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!

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?

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

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

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

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

10/21 to 10/25

Monday 10/21:
1. Binder Reminders/Calendars
2. Review Vocab
3. The Outsiders
HW: Vocab

Tuesday 10/22:
1. Quick Write
2. The Outsiders
HW: AR

Wednesday 10/23:
Computer Lab!
1. Google Docs
HW: Study Vocab

Thursday 10/24:
1. QW
2. Continue The Outsiders
3. Start The Outsiders Chapters 1-2 Textual Evidence Review
HW: FD; Vocab

Friday 10/25:
1. Vocab Review Game

10/7 to 10/11

Monday 10/7:
1. Binder Reminder/Calendars
2. Prefixes and Base Words 2
3. Finish Elements of Fiction
4. Finish "April in Paris" and Signposts
HW: AR

Tuesday 10/8:
1. QW
2. The Outsiders
HW: AR

Wednesday 10/9:
1. Correct Grolier Assignment
2.  The Outsiders
HW: AR

Thursday 10/10:
1. QW
2. The Outsiders
HW: AR; Vocab DUE TOMORROW

Friday 10/11:
1. Vocab Quiz
2. The Outsiders
HW: AR

9/30 to 10/4

Monday 9/30:
1. BR/Calendars
2. Correct Vocab Quiz
3.  Finish Elements of Fiction  Chart
HW: AR

Tuesday 10/1:
1. QW
2. The Outsiders Anticipation Guide
HW: AR

Wednesday 10/2:
1. QW
2. The Outsiders
HW: AR

Thursday 10/3:
1. QW
2. Signposts
3. The Outsiders
HW: AR

Friday 10/4:
1. QW
2. Signposts
3. The Outsiders
HW: AR

Computer Lab 9/25

1. Take an AR quiz if you need to.

2. Finish the Grolier lesson we started with Ms. Jones. If you need to borrow the directions from me, I can give you a copy to use during class today.

3.  Have your HW from last night out and ready for me to check.

4. If you finish all these tasks, please figure out how to leave a comment for me on this blog post.

5. If you figure out how to leave a comment, then you can go to this website and start quizzing your vocabulary: FREERICE!

9/16 to 9/20

Monday 9/16:
1. Binder Reminders/Calendars
2. Review Prefixes and Base Words Vocabulary
3. Start Born Worker
HW: Finish Born Worker Probable Passage; Vocab due THURS

Tuesday 9/17:
1. Quick Write
2.  Type up Dear Mrs. Hislop final drafts in computer lab
HW: AR; Study Vocab

Wednesday 9/18:
1. Quick Write
2. Share Final Drafts
3. Finish Born Worker
HW: AR; Study Vocab

Thursday 9/19:
1. Quick Write
2. Mrs. Hislop in Paris Personal Narrative
2. Elements of Fiction Review
3. Calvin and Hobbes
HW: AR; Study Vocab

Friday 9/20:
1. Prefixes and Base Words Vocabulary Quiz
2. Elements of Fiction
3. Calvin and Hobbes Review
HW: AR

1.  Login to your computer.

2.  Open a NEW word document.  Set it up in MLA format using the directions Mrs. Jones gave you yesterday.  SAVE it in your H drive as soon as you have it all set up.

3.  Start typing up the final draft of your Dear Mrs. Hislop letter.

Monday 9/9:
1. Binder Reminders/Calendars
2. Finish "Born Worker" AG Discussion
3. Vocabulary #3
4. Share Rough Drafts
HW: Finish Vocabulary #3; AR

Tuesday 9/10:
1. Quickwrites
2.  "Born Worker" Probable Passage
3. Start Reading "BW"
HW: AR

Wednesday 9/11:
Computer Lab!
1. Learn about Mrs. H.'s Blog
2. Syria Articles
3. Work on Final Drafts
HW: AR; Study Vocab. #3

Thursday 9/12:
1. Quickwrites
2. Continue "BW"
HW: Study Vocab. #3; AR; Final Draft due TOMORROW!

Friday 9/13:
1. Vocab. Quiz
2. Finish "BW"
3. Final Drafts DUE
HW: AR

Class Discussion

Class Discussion 9/5:
What makes a family?

Love  

trust  

marriage

Support

Caring for one another

Respect

Kindness

Memories

Happiness

Honesty

Religion

Children

Cousins

Being able to agree and disagree

Customs

Traditions

Born Worker Anticipation Guide

Write 3-4 sentences EACH about whether you agree or disagree with the following statements, and why:

1.  When there's a hard job to be completed, everyone should work together until all the work is done.

 

2.  Kids can't be heroes.

 

3.  Some people are just liars.

After responding to these statements, write a 1-2 paragraph prediction about what this story might be about.

1.  Get out your vocabulary worksheet from yesterday about Restatement and Example clues.

2.  Get out your Dear Mrs. Hislop RD.

3.  Get out a blank piece of paper.  Write your name, date, and period in the upper right corner.  Title it "Quickwrites."

9/3 to 9/6

Tuesday:
1.  BR/Calendar
2.  Finish DMH
HW: AR

Wednesday:
1.  Quickwrites
2.  Revise RD
3.  Start Vocab #2
HW: AR

Thursday:
1.  Quickwrites
2.  Continue Vocab #2
3.  Start "Born Worker"
HW: Vocab #2

Friday:
1.  Vocab Quiz
2.  Continue "Born Worker"
HW: AR

Good Morning!

Please get out your Context Clues vocabulary worksheet.

Start reciting Jabberwocky to your neighbor.

Happy Friday, my dears!

Good Morning!

Get out your JABBERWOCKY poem and see how much you can remember.  Try to recite it to your partner.