Lessons and Assignments (Tentative)
If absent: Call a "study buddy" for more information.
ISSR - All students are to provide themselves with an independent reading book. Independent reading at home is optional, but highly encouraged. The more that students read independently, it obviously follows the better readers they will be!! Please read every day at home.
Note to all: Write in your daily planner every day (daily!) at the beginning of each hour!
Foundations Reading and Writing 1st and 4th hours
Have your ISSR book every day
Our last "novel" will be a modified version of the King Arthur legend. There will be vocabulary (of course) and guided discussion questions.
Mon, 5/18: The Story of King Arthur - Prologue;
Tues, 5/19: King Arthur: Part I, Chapter 1.
Wed, 5/20:
Thurs, 5/21:
Fri, 5/22 and Mon, 5/25: No School; Memorial Day break
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Tues, 5/26: "Training of a Knight" - info article, discussion questions, and vocab
Wed, 5/27: Chapter 3: pp. 490 - 496, and study guide; review for quiz.
Thurs, 5/28: Quiz on Part I; Read Part II, Chapter 1, p. 499 - 504
Fri, 5/29: Study Guide for Part II, chapter 1. Word Study
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Mon, 6/1: King Arthur
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Foundations Writing:
DOL: #17 and #18
Grammar:
Compostition: Narratives
1) Characterization: create a character chart for your story character(s);
2) Dialogue: create a story using both narrative and dialogue
3) Descriptive writing: "The Globe" (from 21 Balloons)
4)Journal: - 20/20 = "20 lines in 20 minutes"
5) "The Perfect Society", due April 1st.
6) Narrative - practice story in class, 4/22
7) Narratives - GP Writing Assessments #1 and #2
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Honors Literature, 2nd and 6th hours
Always have an ISSR book with you.
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The Hobbit (Start date: 4/24/09)
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Tues, 5/26: Chapter 13, Words and Questions together (with partner);
Wed, 5/27: Vocabulary Quiz #2 (Ch. 6-10); Ch. 14 and 15 Q's and Vocab
Thur, 5/28: Read Chapter 16
Fri, 5/29: Ch. 16 Q's and Vocab with partner
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Fri, 5/22: WORK day: Write q's and vocab for 13, 14 and 15; Read Ch. 16 by Monday
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ELA: Honors Writing (3-A and 3-B)
Grosse Pointe Writing Assessments
Sample #1 A) Wed, 5/6 B), Thurs, 5/7
Sample #2: A) Tues, 5/12 B) Wed, 5/13
Reminder that writing class meets only EVERY OTHER DAY ( EOD). All written work (including journals) will be graded for completeness and use of the 6 traits of writing. (See below.)
DOL: Test for lessons (13-16)
New: lessons 17-18 and 19-20
New: writing lessons will be focusing on the narrative elements.
Grosse Pointe Writing Assessment will be administered in mid-May.
NEW: "Nadia the Willful" and "Ghost of the Lagoon" narratives in McDougal-Littell; read and analyze characters for each story; find examples of imagery in each story.
ENGLISH: Sentence Structure; fragments; Subjects/predicates; declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory; compound subjects; compound predicates;
Lessons on sentence combining in class using subordinators, conjunctions, adverbs, etc.
Journal Topic(s): free choice!
Keep your journal topics "deeply developed with descriptive details".
ELA - Class Terminology
Six Traits of Writing: Compositions are graded according to the six traits: Ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice, voice, and conventions are all emphasized in all written work work SEE(K) model for paragraph organization: Statement, Example, Explanation, "K" = conclusion
Journal - handwritten on loose leaf paper and kept in folders in our classroom
Portfolio - individual folder with final draft compositions/poems maintained in the classroom.
Notebook (NB) - a traditional composition notebook in which is written homework such as responses to reading, vocabulary study, class notes, etc. It is used in BOTH ELA classes: literature and writing.
Grammar: Sentence structure (N-V; N-V-N; N-LV-PW patterns); parts of speech, paragraph development (SEEK model)
DOL: Daily Oral Language: proofreading practice exercises (aka "conventions") in class weekly.