This is a reading and language arts class, so students will be doing grammar,
reading, and writing in my class. They will write in a journal and will have
a daily edit. These will both begin Monday, August 17th.
Supplies needed for my class:
binder 1-2 inch
loose leaf paper
pencils
pens
Students will be required to keep a binder in this class. All assignments
will be put on the board in the order that they will need to be in the
binder. This will help the students work on organization and responsibility.
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4-H SPEECHES DECEMBER 10 (in my class)
December 8- Trip to Crossville
December 7-December 11
Monday, Dec. 7- Journal; everyday edit; take notes over writing, giving, and
evaluating a speech
Tuesday, Dec. 8- Trip to Crossville
Wednesday, Dec. 9- Journal; everyday edit; go over speech notes and what will
be on the test on Friday; practice speeches
Thursday, Dec. 10- 4-H speeches
Friday, Dec. 11- Journal; everyday edit; test over speech notes; go over
false premise, bias, stereotype, purpose of medium (print and nonprint),
working in groups, and conflict
November 30- December 4
Monday, November 30, 2009
Readers Theatre with the I Have a Dream speech; then students will work with
partners and practice assigned parts of the speech making sure they know all
of the
words to their part and know what words to put emphasis on. Then we will
stand and
read again as a class. Discuss purpose of speech and the purpose of
practicing.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Students will listen to the "I Have a Dream" speech; discuss audience and
hand
gestures and eye contact. Students will take notes on the important things
that go
along with giving and writing a speech. Begin research.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Finish research and begin writing out speech.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Transfer speech onto note cards and begin practicing speech with a partner.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Take quiz on speech giving and writing. Watch powerpoint on MLK and listen to
some other famous speeches.
NOVEMBER 17th MID NINE WEEKS GRADE SHEETS
November 16-20
Monday, Nov. 16
Since Thursday and Friday's schedule was off, today was spent presenting the
group
media/propaganda assignment from last Wednesday. Tomorrow they will present
their
commercial homework assignment also from last Wednesday. Will take up
journals
tomorrow and mid nine weeks grade sheets will go out tomorrow.
Tuesday, Nov. 17
Present commercial watched and the propaganda techniques that it used
individually.
Turn in journal entries, there should be 18 total.
Wednesday, Nov. 18
Do an assignment using the propaganda techniques. Based on information or
pictures
decide which type of propagand is used.
Thursday, Nov. 19
This day was used to get caught up on work. Several students have missed due
to illness so this day was used to catch up on any presentations or work
missed or not completed.
Friday, Nov. 20
Today we began discussing speeches. I will first show the students a picture
of speech site for the "I Have a Dream" speech. I will ask students to write
down what they notice. Then I will show them a close up picture of the same
site. They will then ask students to discuss what they saw, become a person
in the photo and write their thoughts and feelings, and make predictions
regarding what they think the event is. We will then do a Reader's Theatre
using the "I Have a Dream" speech. This will be a dry read only for today. No
homework.
Nov. 9-13
Monday, Nov. 9
Today we will be finishing up a handout reviewing everything covered in
grammar up to this point. I will take up at the end of class. If time we will
begin word usage.
Tuesday, Nov. 10
Handouts over word usage for troublesome words. We will do these handouts in
class.
Wednesday, November 11
Begin Propaganda unit in media. Students will work with partners to determine
the purpose of an ad. Assignment: watch tv and find a commercial that fits a
specific propaganda technique. Using the handout that they used in groups,
students will answer questions about their commercial and bring in to present
to the class.
Thursday, November 12
Students will talk about the commercials they watched at home. Give each
student a couple of minutes to discuss their commercial and the propaganda it
used. After presentations, students will get into groups of 4-5. Each group
will receive a propaganda and create a 30-60 second commercial on a product
of their choice. (real or new) Presentations Friday.
Friday, November 13
Propaganda presentations
Monday, Nov. 2
Grade workbook pages 32-34; go over rules for subject-verb agreement;
assignment workbook pages 38-40
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Grade workbook pages 38-40; finish up verb unit by going over (lie/lay,
raise/rise, affect/effect, and accept/except); assignment checkup unit 3 page
168-170 1-54 excluding 24-28 and 36-40
Wednesday, Nov. 4
Finish pages 168-170; grade in class; assignment TCAP test practice pages 171-
172 1-20
Thursday, Nov. 5
Take up 171-172; Word usage, practice with handouts or online if available.
Friday, Nov. 6
Monday, October 26
Grade 173-174; go over verb tenses pages 118-120; assignment 3 handouts over
lessons covered over verbs so far
Tuesday, October 27
Give students time in class to finish handouts; grade handouts in class; give
out English workbooks; go over irregular verbs pages 125-131; assignment
workbook pages 27-28
Wednesday, October 28
Grade workbook pages; go over pages 137-143 Transitive/Intransitive and
Direct/Indirect objects; assignment workbook page 32-33
Thursday, October 29
Grade workbook; go over subject-verb agreement pages 152-161; assignment
workbook pages 38-40
Friday, October 30
Grade workbook; give a writing assignment as a class over "This Halloween I
will..."
Monday October 19- Friday October 23
Monday, October 19
Review noun; do checkup 2-78 even page 101-2
Tuesday, October 20
Finish checkup; do test practice page 103-4 1-20
Wednesday, October 21
Grade 1-20; do cummulative review 1-45 odd pages 105-6
Thursday, October 22
Finish the cummulative review in class then grade. Begin Action and Linking
Verbs. Assignment page 173 1-20
Friday, October 23
Verb Phrases page 115-117. Assignment page 174 1-16
Monday, October 5
Work on binders and turn in along with journal entries.
Tuesday, October 6
Nouns, English book pages 82-89 go over in class; assignment page 107 1-21,
108 1-16
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Nouns, English book pages 90-99 go over in class; assignment page 109 1-22;
110 1-40
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Finish rough draft in class and turn in. Work on comma sheet.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Handout covering cause/effect, fact/opinion, and context clues. Also a
handout on sentence editing and rules for writing a correct sentence.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Give back rough drafts, edited, and give students class time to rewrite and
make the necessary corrections. Turn in final draft. If time play Freak Bingo.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Nouns, English book pages 82-89 go over in class; assignment page 107 1-21;
page 108 1-16
Friday, October 2, 2009
Nouns, English book pages 90-99 go over in class; assignment page 109 1-22;
110 1-40
Monday, September 21, 2009
Freak the Mighty test, finish reading response logs and turn in, and do a
grammar handout.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Begin the movie The Mighty to go with the book. Fill out notes comparing and
contrasting the movie to the book.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Finish the movie and notetaking and get the notes ready to put into an
outline.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Students will be learning how to write a compare and contrast essay. Begin
rough drafts.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Finish rough drafts and edit each others essays.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Update reading response log from Friday's reading; Freak the Mighty grammar
handout covering parts of speech, subjects, sentence types and objects. Also
if time read chapters 13-14
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Update reading response log, go over grammar handouts, literary elements
handout chapters 1-11 and test which contains multiple choice, literary
elements, open response and grammar edits. If time read chapter 15.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Read chapters 15-17; update reading response log, and do a handout covering
commas.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Read chapters 18-20; update reading response log; do a handout covering
fragments and run-ons and what it takes to make a complete sentence.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Finish the book Freak the Mighty; update reading response log. Review online
for the test on Monday. Test over the entire book will be Monday. Students
can go to the internet and go to google.com, then type in Freak the Mighty,
and click on the elearning website. This will be where the test questions
will come from. This is what we will use to review in class.
Monday, September 7, 2009
LABOR DAY!! NO SCHOOL!!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Today the students will be turning in their journals which should consist of
entries from August 17-September 4th. They will then be answering questions
over chapters 1-5 from Freak the Mighty. This will be questions they will use
as a study guide for a quiz. If time we will go over the questions and read
chapter 6. No homework.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Today we will go over the questions from the day before if we did not have
time yesterday. We will then discuss bullying, since that topic is fixing to
be discussed in the book. The class will then listen to chapters 6-8 and
update their reading response journals. They will have a quiz over chapters 1-
5 tomorrow.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Quiz over chapters 1-5; listen to 9-12 and update reading response journals.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Students will work with partners to answer questions over chapters 6-12.
Monday, August 31
Today is a catch up day. Since I was gone to the reading conference for three
days last week, I thought it would be a good day to make sure the students
had all their work turned in thus far. Also we will grade any papers we have
not graded during class. No assignment.
Tuesday, September 1
Last day to work on Complex sentences. The students are not getting it, so we
are going to practice for one more day before moving on. There will be no
assignment, everything will be done in class.
Wednesday, September 2
Starting the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Phillbrick chapter 1.
Students will setting up a book to keep notes over the book. No homework.
Thursday, September 3
Freak the Mighty chapters 2-5. Update their reading resonse book.
Friday, September 4
Today we had 30 minute classes, so I took this time to have students make up
work, retake tests they had failed, and of course the normal journal writing
and editing sheet. There was no assignment.
