November 30
Spelling pretest
Vocabulary sentences - Words from "A Christmas Carol"
History
pages 88-93 - Beginning of the Revolution
November 25
Video - Reading of Declaration of Independence
Video - "...Sleepy Hollow"
November 24
Questions "Ransom of Red Chief" - 1,5, 8.9.10
Tory/Patriot town meeting
November 23
Read "Ransom of Red Chief"
Paraphrase paragraphs one and two of Declaration
Videos - Declaration of Independence
November 20
Spelling test
Work on book report - due November 25
Write ten reasons in Declaration to break from England
November 19
Period 1 - history test
Patrick Henry"s speech
Reading questions - "Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Declaration of Independence - list ten reasons to
break from England
November 18
period 3 - history test
Finish reading "...Sleepy Hollow"
Begin ch. 6
November 17
Continue reading "... Sleepy Hollow"
Finish ch. 5 - review for test
November 16
Begin reading "...Sleepy Hollow"
History ch. 5 - Lexington
Week of November 9
Paragraph - "Did England Have the Right to Tax the Colonists?"
Finish writing story - "Little Green Monster."
Create quadrant using the program Comic Life on the causes
of the American Revolution
November 5
Read play, "Fall of the HOuse of Usher"
page 70-71 - Boston Massacre
Write paragraph - "Did England Have the right to tax?"
Video - "Leading to revolution.
November 4
Spelling test
Events leading to Revoutionary War pages 66-70
November 3
"Raven" - questions
Colony map quiz
Acts leading to revolution
November 2
Read "The Raven"
Begin Ch. 5 - French and Indian War
Leading to revolution
October 30
Book report in class
Social studies
Begin ch. 5
French and Indian War
Navigation Acts
October 29
"Tell Tale Heart" police report due
Begin book report which will be completed in
class Friday.
"Purpose of the Colonies" - questions
October 28
Edit police report
"Purpose of the Colonies"
Spelling pretest
October 27
Read "Tell Tale Heart"
Write first person police report using dialog
History quiz-chapters 3,4
October 26
Read "Annabel Lee"
questions
Vocabulary sentences based on "Tell Tale Heart"
Finish Colony power point
October 22
Finish Poe biography
Work on Colonial Life power point
October 21
Reading: biography of Edgar Allan Poe
Ch. 3 outline due
Begin power point on "Life in the Colonies"
October 20
Vocabulary word list for week
Forty review words
Finish colony presentations
Ch. 3. Outline of chapter
October 16
Vocabulary test
Colony presentations
October 15
Vocabulary review
Begin colony project presentations
October 14
Vocabulary review - test Friday
Work on colony project - begin presentations Thursday
October 13
Vocabulary exercise - page 55, vocabulary book
Work on group colony project
October 12
Vocabulary words-literary terms
Work on colony project
