Friday, December 19, 2014

1/5 to 1/9

Monday 1/5:
Student Planners
Every Day Edits
Start The House on Mango Street
HW: READ 30 MINUTES

Tuesday 1/6:
Every Day Edits
Continue The House on Mango Street
HW: READ 30 MINUTES

Wednesday 1/7:
Every Day Edits
Finish viewing Infographics
The House on Mango Street
HW: READ 30 MINUTES
Thursday 1/8:
Every Day Edits
The House on Mango Street
Vocab Tags
HW: FINISH VOCAB TAGS

Friday 1/9:
Every Day Edit Quiz
The House on Mango Street
HW: READ 30 MINUTES

Monday, December 8, 2014

12/8 to 12/12

Monday 12/8:
Special library lesson about genre with Ms. Jones!
HW: Read your AR book for 30 minutes.

Tuesday 12/9:
Every Day Edit!
ChromeBooks: Socratic
Genre Review
Collect Anticipation Guides
Start Reading The House on Mango Street
HW: Read your AR book for 30 minutes.

Wednesday 12/10:
Every Day Edit!
Continue The House on Mango Street
HW: Read your AR book for 30 minutes.

Thursday 12/11:
Every Day Edit!
Continue The House on Mango Street
HW: Read your AR book for 30 minutes.

Friday 12/12:
Every Day Edit QUIZ
Pass Back Work
Continue The House on Mango Street
HW: Read your AR book for 30 minutes.

Friday, November 21, 2014

12/1 to 12/5

Monday, 12/1:
1.  Student Planners
2.  Pass Back Work; Organize Writing Folders
3.  "Small Things" Brainstorm
HW: Finish your brainstorm; read 30 minutes.

Tuesday, 12/2:
1.  Every Day Edits
2.  Finish "Small Things"
3.  Start The House on Mango Street Anticipation Guide
HW: Finish AG; read 30 minutes.

Wednesday, 12/3:
1.  Every Day Edits
2.  Share "Small Things"
3.  Anticipation Guide Debate
4.  Start The House on Mango Street
HW: Read 30 minutes.

Thursday, 12/4:
1.  Every Day Edits QUIZ
2.  Continue The House on Mango Street
HW: Read 30 minutes.

Friday, 12/5:
1.  Every Day Edits
2.  Continue The House on Mango Street
HW: Read 90 minutes over the break.

Sunday, November 2, 2014

11/3 to 11/7

Monday 11/3:
Student Planners
Every Day Edit
Read Argumentative Essay Example
Start Collecting Evidence
HW: Read 30 Minutes

Tuesday 11/4:
Every Day Edit
Continue Organizing and Collecting Evidence
AR
HW: Read 30 Minutes

Wednesday 11/5:
Every Day Edit
Start Essay Rough Draft
HW: Read 30 Minutes

Thursday 11/6:
Draft Essays
HW: Read 30 Minutes

Friday 11/7:
Draft Essays
HW: Read 30 Minutes

Friday, October 24, 2014

10/27 to 10/31

Monday, October 27:
Student Planners
Discipline Tactics Article
Group Quiz Activity
HW: Read 30 minutes from your SSR book.

Tuesday, October 28:
Start Essay Prewriting
HW: Finish your prewriting.

Wednesday, October 29:
Continue Essays
HW: Finish your RD.

Thursday, October 30:
Continue Essays
HW: Parent/Guardian Editing

Friday, October 31:
Special Spooky Halloween Lesson with Ms. Jones, Mrs. Price, and Mr. Mathews!

Friday, October 17, 2014

10/20 to 10/24

Monday 10/20:
Binder Clean Out
Grades
Finish Chapter 12
HW: 30 minutes of reading

Tuesday 10/21:
LAB
Finish Signposts Review
Newsela
HW: Finish Google Classroom assignment

Wednesday 10/22:
LAB
Character Motivations Assignment
Star Test (AR Reading Level)
HW: Read 30 minutes

Thursday 10/23:
Quarter 1 Common Formative Assessment
HW: Read 30 minutes

Friday 10/24
Nonfiction Article: Breanne Sharpe
Start Essays
HW: Read 90 minutes

Friday, October 10, 2014

10/13 to 10/17

Monday 10/13:
1.  Student Planners
2.  The Outsiders Chapter 8
3.  Again and Again
HW: Finish Chapter 8

Tuesday 10/14:
1.  Quickwrites
2.  The Outsiders Chapter 9
3.  Again and Again
HW: Finish Chapter 9

Wednesday 10/15:
1.  Computer Lab!
2.  Google Classroom: Penultimate Perfect Paragraph
3.  Google Classroom: Penultimate Perfect Quickwrite
4.  Newsela Quizzes
HW: Newsela Quizzes

Thursday 10/16:
1.  Quickwrites
2.  The Outsiders
HW: Reading TBA

Friday 10/17:
1.  Quickwrites
2.  The Outsiders
HW: Reading TBA

Friday, October 3, 2014

10/6 to 10/10

Monday 10/6:
Planners
Utah Article
Chapter 6 of The Outsiders
HW: Finish Chapter 6 if you haven't already.

Tuesday 10/7:
Quick Writes
Nonfiction Articles & The Outsiders
HW: Finish Chapter 6 if you haven't already.

Wednesday 10/8:
Computer Lab
Google Classroom
Newsela
HW: Finish your GC assignment!  Due Friday!

Thursday 10/9:
Stephentown and Utah Debate
The Outsiders
HW: Read TBA

Friday 10/10:
Quiz
The Outsiders
HW: READ 90 MINUTES

Friday, September 26, 2014

9/29 to 10/3

Monday, 9/29:
1.  Student Planners
2.  Chapters 3 and 4 Quiz
3.  Start Chapter 5
HW: Finish reading Chapter 5

Tuesday, 9/30:
1.  Quick Write
2.  "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
HW: Read 30 minutes.

Wednesday, 10/1:
1.  Quick Write
2.  Perfect Paragraphs and "Gold"
HW: Read 30 minutes.

Thursday, 10/2:
1.  Quick Write
2.  Read Chapter 6
3.  Continue "Gold"
HW: Finish reading Chapter 6.

Friday, 10/3:
1.  Quick Write
2.  Stephentown and Utah Articles
HW: Read 90 minutes.

Friday, September 19, 2014

9/22 to 9/26

Monday 9/22:
1.  Student Planners
2.  Opportunity Day!
HW: Read 30 minutes from your SSR book.

Tuesday 9/23:
1.  Quickwrite
2.  Finish Chapter 1 Review
3.  Start Chapters 2-3
HW: Finish reading Chapter 3 of The Outsiders.

Wednesday 9/24:
1.  Computer Lab for GOOGLE CLASSROOM!
HW: Finish your Google Classroom assignment and finish reading Chapter 3 of The Outsiders if you haven't already.

Thursday 9/25:
1.  Quickwrite
2.  Review Chapter 3
HW: Read 30 minutes from your SSR book.

Friday 9/26:
1.  Quickwrite
2.  Start Chapter 4
HW: Read 90 minutes from your SSR book.

Monday, September 15, 2014

9/15 to 9/19

Monday 9/15:
1.  Student Planners
2.  The Outsiders Anticipation Guide Debate
HW: Read 30 min.

Tuesday 9/16:
1.  Quick Writes
2.  Finish Debate
2.  Begin reading The Outsiders
HW: Reading HW TBA

Wednesday 9/17:
1.  Quick Writes
2.  The Outsiders
HW: Reading HW TBA

Thursday 9/18:
1.  Quick Writes
2.  The Outsiders
HW: Reading HW TBA

Friday 9/19:
Opportunity Day

Friday, September 5, 2014

9/8 to 9/12

Monday 9/8:
1.  Student Planners
2.  Finish Vocab
3.  Start reading Raymond's Run
HW: READ 30 MINUTES

Tuesday 9/9:
1.  QW
2.  Continue Raymond's Run
HW: READ 30 MINUTES

Wednesday 9/10:
1.  Computer Lab with Ms. Jones! :)
HW: READ 30 MINUTES

Thursday 9/11:
1.  QW
2.  Elements of Fiction Review
HW: FINISH REVIEW

Friday 9/12:
1.  QW
2.  Start The Outsiders Anticipation Guide
HW: FINISH AG

Friday, August 29, 2014

9/2 to 9/5

Tuesday, 9/2:
1.  Fill out student planners
2.  Quickwrite
3.  Finish Raymond's Run Anticipation Guide
4.  Start Debate
HW: Read 30 minutes

Wednesday, 9/3:
Bullying Assembly in 505
HW: Read 30 minutes

Thursday, 9/4:
1.  Quickwrite
2.  Finish Debate
3.  Raymond's Run Vocabulary
HW: Finish vocab

Friday, 9/5:
1.  Quickwrite
2.  Signposts Quiz
3.  Read Raymond's Run
HW: Read 60 minutes

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Raymond's Run Anticipation Guide

Assigned: 8/29/14
Due: 9/2/14

Raymond’s Run Anticipation Guide 
(Blank Piece of paper, MLA)

Write 1-2 paragraphs EACH about whether you agree or disagree with the following statements, and why:

1.   You can tell everything you need to know about a person by looking at their outside. 

2.   Girls aren’t good at sports. 

3.   Older siblings should be responsible for younger siblings.

4.   After responding to these statements, write a 1-2 paragraph prediction about what this story might be about.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

8/25 to 8/29

Monday 8/25
1.  Student Planners
2.  Quick Write
3.  "April in Paris" Story
HW: Read 30 minutes.

Tuesday 8/26
1.  Quick Write
2.  Signposts
HW: Write a 1-2 paragraph narrative about a time you felt embarrassed.

Wednesday 8/27
1.  Quick Write
2.  Continue Signposts
HW: Same as last night if you haven't already finished.

Thursday 8/28
1.  Quick Write
2.  AR Goals
3.  Continue Signposts
HW: Read 30 minutes.

Friday 8/29
1.  Quick Write
2.  Signposts Quiz
3.  Start Raymond's Run Anticipation Guide
HW: Read 60 minutes.

Monday, August 18, 2014

8/18 to 8/22

Monday, 8/18:
1.  First Day of School
2.  English Reminders
HW: Bring an SSR Book

Tuesday, 8/19:
1.  QW
2.  Parent Forms
HW: Get your parent forms signed.

Wednesday, 8/20:
1.  QW
2.  Continue Course Expectations
HW: Read 20 minutes.

Thursday, 8/21:
1.  QW
2.  Computer Lab/Star Reading Assessment
HW: Study your forms.

Friday, 8/22:
1.  End of Week Assessment
HW: Read 60 minutes.



Tuesday, February 11, 2014

2/10 to 2/13

Monday 2/10:
1.  Binder Reminder and Calendars
2.  Apostrophes and Possessive Nouns Quiz
HW: AR

Tuesday 2/11:
1.  Computer Lab: District Survey
HW: AR

Wednesday 2/12:
1.  EDE
2.  Introductions
3.  Flowers for Algernon Themes
HW: AR

Thursday 2/13:
1.  EDE
2.  Flowers for Algernon Themes
HW: AR

Friday 2/14:
No school!

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

January 21 to January 24

Tuesday, January 21:
1. EDE Quiz
2. Finish Text Dependent Questions about FFA
HW: AR and Study Vocabulary

Wednesday, January 22:
1. EDE
2. FFA
HW: Same as Tuesday

Thursday, January 23:
1. EDE
2. FFA Quiz
HW: AR

Friday, January 24:
Banned and Challenged Books Lesson with Ms. Jones!
HW: AR

Friday, January 10, 2014

Monday, January 13:1. BR/Calendar
2. Collect Short Essays
2. Flowers for Algernon
HW: AR

Tuesday, January 14:
1. Every Day Edit
2. FFA
HW: AR; study vocab

Wednesday, January 15:
1. Every Day Edit
2. FFA
HW: TBA

Thursday, January 16:
1. Every Day Edit
2. FFA
HW: TBA

Friday, January 17:
1. EDE Quiz
2. Charles Essays
HW: AR

Monday, January 6, 2014

January 6 to January 10

Monday, January 6:
1.  BR/Calendar
2.  RR Passes
3.  Flowers for Algernon AG
HW: AG; The Outsiders Compare/Contrast Short Essay (DUE 11/13)

Tuesday, January 7:
1.  Every Day Edit
2.  FFA Debate
HW: The Outsiders Compare/Contrast Short Essay (DUE 11/13)

Wednesday, January 8:
1.  Computer Lab!
HW: AR; The Outsiders Compare/Contrast Short Essay (DUE 11/13)

Thursday, January 9:
1.  Every Day Edit
2.  FFA Vocabulary
HW: Vocab; The Outsiders Compare/Contrast Short Essay (DUE 11/13)

Friday, January 10:
1.  EDE Quiz
2.  Checkouts Essays
3.  Start Reading Flowers for Algernon
HW: AR; The Outsiders Compare/Contrast Short Essay (DUE 11/13)