Mon. 

 4/14

SCHOOL MASS TOMORROW AT 9:45AM. DRESS OR GYM UNIFORM ONLY. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

-Clean out ELA folders (keep your sticky note pacing diagram, our project directions, and Lesson 6.1 Subj. & Pred.)

-Print pacing diagram, story arc,and second draft

so we can begin revisions this week. 

Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

Plot Diagrams were due today. 

Posters are due tomorrow. 

7th Grade

Read and annotated the sample essay, about “The Last Dog”

-Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

-As discussed in class, add a revision directly on the sample essay where you write a topic sentence for body paragraph #3. 

8th Grade

Read and annotated the sample essay about Sister 

Anne’s Hands. 

If you are reading any of these books, you are assigned to finish by Wednesday: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Devil’s Arithmetic, Number the Stars, and Soldier Boys. (The War that Saved Me and the Diary of Anne Frank are to be finished oer the break.) 

Fri. 

 4/11

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

-Plot diagrams

Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

If you did not finish your plot diagram in class, please finish it over the weekend. 

7th Grade

-Pieced together report covers.

-Read pg 567-572

Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

8th Grade

-Reviewed essay introductions. 

-Started thesis statements

Read to or beyond the daily number of assigned pages for your your novel. If you don’t have the reading assignment list with you, it is also in GC. 

Thu. 

 4/10

CASUAL DRESS TOMORROW $2. PLEASE DRESS APPROPRIATELY. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Read independent novels as others finished the NYS Test. 

Read your novel for at least 15 minutes tonight. 

7th Grade

Test: Subj & Pred. 

Finished Plot Diagrams

Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

-If you did not finish your plot diagrams in class today, they are due tomorrow. 

-Your report covers are due tomorrow. 

8th Grade

Voyages:

Read pg. 568-569 and finished  completing  exercise A, B, D, E. 

Read to or beyond the daily number of assigned pages for your your novel. If you don’t have the reading assignment list with you, it is also in GC. 

If you did not finish the Voyages textbook work today, please finish it tonight. Copies of the textbook pages are in GC

Wed. 

 4/9

6TH GRADE NYS ELA MAKE UP TEST TOMORROW. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Discussed themes in Out of My Mind and went over the expectations for the final project. 

Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

Project posters are due on Tuesday.

Please be prepared to write down a theme of your own choosing in your own words from the novel. You may use one on our list or one of your own invention. 

7th Grade

Plot diagram for Fish in a Tree

Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

If you are taking the  Subject and Predicate test tomorrow, complete the worksheet handed out today. Remember to use your notes on page 127, 134, and 135. 

8th Grade

Voyages:

Read pg. 568-569 and finished  completing  exercise A, B, D, E. 

Read to or beyond the daily number of assigned pages for your your novel. If you don’t have the reading assignment list with you, it is also in GC. 

Tue.

 4/8

NYS testing may resume tomorrow if statewide computer glitch is corrected. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Plot Diagram for Out of My Mind. 

State testing postponed by NYS. 

-Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

-You must bring your independent novel and Out of My Mind to class every day. 

7th Grade

Plot Diagram for Fish in a Tree

Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

You must bring your independent novel and Fish in a Tree to class every day. 

8th Grade

Voyages:

Read pg. 568-569 and started completing  exercise A, B, D, E. 

Read to or beyond the daily number of assigned pages for your your novel. If you don’t have the reading assignment list with you, it is also in GC. 

You must bring your WWII book and The Outsiders to class every day. 

Mon. 

 4/7

6TH GRADE NYS ELA ASSESSMENTS START TOMORROW. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

-Read and annotated “Radio Girl”

-Read and annotated “Manhattan Transfer”

-Discussed similar themes in both stories.

-Analyzed Sally Sample’s extended response

-Analyzed Sally Samples plan for her extended response

-Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

-Please study notebook page 14-15 to review for the state test. 

-Please analyze  Sally Sample’s essay plan and her essay which was handed out and discussed today. 

7th Grade

-Reviewed Subjects and Predicates

-Started Fish in a Tree Report Covers

-Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

-Subject & Predicate test is Thursday

-Fish in a Tree report covers are due on Friday

8th Grade

Reviewed subjects and predicates

Read to or beyond the daily number of assigned pages for your your novel. If you don’t have the reading assignment list with you, it is also in GC. 

Thu. 

 4/3

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

-Discussed test vocabulary. 

-Annotation lesson

Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

Read the last vocabulary page in our test packet.

7th Grade

-Worked on writing  projects

Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

8th Grade

-Worked on Outsiders writing project

Read to or beyond the daily number of assigned pages for your your novel. If you don’t have the reading assignment list with you, it is also in GC. 

Wed. 

 4/2

SCHOOL PLAY 7PM, LAST EXTRA HELP SESSION IS TOMORROW AT 2:15

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

-Discuss NYS assessment vocab pg. 2

-Read and discussed NYS Assessment info packet pg 2 and top of pg 3. 

-Read “Excerpt from The Story Behind Elecricity” 

Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

Read over NYS Assessment Vocab. Pg. 3

Finish all classwork readings listed at left. Do NOT answer the questions. 

7th Grade

Worked on conflict paragraphs. 

Read your novel for at least 15 minutes. 

8th Grade

Worked on pre-writing for The Outsiders essay. 

Read up tp the daily number of assigned pages for your your novel, or read more if you like. If you don’t have the reading assignment list with you, it is also in GC. 

Mon

3/31

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Test

Read for at least 15 minutes 

7th Grade

Test

Read for at least 15 minutes 

8th Grade

Planning and collecting facts for essay. 

Read your WWII historical fiction novel. See the handout I gave you today for the page number you need to be up to by Wednesday. Students were to place their novels in the front zipper pocket of their backpack, but if you ignored this and left yours at school, please try the public library. 

Reminder: No School for ALL 8th graders tomorrow. 

Fri

3/28

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Test

Read for at least 15 minutes this weekend,

7th Grade

Test

Read for at least 15 minutes this weekend.

8th Grade

Planning and collecting facts for essay. 

none

Thu 

3/27

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Reviewed subjects and predicates

Study for tomorrow’s test: See your notebook page 134-135, the 6.1 handout from earlier this week, and your workbook to study. 

7th Grade

Reviewed subject and predicates

Started  “Language Handbook” sheet Exercise A

Study for tomorrow’s test: See your notebook page 134-135, the 8.1 handout from earlier this week, and your workbook to study. 

Finish Exercise A and B on today’s handout. Remember to circle the simple subjects and simple predicates–use your notes on pg 134-135

8th Grade

Started planning essay for The Outsiders

none

Wed.

3/26 

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Reviewed subjects and predicates. 

Work on four types of conflict. 

Voyages softcover workbook page 93 (17-22). 

7th Grade

Reviewed subjects and predicates. 

Worked on writing projects. 

Voyages softcover workbook page  89 (1-8) 

Underline each complete subject once and each complete predicate twice AND circle the simple subject and circle the simple predicate. 

8th Grade

Completed last part of Outsiders test: theme paragraph.

Please share today’s graduation handout with your parents tonight. 

No other ELA homework. 

Tue.

3/25 

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Reviewed subjects, predicates, and to be verbs

Voyages softcover workbook pg. 93 1-16

Study for Friday’s test on Lesson 6.1

7th Grade

Reviewed subjects, predicates, and to be verbs

Started Exercise 2. 

Finish Voyages handout of lesson 6.1, Exercise 2  1-8

Study for Friday’s test on Lesson 8.1 (subjects and p

8th Grade

Reviewed theme and discussed themes in The Outsiders. 

Finished book selecttion. 

Prepare for tomorrow’s test in which you will write a paragraph about a theme in The Outsiders. Seee the slides in Google Classroom. 

Mon.  3/24 

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

-Voyages Lesson 6.1 Review and Exercise 1 

-Read independent novel for 15 minutes

7th Grade

-Voyages Lesson 8.1, and  Exercise 2

-Read independent novel for 15 minutes

8th Grade

Discuss “Nothing Gold Can Stay”

Review Theme

Discuss themes in “Nothing Gold Can Stay” 

Prepare for test Part 3 of 3 which is on Wednesday: 

Given a choice of  3 themes, you will choose only one to write one paragraph about. You need to explain what a theme is and provide evidence that this theme was expressed in the novel through specific events in the novel.   

The best preparation is to study your notes about theme (Notebook pg. 15) and writing a RACE to respond paragraph (Notebook page 6). 

Thu.  3/20 

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

-Vocab Quiz

-Began working on Voyages Ch 6, types of  sentences. 

-Read your independent novel for 15 minutes.

-Bring your softcover Voyages workbook to class tomorrow. 

7th Grade

Continued writing assignments. 

Read your independent novel for 15 minutes.

8th Grade

-Plot Test 

-Began analyzing “Nothing Gold Can Stay” 

none

Wed.  3/18 

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Worked on analyzing Chapter 32 from Rose’s point of view. 

Read your independent novel for 15 minutes.

Bring your softcover Voyages workbook to class tomorrow. 

7th Grade

Lesson on writing in literary present tense. 

Continued writing assignments. 

Read your independent novel for 15 minutes.

8th Grade

Discussion on plot and central conflicts in The Outsiders with note taking. 

Study for Part 2 of The Outsiders test. (Plot) 

Tue.  3/18 

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Finished Out of My Mind

Discussed this week’s vocabulary

Read your independent novel for 15 minutes, and remember to bring it back to school tomorrow. 

Ch 27-33 Vocabulary Quiz is Thursday.  Use the Quizlet in Google Classroom to help you study.  (Also, a printed copy of the crossword puzzles we’ve been doing each week still earns extra credit)

7th Grade

Worked on writing projects for Fish in a Tree. 

Read your independent novel for 15 minutes, and remember to bring it back to school tomorrow. 

8th Grade

-Part 1 of The Outsiders Test (Types of Conflicts)

-Began reviewing elements of plot. 

Study elements of plot on notebook pages 12-15 (expostion, rising action, conflict, central conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution. Start thinking about how important information and events in The Outsiders fit into each element of plot and be prepared to discuss it tomorrow. This is to prepare you for Part 2 of The Outsiders final test  which is on Thursday. 

Mon.  3/17 

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

6A: Read Chapter 30 -31

6B: Read Chapter 32

Study Chapter 27-33 Vocabulary  and look up the pronunciation for any unfamiliar words, then complete the matching page. 

7th Grade

-Finished the sloppy copy of our first conflict paragraphs and began typing them. 

-Independent reading

Read your independent novel uninterrupted for 15  minutes and remember to bring it back with you tomorrow. 

8th Grade

-Finished The Outsiders 

-Discussed lessons Ponyboy would want his readers to learn. 

-Reviewed conflicts and types of conflicts. 

-Discussed several of the dozens of conflicts in the novel.

To study for Part 1 of our end-of-novel test: review conflict and types of conflicts on these notebook pages 11-15; and choose a conflict that was resolved in The Outsiders  for each of the four types of conflicts.  Nothing needs to be handed in for this test preparation.   

 For part 1 of our test (in class and this is not open notes or open book) , you will  write one sentence per conflict to describe the conflict and you will write one  sentence per conflict to describe how it was resolved. You will write 8 sentences in total.  Part 2 of the test will be later this week. 

Wed. 3/12 

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Read Ch 29

Study for tomorrow’s vocabulary quiz on Ch 23-26

7th Grade

*Continue book shopping for  a novel for independent reading

*Started conflict paragraphs for final project

none

8th Grade

Read 

Study for tomorrow’s vocabulary quiz on chapters 10-12

Remiinder: If you have donated or will donate a cereal box tomorrow, you can dress down tomorrow. Please check the handbook for appropriate attire. A copy appears above. 

Tue. 3/11 

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Read Ch 27 and started Ch 28

*Finish reading up to the end of Chapter 28. 

* Ch 23-26 Vocab quiz is on Thursday. You may do the crossword and print for extra credit. 

7th Grade

*Continue book shopping for  a novel for independent reading

*Started conflict paragraphs for final project

• If you prefer to select a novel that is not in our classroom library, please choose one from home, purchase one, or go to your library asap; In the meantime, if you don’t have one, bring your MyPerspectives textbook to class.

8th Grade

*Discussed Chapter 9 and Chapters 10-12 Vocabulary

Started Ch 10 response 

• Finish Chapter 10 Response 

Friday 

 3/7 

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Test on plot and writing a RACE to Respond paragraph

none

7th Grade

Discussed types of conflicts and specific conflicts in the novel Fish in a Tree

-Planned what conflicts we would write about for our projects. 

none

8th Grade

8A: Ch 7-9 Vocab Quiz

Read Chapter 8 independently

Conference with teacher on presentation grades

8B: Ch 7-9 Vocab Quiz is Monday

If you have not finished reading Chapter 8, please do so by Monday. 

Thu 

 3/6 

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Ch 17-22 Vocab Quiz. 

Practiced RACE to Respond

Study for tomorrow’s test on Plot and writing a RACE to Respond paragraph like we did in class today.

If you didn’t finish your response in class today, please finish it and drop it off during homeroom so I can help you if needed. 

7th Grade

Practiced paraphrasing

none

8th Grade

Went over vocabulary

Finished presentation in 8B!!

8A also read Chapter 8 and started responses. 

8B: Read Chapter 8

8A/B: Chapter 8 Responses

Wed, 

 3/5 

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Reviewed Chapters from Out of My Mind

Went over study guide

Study for Chapter 17-22 Vocabulary Quiz. 

Links to Vocabulary Crossword are in Google Classroom. I f If you bring a printed copy, you will get 1 point extra credit. 

Start studying for Friday’s test: Study guide is in GC and handed out to 6B. 

7th Grade

Practiced summarizing

Bring back the report card letter signed by a parent. 

No other homework. 

8th Grade

Went over vocabulary

Finished presentation in 8a!!

NO class for 8b

Complete the Chapter 7 Responses (do not do the Chatper 8 responses) 

Tue  3/4 

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Started a co-created vocabulary study guide to prepare for Thursday’s Quiz

If you did not finish Monday’s classwork ( h (restating questions practice) finish it tonight. 

Read Chapter 22-23

Vocabulary Quiz Thursday

Plot and Race to Respond Test is Friday: Study Guide is in Google Classroom

7th Grade

Avoiding plagiarism lesson 

Read the Characterization Project Sheet and and write at least 3 questions that you have about the project on the back of the sheet. 

8th Grade

Presentations

Complete the Chapter 7-9 Vocabulary, Slide 2 

Mon

 3/3 

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Quiz Chapter 20

Practice  restating questions

Finish restating questions practice and hand it in tomorrow.

Read Chapter 21

Complete both sides of vocabulary Ch 17-22

7th Grade

Finished reading Fish in a Tree

Discussed ways to introduce a quote

none

8th Grade

Presentations

Complete Chapter 7-9 Vocab Slide 1

Finish and print Ch. 6 responses

Fri 2/28 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Discussed Ch 19

-Read chapter 20

7th Grade

Discussed Chapters read last night and Read Ch 49-50

-none

8th Grade

Presentations

8B: Vocab Quiz

Read Chapter 7 if you haven’t done so already! 

Monday  8B Rodeos, Cigarette Smoking

Tuesday  8B: T-Birds & Stingrays; Mustangs & Corvairs

Monday: 8A:  Cig. Smoking; Mustangs & Corvairs

 Tuesday 8A: T-Birds & Stingrays, Greaser Subculture

Thu. 2/27 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

-Worked on writing explanations about how specific evidence  supports an answer. 

-Read Ch 18

-Finish explaining how the evidence supports the answers. 

-Read Ch 19

7th Grade

-Continued to work on Ch 42-45 Responses

-Finish Ch 42-45 responses (For question #3, you may use any chapter before Chapter 42 to show what caused Ally to change. )

-Read Chapter 46-48 

8th Grade

-Quiz: Outsiders Vocab Ch  4-6

-8A started presenting

-8B was interrupted by graduation and club photos so presentations are being bumped to Friday and Monday. 

Presentation Schedule 

Friday 8A: Gone with the Wind

Friday 8B: Drive-ins and Rodeos

Monday 8B: Cigarette Smoking; T-Birds & Stingrays; Mustangs & Corvairs

Monday: 8A: Cig. Smoking; T-Birds & Stingrays; Mustangs & Corvairs; Greaser Subculture

Wed. 2/26 

Reminder: Students may have their graduation photos retaken tomorrow if they have permission from a parent. I showed 8A  the list of  students who do have permission  so far and encouraged the rest to get parental permission if they need a retake.  

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Read Chapter 16

Worked on RACE paragraph about the words  “I wait” .

Finish reading Chapter 16 & 17

If you didn’t finish your RACE paragraph today, finish it for the homework. 

7th Grade

Discussed Chapters 38-45

started responses to Chapter 42-45

none

8th Grade

-Work on  the Chapter 6 Responses

-Research presentation conferences

-Study for tomorrow’s vocab quiz, Ch 4-6

-Tomorrow’s presentations: Rodeos, Drive-Ins, and Gone With the Wind (Turn in slide, outline, and notecards in GC tonight) 

-Friday’s presentations: Cigarette Smoking in the 50s and 60s, Mustangs & Corvairs, Stingrays & T-Birds, and Greaser Subculture

Tue 2/25 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

-Quiz: Ch 13

-Lesson: Review “RACE to Respond” strategy

-Practice: Write a RACE paragraph about a theme. 

-Read Ch 14

-Read Chapter 14 if you didn’t finish it in class. 

-Read Chapter 15. 

7th Grade

-Analyze errors on 2/14 quoting and citing textual evidence assignment. 

-Use what we learn from our analysis to polish up last night’s response. 

-Read Chapter 40-41

-Discuss Shay & Ally with a partner

-Read Ch 40-45 and be prepared for a short quiz on tonight’s reading. 

-7A: Finish making corrections to last night’s RACE paragraph by using recommendations from the graded work you were given today. Please print this during homeroom tomorrow. 

8th Grade

-Read Chapter 7

-Start Vocab Ch 4-6 Slide 2

-Presentation research and outline conferences

-Ch 4-6 Vocab Slide 2 

-Work on your presentation: Use your NOTE CARDS to create index cards with bulleted points you can use during your presentation. Do NOT write complete  sentences. Use your cards and your slide of images to rehearse. Y-Vocab Ch 4-6 Quiz on Thursday

-Presentations  Thursday/Friday

2/24 

NOTICE: We are attending mass tomorrow. Please do not use nut cards tomorrow. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Lesson: Review Theme

Practice: Identify a theme from your vacation. 

Read Chapter 13 and be prepared for a short quiz on tonight’s reading. 

If you haven’t  already printed slides 10 and 13 from your digital notebook, please print it tonight or in homeroom tomorrow and bring it to class. Thank you! 

7th Grade

Lesson: Identifying character changes

Practice: Identify a change in Ally. 

Answer 3 questions on these TWO ASSIGNMENTS in Google Classroom: 

FIAT Ch 32-34

FIAT Ch 35-37  

8th Grade

Lesson: Writing an engaging introduction for a presentation. 

Application: Write your introduction.

-Ch 4- 6 Vocabulary, Slide #1

Finish writing your introduction for your presentation. The example s-lide has been provided for you in Google Classroom

-Vocab Ch 4-6 Quiz on Thursday

-Presentations postponed to Thursday/Friday

2/13 

NOTICE: All classes will have some reading to do over the break. Make sure you bring your novels home. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Lesson on matching text to an inference

Tonight: Read page 90-92. Stop at the sticky note. 

Over the break:  read page 94-112 (Ch 11 - 12) 

7th Grade

Lesson: Turning Points in stories other than in the climax of a story. 

Identified a turning point in Chapter 29

Tonight: Reread Chapter 31.  Then page 168-184 (Ch 32 - 34) . Be prepared for a quiz tomorrow on your reading. 

Over the break:  read page 185 -208 (Ch 35- 39)

8th Grade

Worked on sorting our notecards  for the purpose of grouping our ideas into logical categories and to uncover areas where we need to do more research.

Tonight:

-Finish sorting your note card titles into 3 categories

-Fill in or update your GC outline (leave the purpose and introduction blank for now) 

-Remove any notecards you have determined that you won’t be using. 

-Complete more research and note cards to fill your categories and balance out your presentation. 

Over the break: Read page 85-99 (Chapter 6) 

2/12

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Lesson on inferring with The Invisible Boy

Finish Reading Chapter 9 

There will be a quiz on Chapter 9 tomorrow.

7th Grade

No class today

7A and 7B: Read Chapter 28-31 for tomorrow. 

Quiz tomorrow on tonight’s reading. 

7A homework from Monday:  Find one event in Chapters 23-28 that represents a SIGNIFICANT turning point for Ally in relation to any problem she has with herself or someone else.

8th Grade

8A: Each group organized its slide presentation. Each student organized their source cards and note cards into one slide deck (source cards on the bottom). Each student put their research into three categories and entered them on their GC outline and turned it in. 

1. 8B Copy and paste your source card slides underneath your note careds on this GC Assignment: “Completed Note Cards and Source Cards” so that all of your research is in one place. 

2. 8B Create a group shared slide deck containing all of your group’s slides in the order in which your group will present them.

2/11

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

No class today

Read Chapter 8 by Wednesday

7th Grade

No class today

7B: Read Chapter 28 and be prepared to discuss it on Wednesday. 

7A: Find one event in Chapters 23-28 that represents a SIGNIFICANT turning point for Ally in relation to any problem she has with herself or someone else.

8th Grade

-Continued working on research

-Started reading chapter 6 in the Outsiders

All research for your subtopic should be completed by Wednesday morning. 

2/10

Remember to check the homework page tomorrow afternoon so you do not forget the assignments you have due on Wednesday! 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

-Inferencing Lesson with read aloud and practice 

Read Chapter 8 by Wednesday

7th Grade

7A: Read Chapter 28

7B: Read Chapter 28 and be prepared to discuss it on Wednesday. 

7A: Find one event in Chapters 23-28 that represents a SIGNIFICANT turning point for Ally in relation to any problem she has with herself or someone else.  

8th Grade

-Completed at least 2 notecards in class and pasted them to the Google Classroom Assignment titled “Paste your completed notecards here”. 

You must have pasted a total of at  least 6 completed note cards to the Google Classroom Assignment titled “Paste your completed notecards here” . That’s about two from class and about 4 for homework, so six in total. . 

2/7

All Classes:  Bring your novel home every day. This way if you are out sick, you can still keep up with our reading! 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

-Inferencing Lesson and hands-on activity (no assignments) 

none

7th Grade

-Oral summaries of Chapters 22-25

-Read Chapters 26-27

none

8th Grade

-Lesson: Completing digital research note cards

-Classwork: Start completing your digital note cards by 1) copying and pasting useful website information and 2)  paraphrasing or summarizing it. . 

none

2/5

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

-Read Chapter 

-Ch 1-6 Vocabulary Practice

Ch 1-6 Vocabulary Practice page.Use your slides and/or the handout in your folder from 4 weeks ago. 

-Quiz on Ch 1-6 Vocabulary is tomorrow

Link to optional vocab crossword for studying purposes. 

Tip: use your word bank from today’s practice 

If you bring a print out of your completed crossword to class, you get a bonus point on the quiz! 

7th Grade

-Quiz Ch 19-21

-Lesson: Intro quotes with background info

-Practice the above with  the Chapter 19-21 Response page

Finish Chapter 19-21 Response Page (second question only). 

8th Grade

Read Chapter 5

-Finish Chapter 5 and be prepared for a quiz. 

-Read the updated version of the Research Presentation Dates to Remember in Google Classroom. 

Due anytime today:  3- 5 Source cards pasted into the Google Classroom Assignment titled, “Outsiders Research Source Cards” (you created these on Monday) 

2/4

All Classes:  Bring your novel home every day. This way if you are out sick, you can still keep up with our reading! 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Ch 6 Quiz, identify a theme, write a RACE response paragraph about the theme. 

Make sure you have fully completed your  RACE paragraph in class today and you have carefully checked it for spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and sentence sense. 

Read Chapter 7..

7th Grade

Ch 15-18: Quiz and identifying character traits using evidence found for homework and the Who’s Who chart. 

Make sure you have finished all of your classwork: Add at  least one piece of evidence from ch 15-18 and at least one character trait in your Who’s Who Chart. 

Read Chapter 19-21 (Quiz tomorrow).

8th Grade

Chapter 4: quz, discussion, responses. 

Chapter 3: responses

Finish Chapter 3 and 4 responses in Google Classroom. Each chapter has its own assignment. 

2/3

All Classes:  Bring your novel home every day. This way if you are out sick, you can still keep up with our reading! 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Finished Chapter 5. 

Read Chapter 6 independently. 

Finish Chapter 6 tonight. Remember to think about “expectations” when you get to page 42-43. 

Quiz on Chapter 6 is tomorrow.  

7th Grade

Lesson: Character Traits

Read Chapter 15

Finish reading Chapter 16-18

Mark an F, A, S, or T next to any thing that you notice that might be the author’s way of indirectly revealing a character trait.   

Quiz tomorrow on tonight’s reading. 

8th Grade

Lesson: Source Cards

Fill in three source cards in Google Classroom (slide 14, 15,16). 

Start Reading Chapter 4

Finish reading Chapter 4 

Quiz tomorrow on Chapter 4

01/30

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

No class today

-none

7th Grade

Discussed Chapter 11. 

Read Chapter 12 and started chapter 13. 

-Vocab Quiz, Ch 1-9 is on Friday. 

-Read Fish in a Tree, Chapter 13,  page 70-74

8th Grade

Avoiding plagiarism lessons

-Vocab Ch 1-3 quiz is on Friday. 

-one slide is due per student. It should include 3-4 large pictures with links pasted in the “speaker notes” underneath the slide. NO TEXT. NO NOTES YET. 

01/29

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Lesson: Introducing a quote to  answer a question in the RACE format.  

-Finish filling in R-A-C-E textboxes on slide 9. Make sure you introduce your quotes.  

-Carefully check your grammar, spelling, and capitalization. . 

-Copy and paste just your words onto slide 10 in paragraph form. 

7th Grade

Went over a model RACE to respond paragraph; started working on a new  RACE response.

-Finish the R-A-C-E-C-E-C-E response yous started in class today (see “Ch 9-11 Responses” in GC)

Carefully check your grammar. 

Be ready to print your work in class tomorrow. 

-Vocab Quiz, Ch 1-9 is on Friday. 

8th Grade

Avoiding Plagiarism Exercise 3, “Paraphrasing” 

-Complete the Socs vs. Greasers Compare and Contrast chart for Ch 2 & 3. See Google Classroom. READ the directions carefully. You need to LIST more than one detail in each box. Put a page number in parentheses next to each detail. 

-Vocab Ch 1-3 quiz is on Friday. 

01/27

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Lesson: Citing textual evidence to answer a question using the RACE to Respond format. 

none

7th Grade

Figurative Language Bingo

Presented Vocabulary Slides

Quiz on FIAT  Chapter 1-9 Vocabulary is on Thursday, 

8th Grade

Introduction to Avoiding Plagiarism 

Research Workshop: Choose Subtopics individuals will research. 

Complete the Google Quiz form in Google Classroom . 

To tell me your group’s subtopics, who will be responsible for each subtopic, and the links to websites your are using 

01/23

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Chose a plot line 

Set up our second drafts

none

7th Grade

Figurative Language Lesson

Figurative Language Bingo

none

8th Grade

Selected partners and topics for a short research project. 

Find one credible internet resource to use for your research.  Do not choose the same website that your partner’s have chosen. Paste the link into the GC Assignment. Turn in the link, and the names  of your team members in Google Classroom. 

01/22

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Practiced the RACE to Respond strategy to construct a thorough answer with a group.  

Make improvements to your pacing diagram in Google Classroom. Remember you can resize text boxes to make them  taller if you think you will use more detail in a scene  or smaller if there should be fewer details. 

7th Grade

Read Chapter 8 and began answering questions for Chapters 7 & 8. 

Finish all responses for Ch 6-8. Remember to check your grammar and mechanics. The grading rubric is in Google Classroom. 

8th Grade

Chose appropriate character traits to describe a character based on textual evidence as well as  dictionary definitions for the chosen traits.  

Finish finding evidence that could reveal a character trait for Marcia. Copy only the quotes that reveal something about Marcia and the page number. 

Select the best character trait from your list that the quote reveals. Repeat this for all the quotes you select. You should use at least 3 quotes. 

01/21

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Personal narrative pacing diagram lesson and work. 

Finish your pacing diagram in Google Classroom and turn it in tonight. 

7th Grade

Read Chapter 6 and start answering the first question in Ch -8 questions in GC. 

Finish answering the first question of the Ch 6-8 questions  in GC. 

Read Chapter 7. 

Quiz tomorrow on Chapter 7. 

8th Grade

Finish reading Chapter 3. 

Characterization lesson and practice. 

Answer questions  3 and 5 in Chapter 2 Responses in GC. Please do not answer question 4. 

01/17

No school on Monday in remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

-Small groups create portrait of what is in Melody’s mind. 

-none

7th Grade

-Read Chapter 5

-Answer Chapter 5 questions. 

-Finish answering Chapter 5 Questions

8th Grade

-Finish Chapter 2 

-Update Character Chart 

-Start Socs vs. Greasers

-none

01/16

REMINDER: If you are the youngest in your family, bring in your  decorated lighthouse sheet so your homeroom teachers can collect them. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

-Read Ch 4 in OOMM

-Underline evidence in an assigned chapter that  Melody is smart

-Finish underlining for your assigned chapter

7th Grade

-Read and discuss Ch 3 and 4. 

-Finish reading Ch 4. There will be a quiz about the end of Chapter 4 tomorrow. 

8th Grade

-Started reading and discussing Chapter 2

There are two  Google Classroom Assignments to work on tonight, read carefully so you don’t do more than you need to do: 

1. First, answer questions 1 and 2 ONLY on “Ch 2 Response” in GC. 

2. Next, use  your answer to  Question 1 above to write a RACE Response in “Ch 2 RACE Response”: 

Quiz on Tuesday about Chapter 2. 

01/15

Please remember to have a pad of 3x3 sticky notes to mark pages in your novels. 

Please remember to bring your headphones or earbuds for i-Ready every day. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Went over point of view questions and practiced restating questions and using textual evidence

Started reading Chapter 3. 

Finish reading chapter 3 and pick one scene that you had a strong visualization of and sketch it on a sticky note. 

7th Grade

Went over Fish in a Tree Exposition responses and practiced improving them using “RACE”.

-Make sure you have used “RACE” to anwer al the questions inr last night’s Fish in a Tree Exposition assignment,then turn it in. 

-Use RACE to answer all questions in the Ch 1 & 2 Response Questions.  You may use  evidence from last night’s assignment as needed. 

8th Grade

Reviewed Outsiders vocabulary and practiced using “RACE” to answer the first question on the Chapter 1 response page. 

Finish Chapter 1 Response page. Remember to use RACE to answer the first question. All other questions are short answer. 

01/14

Please remember to have a pad of 3x3 sticky notes to mark pages in your novels. 

Please remember to bring your headphones or earbuds for i-Ready every day. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

- Point of View Lesson with practice

-Answer point of view questions about Out of My Mind  in your digital notebook, slide  5

7th Grade

-Class Discussion: Who’s Who

-Review:  Stages of Plot, especially Exposition, notebook page 14. 

-Partner, group, & whole class discussions about the exposition of Fish in a Tree

-Answer all questions in the GC assignment “Exposition: Fish in a Tree”

8th Grade

-Class Discussion: Character Chart (Ponyboy, Soda, and Darry)

-Quiz, Ch 1

-Started Ch 1 Response and will continue that work tomorrow. 

-Finish filling in the Character Chart in GC for the remaining characters on the list. 

01/13

To save space here: Out of My Mind = OOMM,  Fish in a Tree = FIAT

If you miss an ELA class, you must read any pages in the novel that we read in class and you must complete the classwork and homework. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

-Finish OOMM Ch 1-6 Vocab and slide

-Finish anything you did not finish for classwork today.

7th Grade

-7A-finished spelling portion of test

-7b - received graded vocab test

-A/B: read Ch 2 FIAT

-worked on Who’s Who Chart in GC

Finish anything you did not finish for classwork today. 

-Finish Who’s Who chart in GC

8th Grade

Read and discuss  Outsiders Ch 1

-Start Character Chart in GC

-Return and go over vocab tests

-Finish anything you didn’t finish in class today. -Fill in the character chart for Ponyboy, Soda, and Darry 

-Tomorrow: short quiz on chapter 1

01/10

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Vocab unit 2 test

Reindeer games

NO homework unless you did not complete your i-Ready required minutes 

7th Grade

Vocab unit 2 test

Reindeer games

8th Grade

Vocab unit 2 test

Chapter 1 The Outsiders

01/09

   Reminder: Tomorrow is Reindeer games: “Wintery” Casual Dress.  Remember, if you choose to wear leggings, you must wear a long shirt that is no more than 2” above the knee. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Read Chapter 2 in OOMM

Started Vocab for OOMM

Study! Unit 2 Vocabulary Test is tomorrow. It will follow the usual format and  you will also need to spell 10 of the words and here are 5 of them: 

assailant, constrain, contemporary, hypocrite, incomprehensible

7th Grade

Finish Vocab Slides

Read Ch 1 in FIAT

Study! Unit 2 Vocabulary Test is tomorrow

Reminder: you will also need to spell 10 words and I gave you 5 of the ten your will need to spell: 

dissuade, entrepreneur, indignant, indispensable, plague

8th Grade

Went over slang words in Outsiders

Started Outsiders Vocab 

Study! Unit 2 Vocabulary Test is tomorrow

Reminder: you will also need to spell 10 words and I gave you 5 of the ten your will need to spell: 

detriment, maim, oblique, enterprising, incognito

Finish Outsiders Vocab Ch 1-3 in GC

01/08

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Unit 2 Vocab Review

Lesson on visualizing. 

-Model how to read Read pg 1-2 and  draw  1 visualization on a sticky note.

-Read page 3 & 4 , draw on 1 sticky note

6A: draw on a second  sticky note with visualization from pages 3-4

6b: None

7th Grade

Unit 2 Vocab Review

Started Vocab Slides with partners

none

8th Grade

Unit 2 Vocab Review 

Argue with a small group about why you agree or disagree with 5 opinion statements. 

Complete slide# 2 in GC Pre-reading Opinions. 

Remember to start by restating the question. 

Your well-written, thoroughly explained, properly punctuated paragraph should fill the textbox, but can be double spaced. Do not change the font size.  

01/07

Reminder: Please remember to check the homework board every day, even if class is cancelled. This way if there is a test coming up,you can still start preparing yourself. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

-Nouns test and related work moved to SMS folder to stay home. 

-Introduction to Out of My Mind

-VWS Completing the Sentence (pg 29-30). Also Choose the Right Word, Synonyms, and Antonyms if you didn’t finish)

-Unit 2 Vocabulary Test is Friday 1/10

7th Grade

-Reviewed Vocab Unit 2

-Introduction to Fish in a Tree

-VWS Completing the Sentence (pg 29-30)

-Unit 2 Vocabulary Test is Friday 1/10

8th Grade

-Reviewed Vocab Unit 2

-Introduction to The Outsiders

-VWS Completing the Sentence (pg 29-30)

-Unit 2 Vocabulary Test is Friday 1/10

-Opinions: Agree/Disagree only (no paragraph yet)

- Slang words in Google Classroom ( drag and drop only, no sentences yet) 

01/06

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Today’s work was to finish up what we started working on before the break  with  Vocabulary Workshop: 

Listen to i-Words on  SadlierConnect.com

Choose the Right Word

Synonyms

Antonyms

Homework Due Tuesday:

-Choose the Right Word (pg 27-28)

Synonyms (pg 28)

Antonyms (pg 29)

Homework Due Wednesday:

-Completing the Sentence

(pg 29-30)

-Unit 2 Vocabulary Test is Friday 1/10

Reminder: All students must have their novels by tomorrow: 

ELA 6: Out of My Mind

ELA7: Fish in a Tree

ELA 8: The Outsiders

7th Grade

8th Grade

12/19

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Nouns Test

none

7th Grade

Essay Revisions and conferences

Essays can be turned in anytime before midnight tonight. 

-Underline any required appositives, transitions, and commas. Also underline any extra credit items. 

8th Grade

Essay revisions and conferences

12/18

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Nouns Review: Nouns as Objects,  Possessives, Separate and Joint Possession, appostives, and nouns as verbs

Complete slide 57: Finish. STOP at #45. The last section, which is 46-50, nouns as adjectives,  will not be on the test

Unit 1 Nouns Test is tomorrow. 

7th Grade

Essay Revision and Editing

YOU HAVE AN EXTRA NIGHT TO WORK ON YOUR ESSAY! YAAY!!! Papers due midnight 12/19. 

DON’T WASTE THIS OPPORTUNITY!! 

Use your rubric as a checklist. 

Use the slides I shared with you today for more guidance. 

8th Grade

Essay Revision and Editing

12/17

Reminder: Tomorrow is a dress down day. Please dress appropriately.

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Nouns Review: Concrete Vs. Abstract, Subj & Comp., Nouns as Objects, Nouns as Adj. 

Unit 1 Nouns Test is Thursday. 

Bring Out of My Mind to class by Wednesday.

Voyages Workbook Page 8 (1-16) 

7th Grade

Commas: Last 7 Rules

Final copies of essays are due on Thursday 

To keep up: 

-Finish making improvements to your ESSAY based on comments on your paragraph assignment. 

-Make sure you have used these comma rules at least once: 3, 4, 7, and 9. 

8th Grade

Commas: 

12/16

Announcement: As projected on the SmartBoard and discussed in class today, the classwork, homework, and i-Ready scoring rubrics are in Google Classroom.

ELA Extra Help will be on Wednesday During Recess

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Lesson 1.10: Nouns as Verbs

Review and practice with Nouns Lessons 1-2  to prepare for Thursday’s test. 

Unit 1 Nouns Test is Thursday. 

Bring Out of My Mind to class by Wednesday.

Voyages Workbook page 7, 1.3 Concrete and Abstract Nouns, (1-22) 

7th Grade

Handout: Lesson and practice about  commas in compound sentences and series commas. (copy in GC)

Final copies of essays are due on Thursday in print. If you did not finish these items in class last week, finish them tonight for homework:

1) Finish checking and fixing any events that  you described in your essay to make sure they are  detailed enough for readers to understand. 

2) Make sure you have a total of 5 transitions and underline them. 

4) Make sure you have a total of 3 appositives or appositive phrases and underline them. 

8th Grade

Handout: Lesson and practice about  commas in in a series, commas to separate two or more adjectives, comma in compound sentences and commas in direct quotations. (copy in GC)

12/13

Announcement: As projected on the SmartBoard and discussed in class today, the classwork, homework, and i-Ready scoring rubrics are in Google Classroom.

ELA extra help will be during recess on Thursday.

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Started Pacing diagram for personal narrative  (example is in Google Classroom) 

Unit 1 Nouns Test is next Thursday. 

Finish pacing diagram by Monday. 

Bring the novel Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper to class by Wednesday 12/18.

7th Grade

Lesson and discussion on concluding paragraphs. Worked on the essay concluding paragraph. 

Finish the concluding paragraph of your essay. 

8th Grade

Finished concluding paragraphs.

Started checking essays to make sure we are providing our readers with enough detail or backstory about each event so the reader can understand the essay.  Also started adding transitions (5) and appositives (3).

Finish your concluding paragraph. 

12/12

Announcement: As projected on the SmartBoard and discussed in class today, the classwork, homework, and i-Ready scoring rubrics are in Google Classroom.

ELA extra help will be during recess on Thursday.

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

VWS Unit 2:

-iWords and pg 24-26

-Check your grade and comments for plot diagram and come to extra help during recess if needed. 

VWS Unit 2: 

-Finish listening to iwords on sadlierconnect.com while reading and filling in definitions on page 24-26. 

-Pronunciation Quiz tomorrow! 

7th Grade

VWS Unit 2:

I-words and pg. 24-26

Finish the opening sentence of your concluding paragraph

VWS Unit 2:

 Finish listening to iwords on sadlierconnect.com while reading and filling in definitions on page 24-26. 

-Pronunciation Quiz tomorrow! 

8th Grade

VWS Unit 2: 

Finish listening to iwords on sadlierconnect.com while reading and filling in definitions on page 24-26. 

-Choose the Right Word 

-Make corrections to the first sentence o f your concluding paragraph if needed (see GC comments) 

VWS Unit 2: 

Finish listening to iwords on sadlierconnect.com while reading and filling in definitions on page 24-26. 

-Choose the Right Word 

-Pronunciation Quiz tomorrow! 

12/11

Announcement: As projected on the SmartBoard and discussed in class today, the classwork, homework, and i-Ready scoring rubrics are in Google Classroom.

ELA extra help will be during recess on Thursday. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

none

7th Grade

Went over Grammar Tests

ELA Folder Clean Out

If you have not brought  in Fish in a Tree yet, please hand it in by the end of this week. 

Remember to  clean out your SMS folders tonight and move any materials that don’t belong there into the correct subject folder. 

8th Grade

ELA Folder Clean Out

Add concluding paragraph/make sure you have 6 or more transitions and 3 appositives. 

Finish introductory sentence for your conclusion. If you have not brought in The Outsiders yet, please hand it in by the end of this week. Remember to clean out your SMS folders  and move any materials that don’t belong there into the correct subject folder.  

12/9

Announcement: As projected on the SmartBoard and discussed in class today, the classwork, homework, and i-Ready scoring rubrics are in Google Classroom.

ELA extra help will be during recess on Thursday. 

Half Day tomorrow due to parent/teacher conferences. 

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Lesson 1.8 Separate and Joint Possession: Read and discuss slide 35, complete slide 35,37,39 and turn in through Google Classroom

Finish any work that you did not complete in class and turn it in through  Google Classroom before midnight. 

QUIZ WEDNESDAY: Appositives and Possessive Nouns

7th Grade

Read and discuss ELA 7 Transition slides 1-14

Notes handed out:  Transition list, Transitions and Commas, and Transitions and  Semicolons (copies are in the slides)

Finish reading assignments at left and read all of the notes handed out today, so you are prepared to complete some activities with transitions tomorrow. . 

8th Grade

Read and discuss ELA 8 Transition slides 8-15. 

Notes handed out: Transitions and Commas and Transitions and  Semicolons 

Finish work at left. 

Complete “Transition Practice Slides (remember to choose only ONE paragraph to revise in GC) . Turn in before midnight. 

12/6

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Finished Lesson 1.9, Appositives,  Exercise 3. 

Reviewed Possessives (WB pg. 13), and Separate and Joint Possession (WB pg. 15) 

Quiz on Possessives, Separate and Joint Possession,  and Appositives on Wednesday, 12/11. (Lesson 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9)

7th Grade

Peers finished peer content recommendations for writers to consider. 

Writers started making improvements to their work.  

Central conflict paragraphs must be turned in through  Google Classroom  before midnight on Friday, 12/6.  

At this stage you will be graded for content only. 

 -5 pts each day it is late. 

To aid my understanding of your work, you will also need to hand in these physical copies no later than Monday 12/9. 

• Your content editing checklist. 2 pts. 

• Your peer’s content editing checklist 2 pts. 

• Your plot diagram. 2pts. 

8th Grade

Transitional words and phrases practice. 

Please make sure you have given your parents their conference times for next week’s parent teacher conferences. 

12/5

Effective as of the 2nd Trimester: All homework must be submitted on the day it is due or it will be marked as zero. Late projects will receive a 5 point penalty for each day they are late. Absentees may have an extra day to make up classwork and homework..   Extra help is offered 1 - 2 x per week during recess and after school on scheduled Thursdays.

Classwork

Homework 

6th Grade

Continued Appositives Exercise 3

Used completed plot diagram to write a ‘flash draft” of our personal narratives. 

Make sure all parts of your plot diagrams, except fo the central conflict statement, are used in your flash draft. Your flash draft should be less than a page long and double spaced. . It is due before midnight tonight. 

7th Grade

Started peer content recommendations for writers to consider. 

Writers began making some changes to their work based on peer feedback. 

Central conflict paragraphs must be turned in through the Google Classroom as follows:

8A/B:  before midnight on Thursday 12/5. 

7A/B: before midnight on Friday, 12/6 

To aid my understanding of your work, you will also need to hand in physical copies of:

• Your content editing checklist. 2 pts. 

• Your peer’s content editing checklist 2 pts. 

• Your plot diagram. 2pts. 

This will be assigned a project grade. The rubric is in Google Classroom. At this stage you will be graded for content only. We will work on transitional phrases and commas beginning on Friday and into next week. 

 -5 pts each day it is late. 

8th Grade

Transition lesson and group practice with orally using transitions in a shared story about St. Mary School. 

12/3

Effective for the 2nd Trimester: All homework must be submitted on the day it is due or it will be marked as zero. Late projects will receive a 5 point penalty for each day they are late. Absentees may have an extra day to make up classwork and homework. Extra help is offered 1 - 2 x per week during recess and after school on scheduled Thursdays.

Classwork

Homework Due 12/4

6th Grade

1. Read about and discussed appositives on slide 42 -43 and on notes handed out for notebook page 130. 

2. Started Exercise 1. 

Review your notebook page 130 about Appositives, then finish exercise 1 and 2 on slides 44 and 45. 

7th Grade

1. Reviewed appositives, direct and indirect objects,  and objects of prepositions.

Study for tomorrow’s test. The study guide starts at slide 37  in the ELA 7 nouns slides. Remember to use your notebooks to study. OPTIONAL:  I also posted keys to the three direct object worksheets we started today in case you want to use them to practice. 

8th Grade

1. Reviewed appositives, direct and indirect objects,  and objects of prepositions.

Study for tomorrow’s test. The study guide starts at slide 34 in the ELA 8 Nouns slides.  Remember to use your notebooks to study.  OPTIONAL: I also posted keys to the three direct object worksheets we started today in case you want to use them to practice.

12/2

Reminder: Absentees must make up classwork and homework.

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

1. Reviewed how to build suspense in the Rising Action of a story.

2. Planned rising action and climax for personal narratives.

1. Rising action and climax must be finished if you did not finish in class. 

2. Read Nouns slide 41 and 42 carefully and complete  problems 1, 2 & 3 only in Exercise 1 on slide 43 

7th Grade

1. Completed Plural nouns practice slides 39 & 40

2. Reviewed subjects and subject complements  and practiced w/ slide 41

1. Finish any practice work that you did not complete in class (slides 39,40,41, Lessons 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 only 

Reminder: Nouns Test is on Wednesday

8th Grade

1. Completed Plural nouns practice slides 36 & 37

2. Reviewed subjects and subject complements  and completed practice on slide 38

1. Finish any practice work that you did not complete in class (slides 36,37,38). 

Reminder: Nouns Test is on Wednesday

11/27

Reminder: Absentees must make up classwork and homework.

Classwork

No homework, just reminders: 

6th Grade

1. Review last night’s homework and  possessive nouns

2.  Review  rising action.

3.  Work with a partner to plan a suspense building  rising action of a story. 

4. Start thinking about how you can build suspense in your personal narrative.

1) 7th and 8th grade grammar tests are on Wednesday 12/4. The study guides are in the Nouns slides. The review and practice we do in school does not replace studying and practicing  at home. 

2)  All students must bring  these items in their pencil case every day:  wired earbuds (not wireless)   glue sticks, scissors, red pens, blue/black pens, and highlighters. Please replenish your pencil cases at home as needed.   

3) All students must check the webpage or the Google Classroom homework page every day after school whether they were in school or not. 

4) Absent students must make up classwork and homework and place it in my inbox within one day after returning from an absence.  

5) Students returning from an absence should see me during homeroom to get any handouts or notes they missed while they were absent. Please avoid waiting until class time to ask for these materials as it distracts the students who are ready for class.  

7th Grade

Grammar Unit Test Review: 

1. Reviewed spelling rules for changing singular nouns to plural nouns. 

2. Practicing applying spelling rules

8th Grade

Grammar Unit Test Review: 

1. Reviewed spelling rules for changing singular nouns to plural nouns. 

2. Practicing applying spelling rules

11/26

Reminder: Absentees must make up classwork and homework.

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

1) Review nouns as objects

2) Review possessive nouns and start worksheet

3) Partners check each other’s story plans, then writers make adjustments and begin planning the rising action

1. Finish possessive nouns worksheet.

2. Using the  peer recommendations that you accept, finish making adjustments to the exposition, central conflict, and climax, 

7th Grade

1. Content editing and corrections today. 

1. Due tomorrow: preposition list and separate and joint possession work from lesson 1.6 exercise 2. 

2. Finish making corrections to the content of your paragraph. 

8th Grade

1. Peer content editing

2. Writers make changes

1. Preposition list is due tomorrow. 

2. Finish making changes to paragraph based on peer recommendations. 

11/25

Reminder: Absentees must make up classwork and homework.

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

1) Review nouns as objects and start worksheet 

2) Writer’s check and adjust story arc

1. Finish Nouns as Objects Worksheet

2. Finish making adjustments to exposition, central conflict, and climax. 

7th Grade

1. Separate and Joint possession lesson, notes, and guided practice.

2. 7b: Read and discussed  content editing checklist and began to edit their paragraphs for for content only

3. 7b: Received content editing checklist to read tonight.   

1. Finish reading the content editing checklist and be prepared to ask questions about it tomorrow.  

2. Finish Grammar slide 36, Ex. 2, pg. 3 by Wednesday a1/27

3. Creative preposition list is due on Wednesday.

8th Grade

1. Peer content editing

1. Creative preposition list is due on Wednesday. 

11/21

Reminder: Absentees must make up classwork and homework.

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Reviewed possessives. 

Work on exposition, central conflict, and climax of personal narratives. 

Finish: exposition, central conflict and climax

7th Grade

Made final corrections to plot diagrams and updated paragraphs. 

All plot diagrams and paragraphs must be finished tonight. 

8th Grade

Made final corrections to plot diagrams and updated paragraphs. 

All plot diagrams and paragraphs must be finished tonight. 

Paragraphs must be edited for content following the directions provided.

Complete Grammar Workbook  page 5 & 6 if you haven’t do so already. 

11/20

Reminder: Absentees must make up classwork and homework.

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

Reviewed possessives and started slide 33, exercise 3, pg. 15

Shared ideas for personal narrative expositions

Use what you learned in class today to improve your exposition plans. 

Finish slide 33, exercise 3, pg 15

7th Grade

Reviewed appositives. 

Started possessives slide 30-33

If I have returned your plot diagram to you so that you can make corrections to it, please finish it tonight. 

No other homework. 

8th Grade

8a: Reviewed possessives, started Lesson 6, Exercise 2

8b: went over WB pg. 5 & 6

Reviewed direct and indirect objects, started WB pg 7

8A: Complete Workbook page  5 and  6. 

       If you did not finish slide 33, please finish tonight. 

8A/B If I have returned your plot diagram to you so that you can make corrections to it, please finish it tonight. 

8B- no other homework. 

11/19

Reminder: Absentees must make up classwork and homework.

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

-Possessive nouns: View/discuss Apostrophe slides (all)  and Noun slides 29-30, start Exercise 3 on slide 32 and 33 

-Personal narrative: Start planning the exposition on the story arc in GC

-Possessive nouns: Review notes in notebook or watch videos on slide 31, then complete slide 32.

-Finish planning the exposition of your narrative (setting, characters, inciting moment, ideas about background you want to give your reader)

7th Grade

-Turn in plot diagrams for grading purposes. 

-Went over appositives homework. 

-Review ALL of your notes on appositives, then complete Exercise 2, pg 11 

-Nouns Unit Test is Thursday.   Friday. 

-Start your paragraphs in GC by completing items 1-9 on the checklist . A copy of the list is also in GC . Use your plot diagrams  If you need more help with your plot diagram and you come to extra help during recess tomorrow, you can certainly have an extra day to complete the paragraph. 

8th Grade

-Go over possessives slide 31 & 32 

-Review for test: Voyages Workbook page 5 & 6 

-Turn in plot diagrams for grading purposes.. 

-Content editing and corrections to the content of your paragraph are due tomorrow so that we can begin peer content editing. Using and filling in the content editing checklist is REQUIRED.

-Finish Voyages  Workbook pg. 5 & 6

-Nouns Unit Test is Friday

11/18

Reminder: Absentees must make up classwork and homework.

Classwork

Homework

6th Grade

-Read “Frog”, then  discuss plot with a partner and whole class; view “Frog” plot diagram/story arc and discuss.

(Tomorrow you will  begin planning your story on story arc. )

-Read Nouns slide 29 and complete Slide 30 on looseleaf. 

-If you still don’t have a personal story to  write about in class,  please ask a parent for help remembering some of your personal experiences that make for a good story. 

7th Grade

-Appositives: Reread Slide 26, start  27

-Finish Appositives: Slide 27-28

-Nouns Unit Test is Thursday.

-If you haven’t completed your plot diagram, it is overdue and MUST be completed or corrected tonight. 

8th Grade

-Finish content editing for central conflict paragraphs

-Conference with the teacher about plot diagrams and paragraph. 

-Work on Nouns slide 29-32

-If you have not completed your plot diagram, or you need to make corrections to it, this MUST be done tonight. 

-Finish Nouns Slide 29-32 on Possessive Nouns. 

-Nouns Unit Test is Friday

11/14

Homework: 

6th Grade

Lesson 1.6 More nouns as  Direct and Indirect Objects  Slides 26-28,  Complete 4-6 for exercises 1, 2 and 3

Grammar Quiz is Friday 11/15 (Lessons 1.5 & 1.6) Use page 126 in your notebook to study.  There is also a list of prepositions in Google Classroom.

7th Grade

Finish plot diagrams. 

8th Grade

Grammar: : Complete slide 27 on the printout I handed you today.  

First draft of paragraph is due tomorrow. 

11/13

Homework: 

6th Grade

1.5 Nouns as Direct and Indirect Objects, Finish Exercise 2,3,4 

Determine the climax in “The First Skateboard…” (the turning point where we find out how Betsy’s conflict turns out)

Grammar Quiz is Friday 11/15 (Lessons 1.5 & 1.7)

7th Grade

Finish Practice in WORKBOOK for lessons 1.3 and 1.4 page 6, 7, 8 (skip  11-15 on pg 8) ( Nouns as Subjects, Objects, and Complements) 

Study for tomorrow’s quiz on nouns as subjects, objects, and complements.  A NEW AND IMPROVED STUDY GUIDE CAN BE FOUND IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM! IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN THE ONE WE CREATED DURING EXTRA HELP :) 

8th Grade

Grammar: : Read slide 25 and complete slide 26 (Appositives) 

11/8

Homework: 

6th Grade

If you did not get complete 40 minutes for ELA in i-Ready this week, please do so on or before the end of the week (Friday or Saturday). 

7th Grade

11/7

Homework: 

6th Grade

1. Nouns: Review  slide # 15 carefully

2. Finish Exercise 3 on slide 19. 

3. Read page 482-483 in The First Skateboard and think about why the author uses short paragraphs. What effect does it have on the reader? 

4. Study grammar lessons 3 & 4: concrete and abstract nouns, and nouns as subjects and subject complements

Grammar Quiz is tomorrow!  Lessons 3 & 4

7th Grade

1. Make sure you have answered ALL parts of the prompt for your paragraph. I am seeing many incomplete paragraphs. 

8th Grade

1. Make sure you have answered ALL parts of the prompt for your paragraph.  I am seeing many incomplete paragraphs.
   
   

11/6

Homework: 

6th Grade

1. Review ELA 6 Nouns slide # 15 carefully

2. Finish Exercise 1 & 2 on slides 16,17,and 18. 

3. Find two more uses of humor in “The First Skateboard…”

Grammar Quiz on Friday: Lessons 3 & 4

7th Grade

1. Review direct and indirect ob jects on slide 21

2. Finish exercise 1 and 2 on slide 22

3. Finish your paragraph about The Memory String and turn it in in Google Classroom

8th Grade

1. Finish your paragraph and turn it in. 

2. Those that have turned in their work  in class today need to go back and read my comments as you are not finished. 

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11/5

Homework: 

6th Grade

none

7th Grade

none

8th Grade

No homework

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