The week of April 16

Monday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, adverb practice, and begin reading the play "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"

Tuesday- Good things, review short story/play vocab., finish the play and analyze characters and identify short story elements from the play.

Wednesday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, watch the TV version of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" and compare and contrast mental images they had while reading the play to the staged version.

Thursday- Good things, silent reading, review vocab., read the short story "All Summer in a Day"

Friday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, review vocab., adverb practice, and compare/contrast the two science fiction stories from this week.

The week of April 9

Monday- Read out Loud, Caught Ya, Journal on spring break, and introduce short story/play terms

Tuesday- Good things, go over elements of a short story, and watch "I Love Lucy" and fill in elements of a short story

Wednesday- Library, Read out Loud, Caught Ya, PowerPoint on adverbs, and read "Priscilla and the Wimps"

Thursday- Good things, silent reading, read "House Call", and work with adverbs

Friday- Read out Loud, Caught Ya, "Who's on First"- read together and compare with other versions

Week of March 19

Monday- Read out loud, vocabulary review, Crispin quiz #5, Caught Ya quiz, and assign pages 202-249 in Crispin (due Thursday)

Tuesday- Good news, read out loud, caught ya, study vocabulary, silent reading

Wednesday- Library visit, read out loud, caught ya, adjective quiz, and study vocabulary and silent read when done

Thursday- good news, Crispin quiz #6 and assign 249-297 (the end of the book), study vocabulary, and explain "Live from the Middle Ages" news broadcast and get into groups for work time

Friday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, vocabulary quiz, and work/rehearse broadcast (broadcast will be presented on Monday)

Week of March 5-9

Monday: We had ROL and Caught 'Ya. Then we discussed coordinate and cumulative adjectives and when to use commas. Next we took a comprehension quiz on pages 23-69 (Chapters 5-15) of Crispin. After that we took the first vocabulary quiz on 10 words from the novel, Crispin. New pages to read are 69-100 (Chapters 16-21).

Tuesday: In class we had 15 minutes of SSR where you could either read Crispin or your own SSR book. After that we corrected the adjective worksheet on coordinate adjectives. Then we started filling in a chart on comparative and superlative adjectives. Next discussion questions were handed out, to be completed by next Thursday. They are over pages 69-100 (Chapters. 16-21) Finally, you had work time to complete some of these assignments.

Wednesday: We had ROL and Caught 'Ya. Then we took a trip to the library. After that we were able to review vocabulary words. Then there was work time to prepare for the quiz tomorrow over Crispin, Chapters 16-21.

Thursday: First, we took Crispin Quiz #3 over Chapters 16-21. The next assignment for reading is Chapters 22-31 and the quiz will be next Tuesday. Then we reviewed vocabulary. (This class was shorter because we also took the ACT Explore that day.)

The week of December 12

Monday- Hand back The Breadwinner final tests and go over. Work on Christmas projects.

Tuesday- Good things and work on Christmas projects

Wednesday- Caught Ya, review complete sentences, and start presenting Christmas projects.

Thursday- Complete Sentence Assessment and present Christmas projects.

Friday- Read Out Loud, Caught Ya, and finish up any presentations

Homework:

Monday-Tuesday- work on Christmas Project

Wednesday- review complete sentences

Week of December 5

Monday- We will do Read Out Loud, Caught Ya, go over chapters 13-15 in the book, The Breadwinner, do some exercises on verbs and complete sentences, and discuss the Common Assessment over The Breadwinner which will be taken on Wednesday.

Tuesday-We will discuss good things, continue to work on complete sentences and verbs, and go over the Christmas project. The project will be a slideshow on Google Docs over different festivals and holidays celebrated around the world.

Wednesday- We will do Read Out Loud, Caught Ya, and the common assessment over The Breadwinner.

Thursday- We will discuss good things and allow the students to begin working on the Christmas project.

Friday- We will Read Out Loud, Caught Ya, and allow the students to continue working on their project. Students will present the project to the class next week.

Homework:

Monday- Avoiding Run-on sentences sheet

Tuesday- Any late work dealing with The Breadwinner

Wednesday-Friday- None :)

The week of Nov. 21

Monday- We will do Read Out Loud, Caught ya, study our vocabulary words from The Breadwinner, write a letter to Parvana in The Breadwinner, and silent read chapters 7-9 (due tomorrow).

Tuesday- We will go over chapters 7-9 in The Breadwinner, study vocabulary, go over a complete sentences PowerPoint and do a worksheet on sentence fragments. If there's extra time they can start reading chapters 10-12.

Wednesday- We will do Read Out Loud, Caught Ya, we'll take our second vocabulary quiz, hand out new vocabulary and silent read if there's extra time.

Homework-

Monday- chapters 7-9 and questions, study vocab.

Tuesday- study vocab.

Wednesday- read chapters 10-12 due next Wednesday

No school Thursday, Friday, and Monday. Happy Thanksgiving!