Tuesday, February 11, 2014

2/10 to 2/14

Monday 2/10:
1. Binder Reminder and Calendars
2. Apostrophes and Possessive Nouns Quiz
HW: AR

Tuesday 2/11:
1. Computer Lab: District Survey
HW: AR

Wednesday 2/12:
1. EDE
2. Introductions

HW: AR

Thursday 2/13:
1. EDE
2. Essay Final Drafts
HW: AR

Friday 2/14:
No school!

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

January 21 to January 24

Tuesday, January 21:
1. EDE Quiz
2. Review Roosevelt Article and Stephentown Article
3. Review for Test
HW: AR and Study Vocabulary

Wednesday, January 22:
1. EDE
2. Review for TEST
HW: Same as Tuesday

Thursday, January 23:
1. EDE Quiz
2. Essay Test
HW: AR

Friday, January 24:
Banned and Challenged Books Lesson with Ms. Jones!
HW: AR

Essay Study Questions


1.     How did the teens behave in The Outsiders?

2.     In The Outsiders, how did the adults respond to the teens’ behavior?  Did their response help the teens learn?  Why or why not?

3.     How did the teens behave in Stephentown? 

4.     In Stephentown, how did the adults respond to the teens’ behavior?  Did their response help the teens learn?  Why or why not?

5.     How did the teens behave in Roosevelt?

6.     In Roosevelt, how did the adults respond to the teens’         behavior?  Did their response help the teens learn?  Why or why not?

7.     In a family, how should adults respond when teens behave badly? At a school, how should adults respond when teens behave badly?

Friday, January 10, 2014

Monday, January 13:1. BR/Calendar
2. Collect The Outsiders Essays
2.  Stephentown Article Vocab
HW: AR; study your vocab

Tuesday, January 14:
1. Every Day Edit
2.  Stephentown Article
HW: AR; study vocab

Wednesday, January 15:
1. Every Day Edit
2. Roosevelt Article Vocab
HW: AR; study vocab

Thursday, January 16:
1. Every Day Edit
2. Read Roosevelt Article
HW: TBA

Friday, January 17:
1. EDE Quiz
2. Coffee Talk: Stephentown and Roosevelt
HW: AR

Monday, January 6, 2014

January 6 to January 10

Monday, January 6:
1. BR/Calendar
2. RR Passes
3. Finish The Outsiders Movie
4. Finish Chapters 11/12
HW: AR

Tuesday, January 7:
1. Every Day Edit
2.  The Outsiders Compare/Contrast
HW: The Outsiders Compare/Contrast

Wednesday, January 8:
1. Computer Lab!
HW: AR

Thursday, January 9:
1. Every Day Edit
2. Stephentown Article Vocab
HW: Finish Vocabulary

Friday, January 10:
1. EDE Quiz
2. Read Stephentown Article
HW: AR

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

1.  Get out your copy of the poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay.  Answer the questions on the back.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

First, write down this week's HW in your Binder Reminders or calendars.

Next, take the rough draft of your assignment from Friday.  Do a final draft. If you finish this, make sure you have it in PERFECT MLA format. If you need help with MLA format, you can use this website:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

If you are finished with your paragraph, please do a good deed and earn some rice for hungry people by quizzing on www.freerice.com OR take a chance to take an AR quiz.

Please write down this important due date:
Friday 11/8: The Outsiders Chapters 4-5-6 Quiz
Friday 11/15: Vocab Quiz

Monday 11/4:
1. Base Words and Suffixes Vocab
2.  The Outsiders
HW: Vocab

Tuesday 11/5:
Computer Lab!
1. Type up paragraphs; edit with Mrs. H.
HW: Study your vocab; AR

Wednesday 11/6:
1.  Read The Outsiders
HW: Study your vocab!

Thursday 11/7:
1.  Quick Write
2.  Study Vocab
3.  Chapters 4-5-6 Review
HW: Study vocab; AR

Friday 11/8:
1.  Chapters 4-5-6 QUIZ
HW: AR