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Ms. Bowlin's 8th Grade English Class |
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Class and Home Work
Monday, Tuesday, October 19/20, 2009
BR: Analogies: Example and Class
I. GTB: Chapter 15.3 - Helping Verbs. Read lesson and complete Ex. 23/24.
II. Lit/Vocab: "The Landlady".
Literary Term: Foreshadow!
**Copy each footnote and "Word to Own" from story to a word web (see your template) or notebook paper. As you read the story, complete your word webs.
**Read the Before YOU READ section. Follow directions to Make the Connection. (comp book).
**Read the story and look for foreshadow as you read.
III. W: Character Analysis.
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Wednesday, Thursday, October 21/22, 2009
BR: Analogies: Example and Class
I. Lit: Foreshadow: Examples from "The Landlady"
II. Lit: "The Listeners" poem. Add footnotes to vocabulary Word Webs
III. W: Character Analysis: Billy Weaver and the landlady
IV. Lit: "The Monkey's Paw" - Students must read "Before You Read"
Make the Connection activity
Literary Term: SUSPENSE
Read the story and watch for foreshadow that builds suspense
V: GTB: Helping Verbs: Practice, A1: Ex 32-36 A3, B2, B3: Ex 27, 32-36.
HOMEWORK:
A1: V: Add synonyms and/or antonyms for your vocab words. G: Finish Chapter Review, Ex. 32-36; p. 342-343.
A3: V: Add synonyms and/or antonyms for your vocab words. G: Section Review: p. 351, Ex 27. Chapter Review, Ex. 32-36; p. 342-343.
B2: V: Copy footnotes and Words to Own from "The Landlady. Add synonyms and/or antonyms for your vocab words. G: Chapter Review, Ex. 32-36; p. 342-343.
B3: V: Add synonyms and/or antonyms for your vocab words. G: Chapter Review, Ex. 32-36; p. 342-343.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
BR: NONE
I. Housekeeping: Distribute graded paper work and clean/organize binders
II. Verbs Review for TEST: Powerpoint: take Notes
III. V: Vocabulary Practice: "The Landlady" footnotes and "Words to Own" You should have all parts of the word web completed by next class. Word; part of speech; definition; synonyms; antonyms; used and underline in an example sentence.
HOMEWORK: All - study for Verbs Test.
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Monday, Tuesday, October 26/27, 2009
BR: Write each key concept in Chapter 15 before taking test. Staple to back of test for five extra points.
I. Verbs Test
II. GTB: Chapter 25 - Comparative and Superlative Modifiers
Complete as much as you can on diagnostic test
III. Lit/Writing: Character Analysis notes. Using graphic organizers, analyze two characters from
"The Monkey's Paw" See p. LTB 254-255 for help.
IV. Lit: List at least three (3) foreshadows from "The Monkey's Paw"
HOMEWORK:
A1: BE SURE ALL VOCAB IS COMPLETED: WORD, DEF, PART OF SPEECH, SYN/ANT, AND USE IN SENTENCE. "The Landlady" footnotes and Words to Own.
GTB: Chapter 25: finish diagnostic test.
A3: Vocab: See A1/ Three foreshadows from "The Monkey's Paw"
B2: Vocab: See A1/GTB: p. 573, Diagnostic Test/ Finish character analysis - STOP WASTING CLASS TIME!
B3: SEE B2.
B3:
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Wednesday, Thursday, October 28/29, 2009
BR:
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II. Lit: Read "The Open Window"
III. W: Complete at LEAST one character analysis from "The Open Window"
HW:
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Friday, October 30, 2009
BR: Distribute graded work/take Verbs Exercise from Tray
I. Check answers to Verbs test.
II. GWB: Practice linking verbs and predicate nouns/adjectives
III. Lit: Read "The Tell-tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe.
IV. Use the narrator in a character analysis if needed.
HW: ALL: Complete each exercise on Bellringer handout. Be sure to read each lesson at the top of exercises.
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Monday, Tuesday, November 2/3, 2009
BR: On NBP, copy the following sentences as is. Make corrections, and rewrite correctly.
1. I writeing a report called the orphan trains of New York.
2. Me and my friend Les can learn you about this trains
I. Clipboard check- Linking Verbs handout p. 81-84.
II. Check answers top Linking Verbs handout
III. V: Write two original sentences to each of your vocabulary words from "The Landlady" and the poem "The Listeners."
IV. W: Character Analysis: choose one of your six characters to analyze. Prewrite.
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Wednesday/Thursday, November 4/5, 2009
BR: Sentences 3 and 4. On NBP with sentences 1 and 2, copy the following sentences as is. Make corrections, and rewrite correctly.
3. In 1853, the children's aid society of new York seed thousands of homeless children.
4. Charles L Brace the founder maked a unusual proposel.
I. V: Test: Study - five minutes Test: 10 minutes
II. W: Character Analysis: Continue prewriting; rough draft.
III. G: Write three original sentences with linking verb and pn or pa.
IV. G: Comparative/ Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs.
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Friday, November 6, 2009
BR: Copy sentences 5/6. Identify all errors using proofreading marks or circles. Rewrite sentences correctly.
I. Housekeeping: distribute all graded work.
II. Character Analysis - A1. Revise. A3, B2, B3: Rough draft.
HOMEWORK: A1. Proofread your revision. Type final copy. A3/B2/B3: Finish prewriting and write rough draft. Use LTB, p. 257 model essay for help.
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Monday, Tuesday, November 9/10, 2009
BR: Add sentences 7/8 to your existing sentences. ID errors. Rewrite each correctly.
I. W: Descriptive Verbs
W: Character Analysis - A1. Proofread. Add descriptive verbs where possible.
A3, B2, B3: Revise and add descriptive verbs where possible.
II. G: On index cards, write three original sentences using linking verbs with pred noun or adjective.
III. G: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives/Adverbs
Lit: Begin The Pigman.
V: Words from The Pigman. |
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