Calendar:
August 11 to October 6 |
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Friday |
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Aug. 8
NO SCHOOL
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9
NO SCHOOL |
10
NO SCHOOL |
11
A
Introduction
to class, guidelines, and procedures
HW: (1) Get guidelines signed (2) Get syllabus signed (3) CEA, p.
176 (Semicolons) Odds (summer reading assignment) |
12
B
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15 A
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Get vocab. handout for “pre”
(DUE 8/29)
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Formulating theme statements for literature
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Go over behavior contract
HW: (1) Get behavior contract signed (2) Prepare for summer reading test over
Cold Sassy Tree and Edgar Allen Poe stories |
16
B |
17
A
· Summer Reading Journals DUE
· Summer Reading test
· Review sentence parts
· HW: (1) LN: p. 4 (odds); p. 7 (odds); p. 10 (odds);
p. 13 (odds) (2) Bring Edgar Allen Poe book |
18 B
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19 A
· Review pronouns
· Introduce DIDLS and literary analysis
· Go over Poe stories: analyze tone and symbolism;
formulate theme statements
HW: LN: p. 49 (all); A&B on
p. 52 (all); A&B on p. 55 (all) |
22
B
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23 A
· Review pronouns
· Discuss diction and imagery
· Close reading from “Tell Tale Heart,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,”
and “The Masque of Red Death”
· HW: LN: A&B on p. 58 (all); A&B on p. 61(all); p. 67 (all); p. 7 0 (all) |
24
B |
25
A
· Using vivid verbs
· Analyze diction and imagery in "The Giant
Water Bug" by Annie Dillard
· HW: (1) LN: p. 79 (all); A&B on p. 80 (all); p. 88 (all); p. 100 (all) (2) Complete “Pre” handout and study for quiz (3) Bring Crafting Expository
Argument |
26 B
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29
A
· Vocab. Quiz: "pre"
· Writing to Show: Turning telling sentences
into showing sentences
· HW: Writing to Show
Assignment #1, pp. 42 (or 43-44 for white 4th edition) |
30
B
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31 A
· WTS #1 Due
· Get vocab. handout for “non”
(DUE 9/13)
· Review adjectives and adverbs
· Introduce E3 and SH editing symbols
· Peer edit WTS #1
· HW: (1)
LN: p. 106 (all); p. 115 (all); A on p. 116 (odd); A on p. 122 (all) (2) Get progress
report signed |
Sep 1 B
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2 A
· Review
prepositions and prepositional phrases
· Introduction to shared inquiry discussion using "Jack and the Beanstalk"
· HW: LN: A & B on p. 127 (all); A on p. 128 (all);
p. 130 (all); A on p. 131 (all)
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5
NO SCHOOL:
Labor Day
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6 B
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7 A
· Review
prepositions and prepositional phrases
· Discuss "Jack and the Beanstalk"
· HW: WTS
#2 p. 44
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8 B
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9 A
· WTS #2 Due
· Review action and linking verbs and subject
and object complements
· Peer Edit WTS #2
· Read “Gaston” and annotate
· HW: (1) Complete “Non” handout and study for quiz (2) Get progress
report signed |
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12 B
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13 A
· Vocab. Quiz: “Non”
· Get vocab. handout for “uni”
(DUE 10/3)
· Review subject complements
· Graded
discussion: “Gaston”
· HW: L.N. pp. 22-23 (all) |
14 B
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15 A
· Assign WTS revision
· Review object complements
· Read “The
Lady or The Tiger” and discuss
· Close reading:
analyze diction, imagery and details
· HW: (1) L.N. pp. 25-26 (all); p. 215 (all) (2) Get progress report
signed |
16 B
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19 A
· Review complements
· Discuss
the levels of questioning
· “The
Dinner Party” : formulate questions
· HW: WTS revision due next class (major grade) |
20 B
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21 A
· Writing to Show Revision DUE (major)
· Tone: Analyzing
author’ s tone in passages
· Review
complements
· HW: Grammar Review sheet
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22 B
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23 A
· Grammar Review
· Review
diction, imagery, and details in passages
· HW: Study for grammar test |
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26 B
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27 A
· Grammar Test
· Review
writing to show
· HW: Read “The Monkey’s Paw” (Interactive Reader) and write two discussion questions |
28 B
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29 A
· Reading Check Quiz
· Dependent vs. independent clauses
· Discuss “The Monkey’s Paw”
· Analyze irony, suspense
· HW: Study for “uni” quiz |
30 B
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Oct 3 A
· Vocab. Quiz: “Uni”
· Dependent vs. independent clauses
· Read and
discuss “Raymond’s Run”
· Close reading:
characterization and tone
· HW: L.N. p. 148 (all); p. 150 – A & B (all) |
4 B
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5 A
· Review plot
· Look at story beginnings
· “Harris
Burdick” story starters
· HW: Plot and sensory details chart for
story |
6 B
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NO SCHOOL:
Staff Development |
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