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8th Grade Language Arts

   In-Class Homework
Thursday, May 24th No LA due to adjusted schedule Read to complete your books for 49W and/or Genre requirements.
Wednesday, May 23rd No LA due to extended EOG testing Read to complete your books for 49W and/or Genre requirements.
Tuesday, May 22nd Video and quiz: "Holocaust - One Teenager's Experience"

Read to complete your books for 49W and/or Genre requirements.

Monday, May 21st EOG Reminders and test-taking tips, Literary Terms Review Game

ClassScape Incentive and Practice EOG (if needed) due to Mrs. Deal prior to testing! (Late - you will not qualify for the entire time outside.)

Review your literary terms.  There is a link on my webpage.

Read to complete your books for 49W and/or Genre requirements.

Friday, May 18th

IR/Conf, Checked HW using PRS: "Fifteen"

Qualifications for one free LA period outside after EOGS:  1)Complete all the assigned ClassScape quizzes and have an overall average of 70 or higher OR 2) If your ClassScape average is below 70, complete the Practice EOG OR 3)Complete 1 and 2 and make at least 3 points growth on the Reading EOG.

ClassScape Incentive and Practice EOG (if needed) due on Monday!

Review your literary terms.  There is a link on my webpage.

Read to complete your books for 49W and/or Genre requirements.

Thursday, May 17th

IR/Conf, Mood (Mary Poppins videos, Brainpop: Mood & Tone, Determine mood for a variety of examples)

EOG Practice: "Fifteen" due tomorrow.

ClassScape Incentive due on Monday.

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Blog due tomorrow.

Review your literary terms for a quiz on Friday, 5/18.

Wednesday, May 16th IR/Conf, Check HW using PRS:  "History of Chocolate"

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Blog due on Friday.

Review your literary terms for a quiz on Friday, 5/18.

Blog due on Friday.

Review your literary terms for a quiz on Friday, 5/18.

Tuesday, May 15th Reading blog, ClassScape Incentive, Take Released EOG if needed, Review literary terms using online flashcards

EOG Practice: "History of Chocolate" due on tomorrow.

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Blog due on Friday.

Review your literary terms for a quiz on Friday, 5/18.

Monday, May 14th Media Center (last visit):  New books if needed, ClassScape - SC quizzes in preparation for EOG tomorrow

EOG Practice: "History of Chocolate" due on Wednesday.

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Blog due on Friday.

Review your literary terms for a quiz on Friday, 5/18.

Friday, May 11th IR/Conf, Checked "A Different View" using PRS

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Review your literary terms for a quiz on Friday, 5/18.

Thursday, May 10th

ClassScape Incentive - Complete all the assigned quizzes while maintaining an overall average of 70 and earn a class period outside after EOGs.

ClassScape Incentive - 8th.pdf

If you complete all the ClassScape quizzes and your average is below a 70, you may complete the Practice EOG found on the Class Documents page.  You will qualify for the outside time is you make a 70 or higher on this.

EOG Practice: "A Different View" due tomorrow.

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Blog due tomorrow.

Wednesday, May 9th IR/Conf, Checked "Deep Flight Adventures" using PRS

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Blog due Friday.

Tuesday, May 8th IR/Conf, Checked Literary Terms Pretest, Finished "Southbound on the Freeway"

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Blog due Friday.

Monday, May 7th IR/Conf, Literary Terms Pretest, "Southbound on the Freeway"

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Blog due Friday.

Friday, May 4th IR/Conf, Checked "The Hangman at Home" using PRS Read at least 20 pages each night.
Thursday, May 3rd

ClassScape Incentive - Complete all the assigned quizzes while maintaining an overall average of 70 and earn a class period outside after EOGs.

ClassScape Incentive - 8th.pdf

EOG Practice:  "The Hangman at Home" due tomorrow.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due tomorrow.

Wednesday, May 2nd IR/Conf, Checked "Whitetails" using PRS

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due on Friday.

Tuesday, May 1st IR/Conf, Poetry Devices Sort, Discussed "O Captain!  My Captain"

EOG Practice:  "Whitetails" due tomorrow!

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due on Friday.

Monday, April 30th Media Center:  New books, ClassScape Incentive

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due on Friday.

Friday, April 27th IR/Conf, Analyzed and performed Poems for Two Voices Read at least 20 pages each night.
Thursday, April 26th IR/Conf, Shared "Poem-in-your-Pocket", Poems for Two Voices - practiced fluency and choral reading

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due on tomorow.

Wednesday, April 25th No class today due to 8th grade HydroMania Field Trip

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Locate a poem to share tomorrow for "Poem-in-your-Pocket" day.

Blog due on Friday.

Tuesday, April 24th IR/Conf, "How to Unwrap a Poem" with O Captain, My Captain

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Locate a poem to share on Thursday for "Poem-in-your-Pocket" day.

Blog due on Friday.

Monday, April 23rd IR/Conf, Poem-in-Your-Pocket day information, "Introduction to Poetry"/"How to Eat a Poem" - speaker's message

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Locate a poem to share on Thursday for "Poem-in-your-Pocket" day.

Blog due on Friday.

Friday, April 20th

ClassScape Incentive - Complete all the assigned quizzes while maintaining an overall average of 70 and earn a class period outside after EOGs.

ClassScape Incentive - 8th.pdf

Read at least 20 pages each night.
Thursday, April 19th IR/Conf, Intro. to Poetry - Graffiti Wall and Human Value Line activities

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due tomorrow.

Wednesday, April 18th IR/Conf, "Prove It!" with Fall LDP

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due on Friday.

Tuesday, April 17th IR/Conf, "Prove It!" with Fall LDP

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due on Friday.

Monday, April 16th IR/Conf, Fall LDP Analysis

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due on Friday.

Spring Break

Thursday, April 5th ClassScape Incentive Read at least 20 pages each night.
Wednesday, April 4th Discussed "Emancipation" Read at least 20 pages each night.
Tuesday, April 3rd "Emancipation" - continued Read at least 20 pages each night.
Monday, April 2nd  "Emancipation" - finish reading, answer Literary Analysis/Reading Check questions, Graphic Organizer for Tone and questions page 556.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Friday, March 30th IR/Conf, Brainpop video/quiz: Tone and Mood, "Emancipation" - read and summarize in pairs Read at least 20 pages each night.
Thursday, March 29th Media Center:  New books, Missing Assignments, ClassScape

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 28th No LA due to 7th grade field trip.  Extra MA/SC today!

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due Friday.

Tuesday, March 27th IR/Conf, "The Vision of Maya Lin" - discussed

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due Friday.

Monday, March 26th IR/Conf, "The Vision of Maya Lin" - text structure, graphic organizer, summary and questions

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due Friday.

Friday, March 23rd No School "The Vision of Maya Lin" - text structure, graphic organizer, summary and questions
Thursday, March 22nd DC Trip

Read at least 20 pages each night.

NO reading response blog due this week because of DC trip.

Wednesday, March 21st DC Trip

Read at least 20 pages each night.

NO reading response blog due this week because of DC trip.

Tuesday, March 20th "The Vision of Maya Lin" - text structure, graphic organizer, summary and questions

Read at least 20 pages each night.

NO reading response blog due this week because of DC trip.

Monday, March 19th Biographical Sketch of Maya Lin

Read at least 20 pages each night.

NO reading response blog due this week because of DC trip.

Friday, March 16th Spring Reading LDP (finished), Make sure all reading response blogs/project blogs and final projects are posted to the wiki.  DC Photo Analysis activity.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Thursday, March 15th Spring Reading LDP (cont)

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 14th Spring Reading LDP

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due Friday.

Tuesday, March 13th Project Presentations

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due Friday.

Monday, March 12th Project Presentations

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due Friday.

Friday, March 9th Laptops:  Final day to work on project!

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Multi-genre Research Project due on Monday.  Don't forget to complete the final blog and link your website to the wiki.

Thurday, March 8th Media Center - new books, peer edit, continued with project

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due tomorrow.

Multi-genre Research Project due on Monday.  Don't forget to complete the final blog and link your website to the wiki.

Wednesday, March 7th No LA class due to STEM trip

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due Friday.

Multi-genre Research Project due on Monday.

Tuesday, March 6th IR/Conf, Project Checklist/Self-evaluation, Root Review - L. 1-5

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due Friday.

Multi-genre Research Project due on Monday.

Monday, March 5th Laptops - Blog #2:  Reflection on Research Process, Genre Check #5, Research

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due Friday.

Multi-genre Research Project due on Monday.

Friday, March 2nd IR/Conf, Minilab - continued Research

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Genre #5 due Monday.

Thursday, March 1st Laptops - Genre Check #4, Research

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due tomorrow.

Genre #5 due Monday.

Wednesday, February 29th IR/Conf, DGP Quiz - Wk 9, "New Colossus"

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Genre #4 due tomorrow.

Blog due on Friday.

Tuesday, February 28th Laptops - Blog #1:  Reflection on Research Process, Genre Check #3, Research

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 9 tomorrow.

Genre #4 due on Thursday.

Blog due on Friday.

Monday, February 27th No School

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Genre #3 due on Tuesday.

Friday, February 24th IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 9 (Fri), Roots Quiz - L. 5, Research/Blog

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Genre #3 due on Tuesday.

Thursday, February 23rd Genre Check #2 and Research using laptops

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots Quiz - L. 5 tomorrow.

Blog due tomorrow.

Genre #3 due on Tuesday.

Wednesday, February 22nd IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 9 (Wed/Thurs), Discussed Roots Context Clues practice, Review Game - Roots L. 5

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots Quiz - L. 5 on Friday.

Genre #2 (rough draft) due tomorrow.

Blog due on Friday.

Tuesday, February 21st DGP - Wk 9 (Tues), MLA citations guide, Genre Check #1, Research using laptops

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots Quiz - L. 5 on Friday.

Genre #2 (rough draft) due on Thursday.

Blog due on Friday.

Monday, February 20th IR, DGP - Wk 9 (Mon), "New Colossus"

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots Quiz - L. 5 on Friday.

Genre #1 (rough draft) due tomorrow!

Blog due on Friday.

Friday, February 17th Laptops - research, created webpage, began genres

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Genre #1 (rough draft) due on Tuesday.

Thursday, February 16th Lab - Finalized Research Plan and began research

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due tomorrow.

Wednesday, February 15th Digital Multi-genre Project Requirements

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Plan sheet for Research Project due tomorrow.

Roots Review sheet - L. 5 due tomorrow.

DGP Quiz - Wk 8 will be tomorrow in AA.

Blog due tomorrow.

Tuesday, February 14th IR/Conf, Roots - L. 5 (flashcards), "Coming to America" - finished EOG practice questions

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due on Friday.

Monday, February 13th IR/Conf, Roots - L. 5 (flashcards), "Coming to America" - reviewed text structure, summary questions and summary frames, EOG practice questions

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Finish EOG practice questions for "Coming to America".

DGP Quiz - Wk 8 on Wednesday.

Blog due on Friday.

Friday, February 10th Media Center - checked out new books, toured Book Fair, finished ClassScape quizzes, completed Reading Response blog for this week

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 8 on Wednesday.

Thursday, February 9th IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 8 (Fri), "Coming to America" - discussed previewing using text features, and shared annotations

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Blog due on Friday.

Wednesday, February 8th IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 8 (Wed/Thurs), Roots Quiz - L. 4, "Coming to America" - graphic organizer and summary

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Finish "Coming to America".

Blog due on Friday.

Tuesday, February 7th IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 8 (Tues), Root Review Game - L. 4

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots Quiz - L. 4 tomorrow!

Blog due on Friday.

Monday, February 6th IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 8 (Mon), "Coming to America"

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots Quiz - L. 4 on Wednesday.

Friday, February 3rd IR/Conf, Book Fair Video, Finished discussion of characteristics and ways to read informational texts versus fiction Read at least 20 pages each night.
Thursday, February 2nd IR/Conf, Roots - L. 4 (Discussed context clues sentences), Informational Texts - What types do you read?  Which do you prefer - info or fiction?  Compare/Contrast the characteristics of and reading strategies used when reading informational text versus fiction

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Wednesday, February 1st IR/Conf, Roots - L. 4 (#13-25) and context clues sentences, DGP Quiz - Wk 7

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots - L. 4 context clues due tomorrow.

RR Letter due Friday.

Tuesday, January 31st IR/Conf, Roots - L. 4 (#1-12), WCIT? - finish your writing assignment

Read at least 20 pages each night.

WCIT? writing assignment due tomorrow!

DGP Quiz - Wk 7 tomorrow!

RR Letter due Friday.

Monday, January 30th IR/Conf, WCIT? - final discussion, Work on writing assignment comparing WCIT? to "Where Are You Christmas?"

Read at least 20 pages each night.

WCIT? writing assignment due on Wednesday, 2/1.

DGP Quiz - Wk 7 on Wednesday, 2/1.

RR Letter due Friday.

Friday, January 27th Finish reading WCIT? Have QARs ready for sections 8-10 ready to discuss on Monday.  Writing assignment:  Compare WCIT? to "Where Are You Christmas?"  (This will be due later next week.)

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Be prepare for WCIT? Discussion #8-10 on Monday.

Thursday, January 26th Media Center - new books, ClassScape Quiz 2.01 Quiz 1, read WCIT? - pp. 124-136 and write QARs. Read at least 20 pages each night.
Wednesday, January 25th IR/Conf, Pretest on types of nonfiction, WCIT? - Read pp. 108-123 and prepare QAR questions for discussion

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Friday, January 20th DGP - Wk 7 (Fri), IR/Conf, Scholastic Book Flyer, WCIT? - Discussion #7 Read at least 20 pages each night.
Thursday, January 19th DGP - Wk 7 (Wed/Thurs), 29W Self-evaluation, WCIT? - Read pp. 92-101 and write 6 QAR questions in preparation for discussion tomorrow.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Be prepared for WCIT? - Discussion #7 tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 18th DGP - Wk 7 (Tues), Roots Quiz - L. 3, WCIT? - Discussion #6 Read at least 20 pages each night.
Tuesday, January 17th DGP - Wk 7 (Mon), IR/Conf, Roots Review Game

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots - L. 3 Quiz tomorrow.

Monday, January 16th No School

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots - L. 3 Quiz on Wednesday.

Friday, January 13th RR letters due, Book Talks (online), WCIT? - Read pp.  77-91 and write 6 QAR questions in preparation for our discussion on Tuesday.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots - L. 3 Quiz on Wednesday.

Thursday, January 12th IR/Conf, WCIT? - discussion #5

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots - L. 3 Quiz on Wednesday.

Reading Response letter due tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 11th DGP Quiz - Wk 6, WCIT? - Finish reading 62-76 and complete 6 sticky notes for our discussion tomorrow.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots Review - L. 3 (context clues sheet) due tomorrow.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Tuesday, January 10th IR/Conf, Roots - L. 3 (finished flashcards), WCIT? - Discussion #4, began reading pp. 62-76

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 6 tomorrow.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Monday, January 9th IR/Conf, Roots - L. 3 (made flashcards), WCIT? - Finish reading pp. 47-61 and complete 6 sticky notes in preparation for discussion tomorrow!

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 6 on Wednesday.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Friday, January 6th IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 6 (Fri), Exchanged Reading Response Letters Read at least 20 pages each night.
Thursday, January 5th Media Center - New Books, ClassScape Quiz, Read WCIT? pp. 47-61

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 4th IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 6 (Wed/Thurs), WCIT? - Sticky Discussion #3

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Tuesday, January 3rd IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 6 (Tues), WCIT? - discussed "Give One, Get One" activity, Read pages 30-46 and completed 6 sticky notes for discussion tomorrow.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Monday, January 2nd IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 6 (Mon), WCIT? - Review elements of a short story / "Give One, Get One"

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Tuesday, December 20th No class due to early release schedule Read at least 140 pages from 12/17/11 to 1/2/12
Monday, December 19th

IR/Conf, "Death of Santa Claus", Begin reading WCIT? - pages 30-46

Read at least 140 pages from 12/17/11 to 1/2/12
Friday, December 16th IR/Conf, Reading Response Letter Exchange, WCIT? Sticky Note discussion Read at least 140 pages from 12/17/11 to 1/2/12
Thursday, December 15th Media Center - New Books, WCIT? - finish reading and sticky notes, ClassScape Quiz - Obj. 5.01

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Wednesday, December 14th Root Quiz - L. 2, Began reading WCIT? - pp14-29 and completing sticky notes for discussion on Friday.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Tuesday, December 13th IR/Conf, Roots Review - L. 2 (game)

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots Quiz - L. 2 tomorrow!

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Monday, December 12th IR/Conf, Created class rules for discussion, Sticky Note discussion of WCIT? - pages 1-13

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Review Roots - L. 2 for quiz on Wednesday.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Friday, December 9th IR/Conf, Book Talks (traditional literature), WCIT? - Read pp. 1-13 and prepare sticky notes for discussion on Monday.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Be prepared for WCIT? discussion on Monday.

Review Roots - L. 2 for quiz on Wednesday.

Thursday, December 8th IR/Conf, Roots - L. 2 Review, WCIT? - Discussed Preview, Modeled Sticky Note Discussion with page 1

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Review Roots - L. 2 for quiz on Wednesday, 12/14

Wednesday, December 7th DGP Quiz - Wk 5, Roots - L. 2 (Make flashcards for #14-25), Roots Review Sheet

Finish flashcards and review sheet.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response Letter due Friday.

Tuesday, December 6th IR/Conf, Roots - L. 2 (Make flashcards for #1-13), What Child Is This? - Previewing Activity

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 5 tomorrow.

Reading Response Letter due Friday.

Monday, December 5th No LA due to lockdown.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 5 on Wednesday.

Reading Response Letter due Friday.

Friday, December 2nd IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 5 (Thurs/Fri), Collected Reading Response Letters, Book Talks

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 5 on Wednesday, 12/7

Thursday, December 1st IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 5 (Wed), "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" - discussion and summaries

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response Letter due tomorrow.

Wednesday, November 30th Roots Quiz - L. 1, "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade"

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response Letter due on Friday.

Tuesday, November 29th IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 5 (Tues), "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade"

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots Quiz - L. 1 tomorrow.

Reading Response Letter due on Friday.

Monday, November 28th IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 5 (Mon), "After Apple Picking"

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Roots Quiz - L. 1 on Wednesday.

Reading Response Letter due on Friday.

Tuesday, November 22nd Media Center - new books, finish LDP & other ClassScape quizzes

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Review your roots for quiz next week.

Monday, November 21st Reading Response Letter Exchange, "When the Frost is on the Punkin"

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Review your roots for quiz next week.

Friday, November 18th IR/Conf, Reading Response Letter Exchange, "When the Frost is on the Punkin"

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Review your roots for quiz next week.

Thursday, November 17th IR/Conf, Roots - L. 1 Review Game, "Why Leaves..."

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due on Friday.

Review your Roots each night.

Wednesday, November 16th DGP Quiz - Wk 4, Roots - L. 1 Practice sheet, "Why Leaves..."

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due on Friday.

Review your Roots each night.

Tuesday, November 15th IR/Conf, Roots - L. 1 (finished flashcards), "Why Leaves Change Color in the Fall" with Say Something Strategy

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 4 tomorrow.

Reading Response letter due on Friday.

Review your Roots each night.

Monday, November 14th IR/Conf, New RR Letter schedule, Roots - L. 1 (made flashcards)

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 4 on Wednesday.

Reading Response letter due on Friday.

Review your Roots each night.

Friday, November 11th No School Read at least 20 pages each night.
Thursday, November 10th Radio Transcript - WWII Veterans

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Wednesday, November 9th IR/Conf, DGP Quiz - Wk 3, Type and print memoirs Read at least 20 pages each night.
Tuesday, November 8th Reading LDP

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 3 tomorrow.

No Reading Response Letter this week.

Monday, November 7th Reading LDP

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 3 on Wed, 11/9.

LDP's on 11/8

No Reading Response Letter this week.

Friday, November 4th Reading LDP

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 3 on Wed, 11/9.

LDP's on 11/7 and 11/8

No Reading Response Letter this week.

Thursday, November 3rd Media Center - New books, Finish ClassScape quizzes, Type memoir

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 3 on Wed, 11/9

Media Center on Thursday.

LDP's on 11/4, 11/7 and 11/8

No Reading Response Letter this week.

Wednesday, November 2nd DGP - Wk 4 (Thurs/Fri), IR/Conf, Brainpop video and quiz - "Show, not Tell", Memoirs - "Making a movie behind your eyelids" (Sensory Details)

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 3 on Wednesday. (postponed until 11/9)

Media Center on Thursday.

LDP's on 11/4, 11/7 and 11/8

No Reading Response Letter this week.

Tuesday, November 1st DGP - Wk 4 (Tues/Wed), IR/Conf, Memoir - Example of Thoughts and Feelings

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 3 on Wednesday.

Media Center on Thursday.

LDP's on 11/4, 11/7 and 11/8

No Reading Response Letter this week.

Monday, October 31st DGP - Wk 3 (Thurs/Fri) and Wk 4 (Mon), IR/Conf, Memoir - Thoughts and Feelings

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 3 on Wednesday.

Media Center on Thursday.

LDP's on 11/4, 11/7 and 11/8

No Reading Response Letter this week.

Friday, October 28th Teacher Workday Read at least 20 pages each night.
Thursday, October 27th No classes due to lockdown. Read at least 20 pages each night.
Wednesday, October 26th DGP - Wk 3 (Wed), DGP Quiz - Wk 2, Memoirs/Read

Read at least 20 pages each night.

No Reading Response Letter due this week.

Tuesday, October 25th DGP - Wk 3 (Tues), IR/Conf, Memoirs - peer edit and teacher conferences

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 2 tomorrow.

No Reading Response Letter due this week.

Monday, October 24th DGP - Wk 3 (Mon), IR/Conf, Memoirs - Peer edit for "So What" and "Lead" using PAM conferencing strategy

Read at least 20 pages each night.

DGP Quiz - Wk 2 on Wednesday.

No Reading Response Letter due this week.

Friday, October 21st RR Letters (Exchange), IR/Conf, Memoirs - Effective Leads Read at least 20 pages each night.
Thursday, October 20th DGP - Wk 2 (Thurs/Fri), IR/Conf, Poem - "Remembrance of a Friend"

Rough draft of memoir due tomorrow.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due tomorrow.

Wednesday, October 19th DGP - Wk 2 (Wed), DGP Quiz - Wk 1, IR/Conf, Memoirs - rough draft

Complete rough draft of memoir for Friday's editing activity.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Tuesday, October 18th DGP - Wk 2 (Tues), IR/Conf, Memoirs - So What?

DGP Quiz - Wk 1 on Wednesday.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due on Friday.

Monday, October 17th DGP-Wk 2 (Mon), IR/Conf, Memoirs - chose one event to write about and completed graphic organizer to plan for rough draft

Finish graphic organizer for memoir.

DGP Quiz - Wk 1 on Wednesday.

Read at least 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due on Friday.

Friday, October 14th Reading Response letters due, Reviewed RW Weekly Grade Rubric, Memoirs - Questions for Memoirists and Brainstorm personal list of memoir worthy experiences Read at least 20 pages each night.
Thursday, October 13th Media Center - Destiny Quest, New books, ClassScape Obj. 5.02 Quiz 1

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Wednesday, October 12th IR/Conf, Memoirs - identified the characterstics of an memoir in the effective and non-effective examples

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Media Center visit tomorrow!

Tuesday, October 11th IR/Conf, Memoirs - looked at examples of effective and non-effective memoirs and shared what we noticed

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response Letter due Friday.

Monday, October 10th No School Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Friday, October 7th Reading Response Letter exchange, Writing Territories Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Thursday, October 6th IR/Conf, Poem - "The Little Boy"

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Wednesday, October 5th ClassScape - purpose, new log-in info, and Quiz 1- Objective 6.01

Write a memoir about an unforgetable moment in your life.  Due on Thursday.

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Tuesday, October 4th IR/Conf, Read Aloud and making connections with Thank You Mr. Falker

Write a memoir about an unforgetable moment in your life.  Due on Thursday.

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Monday, October 3rd IR/Conf, Absolutely Always, Appendix Notes for Thursday, DGP-Wk 1 (Wed/Thurs), Brainpop: Diagramming

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Friday, September 30th Reading Response Letter Exchange, IR/Conf, Capitalization and Punctuation Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Thursday, Septbember 29th IR/Conf, Poems- "Unlucky" and "Family"

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter is due tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 28th IR/Conf, Clauses, Sentence Types and Sentence Purpose, Appendix Notes for Wednesday

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Resonse letter due on Friday.

Tuesday, September 27th IR/Conf, Finished and discussed quiz, Appendix Notes for Tuesday, DGP-Wk 1 (Tues)

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Monday, September 26th IR/Conf, Preposition Dance, Quiz:  Subjects/verbs, Verbs/Objects, and Prepositions

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Friday, September 23rd IR/Conf, collected Reading Response letters, Brainpop and quiz:  Verbs and their Objects and Prepositions Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Thursday, September 22nd Media Center - new books, Book Fair, makeup work, Reading Response Letters, Read!

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 21st IR/Conf, Appendix Notes for Monday, Completed DGP - Wk 1 (Mon), Brainpop and quiz: Subjects and Predicates

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Tuesday, September 20th IR/Conf, Finished "Grammar Rock", Sentence formulation word game

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Monday, September 19th IR/Conf, Grammar Pretest, Review of parts of speech (poem), Sentence formulation word game

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Friday, September 16th Reading Response Letters exchange, Preamble paraphrasing activity and hand motions Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Thursday, September 15th Media Center/Lab:  Book Fair, Type final copy of "What America Means to Me" poem

Have a printed copy of poem ready to turn in tomorrow.

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Wednesday, September 14th "What America Means to Me" poem - requirements, find image, begin writing rough draft

Have rough draft of poem ready to edit and type tomorrow.

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Tuesday, September 13th What does America mean to you?  2 Views (speech/poem)

Choose a symbol to represent what America means to you.

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Monday, September 12th IR/Conf, President Bush's speech to America on 9/11 (annotations)

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due Friday.

Friday, September 9th Collected Reading Response Letters, Finished 3-2-1 Presentations, Group Presenation Rubric, Reactions to 9/11 Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Thursday, September 8th IR/Conf, Close Picture Read / 3-2-1 Presentation

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 7th IR/Conf, Close Picture Read

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response letter due on Friday.

Tuesday, September 6th IR/Conf, Reading Response Letters

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Reading Response Letter due on Friday.

Monday, September 5th No School Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Friday, September 2nd IR/Conf, Continued with Reading Notebook Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Thursday, September 1st Media Center Orientation, Reading and Technology Surveys Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Wednesday, August 31st Finished "My New Best Friends" introductions, Book Pass

Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.

Media Center visit tomorrow!

Tuesday, August 30th IR/Conferences, Introduced more "New Best Friends", Blog for Touching Spirit Bear, and Surveys Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night..
Monday, August 29th IR/Conferences, Introduced more "New Best Friends", Set up Reading Notebook Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Friday, August 26th Collected 3-2-1, Introduced our "New Best Friends", Interactive Anticipation Guide for Touching Spirit Bear, Read beginning of TSB

Read 40 pages or more in TSB.

Bring "marbled" composition book or laptop to class on Monday.

 

Thursday, August 25th Elevator Rule, Name Cards, Appointment Clocks, and  "Meet your new Best Friend"

Read LA expectations and complete the 3-2-1 activitiy.

Bring "marbled" composition book or laptop to class on Monday.

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