Monday - The Outsiders Vocabulary 2 Quiz - Book Reviews handed out - Start Ch. 9 - H.W. Finish Ch. 9

 

Tuesday - Book Fair Preview - Reading Check for Ch. 9 - Start Ch. 10 - H.W. Work on Book Review and The Outsiders Reading Journal

 

Wednesday - Journal - Finish Ch. 10 and Start Ch. 11 - H.W. Work on Book Review and The Outsiders Reading Journal

 

Thursday - Book Fair - Finish Ch. 11 and Start Ch. 12 - H.W. Work on Book Review and The Outsiders Reading Journal

 

Friday - Finish Ch. 12 and finish in-class questions - H.W. Work on Book Review and The Outsiders Reading Journal

May 11 - 15

Monday - The Outsiders Vocabulary 1 Quiz - Vocabulary 2 WS - Start Ch. 6 - H.W. Vocab 2 WS

 

Tuesday - Journal - Grade The Outsiders Vocab 2 WS - Finish Ch. 6 and Start 7

 

Wednesday - Grammar Warm-up - Commas Practice WS - Finish Ch. 7 - H.W. Commas WS and finish Ch. 7

 

Thursday - Burger's Lake Day!

 

Friday - Grade Commas WS - Reading Check for Ch. 7 - Start Ch. 8 - H.W. Finish Ch. 8 and Review for Vocab 2 Quiz Monday

April 27 - May 1

TAKS Week

April 20 - 24

Monday - Finish The Lion King and WS (All presentations MUST be done by today)

 

Tuesday - The Lion King - Archetype Notes focusing on the Hero and The Lion King

 

Wednesday - Grammar Warm-up - Prepositions WS - Finish Archetype Notes - H.W. Prepositions WS

 

Thursday - Journal - Grade Prep WS - Finish Archetype Notes - Introduce The Outsiders

 

Friday - Grammar Warm-up - The Outsiders and Your Reading Journal - H.W. Read to pg.

Parents - I've included the research calendar for March and April under my "Documents" page. All due dates and information regarding the Research Project are listed on the calendars.

April 13 - 17

Monday - No School for Students

 

Tuesday - Presentation practice and prep time

 

Wednesday - Presentations in class

 

Thursday - Presentations in class

 

Friday - SUB - Movie Day - Relax, (hopefully) you've finished your ENTIRE Research Project!

April 6 - 10

Monday - Computer Lab - Typing Rough Drafts, Editing Rough Drafts, Typing Works Cited Page

 

Tuesday - MATH TAKS - No Class

 

Wednesday - Computer Lab - Presentation Talk - Typing Rough Drafts, Editing Rough Drafts, Typing Works Cited Page, Working on Presentations

 

Thursday - Computer Lab - \Working on Presentations - PAPERS DUE AT END OF CLASS - H.W. Presentations start Wednesday

 

Friday - No School

March 30 - April 3

Monday - KWL charts and Tree Maps in class - Outline and Paper Introduction

 

Tuesday - Turn in KWL and Tree Maps - Begin Outline for Paper - H.W. Outline

 

Wednesday - Outline Due - Start Rough Draft - H.W. Rough Draft

 

Thursday - Work on Rough Draft - H.W. Rough Draft due 1st thing Friday

 

Friday - Rough Draft due - Computer Lab to start typing for Final Draft (Students will NOT be allowed to start typing until their Rough Draft has been checked by me.)

March 23 - 27

Monday - Research in Library - Source Card C due by end of class

 

Tuesday - Research in Computer Lab - 5 Note Cards due by end of class

 

Wednesday - Research in Computer Lab - Source Card D due by end of class

 

Thursday - Research in Computer Lab/Library - 5 Note Cards due by end of class

 

Friday - Research in Library - FINAL DAY OF RESEARCH!!!

March 9 - 13

Monday - Folders due - Internet Source Cards & Note Cards - Library Databases - Research time in Library - H.W. Contracts due Wednesday

 

Tuesday - Research in Library - Source Card A due by end of class

 

Wednesday - CONTRACTS DUE - Research in Library - 5 Note Cards due by end of class

 

Thursday - Research in Library - Source Card B due by end of class

 

Friday - Research in Library - 5 Note Cards due by end of class

March 2 - 6

Monday - Vocab Lesson 4 & Adverbs Quiz - Reading Strategy Review

 

Tuesday - READING TAKS

 

Wednesday - Research Unit Introduction - H.W. Folders due Monday and Signed Contracts due WED, MARCH 11

 

Thursday - "Responsible Research" with Mrs. Goldin (our librarian)