Activity for Week of December 17, 2018

Monday:  + Should people be allowed to keep pit bulls as pets? 
                HW: Performance Assessment p. 14 Question #2

Tueday:  Performance Assessment Workbook
               + Should people be allowed to keep pit bulls as pets? 
                 Page 15 -  Students will be providing a second sample.

Wednesday:  Merry Christmas!

Thursday:  Chapter Book

Friday:  Pronoun Packet 
              (1) Review A   Corrected up to  #6  
              Collection (Slide # 7)
                  

Activity for Week of December 10, 2018

Monday:  Performance Assessment
                + Should people be allowed to keep pit bulls as pets? 
                   (p.10)
                + Discussed Source 3

Tuesday:        Performance Assessment
                + Should people be allowed to keep pit bulls as pets? 
                   (p.10)
                + Discussed Source 4
                HW: Reread all 4 sources for Dec 17 (Monday)

Wednesday:
       Graphic Organizer -  Boxes and Bullets
            Please see PDF example in Google Classroom for Period 1.
       HW:  Complete "Boxes and Bullets" (Due Wednesday)                        

Thursday: Chapter Book

Friday:
Pronoun Packet (Dec 21)
              HW: (1) Review A     
              Collection (Slide # 7)

                   

Activity for Week of December 3, 2018

Monday: + Collected notebook
                + Distributed new workbook = Performance Assessment
                + Should people be allowed to keep pit bulls as pets? 
                   (p.10)
                + Discussed Source 2: Miami-Dade County Votes 
                                                       to Keep Pit Bulls Out
                + HW:  Read Source 1 (tonight!)

Tuesday: Performance Assessment
                + Should people be allowed to keep pit bulls as pets? 
                   (p.10)
                + Discussed Source 1 and students signed each others
                    correct answer 

Wednesday: Literary Argument (Slide #7)

                      Graphic Organizer -  Bullets and Boxes
                           - Claim
                           - First Paragraph

Thursday: Chapter Book

Friday:
            Pronoun Packet (Dec 14)
              HW: (1) Oral Practice 2
                      (2) Exercise #4
                       (3) Exercise #5
              Collection (Slide # 7)

Activity for Week of November 26, 2018

Monday:  + Refresher on Mixer
                 + Comprehension Tournament
                    Cover questions 7 to 5
                    (Next #4-1)
                  + Quiz on Friday for "The Mixer"

Tuesday:  Comprehension Tournament
                    Cover questions 4 to 2
                    (Next #1)

Wednesday:  Literary Argument (Slide #7)
                      Graphic Organizer -  Bullets and Boxes

Thursday:  Chapter Book


Friday:  Quiz (online)  on "The Mixer"

Activity for the Week of November 12, 2018

Monday: Veteran Holiday

Tuesday:  Substitute  
                 Collaboration: The Mixer Comprehension Competition 

Wednesday:   Comprehension Competition
                       Continued

Thursday: Chapter Book

Friday:   Pronoun Packet
              HW: (1) Oral Practice 1
                       (2) Exercise #3
                       (3) Oral Practice 2
              Collection (Slide # 5)

Activity for Week of November 5, 2018

Monday: Substitute
                Read "The Mixer"

Tuesday:  Discussion "The Mixer"
                 Ended on page 80

Wednesday:  Begin Literary Argument
      HW:  Complete this chart in notebook
The third little pig is an admirable pig because...
Reason #1
Reason #2
Reason #3
Due Nov 14

Thursday: Chapter Book

Friday: Verb Quiz

Activity for Week of October 29, 2018

Monday:  Collections -  The Mixer
                 Page 74 -  How does an 
                                  anxious/restlessness dog
                                  act?

Tuesday:  Collections - Mixer
                Page 77 - What is the policeman trying
                                 to say to the Shy Man?

Wednesday:  Scary Stories

Thursday:  Chapter Book

Friday: Correcting
             Verb Worksheet: Exercise #1&#9
                        Pronoun Packet: 
                            (1) Diagnostic Review
                            (2) Exercise #1 on page 178
            Quiz:  Revisiting Verb Quiz (Nov 9)
            HW: Pronoun Pkt Ex#2 on page 178
            

Activity for Week of October 22, 2018

Monday: District Writing Test (part 1-2)

Tuesday: District Writing Test (part 3)

Wednesday:  District Writing Test

Thursday: Chapter Book

Friday:  Grammar
              Verb Revisited
              HW:  Verb Worksheet: Exercise #1&#9
                        Pronoun Packet: 
                            (1) Diagnostic Review
                            (2) Exercise #1 on page 178
                       Due: Friday (November 2)

Personal Narrative #3 (PN #3)

1. Current draft: hook and conversation

2. Circle all your verbs:  Can I use a more interesting
verb?

3. Editor?  Look for images that are created
in your head.
4. Editor must sign name onto the notebook.

5. Write final draft and call it PN#3
on binder paper or type it.

      PN#3 = PN#2 + enhanced verbs

Activity for Week of October 15, 2018

Monday:  Collections - Fear & Phobias
                         Page 44

Tuesday:  Important Ideas Page 44 Lines 76-106
                 Conclusion:  The main ideas can be
                                      found in the topic  
                                      sentence.  The topic 
                                      sentence is not always 
                                      the first sentence.

Wednesday :  Personal Narrative #3 (PN#3)
                       Due:  Oct 24
                      
                       Verbs in Personal Narratives
                        1) no repeat verbs
                        2) verbs create images
                        3) source:  dictionary or thesaurus

Thursday:  Chapter Book

  

Activity for Week of October 8, 2018

Monday:  Collections:  poem by Maya Angelou

Tuesday:  Substitute
                 Closed Reader in class
                 HW: CR (page 9-12)

Wednesday:  Draft #1
                      Rewrite with 
                                  hook and conversation.
                      Due: Draft #2 
                               Next Wednesday (10/17)
                      Note: Draft #1 Complete story
                                     


Thursday: Chapter Book

Friday:  Quiz on verbs
              Verb packets collected

Activity for Week of October 1, 2018

Monday:  Reading Comprehension -
                 Notes on "The Jumping Tree"                
                 HW: Closed Reader page 1-8 (complete all questions)
                          Bonus Points for definitions in margins
                         Due: Tuesday

Tuesday: Discussion Closed Reader
               HW:  One more night to complete Closed Reader

Wednesday:  Discuss final question in Closed Reader
                     Workbook will be collected
                     Writing
                      Closed Reader collected
                      HW:  Personal Narrative #2
                                Draft #1  (Due next Wednesday 10/10)

Thursday:  Chapter Book

Friday:  Finish correcting Verb Packet
              Ended on page 53 #12
              HW:  Self correct Verb Packet for next Friday

Activity for Week of September 24, 2018

Monday: Reading Comprehension
                Test:  Friday (Sept 28)

Tuesday:  Grammar
                 HW:  Due today (p. 42 & 45)
                 New HW: page 46, 53, 54 -- Due Friday (Oct 5) 

Wednesday:  Reading Comprehension

Thursday:  Chapter Book

Friday:  Quiz Day for Reading Comprehension
              Notebook Due

My apologies for neglecting to post daily for this class.

Activity for Week of September 10,  2018
Monday: Reading "The Ravine"
Tuesday: Reading "The Ravine"
Wednesday:  Writing Personal Narrative
Thursday:  Chapter Book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Friday: Grammar - Noun
             HW: Verb Packet p. 41 . Due next Friday

Activity for Week of September 17, 2018


Monday:  "The Ravine"
                 Comprehension Question Competition

Tuesday:  Continue

Wednesday:  Writing Personal Narrative

Thursday:  Chapter Book

Friday:  Verb Packet
              HW: page 42 and 45 (Due next Friday)

First Notebook Sweep will contain

1) Table of Content
2) The Ravine
3) Nouns
4) Music Writing (Narnia)

To be continued

Due: TBA

This content will be updated as we progress.

Activity for Week of August 27, 2018

Monday:  Reading Comprehension
                 The Ravine in Collections textbook

Tuesday:  Continued

Wednesday:  Syllabus
                             Signatures Due ASAP
                     Personal Narratives writing

Thursday:  Chapter Book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Friday: Noun

Activity for Week of August 20, 2018

Monday: Classroom Norms

Tuesday: Classroom Norms (Continued)

Wednesday: Discussion on Heart Art

Thursday: Begin Chapter Book
                 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 

Friday: Mining for Stories by using Floor Plans