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Colonial America Unit

FRIDAY, 12/19

Class Agenda:

Review Assessment Scores (Third Block Only - Others Not Completed)

Holiday Logic Worksheet

"Salem Witch Trials" History Channel Video (Unit Wrap-Up)

Homework Agenda:

"Colonial America" Unit Notebook Check 1/8-1/9

Happy Holidays!!

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY, 12/17-12/18

Class Agenda:

Brief Review for Assessment (Mid-Year)

Turn in Witch Child for 60-Point Annotation Grade

Complete Mid-Year Assessment

Turn in Index Cards

Work on "On-Demand" Writing Prompt ("Function of Fiction")

Homework Agenda:

"Colonial America" Unit Notebook Check 1/8-1/9

MONDAY/TUESDAY, 12/15-12/16

Class Agenda:

Brief Review of End of Book (Witch Child)

Stations - 75-Point Project (50 for Fourth Block Only, Due to Different Activity/Requirement)

Discuss Mid-Term Assessment (Wed. and Thurs.)

Homework Agenda:

Index Card - 3x5, Handwritten Only - for Mid-Term Assessment

Finish Station Work

Bring Witch Child for Annotation Check!

THURSDAY/THURSDAY, 12/11-12/12

Class Agenda:

G.U.M. Sheet - Simple/Complete Subjects

Review Last Learning Check

Review for Today's Learning Check/Discuss QAR Questions

Learning Check

Study Guide for Mid-Term Assessment

Begin Reading Final Section of Witch Child - Annotate

Homework Agenda:

Finish Reading (to Page 261) - Annotate!

Mid-Term Next Week (12/17-12/18)

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY, 12/9-12/10

Class Agenda:

G.U.M. Sheet - Analogies

Review Pages 121-189

Check "Connect Four" Sheets

QAR Strategy - Information/Reference Sheet, Partner Work for Creation of Questions

Utilize QAR for Pages 189-228 OR Entire Novel

Homework Agenda:

Learning Check Next Class

Mid-Term Assessment 12/17-12/18 (Study Guide Next Class)

Read Pages 189-228 - QAR Strategy

FRIDAY/MONDAY, 12/5-12/8

Class Agenda:

G.U.M. Sheet - Analogies

"Admit Slip" - Puritans, Vocabulary Words

Review Pgs. 121-151

Read Pgs. 152-189 - Complete "Connect Four" Sheet

Homework Agenda:

Finish Pgs. 152-189 and "Connect Four" Sheet For That Section of the Reading

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY, 12/3-12/4

Class Agenda:

G.U.M. Sheet - Inferences

Finish Literature Circle Work/Discussion

Review for Learning Check

Learning Check ("Journey Two" and "The New World" - Witch Child)

Reading (Individual/Pair) - Pages 121-151 - and Completion of Visualizing Worksheet

Homework  Agenda:

Be Ready for "Puritan Lifestyle" (Information Sheet) and Vocabulary Assessment Next Class!

Finish Reading Pgs. 121-151 of Witch Child and Complete "Visualizing" Worksheet

Service Project Topic Due to TARGET Teacher on Friday

MONDAY/TUESDAY, 12/1-12/2

Class Agenda:

G.U.M. Sheet - Inferences, Conclusions, Predictions

Class Reading to Page 60

Literature Circles - Pages 60-93

Homework Agenda:

Read "New World" in Witch Child - Pages 93-117 (and Prepare for Learning Check)

Service Project Topic Due Friday to TARGET Teachers

"Journey One" Retakes Wed. and Thurs. a.m. ONLY (7:30-8:10 a.m.)

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY, 11/26-11/28

Have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving holiday!!

No Homework

MONDAY/TUESDAY, 11/24-11/25

Class Agenda:

G.U.M. - KCCT On-Demand Review (Letter-Writing)

Read a Story of One of the Participants in the Salem Witch Trials

"Journey One" Learning Check (Witch Child)

Begin Reading "Journey Two" in Class (to Page 60, if Time Allows) - "Popcorn Popsicle" Reading as Class

Provide Puritan Information Sheet

Enjoy a Rendition of Mrs. Easton's "Famous/Infamous" "Turkey Song"

Homework Agenda:

None! Have a Terrific Thanksgiving Break!!

THURSDAY/FRIDAY, 11/20-11/21

Class Agenda:

Check/Review "Station Work"

BrainPop (Pre- and Post-Assessment) - "Thirteen Colonies"

"VWL" - Visualize/What Do I Think I Will Learn or What Do I Want to Learn/What Have I Learned? - Reading Strategy

Historical Fiction Information/Reference Sheet

Begin Reading Witch Child Novel

Homework Agenda:

Finish Reading Through "Journey One" of Witch Child (Page 40)

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY, 11/18-11/19

Class Agenda:

Table of Contents Check for "Strange and Mysterious" Unit

Provide New Table of Contents for "Colonial America" Unit

Finish Video: Pilgrims and Puritans

Complete Station Work:

1)  G.U.M. Sheet (Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences)/Independent Reading

2)  Internet Research - Salem Witch Trials

3)  "Young Witch Hunters" Article - Reading and Annotation

4)  Vocabulary Folders

Homework Agenda:

Finish ANY "Station Work" Which You Did NOT Complete in Class!

Strange and Mysterious Unit

FRIDAY/MONDAY, 11/14-11/17

Class Agenda:

G.U.M. Sheet - Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences

"Peer-Grade" On-Demand Writing Assignment (Utilizing State Scoring Rubric)

Begin "Colonial America" Unit (As Time Allows): Pre-Assessment; UnitedStreaming Video - Colonists and Puritans; Completion of Multiple-Choice Questions on Video

Homework Agenda:

None

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY, 11/12-11/13

Class Agenda:

G.U.M. Sheet - Sentence Fragments

Admit Slip - ORQs (Open-Response Questions) "Vs." "On-Demand" Writing

On-Demand Prompt (Election of 2008 - "Letter to Editor")

Homework Agenda:

Finish On-Demand Writing Assignment (Including Plan, Rough Draft, and Final Copy) 

MONDAY/TUESDAY, 11/10-11/11

Class Agenda:

"Written Conversation" Reading Strategy (For "The Lottery")

Check, Review "Lottery" Questions

"The Lottery" Learning Check (Already Completed for 2nd Block)

Finish Movie ("The Lottery")

Begin "On-Demand" Writing

Homework Agenda:

Finish On-Demand Assignment

THURSDAY/FRIDAY, 11/6-11/7

Class Agenda:

Finish Reading "The Lottery"

Check Questions (4th)

Begin Movie - "The Lottery"

Homework Agenda:

"The Lottery" Questions (3rd Block Only)

Make Certain That AR Notebooks Are Updated (For "Strange & Mysterious" Unit)

"The Lottery" Learning Check - Next Class

MONDAY/WEDNESDAY, 11/3-11/5

Class Agenda:

Turn in "New and Improved" Essays (With Originals Attached)

VOTE! (1st Block Only)

"The Lottery" Prereading Activities ("Quickwrite," Word Association, Author Info. Annotation)

Read "The Lottery"

Homework Agenda:

Second Draft of Mystery With Peer Revisions Due Next Class

"The Lottery" Questions Due Next Class

"The Lottery" Learning Check Next Class

(***NO SCHOOL ON TUESDAY DUE TO ELECTION - PLEASE GET OUT THERE, AND MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!!)

THURSDAY/FRIDAY, 10/30-10/31

Class Agenda:

Continue Essay Revisions

Mystery Short Stories - Peer Edit

"The Lottery" Prereading Activities (Author Info. for Annotation)

(**TWO-HOUR DELAYED SCHEDULE IN PLACE FOR FRIDAY DUE TO RED RIBBON ASSEMBLY)

Homework Agenda:

Final Essay Draft (Original Attached) Due Monday (Original Attached) (3rd Block Only)

Second Draft of Mystery - With Peer Revisions Included - Due Wednesday/Thursday

Happy Halloween!!!!!

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY, 10/28-10/29

Class Agenda:

Review G.U.M. Quiz

Library (to Obtain New Books)

SSR ("Silent Sustained Reading")

Partner Work - Essay Revisions

Homework Agenda:

Original and Revised Essays Due (4th Block Only at This Point)

MONDAY, 10/27

Class Agenda:

Chamber Theatre Field Trip!

Homework Agenda:

Double-Check Student Folder for Ballad

Mystery Rough Draft Due Tuesday/Wednesday 

MONDAY - FRIDAY, 10/20-10/24

Fall Break!

THURSDAY/FRIDAY, 10/16-10/17

Class Agenda:

Table of Contents Completion for "Coming of Age" Unit AR Notebook Check

G.U.M. Quiz - Common/Proper Nouns and Visible and Mental Verbs

Review "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"

"Learning Check" for "Speckled Band"

Notes on "Anatomy of a Mystery" PowerPoint

Homework Agenda:

Mystery Rough Draft Due Tues./Wed. AFTER BREAK!

Remember to Bring Money - and Dress Nicely! - for Our Chamber Theater Field Trip on Mon. After Break!! 

ENJOY YOUR FALL BREAK!!!

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY, 10/14-10/15

Class Agenda:

(Two-Hour Delayed Schedule Due to Assembly!)

G.U.M. - Review for Quiz

Continue Reading "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and Completing "Connect Four" Sheets

Homework Agenda:

Verify That Ballad is Saved to Student Folder

G.U.M. Quiz #3 on Thurs./Fri.

AR Notebook - Due Thurs./Fri.

FRIDAY/MONDAY, 10/10-10/13

Class Agenda:

G.U.M. Sheet (Helping Verbs)

"Admit" Slip (To Be Turned In)

Plagiarism Discussion

"Sherlock Holmes" PowerPoint/Outline Notes

Begin Reading "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" (Time-Permitting)

Homework Agenda:

Saved Second Draft of Ballad (If Draft Not Received From Me Previously!)

G.U.M. Quiz #3 - Common and Proper Nouns, Visible and Mental Verbs, and Linking and Helping Verbs

Active Reader Notebooks - Be Ready to Turn in on Thurs./Fri.!

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY, 10/8-10/9

Class Agenda:

G.U.M. Sheet (Linking Verbs)

Turn in Ballads

Group Presentations - Field-Trip Stories

Homework Agenda:

Second Draft of Ballad - TYPED and SAVED to Student Folder

MONDAY/TUESDAY, 10/6-10/7

Class Agenda:

G.U.M. Sheet (Visible and Mental verbs)

Review/Finish "Ballad of Birmingham" PowerPoint

"Ballad" Response Questions

Groupwork - Focus on Presentations of Field-Trip Stories

Homework Agenda:

Be Prepared to "Teach" Field-Trip Stories to Class

Rough Draft of Ballad Based on a Theme from "Ballad of Birmingham"

THURSDAY/FRIDAY, 10/2-10/3

Class Agenda:

G.U.M. Sheet - Common and Proper Nouns

Write Essential and Guiding Questions in AR Notebooks

"Brainstorm"/Respond to Essential Questions ONLY (in AR Notebooks)

T-Chart:  "Strange" and "Mysterious" Denotations

"Visualization" Reference and Practice Worksheets

"Ballad of Birmingham" Anticipation Guide and PowerPoint

Homework Agenda:

Be Prepared to Present "Field-Trip Stories" on Monday/Tuesday (tentatively)

Independent Reading

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY, 9/30-10/1

Class Agenda:

G.U.M. Sheet - Common and Proper Nouns

Collect Essays ("Coming of Age" Assessment)

Begin "Strange and Mysterious" Unit - "field-Trip" Stories

Homework Agenda:

Independent Reading

Coming of Age Unit 

FRIDAY/MONDAY - 9/26 - 9/29

Class Agenda:

"Coming of Age" Assessment

Homework Agenda:

Independent Reading

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY - 9/24 - 9/25

Class Agenda:

Finish Movie (Charly)

Work On/Complete "Coming of Age" Assessment Study Guide/Overview

Homework Agenda:

Complete "Coming of Age" Study Guide

Read Independently

MONDAY/TUESDAY - 9/22 - 9/23

Class Agenda:

Movie: Charly (Based on the Short Story "Flowers for Algernon")