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January 21, 2019
1. subject/verb agreement practice
2. students completed an outline for 2:8 and 2:9
3. editing page for grade
SPELLING QUIZ 14 MOVED TO FRIDAY
A FEW STUDENTS NEED TO FINISH THE OUTLINE AND/OR EDITING PAGE FOR HOMEWORK
January 23, 2019
1. completed a subject/verb agreement worksheet for a grade
2. practiced editing for bonus points
3. started unit five in literature--new vocabulary: stanza, figurative language, simile, metaphor, and extended metaphor (p. 298)
4. we read two poems on page 300 and answered questions for bonus points
SPELLING QUIZ FRIDAY
3RD PERIOD HAS AN EDITING SHEET FOR HOMEWORK
January 24, 2019
1. completed page 304 out of workbook (about yesterday's poems)
2. IXL lessons: FF1, FF2, FF3---averaged together as a quiz grade---due Saturday at noon
SPELLING QUIZ 14 TOMORROW
January 25, 2019
1. spelling quiz 14
2. added vocabulary to unit five list: lyric poem, alliteration, assonance, and inference
3. read/discussed two poems
4. outline practice for binder: 3:8, 3:9
IXL due Monday (date changed)---4pm: FF1,2,and 3
January 28, 2019
1. copied spelling list 15
2. added vocabulary to unit five list: sonnet, rhyme, rhythm, ode, rhyme scheme, paraphrase
3. read/discussed two poems on pages 314-316
4. created an outline for topic 3:2
IXL due tonight: FF1, FF2, FF3
January 30, 2019
---2nd pd. didn't meet---
1. added vocabulary to unit five list: narrative poetry, ballad, epic, meter, summarize
2. went through poem on page 322 together
3. began essay on pet ownership
SPELLING QUIZ MOVED TO NEXT TUESDAY
January 31, 2019
---only 4th period met today because of 2 hour delay---
1. went over poem on page 325 for bonus points
2. finished rough draft of essay on pet ownership
SPELLING QUIZ TUESDAY
3X5 INDEX CARDS FOR BONUS POINTS
February 1, 2019
---I will have a substitute
1. Benchmark test
2. editing paper for grade
SPELLING QUIZ TUESDAY
3X5 INDEX CARDS FOR BONUS POINTS
February 4, 2019---classes are on different levels because of multiple 2 hour delays
2nd pd---copied vocabulary from 320-321, read poem on p. 322-323 and discussed, wrote first four paragraphs of pet ownership
3rd pd---finished rough draft of pet ownership essay, made flashcards for unit 5 literature vocabulary
4th pd--made flashcards for unit 5 literature vocabulary
SPELLING QUIZ 15 TOMORROW
February 5, 2019
1. spelling quiz 15
2. copied spelling list 16---quiz on Friday
2nd pd finished their rough draft and made flashcards for unit 5 in literature
3rd and 4th periods read two articles and completed questions (with partner)
UNIT 5 VOCABULARY TEST ON THURSDAY
SPELLING QUIZ 16 ON FRIDAY
February 6, 2019
1. grammar---reviewed pronoun/antecedent agreement
2. edited the pet ownership essay
UNIT 5 VOCAB TEST TOMORROW--STUDY FLASHCARDS
SPELLING QUIZ 16 FRIDAY
February 7, 2019
1. Unit 5 Test
2. reviewed additional pronoun/antecedent rules
SPELLING QUIZ 16 TOMORROW
February 8, 2019
1. spelling quiz 16
2. grammar worksheet on pronoun agreement
3. began unit 6 vocabulary list: tone, paraphrase
4. read story "The Lady or the Tiger" p. 336+
February 11, 2019
1. copied spelling list 17
2. typed essay for pet ownership
February 12, 2019
1. finished typing essay
2. IXL: CC1, CC2, CC3
February 13, 2019
1. Literature pages 345 and 347 together
2. Grammar---added notes on degrees of comparison and practiced in grammar workbook
SPELLING QUIZ 17 FRIDAY
IXL DUE FRIDAY
February 14, 2019
1. grammar worksheet on degrees of comparison
2. add vocab to list: voice
3. read story 356-362---workbook page 363 all, 364 vocabulary, and 365 assessment
SPELLING QUIZ 17 TOMORROW
IXL DUE TOMORROW
February 15, 2019
1. spelling quiz 17
2. literature: added vocabulary--imagery, repetition, irony, historical context, extended metaphor
3. read/discussed two Whitman poems
4. completed outlines for topics 2:3 and 2:4 (some need to finish for homework)
February 18, 2019
1. copied spelling list 18
2. went over double negatives in grammar workbook
3. literature---added vocabulary from pages 376-377
4. read story and made notes on index card---students have a couple more pages to read ---may use note card on quiz tomorrow
February 19, 2019
1. took open note quiz on "The Snapping Turtle"
2. worked on IXL: HH6, HH7, K1, K3---due Friday
CURRENTLY, THEIR WRITING SOL IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 26TH AND 27TH
