Daily schedule & assignments
Trimester 1
Week 1
8/23-25/17: Ice breakers, Course intro., syllabus rules Homework: parent signature Shaffer's Rules
Week 2
8/28-9/1/17: Daily Lang. Review, Proofreading Marks, Writing Process, Expository Writing
Homework: SSR book, Study for DLR quiz
Week 3
9/5/17 : DLR, Writing-revise, edit, Reading strategy-monitor comprehension
Homework: Camera in Sky worksheet
9/6/17 : Writing-Edit, final draft Homework: The New House worksheet
9/7/17 : Writing-final draft, Reading inventory assessment Homework: Study for DLR quiz
9/8/17 : DLR quiz #2, individual assignments, guest speaker
Week 4
9/11/17: DLR, Intro. Rites of Passage, vocabulary, read "Red Roses", Homework: finish summary
9/12/17: "The Medicine Bag" Homework: Vocabulary Sentences
9/13/17: cont. "The Medicine Bag"
9/14/17: cont. "The Medicine Bag" Homework: Study for DLR quiz
9/15/17: DLR quiz #3
Week 5
9/18/17: DLR, cont. "The Medicine Bag", Research project Homework: Research project due 9/20
9/19/17: Research project groups Homework: Research project due 9/20
9/20/17: Present research project groups Homework: Study for DLR quiz
9/21/17: No School
9/22/17: DLR quiz, cont. presentations; cont. "The Medicine Bag"
Week 6
9/25/17: DLR, cont. story Homework: Study vocab. words (quiz 9/26), Summary of "The Medicine Bag"
9/26/17: Vocabulary Quiz, cont. "The Medicine Bag
9/27/17: "The Medicine Bag" comprehension test Homework: Rewrite/type summary with corrections
9/28/17: Narrative writing Homework: Study for DLR quiz
9/29/17: DLR quiz, narrative writing
Week 7
10/2/17: DLR, summary and narrative writing
10/3/17: narrative writing Homework: Narrative writing (from Grandpa's point of view) Due Friday
10/4/17: narrative writing Homework: Narrative writing Due Friday
10/5/17: "Apache Girl's Rite of Passage" Homework: Study for DLR quiz
10/6/17: DLR quiz, cont "Apache Girl's Rite of Passage"
Week 8
10/9/17: DLR, "Electric Boogaloo" "Just Be Yourself"
10/10/17: cont. "Electric Boogaloo" "Just Be Yourself" Homework: Vocabulary worksheet
10/11/17: "Hanging Fire" Homework: Vocabulary worksheet
10/12/17: "Translating Grandfather's House", pg. 60 (#1-6) Homework: Study for DLR quiz,
Read pg. 67-70 "The Setting Sun and the Rolling World" pg. 71 (1-3)
10/13/17: DLR quiz, cont. "The Setting Sun and the Rolling World"
Week 9
10/16/17: DLR, cont. "The Setting Sun and the Rolling World", vocab. sentences
10/17/17: cont."The Setting Sun and the Rolling World" Homework: study vocabulary words
10/18/17: vocabulary quiz, intro. Narrative writing Homework: Planning a narrative (quick sketch)
10/19/17: Narrative writing rough draft Homework: study for DLR quiz
10/20/17: DLR quiz Narrative writing
Week 10
10/23/17: DLR-Comma Rules, Narrative writing
10/24/17: Comma rules, Narrative writing
10/25/17: Comma rules, Narrative writing (due Fri.)
10/26/17: Comma rule, Narrative Homework: Study for DLR quiz, rough draft narrative due tomorrow
10/27/17: DLR (Commas) quiz, Giver intro.
Week 11
10/30/17: Comma rules, Narrative
10/31/17: Narrative, The Giver
11/1/17: The Giver ch. 1 Homework: Finish reading Ch. 1
11/2/17: The Giver ch. 2 Homework: Giver questions Ch. 1-2, (Narrative, Comma Rules due Fri.)
11/3/17: The Giver test ch. 1-2, narrative, comma rules
Week 12
11/6/17 DLR, The Giver ch. 3 Homework: Read The Giver ch. 3,4
11/7/17 The Giver ch. 3,4 Homework: Vocabulary sentences and study for quiz
11/8/17 The Giver ch. 4,5 Homework: Ch. 3-4 comprehension question, Study Vocab. and DLR quiz
11/9/17 Vocabulary, DLR quiz, The Giver ch. 5
11/10/17 No School - Veteran's Day!
Week 13
11/13/17 The Giver ch. 6 Homework: ch. 5-6 comprehension quest., Vocabulary (ch.4-5)
11/14/17 Giver test ch. 3-4 Homework: Study vocabulary (ch. 4-5)
11/15/17 Vocabulary (ch. 4-5) quiz,The Giver test ch. 5-6 open book
11/16/17 The Giver test ch. 5-6, Ch. 7
11/17/17 5K Run
Trimester 2
Week 14
11/20/17 Giver Ch. 7-8
11/21/17 Giver Ch. 7-8 Test; Giver Ch. 9
11/22-24/17 No School ; BE THANKFUL!!!
Week 15
11/27/17 Writing prompt, Giver ch. 9
11/28/17 Writing prompt, Giver review ch.9; Homework: Read ch. 10; rough draft Giver writing prompt
11/29/17 Giver Ch. 10, writing prompt
11/30/17 Giver Ch. 9-10 Test, Giver ch. 11
12/1/17 Writing prompt Giver Community
Week 16
12/4/17 Giver ch. 12 Homework: Vocabulary Sentences, Study for quiz on Wed.
12/5/17 Giver Test Ch. 11-12, writing prompt Homework: study vocabulary
12/6/17 No School
12/7/17 Vocabulary quiz, The Giver Ch. 13
12/8/17 The Giver comp. questions, Ch. 13
Week 17
12/11/17 Giver Ch. 14 Homework: Read SSR book (Summary will be due 12/21 - day before Winter break)
12/12/17 Giver Test Ch. 13-14, Giver Ch. 15
12/13/17 Giver Ch. 16, answer questions
12/14/17 Giver Ch. 17, answer questions
12/15/17 Giver Test Ch. 15-17, Giver Ch. 18-19
Week 18
12/18/17 Giver Ch. 20 Homework: study vocabulary (quiz Wed.), SSR Book Report (due Thurs.),
Giver questions (due Thurs. )
12/19/17 Google docs. present, Giver Ch. 21 Homework: study vocabulary (quiz Wed.), SSR Book
Report, Giver questions (due Thurs. )
12/20/17 Giver Ch. 21 Giver Test Ch. 18-21, Vocabulary Quiz, work on SSR report Homework: SSR Book Report, Giver questions
12/21/17 Giver Ch. 22-23 Test, Comp. questions
12/22 - 1/7/18 No School! Have a safe and wonderful Winter Break! :)
Week 19
1/8/18 Book Report final edits, Giver book report Homework: Reading Log (due Fri.)
1/9/18 Giver book report Homework: Reading Log
1/10/18 Giver book report Homework: Reading Log, Giver book report (googledocs) due tomorrow
1/11/18 Peer edit Giver book report, Intro. Human Intelligence Unit Homework: Reading Log
1/12/18 Peer edit Giver book report, Intro. Human Intelligence Unit
Week 20
1/15/18 No School
1/16/18 The Human Brain Homework: Reading Log (due Fri.)
1/17/18 The Human Brain Homework: Reading Log, The Human Brain Summary (on googledocs)
1/18/18 The Human Brain summary peer edit, Flowers for Algernon Homework: Reading Log
1/19/18 Flowers for Algernon
Week 21
1/22/18 Pupil free day
1/23/18 Flowers for Algernon Homework: Reading Log (due Fri.)
1/24/18 Flowers for Algernon Homework: Reading Log
1/25/18 Flowers for Algernon Homework: Reading Log, Human Intelligence responses
1/26/18 Flowers for Algernon
Week 22
1/29/18 Flowers for Algernon Homework: Reading Log (due Fri.), Flowers for Algernon Vocabulary
(on googledocs)
1/30/18 Flowers for Algernon Homework: Reading Log, Comprehension Check pg. 379 (#1-5)
1/31/18 Flowers for Algernon Homework: Reading Log, questions pg. 379, #6 and pg. 380 (1,3,5)
2/1/18 Flowers for Algernon Test and movie Homework: Reading Log
2/2/18 Flowers for Algernon movie
Week 23
2/5/18 "Blue Nines and Red Words", comp. questions pg. 407 Homework: Reading Log (due Fri.)
2/6/18 "Blue Nines and Red Words",Homework: Reading Log, comp. questions pg. 407 (# 1-5 due Wed.)
2/7/18 "Blue Nines and Red Words",Savant Writing prompt Homework:Reading Log, research on savant
2/8/18 'Blue Nines and Red Words" test, Research Savant Homework: Reading Log, savant paragraph
2/9/18 Savant presentations
Week 24
2/12/18 Multiple Intelligence Homework: Reading Log, pg. 414 #1-5, pg. 415
2/13/18 Intro. The Holocaust Homework: Reading Log
2/14/18 Grand Mosque summary, Intro. Holocaust Homework: Reading Log, Grand Mosque summary
2/15/18 Diary of Anne Frank Act 1
2/16/18 No School
Week 25
2/19/18 No School
2/20/18 Diary of Anne Frank Act 1 Homework: Reading Log, *Book Report due by March 2nd
2/21/18 Diary of Anne Frank Homework: Reading Log, Comprehension Check pg. 151 (#1-3)
2/22/18 Diary of Anne Frank Homework: Reading Log
2/23/18 Diary of Anne Frank
Week 26
2/26/18 Diary of Anne Frank Homework: Reading log, book report template due Wed.,
book report due Fri. on googledocs.
2/27/18 Diary of Anne Frank Act 2 Homework: Reading log, book report template due Wed.,
book report due Fri.
2/28/18 Book report, Diary of Anne Frank Act 1 Test, Homework: Reading log, book report due Fri.
3/1/18 Diary of Anne Frank Act 2 Homework: Reading log, book report due Fri. on googledocs./hard
copy
3/2/18 Guest speaker on Holocaust
Week 27
3/5/18 Diary of Anne Frank Act 2 Test, Homework: Reading Log
3/6/18 Diary of Anne Frank Timeline, Homework: Reading Log
3/7/18 Diary of Anne Frank Timeline comprehension questions, Diary of Young Girl Homework: Reading Log
3/8/18 The Diary of a Young Girl test Homework: Reading log
3/9/18 Acceptance speech for Nobel Peace Prize
Week 28
3/12/18 Research Holocaust topic Homework: Reading Log
3/13/18 Research Holocaust topic Homework: Reading Log
3/14/18 Acceptance speech for Nobel Peach Prize Homework: Reading Log
3/15/18 Acceptance speech for Nobel Peach Prize Homework: Reading Log
3/16/18 Research Holocaust topic presentations
Week 29
3/19/18 Art Spiegelman Maus Homework: Reading Log
3/20/18 Holocaust personal reflection Homework: Reading Log, Holocaust reflection due tomorrow
3/21/18 Intro. What Matters Homework: Reading Log
3/22/18 "Freedom of the Press" Homework: Reading Log
3/23/18 "Barrington Irving, Pilot and Educator"
3/26/18 - 4/2/18 Spring break
Week 30
4/3/18"Three Cheers for the Nanny State" Homework: Reading Log
4/4/18 "Ban the Ban!" Homework: Reading Log
4/5/18 "Words do not Pay" Homework: Reading Log
4/6/18 What Matters Conclusion
Week 31
4/9/18 The Outsiders pg. 1-3 Homework: Reading Log, Study Elements of Novel (quiz Wed.)
4/10/18 The Outsiders pg. 4-11 Homework: Reading Log, Study Elements of Novel (quiz Wed.),
Vocabulary Sentences and study for Quiz on Fri.
4/11/18 Elements of Novel quiz, The Outsiders pg. 12-18 Homework: I Predict page, summary ch. 1
study for vocab. quiz, reading log
4/12/18 Ch. 1 test, The Outsiders pg. 19-26 Homework: Ch. test corrections, study for Vocab quiz,
reading log
4/13/18 Vocabulary quiz, The Outsiders ch. 2 pg. 27-36
Week 32
4/16/18 Outsiders ch. 1-2 test, pg. 37-40 Homework: Reading Log
4/17/18 Outsiders ch. pg. 41-52 Homework: Reading Log, Ch. 3 summary, comp. quest. (googledocs)
4/18/18 Outsiders test ch. 3 Homework: Reading Log, Socs & Greasers paragraph on googledocs
4/19/18 Soc and Greasers paragraph, Outsiders ch. 4 Homework: Reading Log
4/20/18 Outsiders ch. 4 test
Week 33
4/23/18 Outsiders test review ch. 1-4, pg. 68-75 Homework: Reading Log
4/24/18 Outsiders ch. 5 and test ch. 5 Homework: Reading Log
4/25/18 Outsiders summary/comp quest. googledocs ch. 6 Homework: Reading Log
4/26/18 Outsiders ch. 6 summary/comp quest. Homework: Reading Log
4/27/18 Outsiders ch. 6 test
Week 34
4/30/18 Outsiders ch. 7 Homework: Reading Log
5/1/18 Outsiders ch. 8 Homework: Reading log, ch. 7 summary and comp. quest. on googedocs.
5/2/18 Outsiders ch. 7 test . ch. 8 Homework: Reading log, sequencing sheet
5/3/18 Outsiders summary, comp. quest. Homework: Reading log, sequencing sheet on googledocs
5/4/18 Outsiders ch. 8 test, Identifying Character Skill page
Week 35
5/7/18 Outsiders ch. 9 Homework: Reading log, Vocabulary 6-8 Sentences, Study for Vocab. Quiz (Fri.)
5/8/18 Outsiders ch. 9 Homework: Reading log, Study for Vocab. Quiz (Fri.)
5/9/18 Outsiders ch. 10, idiom page, ch. 9 test Homework: Reading log, study for Vocab. quiz
5/10/18 Block schedule - no class
5/11/18 Vocab. Quiz, Outsiders, ch. 10 test, Vocab., comp quest. ch. 10
Week 36
5/14/18 Block schedule
5/15/18 Outsiders ch. 11 Homework: Reading log, summary, comp. quest. ch 11
5/16/18 Outsiders ch. 11 & 12 test Homework: Reading log, complete(reread, revise, edit) ALL summary questions on googledocs(due Fri.), study vocab ch. 10-12 (quiz on Tues.)
5/17/18 Block schedule Homework: reading log, see 5/16
5/18/18 Outsiders Plot worksheet, Final Test
Week 37
5/21/18 Block schedule Homework: study for vocab ch. 10-12 (on Tues.)
5/22/18 Outsiders Homework:finish packet (due Wed.), study vocab. ch. 10-12, Book report (due by 6/1)
5/23/18 Outsiders Biopoem, theme, Homework Book report (due by 6/1)
5/24/18 Block Schedule
5/25/18 Response to Literature The Outsiders
Week 38
5/28/18 Memorial Day
5/29/18 Book Report Homework Book report (due by 6/1)
5/30/18 Response to Literature The Outsiders Homework: Book Report
5/31/18 Movie - The Outsiders Homework: Book Report due tomorrow
6/1/18 Movie - The Outsiders, Response to Literature
Week 39
6/4/18 block schedule
6/5/18 field day
6/6/18 promotion practice
6/7/18 Magic Mountain
6/9/18 Last day of school! Have a wonderful summer! :)
Week 1
8/23-25/17: Ice breakers, Course intro., syllabus rules Homework: parent signature Shaffer's Rules
Week 2
8/28-9/1/17: Daily Lang. Review, Proofreading Marks, Writing Process, Expository Writing
Homework: SSR book, Study for DLR quiz
Week 3
9/5/17 : DLR, Writing-revise, edit, Reading strategy-monitor comprehension
Homework: Camera in Sky worksheet
9/6/17 : Writing-Edit, final draft Homework: The New House worksheet
9/7/17 : Writing-final draft, Reading inventory assessment Homework: Study for DLR quiz
9/8/17 : DLR quiz #2, individual assignments, guest speaker
Week 4
9/11/17: DLR, Intro. Rites of Passage, vocabulary, read "Red Roses", Homework: finish summary
9/12/17: "The Medicine Bag" Homework: Vocabulary Sentences
9/13/17: cont. "The Medicine Bag"
9/14/17: cont. "The Medicine Bag" Homework: Study for DLR quiz
9/15/17: DLR quiz #3
Week 5
9/18/17: DLR, cont. "The Medicine Bag", Research project Homework: Research project due 9/20
9/19/17: Research project groups Homework: Research project due 9/20
9/20/17: Present research project groups Homework: Study for DLR quiz
9/21/17: No School
9/22/17: DLR quiz, cont. presentations; cont. "The Medicine Bag"
Week 6
9/25/17: DLR, cont. story Homework: Study vocab. words (quiz 9/26), Summary of "The Medicine Bag"
9/26/17: Vocabulary Quiz, cont. "The Medicine Bag
9/27/17: "The Medicine Bag" comprehension test Homework: Rewrite/type summary with corrections
9/28/17: Narrative writing Homework: Study for DLR quiz
9/29/17: DLR quiz, narrative writing
Week 7
10/2/17: DLR, summary and narrative writing
10/3/17: narrative writing Homework: Narrative writing (from Grandpa's point of view) Due Friday
10/4/17: narrative writing Homework: Narrative writing Due Friday
10/5/17: "Apache Girl's Rite of Passage" Homework: Study for DLR quiz
10/6/17: DLR quiz, cont "Apache Girl's Rite of Passage"
Week 8
10/9/17: DLR, "Electric Boogaloo" "Just Be Yourself"
10/10/17: cont. "Electric Boogaloo" "Just Be Yourself" Homework: Vocabulary worksheet
10/11/17: "Hanging Fire" Homework: Vocabulary worksheet
10/12/17: "Translating Grandfather's House", pg. 60 (#1-6) Homework: Study for DLR quiz,
Read pg. 67-70 "The Setting Sun and the Rolling World" pg. 71 (1-3)
10/13/17: DLR quiz, cont. "The Setting Sun and the Rolling World"
Week 9
10/16/17: DLR, cont. "The Setting Sun and the Rolling World", vocab. sentences
10/17/17: cont."The Setting Sun and the Rolling World" Homework: study vocabulary words
10/18/17: vocabulary quiz, intro. Narrative writing Homework: Planning a narrative (quick sketch)
10/19/17: Narrative writing rough draft Homework: study for DLR quiz
10/20/17: DLR quiz Narrative writing
Week 10
10/23/17: DLR-Comma Rules, Narrative writing
10/24/17: Comma rules, Narrative writing
10/25/17: Comma rules, Narrative writing (due Fri.)
10/26/17: Comma rule, Narrative Homework: Study for DLR quiz, rough draft narrative due tomorrow
10/27/17: DLR (Commas) quiz, Giver intro.
Week 11
10/30/17: Comma rules, Narrative
10/31/17: Narrative, The Giver
11/1/17: The Giver ch. 1 Homework: Finish reading Ch. 1
11/2/17: The Giver ch. 2 Homework: Giver questions Ch. 1-2, (Narrative, Comma Rules due Fri.)
11/3/17: The Giver test ch. 1-2, narrative, comma rules
Week 12
11/6/17 DLR, The Giver ch. 3 Homework: Read The Giver ch. 3,4
11/7/17 The Giver ch. 3,4 Homework: Vocabulary sentences and study for quiz
11/8/17 The Giver ch. 4,5 Homework: Ch. 3-4 comprehension question, Study Vocab. and DLR quiz
11/9/17 Vocabulary, DLR quiz, The Giver ch. 5
11/10/17 No School - Veteran's Day!
Week 13
11/13/17 The Giver ch. 6 Homework: ch. 5-6 comprehension quest., Vocabulary (ch.4-5)
11/14/17 Giver test ch. 3-4 Homework: Study vocabulary (ch. 4-5)
11/15/17 Vocabulary (ch. 4-5) quiz,The Giver test ch. 5-6 open book
11/16/17 The Giver test ch. 5-6, Ch. 7
11/17/17 5K Run
Trimester 2
Week 14
11/20/17 Giver Ch. 7-8
11/21/17 Giver Ch. 7-8 Test; Giver Ch. 9
11/22-24/17 No School ; BE THANKFUL!!!
Week 15
11/27/17 Writing prompt, Giver ch. 9
11/28/17 Writing prompt, Giver review ch.9; Homework: Read ch. 10; rough draft Giver writing prompt
11/29/17 Giver Ch. 10, writing prompt
11/30/17 Giver Ch. 9-10 Test, Giver ch. 11
12/1/17 Writing prompt Giver Community
Week 16
12/4/17 Giver ch. 12 Homework: Vocabulary Sentences, Study for quiz on Wed.
12/5/17 Giver Test Ch. 11-12, writing prompt Homework: study vocabulary
12/6/17 No School
12/7/17 Vocabulary quiz, The Giver Ch. 13
12/8/17 The Giver comp. questions, Ch. 13
Week 17
12/11/17 Giver Ch. 14 Homework: Read SSR book (Summary will be due 12/21 - day before Winter break)
12/12/17 Giver Test Ch. 13-14, Giver Ch. 15
12/13/17 Giver Ch. 16, answer questions
12/14/17 Giver Ch. 17, answer questions
12/15/17 Giver Test Ch. 15-17, Giver Ch. 18-19
Week 18
12/18/17 Giver Ch. 20 Homework: study vocabulary (quiz Wed.), SSR Book Report (due Thurs.),
Giver questions (due Thurs. )
12/19/17 Google docs. present, Giver Ch. 21 Homework: study vocabulary (quiz Wed.), SSR Book
Report, Giver questions (due Thurs. )
12/20/17 Giver Ch. 21 Giver Test Ch. 18-21, Vocabulary Quiz, work on SSR report Homework: SSR Book Report, Giver questions
12/21/17 Giver Ch. 22-23 Test, Comp. questions
12/22 - 1/7/18 No School! Have a safe and wonderful Winter Break! :)
Week 19
1/8/18 Book Report final edits, Giver book report Homework: Reading Log (due Fri.)
1/9/18 Giver book report Homework: Reading Log
1/10/18 Giver book report Homework: Reading Log, Giver book report (googledocs) due tomorrow
1/11/18 Peer edit Giver book report, Intro. Human Intelligence Unit Homework: Reading Log
1/12/18 Peer edit Giver book report, Intro. Human Intelligence Unit
Week 20
1/15/18 No School
1/16/18 The Human Brain Homework: Reading Log (due Fri.)
1/17/18 The Human Brain Homework: Reading Log, The Human Brain Summary (on googledocs)
1/18/18 The Human Brain summary peer edit, Flowers for Algernon Homework: Reading Log
1/19/18 Flowers for Algernon
Week 21
1/22/18 Pupil free day
1/23/18 Flowers for Algernon Homework: Reading Log (due Fri.)
1/24/18 Flowers for Algernon Homework: Reading Log
1/25/18 Flowers for Algernon Homework: Reading Log, Human Intelligence responses
1/26/18 Flowers for Algernon
Week 22
1/29/18 Flowers for Algernon Homework: Reading Log (due Fri.), Flowers for Algernon Vocabulary
(on googledocs)
1/30/18 Flowers for Algernon Homework: Reading Log, Comprehension Check pg. 379 (#1-5)
1/31/18 Flowers for Algernon Homework: Reading Log, questions pg. 379, #6 and pg. 380 (1,3,5)
2/1/18 Flowers for Algernon Test and movie Homework: Reading Log
2/2/18 Flowers for Algernon movie
Week 23
2/5/18 "Blue Nines and Red Words", comp. questions pg. 407 Homework: Reading Log (due Fri.)
2/6/18 "Blue Nines and Red Words",Homework: Reading Log, comp. questions pg. 407 (# 1-5 due Wed.)
2/7/18 "Blue Nines and Red Words",Savant Writing prompt Homework:Reading Log, research on savant
2/8/18 'Blue Nines and Red Words" test, Research Savant Homework: Reading Log, savant paragraph
2/9/18 Savant presentations
Week 24
2/12/18 Multiple Intelligence Homework: Reading Log, pg. 414 #1-5, pg. 415
2/13/18 Intro. The Holocaust Homework: Reading Log
2/14/18 Grand Mosque summary, Intro. Holocaust Homework: Reading Log, Grand Mosque summary
2/15/18 Diary of Anne Frank Act 1
2/16/18 No School
Week 25
2/19/18 No School
2/20/18 Diary of Anne Frank Act 1 Homework: Reading Log, *Book Report due by March 2nd
2/21/18 Diary of Anne Frank Homework: Reading Log, Comprehension Check pg. 151 (#1-3)
2/22/18 Diary of Anne Frank Homework: Reading Log
2/23/18 Diary of Anne Frank
Week 26
2/26/18 Diary of Anne Frank Homework: Reading log, book report template due Wed.,
book report due Fri. on googledocs.
2/27/18 Diary of Anne Frank Act 2 Homework: Reading log, book report template due Wed.,
book report due Fri.
2/28/18 Book report, Diary of Anne Frank Act 1 Test, Homework: Reading log, book report due Fri.
3/1/18 Diary of Anne Frank Act 2 Homework: Reading log, book report due Fri. on googledocs./hard
copy
3/2/18 Guest speaker on Holocaust
Week 27
3/5/18 Diary of Anne Frank Act 2 Test, Homework: Reading Log
3/6/18 Diary of Anne Frank Timeline, Homework: Reading Log
3/7/18 Diary of Anne Frank Timeline comprehension questions, Diary of Young Girl Homework: Reading Log
3/8/18 The Diary of a Young Girl test Homework: Reading log
3/9/18 Acceptance speech for Nobel Peace Prize
Week 28
3/12/18 Research Holocaust topic Homework: Reading Log
3/13/18 Research Holocaust topic Homework: Reading Log
3/14/18 Acceptance speech for Nobel Peach Prize Homework: Reading Log
3/15/18 Acceptance speech for Nobel Peach Prize Homework: Reading Log
3/16/18 Research Holocaust topic presentations
Week 29
3/19/18 Art Spiegelman Maus Homework: Reading Log
3/20/18 Holocaust personal reflection Homework: Reading Log, Holocaust reflection due tomorrow
3/21/18 Intro. What Matters Homework: Reading Log
3/22/18 "Freedom of the Press" Homework: Reading Log
3/23/18 "Barrington Irving, Pilot and Educator"
3/26/18 - 4/2/18 Spring break
Week 30
4/3/18"Three Cheers for the Nanny State" Homework: Reading Log
4/4/18 "Ban the Ban!" Homework: Reading Log
4/5/18 "Words do not Pay" Homework: Reading Log
4/6/18 What Matters Conclusion
Week 31
4/9/18 The Outsiders pg. 1-3 Homework: Reading Log, Study Elements of Novel (quiz Wed.)
4/10/18 The Outsiders pg. 4-11 Homework: Reading Log, Study Elements of Novel (quiz Wed.),
Vocabulary Sentences and study for Quiz on Fri.
4/11/18 Elements of Novel quiz, The Outsiders pg. 12-18 Homework: I Predict page, summary ch. 1
study for vocab. quiz, reading log
4/12/18 Ch. 1 test, The Outsiders pg. 19-26 Homework: Ch. test corrections, study for Vocab quiz,
reading log
4/13/18 Vocabulary quiz, The Outsiders ch. 2 pg. 27-36
Week 32
4/16/18 Outsiders ch. 1-2 test, pg. 37-40 Homework: Reading Log
4/17/18 Outsiders ch. pg. 41-52 Homework: Reading Log, Ch. 3 summary, comp. quest. (googledocs)
4/18/18 Outsiders test ch. 3 Homework: Reading Log, Socs & Greasers paragraph on googledocs
4/19/18 Soc and Greasers paragraph, Outsiders ch. 4 Homework: Reading Log
4/20/18 Outsiders ch. 4 test
Week 33
4/23/18 Outsiders test review ch. 1-4, pg. 68-75 Homework: Reading Log
4/24/18 Outsiders ch. 5 and test ch. 5 Homework: Reading Log
4/25/18 Outsiders summary/comp quest. googledocs ch. 6 Homework: Reading Log
4/26/18 Outsiders ch. 6 summary/comp quest. Homework: Reading Log
4/27/18 Outsiders ch. 6 test
Week 34
4/30/18 Outsiders ch. 7 Homework: Reading Log
5/1/18 Outsiders ch. 8 Homework: Reading log, ch. 7 summary and comp. quest. on googedocs.
5/2/18 Outsiders ch. 7 test . ch. 8 Homework: Reading log, sequencing sheet
5/3/18 Outsiders summary, comp. quest. Homework: Reading log, sequencing sheet on googledocs
5/4/18 Outsiders ch. 8 test, Identifying Character Skill page
Week 35
5/7/18 Outsiders ch. 9 Homework: Reading log, Vocabulary 6-8 Sentences, Study for Vocab. Quiz (Fri.)
5/8/18 Outsiders ch. 9 Homework: Reading log, Study for Vocab. Quiz (Fri.)
5/9/18 Outsiders ch. 10, idiom page, ch. 9 test Homework: Reading log, study for Vocab. quiz
5/10/18 Block schedule - no class
5/11/18 Vocab. Quiz, Outsiders, ch. 10 test, Vocab., comp quest. ch. 10
Week 36
5/14/18 Block schedule
5/15/18 Outsiders ch. 11 Homework: Reading log, summary, comp. quest. ch 11
5/16/18 Outsiders ch. 11 & 12 test Homework: Reading log, complete(reread, revise, edit) ALL summary questions on googledocs(due Fri.), study vocab ch. 10-12 (quiz on Tues.)
5/17/18 Block schedule Homework: reading log, see 5/16
5/18/18 Outsiders Plot worksheet, Final Test
Week 37
5/21/18 Block schedule Homework: study for vocab ch. 10-12 (on Tues.)
5/22/18 Outsiders Homework:finish packet (due Wed.), study vocab. ch. 10-12, Book report (due by 6/1)
5/23/18 Outsiders Biopoem, theme, Homework Book report (due by 6/1)
5/24/18 Block Schedule
5/25/18 Response to Literature The Outsiders
Week 38
5/28/18 Memorial Day
5/29/18 Book Report Homework Book report (due by 6/1)
5/30/18 Response to Literature The Outsiders Homework: Book Report
5/31/18 Movie - The Outsiders Homework: Book Report due tomorrow
6/1/18 Movie - The Outsiders, Response to Literature
Week 39
6/4/18 block schedule
6/5/18 field day
6/6/18 promotion practice
6/7/18 Magic Mountain
6/9/18 Last day of school! Have a wonderful summer! :)
Other Information / Handouts
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