Calendar:
August 11 to October 6 |
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Aug. 8
NO SCHOOL
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9
NO SCHOOL |
10
NO SCHOOL |
11
A
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12
B
Introduction
to class, guidelines, and procedures
HW: (1) Get guidelines signed (2) Get syllabus signed (3) CEA, p. 176 (Semicolons)
Odds (summer reading assignment) |
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15 A
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16
B
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Get vocab. handout for “pre” (DUE 8/30)
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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 Fever, 1793 and Edgar Allen Poe stories |
17
A
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18 B
· 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 |
19 A
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22
B
· Review pronouns
· Introduce 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)
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23 A
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24
B
· 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) |
25
A
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26 B
· 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
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29
A
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30
B
· Vocab. Quiz: "pre"
· Review linking and action verbs
· Writing to Show: Turning telling sentences
into showing sentences
· HW: (1)
Action verbs vs. linking verbs handout (2) Study for verb quiz
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31 A
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Sep 1 B
· Quiz over action and linking verbs
· Get vocab. handout for “non”
(DUE 9/13)
· Writing to Show group work
· HW: (1) Writing to Show Assignment #1 pp. 42 (or 43-44 for white 4th edition) (2) Get
progress report signed
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2 A
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5
NO SCHOOL:
Labor Day
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6 B
· WTS #1 Due
· Review
adjectives and adverbs
· Introduction to shared inquiry discussion using "Jack and the Beanstalk"
· HW: (1)
LN: p. 106 (all); p. 115 (all); A on p. 116 (odd); A on p. 122 (all) |
7 A
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8 B
· Review adj and adv
· Read and
annotate “Jack and the Beanstalk”
· HW: (1)
Complete “Non” handout and
study for quiz
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9 A
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12 B
· Vocab. Quiz: “Non”
· Review adjectives and adverbs
· Class discussion: “Jack and the Beanstalk”
· HW: Study for "non" quiz and complete
handout |
13 A
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14 B
· WTS #2 Due
· Get vocab. handout for “uni”
(DUE 10/3)
· Review subject complements
· Peer edit
WTS #2
· Review theme and characterization
· HW: (1) L.N. pp. 22-23 (all) |
15 A
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16 B
· Review subject complements
· Read “The
Lady or The Tiger”
· Close reading: analyze diction, imagery and details
· HW: Subject complement handout |
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19 A
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20 B
· Assign WTS revision (major grade)
· Review object complements
· Discuss
the levels of questioning
· “The
Dinner Party” : formulate questions
· HW: L.N.
– pp. 25-26 (all); p. 215 (all) |
21 A
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22 B
· Review complements
· Read “Raymond’s Run” and analyze characterization
and theme
· HW: Grammar Review sheet |
23 A
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26 B
· Grammar
Review: parts of speech and complements
· HW: Study for grammar test
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27 A
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28 B
· Grammar Test
· Review
writing to show
· HW: WTS revision due next class (major grade)
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29 A
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30 B
· WTS Revision Due
· Review prepositions
· Read and Discuss ‘The Monkey’s Paw”:
plot and theme
· HW: Complete “Uni” handout and study for quiz |
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Oct 3 A
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4 B
· Vocab. Quiz: “Uni”
· Review prepositions
· Review plot, conflict, irony
· HW: L.N.: A on p.
127 (all); A on p. 128 (all); p. 130 (all); A on p. 131 (all) |
5 A
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6 B
· Review plot
· Look at story beginnings
· “Harris
Burdick” story starters
· HW: Plot and sensory
details chart for story |
7
NO SCHOOL:
Staff Development |
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