + check Energizer HW - finish "Treasure of Lemon Brown" - graded assignment on TLB - Discuss Reading Skills test + get notecard! Homework = 1. Energizer WS 2. Reading Skills test next block - bring note card! Oct. 16/19 - SSR - Energizer Compound Sentences - Read "Treasure of Lemon Brown" + Character Motivation Chart Homework = 1. Energizer Study Guide 2. Study Reading Skills for test Oct. 14/15 - SSR - Energizer 4: "Run-ons, Sentences, Fragments" - Vocabulary Skill = Similes & Analogies + Add to notes - Review Third Person POV & Character Motivation - "What Do You Cherish?" + Begin reading "Treasure of Lemon Brown" Homework = 1. "Subject Predicate" WS 2. Review ALL Reading Skills notes (test soon!) Oct. 12/13 - Achieve 3000 "MOM Goes to Mars" - Review Energizer HW + watch Subject / Predicate Video - Review Character Motivation & POV - "I Go Along" pg.175 with questions (independent) - Check assignment and add to notes Homework = 1. Review new notes 2. Verbs & Subject/Predicate WS Oct. 8/9 - SSR - Energizer Sentence vs. Fragment + Review video - Review POV & Character + Review video - Complete POV & Character notes + summary of understanding Homework = 1. Sentence Fragments 1 WS 2. Review new notes Oct. 6/7 - Review Parts of Speech Quiz - update with appropriate responses - Apply understanding of Pronouns and antecedents with Energizer activity - Label notes on Character and Point of View using textbook and video instruction Homework = Review new notes "Character and POV" & watch this PRONOUN VIDEO Oct. 2/5 - Optional Plot, Conflict, Inference Quiz RETEST - Writing: Expository Essay Homework = Stay Dry :) Sept. 30/Oct. 1 - Review Plot, Conflict, Inference Quiz - Complete graded assessment of plot, conflict, and inference with "Raymond's Run" - Writing Pre-assessment Homework = Optional Plot, Conflict, Inference Quiz RETAKE next block Sept. 28/29 - Parts of Speech Quiz - SRI test - Online textbook questions Homework = "Raymond's Run" Assessment next block (use Plot notes to help/reread story) ***Optional Plot Notes QUIZ RETAKE is Friday (A) or Monday, Oct. |
Energizers (Grammar)
Unit 2 Documents
Unit 1 Documents
Beginning of Year Documents
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