·Vocabulary-Due Wednesday

Week of May 27

• Work on Research Papers!!! (Remember they are due June 2^nd!)
• Vocabulary -Due Wednesday  

Week of May 19

• Rough Draft Page Due Thursday! 
• Take one section of your paper, the one you have the most notes for, and turn the notes you have for that section into one rough draft page of your research paper. SAVE THIS ON YOUR COMPUTER SO YOU CAN USE IT IN YOUR FINAL DRAFT! (Remember the practice we did in class of taking notes and turning them into your own writing; the ANWR example and the birds example.) Remember to do your in-text citations (last name and page number) to give credit where credit is due. It should look like this: 
• This means they "perch" or rest on branches and limbs, rather than on the ground (Smith 23).
• Continue working on Research Papers! You should be doing at least 20-30 minutes of research-related work per night.

• Work on Research Papers. You should be doing at least 20-30 minutes of research-related work per night. Here are the handouts you've been given:
• Topic Stuff (in case you change your topic, and have to do it again)
• Research Requirements (and note-taking/citation examples)
• Works Cited Examples for all types of sources

• Topic stuff (Typed!) due Thursday
• Outlining practice: Camping trip due Wednesday, Endangered Eagles due Thursday, Automobile due Friday

• Read "The Pedestrian" (p196) Tuesday night.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Giver Project due Friday. (Note new day!)

• The Giver. There will be a reading check daily, preceded by a Q/A session. Be prepared with questions if there is something you don't understand.
• Monday: Chapters 16 and 17
• Tuesday: Chapters 18 and 19
• Wednesday: Chapters 20 and 21
• Thursday: Chapters 22 and 23
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Giver Project due ext Thursday (5/1).

• The Giver. There will be a reading check daily, preceded by a Q/A session. Be prepared with questions if there is something you don't understand.
• Monday: Chapters 8 and 9
• Tuesday: Chapters 10 and 11
• Wednesday: Chapters 12 and 13
• Thursday: Chapters 14 and 15
• 600 words/week due Tuesday. (Last one!)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Pink Sheet: p136B due Tuesday, p137A due Thursday. (Not available online.)

Week of April 7

• The Giver. Use a KBAR chart to keep track of how long it takes you to read each night. Get it signed nightly. There will be a reading check daily, preceded by a Q/A session. Be prepared with questions if there is something you don't understand.
• Monday: Chapters 1 and 2
• Tuesday: Chapters 3 and 4
• Wednesday: Chapters 5 and 6
• Thursday: Chapter 7
• "A Page" due Tuesday. (Counts for 600 words.)
• 600 words/week due (every) Tuesday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Langston Hughes WebTrack due Friday. (The poem responses count for 600 words.)

• Interactive Reader Workbook. There will also be a reading check daily.
• Monday: p370-371
• Tuesday: p368-369
• Wednesday: p375
• Thursday: p366-367 - Yes, fill out the application.
• 600 words/week due (every) Tuesday. (You should also have 600 for last Tuesday.)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• "A Page" due Tuesday, 4/8. (Counts for 600 words.)
• Langston Hughes WebTrack must be finished by next Friday, 4/11. Last day in the lab is this Friday.

• Charlotte Doyle. Use a KBAR chart to keep track of how long it takes you to read each night. Get it signed nightly. There will be a reading check daily, preceded by a Q/A session. Be prepared with questions if there is something you don't understand.
• Monday: Chapters 17 and 18
• Tuesday: Chapter 19 and 20
• Wednesday: Chapters 21 and 22
• 600 words/week due (every) Tuesday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Final Draft of Essay (one of the approved genres) due Thursday. (Note new day!)

• Charlotte Doyle. Use a KBAR chart to keep track of how long it takes you to read each night. Get it signed nightly. There will be a reading check daily, preceded by a Q/A session. Be prepared with questions if there is something you don't understand.
• Monday: Chapters 9 and 10
• Tuesday: Chapter 11 and 12
• Wednesday: Chapters 13 and 14
• Thursday: Chapters 15 and 16
• 600 words/week due (every) Tuesday.
• First 600 word essay (rough draft, in one of the approved genres) is due Tuesday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Final draft of essay due Tuesday, 3/18.

Week of March 3 - Events this week: Tuesday - state writing test during per. 1,  Wednesday - counselors' presentation for 8th grade registration.

• Charlotte Doyle. Use a KBAR chart to keep track of how long it takes you to read each night. Get it signed nightly. There will be a reading check daily, preceded by a Q/A session. Be prepared with questions if there is something you don't understand.
• Monday: Chapters 1 and 2
• Tuesday: Chapters 3 and 4
• Wednesday: Chapters 5 and 6
• Thursday: Chapters 7 and  8
• 600 words/week due (every) Tuesday.
• Vocabulary due Thursday. (Note new day.)
• Tom Sawyer Project/Final due Wednesday. (Note new day.)
• First 600 word essay (rough draft, in one of the approved genres) is due Tuesday, March 11.

• Tom Sawyer. Here are the study questions, from which the reading checks will be taken.
• Monday: Chapter 33
• Tuesday: Chapters 34, 35
• 600 words/week due (every) Tuesday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• AWS due Friday. (Bonus for Thursday turn in.)
• Tom Sawyer Project due Tuesday, March 4. (Counts for 600 words.)
• Think ahead! First 600 word essay (rough draft, in one of the approved genres) is due Tuesday, March 11  (Note new date!)

   
 

Check out the Tom Sawyer Area on Moodle. Use the discussion boards for help with the study questions, and contribute to the slang dictionary for extra credit!

• Tom Sawyer. Here are the study questions, from which the reading checks will be taken.
• Tuesday: Chapters 28, 29
• Wednesday: Chapter 30
• Thursday: Chapters 31, 32
• 600 words/week due (every) Tuesday.
• Adverbs due Wednesday. (Not available online.)
• Vocabulary due Thursday.
• Sentence Combining due Friday. (Counts for 600 words.)

   
 

Check out the Tom Sawyer Area on Moodle. Use the discussion boards for help with the study questions, and contribute to the slang dictionary for extra credit!

• Tom Sawyer. Here are the study questions, from which the reading checks will be taken.
• Tuesday: Chapter 23
• Wednesday: Chapters 24, 25
• Thursday: Chapters 26, 27
• 600 words/week due (every) Tuesday.
• Adverb Sheet due Wednesday. (Not available online.)
• Mark Twain Paragraphing due Wednesday.
• Vocabulary due Thursday.

   
 

Check out the Tom Sawyer Area on Moodle. Use the discussion boards for help with the study questions, and contribute to the slang dictionary for extra credit!

• Tom Sawyer. Here are the study questions, from which the reading checks will be taken.
• Monday: Chapter 18
• Tuesday: Chapter 19, 20
• Wednesday: Chapter 21
• Thursday: Chapter 22
• 120 Seconds continues Tuesday and Thursday (if not already completed).
• 600 words/week due (every) Tuesday. (Not optional.)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. (Not optional.)
• Academic Word Sentences due Friday. (Counts 1 for 2 toward 600 words. Not optional.)
• Mark Twain Paragraphing due next Wednesday. (Counts for 600 words.)

   
 

Check out the Tom Sawyer Area on Moodle. Use the discussion boards for help with the study questions, and contribute to the slang dictionary for extra credit!

• Tom Sawyer. Here are the study questions, which are required this week. (They also count for 600 words. Do on a separate sheet, and keep in your folder.)
• Monday: Chapter 14
• Tuesday: Chapter 15
• Wednesday: Chapter 16
• Thursday: Chapter 17
• 120 Seconds continues Tuesday and Thursday.
• 600 words/week due (every) Tuesday. (Not optional.)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. (Not optional.)
• Academic Word Sentences due Friday. (Counts 1 for 2 toward 600 words. Not optional.)

• Tom Sawyer. Here are the study questions from which I will take the daily reading checks. You may use your answers to the study questions, if you have done them, on the quizzes.
• Tuesday: Chapter 12
• Wednesday: Chapter 13
• 120 Seconds continues Tuesday and Thursday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. (Not optional.)
• 600 words/week due Tuesday, 1/29.  (Not optional.)

• Tom Sawyer! Here are the study questions from which I will take the daily reading checks.
• Monday: Chapter 6, 7
• Tuesday: Chapter 8
• Wednesday: Chapter 9
• Thursday: Chapter 10, 11
• 120 Secondsbegins Tuesday, and continues daily.
• Pink Sheet (Verbs. Not available online.)
• due Tuesday: What is a Verb?
• due Thursday: Action Verbs and Complements
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Academic Word Sentences due Friday

• Tom Sawyer! Here are the study questions from which I will take the daily reading checks.
• Monday: Author's Preface and Chapter 1
• Tuesday: Chapter 2
• Wednesday: Chapter 3
• Thursday: Chapter 4
• Pink Sheet:
• due Tuesday: p67
• due Thursday: p70
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Academic Word Sentences due Friday.
• 120 Seconds begins Tuesday 1/15.

• KBAR = Interactive Reader Workbook. There will also be a reading check daily.
• Monday: p360-361
• Tuesday: p362-363
• Wednesday: p364-365
• Thursday: p372-374
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• If you are not exempt from Pink Sheet: Both sides due Thursday.
• Academic Word Sentences due Friday.

• KBAR = Interactive Reader Workbook. There will also be a reading check daily.
• Monday: p344-345
• Tuesday: p346-347
• Wednesday: p350-351
• Thursday: p354-355
• Final draft of Justification Essay due Tuesday.
• Vocabularydue Wednesday.
• If you are not exempt from Pink Sheet: Both sides due Thursday.
• Academic Word Sentences due Friday.

• KBAR!  Read 15+ minutes, get chart signed (nightly T-TH). (3rd period is exempt.)

No response this week. Work on your essay!

• Rough draft of Justification Essay (w/brainstorming) due Tuesday. Final draft due Thursday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Final draft of Justification Essay due Thursday Tuesday, 12/10.
• Academic Word Sentences due Friday.

• All welcome the return of KBAR(R)!  Read 15+ minutes, get chart signed (nightly T-TH), respond one page by Friday. (All in notebook. 3rd period is exempt.) Option for Monday/Tuesday night: Read "Way in the Middle of the Air" (p89-102 in MC) and respond online. This would count for 2 nights of KBAR and half the responding.
• Pink Sheet - Pronouns (not available online):
• p46 due Tuesday
• p64 due Thursday
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Academic Word Sentences due Friday.
• Rough draft of Justification Essay (w/brainstorming) due Tuesday, 12/4.

• Martian Chronicles Project due Tuesday. (Here are the rubrics for grading.)

20% penalty for turn in next Monday. Zero after that.

Week of November 12 (Monday is a holiday.)

• The Martian Chronicles. Go onlineeach night: asking questions, answering my questions, answering other people's questions. If you cannot go online, use the study questions to help you understand the reading. (Use your school username and password to log in.)  Study questions and discussion board responding are optional this week!
• Tuesday: "The Long Years" (p156-166)
• Wednesday: "There Will Come Soft Rains" (p166-172)
• Thursday: "The Million Year Picnic" (p172-182)
• Pink Sheet (Possessive pronouns - not available online.)
• p55 due Wednesday
• p56 due Thursday
• Vocabulary due Thursday.
• MC Project due next Tuesday 11/20. (Here are the rubrics for grading.)

• The Martian Chronicles. Go onlineeach night: asking questions, answering my questions, answering other people's questions. If you cannot go online, use the study questions to help you understand the reading. (Use your school username and password to log in.)  Study questions and discussion board responding are optional this week!
• Monday: "The Settlers," "Green Morning," "The Locusts," Night Meeting" (p73-86)
• Tuesday: "The Shore," "Interim," "The Musicians," (p87-89) "The Old Ones," "The Martian" (p118-131) SKIP: "Way in the Middle of the Air" and "Usher II"
• Wednesday: "The Luggage Store" and "The Off Season" (p131-144)
• Thursday: "The Watchers" and "The Silent Towns"  (p144-155)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Academic Word Sentences due Friday.

• The Martian Chronicles. Go onlineeach night: asking questions, answering my questions, answering other people's questions. If you cannot go online, use the study questions to help you understand the reading. (Use your school username and password to log in.)

Study questions and discussion board responding are optional this week!

• Monday: "The Third Expedition" (p32-48)
• Tuesday:  "-And the Moon..." (p48-62)
• Wednesday: "-And the Moon..." (p62-72)
• "Pink" Sheet (Fragments and Run-Ons - Not available online.)
• p28 due Tuesday
• p29 due Thursday
• Vocabulary due Wednesday

• KBAR(R) = The Martian Chronicles. Respond online each night: asking questions, answering my questions, answering other people's questions. If you cannot respond online, respond to the study questions nightly in your notebook. (Use your school username and password to log in.)
• Monday: p16 - p25
• Tuesday: p26 - p32
• Wednesday: p2 - p8
• Thursday: p9 - p14
• Pink Sheet (Subjects in Unusual Order - Not available online.)
• p19 due Tuesday
• p20 due Thursday
• Vocabulary due Wednesday
• Outsiders Project due Friday. (Note new day.)

• KBAR(R).  Read 15+ minutes, get chart signed (nightly T-TH), respond one page by Friday. RESPONSE IS OPTIONAL THIS WEEK! (All in notebook.)
• Pink Sheet p16 (kinds of sentences) due Tuesday. (Not available online.)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday
• Crossword due THURSDAY. (Here is the interactive web version.) NOTE NEW DAY!
• Outsiders project due next Thursday, 10/25.
• This week's test is on Thursday, instead of Friday, due to Outsiders Jeopardy on Friday.

Week of October 8 (Monday is a holiday.)

• KBAR(R).  Read 15+ minutes, get chart signed (nightly T-TH), respond one page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday
• S.L.A.P. due Thursday.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

• KBAR(R).  Read 15+ minutes, get chart signed (nightly M-TH), respond one page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Pink Sheet: (Verb Phrases. Not available online.)
• p10 due Tuesday
• p11 due Thursday
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
• Short Literary Analysis Paper due next Thursday 10/11. If you want help with your rough draft, bring it on Tuesday, 10/09.

• KBAR(R).  Read 15+ minutes, get chart signed (nightly M-TH), respond one page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Show not Tell II: Pick one of the two, due Tuesday. (350 words/ink)
• "_________ is Sooooooooo Fun!"
• "Weird Planet"
• Blue Grammar Sheet: (Not available online.)
• Simple Subjects (p4) due Tuesday
• Simple Predicates (p7) due Thursday
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Crossword (two words not used) due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

• KBAR(R).  Read 15+ minutes, get chart signed (nightly M-TH), respond one page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Crossword (spelling words only) due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
• Show not Tell II: Pick one of the two, due next Tuesday, 9/25. (350 words/ink)
• "_________ is Sooooooooo Fun!"
• "Weird Planet"

• KBAR(R).  Read 15+ minutes, get chart signed (nightly M-TH), respond one page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Show not Tell writing assignment ("My Room is Such a Mess") due Tuesday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

• KBAR(R) begins. Read 15+ minutes, get chart signed (in notebook), respond 1/2 page (in notebook)  -- nightly through Thursday.
• Attach KBAR handout and 55 Ways handout to notebook inside covers.
• Show not Tell writing assignment ("My Room is Such a Mess") due Friday, 9/7. Postponed until Tuesday 9/11!

   
 

School starts Tuesday 8/28

• Students should read and sign class expectations by Wednesday, 8/29. (Quiz! Surf the website.) Extra Credit for printing your own at home. Parents should read and sign by Friday, 8/31.
• Get a spiral notebook by Thursday, 8/30.
• First "Perfect Paper" assignment due Friday (8/31): 1 paragraph, 150 words. Topic: Fun!
• Find a KBAR book by Tuesday, 9/4.
• Show not Tell writing assignment ("My Room is Such a Mess") due Friday 9/7.

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