Language Arts
Monday - Hw: Classical Roots - Exercise 3A
Tuesday - HW: Classical Roots - Exercise 3B
Wednesday - HW: Classical Roots - Exercise 3C. Study for chart test Thursday.
Thursday - No homework.
Friday - No homework.
Social Studies
Monday - Review 3 religions in the Middle East from interactive notebook.
Tuesday - No HW.
Wednesday - No HW.
Thursday - Review summaries done this week in intereactive notebook.
Friday - No HW.
AC Language Arts
Monday - Labor Day
Tuesday - Classical Roots Test over Lessons 1 and 2 on Thursday. Expository Essay Conponents. HW - CR Review Exercise 1 page 15.
Wednesday - Expository Essay. HW - CR Review Exercise 2 page 15.
Thursday - Classical Roots Test - Lessons 1 and 2. Expository Essay.
Friday - Write Expository Essay from a prompt.
AC Social Studies
Monday - Labor Day
Tuesday - Historical Understandings - The Ottoman Empire. Turkish Rugs.
Wednesday - Ottoman Empire - HW - Turkish Rugs.
Thursday - Middle East Interactive Notebook. HW - Turkish Rugs
Friday - Quiz Middle East.
AC ELA
Monday - Giggles in the Middle. Show, Don't Tell - RJ, page44. Classical Roots Lesson 2. Chart quiz on Thursday. HW - Exercise 2A.
Tuesday - Giggles in the Middle. Transitions - RJ, page 45. HW - Classical Roots Exercise 2b.
Wednesday - Giggles in the Middle. Writing Order - RJ, pages 46-47. HW - Classical Roots Exercise 2C.
Thursday Giggles in the Middle. Author's Purpose - RJ pages 54 - 55. Quiz over Lesson 2 Chart.
Friday - Complete The Outsiders. No homework.
AC Social Studies
Monday - Outline 5 themes in notebook. Geographers' Tools. Chart on Maps and Globes. No homework.
Tuesday - What are some important things that we should learn about a country? History, Geography, Government, Economics, Culture. No Homework.
Wednesday - Introduction Northwest Asia. No homework.
Thursday - Introduction Northwest Asia. No homework.
Friday - Current Event Discussion. No homework.
AC Language Arts
MONDAY - Giggles in the MIddle. Summer Reading Activity. Classical Roots - Lesson 1 Chart Quiz on Thursday (8/25). HW - Classical Roots Exercise 1A.
TUESDAY -Giggles in the Middle. Summarize the poem "When I Was One-and-Twenty" by A.E. Housman. RJ - Page 9.
HW -CR - Exercise 1B.
WEDNESDAY - Giggles in the Middle. Reader's Journey pages 20 - 29. HW - CR Exercise 1C.
THURSDAY - Giggles in the Middle. Quiz over Lesson 1 Chart. OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT.
FRIDAY - Conflict - RJ pages 30 - 41. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!
AC SOCIAL STUDIES
Monday - 5 Themes of Geogrphy Project due on Friday. Keep up with your rubric. You will need it for the final grade. Quiz on Friday over the countries of Southwest Asia and their capitals. HW - Label a map of these countries if you do not finish in class.
Tuesday - Page 127 in text - Cause and Effect. Do Practice It!
Wednesday - Text - pages 128 - 133. After reading, answer EQ (in red) page 128. Write a paragraph using at least one compound sentence and one complex sentence.
Thursday - Page 133 text. Section Review - Complete and turn in at end of class. OPEN HOUSE tonight.
Friday - Turn in 5 Themes of Geography Project with Rubric. Quiz over countries and capitals of Southwest Asia. HAPPY WEEKEND!!!
Tuesday (4/12) we will begin taking CRCT tests. There will not be any homework assignments given during the week. Get plenty of rest and eat a good breakfast each morning.
6th Grade
Monday - Make a chart showing the personal pronouns by case, number, and person. Pink Book pages 212 - 218. Red Book - pages 58 - 67.
Tuesday - Tell how personal subject pronouns are used and give examples.
Wednesday - Tell how personal object pronouns are used and give examples. Write a paragraph using the demonstrative pronouns. Underline the pronouns.
Thursday - Conjugate the verb to be. Be sure to include present, past future, present perfect, past perfect, future perfect.
Friday - Test over pronouns and verbs.
7th Grade
Monday - Make a chart showing the personal pronouns by case, number, and person. Pink Book pages 212 - 218. Red Book - pages 58 - 67.
Tuesday - Tell how personal subject pronouns are used and give examples. Tell how object pronouns are used and give examples.
Wednesday - Write 3 sentences using participles, three sentences using gerunds, and 3 sentences using infinitives. Pink Book pages 440 - 445.
Thursday - Study for test over pronouns, participles, gerunds, infinitives.
Friday - Test over pronouns, participles, gerunds, and infinitives.
6th Grade and 7th Grade
Monday - Test Friday over literary terms that you were given last week. You will begin new novels on Monday. I would like for you to complete the first 10 chapters by Friday.
Tuesday - HW - Write the 5 parts of a novel's plot and give example of each using a novel that you have read.
Wednesday - Write one page (double spaced) answering these questions about your new novel:
Thursday - Complete essay and study for test over literary terms.
Friday - Test over literary terms.
The topic sentence contains the central idea around which a paragraph is developed. A good topic sentence has the following characteristics:
Monday - Develop a topic sentence including at least 3 of the 6 items above. Write a paragraph (having at least 8 sentences) supporting your topic sentence.
Tuesday - Make sure that you can show that your paragraph sentences prove/support your topic sentences.
Wednesday - Proofread for grammatical errors.
Thursday - Turn in paragraph.
Friday - Test over parts of a sentence. We will Jig Saw this all week in class.
6th Grade
Monday - Respond to notes from PowerPoint over sentence structure. Your response will be graded on Tuesday. Begin your "I AM" Poem. Directions are at the end of the assignments.
Tuesday. Respond to notes from PowerPoint over sentence structure. Your response will be graded on Wednesday.
Wednesday - "I AM" poem.
Thursday - Have Jig Saw assignment ready for delivery to your group.
Friday - Turn in "I Am" poem. Jig Saw delivery.
I AM Poem instructions: You will write an "I AM' poem as if you are Alice or another character from the novel. You will write as if you are the character from the book. Avoid the obvious and the ordinary and really think about qualities of the characters that are unique or distinctive. I will have examples in the class.
7th Grade
Monday - Respond to PowerPoint on sentence structure. Your response will be graded on Tuesday. Answer the following question over Murder on the Orient Express:
First impressions play a large part in the story. When Miss Debenham saw Poirot she referred to the detective as "peculiar but harmless." Explain how Poirot would have assessed his first impression of Miss Debenham, Colonel Arbuthnot, and Cassetti/Ratchett.
Tuesday - Respond to PowerPoint on sentence structure. Your response will be graded on Wednesday.
Wednesday - Work on essay. Jig Saw delivery.
Thursday - Work on essay. Be prepared to deliver information on sentence structure.
Friday - Turn in essay. Deliver your part of information on sentence structure.
6th AC ELA
Monday - H.W. Review exercise 1 - page 63 Classical Roots. Begin work on Subordinating Conjunction Poem.
Tuesday - H.W. Review exercise 2 - page 64.
Wednesday - Quiz over coordinating conjunctions.
Thursday - Quiz over Subordinating Conjunctions.
Friday - Test over Lessons 9 and 10 Classical Roots.
7th AC ELA
Monday - H.W. - Review Exercise 1 - page 67 Classical Roots. Begin Subordinating Conjunction poem.
Tuesday - H.W. - Review Exercise 2 - page 68 Classical Roots.
Wednesday - Quiz over coordinating conjunctions.
Thursday - Quiz over subordinating conjunctions.
Friday - Test over Lessons 9 and 10 Classical Roots.
Rules for Subordinating Poetry:
I am a 6th and 7th Grade AC ELA Teacher.
