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Monday, March 8
- give literary elements notes
(quiz Thursday)
-Core: children's book analysis
chart
-Pre-AP: Study French Revolution
and words for first few chapters of book
Tuesday, March 9
- Core: Children's book analysis
chart
-Pre-AP: read chapter one
-children's book analysis chart
Wednesday, March 10
-Core: Finish children's book
analysis chart
-review literary elements for quiz tomorrow
Pre-AP: read chapters 2-4
-children's book analysis chart
HOMEWORK: Read chapter five
Thursday, March 11
- literary elements quiz
-CORE: SLATE characterization chart
GIST main idea statements
Pre-AP: -children's book analysis
chart
-read chapters 6-9 *HOMEWORK if not finished (due March 22nd)
-Outside Reading FINISHED: Core should be at
page 450, pre-ap at 500 (with all tests taken)
Friday, March 12
- Literacy Day!
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Twenty-Sixth Week
Monday, March 1
- Review Grammar study guide
-final draft of compositions due
Tuesday, March 2
- Final review for test
-sentence corrections quiz
Wednesday, March 3
-WRITING TAKS TEST
Thursday, March 4
- picture day
-Computer lab to type literary
analysis final draft
Friday, March 5
- Computer lab to type
literary analysis final draft
-Outside Reading: Core should be at
page 405, pre-ap at 450
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Twenty-Fifth Week
Monday, February 22
- Assign spelling rule/list #4 (see
handouts tab for copy) (TEST FRIDAY)
-Grade "At Home" TAKS packet
-Begin TAKS Packet #2 (homework if
not finished)
-Homework: Thinking about
adjectives worksheet
Tuesday, February 23
- Assign transitions packet, due
Friday (bonus if turned in Thursday)
-Give TAKS WRITING STUDY GUIDE (See
handouts tab for copy)
-Grade TAKS packet #2
-Make your own TAKS practice
(homework if not finished)
Wednesday, February 24
-Outline two prompts
-Do TAKS packet #3
-Write draft of one outlined essay
(homework if not finished)
Thursday, February 25
- Grade TAKS packet #3
-Do TAKS packet #4 (homework if not
finished)
Friday, February 26
(transition packet due!)
- Spelling Test #4
-Go over TAKS packet #4
-Strategy Strips game
-Conference about compositions
-Write final draft of composition
on TAKS lined paper (homework if not finished)
-Outside Reading: Core should be at
page 360, pre-ap at 400
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Twenty-Fourth Week
Monday, February 15
- NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, February 16
- Spelling List #3 assigned (test
Friday) (See handouts tab for copy)
-At Home TAKS packet assigned (Due
Monday, extra credit if turned in early)
-Begin writing literary analysis
essay
Wednesday, February 17
-Learn composition TAKS strategies
and practice outlining three essay prompts
-Finish writing Literary analysis
essay
HOMEWORK: Adjectives worksheet-Due
Friday, bonus if turned in Thursday
Thursday, February 18
- Transitional Phrases lesson
-Revision and proofreading of essay
Friday, February 19
- Spelling Test #3
-Adjectives worksheet due!
-Finish revision and proofreading
of essay
-Outside Reading: Core should be at
page 315, pre-ap at 350
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Twenty-Third Week
Monday, February 8
- Assign spelling "Final Y" (test
Friday) (See handouts tab for list)
-Choose and read Literary analysis
story and answer comprehension questions
Tuesday, February 9
- Shadowman quiz 11-12
-Shadowman assignments due
-character journal entry #3
Wednesday, February 10
- Answer literary analysis
questions over chosen story
Thursday, February 11
- Answer literary analysis
questions over chosen story
Friday, February 12
- Spelling Test #2
-CORE: TAKS guided practice
-PRE-AP: Book cover activity (Due
Tuesday!)
-Outside Reading: Core should be at
page 270, pre-ap at 300
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Twenty-Second Week
Monday, February 1
- Assign spelling I before E (test
Friday) (See handouts tab for list)
-Discuss and practice writing TAKS
strategies
Tuesday, February 2
-Discuss Theme and Motif
-Create Theme One-Pager poster for
Search for the Shadowman
Wednesday, February 3
- Present One-Pagers
-Read chapters 11-12
Thursday, February 4
-Go through example literary
analysis story and write summary
-Finish chapter 12
Friday, February 5
- Spelling Test #1 (I before
E)
-Read chapters 13-15 (QuizTuesday,
assignments due Tuesday)
-Outside Reading: Core should be at
page 225, pre-ap at 250
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Twenty-First Week
Monday, January 25
-literature circles read chapter
6-7 in Search for the Shadowman
Tuesday, January 26
-present art from literature
circles yesterday
-apostrophe rules practice
-Read chapter 8
Wednesday, January 27
- Read chapters 9-10
Thursday, January 28
- Quiz over chapters 1-5
-character journal entry #1
Friday, January 29 (pep-rally
and group picture day)
- apostrophe practice writing
-Drop Everything And Read (DEAR)
-Outside Reading: Core should be at
page 180, pre-ap at 200
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Twentieth Week
Monday, January 18
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, January 19
-literature circles read chapter
2-3 in Search for the Shadowman
Wednesday, January 20
- Silent read chapters 4-5
Thursday, January 21
- Verb Tense mini-lesson and
creative writing
Friday, January 22
- Quiz over chapters 1-5
-character journal entry #1
-Outside Reading: Core should be at
page 135, pre-ap at
150
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Nineteenth Week
Monday, January 11
-Peer editing of Scrooge Essay
Tuesday, January 12
-Type Scrooge essay final draft
-announce Poetry Contest Extra
Credit (See handouts tab for instructions/details)
Wednesday, January 13
-Type Scrooge essay final draft
Thursday, January 14
- Study TAKS writing rubric
-examine previously scored TAKS
essays
Friday, January 15
- Read chapter one in
Search for the Shadowman
-Self-Selected Vocabulary, This
Happened: I Think Journals, Chapter Titles (See handouts tab for copies)
-Prediction circles
-Outside Reading: Core should be at
page 90, pre-ap at
100
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Eighteenth Week
Monday, January 5
-NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, January 6
-Begin introduction of cause/effect
Scrooge essay (See handouts tab for outline and rubric)
-Announced new Outside Reading
Requirements (see handouts tab for copy)
-library check-out time
Wednesday, January 7
-Write first draft of essay
Thursday, January 8
- Finish first draft of essay
-begin revision and proofreading
Friday, January 9
-Finish revision and proofreading
-do second draft of essay (HOMEWORK
IF NOT FINISHED IN CLASS)
-Outside Reading: Core should be at page
45, pre-ap at 50
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Seventeenth Week
Monday, December 14
-Assign persuasive letter due Wednesday
(See handouts tab for copy)
-continue working on A Christmas
Carol
Tuesday, December 15
-continue working on A Christmas
Carol
Wednesday, December 16 (persuasive
letter due)
-Begin watching real-life version
of movie (if students are finished reading book)
Thursday, December 17
- Finish watching real-life version
of movie
-Begin watching muppet version of
movie
-Outside Reading
FINISHED : Core should be at page
400, pre-ap at 450
Friday, December 18 (Last Day
of 9-weeks)
-Finish watching muppet version of
movie
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Sixteenth Week
Monday, December 7
-Assign brainstorming flow chart and
complete first section (see handouts for copy)
-review stave one
-preview book fair
Tuesday, December 8
-Read Stave two (questions,
vocabulary, brainstorming flow chart)
-HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary staves
1-2 for Thursday
Wednesday, December 9
-Read Stave three (questions,
vocabulary, brainstorming flow chart)
-Homework: Study vocabulary staves
1-3 for tomorrow
Thursday, December 10
- Vocabulary Activity
-catch up on brainstorming flow
chart
Friday, December 11
-Fragment/Run-on Quiz
--Read Stave four (questions,
vocabulary, brainstorming flow chart)
-Outside Reading : Core should be at page
355, pre-ap at 400
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Fifteenth Week
Monday, November 30
-Begin reading A Christmas Carol
-Assign Outside reading project
(Test grade due Dec. 9--see handouts tab for rubric)
Tuesday, December 1
-READING BENCHMARK TEST
Wednesday, December 2
-READING BENCHMARK TEST
Thursday, December 3
- Finish benchmark if needed
-finish stave one in A Christmas
Carol
-answer questions and vocabulary
for stave one
-Begin Scrooge character traits
poster
Friday, December 4
-Finish Scrooge character traits
poster
-Begin reading Stave two
-Outside Reading : Core should be at page
310, pre-ap at 350
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Fourteenth Week
Monday, November 23
-SLATE character charts
Tuesday, November 24
-Thanksgiving work skills packet
Pre-AP: Jackaroo Quiz 12-27
-Outside Reading : Core should be at page
265, pre-ap at 300
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Thirteenth Week
Monday, November 16
-Assign purple feather project (Due
Friday) (See handouts tab for assignment sheet)
-Assign TV persuasion assignment
(Due Tuesday) (Extra Credit if turned in Friday) (See handouts tab for
sheet)
-Fragment and Run-on notes and
practice
Pre-AP: Read chapter 18
Tuesday, November 17
-Correct Sentence Types packet
-Core: Fact/Opinion practice
Pre-AP: Read chapter 19
together, assign rest of book due Monday
Wednesday, November 18
- Point of view notes and opposite
fairy tale writing assignment
Thursday, November 19
- Literature book story page 811
-cause/effect lesson, bubble maps,
and legend writing assignment
Friday, November 20
- Purple feather Project
presentations
-Outside Reading : Core should be at page
220, pre-ap at 250
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Twelfth Week
Monday, November 9
-Vocabulary List #6 (see handouts tab)
-Review sentence types
-Summary notes and activity
Pre-AP: Study for test tomorrow
Tuesday, November 10 (memoir
corrections due)
-Discuss word choice
-personification poem
Pre-AP: Test over Jackaroo Chapters
1-12
-homework=chapter 13
Wednesday, November 11 (Veteran's Day
assembly) (Journals Due)
- Sad man writing extension
pre-AP: Read chapter 14
Thursday, November 12
- sentence types packet
-Pre-ap: read chapter 15
Friday, November 13
- Vocabulary Test #6
-fact/opinion study
-Pre-AP: Read chapters 16-17
-Outside Reading : Core should be at page
175, pre-ap at 200
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Eleventh Week
Monday, November 2
-Vocabulary List #5 (see handouts tab)
-Review game for sentence types
Pre-AP: chapter 9 in Jackaroo
Tuesday, November 3
core: writing activity over
sentence types and vocabulary
-pre-ap: writing activity over
sentence types and vocabulary
Jackaroo chapter 10-11 due Thursday with homework guide
Wednesday, November 4
- serial comma lesson and activity
-combining sentences activity
Thursday, November 5
- commas that set off added
elements
-main idea activity
-Pre-ap: Chapter 12 due tomorrow
Friday, November 6
- Vocabulary Test #5
core: main idea practice paragraphs
-Pre-AP: SLATE characterization chart over
chaptesr 1-12 (study for test next week)
-Outside Reading : Core should be at page
130, pre-ap at
150
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Tenth Week
Monday, October 26
-Study Inferences
core: practice sheet
Pre-AP: read chapter two, practice
sheet
Tuesday, October 27
- study drawing conclusions
-pre-ap: also read chapter 3
Wednesday, October 28
- core: drawing conclusions, verbs,
and compound sentences
-pre-AP: chapter 4-5 (homework if
not finished)
Thursday, October 29
- learn and practice complex
sentences
-Pre-ap: also read chapter 6
(homework if not finished)
Friday, October 30
- Vocabulary Test #4
-complex sentence practice
-sentence types notes
-Go over TAKS writing rubric and benchmark
essays
-Pre-AP: chapter 7-8 (homework if not finished)
-Outside Reading : Core should be at page
85, pre-ap at
100
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Ninth Week
Monday, October 19
-finish revision and proofreading
-simple sentences with compound
subjects and compound verbs
Tuesday, October 20
- Type memoir final drafts
Wednesday, October 21
- Study compound sentences
Thursday, October 22
- Core: study double negatives
-Pre-AP: begin Jackaroo with
chapter one
-assign chapter summaries and character chart for each chapter (see handouts
tab for copy)
Friday, October 23 (Mrs. Osborne's
birthday!)
- Vocabulary Test #3
-reader's response letter
-Go over TAKS writing rubric and benchmark
essays
-Outside Reading : Core should be at page 40, pre-ap at 50
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Eighth Week
Monday, October 12
-NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, October 13
- Assign vocabulary list #2, test
Friday (See handouts tab for copy)
-Introduction and conclusion study
Wednesday, October 14
- Write memoir draft
Thursday, October 15
- Revise and edit memoir draft
Friday, October 16 (LAST DAY OF
GRADING PERIOD)
- Vocabulary Test #2
-finish revision and editing if necessary
-Outside Reading DUE TODAY: Core should be
finished at page 400, pre-ap at 450 (ALL books recorded and tested)
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Seventh Week
Monday, October 5
-Outside reading project due for bonus
points
- APCT Roadmap in-class project
Tuesday, October 6
-Outside Reading Project due
- APCT Roadmap in-class project
Wednesday, October 7
- Voice lesson and activity
Thursday, October 8
- Vocabulary test #1
-Memoir lesson
-Brainstorming flowchart (see
handouts tab for copy)
Friday, October 9
- TEACHER INSERVICE (NO SCHOOL)
-Outside Reading: Core should be at page
350, pre-ap at 400
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Sixth Week
Monday, September 28
- APCT chapters 13-15
-Memories writing exercise
Tuesday, September 29 (health
screening)
- APCT chapters 16-17
-Questions for memoirists sheet
Wednesday, September 30
- Mina diary entry
-ASSIGN Outside Reading project
(test grade due Oct. 6th) (see handouts tab for copy)
-assign first vocabulary list (test
on Oct 8th) (see handouts tab for copy of words)
Thursday, October 1
- Tone/Mood activities
-research activity
Friday, October 2
- APCT chapters 18-20 (end of book)
-grammar bricks game to study for vocabulary
test
-Outside Reading: Core should be at page
300, pre-ap at 342
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Fifth Week
Monday, September 21 (journals due)
- Comparison and contrast lesson and
activities
Tuesday, September 22
- Writing TAKS benchmark test
Wednesday, September 23
-Writing TAKS benchmark test
Thursday, September 24
- finish benchmark if necessary
-sharing outside reading books
-DEAR
Friday, September 25
- Read chapters 9-12 in A Paradise Called Texas
-Outside Reading: Core should be at page
250, pre-ap at 285
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Fourth Week
Monday, September 14
- Prepositional Phrase lesson and
practice
Tuesday, September 15
- Read chapter one in A Paradise
Called Texas (APCT)
-prepositional phrase practice
Wednesday, September 16
-Prefix, suffix, root study
-Read chapter 2-3 in APCT
Thursday, September 17
-Chapter 4 in APCT
-plot lesson and activity
Friday, September 18
-Chapters 5-8 in APCT
-dictionary drill
-Outside Reading: Core should be at page
200, pre-ap at 228
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Third Week
Monday, September 7
-NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, September 8
-Capitalization practice
-Homonyms/Homophones study, listing,
and story writing
Wednesday, September 9
-Correct capitalization packets
-revision and editing of reporter's
formula drafts
Thursday, September 10
-Finish revision and editing
-Write final draft of essay (homework if not
finished)
Friday, September 11
-Preposition activities
-Preposition packets
-Outside Reading: Core should be at page
150, pre-ap at 171
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Monday, August 31
-reporter's formula interview
-leads and conclusions lesson
Tuesday, September 1
-STAR reading level test in computer
lab
-correct basic sentence worksheet from
last week
-lesson on "telling someone else's
story"
Wednesday, September 1
-write essay drafts (homework if not
finished)
Thursday, September 1
-Present DISCOVER ME Projects
-capitalization discovery
Friday, September 1
-capitalization packet
-dictionary exploration
-DEAR (Drop Everything And Read)
-Outside Reading: Core should be at page
100, pre-ap at 114
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Monday, August 24th
-Parent assignment (Due Friday) (See
handouts tab for copy)
-parent letter with contact form (Due
ASAP) (see handouts tab for copy)
-Class/room introduction
Tuesday, August 25th
-Assign textbooks
-Life Drawing
-Following directions exercise
-Begin writing portfolio assignment
Wednesday, August 26th
-Finish Writing Portfolio
-Mini-lesson: Basic Sentence
-Basic sentence writing practice with
partner
-Basic sentence worksheet practice
(homework if not finished)
Thursday, August 27th
-Grade basic sentence worksheet
-Begin Reporter's Formula Interview
-Go over Outside Reading Requirements (see handouts
tab for a copy)
-Library orientation and book check out
Friday, August 28th
-Parent Assignment Due
-Finish reporter's formula interview
-Discover Me Project introduction (DUE
THURSDAY SEPT. 3) (see Handouts tab for rubric)
-DEAR (Drop Everything And Read)
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