Week of 10/27-10/31/2014
10/27
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- New quotes are up! Quotable Reports (optional for extra credit) are due Monday 11/3. Choose ONE quote! Quotes this week are:
"I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing — to be clear." ~ Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)
"Whoever has walked with truth generates life." ~ Anonymous, Sumerian proverb, c. 2000 BCE
- Get second drafts of your narrative done tonight. Published final drafts are due Friday 10/31.
10/28
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- Final drafts of your narrative are due Friday 10/31.
10/29
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
10/30
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- CodeX, p. 150 #4 in your CA notebook.
10/31
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- CodeX, p. 150 #3 in your CA notebook.
Week of 10/20-10/24/2014
10/20
- UNIT 1 ASSESSMENT ON WEDNESDAY! You will read a short fiction story and answer questions based on state test questions. WE WILL REVIEW QUESTION FORMAT ON TUESDAY 10/21!
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- New quotes are up! Quotable Reports (optional for extra credit) are due Monday 11/3. Choose ONE quote! Quotes this week are:
"I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here." ~ Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)
"Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization." ~ Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974)
- Complete Character Trait chart for the main character of your short story.
10/21
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- Complete first draft of your story is due FRIDAY 10/24.
- Complete Worksheet on Human Migration - to be collected and graded on Thursday. It's linked here.
- Study for Unit 1 Assessment.
10/22
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- PICTURE DAY TODAY AT 12:30! YOU MUST BE IN YOUR UNIFORMS!
10/23
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- Complete first draft of your story. Due Friday 10/24.
10/24
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- Complete revisions to your story begun in class. (DON'T REVISE YET!!! WILL DO ON MONDAY)
Week of 10/13-10/17/2014
10/13
Columbus Day - No school
10/14
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
- New quotes are up! Quotable Reports (optional for extra credit) are due Monday 10/20. Choose ONE quote! Quotes this week are:
"Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock." ~ Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
"Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention." ~ E.B. White (1899-1985)
CodeX, pp. 29-31, #3, 4 in your CA notebook.
10/15
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
10/16
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
- Complete Worksheets on latitude and longitude. If you lose them, the worksheets are linked here and here.
10/17
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
- Finish the plot diagram begun in class using your story idea. Remember to use one of the characters in "Tuesday of the Other June" in another challenging situation. Use your plot diagram definitions in your reading notebook if you forgot.
Week of 10/6-10/10/2014:
10/6
-QUIZ ON "TUESDAY OF THE OTHER JUNE" ON THURSDAY 10/9: Reread story this week in CodeX and review lessons on:
- identifying central idea
- character traits
- plot diagram
- conflict
- using the RACE rubric in your responses.
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
- New quotes are up! Quotable Reports (optional for extra credit) are due Tuesday 10/14. Choose ONE quote! Quotes this week are:
"Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking." ~ H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)
"Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin." ~ Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
10/7
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
10/8
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
10/9
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
- Answer the following in your social studies notebook: "Can a person survive without anyone else? Why/Why not?"
10/10
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
- Write one paragraph using the vocabulary words from CodeX page 28.
Week of 9/29-10/3/2014:
9/29
- VOCABULARY QUIZ THIS WEEK ON WEDNESDAY! 10/1: Words to study are in your CA notebook! They are:
aspire
diligent
resilient
depict
recite
rigid
torment
adjust
mocked
devoted
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/6.
- CodeX, pp. 18-19, # 20 in your CA notebook.
- New quotes are up! Quotable Reports (optional for extra credit) are due Monday 10/6. Choose ONE quote! Quotes this week are:
"Even before you understand them, your brain is drawn to maps." ~ Ken Jennings (1974- )
"You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus." ~ Mark Twain (1835-1910)
9/30
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/6.
- Study for Vocabulary quiz Wednesday 10/1
10/1
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/6.
10/2
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/6.
- CodeX pp. 21-23 # 28 on looseleaf to be collected.
10/3
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/6.
- Read article on school lunches given out in class. Complete questions in the back.
10/27
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- New quotes are up! Quotable Reports (optional for extra credit) are due Monday 11/3. Choose ONE quote! Quotes this week are:
"I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing — to be clear." ~ Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)
"Whoever has walked with truth generates life." ~ Anonymous, Sumerian proverb, c. 2000 BCE
- Get second drafts of your narrative done tonight. Published final drafts are due Friday 10/31.
10/28
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- Final drafts of your narrative are due Friday 10/31.
10/29
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
10/30
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- CodeX, p. 150 #4 in your CA notebook.
10/31
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- CodeX, p. 150 #3 in your CA notebook.
Week of 10/20-10/24/2014
10/20
- UNIT 1 ASSESSMENT ON WEDNESDAY! You will read a short fiction story and answer questions based on state test questions. WE WILL REVIEW QUESTION FORMAT ON TUESDAY 10/21!
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- New quotes are up! Quotable Reports (optional for extra credit) are due Monday 11/3. Choose ONE quote! Quotes this week are:
"I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here." ~ Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)
"Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization." ~ Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974)
- Complete Character Trait chart for the main character of your short story.
10/21
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- Complete first draft of your story is due FRIDAY 10/24.
- Complete Worksheet on Human Migration - to be collected and graded on Thursday. It's linked here.
- Study for Unit 1 Assessment.
10/22
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- PICTURE DAY TODAY AT 12:30! YOU MUST BE IN YOUR UNIFORMS!
10/23
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- Complete first draft of your story. Due Friday 10/24.
10/24
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 11/3.
- Complete revisions to your story begun in class. (DON'T REVISE YET!!! WILL DO ON MONDAY)
Week of 10/13-10/17/2014
10/13
Columbus Day - No school
10/14
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
- New quotes are up! Quotable Reports (optional for extra credit) are due Monday 10/20. Choose ONE quote! Quotes this week are:
"Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock." ~ Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
"Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention." ~ E.B. White (1899-1985)
CodeX, pp. 29-31, #3, 4 in your CA notebook.
10/15
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
10/16
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
- Complete Worksheets on latitude and longitude. If you lose them, the worksheets are linked here and here.
10/17
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
- Finish the plot diagram begun in class using your story idea. Remember to use one of the characters in "Tuesday of the Other June" in another challenging situation. Use your plot diagram definitions in your reading notebook if you forgot.
Week of 10/6-10/10/2014:
10/6
-QUIZ ON "TUESDAY OF THE OTHER JUNE" ON THURSDAY 10/9: Reread story this week in CodeX and review lessons on:
- identifying central idea
- character traits
- plot diagram
- conflict
- using the RACE rubric in your responses.
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
- New quotes are up! Quotable Reports (optional for extra credit) are due Tuesday 10/14. Choose ONE quote! Quotes this week are:
"Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking." ~ H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)
"Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin." ~ Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
10/7
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
10/8
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
10/9
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
- Answer the following in your social studies notebook: "Can a person survive without anyone else? Why/Why not?"
10/10
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/20.
- Write one paragraph using the vocabulary words from CodeX page 28.
Week of 9/29-10/3/2014:
9/29
- VOCABULARY QUIZ THIS WEEK ON WEDNESDAY! 10/1: Words to study are in your CA notebook! They are:
aspire
diligent
resilient
depict
recite
rigid
torment
adjust
mocked
devoted
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/6.
- CodeX, pp. 18-19, # 20 in your CA notebook.
- New quotes are up! Quotable Reports (optional for extra credit) are due Monday 10/6. Choose ONE quote! Quotes this week are:
"Even before you understand them, your brain is drawn to maps." ~ Ken Jennings (1974- )
"You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus." ~ Mark Twain (1835-1910)
9/30
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/6.
- Study for Vocabulary quiz Wednesday 10/1
10/1
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/6.
10/2
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/6.
- CodeX pp. 21-23 # 28 on looseleaf to be collected.
10/3
- Read independently 30-45 minutes a day. Record your reading in your reading log. Next reading log due Monday 10/6.
- Read article on school lunches given out in class. Complete questions in the back.